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Supplemental albumin added to a standard non-albumin resuscitation regimen has been shown to significantly impair heartwork in seriously injured patients. The role of calcium dynamics in this myocardial depression was analyzed in 94 injured patients who were in shock for an average of 32 minutes, received an average of 14.5 transfusions, 9.2 L crystalloid, 0.9 L plasma, and 20.9 mEq calcium prior to the end of operation. By random selection, 44 patients received an average of 31 gms of albumin during operation, 207 gms during the early postoperative period (mean = 30 hrs) of extravascular fluid sequestration, and 402 gm during the mobilization period. The albumin resuscitated patients had normal total protein and serum albumin levels and higher total calcium (TC) levels, however, they had a significantly lower Ca++ and Ca++/TC. The accumulative slope for heartwork/filling pressure was significantly depressed in albumin patients as was the mean work unit/filling pressure index. The level of Ca++ and the Ca++/TC ratio correlated directly with the calculated work unit index in both the albumin and non-albumin patients. This suggests that a supplemental albumin binds serum Ca++ causing an increase in TC but a reduction in Ca++ and Ca++/TC. The fall in Ca++ and Ca++/TC seems responsible, in part, for heart failure and pulmonary edema in albumin resuscitated patients.
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PMID:The cardiac effect of altered calcium homeostasis after albumin resuscitation. 721 93

Humoral immunity (immunoglobulins and C3) as well as nutritional conditions (serum albumin, transferrin) have been investigated in 23 patients in the acute phase after surgery and/or trauma. Immunoglobulin deficiency, well correlated with the severity of trauma, was observed in the most critically ill patients in the very early phase, followed by a rapid rise to near to normal values and typical immunologic response. There is no evidence that this depression of humoral immunity may enhance the risk of infectious complications in the postoperative period. Very different immunological patterns were observed in surgical patients with chronic sepsis.
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PMID:[Changes in the parameters of humoral immunity due to surgical operations or trauma]. 731 80

A state of 131-albumin metabolism has been investigated in 70 patients with some diffuse renal disease. In patients with chronic renal insufficiency an intravascular albumin mass was in the normal limits, while an albumin concentration was decreased because of an anemia. A depression of albumin catabolism has been noticed in azotemia as well as in albuminuria. A conclusion has been made that serum albumin concentration cannot be a reliable index of the state of protein metabolism in patients with chronic renal failure.
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PMID:[Albumin metabolism in chronic renal insufficiency]. 734 14

The ability of macrophages of phagocytize particulate matter is largely dependent on fibronectin, a nonspecific opsonin found in plasma. Fibronectin depletion, resulting in reticuloendothelial system (RES) depression, occurs following a variety of physical insults. RES depression may contribute to postinjury sequelae such as respiratory distress syndrome and septicemia. Fibronectin concentration was measured in the plasma of sheep with chronic lung lymph fistulas subjected to controlled thermal injury. Fibronectin levels were significantly (p < 0.05) decreased at 4, 24, 48, and 72 hours following burning. Fibronectin concentration decreased in parallel with serum albumin concentration; serum globulin concentrations did not decrease. Fibronectin concentration had an inverse relationship to lung lymph flow, a reflection of pulmonary transvascular fluid filtration rate. The role of fibronectin in the pathogenesis of postinjury respiratory distress syndrome deserves further exploration.
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PMID:Response of plasma fibronectin to major body burn. 743 53

Effects of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) on the nasal mucosa and somatic growth were investigated in pigs exposed to 4 NH3 concentrations (0; 25; 50; and 100 ppm) for 6 days in a specifically designed air-pollutant exposure chamber. Nasal lavage (NAL) was applied to quantify the ammonia-induced inflammatory response by measuring the number of neutrophils and the albumin (porcine serum albumin) concentration in the NAL liquid. In control pigs, these variables remained unchanged throughout the exposure period. In all other groups, an important ammonia concentration-related increase was recorded. The equation of the linear regression line established between the mean values of the number of neutrophils (x 10(3)) per milliliter of NAL liquid (y) recorded at the end of the exposure period and the ammonia concentrations (ppm) was: y = 69.7 + 3.3 [NH3] (r = 0.979; P < 0.020). The increase in the neutrophil count was significant (P < 0.05) at concentrations as low as 25 ppm. For albumin concentration nanograms per milliliter, the corresponding equation was: y = 574 + 14.3 [NH3] (r = 0.953; P < 0.045). However, the first significant change (P < 0.05) in this variable was only obtained for the higher concentration (100 ppm). In exposed pigs, a concentration-related depression of somatic growth was observed. The equation of the regression line plotted relating the individual values of the changes in body weight gain recorded over the exposure period expressed as percentage of the initial body weight (y) and the ammonia concentration was: y = 3.507-0.203 [NH3] + 0.001 [NH3]2 (r = 0.55; P < 0.010).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Quantitative assessment of aerial ammonia toxicity to the nasal mucosa by use of the nasal lavage method in pigs. 780 5

Influence of time of antigen administration on antibody response to bovine serum albumin in the fish, O. mossambicus and variations in serum antibody titre during a 24 hr cycle are reported. Significant variations were observed in magnitude of antibody response in groups of fishes immunized at different times of the day. Magnitude of the response was maximal in fish immunized at 16 hr and minimal in those immunized at 4 hr. Serum antibody titres in a 24 hr study also varied markedly with general elevation during day time, reaching the maximum at 12 hr and depression during night with the lowest titre at 4 hr. These results can be positively correlated to diel variation in number of leucocytes or proportion of lymphocytes which in turn is possibly correlated (negatively) to the periodicity in plasma corticosteroid level.
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PMID:Diel variations in antibody response to bovine serum albumin in Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters). 795 23

