The direct effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines on the contractility of mammalian heart were
studied. Tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin-6, and interleukin-2 inhibited contractility of …

Nineteen patients whose bone marrow smears showed histiocytic hyperplasia with prominent
hemophagocytosis were found to have a clinicopathologic syndrome associated with …

A variety of methods have been devised for the study of spontaneous and directed cell migration.
Among these, the membrane filter method introduced by Boyden in 1962, with its more …

The incidence of cancer in 646 dialysis/ transplant patients before uræmia developed, during
the period of progressive uræmia, and post-transplantation was compared. 10 tumours (3 …

Nitric oxide is a short-lived biologic mediator for diverse cell types. Synthesis of an inducible
nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in murine macrophages is stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (…

Nitric oxide (NO.) is a short-lived mediator which can be induced in a variety of cell types
and produces many physiologic and metabolic changes in target cells. The inducible or high-…

Objective To review the epidemiology and characteristics of patients who died or underwent
colectomy secondary to fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis. Summary Background Data In …

The mediators responsible for maintenance of the hyperdynamic state and the low systemic
vascular resistance (SVR) observed in sepsis have not been elucidated. Nitric oxide (. N= O) …

Three patients with steroid-resistant idiopathic nephrotic syndrome were studied at onset
and during recurrent nephrotic syndrome after renal transplantation. Renal biopsies at the …

Background Data The common supposition is that more invasive operations are associated
with a more extensive ileus. The cellular mechanisms of postsurgical ileus remain elusive, …