Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSC) have well-documented modulatory effects on multiple immune cell types. Although these effects are linked to their therapeutic benefit in diverse diseases, a reliable, quantitative assay of the immunomodulatory potency of individual human MSC preparations is lacking. The aims of this study were to develop an optimised rapid turnaroun...

on fibrinogen and oxalated plasma revealed that serum obtained from recently coagulated whole blood contains a factor which causes conversion of prothrombin to thrombin.” 2 Since fibrinogen could not be converted to fibrin in any significant degree by addition of fresh serum, and since the rapidity of coagulation of oxalated plasma by the serum factor was proportional to the prothrombin concent...

The coagulation of β-conglycinin (7S), glycinin (11S) and isoflavones induced by calcium chloride was investigated. Approximately 92.6% of the soymilk proteins were coagulated into the soymilk pellet fraction (SPF) after the addition of 5 mM calcium chloride. SDS-PAGE and two-dimensional electrophoresis analysis indicated that most of the 7S (α', α and β), 11S acidic (A1a, A1b, A2, A3 and A4) a...

on fibrinogen and oxalated plasma revealed that serum obtained from recently coagulated whole blood contains a factor which causes conversion of prothrombin to thrombin.” 2 Since fibrinogen could not be converted to fibrin in any significant degree by addition of fresh serum, and since the rapidity of coagulation of oxalated plasma by the serum factor was proportional to the prothrombin concent...

Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are promising nanomaterials for biomedical applications. However, their inflammatory potential has not been fully established. Here, we used a lepirudin anti-coagulated human whole blood model to evaluate the potential of 10 nm IONPs to activate the complement system and induce cytokine production. Reactive oxygen species and cell death were also assessed. The I...

Egg breaking wastes were treated with 1W200 mg./l. chitosan, a by-product /derived from shrimp and crab shells, and 2-20 mg./l. Betz 1130. Suspended solids in the .I wastewater were reduced by 70-90% and the COD by 55-75%. The yield of dry coagulated solids from wastes collected during cleanup was approximately 12 lb./IOKl gal., and from the concentrated wastes in the egg washers, the yield was...

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has become mainstream among non-surgical treatment modalities in clinical settings for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. We have previously described the novel combination therapy of percutaneous ethanol injection and RFA (PEI-RFA) and reported that this combination therapy was more effective than RFA alone in terms of the induced volume of coagulated necr...

Phadungath, C. The mechanism and properties of acid-coagulated milk gels Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol., 2005, 27(2) : 433-448 Acid-coagulated milk products such as fresh acid-coagulated cheese varieties and yogurt are important dairy food products. However, little is known regarding the mechanisms involved in gel formation, physical properties of acid gels, and the effects of processing varia...