Administration of thioacetamide to rats for 4 days has been shown previously to increase the activity of liver messenger RNA (mRNA) and to disproportionately increase the activity of albumin mRNA in the wheat germ translation system. We have explored the possibility that administration of thioacetamide quantitatively alters the transcription of rat liver unique DNA. Nucleic acid hybridization b...

Background: Albumin is a marker of nutritioinal inflammation and mortality. Chronic inflammation, as indicated by the concentration proinflammatory cytokine, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) was reported to be in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Channa striata (CS) contains that can increase albumin levels has anti-inflammatory effects. This study conducted determine effect ...

Whipple's disease commonly presents as chronic diarrhea and abdominal pain. Ascites is an uncommon presentation of Whipple's disease. Here, we report a rare case of a 47-year-old male who presented with diarrhea and abdominal distention for three months. The physical examination was significant for ascites. Serum albumin was low and serum-to-ascites albumin gradient was < 1.1 g/dl. This suggest...

Spleen cells from mice infected with scrapie virus were separated into subpopulations on the basis of buoyant density in discontinuous gradients of isotonic albumin or differential adherence of cells to plastic. At three different intervals after infection, a population of "less dense" cells was found in albumin gradients that had 40-to 60-fold higher specific infectivity (cells per median leth...