Insecta Fennica enumerans 1:18:2

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Insecta Fennica enumerans 1:18:1

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De bibliothecariis Academiae Aboënsis 18

Arkit: 1 arkintunnukseton lehti, X4.

Peritoneal and serum interleukin-18 levels are not increased in women with minimum or mild endometriosis

Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a cytokine that belongs to the IL-1 family. Endometriosis is strongly associated with sub-fertility, and affects about 15% of women of reproductive age. IL-18 may favor the progression of endometriosis. The objective of the present study was to determine the concentration of IL-18 in the serum and peritoneal fluid of infertile women with endometriosis. Forty infertile and 25 fertile women were screened in a teaching hospital. Thirty-four infertile patients with minimal or mild endometriosis and 22 fertile controls were enrolled in the study. The primary outcome was the estimate of IL-18 levels and the secondary outcome was the correlation between serum and peritoneal levels of IL-18. There were no differences between the two groups regarding age, body mass index and levels of peritoneal fluid IL-18 (mean ± SD): 290.85 ± 173.02 pg/mL for infertile women vs 374.21 ± 330.15 pg/mL for controls; or serum IL-18: 391.07 ± 119.71 pg/mL for infertile women vs 373.42 ± 129.11 pg/mL for controls. However, a positive association was found between serum and peritoneal IL-18 levels in patients with endometriosis: r = 0.794, P = 0.0001. All measurements were carried out at the same time by the Human IL-18 Immuno Assay ELISA kit (MBL Co. Ltd., Japan). The present study did not find evidence supporting the hypothesis that IL-18 levels are associated with infertility in women with minimal and mild endometriosis, although a positive correlation was detected in these women between peritoneal and serum levels of IL-18.

Gymnasium capiendae rationis humanae 18

Invokaatio: I.N.I.

Vita et merita magistri Isaaci Birgeri Rothovii 18

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A low concentration of ouabain (0.18 µg/kg) enhances hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats by inhibiting the Na+ pump and activating the renin-angiotensin system

We investigated the effects of low ouabain concentrations on systolic (SAP) and diastolic (DAP) arterial pressures and on pressor reactivity in 3-month-old male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Arterial blood pressure (BP) and pressor reactivity to phenylephrine (PHE) were investigated before and after 0.18 μg/kg ouabain administration (N = 6). The influence of hexamethonium (N = 6), canrenone (N = 6), enalapril (N = 6), and losartan (N = 6) on ouabain actions was evaluated. Ouabain increased BP (SAP: 137 ± 5.1 to 150 ± 4.7; DAP: 93.7 ± 7.7 to 116 ± 3.5 mmHg; P<0.05) but did not change PHE pressor reactivity. Hexamethonium reduced basal BP in control but not in ouabain-treated rats. However, hexamethonium + ouabain increased DAP sensitivity to PHE. Canrenone did not affect basal BP but blocked ouabain effects on SAP. However, after canrenone + ouabain administration, DAP pressor reactivity to PHE still increased. Enalapril and losartan reduced BP and abolished SAP and DAP responses to ouabain. Enalapril + ouabain reduced DAP reactivity to PHE, while losartan + ouabain reduced SAP and DAP reactivity to PHE. In conclusion, a small dose of ouabain administered to SHR increased BP without altering PHE pressor reactivity. Although the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), Na+ pump and autonomic reflexes are involved in the effects of ouabain on PHE reactivity, central mechanisms might blunt the actions of ouabain on PHE pressor reactivity. The effect of ouabain on SAP seems to depend on the inhibition of both Na+ pump and RAS, whereas the effect on DAP seems to depend only on RAS.

Aphorismi miscellanei (1760-08-18)

Invokaatio: D.A.G.

Chronicon episcoporum Finlandensium 18

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De authentia vocis kav, Psalm. XIX:5. hujusque convenientia cum voce fthóngos, a Sancto Paulo, ex LXX. interpretibus, adducta Rom. X:18, idoneis argumentis demonstrata

Nimekettä edeltää hepreankielinen invokaatio.

De threskeía tôn aggélon Coloss. II: v.18

Invokaatio: D.D.

De petitione Naamanis Syri, II. Reg. cap. V. vers. 18

Invokaatio: D.D.

Caracterização química de cariopses de aveia (Avena sativa L) da cultivar UPF 18

O presente trabalho teve por objetivo caracterizar quimicamente uma nova cultivar de aveia, a UPF 18, recomendada pela Comissão Brasileira de Pesquisa de Aveia. Grãos de aveia da safra agrícola de 1999 foram descascados, as cariopses moídas em granulometria inferior a 0,250mm e a farinha avaliada quanto à composição centesimal, composição em aminoácidos, composição em ácidos graxos, índice de solubilidade de nitrogênio, digestibilidade da proteína in vitro, escore químico e energia metabolizável. A cultivar estudada apresentou alto teor de proteínas (15,07%). Os teores de fibra alimentar solúvel e insolúvel foram relativamente altos (5,59 e 7,73%), respectivamente, e, conseqüentemente, o teor de amido foi baixo (41,00%). A composição em aminoácidos foi semelhante ao padrão teórico da FAO, sendo a lisina o primeiro aminoácido limitante. A cultivar apresentou altas concentrações de ácidos graxos insaturados, onde o linoléico, oléico e palmítico representam 96,06% do total. A digestibilidade da proteína in vitro foi de 98,86%, o escore químico de 52,20%, o índice de solubilidade de nitrogênio de 20,24% e a energia metabolizável foi de 326,56kcal/ 100g.