Endometrial polyps with increased plasma cells are associated with chronic endometritis in infertility patients: Hysteroscopic findings and post-polypectomy pregnancy rates.

Purpose: The relationship between endometrial polyps (EPs), chronic endometritis (CE), hysteroscopic findings, and antimicrobial in infertility patients was determined.

Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 115 infertility patients with suspected EPs who underwent office hysteroscopy. Patients were divided into 3 groups: 38 with increased plasma cells in EPs (group 1); 31 without increased plasma cells in EPs (group 2); and 46 without EPs (group 3).

A lower serum level of middle-molecular-weight adiponectin is a risk factor for endometrial cancer.

Background: The present study was undertaken to examine the correlation between serum levels of adiponectin isoforms and the risk for endometrial cancer.

Methods: This retrospective case-control study included 43 Japanese women with endometrial cancer and 62 Japanese women with no history of cancer. Serum levels of total adiponectin and the respective isoforms were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Characterization of STZ-Induced Type 2 Diabetes in Zucker Fatty Rats.

The Zucker fatty (ZF) rat is a disease model of obesity and metabolic syndrome, such as hyperlipidemia and insulin resistance, resulting from hyperphagia owing to the loss of function of the leptin receptor, but it rarely develops hyperglycemia. We examined the effects of different doses of streptozotocin (STZ). A low dosage of STZ (30 mg/kg body weight, i.

[Food residues identified in the pharynx of a patient with a cleft palate].

Solid food residues were identified in the pharynx of a 17-month-old infant with a cleft palate at the time of anesthesia induction, although nothing-by-mouth directions for more than four hours had been strictly followed. Preoperative airway management, e.g.

Isolation and characterization of a new member of the human Ly6 gene family (LY6H).

The Ly6 family of genes encodes glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored cell surface glycoproteins expressed on various types of cells. Intriguing patterns of expression of Ly6 genes on specific subpopulations of lymphoid and myeloid cells suggest that Ly6 molecules may be involved in the development and homeostasis of hematopoietic cells. We have isolated a new member of the human Ly6 gene family, LY6H, from a human fetal brain cDNA library.