Immune-suppressive cell populations, including Tregs and suppressor monocytes, have been implicated in long-term survival of allografts in both human transplant recipients and animal models. The factors that drive differentiation and function of these cell populations are not completely understood. In this issue, Bézie and colleagues identify IL-34 as an important mediator of allograft toleranc...

Unstimulated whole salivary p53 was evaluated in non-involved subjects, in patients suffering from oral lichen planus (OLP) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). A total of 34 patients with OLP, 24 patients suffering from oral SCC and 41 non-involved participants were enrolled. The unstimulated whole saliva p53 level was assayed by ELISA. Data was analyzed by ANOVA followed by the Tukey post hoc t...

Uma das alternativas para reduzir o excessivo consumo de gorduras relacionadas com doenças cardiovasculares é a utilização substitutos gordura. As maltodextrinas obtidas através da hidrólise do amido tem sido utilizadas como substituto O objetivo deste trabalho foi obter uma maltodextrina modificação ácida fécula mandioca e utilizá-la junto goma acácia lecitina parcial gordura em biscoitos. A h...

Disulfide forms of homocysteine account for >98% of total homocysteine in plasma from healthy individuals. We recently reported that homocysteine reacts with albumin-Cys(34)-S-S-cysteine to form homocysteine-cysteine mixed disulfide and albumin-Cys(34) thiolate anion. The latter then reacts with homocystine or homocysteine-cysteine mixed disulfide to form albumin-bound homocysteine (Sengupta, S...

Multivariate analysis of variance and profile are often used for comparison testing in a multivariate perspective. In this paper, we treatment data psychological study. Forty patients were randomly assigned to one four therapies with exactly ten per therapy. Three standard instruments assess outcome. These the Symptom Index Kleptomania Evaluation (SIKE), Social Functioning Disorder Inventory (S...

Cannulation of the cephalic portion of the right internal jugular vein during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) allows for increased venous return flow to the circuit. This procedure also allows access to venous drainage from the brain. We reviewed data from simultaneous blood gases obtained from the cephalic jugular vein and the mixed venous return in 5 neonates during venoarterial ...