THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHS PATTERN OF POTASSIUM DEPLETION TO THE CONCENTRATION OF POTASSIUM IN RED BLOOD CELLS

The influence of hen layer density on the variability of the number of red blood cells, heterophiles and lymphocytes in the blood, the secretory activity of adrenal glands, estimated by the level of corti-costerone and cortisol, as well as the presence of interrelations between hormones and blood cells by calculating complex indices, were studied. Chickens, as the research object, were kept in cages, under conditions of standard layer density and increased by 1.5 and 2.0 times. We found that chickens adapt to an increase in layer density by one and a half times, pro-vided that egg production decreases to 33.33%; two times exceed of the regulatory requirements for laying does not correspond to the adaptive abilities of birds. Depending on the level of layer density excess (stress factor) in chicken blood, the concentration of corticosterone and cortisol increases, determining a decrease in the number of lymphocytes and an in-crease in heterophiles against the background of the preservation of red blood cells, reflecting the “energy price” of adaptation. Corticosterone af-fects the relationship of red blood cells with lymphocytes and heterophiles, determining the variability of the values of the indices reflecting the ratio of red blood cells and lymphocytes (ISEL), red blood cells and hetero-philes (ISEG), red blood cells, lymphocytes and corticosterone (ISELC), red blood cells, heterophiles and corticosterone (ISEGC) and the integral index of red blood cells-heterophiles-lymphocytes and corticosterone (IIEGLC).

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A HEMOLYSIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE MUMPS VIRUS

Journal of Experimental Medicine ◽

10.1084/jem.88.5.503 ◽

1948 ◽

Vol 88 (5) ◽

pp. 503-514 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Herbert R. Morgan ◽

John F. Enders ◽

Philip F. Wagley

Keyword(s):

Influenza Virus ◽

Red Blood Cells ◽

Blood Cells ◽

Osmotic Fragility ◽

Maximal Activity ◽

Maximum Activity ◽

Similar Treatment ◽

Ph Range ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

1. A factor capable of causing the hemolysis of the erythrocytes of man, chicken, and sheep occurs in the amniotic and allantoic fluids of chick embryos infected with the virus of mumps. 2. The hemolysin has not been found in normal fluids or in those infected with PR8 or Lee B strains of influenza virus. 3. The hemolysin is definitely inhibited by the serum of man and monkey convalescent from mumps, but only slightly by the serum of the acute phase. 4. The hemolysin is almost completely inactivated at 50°C. after 10 minutes. It exhibits maximal activity at 37°C. and is completely inactive at 4°C. A pH range from about 7.0 to 8.0 allows for maximum activity. 5. Adsorption and elution of the hemolysin with red blood cells has been demonstrated. After elution of the hemolysin, the red blood cells exhibit an increased osmotic fragility. Similar treatment of red cells with influenza virus did not alter this property. 6. The relationship of the hemolysin to the hemagglutinin and the enzyme-like behavior of the former have been discussed.

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Candida albicans Shunt Infection: Report of Two Cases

Neurosurgery ◽

10.1227/00006123-198607000-00018 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 111-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

David J. Gower ◽

Kerry Crone ◽

Eben Alexander ◽

David L. Kelly

Keyword(s):

Candida Albicans ◽

Blood Cells ◽

White Blood Cells ◽

Shunt Infection ◽

Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts ◽

Previous Therapy ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Overall Mortality

Abstract Infection of cerebrospinal fluid shunts with Candida albicans is reported in two patients. Scanning electron microscopy in one case demonstrates the relationship of the Candida hyphae to the white blood cells and to silicone plastic. A review of 10 previously reported cases of Candida shunt infection indicates that the infection usually follows a major bacterial infection or direct contamination or occurs spontaneously, Previous therapy has usually involved removal of the shunt, and the role of parenteral antifungal therapy is still unclear. Overall mortality to date is 25%.

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Red cell oxygen affinity in fetal sheep: role of 2,3-DPG and adult hemoglobin

Journal of Applied Physiology ◽

10.1152/jappl.1978.45.1.7 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 7-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

H. Bard ◽

J. C. Fouron ◽

J. E. Robillard ◽

A. Cornet ◽

M. A. Soukini

Keyword(s):

