Understanding the total lymphocyte count (TLC)-CD4 count relationship could aide design predictive instruments for making clinical decisions during antiretroviral therapy, especially in underserved resource-poor settings. We performed multiple regression analyses to assess the prediction of CD4 count using TLC on 771 participants with 4,836 visits. In linear and logistic regression TLC, hemoglo...

Nonmitochondrial ADP/ATP translocase is an energy parasite enzyme. Its encoding gene, tlc, is found only in Rickettsiales, Chlamydiales, and plant and alga plastids. We demonstrate the presence of tlc in Parachlamydia acanthamoebae. This gene shares more similarity with the tlc1 gene of Chlamydiaceae and the tlc of plant and alga plastids than with the tlc2 gene of Chlamydiaceae. Phylogenetic a...

This paper highlights the status of thin-layer chromatography (TLC) of mycotoxins in various sample matrices. The outstanding merits of TLC in the field of the qualitative and quantitative determination of mycotoxins have been briefed. A comparison between different TLC methods and TLC with HPLC, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and GC methods, etc. is made, in general.

This study evaluated total lymphocyte count (TLC) as a substitute marker for CD4+ cell counts to identify patients who need prophylaxis against opportunistic infection (CD4 < 200 cells/mm(3)) and patients with CD4 < 350 cells/mm(3) (Brazilian threshold value of CD4 count to define AIDS). We evaluated TLC and CD4+ cells count of 1,174 HIV-infected patients, in Salvador, Brazil, from May 2003 to ...

PURPOSE COPD is characterized by an accelerated and progressive decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and lung hyperinflation. Although lung hyperinflation is the hallmark of COPD, data on the longitudinal changes in lung hyperinflation and any association with the decline in FEV1 are lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the longitudinal changes in lung hyperinflation...

The present randomised cross-over clinical trial investigated the effects of two intervention diets (non-soya legume-based therapeutic lifestyle change (TLC) diet v. isoenergetic legume-free TLC diet) on inflammatory biomarkers among type 2 diabetic patients. A group of thirty-one participants (twenty-four women and seven men; weight 74.5 (SD 7.0) kg; age 58.1 (SD 6.0) years) were randomly assi...

The purpose of this study was to establish the validity and reliability of a hydrostatic weighing method using total lung capacity (measuring vital capacity with a respirometer at the time of weighing) the prone position, and a small oblong tank. The validity of the method was established by comparing the TLC prone (tank) method against three hydrostatic weighing methods administered in a pool....

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the correlation between total lymphocyte count (TLC) and CD4+ count and TLC cut-off for predicting CD4+ count < 200 cells/mm3. MATERIAL AND METHOD The 176-naïve HIV-infected patients from the OPD Khon Kaen Hospital, were recruited for CD4+ count by flow cytometer and TLC by automated cell counter. All results were analyzed by STATA st...

A tumour-associated antigen (TAA.62) with an apparent mol. wt. of 62 kd, identified by a human monoclonal antibody (IgG2, kappa-light chain), was found to be expressed at elevated levels in the cytoplasmic compartment of malignant as compared with normal mammary epithelial cells in both tissues and cultured cells. Increased levels of cytoplasmic expression of the antigen were also observed in m...