Recently added articles from Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences:
REPRODUCTIVE CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE, IMPLANTATION, AND FETAL IMMUNOTOLERANCE
Sep 01, 2007; ... The fundamental process of implantation involves a series of steps leading to effective cross-talk between invasive trophoblast cells and the maternal endometrium. The molecular interactions at the embryo-maternal interface during the time of blastocyst adhesion and subsequent invasion are not ...
THE REGULATION OF CELLULAR IRON METABOLISM
Sep 01, 2007; ... While iron is an essential trace element required by nearly all living organisms, deficiencies or excesses can lead to pathological conditions such as iron deficiency anemia or hemochromatosis, respectively. A decade has passed since the discovery of the hemochromatosis gene, HFE, and our ...
LIGNANS AND HUMAN HEALTH
Sep 01, 2007; ... This review focuses on the possible role in human health of the consumption of lignan-rich foods. Most of the plant lignans in human foods are converted by the intestinal microflora in the upper part of the large bowel to enterolactone and enterodiol, called mammalian or enterolignans. The ...
POLYAMINES AND THE INTESTINAL TRACT
Jul 01, 2007; ... Owing to their high turnover, the intestinal mucosal cells have a particularly high requirement for polyamines. Therefore, they are an excellent charcol for the study of polyamine function in rapid physiological growth and differentiation. After a cursory introduction to the major aspects of ...
ANTI-CITRULLINE ANTIBODIES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: Evolving Concepts
Jul 01, 2007; ... Citrulline is a non-standard amino acid that can be incorporated into proteins only by post-translational modification of arginine by peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes during a variety of biologic processes, including inflammation. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune ...