BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional bowel disorder. The post-infectious IBS (PI-IBS) occurs in IBS patients with a history of intestinal infection preceding the onset of symptoms. However, the underlying cause of PI-IBS is not fully understood, and the purpose of this study was to investigate the immune regulatory mechanism of PI-IBS. METHODS Participants enrolled...

Monoclonal antibodies were produced against parainfluenza virus type 3 (PI-3) and used to identify PI-3 clinical isolates in cell culture and PI-3 antigen in cells obtained from nasopharyngeal (NP) washes of patients. Two (2E9 and 4G5) of the three monoclonal antibodies characterized reacted by immunoblotting with a 67,000-dalton PI-3 protein, and one antibody (4E5) reacted with two viral prote...

We propose to extend the optimal Fermi averaging procedure theoretically in order calculate an in-medium ${K}^{\ensuremath{-}}n\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}$ amplitude for exothermic (${K}^{\ensuremath{-}},{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$) reaction on nuclei framework of a distorted-wave impulse approximation, taking into account lo...

We propose to extend the optimal Fermi averaging procedure theoretically in order calculate an in-medium ${K}^{\ensuremath{-}}n\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}$ amplitude for exothermic (${K}^{\ensuremath{-}},{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}$) reaction on nuclei framework of a distorted-wave impulse approximation, taking into account lo...

Severe neutropenia and bone marrow (BM) morphologic abnormalities occur during experimentally induced primary infection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), a lentivirus biologically similar to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). To further characterize the mechanisms involved in this acute infection model of lentivirus-induced BM suppression, peripheral blood counts, histologic BM studies...

OBJECTIVE Although regimens containing two protease inhibitor (PI) together with ritonavir boosting are used with the aim of improving virologic response to salvage therapy, there is little evidence to support or reject this approach. We compared the probability of attaining an undetectable HIV RNA level after using either boosted double or boosted single PI regimens. DESIGN Retrospective cli...

The effects of aldosterone on the intracellular pH recovery rate (pHirr) via Na+/H+ exchanger and on the [Ca2+]i were investigated in isolated rat S3 segment. Aldosterone [10(-12), 10(-10), or 10(-8) M with 1-h, 15- or 2-min preincubation (pi)] caused a dose-dependent increase in the pHirr, but aldosterone (10(-6) M with 1-h, 15- or 2-min pi) decreased it (these effects were prevented by HOE694...

Background: To investigate difference in intratesticular arterial pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI) between varicocele and healthy testes using power Doppler ultrasonography. Materials and Methods: Patients undergoing scrotal ultrasonography were recruited. PI and RI of the intratesticular artery were measured using a 12-MHz power Doppler ultrasound, and varicocele grades were ob...

We calculate accurate potential energy curves for HeO(-), NeO(-), and ArO(-), including the full counterpoise correction and allowing for spin-orbit effects. Comparison with previous curves is presented, where these are available. The three curves, (2)Sigma(12) (+), (2)Pi(12), and (2)Pi(32), are used to derive spectroscopic constants and to calculate the transport coefficients for O(-) moving i...