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1. Renal venous prostaglandin concentrations (PGA, PGE and PGF) were determined, together with renal plasma flow, urinary output and blood pressure changes, before and after infusion of sodium chloride solution (saline) in four normotensive and three hypertensive subjects. 2. No changes in blood pressure and in glomerular filtration rate were observed. 3. Saline infusion induced a significant increase in renal venous PGA and PGE, and also in total and non-cortical renal plasma flow and urinary output. There was an insignificant increase in renal venous PGF. 4. These findings show that prostaglandin release after saline infusion is associated with changes in renal blood flow and suggest that the natriuretic and diuretic effect of saline could be the result of prostaglandin release.
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PMID:The release of renal prostaglandins during saline infusion in normal and hypertensive subjects. 119 3

The effects of intrarenal infusion of prostaglandins (PGs) of the E, A and F series on renal vascular resistance and on vasoconstrictor responses to renal nerve stimulation (RNS), norepinephrine (NE) and angiotensin (A) were determined in the in situ feline kidney under conditions of controlled blood flow. Infusion of PGE2 (3 and 0.3 mug/min) and PGE1 (3 mug/min) resulted in a marked decrease in renal perfusion pressure and a reduction in responses to all vasoconstrictor stimuli. PGE2 (0.03 mug/min) did not alter perfusion pressure. However, responses to RNS and A but not to NE were attenuated. PGA2 (3 and 0.3 mug/min) had no significant effect on perfusion pressure. PGA1 (3 mug/min) resulted in a transient decrease in renal vascular resistance which was not maintained during the infusion period. PGA2 (3 mug/min) reduced the response to RNS at 10 and 30 cps and reduced the response to A, whereas responses to NE were not affected. PGA2 (0.3 mug/min) had no effect on responses to either of the pressor stimuli. PGA1 infusion resulted in an enhanced response to RNS at the highest stimulus frequency and decreased the response elicited by A. PGF2alpha (3 mug/min) had no significant effect on renal vascular resistance or on responses to NE and nerve stimulation. However, the response to angiotensin was decreased and responses to RNS at 10 and 30 cps were decreased 30 minutes after the PGF2alpha infusion. The present data demonstrate that, of the natural renal PGs, PGE2 and PGA2 possess the capacity to modulate the effects of the sympathetic nervous system on the feline kidney. In addition, the effects of PGE and PGA on responses to adrenergic stimuli and on vascular resistance could be separated.
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PMID:Influence of prostaglandins E, A and F on vasoconstrictor responses to norepinephrine, renal nerve stimulation and angiotensin in the feline kidney. 124 15

This experiment investigates the holding property of polyglycolic acid suture in repair of divided dog sciatic nerves and the influence of absorption of this synthetic material on regeneration. The conclusion is that PGA maintains its tensile strength sufficently long to allow both physical union and good regeneration of the divided nerve. The suture absorption does not influence regeneration.
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PMID:Polyglycolic acid suture in peripheral nerve II: sutured sciatic nerve. 125 6

Two novel prostaglandins (PG) have been found in human seminal fluid which had been frozen immediately after collection. They were characterized by combined gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry of various derivatives as 19-hydroxy prostaglandin E1 (11, 15, 19-trihydroxy-9-ketoprost-13-enoic acid) and 19-hydroxy prostaglandin E2 (11, 15, 19-trihydroxy-9-ketoprosta-5, 13-dienoic acid). They were present in three to five times the quantity of prostaglandins E1 and E2. Incubation of seminal fluid for 3 hr at 25 degrees C reduced levels of 190H-PGEs2.5-fold and PGE22-fold, while increasing levels of PGAs and PGBs 2-fold. No 190H PGA or 190H PGB was detected in extracts of unincubated fluid. The PGAs, PGBs and their 19-hydroxy analogs are probably artifacts arising metabolically or as a result of classical isolation techniques.
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PMID:11, 15, 19-trihydroxy-9-ketoprost-13-enoic acid and 11, 15, 19-trihydroxy-9-ketoprosta-5, 13-dienoic acid in human seminal fluid. 125 16

After 14C-methyl folate (14C-MeTHF) was taken by mouth, progressive incorporation of this istope into the dialysis-resistant plasma folate fraction occurred. At 6 hours 68,9% of the total plasma radioactive folate was dialysis-resistant. We have previously shown that 14C-folic acid (14C-PGA) taken by mouth is not similarly bound at 6 hours. Chromatography of plasma on DEA A50 after 14C-PGA absorption, showed that PGA in plasma (peak 1) was gradually converted to MeTHF (peak 2) and the absence of bound radiofolate 6 hours after 14C-PGA ingestion probably reflects this conversion phase. No radiofolate appeared in red cells up to 11 days after isotope ingestion. Initial divergence between plasma biofolate and radiofolate indicated that 'cold' storage folate was being displaced by abosrbed radiofolate. Urinary radiofolate resolved into 3 fractions (peaks 2, 3 and4) on DEAE A50 chromatography. One of these (peak 2) corresponded to MeTHF, but PGA (peak 1) was absent. Plasma showed peaks 1, 2 and 3, but at 3 hours no equivalent of urinary peak 4 was evident. Further studies are indicated to characterise fractions 3 and 4.
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PMID:Aspects of radiofolate absorption, metabolism and plasma binding. 125 58

