The effects of daily oral administration of a high dose of 10 mg norethisterone acetate (NET-Ac.)/kg/day over 14 weeks on serum lipid and lipoprotein parameters as well as on blood coagulation were investigated in female monkeys (M. fascicularis). Measurements of lipids and lipoprotein cholesterol were performed in weeks —5 and — 1 before treatment and in weeks 4, 8 and 12 after treatment. In addition, various blood coagulation and fibrinolytic parameters were determined in weeks 11–14 after treatment with NET-Ac. Furthermore, the serum levels of norethisterone (NET) were determined in order to monitor the real systemic compound exposure and revealed that Cmax and AUC (0–3 h) values reached for norethisterone in this experiment in monkeys were about 25 times higher than those obtained after an oral contraceptive dose of NET-Ac. in women.
The results of lipid and lipoprotein cholesterol determinations showed decreases in serum total lipids, phospholipids, triglycerides and total cholesterol associated with similar decreases in HDL-, LDL- and VLDL-cholesterol fractions after NET-Ac.-treatment in monkeys. These effects were observed from week 4 onwards and maintained their magnitude up to week 12 after treatment. Since both HDL- and LDL-cholesterol fractions decreased, the HDL/LDL-ratio remained almost unchanged. Thus, the results obtained in this study after high-dose treatment with NET-Ac. in monkeys did not indicate any changes of lipid and lipoprotein parameters which in humans are supposed to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular lesions, namely a decrease in HDL- and increase in LDL-cholesterol fractions.
The results of blood coagulation and fibrinolytic parameters showed increased antithrombin-III and plasminogen levels besides minor changes in other parameters, thus indicating that NET-Ac. -treatment does not contribute to an increased risk of cardiovascular thrombotic events in the cynomolgus monkey. 相似文献
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) of the human motor cortex produce a silent period (SP) following motor evoked potentials (MEPs). The early part of the SP can be explained by decreased alpha motor neuron excitability, whereas the late part is presumably due to suprasegmental mechanisms. In order to determine the level of the suprasegmental contribution to the generation of SPs, we recorded excitatory and inhibitory responses to TMS, TES, and percutaneous electrical brainstem stimulation (PBS) in the voluntarily activated first dorsal interosseous muscle of the hand. Stimulus intensities were set so that PBS and TES induced MEPs with areas equal to or larger than those of MEPs obtained with TMS. This procedure revealed that SPs were 49% and 83% shorter with TES and PBS, respectively, than with TMS. As TMS is more effective than TES or PBS in activating cortical interneurons, these findings support the idea that a significant component of the SP arises from intracortical mechanisms. 相似文献
. Neutrophil-mediated tissue damage has been implicated in the pathogenesis of diarrhoea-associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome
(D+ HUS). This study evaluates priming and activation of the neutrophil oxidative burst in D+ HUS using chemiluminescent techniques.
Peripheral blood neutrophils from 11 children with acute D+ HUS were examined. No difference was found in the oxidative burst
of neutrophils from patients and controls. Serum elastase levels were measured in 8 patients and found to be significantly
elevated. Although elastase results suggest neutrophil activation, chemiluminescence studies do not confirm this in the peripheral
blood neutrophil. This does not support a significant role for circulating agents in priming and activating the peripheral
blood neutrophil.
Received August 17, 1995; received in revised form and accepted November 27, 1995 相似文献
Risedronate treatment reduces the risk of vertebral fracture in women with existing vertebral fractures, but its efficacy
in prevention of the first vertebral fracture in women with osteoporosis but without vertebral fractures has not been determined.
