Thermo Fisher noted that the antibodies which react with the SmD₃ peptide do not cross-react with other Sm peptides, thereby enhancing the specificity of the test for differentiating SLE from mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD).The US FDA also granted pre-market approval to Thermo Fisher S...
Hoping to change the uncertainty surrounding diagnosis and therapy, Everett and his colleagues developed a new test to measure levels of HDGF in blood, which, Everett says, is agrowth factorprotein important for the formation of new blood vessels in the lung—a process known to readily occur in...
Blood is known to be one of the connective tissues in the human body as the blood connects every single cell, tissue, and organ in the body together [1]. All necessary substances are transported through the vascular system. The science of blood flow and the mechanics of blood flow is know...
It is now the most widely used quantitative liver function test in the clinical setting (Clavien et al, 2007). Limitations of this technique include variations in hepatic blood flow caused by intrahepatic and extrahepatic shunting, or portal thrombosis, which is common in liver disease. Other ...
we attempted to select 2 same-sex control subjects whose age was within 5 years of the patient’s age. None of the patients with SSc or the control subjects had a history of other connective tissue disorders or hematologic diseases (eg, lymphoma, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, or T-cell leukem...
Correlation coefficients were determined for each blood test variable versus mean L-CTGF and P-CTGF expression intensities. A P-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant Results: All patients had end-stage liver disease and persistent cholestasis at the time of LT. Kendall ...
Arteries transport blood from the heart to other parts of the human body, and veins carry blood from other parts of the body back to the heart; capillaries, which are the smallest blood vessels, are the connective parts between arteries and veins, serving a function of enabling substance ...
四川大学华西临床医学院2011级硕士研究生,四川成都610041;2.厦门大学附属第一医院风湿免疫科,福建厦门361003)【摘要】 结缔组织病相关肺间质病变(connectivetissuedisease associatedinterstitiallungdisease,CTD ILD)是结缔组织疾病的较为严重的并发症,诊断方式复杂,且在疾病早期阶段难以发现,预后极差,目前治疗手段有限,因此...
For example, pulmonary fibrosis [54] is often a secondary event following other causes of lung dysfunction including infection and autoimmune disease [55]. However, it can also be idiopathic with no known trigger. Eventually, this amplified formation of pulmonary connective tissue impairs breathing ...
of the injury) to normal (or below normal) levels when the blood circulation is altered and limited, or when the functional part of the tissue is replaced by repair or nonfunctional tissue (e.g., connective tissue, as in extensive fibrosis of the liver in the disease known as cirrhosis)...