Red Blood Cells ◽

Blood Cells ◽

Oxygen Affinity ◽

Fetal Life ◽

Red Cell ◽

Adult Type ◽

Fetal Sheep ◽

Adult Hemoglobin ◽

Relationship Of

Studies were carried out during fetal life in sheep to determine the relationship of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (DPG), the intracellular red cell and extracellular pH, and the switchover to adult hemoglobin synthesis in regulating the position of the fetal red cell oxygen-affinity curve in utero. Adult hemoglobin first appeared near 120 days of gestation. The mean oxygen tension at which hemoglobin is half saturated (P50) prior to 120 days of gestation remained constant at 13.9 +/- 0.3 (SD) Torr and then increased gradually as gestation continued, reaching 19 Torr at term. During the interval of fetal life studied, the level of DPG was 4.43 +/- 1.63 (SD) micromol/g Hb and the deltapH between plasma and red blood cells was 0.227 +/- 0.038 (SD); neither was affected by gestational age. The decrease in the red cell oxygen affinity after 120 days of gestation ocrrelated with the amount of adult hemoglobin present in the fetus (r = 0.78; P less than 0.001). This decrease can be attributed only to the amount of the adult-type hemoglobin present, and not to DPG, or to changes in the deltapH between plasma and red blood cells, because both remained stable during the last trimester.

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Erratum to: Impact of red blood cells count on the relationship between high density lipoproteins and the prevalence and extent of coronary artery disease: a single centre study

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis ◽

10.1007/s11239-015-1206-6 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 69-69

Author(s):

Alon Schaffer ◽

Monica Verdoia ◽

Ettore Cassetti ◽

Lucia Barbieri ◽

Pasquale Perrone-Filardi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Coronary Artery Disease ◽

Coronary Artery ◽

Red Blood Cells ◽

Blood Cells ◽

High Density Lipoproteins ◽

Single Centre ◽

Centre Study ◽

Single Centre Study ◽

Artery Disease ◽

The Relationship

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Volume-dependent K+ transport in rabbit red blood cells comparison with oxygenated human SS cells

AJP Cell Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajpcell.1989.257.1.c114 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 257 (1) ◽

pp. C114-C121 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

N. al-Rohil ◽

M. L. Jennings

Keyword(s):

Red Blood Cells ◽

Blood Cells ◽

Cell Volume Regulation ◽

Sulfhydryl Group ◽

Cell Swelling ◽

Inhibitory Potency ◽

Ph Optimum ◽

The Relationship ◽

Low K ◽

K Transport

In this study the volume-dependent or N-ethylmaleimide (NEM)-stimulated, ouabain-insensitive K+ influx and efflux were measured with the tracer 86Rb+ in rabbit red blood cells. The purpose of the work was to examine the rabbit as a potential model for cell volume regulation in human SS red blood cells and also to investigate the relationship between the NEM-reactive sulfhydryl group(s) and the signal by which cell swelling activates the transport. Ouabain-resistant K+ efflux and influx increase nearly threefold in cells swollen hypotonically by 15%. Pretreatment with 2 mM NEM stimulates efflux 5-fold and influx 10-fold (each measured in an isotonic medium). The ouabain-resistant K+ efflux was dependent on the major anion in the medium. The anion dependence of K+ efflux in swollen or NEM-stimulated cells was as follows: Br- greater than Cl- much greater than NO3- = acetate. The magnitudes of both the swelling- and the NEM-stimulated fluxes are much higher in young cells (density separated but excluding reticulocytes) than in older cells. Swelling- or NEM-stimulated K+ efflux in rabbit red blood cells was inhibited 50% by 1 mM furosemide, and the inhibitory potency of furosemide was enhanced by extracellular K+, as is known to be true for human AA and low-K+ sheep red blood cells. The swelling-stimulated flux in both rabbit and human SS cells has a pH optimum at approximately 7.4. We conclude that rabbit red blood cells are a good model for swelling-stimulated K+ transport in human SS cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Defect in the Renal Tubular Reabsorption of Water Associated With Potassium Depletion in Rats

American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content ◽

10.1152/ajplegacy.1957.189.3.557 ◽

1957 ◽

Vol 189 (3) ◽

pp. 557-563 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Walter Hollander ◽

Robert W. Winters ◽

T. Franklin Williams ◽

John Bradley ◽

Jean Oliver ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Urinary Concentration ◽

Potassium Depletion ◽

Sprague Dawley ◽

Sprague Dawley Rats ◽

Renal Tubular Reabsorption ◽

Renal Concentrating Mechanism ◽

Renal Tubular ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

K Depletion

The effect of graded degrees of K depletion on the ability to produce a concentrated urine was studied in Sprague-Dawley rats. With increasing degrees of K depletion, as measured by the concentration of K in fat-free skeletal muscle, there was a progrossive decrease in the maximum urinary concentration. This defect of the renal concentrating mechanism appeared to be better correlated with the degree than with the duration of potassium depletion and could be demonstrated either by the use of exogenous vasopressin or by water deprivation. The potassium-deficient rats in at least one experiment developed a significant polydipsia. The data do not allow any conclusions with respect to the relationship of the polydipsia to the renal concentrating defect except that the latter at least was not severe at the onset of the increased water intake.

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