OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prognostic significance of plasma N-terminal pro-atrial natriuretic factor (1-98) concentrations measured in the subacute phase after acute myocardial infarction, and to compare the predictive value of measurement of N-terminal pro-atrial natriuretic factor (1-98) with the measurement of atrial natriuretic factor (99-126) and with clinical assessment of the degree of h...

background: acute respiratory distress (ard) is a critical respiratory failure due to lung injury of neonates leading to the clinical appearance of poor lung compliance. the aimed of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic values in differentiating respiratory from heart diseases with using of n-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (nt-pro bnp) and atrial natriuretic peptide(anp) in neonates...

      Kawasaki disease (KD) is characterized as the leading cause of acquired cardiac disease in children. Accurate and timely diagnosis of KD is of high importance for preventing its cardiac complications. However, diagnosis merely based on clinical findings has a number of challenges and, limitations. Therefore, researchers are investigating to find more object...

Aqualysin I is a subtilisin-type serine protease which is secreted into the culture medium by Thermus aquaticus YT-1, an extremely thermophilic Gram-negative bacterium. The nucleotide sequence of the entire gene for aqualysin I was determined, and the deduced amino acid sequence suggests that aqualysin I is produced as a large precursor, consisting of at least three portions, an NH2-terminal pr...

The first approximately 60 amino acids of the N-terminal part of the potyvirus helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro) include highly conserved residues comprising a Cys-rich region. In the present study, the domain in Potato virus Y sufficient for self-interaction was mapped using the yeast two-hybrid system to the 83 N-terminal amino acids of HC-Pro. Mutations in the conserved His and two Cys re...

Introduction: COPD is a common preventable disease characterized by airflow limitation that is not completely reversible.Acute exacerbation is prominent and serious features of COPD. Acute Exacerbation of COPD leads to hospitalization and concomitant with morbidity and mortality .The ventricular dysfunction increases serum Brain Natriuretic Peptide(BNP)  . This study was conducted to evaluate t...

Measurement of circulating B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) can identify patients with heart failure and guide therapy. The limit of detection, linearity, imprecision, method comparison, analytic concordance, and reference intervals of the Access 2 BNP (Biosite, San Diego, CA), ADVIA Centaur BNP (Bayer Diagnostics, Tarrytown, NY), AxSYM BNP (Abbott Diagnostics,...

Toward personalized risk assessment in patients with chronic heart failure: Detailed temporal patterns of NT-proBNP, troponin T, and CRP in the Bio-SHiFT study Nick van Boven, MD, a,b,1 Linda C. Battes, MD, PhD, b,1 K. Martijn Akkerhuis, MD, PhD, b Dimitris Rizopoulos, PhD, c Kadir Caliskan, MD, PhD, b Sharda S. Anroedh, MD, b Wisam Yassi, MD, a Olivier C. Manintveld, MD, PhD, b Jan-Hein Cornel...