Proinflammatory mononuclear cells in obese found to contribute to diabetes, heart disease
...searchers show for the first time that circulating mononuclear cells -- the body's monocytes (the largest type of...a, is that, based on these findings, the status of mononuclear cells from one blood sample could serve as an easy early-warning system for the risk of developing i...Persistently abnormal liver function tests: Marker of occult hepatitis C?
...CR assay also detected HCV RNA in peripheral-blood mononuclear cells from 40 (70%) of the 57 patients with occult...tify patients who may qualify for peripheral-blood mononuclear cell testing for occult HCV infection. They cautioned, however, that many issues about such infectio...News tips for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003
...erapy (control group), 14 got direct injections of mononuclear cells from bone marrow (BMT group), and 15 got the new therapy, involving subcutaneous injection of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), which mobilizes endothelial progenitor cells derived from bone marrow to induce new b...Bone marrow cells improve failing heart function
...ers at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston tested mononuclear bone marrow cell transplant injections in patients...ton. Previous laboratory research has shown that mononuclear cells taken from bone marrow then injected into human tissue can promote growth in oxygen-deprived t...Study assessing once daily Abacavir (ABC) in a once daily ART regimen
...es of ABC in plasma and CBV-TP in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). On the PK sampling day, patients took their usual regimen in the morning, but withheld their evening dose of ABC in order to better characterize the elimination of CBV-TP. All other medications in their regimens remained unchanged. Bl...Bone marrow cell transplant treats clogged leg arteries
...ndomly implanted either a person's own bone marrow mononuclear cells or saline (a placebo) into the calf muscles ...n in the legs of patients who received bone marrow mononuclear cell transplants. Patients injected with saline showed much smaller increases in collateral perfusi...Estrogen may lower women's risk of heart disease by working as damper on inflammation
...antly inhibited the generation of free radicals by mononuclear cells and leukocytes, with peak inhibition -- 39.9 percent and 47.3 percent respectively -- reached at four hours after estrogen infusion. NF-(B activity fell to a low of 24 percent at six hours after infusion, and C-reactive protein concentration ...University of Chicago study finds therapy to prevent miscarriage is not helpful
...enters. During therapy the mother is injected with mononuclear cells preparedfrom the father's blood. The therapy is based on the belief that it offers aprotective immune response and helps maintain the pregnancy. Six medical centers from the United States and Canada participated inthe Recurrent Miscarr...