BACKGROUND Inflammation is associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and coronary heart disease (CHD). Ghrelin, a multifunctional hormone, may play a key role in patients with OSA and/or CHD. The aim of this study was to investigate plasma ghrelin and pro-inflammatory cytokines in patients with OSA and /or CHD and assess the association of these cytokines with ghrelin. MATERIAL AND METHOD...

A new syndrome of ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa with vitamin E deficiency caused by the missense mutation of á-tocopherol transfer protein (á-TTP) gene was recently proposed. After studying the first postmortem case with this mutation pathologically and biochemically, whether the symptoms can be treated by supplementation of vitamin E or not is discussed. The major pathological findings were ...

S POSTER PRESENTATIONS, JUNE 20-21, 2007 Fifth Northern Lights Summer Conference University of Waterloo Coordinated by: Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 37 Waterloo, Ontario 51 Scientific Conference OB1 CHARACTERIZATION OF EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT TRANSCRIPTS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING MRNA EXPRESSION LEVELS IN DAHL S VERSUS R RATS’ KIDNEY CORTEX. MF Shehata, FHH Leenen, ...

Plants have evolved multiple strategies associated with the induction of mechanisms or traits in response to herbivore attack ( Fineblum and Rausher, 1995 ; Strauss and Agrawal, 1999 ; Núñez-Farf á n et al., 2007 ). On the one hand, following herbivore attack, plants can increase the production of chemical compounds or physical traits that drastically reduce herbivore damage ( Núñez-Farf á n et...

Aim—To investigate whether specific cytokines are secreted locally at the tumour site in Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positive peripheral T cell lymphoma (PTCL). Methods—An RNase protection assay system was used to study the diVerential expression of 21 cytokines in parallel in eight cases of EBV positive non-nasal PTCL, and compared with 11 EBV negative non-nasal PTCLs and three EBV positive nasal...

Background—Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth may contribute to the development of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, perhaps by increasing intestinal permeability and promoting the absorption of endotoxin or other enteric bacterial products. Aims—To investigate the prevalence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, increased intestinal permeability, elevated endotoxin, and tumour necrosis fac...