ATPase activity of guinea pig heart muscle

Riassunto L'Autore ha studiato l'influenza della concentrazione degli ioni Ca⁺⁺ e Mg⁺⁺ sull'ATPasi degli atri e dei ventricoli di cuore di cavia. Tale attività è maggiore a pH 9,2 che a pH 6,8. Mentre il Ca⁺⁺ influisce differenziando decisamente le attività degli atri da quelle dei ventricoli, il Mg⁺⁺ accentua piuttosto una differenza tra la parte destra e la sinistra. Il calore distrugge quasi completamente l'attività enzimatica dopo una permanenza a 60° per 20 min.     

Monoamine-containing cells in atrioventricular valves of the opossum heart

Summary Using a specific technique for biogenic amines, similar cells to those described as small intense fluorescent (SIF) cells were identified in the atrioventricular valves of the opossum heart. It is suggested that these cells, under neural control, may secrete amines.     

Tranexamic acid and fibrinolytic activity of the vessel wall

Zusammenfassung Ratten wurden mit hohen Dosen des Fibrinolyseinhibitors Tranexamsäure gefüttert. Die fibrinolytische Aktivität der grossen Herzgefässe und der Coronargefässe wurde histochemisch untersucht und mit einer Kontrollgruppe verglichen, wobei sich ergab, dass der Gehalt der Gefässwände an Fibrinolyseaktivatoren durch die Tranexamsäure nicht beeinflusst wurde.

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This investigation was supported by grants from the Swedish Medical Research Council No. B75-17X-4523-01 and the Tore Nilson's Medical Research Fund.     

Sex related fibrinolytic activity in rat tissues

Histochemical study of many organs of male and female adult Wistar rats of the same age showed no difference in fibrinolytic activity (plasminogen activator activity) between the sexes.     

Sex related fibrinolytic activity in rat tissues

Summary Histochemical study of many organs of male and female adult Wistar rats of the same age showed no difference in fibrinolytic activity (plasminogen activator activity) between the sexes.     

The effect of salicylates on plasma fibrinolytic activity in the rat

Zusammenfassung Zufuhr von Kalium-Salicylat und Acetylsalicylsäure führte bei der Ratte zu einer Verminderung der Plasma-Antiplasmin-Aktivität (100 mg und 150 mg/kg). Somit erhöhen Salicylate in höheren Dosen die fibrinolytische Tätigkeit.

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Acknowledgement. This study was carried out during the tenure (by J. C. R.) of a British Council-Sierra Leone Government Scholarship.     

An apparatus suitable for serial determinations of fibrinolytic activity

Zusammenfassung Es wird eine Apparatur beschrieben, die es ermöglicht, die Lyse grösserer Serien von Plasmaoder Euglobulingerinseln nach verschiedenen Methoden zu untersuchen.     

Action potentials of the guinea pig heart in sodium deficient solutions

Zusammenfassung Es werden Aktionspotentiale vom Meerschweinchenvorhof in Badelösungen verschiedener Na-Konzentrationen mittels intrazellulärer Elektroden registriert. Während das Aktionspotential desVentrikels relativ unempfindlich gegen Veränderungen der Na-Konzentration bleibt^{4, 6}, lässt sich die «Na-Hypothese» für denVorhof anwenden.

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Aided by a grant from the Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerehe.     

A method of reducing the fibrinolytic activity of endometrium cells in plasma clot tissue culture

Zusammenfassung Durch Zusatz von Lysin-äthylester (LEe) zum Plasmakoagel in einer Konzentration von 2,5–5 mg/ml ist es möglich, die fibrinolytische Aktivität des Endometriums in Gewebezuchten zu verhindern. Ausserdem hemmt LEe das Fibroblastenwachstum.     

Relation between fibrinolytic activity and prostacyclin generation of atherosclerotic artery and dacron prosthetic graft

Summary The newly formed tissue of dacron vascular prosthetic grafts implanted in humans demonstrates prostacyclin generation and fibrinolytic activity comparable to that of the atherosclerotic artery in the vicinity. This provides some evidence that both activities important for haemostasis run parallel.     

Nucleoside phosphorylase activity in guinea pig polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Riassunto Gli autori dimostrano la presenza di nucleoside fosforilasi nei granulociti neutrofili di essudato peritoneale sterile di cavia. L'attività enzimatica è distribuita quasi totalmente nella frazione solubile, presenta attività 10 volte più elevata sull'inosina che sulla guanosina, ha pH ottimale 7,8 e costante di Michaelis-Menten per l'inosina uguale a 3 · 10^–5 M.     

Effects of retinoic acid on the fibrinolytic activity of HL 60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells

Summary Fibrinolytic activity of HL 60 human leukemic cells was found to increase in parallel with myeloid differentiation following retinoic acid but not dimethylsulfoxide treatment. However, both retinoic acid and dimethylsulfoxide produced an increase in acid phosphatase and a decrease in muramidase.