摘要:
An aqueous solution for organ preservation or maintenance, which contains: a vasodilator in an amount sufficient to maintain vascular homeostasis; D-glucose in an amount sufficient to support intracellular function and maintenance of cellular bioenergetics; magnesium ions in an amount sufficient to support intracellular function and maintenance of cellular bioenergetics; macromolecules of molecular weight greater than 20,000 daltons in an amount sufficient to maintain endothelial integrity and cellular viability; potassium ions in a concentration greater than about 110 mM; and a buffer in an amount sufficient to maintain the average pH of the organ preservation or maintenance solution during the period of organ preservation at about physiologic pH or above.
摘要:
An improved system for generating a signal representative of the level of a material having a dielectric constant within a vessel is disclosed. The system features use of a first probe for generating a signal indicative of the dielectric constant of the material which is divided into a signal varying with the level of the material whereby a compensated level signal irrespective of the actual dielectric constant is measured. In a preferred embodiment, a single integrator is used to perform the division operation whereby inaccuracies due to component variation including long-term drift are eliminated. The instrument is disclosed as functioning in a two-wire instrument system having low power requirements, permitting use of conventional signal limits. Means for calibrating the instrument in a fail-safe manner such that the operator is assured of proper calibration are disclosed, as is means whereby bridge circuits used to measure in the capacitance measurements supplied to the division circuit are both supplied by a single oscillator means, again increasing reliability and accuracy of the system.
摘要:
A composition and method for treating thrombotic disorders. The composition comprises a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence corresponding to the sequence of the amino acid residues in the EGF domain of Factor IX, or a subsequence thereof. Such peptides compete with coagulation Factors IX and IXa for endothelial binding cites and thereby inhibit thrombosis formation.
摘要:
This invention provides a purified endothelial monocyte activating polypeptide (EMAP II). It further provides a method of obtaining purified endothelial monocyte activating polypeptide (EMAP II), a method of making antibodies to it and a method of detecting it. This invention also provides an effector cell activating protein which contains an amino acid sequence homologous to RIGRIVT and a method of detecting same. This invention also provides a method of treating a tumor in a subject by administering an effective dose of endothelial monocyte activating polypeptide (EMAP II).
摘要:
An instrument system provides compensation for signal processing errors by processing both sensor signals and reference signals in a common signal processor. Reference signals may be provided which enable zero compensation, gain compensation, or both. The system outputs compensated signals to a two wire signal loop in either analog or digital form, and selects the form of output signal in accordance with digital input signals received from the signal wires. The system may be embodied as a radio frequency admittance instrument system for monitoring the condition of materials.
摘要:
The present invention provides for a method for treating an ischemic disorder in a subject which comprises administering to the subject a pharmaceutically acceptable form of a selectin antagonist in a sufficient amount over a sufficient time period to prevent white blood cell accumulation so as to treat the ischemic disorder in the subject. The invention further provides a method for treating an ischemic disorder in a subject which comprises administering to the subject carbon monoxide gas in a sufficient amount over a sufficient period of time thereby treating the ischemic disorder in the subject. The invention further provides a method for treating an ischemic disorder in a subject which comprises administering to the subject a pharmaceutically acceptable form of inactivated Factor IX in a sufficient amount over a sufficient period of time to inhibit coagulation so as to treat the ischemic disorder in the subject.
摘要:
The invention provides a method for reducing damage to an ischemic tissue which comprises contacting cells of the tissue with an inhibitor of Early Growth Response Factor-1 Protein (Egr-1). In addition, the invention provides a method for reducing vascular injury during reperfusion of an ischemic tissue in a subject which comprises contacting the tissue with a compound which inhibits expression of Early Growth Response Factor-1 (Egr-1) protein in the tissue so as to reduce vascular injury in the tissue during reperfusion. wherein the inhibitor is a nucleic acid consisting essentially of the polynucleotide sequence 5′-CTTGGCCGCTGCCAT-3′ (SEQ ID NO:1). In one embodiment of the invention, the subject has suffered a stroke, or a myocardial infarction. In another embodiment of the invention, the subject is undergoing or has undergone angioplasty, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, or organ transplantation.
摘要翻译:本发明提供了减少对缺血组织的损伤的方法,其包括使组织的细胞与早期生长反应因子-1蛋白(Egr-1)的抑制剂接触。 此外,本发明提供了减少受试者缺血组织再灌注期间的血管损伤的方法,其包括使组织与抑制组织中早期生长反应因子-1(Egr-1)蛋白表达的化合物接触,以便 以减少再灌注期间组织中的血管损伤。 其中所述抑制剂是基本上由多核苷酸序列5'-CTTGGCCGCTGCCAT-3'(SEQ ID NO:1)组成的核酸。 在本发明的一个实施方案中,受试者患有中风或心肌梗死。 在本发明的另一个实施方案中,受试者正在或已经进行血管成形术,心脏手术,血管外科手术或器官移植。
摘要:
The present invention provides for a purified endothelial monocyte activating polypeptide II, wherein the polypeptide has an apparent molecular weight of about 20,000 Daltons. The present invention also provides for an effector cell activating protein comprising a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence wherein at least four amino acid residues are the same as RIGRTVT and are in the same relative positions. The invention also provides for a DNA which encodes the effector cell activating protein. The invention also provides for methods of inducing inflammation in a subject and methods of treating tumors in a subject. The invention also provides for a pharmaceutical composition which comprises the endothelial monocyte activating polypeptide II and a carrier.
摘要:
This invention provides a method of selectively decreasing pulmonary vascular resistance in a subject by administering endobronchially a drug chosen from among cAMP analogs, cGMP analogs, phosphodiesterase inhibitors, nitric oxide precursors, nitric oxide donors, and nitric oxide analogs.
摘要:
The subject invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, which comprises an amount of calreticulin effective for blocking or preventing thrombosis in a subject, causing substantially no defect or no defect in normal hemostasis, and a pharmaceutically effective carrier. The subject invention provides a method for blocking or preventing thrombosis in a subject, causing substantially no defect or no defect in normal hemostasis, which method comprises administering calreticulin to the subject in an amount effective for blocking or preventing thrombosis. The subject invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, which comprises calreticulin in combination with an other antithrombotic agent, in an amount and proportion effective for enhancing the action of the other antithrombotic agent, to prevent clotting or dissolve clots which have already formed. The subject invention provides a method for enhancing the action of an other antithrombotic agent which prevent clotting or dissolve clots which have already formed, comprising administering to a subject calreticulin in combination with the other antithrombotic agent in an amount and proportion for enhancing the action of the other antithrombotic agent, to prevent clotting or dissolve clots which have already formed.