(1) Both buffy coat and platelet transfusions evoked production of the non-specific blocking antibodies.
(2) Platelet concentrates can be prepared either the normal way via platelet-rich plasma or from buffy coat.
(3) Six dogs had increased numbers of mast cells in peripheral blood or buffy coat smears.
(4) Virus was associated equally with the plasma and cellular fractions of blood on day 3, but was primarily in the buffy coat of the cellular fraction on day 5.
(5) Buffy coats from peripheral blood containing 6.23 X 10(8) MNC were separated in the V50, resulting in a recovery of 75 percent.
(6) In addition, we found that CD9 and gpIIIa antibodies reacted weakly with monocytes in buffy coat smears.
(7) The preparation of platelet concentrates from "buffy coat" makes it possible to obtain a platelet concentrate with a low leucocyte and erythrocyte content.
(8) Monocytes were isolated from citrated blood buffy coat of healthy adult human donors on Ficoll-Hypaque gradients.
(9) When serum was added to a culture of unseparated bone marrow buffy coat cells, colony formation appeared even in the absence of exogenous CSF.
(10) We report that the IC50 values for the drugs tested varied depending on the state of activation of the channel, being lowest when the channel is maximally activated and highest when the channel is least activated in the control buffy coat preparation.
(11) Standard and buffy-coat-depleted red cell concentrates were filtered through a new cellulose acetate filter with a manual procedure.
(12) Immunofluorescence staining of buffy coat smears from a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia in accelerated phase showed that approximately 13% of all nucleated cells contained von Willebrand protein and, therefore, appeared to be of megakaryocytic origin.
(13) The Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator's bosses at Marvel are also bringing sequels to Thor and Captain America to the big screen over the next year, a fact which would also appear to clash with Whedon's clarion call for originality.
(14) Sera from African swine fever-resistant pigs with infection-inhibitory activity decreased virus replication in infected porcine buffy coat cultures.
(15) At best, 1 X 10(5) CFU-c could be isolated from 10 ml marrow corresponding to 2 X 10(8) buffy-coat cells.
(16) The highly potent and specific activity of this conjugate in the presence of bone marrow buffy coat and its exceptionally rapid onset of action make this conjugate a good candidate for the ex vivo elimination of neoplastic cells from the bone marrow of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients.
(17) Transfer factor (TF) was prepared from buffy coats obtained from 493 units of blood taken from healthy donors, including individuals convalescent from various viral infections.
(18) Buffy coat preparations of peripheral blood from two patients with Stage IVB Hodgkin's disease, 33 patients with Hodgkin's disease undergoing complete staging including laparotomy, 12 normal controls and eight patients with viral upper respiratory infections were examined for the presence of abnormal cells.
(19) To study survival and function of leukocyte-poor platelet concentrates (lp-PC) prepared from buffy coats, random platelet transfusions requested for thrombocytopenic patients were evaluated.
(20) Hemal lymph nodes, blood (buffy coat), Peyer patches, and heart and lung sections from fetuses with immunoglobulin-containing cells in spleen or lymph node did not have immunoglobulin-containing cells.
Puffy
Definition:
(a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor.
(a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
Example Sentences:
(1) The combination of puffy fingers, digital pitting scars, and serum anticentromere antibody, all consistent with CREST syndrome, occurred in a small group of patients.
(2) The folksy and charismatic cartel leader of puffy cheeks and large nose, known to wear a baseball cap and a grey-haired goatee, was a fugitive also wanted in the US for conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine.
(3) A 4 year old girl is described with severe mental retardation, peculiar face with nasal hypoplasia, sparse hair, genital hypoplasia, truncal obesity, puffy hands, and small feet with complete cutaneous syndactyly of the second and third toes.
(4) A 46-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of fatigability, puffy eye-lids, leg edema and petechia.
(5) These patients are probably most common and present with Raynaud's phenomenon and puffy hands which never reach sclerodactily.
(6) The most characteristic features were myalgia-myositis, arthralgia-arthritis, puffy, atrophic, sclerotic fingers, and Raynaud's phenomenon.
(7) Following insulin treatment, he developed gross fluid retention (peripheral oedema and puffiness of face) and a weight gain of 1.8 kg.
(8) With lots of pockets and slightly puffy sleeves (yet curiously appearing as though it would be too tight to zip up) the jacket was East Berlin before the wall went down, it was Malcolm Turnbull on Q&A and before he lost weight, it was your “groovy” maths teacher supervising your year 10 formal, it was the Masters Apprentices reunion tour in the early 1990s.
(9) The striking features include the following: (1) bitemporal scarring, an anomaly that resembles forceps marks; (2) periorbital puffiness with wrinkling of the skin; (3) abnormalities of the eyebrows; (4) anomalies of the eyelashes; (5) flattening of the nasal bridge with a bulbous nasal tip; (6) increased mobility of the skin, associated with severely redundant facial soft tissue; and (7) normal growth and development.
(10) A 35-year-old Kashmiri male with a 12-year history of recurrent aphthous ulcers of the mouth and scrotal ulcers was admitted with pedal edema, facial puffiness and proteinuria.
(11) Two patients did indeed have it, but the third patient's "puffy tumor" was a soft tissue abscess.
(12) Five patients had preoperative proptosis and diplopia, three had Pott's puffy tumor and five had erosion of the posterior table of the frontal sinus.
(13) To understand the mechanism, magnitude, and time course of facial puffiness that occurs in microgravity, seven male subjects were tilted 6 degrees head-down for 8 h, and all four Starling transcapillary pressures were directly measured before, during, and after tilt.
(14) Pott's puffy tumor, a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone associated with frontal osteomyelitis, is a rare complication of frontal sinusitis.
(15) The most frequently occurring clinical manifestations among the patients with MCTD were Raynaud's phenomenon, puffy hands, arthritis, myalgias, and sicca symptoms.
(16) Puffy clouds dotted a brilliant blue sky, the trees burned red, yellow and orange, and water lapped softly in the background.
(17) Examination of sera from the infected mice revealed autoantibodies that, by immunofluorescence, reacted with second antigens in the colloid (ground-glass staining pattern) and thyroglobulin (puffy staining pattern).
(18) A case of latent mastoiditis presenting with Pott's puffy tumour is described.
(19) The emojis feature the main cast of characters plus George's parents, classic objects from the show such as an urban sombrero and the puffy shirt, and some modern versions of the characters, including Glasshole Jerry.
(20) A columnist for the Independent, Joan Smith, recently watched Assange's interview of Ecuadorean president Rafeal Correa and offered up this wisdom : "He's put on weight, his face is puffy and he didn't bother to shave before his interview with Correa."