Plasma levels of thromboxane B2 (TXB2) and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha (6-keto-PGF1 alpha), stable metabolites of two prostanoids with opposing biological effects, TXA2 and prostacyclin, were measured by radioimmunoassay in normal pregnancy (controls) and pregnancy complicated by hypertension (PIH) from 32 to 36 (Period 1; P1) and from 36 to 40 (Period 2; P2) weeks of gestation. The plasma co...

The effects of interleukin (IL)-8 on spontaneous IgE and IgG4 production in atopic patients were studied. IL-8 inhibited IgE and IgG4 production by purified surface (s) IgE+ and sIgG4+ B cells, respectively, while it had no effect on IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgM, IgA1, and IgA2 production by corresponding sIg+ B cells. The IL-8-induced inhibition was counteracted by IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alph...

Electron micrographs of isolated human alpha(2)M-molecules, obtained by the negative contrast technique, revealed morphologically homogenous structures resembling a graceful monogram of the two letters H and I. The modal values for the length and width of the alpha(2)M particles were 170 A and 100 A, respectively. Purified rabbit alphamacroglobulins contained about 80% alpha(1)M- and 20% alpha(...

begin{abstract} The relations between the spectrum of the matrix $Q+R$ and the spectra of the matrices $(gamma + delta)Q+(alpha + beta)R-QR-RQ$, $QR-RQ$, $alpha beta R-QRQ$, $alpha RQR-(QR)^{2}$, and $beta R-QR$ have been given on condition that the matrix $Q+R$ is diagonalizable, where $Q$, $R$ are ${alpha, beta}$-quadratic matrix and ${gamma, delta}$-quadratic matrix, respectively, of ord...

AIM To study the influence of the expression of human alpha galactosidase and alpha1,2 fucosyltransferase on Gal alpha 1,3 Gal and consequent xenoreactivity in NIH3T3 cells. METHODS The expression levels of G antigen and H antigen and binding of human natural antibodies (IgG and IgM) and complement (C3c) to NIH3T3 cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. Western blot was employed to further det...

In this work we apply the unfolding operator method to analyze asymptotic behavior of solutions $p$-Laplacian equation with Neumann boundary condition set in a bounded thin domain type $R^\varepsilon=\left\lbrace(x,y)\in\mathbb{R}^2:x\in(0,1)\mbox{ and }0<y<\varepsilon g\left({x}/{\varepsilon^\alpha}\right)\right\rbrace$ where $g$ is positive periodic function. We study three cases $0<\alpha<1$...

the fruit essential oil of ferula gummosa boiss., umbelliferae, which has been used as an antiepileptic remedy in iranian traditional medicine, was evaluated for anticonvulsant activity against experimental seizures. the essential oil had no effect against seizures induced by maximal electroshock. however, it protected mice against pentylenetetrazole-induced tonic seizures. the protective dose ...