Children's systemic arterial blood pressure percentile curve in Shahrekord

Determining the systemic arterial blood pressure (SABP) is one of the most important tools for evaluation of children’s health. The normal variation of children’s SABP is between 5th-95th percentile curve. SABP is affected by various factors including weight, gender, height and environmental conditions, therefore we measured the SABP of children in Shahrekord. The sample consisted of 1000, 7-12 years old students (Each sex: 500) randomly selected from 25 primary schools of Shahrekord. We plotted SABP percentile cure on the basis of weight stature and sex. Our results showed that, the most abundant systolic SABP was 100 mmHg (27.7%) and the least abundant was 75 mmHg (1%). For diastolic SABP, the highest and lowest prevalence were 65 mmHg (28.2%) and 45 mmHg (0.1%), respectively. There was a positive correlation between age, weight, sex and height on one hand and SABP on the other hand. The SABP in girl was mildly higher than that of the boys with the same age group

A possible role for mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase in the signalling pathway mediating neutrophil chemotaxis

1Mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase activity has been identified on the external surface of human polymorphonuclear neutrophil leucocytes (PMNs). The enzyme is released from the plasma membrane by phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C, suggesting a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) linkage of the enzyme to the plasma membrane. Partial sequence of cDNA encoding the enzyme suggests that it is identical to the GPI-linked mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase identified previously on human skeletal muscle