We examined the risk of first vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women who were enrolled in four placebo-controlled clinical
trials of risedronate and who had low lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) (mean T-score =–3.3) and no vertebral fractures at baseline. Subjects received risedronate 5 mg (n= 328) or placebo (n= 312) daily for up to 3 years; all subjects were given calcium (1000 mg daily), as well as vitamin D supplementation (up
to 500 IU daily) if baseline serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were low. The incidence of first vertebral fracture was 9.4%
in the women treated with placebo and 2.6% in those treated with risedronate 5 mg (risk reduction of 75%, 95% confidence interval
37% to 90%; P= 0.002). The number of patients who would need to be treated to prevent one new vertebral fracture is 15. When subjects were
stratified by age, similar significant reductions were observed in patients with a mean age of 64 years (risk reduction of
70%, 95% CI 8% to 90%; P= 0.030) and in those with a mean age of 76 years (risk reduction of 80%, 95% CI 7% to 96%; P= 0.024). Risedronate treatment therefore significantly reduces the risk of first vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women
with osteoporosis, with a similar magnitude of effect early and late after the menopause.
Received: 12 September 2001 / Accepted: 11 December 2001 相似文献
Newer policies of community care for those with disabilities have resulted in the home becoming the usual site of care. Policy makers must now give attention to the needs of those at home giving this care. This article explores the constraints on sociability opportunities of 73 mothers who were caring for children with disabilities. These opportunities are often built into leisure pursuits for women without caring responsibilities. However, choice of out-of-house leisure activity was circumscribed for the mothers in this study and their reported leisure activities revolved around home and neighbourhood. Even these sites offered limited scope for sociability because of the way in which caring affected domestic space and because of the characteristics of the modern Australian suburb. It is argued in this paper that personal time and personal domestic space are needed by care-givers so their sociability needs can be fulfilled. An understanding of the constraints imposed by use of the home as a place of care may make possible the planning of a rearrangement of domestic space to increase sociability opportunities for carers. 相似文献
Summary Cytochemical staining of normal human bone cells in monolayer cultures for alkaline phosphatase (ALP) indicated that the cultures
contained mixed-cell populations. Time course evaluations of the cytochemical staining revealed, in addition to the ALP-negative
cell population, at least two subpopulations of ALP-positive human bone cells with different levels of ALP. A cytochemical
method has been developed which separates the ALP-positive cells into high and intermediate ALP subpopulations. In this method,
human bone cells were stained for ALP using an azo-dye method and incubating at 4°C for 10 and 30 minutes, respectively. We
defined the cell population that stained positively for ALP at 10 minutes as strong ALP-positive cells, and both strong and
intermediate cells were stained at 30 minutes. The intermediate cells were determined from the difference between the values
at the two time points. The intra- and interassay variations of the assay, with the same investigator in blinded investigations,
were both less than 10% and the interobserver variation was approximately 25%. Analysis of the distribution of ALP levels
in cells with a laser densitometer confirmed the presence of at least three cell subpopulations. 1,25(OH)2D3 treatment increased the proportions of both ALP-positive cell populations, whereas TGF-beta treatment increased only the
intermediate ALP-positive cell population. On the contrary, fluoride increased the proportion of the strong ALP cells, and
IGF-1 had no effect on the proportions of either ALP-positive subpopulation. When the ALP-specific activity was compared with
the percentage of each ALP-positive subpopulations for the cells treated with effectors, the ALP-specific activity correlated
with the total ALP-positive and with the strong ALP-positive populations but not with the intermediate ALP-positive subpopulation.
In summary, this study represents the first evidence that normal human bone cells in monolayer cultures contained at least
two subpopulations of ALP-positive cells, and that bone cell effectors could have differential effects on each cell population. 相似文献
A new range of stand magnifiers has been released by the COIL company in the United Kingdom. Examination of these magnifiers reveals that they fail to deliver the rated magnifications labelled prominently on the appliances, as a result of the manufacturer's conformance with the requirements of the German DIN standard and the use of back vertex power (F'v) rather than equivalent dioptric power (Fm) of the magnifier. In this study we provide information on the optometric parameters of these new stand magnifiers that will assist the more accurate specification of improvements in vision expected from their use. 相似文献