Determination of blood viscosity in vitro with a microglass fiber viscosimeter

1969 ◽  
Vol 309 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Braasch
Keyword(s):  
Blood Viscosity

In Vitro Determination of Thromboembolic States: Cellular, Molecular and Genetic Aspects

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Dintenfass
Keyword(s):  
Blood Viscosity ◽  
Apparent Viscosity ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
Direct Function ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
Aggregation Of Platelets ◽  
Severe Anxiety

Techniques of the in vitro formation of artificial thrombi under controlled conditions of shear rates, and the principles of their formation and morphology, were established by Dintenrass and Rozenberg between 1963 and 1967, and Dintenfass and Stewart in 1968. Aggregation of platelets was found to be a direct function of shear rate. It has been later established that that an elevation of the apparent viscosity of artificial (red-white, and white) thrombi is a significant feature of renal failure, hypertension, myocardial infarction, and peripheral vascular disease. In diabetes mellitus, diabetic and nondiahetic retinopathy, severe anxiety and cigarette smoking there is a serious elevation of the blood viscosity factors. The apparent viscosity of artificial thrombi and of the other blood viscosity factorsis correlated with the fibrinogen level, and albumin/fibrinogen ratios. Significance limits of these correlations vary in different disorders, and the correlation coefficients may exhibit both the negative and the positive signs, mainly depending on the ABO blood groups. Abnormality of the blood viscosity factors can be used probably for detection of the silent states of various diseases, as well as for prediction of impeding cardiovascular episodes.

Determination of in vitro „anti-aging„-effects of Ganoderma pfeifferi

Planta Medica ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
W Jülich ◽  
J Pörksen ◽  
H Welzel ◽  
U Lindequist
Keyword(s):  
Aging Effects

In vitro determination of the skin anti-aging potential of eleven South African plants

Planta Medica ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
GN Ndlovu ◽  
G Fouche ◽  
W Cordier ◽  
V Steenkamp ◽  
M Tselanyane
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
South African Plants ◽  
African Plants

A Molecular Approach to Immunoscintigraphy: A Study of the T-Antigen Conformation on the Surface of Tumors

1987 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Selvaraj ◽  
M. R. Suresh ◽  
G. McLean ◽  
D. Willans ◽  
C. Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibodies ◽  
Tumor Cell ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Human Carcinomas ◽  
Animal Tumor ◽  
Synthetic Antigens

The role of glycoconjugates in tumor cell differentiation has been well documented. We have examined the expression of the two anomers of the Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen on the surface of human, canine and murine tumor cell membranes both in vitro and in vivo. This has been accomplished through the synthesis of the disaccharide terminal residues in both a and ß configuration. Both entities were used to generate murine monoclonal antibodies which recognized the carbohydrate determinants. The determination of fine specificities of these antibodies was effected by means of cellular uptake, immunohistopathology and immunoscintigraphy. Examination of pathological specimens of human and canine tumor tissue indicated that the expressed antigen was in the β configuration. More than 89% of all human carcinomas tested expressed the antigen in the above anomeric form. The combination of synthetic antigens and monoclonal antibodies raised specifically against them provide us with invaluable tools for the study of tumor marker expression in humans and their respective animal tumor models.

Storage of Human Blood Platelets

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 (02/03) ◽  
pp. 405-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R Hardeman ◽  
Carina J L. Heynens
Keyword(s):  
Storage Temperature ◽  
Platelet Rich Plasma ◽  
Blood Platelets ◽  
Storage Period ◽  
Serotonin Uptake ◽  
Hypotonic Shock ◽  
Glycolytic Intermediates

SummaryStorage experiments were performed at 4°, 25° and 37° C with platelet-rich plasma under sterile conditions. In some experiments also the effect of storing platelets at 4° C in whole blood was investigated.Before, during and after three days of storage, the platelets were tested at 37° C for their serotonin uptake and response to hypotonic shock. In addition some glycolytic intermediates were determined.A fair correlation was noticed between the serotonin uptake and hypotonic shock experiments. Both parameters were best maintained at 25° C. Also platelet counting, performed after the storage period, indicated 25° C as the best storage temperature. Determination of glycolytic intermediates did not justify any conclusion regarding the optimal storage temperature. Of the various anticoagulants studied, ACD and heparin gave the best results as to the serotonin uptake and hypotonic shock response, either with fresh or stored platelets. The use of EDTA resulted in the lowest activity, especially after storage.The results of these storage experiments in vitro, correspond well with those in vivo reported in the literature.

DETERMINATION OF BLOOD CORTICOIDS USING THE IN VITRO RESIN UPTAKE OF 3H-PREDNISOLONE

1968 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironori Nakajima ◽  
Mitsunori Murala ◽  
Masumitsu Nakata ◽  
Takeshi Naruse ◽  
Seiji Kubo
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Function Test ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Adrenal Function ◽  
Function Test ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Adrenal Response ◽  
Suppression Test

ABSTRACT The in vitro resin uptake of 3H-prednisolone was used for the determination of blood cortisol after addition of radioactive prednisolone followed by Amberlite CG 400 Type 1 to the test serum, and incubation of the mixture. The radioactivity of the supernatant was compared before and after the addition of the resin. The principle of this method is similar to that of the 131I-triiodothyronine resin uptake for the thyroid function test. The tests for the specificity, reproducibility and sensitivity gave satisfactory results. The mean basal value ± SD of the 3H-prednisolone resin uptake was 35.3 ± 9.2% in normal subjects, and 27.1 ± 4.8% in pregnant women. This method was valid in various adrenal function tests, i. e. the adrenal circadian rhythm, corticotrophin (ACTH) test, dexamethasone suppression test and the adrenal response to lysine-8-vasopressin. It proved to be a sensitive indicator of the adrenal function. These results suggest that this method should be useful for a routine adrenal function test.

HPTLC determination of catechins in in-vitro cultures of two species of the genusPhyllanthus

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Sparzak ◽  
Mirosława Krauze-Baranowska ◽  
Loretta Pobłocka-Olech
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Cultures
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