Background: Hypertonic saline/dextran (HSD) fluid resuscitation has been demonstrated to be effective in alleviating the adverse effects of hemorrhagic hypotension. The optimal dose of HSD has not been defined. Methods: The comparative effectiveness of various dosages of HSD for the treatment of severe hemorrhage was investigated in conscious swine bled 46 mL/kg over 15 minutes, a lethal proced...

BACKGROUND To determine the effects of high sucrose diets on vascular reactivity. We hypothesized that similar to high fat diets (HFD), HSD feeding would lead to increased adiposity resulting in inflammation and oxidative stress-mediated impairment of vasodilation. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed control chow (Chow), HSD or HFD diets for 6 weeks. The role of inflammation and oxidati...

BACKGROUND Estradiol (E(2)) is an important promoter of the growth of both eutopic and ectopic endometrium. The findings with regard to the expression and activity of steroidogenic enzymes in endometrium of controls, in endometrium of endometriosis patients and in endometriotic lesions are not consistent. METHODS In this study, we have looked at the mRNA expression and protein levels of a ran...

Fluid resuscitation can often exacerbate injury sustained during hemorrhagic shock and is associated with altered immuno-inflammatory events. Early monocyte dysregulation and excessive proinflammatory cytokine production are thought to play a key role in the development of post-traumatic multiorgan dysfunction in resuscitated trauma patients. Compared with standard isotonic crystalloid resuscit...

© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2017;6(S3) tau.amegroups.com 17α-hydroxylase were examined by western blotting and RT-PCR, respectively. Annexin A5 significantly stimulated testosterone secretion from rat Leydig cells in doseand time-dependent manners and increased mRNA and protein expression of StAR, P450scc, 3β-HSD and 17β-HSD but not 17α-hydrox...

BACKGROUND Hypertonic saline/dextran (HSD) fluid resuscitation has been demonstrated to be effective in alleviating the adverse effects of hemorrhagic hypotension. The optimal dose of HSD has not been defined. METHODS he comparative effectiveness of various dosages of HSD for the treatment of severe hemorrhage was investigated in conscious swine bled 46 mL/kg over 15 minutes, a lethal procedu...

The incidence of cerebral aneurysms is higher in women than in men, especially postmenopause. Although hypertension is thought to be associated with a high incidence of stroke, not all patients with unruptured cerebral aneurysms are hypertensive. The possibility of water-free Na(+) storage associated with hypertension has been raised. However, whether the increase in the body Na(+)/water ratio ...

Two distinct genes encode the 93% homologous type 1 (placenta, peripheral tissues) and type 2 (adrenals, gonads) 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase (3beta-HSD/isomerase) in humans. Mutagenesis studies using the type 1 enzyme have produced the Y154F and K158Q mutant enzymes in the Y(154)-P-H(156)-S-K(158) motif as well as the Y269S and K273Q mutants from a second motif, Y(269)-T-L-S-K(...

Late human gestation is associated with an increase in the concentration of cortisol (F) in the fetal circulation and amniotic fluid. It had been assumed that most of the F measured in the amniotic fluid came from the fetal adrenal gland. However, local production of F can also occur in human intrauterine tissues from inactive cortisone under the influence of the enzyme 11beta-hydroxysteroid de...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Hypersynchronous delta activity (HSD) is usually described as several continuous high-voltage delta waves (> or = 150 microV) in the sleep electroencephalogram of somnambulistic patients. However, studies have yielded varied and contradictory results. The goal of the present study was to evaluate HSD over different electroencephalographic derivations during the non-rapid eye mo...