To test the hypothesis that chronic immune stimulation of a peripheral lymph node induces the formation of additional mature adipocytes in adjacent adipose tissue, one popliteal lymph node of large male rats was stimulated by local injection of 10 microg or 20 microg lipopolysaccharide three times a week for 6 weeks. Adipocyte volumes in sites defined by their anatomical relations to the stimulated and homologous unstimulated popliteal lymph nodes were measured, plus adipocyte complement of the popliteal depot, and the lipid and protein content of adipocytes and adipose stroma. The higher dose of lipopolysaccharide doubled the mass of the locally stimulated lymph node and the surrounding adipose tissue enlarged by the appearance of additional mature adipocytes. Similar but smaller changes were observed in the popliteal adipose depot of the unstimulated leg and in a nodeless depot. The lipid content of the adipocytes decreased and that of the stroma increased dose-dependently in all samples measured but the changes were consistently greater in the depot surrounding the stimulated lymph node. The protein content of both adipocytes and stroma increased in samples surrounding the stimulated node. We conclude that chronic immune stimulation of lymphoid tissues induces the formation of more adipocytes in the adjacent adipose tissue. These findings suggest a mechanism for the selective hypertrophy of lymphoid-containing adipose depots in the HIV-associated adipose redistribution syndrome. 相似文献
The purpose of this study was to use a model of aging to examine the relationships between passive properties of the calf
muscles and plantarflexion concentric isokinetic torque characteristics. Eighty-one active women 20–84 years of age were tested
using a Kin-Com isokinetic dynamometer interfaced with electromyography (EMG). The passive properties were tested by stretching
the muscles from relaxed plantarflexion to a maximal dorsiflexion (DF) angle at a rate of 5°·s–1 (0.087 rad·s–1) with minimal raw EMG activity (<0.05 mV). The maximal concentric torque was tested from maximal passive DF into plantarflexion
at four randomly ordered velocities of 30, 60, 120, and 180°·s–1. Pearson correlation coefficients (Bonferroni adjusted) indicated a hierarchical order of high to moderate positive correlations
between four passive properties and the peak and mean concentric torque for all test velocities. Correlation coefficients
for the four passive properties ranged from 0.50 to 0.78 (P<0.001), and the coefficients of determination (r2) from higher to lower were: (1) maximal DF passive resistive torque (r2: 0.50–0.62), (2) length extensibility (r2: 0.40–0.49), (3) maximal muscle length (r2: 0.28–0.41), and (4) passive elastic stiffness in the last half of the full-stretch range of motion (r2: 0.25–0.31). The maximal DF passive resistive torque and the length extensibility accounted for 50–62% and 40–49% of the
variability in the concentric torque, respectively. The results indicate that the concentrically stronger calf muscles of
active women were positively correlated with passively stronger, longer, and stiffer calf muscles, which are characteristics
of the calf muscles of younger women. Further studies are needed to examine whether therapeutic interventions, such as stretching
and strengthening, can promote adaptations in the calf muscles of older women to attain these more youthful characteristics.
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General models are developed for static and dynamic geometric and material passive responses. The models are applied to data
obtained from the main pulmonary arteries of calves and dogs. The structural model predicts distortions by simultaneous stretching
and bending in a concise manner. Parameters are obtained by a fiveelement material model. This latter predicts static and
dynamic, nonlinear, frequency-dependent, viscoelastic responses observed in biomaterials over the entire strain range irrespective
of the nature of loading. Validity and baseline parameter values are investigated for the inactivated state, developed by
poisoning the smooth muscle with potassium cyanide. Complexities, related to nonlinear (strain-dependent) and colloidal (thixotropic)
properties of tissues, are analyzed. These properties enter into functional responses in a complex manner that can modify
substantially concepts of material components and vary appreciably between physiologic circumstances and laboratory evaluations.
We propose that, in general, evaluations of material responses must account for these properties. 相似文献
The dielectric properties (conductivity, kappa and relative permittivity, epsilon) of excised rat lung are modified by lung air and water content. The measurements of these quantities were made over the frequency range of 10 kHz to 100 MHz with an open-ended coaxial probe. The following relationships were analyzed in an oleic acid-induced pulmonary edema model using 18 animals: the spectra of kappa, epsilon and the loss tangent as a function of lung air and water content. Secondly, an isolated-perfused lung system was produced to induce a gradual increase in lung water. The time course of kappa, epsilon and the loss tangent for one excised lung was analyzed. The principal findings were: (i) a decrease in kappa and epsilon with increasing air content, (ii) an increase in kappa and epsilon with increasing water content, and (iii) a good correlation between lung water content and maximum loss tangent that was insensitive to changes in air content. We conclude that this technique could provide a quantitative assessment of lung water during pulmonary edema formation. 相似文献
To evaluate whether nitric oxide (NO) is an appropriate test gas for assessing pulmonary gas exchange, we determined the
rates of disappearance from the alveolar space (λ) of NO and singly and doubly 18O-labelled carbon dioxide (C16O18O, C18O2) by performing single-breath manoeuvres on seven artificially ventilated rabbits. By exploiting unique features of both isotopic
species and by analysing pulmonary gas transport and λ values with a commonly used model, we found that diffusion forms 98±6%
(mean ± SD) of the overall resistance to alveolar-capillary NO transfer. This means that measurements of pulmonary NO uptake
reveal the entire diffusive properties of the alveolar-capillary membrane, because the extremely fast binding of NO to haemoglobin
negates the ”reactive” component within red blood cells of pulmonary capillaries.
