The presence of pan-cadherin and the MEP-I antigen in normal and diseased rat lung was established by employing immunoperoxidase and double label fluorescence techniques. The binding of a mouse monoclonal antibody (MEP-1) reacting specifically with type I pneumocytes was assessed on paraffin sections of normal specimens as well as those with pulmonary fibrosis induced by bleomycin or radiation ...

the mean and variance of the lagrangian katz family of distribution (lkd), the basiclagrangian katz distribution of type i (lkd-i) and type ii (lkd-ii) are provided in an easy method.the recurrence relation between the non-central, central and factorial moments, and the recurrencerelation between moments and cumulants of lkd, lkd-i and lkd-ii are given. the first fourcumulants of lkd-i and lkd-...

background: resistin and ghrelin are hormones that have roles in the glucose and lipid homeostasis and weight regulation. human studies regarding resistin and ghrelin in diabetic patients are scarce, especially in the cases of normotensive and non-obese patients. this study was designed to illuminate some of the missing points.methods: eighty diabetic patients and eighty healthy individuals par...

We have recently described a putative receptor for lung surfactant protein-A (SP-A) on rat type II pneumocytes. The receptor, P63, is a 63-kDa type II transmembrane protein. Coincubation of type II cells with P63 antibody (Ab) reversed the inhibitory effect of SP-A on secretagogue-stimulated surfactant secretion from type II cells. To further characterize SP-A interactions with P63, we expresse...

The aim of this study was to characterize histologically and immunohistochemically the lung lesions developing in growing pigs, 10 and 21 days after experimental challenge with a field strain of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). Lung lesions were scored for (1) pneumocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia, (2) septal mononuclear infiltration, (3) intra-alveolar necrotic deb...