The canine pancreatic specific lipase is available as a SNAP cPL and as a quantitative test Spec cPL. Sensitivity of Spec cPL concentrations vary for mild pancreatitis (21%), moderate to severe pancreatitis (71%), and pancreatitis overall (64–94%). Currently, serum cPL concentration is considered the most specific serum biomarker for the diagnosis of pancreatitis in dogs. Specificities range fr...

Cathespin L-like proteases (CPLs), characterized from a wide range of helminths, are significant in helminth biology. For example, in Caenorhabditis elegans CPL is essential for embryogenesis. Here, we report a cathepsin L-like gene from three species of strongyles that parasitize the horse, and describe the isolation of a cpl gene (Sv-cpl-1) from Strongylus vulgaris, the first such from equine...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique to explore the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) differences of the bilaterial cerebellum posterior lobe (CPL) after normal sleep (NS) and after sleep deprivation (SD). METHODS A total of 16 healthy subjects (eight males, eight females) underwent an fMRI scan twice at random: once foll...

The circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) of chiral disubstituted liquid-crystalline polyacetylene (di-LCPA) can be dynamically switched and amplified from left- to right-handed CPL and vice versa through the selective transmission of CPL across a thermotropic chiral nematic liquid crystal (N*-LC) phase. By combining a chiral di-LCPA CPL-emitting film with an N*-LC cell and tuning the selecti...

Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia (CPL) is a rare pathological diagnosis. It was first reported by Virchow in 1856. CPL is histologically characterized by pulmonary lymphatic dilatation without lymphatic proliferation in the subpleural, peribronchovascular and interlobular areas. The prognosis of CPL is very poor where approximately 50% of all infants are stillborn and most others usually d...

This paper describes a new method for enhancing the interaction of liposomes with cells. A novel class of cationic poly(ethyleneglycol) (PEG)-lipid (CPL) conjugates have been characterized for their ability to insert into pre-formed vesicles and enhance in vitro cellular binding and uptake of neutral and sterically-stabilized liposomes. The CPLs, which consist of a distearoylphosphatidylethanol...

This short review article summarizes recent progress in research on various stimuli-responsive circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) properties derived from π-conjugated molecules and related materials. As representative examples, assembled structures of chiral π-conjugated polymers and molecules showed tunable CPL resulting from the enhancement of chirality induction by aggregation. Fascinat...

Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia (CPL) is a rare lymphatic pulmonary abnormality. CPL with respiratory distress has a poor prognosis, and is frequently fatal in neonates. We report a case of pneumonectomy for CPL in a newborn. An infant girl, born at 39 weeks' after an uncomplicated pregnancy, exhibited respiratory distress 1 hr after birth, which necessitated intubation and aggressive ven...

BACKGROUND The sensitivity, specificity, and agreement of 4 diagnostic assays (SNAP canine pancreatic lipase (cPL), specific cPL (Spec cPL), VetScan cPL Rapid Test, and Precision PSL) for pancreatitis in dogs have not been directly compared. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To determine the level of agreement among each of the 4 assays and a clinical suspicion score, level of agreement among the assays,...

Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis (CPL) is a rare and poorly documented disease of neonates, and is characterized by prominent and diffuse microcystic lymphatic dilation in the septal, subpleural and peribronchial tissue throughout both lungs. Although an accurate incidence of CPL is elusive, a previous autopsy study has suggested that approximately 1% of all infants stillborn or dead in th...