Received: 8 May 1998 / Received after revision: 12 August 1998 / Accepted: 17 August 1998 相似文献
In recent years, several studies have pointed out the importance of pain-related fear in the development and maintenance of chronic pain. An important instrument for measuring pain-related fear in the context of low back pain is the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK). Recently, a version of this questionnaire has been developed for administration among the general population (TSK-G). To determine the factor structure of the TSK-G, data from a random sample of the Dutch general population were studied separately for people who had had back complaints in the previous year, and people who had been without back complaints. For both groups the TSK-G appeared to consist of one, internally consistent, factor of 12 items. The one-factor TSK-G also appeared valid after comparison with scores on measures of catastrophizing and general health status. 相似文献
An unsymmetrical diamine monomer 4‐(p‐aminophenoxy)‐3‐trifluoromethyl‐4′‐aminobiphenyl has been synthesized successfully. This monomer leads to the synthesis of different novel poly(ether imide)s when reacted with different dianhydrides like pyromellatic dianhydride (PMDA), benzophenone tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (BTDA), 2,2‐bis(3,4‐dicarboxyphenyl) hexafluoropropane (6FDA), and oxy diphthalic anhydride (ODA). The poly(ether imide) prepared from this monomer on reaction with 6FDA is soluble in several organic solvents such as N‐methylpyrolidinone (NMP), dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N‐dimethylacetamide (DMAc), tetrahydrofuran (THF), and CHCl3. The poly(ether imide)s prepared from BTDA and ODA are soluble in NMP, DMF, and DMAc but not in THF or CHCl3, whereas the polymer prepared from PMDA is soluble only in NMP. The water uptake value for these poly(ether imide) films is very low (0.2–0.5%), and exhibited low dielectric constants (2.81 at 1 MHz). The polymers exhibited high thermal stability up to 532 °C in air for 5% weight loss, and high glass transition temperatures up to 288 °C. The polymer exhibited high tensile strength up to 135 MPa, modulus 3.2 GPa, and elongation at break up to 25%, depending on the exact polymer structure.
The structure of the poly(ether imide) synthesised from 4‐(p‐aminophenoxy)‐3‐trifluoromethyl‐4′‐aminobiphenyl and 2,2‐bis(3,4‐dicarboxyphenyl) hexafluoropropane. This polymer was soluble in many organic solvents. 相似文献
In order to analyze the possible meaning of cellular DNA content and cell cycle phases for the radiosensitivity and the prognosis of human malignant tumors, flow cytometric measurements have been performed in biopsies of 131 patients with histologically proven squamous cell carcinomas of the maxillo-facial region. In two-thirds of the patients (88/131; 67%), aneuploid tumor cell lines have been found, only 33% (43/131) had a diploid DNA distribution pattern. The average DNA index (DI) of the aneuploid carcinomas was 3.4 +/- 0.6 (normal nonmalignant tissue DI = 2.0). The frequency of S-phase cells, which represents the "proliferative activity", was between 4.8 and 63.2%, regardless of the ploidy stages. The aneuploid carcinomas had about twice as many S-phase cells (mean 23.7 +/- 11.8%) than diploid tumors (mean 12.7 +/- 4.8%). Mean survival for patients with diploid carcinoma and aneuploid carcinoma was 12 and 9.5 months, respectively. Concerning the relationship of S-phase frequency and survival times in our material there was a high negative statistical correlation (Spearman-Rank test) in patients with diploid carcinomas. A high S-phase fraction resulted in short survival times. No correlation was found in the aneuploid carcinomas: patients with tumors in high S-phase values in their biopsies showed no difference in prognosis in comparison to tumors with lower S-phase fractions. 相似文献
Optimum chromatographic properties of high performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) of proteins, such as resolution, molecular weight accuracy and recovery, are obtained on packings and columns with tailor-made physical and chemical structures, employed at properly adjusted eluent compositions and operation conditions. SEC-theory suggests that a broad molecular weight fractionation range and high linearity of the log-linear calibration plot can be achieved by the use of two packings (10- and 80-nm pore size, characterized by a pore-size distribution (psd) equal to or less than 1 decade and by equal internal column porosity (p)), rather than a single 30- to 50-nm pore-size packing with a wide psd. Favourably high-phase ratios of (p)/(o)/ 1.0 for HPSEC columns were accomplished with a minimum interstitial column porosity (o) and a high value for the internal column porosity (p) (the specific pore volume, nu(p), multiplied by the packing density, varrho(p).) Ligands such as diol, N-acetoxyamino and oligomeric ether with a propyl- or propoxy-spacer bonded to the silica at the highest density appear to provide high mass recovery and bioactivity as well as chemical stability. Such packings, available in 3-5 mum particle size ranges of narrow distribution, packed into columns 6 mm i.d. and 500 mm in length, offer the best compromise with respect to resolution, speed and pressure drop. More careful studies are required to explain the effects of protein conformational changes and interconversions during elution on HPSEC columns. 相似文献