[Endothelial dysfunction as a pathogenetic factor of sensorineural hearing loss].

Unlabelled: Chronic sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a common disease that leads to disability of the population. Despite the many reports devoted to SNHL, the question of the pathogenesis of the disease is still open. Many researchers consider the development of SNHL as a manifestation of microangiopathy.

Electrochemical preparation of standard gas mixtures using solid-state electrolyte membrane.

A novel electrochemical method of preparation of standard gas mixtures for calibration of gas-analytical equipment with O, H and CO was elaborated. Utilization of solid state electrolyte membrane allows to perform a nearly 100%-efficient electrochemical generation or conversion of the analyte and avoid some problems typical for liquid electrolytes, such as solvent evaporation and condensation at the inner walls of the gas tubes or deviations from the Faraday's law. Analysis of uncertainties associated with the calibration procedure showed that the lowest systematic errors are achieved when the calibrant is generated during the electrolysis (i.

[Features of intestinal infections in elderly patients.].

The article compares the flow of intestinal infections in elderly and young people. Analyzed the medical records of 172 persons 60-85 years and 82 history persons 20-40 years with salmonellosis, shigellosis and rotavirus gastroenteritis. It is revealed that bacterial intestinal infections, salmonellosis and shigellosis, those over 60 years of age have the clinical differences and flow is heavier than in patients 20-40 years.

G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 (GPER, GPR 30) in normal human endometrium and early pregnancy decidua.

The recently identified trans-membrane G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 (GPER, GPR30) has been implicated in rapid non-genomic effects of estrogens. This focuses on expression and localization of GPER mRNA and protein in normal cyclic endometrium and early pregnancy decidua. Real-time PCR, western blotting, in situ hybridization and immuno-histochemistry were used.

Ovarian cancer cells stimulate uPA gene expression in fibroblastic stromal cells via multiple paracrine and autocrine mechanisms.

Objectives: Expression of uPA mRNA is massively up-regulated in the stroma of poorly differentiated ovarian tumors. We hypothesized that this expression was induced by paracrine signals from the epithelial tumor cells, and established an in vitro model of ovarian cancer microenvironment to study intercellular cross-talk.

Methods: ES-2 clear cell carcinoma cells were grown in tissue culture inserts in a double-chamber system with fibroblastic stromal LEP cells embedded in Matrigel.