[Anemia, a new severity factor in young infants with acute viral bronchiolitis?].

Introduction: The role of anemia is raised as a risk of low respiratory infection of the child, but there are no data on anemia as a severity factor in acute viral bronchiolitis (AVB) in infants.

Methods: All infants less than 16 weeks old admitted to Montpellier University Hospital from 2015/10/01 to 2016/04/01 for AVB were included in a retrospective observational study. The primary objective was to determine whether the hemoglobin (Hb) concentration on admission was an independent factor of clinical severity, judged by the modified Wood's clinical asthma score (m-WCAS).

Macroparasites of Pallas's squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) introduced into Europe.

Introduced pets released in natura can lead to sanitary risks for native fauna and humans. We analysed the macroparasite fauna of a total of 49 Pallas's squirrels, Callosciurus erythraeus, from two populations introduced into urbanised areas in Europe (n=16 female symbol and 13 male symbol from Antibes, France, 43 degrees 33'N-7 degrees 7'E; n=11 female symbol and 9 male symbol in from Dadizele, Belgium, 50 degrees 52'N-3 degrees 5'E). Of the 185 identified ectoparasites from Antibes, 183 were sucking lice Enderleinellus kumadai, with male squirrels 10 times more intensely infested than females.

Design, synthesis, and evaluation of pharmacological properties of cinnamic derivatives as antiatherogenic agents.

A series of cinnamic and phosphonocinnamic derivatives have been synthesized and their ability to inhibit cell-mediated LDL oxidation and oxidized LDL-induced cytotoxicity was investigated. Electron-donating substituents surrounding the necessary 4-OH group of the aromatic ring showed the best results. Among the different series tested, amide 1, thioester 5c, phosphonoester 7c, and the fluorophosphonocinnamic analogue 12c exhibited a potent inhibitory effect against LDL oxidation (and subsequent toxicity) mediated by cultured human microvascular endothelial cells (HMEC-1), with an efficacy comparable to that observed with probucol.

Does phosphoryl protonation occurs in aqueous phosphoesters solutions.

Ionisation of trimethylphosphate (TMP), dimethylphosphate (DMP) and diethylphosphate (DEP) is investigated by acidic titration in water by Raman (R), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopies. The vibrational frequencies of the PO(2)(-) ionic form and the neutral form were found in accord with the literature. While increasing further H(+) concentration, the PO band disappears in the benefit of new ones.

Kinetic and inhibition studies of cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1 from Arabidopsis thaliana.

Cinnamoyl coenzyme A reductase (CCR, EC 1.2.1.