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  • 1
    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary In the human leukemia K-562(S6) cell line (a) the accumulation ofa-globin chains is low or absent, (b) ζ-globin gene expression is correlated with expression of ε-chains and (c) the genes responsible for the terminal cell division are not operated within 8–12 cell cycles, while K-562 (S6) cells are fully induced to erythroid differentiation.
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  • 2
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    Springer
    European journal of pediatrics 144 (1985), S. 228-229 
    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Vitamin D-binding protein ; Polymorphism ; Quantitative data ; Newborn infant
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The molecular polymorphism and quantiative levels of serum vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) were ascertained in a group of preterm, full-term and hypocalcaemic full-term newborn infants. The serum concentration of DBP is not influenced by phenotype and increases with fetal age from the 32nd–33rd week of gestation until the 35th week of gestation. Neither different DBP allele distribution nor abnormal quantitative levels found among 29 hypocalcaemic full-term newborn infants.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Newborn infant ; Alpha-1-antitrypsin phenotypes ; Alpha-2-macroglobulin ; M subtypes
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Five groups of full-term newborn infants divided on the basis of the subtypes of M and one group of full-term newborn infants belonging to the phenotype M1S have been studied. A decrease in alpha-1-antitrypsin level in the M1S newborn infants was observed (P〈0.001). A similar decrease was observed in a group of M1S preterm newborn infants in comparison with M1M1 and M2M2 newborn infants of the same gestational age. Moreover, full-term infants belonging to the subtype M1M2 also showed a decrease in the level of this inhibitor in comparison to the full-term infants belonging to other subtypes of M (P〈0.01). Preterm newborn infants belonging to subtypes M1M2 and M1M1 showed identical circulating alpha-1-antitrypsin levels. When the phenotype is taken into account, data obtained from newborn infants free from perinatal pathology show that alpha-1-antitrypsin levels—but not alpha-2-macroglobulin levels—increase with fetal age. Moreover the specific compensatory response to the deficiency, consisting in an increase in alpha-2-macroglobulin levels, is absent in M1S and M1M2 neonates. The wide distribution of the M1M2 subtypes and, in some regions of the MS phenotype, suggests a need for genetic typing of the alpha-1-antitrypsin molecule in investigating the behaviour of this inhibitor in the perinatal period.
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  • 4
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part B: Biochemistry and 73 (1982), S. 435-449 
    ISSN: 0305-0491
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background : Most patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease have non-erosive reflux disease. Proton pump inhibitors are less effective than expected in these patients, but no previous study has measured their 24-h gastric pH values.Aims : To evaluate whether there are differences in 24-h intragastric acidity between reflux patients with and without oesophagitis and controls. The influence of Helicobacter pylori on the gastric pH of reflux patients was also assessed.Methods : Sixty-three consecutive patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease symptoms who agreed to undergo endoscopy and 24-h pH-metry were recruited. Twenty-five (39%) had erosive oesophagitis and 38 (61%) did not. H. pylori was diagnosed by CLO test, histology and 13C-urea breath test. Gastric pH was also measured in 30 controls without digestive symptoms.Results : H. pylori was found in seven of the 25 (28%) patients with oesophagitis and 14 of the 38 (37%) patients with non-erosive reflux disease. Oesophageal pH-metry was abnormal in 21 of the 25 (84%) patients with oesophagitis and in 32 of the 38 (84%) patients with non-erosive reflux disease. The median gastric pH did not differ between patients with and without oesophagitis or between them and controls during the 24 h (P = 0.8) and other time intervals (P = 0.2–0.4). The gastric pH did not differ between infected and non-infected patients with oesophagitis (P = 0.2–0.4) or non-erosive reflux disease (P = 0.3–0.8).Conclusions : The circadian pattern of intragastric acidity does not differ between patients with non-erosive reflux disease and oesophagitis. Moreover, the study confirms that H. pylori infection does not affect the gastric pH in either group of reflux patients.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: To assess the oesophageal manometric characteristics and 24-h pH profiles of patients with both short-segment and long-segment Barrett's oesophagus and compare them with those of patients with reflux oesophagitis and controls.〈section xml:id="abs1-2"〉〈title type="main"〉Methods:Seventy-nine patients who had undergone upper digestive endoscopy were recruited: 16 had short-segment Barrett's oesophagus, 13 had long-segment Barrett's oesophagus, 25 had grade III oesophagitis according to the Savary–Miller classification and 25 were used as controls. The diagnosis of Barrett's oesophagus was based on the histological detection of specialized intestinal metaplasia, which extended 〈 3 cm into the oesophagus in patients with short-segment disease and 〉 3 cm in patients with long-segment disease. All subjects underwent oesophageal manometry and basal 24-h oesophageal pH monitoring.〈section xml:id="abs1-3"〉〈title type="main"〉Results:The lower oesophageal sphincter pressure was significantly lower in patients with reflux oesophagitis and short-segment and long-segment Barrett's oesophagus than in controls (P=0.0004–0.0001), but there was no difference among the three reflux groups. The peristaltic wave amplitude of patients with long-segment Barrett's oesophagus was significantly lower than that of controls (P=0.002) and patients with short-segment Barrett's oesophagus (P=0.02), but was no different from that of patients with reflux oesophagitis. The percentage of non-propagated wet swallows was significantly higher in patients with reflux oesophagitis and short-segment and long-segment Barrett's oesophagus when compared with that of controls (P=0.0004–0.0001). The total percentage of time the oesophagus was exposed to pH 〈 4.0 was significantly higher in patients with reflux oesophagitis and short-segment and long-segment Barrett's oesophagus (P=0.0001) than in controls, and was higher in patients with long-segment disease than in those with short-segment disease (P=0.01).〈section xml:id="abs1-4"〉〈title type="main"〉Conclusions:Long-segment Barrett's oesophagus is characterized by a greater impairment of peristaltic wave amplitude and a higher oesophageal acid exposure than is short-segment Barrett's oesophagus. However, both forms are linked to increased acid reflux.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The efficacy of several prokinetic drugs on dyspeptic symptoms and on gastric emptying rates are well-established in patients with functional dyspepsia, but formal studies comparing different prokinetic drugs are lacking.〈section xml:id="abs1-2"〉〈title type="main"〉Aim:To compare the effects of chronic oral administration of cisapride and levosulpiride in patients with functional dyspepsia and delayed gastric emptying.〈section xml:id="abs1-3"〉〈title type="main"〉Methods:In a double-blind crossover comparison, the effects of a 4-week administration of levosulpiride (25 mg t.d.s.) and cisapride (10 mg t.d.s.) on the gastric emptying rate and on symptoms were evaluated in 30 dyspeptic patients with functional gastroparesis. At the beginning of the study and after levosulpiride or cisapride treatment, the gastric emptying time of a standard meal was measured by 13C-octanoic acid breath test. Gastrointestinal symptom scores were also evaluated.〈section xml:id="abs1-4"〉〈title type="main"〉Results:The efficacy of levosulpiride was similar to that of cisapride in significantly shortening (P 〈 0.001) the t1/2 of gastric emptying. No significant differences were observed between the two treatments with regards to improvements in total symptom scores. However, levosulpiride was significantly more effective (P 〈 0.01) than cisapride in improving the impact of symptoms on the patients’ every-day activities and in improving individual symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and early postprandial satiety.〈section xml:id="abs1-5"〉〈title type="main"〉Conclusion:The efficacy of levosulpiride and cisapride in reducing gastric emptying times with no relevant side-effects is similar. The impact of symptoms on patients’ everyday activities and the improvement of some symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and early satiety was more evident with levosulpiride than cisapride.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background : The diagnostic yield of the stool antigen test (HpSA) in evaluating the results of Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy is controversial, but many studies have used only the 13C-urea breath test (13C-UBT) as a gold standard which has greatly reduced their relevance.Aim : To compare the reliability of HpSA and 13C-UBT in patients post-treatment using biopsy-based methods as reference tests.Methods : A total of 100 consecutive dyspeptic patients (42 male and 58 female; mean age, 56 ± 18 years) were enrolled in our study. All patients were H. pylori positive on the basis of at least two biopsy-based methods, and underwent 1 week of treatment with various triple therapies. They were again endoscoped 4 weeks after completing therapy and six biopsyspecimens were taken from the gastric antrum and corpus for rapid urease test, histology and culture. HpSA and 13C-UBT were also performed within 3 days of the second endoscopy.Results : On the basis of biopsy-based tests, infection was eradicated in 77 patients but continued in 23. Three false negatives were observed with HpSA and two with 13C-UBT. In contrast, the number of false positives was significantly higher (P 〈 0.01) with HpSA than with 13C-UBT (nine vs. one), confirming the lower specificity of the former test. The overall accuracy of HpSA was 88% vs. 97% for 13C-UBT (P 〈 0.02).Conclusions : HpSA has lower diagnostic value than 13C-UBT in the evaluation of the outcome of anti-H. pylori therapy. 13C-UBT remains the first-line diagnostic method to monitor eradication results. The use of HpSA should be reserved for those settings in which 13C-UBT is not available.
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  • 9
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Cell Biology International Reports 10 (1986), S. 178 
    ISSN: 0309-1651
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology
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  • 10
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    Electronic Resource
    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Cell Biology International Reports 10 (1986), S. 178 
    ISSN: 0309-1651
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology
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