(n.) An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.
(n.) Oat.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results suggest that regional lymph node lymphocytes could be used in AIT because of their different function from that of peripheral blood lymphocytes.
(2) The results indicated that in vivo-activated PBT by AIT could not exhibit direct cytotoxicity, but they acquired cytolytic potential, the effect of which was expressed by targeting to tumor cells.
(3) Our purpose was to determine whether differences in androgen activation could be detected between the androgen-stimulated tumor (AST) line, an androgen-independent tumor line carried in intact (AIT-I) and castrated (AIT-C) rats and their DLP tissue of origin.
(4) Group V (AIT and CPA combination); AIT (10DLAKs) was started on day 5 followed by CPA on day 10.
(5) There was a deficit during cooling in the recall of discriminations that had been learned prior to cooling TP or AIT.
(6) To determine the incidence and predictability and to elucidate the pathogenesis of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) and hypothyroidism (AIH).
(7) Clinical efficacy of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cell adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) in combination with plasma exchange was investigated as protocol 1 in 24 patients with advanced cancer.
(8) Taken together these findings led us to conclude that the AIT carried in castrates is capable of responding to testosterone in a manner similar to that observed for androgen-stimulated DLP of sexually ablated rats.
(9) The results indicate that as a source of LAK cells, the spleen is superior both quantitatively ani qualitatively when compared to peripheral blood and should be seriously considered as the source of cells for AIT of cancer.
(10) These clinical observations support the previous histological data indicating that thyroid follicular disruption might contribute to the pathogenesis of AIT.
(11) A few immunopositive tumor cells were present in AITs carried in untreated castrated hosts.
(12) The previous report demonstrated a mechanism in which OK-432 augments the effect of AIT.
(13) To investigate the possibility that these conclusions were erroneous and based upon analytical artifact, a computer program was used to generate random and independent AOM and AIT for a population of 30,000 "athletes".
(14) Furthermore, like patients with a previous history of subacute thyroiditis and postpartum thyroiditis, the present results suggest that some patients with a previous history of AIT may be at risk to develop hypothyroidism when given excess iodine.
(15) The results suggest that THF-gamma 2 treatment of donors for AIT might be applicable to cancer therapy in humans.
(16) These findings indicate that an immunotherapy of human cancers that are thought to be weakly or nonimmunogenic may be possible by the application of this approach to LAK AIT.
(17) Clinical efficacy of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cell adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) in combination with plasma exchange and interleukin (IL-2) was investigated in 24 patients with advanced cancer.
(18) We have developed an adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) system using syngeneic tumor-bearer-spleen cells cultured with interleukin-2 (IL-2) and soluble tumor extract.
(19) The development of AIT or AIH was not related to the extent of iodine overload or to the occurrence of de novo thyroid autoantibodies.
(20) Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) occurs most frequently in patients with underlying thyroid disease and is generally believed to be due to the iodine contamination of amiodarone and iodine released by the metabolism of the drug.
Alt
Definition:
(a. & n.) The higher part of the scale. See Alto.
Example Sentences:
(1) The degree of halothane hepatotoxicity assessed from ALT activities and morphological alterations was of the decreasing order of phenobarbital greater than controls = diphenylhydantoin greater than valproic acid, and a similar order was observed in the extent of reductive metabolism of halothane.
(2) Total and Cu,Zn-SOD activities significantly decreased and Mn-SOD activities significantly increased in both the active (with increased ALT levels) and the inactive phases (with normal ALT levels) for 36 children with chronic persistent hepatitis (CPH).
(3) Because while some of these alt-currencies show promise, many aren't worth the paper they're not printed on.
(4) ALT is recommended as an alternative to drainage surgery.
(5) Activities of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), creatine phosphokinase (CPK), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were determined in plasma, kidney, liver, and muscle from five species of captive birds.
(6) In an autoimmune CAH patient, elevation of the plasma levels of autoantibodies during the treatment apparently preceded the elevation of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
(7) The first Jacques Monod Conference was held in Roscoff, Brittany on 1-5 June 1987 and dealt with the topic of 'Selection of Lymphocyte Repertoires' (organizers F. W. Alt, Columbia University, New York.
(8) At 9 months, serum HBV DNA had become negative and ALT levels normalized in 57% of interferon-treated patients.
(9) Diethyldithiocarbamate did not influence the effects of NiCl2 on TBA-chromogens in liver homogenates or on serum AST and ALT activities but acted synergistically with NiCl2 to diminish serum alkaline phosphatase activity and to increase serum bilirubin concentration.
(10) Male rats experienced some weight loss (15%) and slight increases of ALT and BUN, but there were no effects of either DCA or TCA on any of these responses.
(11) Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) measurements in blood donors has been advocated as a surrogate test for non-A, non-B hepatitis.
(12) Endogenous plasma levels of AST and ALT activity were measured in samples drawn from five swine before and after a 40% blood loss.
(13) Significant elevation during the postoperative period of AST and AP in study A, and AST, ALT, AP, LDH, and CK in study B were demonstrated in patients given LMW heparins in both studies.
(14) Five cases were persistently positive for HCV-RNA and showed continuously abnormal level of ALT.
(15) The hepatocellular pattern of disease is characterized by increases in leakage enzymes such as SDH, GLDH, and ALT and the cholestatic pattern by increases in induced enzymes (ALP and GGT).
(16) Among the 24 cases of HBV-HCV double infection, 10 were assayed for serum ALT level.
(17) PGF2 alpha, which in contrast to dmPGE2 does not act via cAMP, had no effect on TAA-induced changes in serum ALT or hepatic histology.
(18) GGT, AST and ALT activities were increased in all alcohol-abusing women, regardless whether the infant had FAE or not.
(19) However pulmonary artery wedge pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance, systemic vascular resistance, P(A-a)O2, Beef, Cr, UN, ALT, LDH, TB, DB, and MDA were markedly increased (P less than 0.05).
(20) Serum enzyme (ALT, AST, ICD) levels and histopathological examination indicated no observable evidence of toxicity among rats of any of the treatment groups.