Although saturated fatty acids (SFAs) are undoubtedly biologically active, several complexities preclude oversimplified predictions of their health effects. First, although attention has historically focused on blood LDL cholesterol, SFAs affect many other physiological pathways, including other blood lipids and lipoproteins1 and glucose— insulin responses.2 Second, different SFAs exist, with c...

We study the learnability of symbolic finite state automata (SFA), a model shown useful in many applications software verification. The state-of-the-art literature on this topic follows query learning paradigm, and so far all obtained results are positive. provide necessary condition for efficient SFAs from which we obtain first negative result. main focus our work lies under paradigm identific...

AIM To investigate the correlation and significance between the urine soluble Fas (sFas) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in patients with urothelial bladder carcinoma (UC). METHODS The level of sFas was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the expression of VEGF protein in UC surgical specimens was screened by immunohistochemical method. These dat...

Lupus nephritis (LN) is a major cause of morbidity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Several cytokines and apoptotic markers such as IL-18 and soluble Fas (sFas) have been assumed to play a role in the pathogenesis of LN. Previous studies confirmed that serum concentrations of sFas and IL-18 are increased in SLE. However, only a few studies have suggested a possible correlati...

BACKGROUND Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) including lower-extremity and cerebrovascular atherosclerosis is a leading cause of morbidity in haemodialysis patients. Recent evidence suggests that the expression of Fas, a molecule implicated in the initiation of apoptosis in various cell types, is increased at sites of atherosclerotic plaques. However, the significance of plasma level...

Background: Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of blindness and is usually associated with elevated intraocular pressure. In patients with primary open angle glau-coma the number of trabecular meshwork cells is decreased. Death of the trabecular meshwork cells may be a result of apoptosis. Objective: To investigate the aqueous humor levels of soluble Fas (sFas) and Fas-Ligand (sFasL) in ...

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) provide the basis for measuring, valuing, and presenting financial information to investors and creditors. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) promulgates GAAP through its Statements of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS). To guide its thinking in the promulgation of SFAS, the FASB employs as conceptual framework, called Qualitative ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to elucidate if apoptosis dysregulation is present in type 1 diabetic patients with microalbuminuria. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The following variables were determined in 29 type 1 diabetic patients: the duration of diabetes, soluble Fas (sFas), Bcl-2, hemoglobin A(1c) levels, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and microalbuminuria, using the urine albumin to urin...

Aim: To evaluate the relevance of endothelial-derived apoptotic microparticles (EMPs) with inflammatory cytokine outcomes in patients with ischaemic chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods: A total of 154 patients with moderate-to-severe CHF were enrolled in the study. Flow cytometry analysis was used for quantifying the number of EMPs. All-cause mortality, CHF-related death, and CHD-readmission r...