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Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection leads to the development of emphysema associated with the induction of alternatively activated macrophages

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the 5(th) most prevalent disease worldwide leading to severe morbidity and mortality in developed countries. The disease is strongly associated with smoking, and can be characterized by progressive and irreve ...

2008

Gd(III)-EPTPAC16, a new self-assembling potential liver MRI contrast agent: in vitro characterization and in vivo animal imaging studies

Lothar Helm

The recently reported amphiphilic chelate,

[Gd(EPTPAC_{16})(H_2O)]^{2-}

, forms supramolecular aggregates in aqueous solution by self-assembly of the monomers with a relaxometrically determined critical micellar concentration (CMC) of 0.34 mM. The effect ...

2008

Noise levels during nCPAP are flow-dependent but not device-dependent

Eric Van Lancker

Objective: Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) has been shown to improve the outcome of infants with respiratory distress syndrome. However, noise generation could be of concern. Therefore, our study was designed to measure the noise levels o ...

2008

Effects of reduced cyclic stretch on vascular smooth muscle cell function of pig carotids perfused ex vivo

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Paolo Silacci, Tyler Nerton Thacher, Veronica Gambillara

With advancing age arteries stiffen, reducing arterial compliance and leading to the development of systolic hypertension and to a substantial increase in pulse pressure. An augmented pulse pressure can be a predictor of the development of hypertension, wh ...

Oxford University Press2008

Fetal-juvenile origins of point mutations in the adult human tracheal-bronchial epithelium: Absence of detectable effects of age, gender or smoking status

Stephan Morgenthaler, Per Olaf Ekstrom

Allele-specific mismatch amplification mutation assays (MAMA) of anatomically distinct sectors of the upper bronchial tracts of nine nonsmokers revealed many numerically dispersed clusters of the point mutations C742T, G746T, G747T of the TP53 gene, G35T o ...

2008

Modeling the effects of dispersion and pulsatility of blood flow in pulsed arterial spin labeling

Daniel Gallichan

Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a method of using MRI to image cerebral perfusion. For the measurement to be calibrated, a model is required describing the kinetics of the flow of the inverted blood from the labeling region to the imaging region. It is com ...

Wiley-Blackwell2008

MR elastography of liver fibrosis: preliminary results comparing spin-echo and echo-planar imaging

Najat Salameh

The purpose of this study was to prospectively compare the performance of magnetic resonance (MR) elastography using echo-planar and spin-echo imaging for staging of hepatic fibrosis. Twenty-four patients who had liver biopsy for suspicion of chronic liver ...

2008

Adaptive FID-navigators for respiration monitoring in multi-slice fMRI applications

Rolf Gruetter, Tobias Kober, Reto Meuli, Wietske Van der Zwaag, José Pedro Rebelo Ferreira Marques

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures activation-induced signal changes by means of the blood-oxygenation-level-depended (BOLD) contrast. Since signal changes are typically only 1-3%, the method is intrinsically sensitive to all signal inst ...

2008

Mechanics of Thin Films on Polymer Substrates Produced by Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing

Yves Leterrier, Luc Rougier

lexible electronic devices are currently being developed using polymer substrates. Such devices present advantages like conformability, are light-weight and are expected to be manufactured in roll-to-roll (R2R) schemes accounting for cost-reduction. These ...

2008

Morphological study of early-stage lung cancer using synchrotron radiation

Giorgio Margaritondo

In the present study the feasibility of applying synchrotron radiation to the morphological study of early-stage lung cancer has been investigated. Lewis lung cancer was implanted and grown in a nude mouse for different periods, and imaged using phase-cont ...

International Union of Crystallography2008

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Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection leads to the development of emphysema associated with the induction of alternatively activated macrophages

Gd(III)-EPTPAC16, a new self-assembling potential liver MRI contrast agent: in vitro characterization and in vivo animal imaging studies

Noise levels during nCPAP are flow-dependent but not device-dependent

Effects of reduced cyclic stretch on vascular smooth muscle cell function of pig carotids perfused ex vivo

Fetal-juvenile origins of point mutations in the adult human tracheal-bronchial epithelium: Absence of detectable effects of age, gender or smoking status

Modeling the effects of dispersion and pulsatility of blood flow in pulsed arterial spin labeling

MR elastography of liver fibrosis: preliminary results comparing spin-echo and echo-planar imaging

Adaptive FID-navigators for respiration monitoring in multi-slice fMRI applications

Mechanics of Thin Films on Polymer Substrates Produced by Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing

Morphological study of early-stage lung cancer using synchrotron radiation

Fetal-juvenile origins of point mutations in the adult human tracheal-bronchial epithelium: Absence of detectable effects of age, gender or smoking status

Mechanics of Thin Films on Polymer Substrates Produced by Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing

Morphological study of early-stage lung cancer using synchrotron radiation

Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection leads to the development of emphysema associated with the induction of alternatively activated macrophages

Modeling the effects of dispersion and pulsatility of blood flow in pulsed arterial spin labeling

Noise levels during nCPAP are flow-dependent but not device-dependent

Gd(III)-EPTPAC16, a new self-assembling potential liver MRI contrast agent: in vitro characterization and in vivo animal imaging studies

Effects of reduced cyclic stretch on vascular smooth muscle cell function of pig carotids perfused ex vivo

MR elastography of liver fibrosis: preliminary results comparing spin-echo and echo-planar imaging

Adaptive FID-navigators for respiration monitoring in multi-slice fMRI applications