Αssessment of Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status of Former Opioid Users Undergoing Detoxification Process.

Rationale: Opioid dependence is often associated with impaired nutritional status, weight changes, nutritional deficiencies, and increased sugar consumption. Scientific quantified data on the dietary habits and intake of such patients are sparse.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study.

Sodium Accumulation in Infected Cells and Ion Transporters Mistargeting in Nodules of : Two Ugly Items That Hinder Coping with Salt Stress Effects.

The maintenance of intracellular nitrogen-fixing bacteria causes changes in proteins' location and in gene expression that may be detrimental to the host cell fitness. We hypothesized that the nodule's high vulnerability toward salt stress might be due to alterations in mechanisms involved in the exclusion of Na from the host cytoplasm. Confocal and electron microscopy immunolocalization analyses of Na/K exchangers in the root nodule showed the plasma membrane (MtNHX7) and endosome/tonoplast (MtNHX6) signal in non-infected cells; however, in mature infected cells the proteins were depleted from their target membranes and expelled to vacuoles.

Potassium content diminishes in infected cells of Medicago truncatula nodules due to the mislocation of channels MtAKT1 and MtSKOR/GORK.

Rhizobia establish a symbiotic relationship with legumes that results in the formation of root nodules, where bacteria encapsulated by a membrane of plant origin (symbiosomes), convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia. Nodules are more sensitive to ionic stresses than the host plant itself. We hypothesize that such a high vulnerability might be due to defects in ion balance in the infected tissue.

Immunomorphological Features of the Placenta in Allogeneic Pregnancy as the Background for the Development of Obstetric Complications.

Objective: To study the structural and immunohistochemical features of placentas in women after assisted reproductive technology (ART) with allogeneic eggs (oocyte donation and surrogate motherhood).

Study Design: The study involved 89 women whose pregnancy occurred as a result of in vitro fertilization (IVF) with a donor egg in a surrogate motherhood program (IVF-SM, n = 47 patients) or oocyte donation (IVF-DO, n = 42). The comparison group consisted of 21 patients in whom pregnancy occurred as a result of IVF with their own egg (IVF-OE).

[Pathomorphological features of the placentas and the placental sites after in vitro fertilization with a donor egg].

Objective: To identify the structural and immunohistochemical features of the placentas and the placental sites after in vitro fertilization (IVF) with a donor egg (surrogate motherhood).

Subject And Methods: Morphological and immunohistochemical studies were performed on the placental (a placental disk) and placental bed materials obtained after caesarean delivery. The investigation enrolled 26 patients whose pregnancy occurred with IVF with a donor egg according to the surrogacy (IVF-S) program.