in recent years considerable interest has been focused on the plasma amino acid patterns as a possible index of protein malnutrition, in children. thus a change in the ratio of non-essential to essential amino acids is considered to be significant in the development of protein malnutrition. the present paper reports a simplified and rapid chromatographic procedure for the determination of this ...

objective: acinetobacter baumannii (a. baumannii) is a major hospital pathogen with a high capacity to resist most common anti-microbial agents. a. baumannii is the etiologic agent for various illnesses including pneumonia, meningitis, and bloodstream infections. biofilm associated proteins (bap) are specific cell surface proteins essential for the formation of biofilm and play a main role in i...

To analyze the expression of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in plasma, and to explore value plasma suPAR, urinary neutrophil gelatinase associated lipid carrier protein (NGAL) kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) early diagnosis adult with cardiac surgery-associated acute (CSA-AKI).

background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos), a common endocrine disorder, is associated with infertility, menstrual dysfunction, hirsutism and frequent miscarriages. insulin resistance, as a major cause of pcos, represents a disorder with increase in inflammatory markers and risk of type 2 diabetes. we aimed to investigate whether inflammatory markers, including c-reactive protein and c3 (comp...

Background: Varicocele is a common cause of male infertility with multifactorial etiology. Inflammation is a characteristic pathological event that occurs in the testis tissue following the varicocele. The aim of this study was to investigate expression of nod-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome components and cytokines in semen of varicocele and control subject...

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is mostly attributed to the presence of an autoantibody against ADAMTS-13, a metalloprotease that degrades ultralarge von Willebrand protein multimers. Accumulation of vWF multimers and systemic platelet aggregation lead to microangiopathic thrombosis, hemolytic anemia, and end-organ ischemia. Most patients respond to therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), ...

Apolipoprotein M (Apo-M) is a human novel protein of apolipoprotein classes and highly expressed in liver and kidney tissues. ApoM is mainly associated with high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and act as a chaperone for sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), promotes mobilization of cellular cholesterol, formation of larger-size of pre β-HDL, and a new biomarker in sepsis. The level of apoM in plasma/s...

conclusions adsorption of antibodies to bap might interfere with bacterial adhesion to the surface. these antibodies were found to be potent biofilm inhibitors. results injection of bap subunit resulted in high titers of antibody. immunized mice serum had significant (p< 0.001) inhibitory effect on biofilm formation. in vitro inhibition of biofilm formation by a. baumannii was studied at 1:50 c...

background: acinetobacter baumannii is commonly resistant to nearly all antibiotics due to presence of antibiotic resistance genes and biofilm formation. in this study we determined the presence of certain antibiotic-resistance genes associated with biofilm production and the influence of low iron concentration on expression of the biofilm-associated protein gene (bap) in development of biofilm...