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We have analyzed leukocyte to lung adhesive interactions and neutrophil-mediated lung injury using a rat lung organ culture system. Rat lung slices were maintained in tissue culture on gelatin sponges floating at the gas-liquid interface. Maintenance of three-dimensional alveolar structure, critical
OBJECTIVE
Cardiomyocyte apoptosis (CA) is known to occur in experimental coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) myocarditis. However, the mechanisms of CA induction are not well known. In this study we investigate the role of direct viral induction of CA in CVB3 myocarditis.
METHODS
A/J mice were infected with
BACKGROUND
Acute heart failure is a potentially fatal manifestation of viral myocarditis. Development of myocardial damage in myocarditis involves cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Levosimendan is a novel calcium sensitizing inotropic agent with anti-apoptotic properties. We studied the feasibility of
Diosmetin (DGVL) extracted from the traditional Chinese herb Galium verum L. has been found to have anticancer activity. In this study, the effects of DGVL on the thymus of U14-bearing mice were investigated. Using flow cytometry, peripheral blood lymphocytes were characterized based on the
BACKGROUND
Galium species have been traditionally used for its anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and cardioprotective effects in the folk medicine. Galium aparine (GA) is a typical climbing plant growing widespread in Anatolia.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the potential
OBJECTIVE
The two major types of urologic problems after renal transplantation are urinary leakage and obstruction. In this study, we report the urological complications of renal transplantations performed in our hospital during a 22-year period.
METHODS
Between 1978 and 2000, 433 consecutive
Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) infections induce myocarditis in humans and mice. Little is known about the molecular characteristics of CVB3 that activate the cellular immunity responsible for cardiac inflammation. Previous experiments have identified an antibody escape mutant (H310A1) of a myocarditic
Myocardial fibrosis can be produced in certain inbred strains of mice after coxsackievirus B subtype 3 (CVB3) infection. The mechanism responsible for this interstitial matrix alteration is unknown. The presumption is that fibrosis occurs in areas of myocyte damage and inflammation associated with
From December, 1997, through November, 2000, 306 deaths were documented among adult and subadult American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) of Lake Griffin, Florida (USA). Some live alligators were lethargic and unresponsive to approach. To determine the cause, we examined ten alligators
Using a rat lung organ culture system, we analyzed the role of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP 1) in leukocyte to lung adhesive interactions and monocyte-mediated lung injury. Quantitative leukocyte to lung adhesive interactions were examined using an adaptation of the Woodruff-Stamper
The expression of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) in the choroid plexus was studied in normal brain and during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in the SJL/J mouse during inflammation induced by intracerebral injection of killed Corynebacterium parvum in the C3H/He mouse. Both ICAM-1