Efficacy of a commercial test kit to determine early pregnancy in cows using whole blood and blood serum

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozan Karakuş ◽  
Cihan Kaçar ◽  
Mushap Kuru ◽  
Semra Kaya ◽  
Murat Can Demir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Serum ◽  
Early Pregnancy ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Commercial Test ◽  
Test Kit

Antiheparin Activity of Human Serum and Platelet Factor 4

1973 ◽  
Vol 30 (01) ◽  
pp. 093-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.H.J Sear ◽  
L Poller ◽  
F.R.C Path
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Platelet Rich Plasma ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Normal Serum ◽  
Platelet Factor ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Antiheparin Activity

SummaryThe antiheparin activity of normal serum has been studied by comparing the antiheparin activities of sera obtained from normal whole blood, platelet-rich plasma and platelet-’free’ plasma with a purified platelet extract during differential isoelectric precipitation and by gel filtration chromatography.The mean values for the activity of PRP-serum and PFP-serum were 106% (S.D. 11) and 10% (S.D. 3) of untreated whole blood respectively. The activity of whole blood serum, PRP serum and whole blood serum plus platelet extract precipitated under identical physical conditions, i.e. pH 7.0, I =0.008, indicating that the activities of the three samples are probably associated with PF4. PF4 precipitated from human platelet extract at pH 4.0, but this is probably due to the difference in the two biochemical environments investigated, i.e. serum and platelet extract.The gel filtration experiments revealed striking similarities between the major antiheparin activities of serum and platelet extract. At physiological pH and ionic strength both activities were associated with high molecular weight material, but at physiological pH and elevated ionic strength both activities behaved as much smaller entities of molecular weight between 25,000 and 30,000 daltons and it seems very likely that both activities are associated with the same molecule, i.e. PF4.

Creatinuria and Dynamics of Calcium Metabolism in Children in the Phase of Exacerbation of Bronchial Asthma

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Vitalii B. Kaliberdenko ◽  
Shanmugaraj Kulanthaivel ◽  
Michael V. Shterenshis ◽  
Olga Y. Poleshchuk ◽  
Kadri Mametov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Creatine Kinase ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Bronchial Asthma ◽  
Picric Acid ◽  
Colorimetric Method ◽  
Cellular Level ◽  
Creatine Kinase Activity ◽  
Biological Medium ◽  
Creatinine Concentration ◽  
Test Kit

: Bronchial asthma is one of the most common and severe diseases among children. The phenomenon of creatinuria (CU) in patients with bronchial asthma (BA) has been acknowledged for a relatively long time. Aims: The Aim of the research is to study the level of creatinuria, creatinemia, creatine kinase activity, and the concentration of calcium in biological medium (blood, saliva, urine) in children suffering from an intermittent and persistent form of asthma during the period of exacerbation. Material and methods:: The research consists of 102 children with asthma who were treated in inpatient department in Simferopol Clinic. The intermittent course of asthma was recorded in 49 children and a persistent course of asthma was recorded in 53 children. The subject of study was blood serum and daily urine of observed patients. The level of calcium in the biological medium was studied using the "Filisit" test kit (Dnipro) and the activity of the creatine kinase by test set "Lahma". The levels of creatine and creatinine were determined using a colorimetric method based on a color reaction with picric acid. Results and conclusion: : The analysis testifies that creatinuria in children with persistent BA is caused by the disorder of the phosphorylation process rather than the disorder of creatinin rephosphorylation synthesis, that is testified by the normal creatinine level. In children with persistent BA, there is а decrease of creatinine concentration in the blood serum and urine during the exacerbation period and early post exacerbation period. The low activity of creatinine kinase at the background of creatinine elimination is typical for the children in the phase of exacerbation of persistent form of BA, though its level remains to be sufficient for the synthesis of the necessary amount of creatinine phosphate. Conclusion: The processes of creatinuria and calciuria in children suffering from a persistent form of BA are interdependent, that is testified by the data of correlative analysis. In connection with this, it is possible to consider the change of calcium homeostasis in the pathogenesis of the disease as one of the causes of distributing the creatinine metabolism on the cellular level.

scholarly journals Simultaneous Measurement of 3-Chlorotyrosine and 3,5-Dichlorotyrosine in Whole Blood, Serum and Plasma by Isotope Dilution HPLC–MS-MS

