Risk factors for postoperative hemorrhage after partial nephrectomy.

Purpose: To evaluate the frequency and clinical characteristics of postoperative hemorrhage as a complication of partial nephrectomy.

Materials And Methods: The demographics, physical statistics, tumor size, R.E.

The unidirectional barbed suture for renorrhaphy during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: Stanford experience.

Purpose: Using barbed suture represents a novel technical modification in the performance of minimally invasive partial nephrectomy. Our purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of this suture for renorrhaphy during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN).

Patients And Methods: Thirteen consecutive patients underwent LPN using V-Loc™ 180 (Covidien, Dublin, Ireland) suture, and a nonconsecutive control group of 24 patients, matched according to tumor size and R.

Melatonin attenuates amyloid beta25-35-induced apoptosis in mouse microglial BV2 cells.

Melatonin has been reported to possess strong antioxidant actions, and is able to directly scavenge a variety of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The present study investigated whether melatonin possesses protective effects against Abeta-induced cytotoxicity in microglial cells. Cells treated with Abeta exhibited several characteristic features of apoptosis, while cells pre-treated with melatonin prior to exposure to Abeta showed a decrease in the occurrence of such apoptotic features.

Influence of maternal alcohol administration on c-Fos expression in the hippocampus of infant rats.

Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy is known to have a detrimental effect on the development of the fetus and its central nervous system (CNS) in particular. In the present study, the dose-dependence of the effect of maternal alcohol on hippocampal c-Fos expression, which is a marker of hippocampal neuronal activity and which is induced by a variety of stimuli, was examined in infant rats. In the present study, it was shown that expression of c-Fos in the hippocampus is decreased following treatment with alcohol in a dose-dependent fashion.

Administration of Folium mori extract decreases nitric oxide synthase expression in the hypothalamus of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

Folium mori, the leaves of Morus alba L., has traditionally been used for the treatment of diabetic hyperglycemia. It has been shown to induce enhanced NOS expression in the hypothalamus of rats with streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes.

Alcohol and nicotine reduce cell proliferation and enhance apoptosis in dentate gyrus.

It is generally accepted that alcohol and nicotine affect learning ability and memory functions, especially in adolescents. In the present study, the effects of alcohol and nicotine on cell proliferation and apoptosis in the dentate gyrus of young rats were investigated. The results show that cell proliferation is suppressed by alcohol and nicotine.

Alcohol and nicotine administration inhibits serotonin synthesis and tryptophan hydroxylase expression in dorsal and median raphe of young rats.

Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of various neuropsychiatric disorders. In the present study, the effects of alcohol and nicotine on the synthesis of 5-HT and the expression of tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), the rate-limiting enzyme of 5-HT synthesis, in the dorsal and median raphe of young rats were investigated via immunohistochemistry. The numbers of the 5-HT-positive and TPH-positive cells were reduced by alcohol and nicotine treatment in a dose-dependent manner.

Amiodarone induces apoptosis in L-132 human lung epithelial cell line.

To investigate whether amiodarone induces apoptosis in cells of the L-132 human lung epithelial cell line, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay, 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole staining, DNA fragmentation assay, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, and casapse-3 enzyme assay were performed. Through morphological and biochemical analyses, it was demonstrated that L-132 cells treated with amiodarone exhibit several features of apoptosis. In addition, it was shown that amiodarone increases the mRNA levels of bax and caspase-3.