Nanoparticle and Collagen Concentration Measurements Using Scanned Laser Pico-projection

2013 ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Chin-Ho Chuang ◽  
Ti-Wen Sung ◽  
Chih-Ling Huang ◽  
Yu-Lung Lo
Keyword(s):  
Collagen Concentration ◽  
Concentration Measurements

Rapeseed Oil and Sunflower Oil Diets Enhance Platelet In Vitro Aggregation and Thromboxane Production in Healthy Men when Compared with Milk Fat or Habitual Diets

1992 ◽  
Vol 67 (03) ◽  
pp. 352-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marja Mutanen ◽  
Riitta Freese ◽  
Liisa M Valsta ◽  
Irma Ahola ◽  
Antti Ahlström
Keyword(s):  
Sunflower Oil ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Rapeseed Oil ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Collagen Concentration ◽  
Aggregation Pattern ◽  
Thromboxane Production ◽  
Low Erucic Acid ◽  
Platelet Thromboxane

SummaryIn this highly controlled trial, 26 normolipidemic men (average age 28 years, range 18 to 60) were fed a baseline diet high in milk fat (MF) (fat 36% of energy, saturates 19%, monounsaturates 11%, polyunsaturates 4%), followed by a diet high in sunflower oil (SO) (fat 38% of energy, saturates 13%, monounsaturates 10%, polyunsaturates 13%) and another diet high in low erucic-acid rapeseed oil (RO) (fat 38% of energy, saturates 12%, monounsaturates 16%, polyunsaturates 8%). All diets were mixed natural diets with the same cholesterol contents. The baseline milk fat diet was given for 14 days and the oil diets for 24 days in a blind cross-over design. The platelet in vitro aggregation (slope %/min) induced by 1, 2 and 3 pM ADP and collagen (25 pg/ml PRP) was highly significantly (p <0.001) increased after both oil diets when compared with the results from the milk fat diet. The aggregation pattern determined by threshold collagen concentration confirmed increased collagen sensitivity of the platelets after the rapeseed oil diet (p <0.001). The enhancement of platelet aggregation was associated with increased in vitro platelet thromboxane production after the oil diets vs. the milk fat diet (p <0.05 after the sunflower oil diet and p <0.001 after the rapeseed oil diet).

MICROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN TIBIAL GROWTH CARTILAGE IN VARIOUS FORMS OF DWARFISM

1972 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 659-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Stanescu ◽  
R. Stanescu ◽  
J. A. Szirmai
Keyword(s):  
Growth Plate ◽  
Chondroitin Sulphate ◽  
Epiphyseal Plate ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Growth Disorders ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Collagen Concentration ◽  
Vitamin D Resistant Rickets ◽  
Pooled Samples ◽  
Tibial Epiphyseal

ABSTRACT Microchemical determinations of glycosaminoglycans and collagen were preformed in isolated histological zones from sections of tibial epiphyseal plate biopsies obtained from children with growth disorders (pituitary dwarfism, congenital myxoedema, Turner's syndrome, Noonan's syndrome, mucopolysaccharidosis type VI, vitamin D resistant rickets and achondroplasia). Alternate sections were used for histochemical localization of glycosaminoglycans and proteins. The values were compared with those found in comparable zones of the growth plate from normal children of the same age. The chondroitin sulphate concentration (% of defatted dry wt.) in the normal epiphyseal plate increased from the resting zone towards the proliferating/hypertrophic zone; collagen exhibited a reverse trend. In some of the pathological biopsies the concentration of chondroitin sulphate was slightly decreased whereas that of collagen was slightly increased. A marked increase in the collagen concentration was found in achondroplasia. The solubility profiles of the cetylpyridinium complexes of the chondroitin sulphate fraction showed three main peaks with slight but characteristic differences in the various zones of the normal cartilage plate. Significant shifts in the proportion of these peaks were observed in several pathological biopsies, indicating possible deviations from the normal molecular characteristics of the chondroitin sulphate. Analysis of the main chondroitin sulphate fraction, obtained from pooled samples of normal tibial growth plate after fractionation on the macroscale, indicated that all three peaks contained both chondroitin-4 sulphate and chondroitin-6 sulphate and that they probably differed in their molecular weight.

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