BACKGROUND Compelling evidence has shown that the incidence of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) increases with age. In this study, retrospective clinical analysis of 601 cases of LDH has been conducted to investigate the role of age in the incidence of LDH in the elderly. The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between the process of aging and the occurrence of LDH in old adults. ...

INTRODUCTION LDH-A, the enzyme responsible for transforming pyruvate into lactate, has been demonstrated to be up-regulated in many types of cancer and to give rise to more aggressive behavior by regulating proliferation and anti-apoptosis. However, its expression in gastric cancer (GC) has not been characterized thoroughly. The purpose of this study was to clarify the expression and potential ...

Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level is predictive of prognosis in various malignancies. Nevertheless, the association between the prognosis of patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and LDH is not well understood. This explorative and retrospective study was conducted to clarify the issue. We found that abnormal baseline LDH levels (> 250 IU/L) were significantly associ...

We have successfully prepared layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanomaterials containing calcium and aluminum ions in the framework (CaAl-LDH). The surface of CaAl-LDH was coated with enteric polymer, Eudragit®L 100 in order to protect nanomaterials from fast dissolution under gastric condition of pH 1.2. The X-ray diffraction patterns, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron an...

For the measurement of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzyme biosynthesis a new method is presented which is based on the quantitative hybridization of isoenzyme MI with isoenzyme Hq. After reversible dissociation the formation of active LDH M4 was more rapid and occurred to a greater extent than the formation of LDH Hq. The formation of hybrid isoenzymes from the two subunits resulted in an in...

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isozyme study in the liver, kidney and testes of Mus terricolor, an indigenous species of India, revealed the presence of a slow migrating variant of LDH isozyme, LDH-C4 along with other five usual LDH isozymes present in other tissues. The synthesis of LDH-C4 is controlled by a separate locus Ldh c. The results have shown differential expression of LDH-C4 and LDH-A4...

For the measurement of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzyme biosynthesis a new method is presented which is based on the quantitative hybridization of isoenzyme MI with isoenzyme Hq. After reversible dissociation the formation of active LDH M4 was more rapid and occurred to a greater extent than the formation of LDH Hq. The formation of hybrid isoenzymes from the two subunits resulted in an in...

With the evolution of a relatively large brain size in haplorhine primates (i.e. tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans), there have been associated changes in the molecular machinery that delivers energy to the neocortex. Here we investigated variation in lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) expression and isoenzyme composition of the neocortex and striatum in primates using quantitative Western blotting ...

LDH may represent an indirect marker of neo-angiogenesis and worse prognosis in many tumour types. We assessed the correlation between LDH and clinical outcome for biliary tract cancer (BTC) patients treated with first-line chemotherapy. Overall, 114 advanced BTC patients treated with first-line gemcitabine and cisplatin were included. Patients were divided into two groups (low vs. high LDH), a...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that lactate dehydrogenase-A (LDH-A) is strongly expressed in several malignancies, that LDH-A expression is associated with poor prognosis, and that LDH-A inhibition severely diminishes tumorigenicity. However, little is known about the implications of LDH-A expression in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ex...