BACKGROUND Systemic corticosteroids are known to alter cell-mediated immunity (CMI). However, the effects of inhaled steroids on CMI are unclear. We therefore sought to assess CMI following high-dose inhaled steroids in healthy subjects. METHODS Ten healthy nonasthmatic subjects self-administered fluticasone propionate (FP), 440 microg bid, with a spacer device. CMI was assessed by delayed hy...

Let R be a ring and M a right R-module. Ng (1984) defined the finitely presented dimension f p dim M of M as inf n there exists an exact sequence Pn+1 → Pn → · · · → P0 → M → 0 of right R-modules, where each Pi is projective, and Pn+1 Pn are finitely generated . If no such sequence exists for any n, set f p dim M = . The right finitely presented dimension r f p dim R of R is defined as sup f p ...

in present work, we have calculated the electronic properties including density of states and electron density for gan, inn and inxga1-xn  in wurtzite phase for x=0.5. the study is based on density functional theory with full potential linearized augmented plane wave method by generalized gradient approximation for calculating electronic properties. in this report we concluded that inxga1-xn ba...

having in mind that ir theories include fpa aspect, the main purpose of this paper is to examine the contribution of fpa in these theories. the necessity of this study become clearer when one acknowledges that fp makers should pay attention accurately to relationship between theory and practice in order to make successful rational decision in new complicated world. this enables them not only to...

Let Fp be the prime field with p elements. We derive the homogeneous weight on the Frobenius matrix ring M2(Fp) in terms of the generating character. We also give a generalization of the Lee weight on the finite chain ring Fp2+uFp2 where u 2 = 0. A non-commutative ring, denoted by Fp2+vpFp2 , vp an involution in M2(Fp), that is isomorphic to M2(Fp) and is a left Fp2vector space, is constructed ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether rs12731181 (A→G) interrupted miR-590-3p-mediated suppression of the prostaglandin F2α receptor (FP) and whether it is associated with essential hypertension in the Chinese population. APPROACH AND RESULTS We found that miR-590-3p regulates human FP gene expression by binding to its 3'-untranslated region. rs12731181 (A→G) altered the binding affinity between m...

We examined the effects of flavopiridol (FP), a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, on doxorubicin (DOX)-induced cell killing in an osteosarcoma cell line (SaOs-2) that lacks functional retinoblastoma protein (pRb). The IC50 value for DOX was 7-fold lower when combined with a low dose (100 nM) FP in pRb-deficient SaOs-2 cells than in the absence of FP. In contrast, the IC50 value for DOX was not...

BACKGROUND One strategy for improving family planning (FP) uptake at the community level is the use of performance-based incentives (PBIs), which offer community distributors financial incentives to recruit more users of FP. This article examines the use of PBIs in community-based FP programmes via a literature search of the peer-reviewed and grey literature conducted in April 2013. RESULTS A...

The goal of the Denver Papillae Protocol is to use a dichotomous key to define and prioritize the characteristics of fungiform papillae (FP) to ensure consistent scoring between scorers. This protocol builds off of a need that has arisen from the last two decades of taste research using FP as a proxy for taste pore density. FP density has historically been analyzed using Miller & Reedy's 1990 c...

1. The systemic effects of inhaled fluticasone propionate (FP), administered via Diskhaler, on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis were assessed primarily by measuring plasma cortisol at frequent intervals for 20 h after drug administration. 2. FP showed a dose-related suppression of plasma cortisol measured as area under the plasma cortisol vs time curve (AUC 0-20). The cortisol suppr...