The fishery and biology of Penaeus canaliculatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae) in Laucala Bay, Republic of Fiji

Witch prawn, Biology, Shrimp fisheries, ISEW, Pacific, Fiji, Laucala Bay, Penaeus canaliculatus

EDN1 Lys198Asn is Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes

Purpose: We tested the hypothesis that genetic variants in vasoactive and angiogenic factors regulating the retina vasculature contribute to the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Methods: A case-control study was performed to study the genetic association between DR and polymorphic variants of EDN1 (Lys198Asn), LTA (IVS1–80C>A, IVS1–206G>C, IVS1–252>G), eNOS (Glu298Asp), and ITGA2 (BgI II) in a Chinese population with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A well defined population with type 2 diabetes, consisting of 127 controls and 216 DR patients, was recruited. Results: A higher frequency of the Asn/Asn genotype of EDN1 was found in individuals with at least 10 years of diabetes and no retinopathy (controls) compared with DR patients with any duration of diabetes (DR: 2.3%; control: 11.0%; p=0.0002). The Asn allele was also more frequent in controls than DR patients (DR: 16.4%; control: 29.5%; p=0.007). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the Asn/Asn genotype was the factor most significantly associated with reduced risk of DR (odds ratio=0.19; 95% CI: 0.07-0.53; p=0.002) and with late onset of diabetes (Asn/Asn: 59 years; Lys/Lys + Lys/Asn: 53 years; p=0.02). Moreover, the Lys/Lys genotype was more common among patients with nonproliferative (75.7%) than proliferative DR (56.9%; p=0.008). The distributions of Lys198Asn alleles in hypertension did not differ from normotensive subjects. No associations between DR and polymorphisms of LTA, eNOS, or ITGA2 were detected, and there were no detectable gene-gene or gene-environmental interactions among the polymorphisms.Conclusions The Asn/Asn genotype of EDN1 was associated with a reduced risk of DR and with delayed onset of type 2 diabetes

Ecological studies on Liocarcinus puber (L.) and L. holsatus (Fabricius) (Crustacea, Brachyura, Portunidea) around the Gower Peninsula, South Wales

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Modulation of MHC expression on human endothelial cells by sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

10.1006/clin.1993.1133Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology683321-326CLII

Structure and Magnetic Properties of Polycrystalline Y3-xLaxFe5O12 Garnets

La substituted polycrystalline Y3-xLaxFe5O12 (x = 0.0 - 0.5) garnets were manufactured by ceramic method and the structure and magnetic properties of the garnets were studied by X-ray diffractometry, magnetometry, ferromagnetic resonance and permittivity and permeability measurement. Saturation magnetization and Curie temperature of the garnets increase slightly with increasing La content. Resonance linewidth decreases with increasing La concentration x. Complex permittivity and permeability of the garnets are reported