Acromegaly is associated with cardiovascular disease. We studied vascular function and mean arterial blood pressure in transgenic mice overexpressing bovine GH. Mean arterial blood pressure was measured in conscious, unrestrained male and female bovine GH and littermate control mice during normal as well as high salt intake using telemetric devices. Structure in artificially perfused maximally ...

The effects of salt stress on freshwater plants has been little studied up to now, despite the fact that they are expected to present different levels of salt sensitivity or salt resistance depending on the species. The aim of this work was to assess the effect of NaCl at two concentrations on three invasive freshwater species, Elodea canadensis, Myriophyllum aquaticum and Ludwigia grandiflora,...

An investigation aimed at a better understanding of the molecular adaptation mechanisms of salt stress was carried out in 7-d-old tomato Solanum lycopersicum (L.) Mill cultivars Patio and 'F144', using a proteomic approach. Total proteins were extracted from radicles and hypocotyls collected from both non-saline control and salt-stressed seedlings, and separated by two-dimensional gel electroph...

Vibrio cholerae, which is a serious human intestinal pathogen, often resides and thrives in estuaries but requires major self-regulation to overcome intestinal hyperosmotic stress or high salt stress in water and food. In the present study, we selected multiple O1 and O139 group V. cholerae strains that were isolated from different regions and during different years to study their salt toleranc...

Cross-tolerance is the phenomenon by which a plant resistance to a stress results in resistance to another form of stress. It has previously been shown that salt stress causes the accumulation of proteinase inhibitors and the activation of other wound-related genes in tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum). However, very little is known about how different stresses interact with one another, and ...

Pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA) type 1 is a disease showing mineralocorticoid resistance in the kidney and/or other mineralocorticoid target tissues. Patients with PHA1 present very high plasma aldosterone and renin levels, but they develop excessive salt wasting. There are three types of PHA1. The systemic form of PHA1 is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner and causes severe life-long sal...

Measurement of a tissue-specific electrical resistance may offer a discriminatory metric for evaluation of tissue health during cancer surgery. With a move toward minimally-invasive procedures, applicable contact sensing modalities must be scalable, fast and robust. A passive resistance characterisation method utilising a biogalvanic cell as an intrinsic power source has been proposed as a pote...

Metabolic syndrome, which is caused by obesity, is now a global pandemic. Metabolic syndrome is an aggregation of dyslipidaemia, hypertension and diabetes. Moreover, metabolic syndrome is a highly predisposing condition for cardiovascular disease. Recent clinical studies have shown that metabolic syndrome also increases the risk for proteinuria and chronic kidney disease (CKD) [1]. For a defini...

In this study, the effects of forming method (extrusion) and environmental factors (solution pH and temperature) on the corrosion performance of AZ91 magnesium alloys were investigated using potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and salt spray techniques. The polarization test results of the specimens showed that simple sh...

BACKGROUND Globally, about 20% of cultivated land is now affected by salinity. Salt tolerance is a trait of importance to all crops in saline soils. Previous efforts to improve salt tolerance in crop plants have met with only limited success. Bacteria of the genus Deinococcus are known for their ability to survive highly stressful conditions, and therefore possess a unique pool of genes conferr...