99mTc-DTPA-galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) is a new liver imaging agent which binds to heptic binding protein. This study evaluated the sensitivity of 99mTc-GSA kinetics and imaging anatomy to congestive hepatic injury in rats. Regional hepatic congestion was induced by clamping the left hepatic vein for 5, 10, 20, 40, or 90 min. After recanalization, 99mTc-GSA was intravenously administered to rats. A dynamic imaging study was performed, followed by static liver imaging performed for 5 min. A hepatic accumulation index, t90, was obtained on the basis of the dynamic data. A significant difference in t90 was observed between the experimental groups and the controls (p < 0.01). A significant difference in s-GPT also was observed between the experimental groups and the controls (p < 0.01). Excellent correlations were seen between t90 and ligation time (r = 0.967, p < 0.001), and t90 and s-GPT (r = 0.907, p < 0.001). Marked depression in hepatic 99mTc-GSA uptake was observed in rats with 40 or 90 min of hepatic vein occlusion. In conclusion, 99mTc-GSA is useful for evaluating hepatic injury in rats induced by hepatic vein occlusion.
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PMID:[Usefulness of 99mTc-GSA liver scintigraphy in evaluating hepatic injury in rats induced by temporary hepatic vein occlusion]. 802 58

A survey on the nutritional status and cell-mediated immune function of 47 hospitalized patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis and healthy controls was conducted. In the patients group: 1) Anthropometric measurements, such as %ideal body weight (%IBW), %arm circumference (%AC), %arm muscle circumference (%AMC) and %triceps skin fold (%TSF), were significantly reduced. 2) Visceral proteins including serum albumin (Alb), transferrin (Tf), prealbumin (PA) and retinol binding protein (RBP) were significantly reduced. 3) The imbalance of plasma amino acids, which was characterized by the depression of Fischer ratio, a molar ratio of branched chain amino acids (BCAA) to aromatic amino acids (AAA), was observed. Fischer ratio was significantly correlated with anthropometric measurements (%IBW, %AC and %AMC). Delayed-type hypersensitivity to DNCB (2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene) and lymphocyte transformation to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and concanavalin A (Con A) were significantly impaired in the patients group, whereas NK cell activity was higher than that of controls. Alb, PA, RBP and Fischer ratio were significantly lower in the patients with reduced DNCB reaction than in those with normal responses. Lymphocyte transformation was significantly correlated with Fischer ratio, and NK cell activity was significantly correlated with Alb, PA, RBP. These data may suggest that the imbalance of plasma amino acids represented by the reduction of Fischer ratio and the depletion of visceral proteins are closely related to the impairment of lymphocyte function in the patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis.
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PMID:[Relationship between nutritional depletion and cell-mediated immune function in active pulmonary tuberculosis]. 818 84

We studied natural killer cell (NK) activity in 20 severely handicapped children and investigated the relationship between NK activity and malnutrition. We divided our patients into two groups with regard to frequency of infections: high frequency group (group 1) and low frequency group (group 2). NK activity in group 1 was low in comparison with group 2. Calorie intake and Rohrer's index were lower in group 1. Serum albumin (Alb) and iron (Fe) in group 1 were also lower than those in group 2, and serum zinc (Zn) and hemoglobin (Hb) were slightly lower in group 1. NK activity was positively correlated with calorie intake, Alb, Zn and Hb. Six patients with low NK activity were given supplementary diet; two patients were given protein-enriched diet; three patients were given protein-enriched diet and zinc sulfate; one patient was given increased diet. NK activity rose in 4 patients. These results indicated that the depression of NK activity was associated with frequent infections and correlated with nutritional conditions of the severely handicapped children.
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PMID:[Natural killer cell activity in severely handicapped children: correlation with malnutrition and frequent infections]. 841 95

This paper reports on the selection of individual carp with a high or low antibody response, in combination with reproduction by gynogenesis, in order to develop well-characterised inbred carp lines consisting of practically unlimited numbers of carp with the same genotype. Two homozygous progenies, previously characterised as having a high or low immune response to dinitrophenyl keyhole limpet haemocyanin (DNP-KLH), were immunised with either a T-dependent (DNP-human serum albumin (DNP-HSA)) or T-independent (trinitrophenyl lipopolysaccharide (TNP-LPS)) hapten-carrier complex. In comparison with the antibody response after DNP-KLH immunisation, the response to DNP-HSA was observed to be highly variable and did not differ between the divergently selected progenies. This suggests that the divergent selection for antibody production to DNP-KLH has been carrier-specific. Immunisation with T-independent TNP-LPS induced a very rapid response which differed between the high and low responders, and likely measured changes in the DNP-specific precursor pool of B cells caused by the selection. A number of selected individuals with a high immune response to DNP-KLH were infected with Trypanoplasma borreli, a haemoflagellate parasite of carp, to examine a possible relationship between the increase in immune responsiveness and disease resistance, but no change could be detected. However, individual homozygous carp were able to escape inbreeding depression and survive the infection. Such carp would be likely candidates for gynogenetic reproduction to obtain viable inbred carp lines.
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PMID:Investigations into the ubiquitous nature of high or low immune responsiveness after divergent selection for antibody production in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). 857 93


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