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian S. Crow ◽  
Jennifer Quiñones-González ◽  
Brooke G. Pantazides ◽  
Jonas W. Perez ◽  
W. Rucks Winkeljohn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Serum ◽  
Isotope Dilution ◽  
Simultaneous Measurement ◽  
Whole Blood

Excretion of a Toxic Dose of Thallium

1990 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1506-1509 ◽  
Author(s):  
H A Chandler ◽  
G P R Archbold ◽  
J M Gibson ◽  
P O'Callaghan ◽  
J N Marks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Serum ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Assisted Ventilation ◽  
Toxic Dose ◽  
Serum And Urine

Abstract We report a successfully treated case of severe thallium intoxication that required 95 days of assisted ventilation and 224 days of hospitalization. Monitoring of the patient for 500 days by measuring thallium in whole blood, serum, and urine is documented, and the role of the laboratory and utility of the measurements are considered.

scholarly journals Expression of tissue factor pathway inhibitor by cultured endothelial cells in response to inflammatory mediators

Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (12) ◽  
pp. 3219-3226 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Ameri ◽  
MN Kuppuswamy ◽  
S Basu ◽  
SP Bajaj
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Tissue Factor ◽  
Inflammatory Mediators ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor ◽  
Binding Motif ◽  
Cultured Endothelial Cells ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tissue Factor Pathway

Abstract We recently proposed that endothelium may represent the primary physiologic site of synthesis of the tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI). In support of this conclusion, we have now found that the poly(A)+ RNAs obtained from rabbit and bovine lung tissues contain abundant amounts of TFPI messenger RNAs (mRNAs), whereas the poly(A)+ RNAs obtained from the liver of these animals contain less than 5% of that found in the lung tissues. Because inflammatory mediators are known to upregulate tissue factor (TF) expression by the endothelium, we have examined the effect of these agents on the TFPI expression by the cultured endothelial cells. When cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells were stimulated (in 10% fetal bovine serum) with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), endotoxin, interleukin-1, or tumor necrosis factor-alpha, the TF mRNA increased approximately 7- to 10- fold within 2 to 4 hours. Unstimulated cells constitutively expressed TFPI mRNA and its levels either did not change or increased slightly (up to 1.5-fold) upon stimulation with these inflammatory agents. TF mRNA abruptly declined to a negligible level and the TFPI mRNA returned essentially to the basal level at approximately 24 hours. The membrane- bound TF clotting activity of induced cells peaked between 4 and 8 hours, and finally declined. The cumulative TFPI activity secreted into the media was either unchanged or slightly higher in the induced cell cultures as compared with that present in the noninduced cultures. Endothelial cells were also cultured in 10% heat-inactivated human serum derived from plasma or whole blood. TFPI secreted into the media containing whole blood serum was consistently higher (approximately 1.5- fold at 8 hours) than that secreted into the media supplemented with serum obtained from plasma lacking the formed elements; these cells also expressed similarly increased levels of TFPI mRNA. Moreover, PMA- stimulated cells cultured in whole blood serum expressed modestly increased levels of TFPI mRNA (approximately 1.5-fold); supernatants from these cells also contained similarly increased TFPI activity. Cumulatively, our data indicate that, unlike thrombomodulin and fibrinolytic enzymes synthesized by the endothelial cells, TFPI synthesis is not downregulated and may be slightly upregulated during an inflammatory response. Inspection of the 5′ flanking region of the TFPI gene showed a conserved GATA-binding motif located approximately 400 bp upstream of the proposed transcription initiation site(s). This motif by binding to the GATA-2 transcriptional factor may keep the endothelium in an ‘on’ state for constitutive expression of TFPI.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

scholarly journals Highly sensitive gas chromatographic analysis of ethanol in whole blood, serum, urine, and fecal supernatants by the direct injection method

1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1003-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Tangerman
Keyword(s):  
Blood Serum ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Glass Beads ◽  
Injection Technique ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Gas Chromatographic Method ◽  
Ethanol Determination ◽  
Gas Chromatographic Separation