On diethylaminoethyl-cellulose column chromatography, the folate binding protein in the serum of 21 patients eluted in the early effluents as a single sharply defined peak. The chromatographic behavior of the folate binder remained unchanged whether or not the serum was, before chromatography, complexed with tritium-labeled pteroylglutamic acid ([3H]PGA), dialyzed, or charcoal-adsorbed. Heating to 100 degrees C for 10 min dissociated the [3H]PGA-binder complex while destroying the folate binding property. The presence or appearance of this folate binder in increased amounts in the serum of patients with various diseases may be related to conditions of increased tissue turnover.
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PMID:Separation of folate binding protein from human serum by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography. 127 2

In 11 patients, 12 arthrodeses of the ankle joint were performed by using absorbable self-reinforced poly-l-lactide (SR-PLLA) or polyglycolide (SR-PGA) screws. 8 patients had posttraumatic arthrosis, 3 rheumatoid arthritis, and 1 rigid flexion contracture of the ankle due to neuropathy. The average follow-up time was 14 (7-22) months. Solid fusion was achieved in 11 of 12 cases in 9(6-16) weeks.
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PMID:Talocrural arthrodesis with absorbable screws, 12 cases followed for 1 year. 131 86

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of intramedullary self-reinforced polyglycolic acid (SR-PGA) implant to the femoral bone growth in a growing dog by using radiographic, microradiographic, oxytetracycline-fluorescence, histological, polariscopical and histomorphometric studies. Intramedullary reaming and SR-PGA implant did not cause any longitudinal overgrowth phenomenon, but resulted in a slight increase in femoral neck-angle. The bone histology showed normal features and blood cell counts were within normal limits.
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PMID:The effect of an intramedullary biodegradable self-reinforced polyglycolic acid implant on tubular bone. An experimental study on growing dogs. 132 35

Bioabsorbable PGA non-woven fabric sheets were used to treat 103 patients who underwent pulmonary surgery in three hospitals, and their handleability, applicability, drainage time after surgery and subsequent side effects were studied. For suture reinforcement, these sheets showed satisfactory handleability, applicability and effectiveness for hemostasis and prevention of air leakage at the suture sites. Since this material has good compatibility with fibrin glue, use of these two materials in combination reduced both the operation time and postoperative drainage period. For small fistula and pleural defects, attachment of the sheets with fibrin glue to create an artificial pleura was sufficient for prevention air leakage without suturing. No side effects or complications were observed, and the postoperative courses of all 103 patients were uneventful. These findings suggest that PGA sheets are acceptable for suture reinforcement in the pulmonary surgery, and that when used with fibrin glue, can simplify surgery for emphysematous lung disease and shorten the period of postoperative air leakage.
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PMID:[Clinical study of bioabsorbable PGA sheets for suture reinforcement and use as artificial pleura]. 133 Dec 68

A transverse transcondylar osteotomy of the distal femur was fixed with an axially placed absorbable fracture fixation screw made of polyglycolide (PGA) in 25 rabbits. Changes at the tissue-implant interface accompanying degradation of the screw were examined histologically, histomorphometrically, and microradiographically seven, 20, 40, 80, and 250 days after implantation. At seven days postimplantation, a layer of fibroblasts was seen surrounding the implant, and new bone formation was discernible in the host tissues adjacent to this membranous structure. At 20 days postimplantation, the geometry of the screw was still intact and the tissue-implant boundary was distinct. The first signs of invasion of vascular granulation tissue into the implant were observed 40 days after implantation, at which time the osteotomies were united. The apparent walling-off response by formation of new trabecular bone outlining the PGA profile continued, with the greatest mean trabecular bone volume fraction at the interface, 23.9%, measured at 40 days. A significant decrease in the new bone volume occurred between 40 and 80 days postimplantation. The intensity of the foreign-body reaction seen was histologically moderate. The giant cell count was highest at 80 days postimplantation, when the migratory activity of phagocytic cells had transported intracellular particulate polymeric debris 400-800 microns away from the original tissue-implant boundary. At 250 days postimplantation, no birefringent polymeric material could be seen in the specimens. No contraindications for the clinical application of PGA implants emerged in this study.
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PMID:The tissue-implant interface during degradation of absorbable polyglycolide fracture fixation screws in the rabbit femur. 133 36


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