Enhancement of mononuclear cell oxidative burst by early post-transfer sera from human patients after unsuccessful embryo transfer

Early pregnancy sera were earlier shown to modulate T lymphocyte rosetting with sheep erythrocytes. We set out to investigate whether early pregnancysera also modulate the state of activation of another immunologically relevant cell type, the monocyte. As an index of monocyte activation, we measured phorbol ester-triggered oxidative burst activity by a highly sensitive chemiluminescence method. Contrary to our expectations, incubation of mononuclearcells with sera taken early after embryo transfer from patients with a successfully developing pregnancy had no effect. Unexpectedly, such sera from patients from a control group of patients in whom no pregnancy developed after embryo transfer caused enhancement of mononuclear cell chemiluminescence. Stimulatory activity of these sera appeared between days 4 and 6 and was maximal between days 7 and 9 post embryo transfer. Whether this phenomenon is causally related to, or represents a consequence of the failure of embryo transfer, can currently not be decide

A hermeneutic approach to the practice of architecture in a foreign culture / by David Week.

This dissertation brings a hermeneutic perspective to the practice of architecture in a foreign culture

Innovation in the Housing Industry: report prepared by Australian Centre for Innovation and International Competitiveness, University of Sydney

THE BRIEF The study was required to provide: An analysis of innovation in the housing industry, including levels of awareness, impediments to innovation, and processes of innovation diffusion in Australia; identification of key determinants of successful innovations; a survey of new house building technologies in Australia and overseas and their implications for increased innovation in the housing industry; identification of a range of policy options to increase the rate of innovation and reduce the impediments to uptake

Treatment of hepatitis C in hemodialysis patients is associated with markedly decreased mortality, but is rarely prescribed

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