Abstract A highly sensitive, reproducible, and rapid gas chromatographic method for ethanol determination in various biological specimens (human whole blood, serum, urine, and fecal supernatants) was developed. The method involves direct injection of the biological specimen into the gas chromatograph, without any pretreatment. Contamination of the gas chromatographic column with nonvolatile material was prevented by the use of a glass liner in the injector. This liner, which acted as a precolumn, was partly filled with small glass beads. Injection was performed in between the glass beads. More than 50 injections of the various biological specimens could be done before the liner had to be replaced by a new one. This injection technique between glass beads allows direct injection of large sample volumes up to 10 μL without disturbing the gas chromatographic separation. Injection of these large sample volumes made the method very sensitive. The detection limit for ethanol amounted to 0.1 mg/L (2 μmol/L) when using an injection volume of 5 μL. Attention has also been paid to simultaneously monitoring ethanol, methanol, acetaldehyde, and acetone in blood and urine of control subjects.

scholarly journals Modulation of cell surface fibronectin assembly sites by lysophosphatidic acid.

1994 ◽  
Vol 127 (5) ◽  
pp. 1447-1459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q Zhang ◽  
W J Checovich ◽  
D M Peters ◽  
R M Albrecht ◽  
D F Mosher
Keyword(s):  
Blood Serum ◽  
Lysophosphatidic Acid ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Cell Shape ◽  
Matrix Protein ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Protein ◽  
Matrix Assembly ◽  
Platelet Poor Plasma ◽  
Amino Terminal

Lysophosphatidic acid is a product of activated platelets and has diverse actions on cells. We have characterized the effect of lysophosphatidic acid on cell-mediated binding and assembly of fibronectin, an extracellular matrix protein. Serum made from whole blood, but neither platelet-poor plasma nor serum made from platelet-poor plasma, caused enhanced binding of fibronectin to cultured fibroblastic cells. The ability of whole blood serum to enhance binding of fibronectin was abolished by phospholipase B. These results indicate that lysophosphatidic acid derived from platelets is the principal component in whole blood serum that is active in the fibronectin binding assay. 1-oleoyl lysophosphatidic acid, 20-200 nM, was as active as 0.1-0.2% whole blood serum. The stimulatory effect of lysophosphatidic acid on the binding of fibronectin or the amino-terminal 70-kD fragment of fibronectin was rapid, sustained, and lost upon removal of lysophosphatidic acid. The stimulatory effect on binding could not be duplicated by bradykinin, platelet-activating factor, bombesin, or a peptide agonist of the thrombin receptor. Enhanced binding of the 70-kD fragment was due to increases in both the number and affinity of binding sites. Enhanced binding and assembly of fibronectin correlated with changes in cell shape and actin-containing cytoskeleton. The binding sites for fibronectin on lysophosphatidic acid-stimulated cells, as assessed by fluorescence, video, and scanning electron microscopy, were on areas of cell membrane containing numerous filopodia that extended between cells or between cells and substratum. These observations suggest that lysophosphatidic acid functions as a powerful and specific modulator of cell shape and early matrix assembly during wound healing.

Albumin as marker for susceptibility to metal ions in metal-on-metal hip prosthesis patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Facchin ◽  
S Catalani ◽  
E Bianconi ◽  
D De Pasquale ◽  
S Stea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Metal Binding ◽  
Hip Prosthesis ◽  
Binding Capacity ◽  
Gene Mutations ◽  
Individual Susceptibility ◽  
Metal On Metal ◽  
Serum And Urine

Metal-on-metal (MoM) hip prostheses are known to release chromium and cobalt (Co), which negatively affect the health status, leading to prosthesis explant. Albumin (ALB) is the main serum protein-binding divalent transition metals. Its binding capacity can be affected by gene mutations or modification of the protein N-terminal region, giving the ischaemia-modified albumin (IMA). This study evaluated ALB, at gene and protein level, as marker of individual susceptibility to Co in MoM patients, to understand whether it could be responsible for the different management of this ion. Co was measured in whole blood, serum and urine of 40 MoM patients. A mutational screening of ALB was performed to detect links between mutations and metal binding. Finally, serum concentration of total ALB and IMA were measured. Serum total ALB concentration was in the normal range for all patients. None of the subjects presented mutations in the investigated gene. Whole blood, serum and urine Co did not correlate with serum total ALB or IMA, although IMA was above the normal limit in most subjects. The individual susceptibility is very important for patients’ health status. Despite the limited results of this study, we provide indications on possible future investigations on the toxicological response to Co.

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