Expression of neural cell adhesion molecule in renal cell carcinoma.

Neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) is important for cell migration and it could be expressed in some renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In recent decades, the incidence of RCC has been steadily rising by 2-4% each year. In this study NCAM expression and correlation with nuclear grade in different RCC were analyzed.

The effects of potassium channel opener P1075 on the human saphenous vein and human internal mammary artery.

Because adrenergic contractions can contribute to the development of life-threatening spasm of coronary artery bypass graft, this study was performed to investigate the effect of adenosine 3-phosphate (ATP)-sensitive K channel (KATP) opener P1075 on contractions of isolated human saphenous vein (HSV) and human internal mammary artery (HIMA). Phasic contractions were evoked by electric field stimulation (20 Hz) and noradrenaline. The sustained contractions were evoked by phenylephrine.