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- WINGSLE, G, et al.
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ACTIVITIES OF GLUTATHIONE-REDUCTASE AND SUPEROXIDE-DISMUTASE IN RELATION TO CHANGES OF LIPIDS AND PIGMENTS DUE TO OZONE IN SEEDLINGS OF PINUS-SYLVESTRIS (L)
- 1992
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Ingår i: Plant Science. - 0168-9452 .- 1873-2259. ; 82:2, s. 167-178
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Scots pine seedlings (Pinus sylvestris L.) were exposed to ozone at a high-level, 300 ppb 8 h/day for 5 days, and at a low-level, 70-80 ppb 8 h/day for 10 days. In the high-level and low-level experiment the chlorophyll a content decreased 11% and 8%, respectively. The high-level ozone experiment affected the xanthophyll cycle by a 19% higher level of violaxanthin in the exposed seedlings compared to controls at day 5. This was also accompanied by a 42% lower concentration of zeaxanthin. No significant changes of the carotenoids neoxanthin, lutein, alpha-carotene or beta-carotene were found. The molar ratio monogalactosyl diacylglycerol/digalactosyl diacylglycerol decreased by 11% in the high-level ozone exposure. This suggests that the galactolipid:galactolipid galactosyl transferase, located in the outer envelope membrane of the chloroplast, was stimulated by ozone. No significant changes in the total membrane lipid or the acyl group composition was detected. In the high-level ozone experiment the concentration of soluble protein increased in the exposed seedlings during the last 3 days of the experimental period without any change in total protein. No visible damages were observed. The results showed that the activity of the defence enzymes superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1) and glutathione reductase (EC 1.6.4.2) was not altered after ozone exposure.
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- Hernnas, J, et al.
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Alveolar accumulation of fibronectin and hyaluronan precedes bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in the rat
- 1992
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Ingår i: European Respiratory Journal. - 1399-3003. ; 5:4, s. 404-410
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The development of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats was studied over a period of 30 days after an intratracheal instillation of bleomycin. Fibronectin was visualized in histological sections and quantified in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and related to simultaneous measurements of hyaluronan, collagen and albumin in BALF and/or lung tissue extracts. An increase in BALF fibronectin levels was noted after 3 days and the peak value a sixty fold increase was noted at day 7. Thereafter, the fibronectin levels declined and reached control values on day 21. A pronounced, patchily distributed staining for fibronectin appeared in the injured alveolar tissue parallel to the increased lavage fluid fibronectin levels on days 3-7. A fainter, streakily distributed fibronectin staining remained within the alveolar walls in areas with proliferating fibroblasts on days 14-30. Albumin in BALF increased to a peak level, 20 times control values, after 3 days and then rapidly declined. Thus, the ratio of fibronectin to albumin increased to a peak value of 43 times control values on day 7, indicating that plasma leakage cannot be the only source of the observed increase in lavage fibronectin. Lung tissue hydroxyproline increased between days 7 and 30, whereas extractable hyaluronan in lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid peaked on days 3-7 and then gradually declined towards normal values on days 21-30. These data demonstrate that fibronectin accumulates in the alveolar tissue during the early inflammatory phase of the bleomycin-induced lung injury, parallelling hyaluronan accumulation and preceding the development of pulmonary fibrosis.
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- Sjöström, Lars, et al.
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Swedish obese subjects (SOS). Recruitment for an intervention study and a selected description of the obese state
- 1992
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Ingår i: International Journal of Obesity. ; 19, s. 465-479
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Department of Medicine, Sahlgren's Hospital, University of Göteborg, Sweden. SOS (Swedish obese subjects) is an on-going intervention trial designed to determine whether the mortality and morbidity rates among obese individuals who lose weight by surgical means (gastric banding, vertical banded gastroplasty and gastric by-pass) differ from the rates associated with conventional treatment. For this purpose, the study is recruiting a sample of obese men and women who constitute a registry of potential subjects from which the participants are drawn. Eligibility criteria for participation in the registry were: age at application 37-57 years and BMI greater than or equal to 34 kg/m2 for men and greater than or equal to 38 kg/m2 for women. Before receiving a health examination, all patients complete extensive questionnaires on current and past health status, utilization of medical care and medications, socio-economic status, psychological profiles, dietary habits, physical activity, weight history, and familial disposition to obesity. Each surgical case is matched to its optimal control in the registry, to ensure that the two groups do not differ systematically with respect to any of 18 matching variables that may affect prognosis. The first 1006 subjects included in the registry have been studied with respect to morbidity and compared with on-going population studies of men and women in Göteborg, Sweden. The relative risks of prevalent disease and symptoms associated with obesity in 50-year-old males and females respectively were 4.3 and 4.7 (dyspnoea), 14.7 and 11.8 (angina), 6.3 (myocardial infarction, males only), 2.1 and 4.5 (hypertension), 5.2 and 6.6 (diabetes), 4.6 and 26.1 (claudication) and 1.7 and 1.8 (gall bladder disease). Correspondingly, obese males and females display elevations of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, insulin, triglyceride, and uric acid levels. However, total cholesterol was not increased in obese males and was in fact significantly lower in obese compared with reference women. HDL-cholesterol was lower in obese than reference men (data were not available in reference women). The rate of taking sick pensions was over twice as high in SOS obese patients than in population controls. Finally, comparison of measurements with self-reported prevalence estimates revealed a considerable amount of previously undiagnosed hypertension and diabetes in the obese subjects. These data suggest that the excess health risks associated with obesity may not be fully appreciated. PMID: 1322873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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