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View Post: Plasma Fibrinogen Levels and Prognosis in Patients with Ovarian ...
23 Oct 2009 by Polterauer, S., Grimm, C., Seebacher, V.,...  
The mean (standard deviation) pretherapeutic plasma fibrinogen level was 450.0 (150.1) mg/dl. Elevated plasma fibrinogen levels were associated with advanced tumor stage (p = .01) and the presence of a postoperative residual tumor mass ...
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View Post: Feeding Acutely Stimulates Fibrinogen Synthesis in Healthy Young ...
20 Oct 2009 by Caso, G., Mileva, I., Kelly, P., Ahn, H.,...  
Fibrinogen is a positive acute-phase protein and its hepatic synthesis is enhanced following inflammation and injury. However, it is not clear whether fibrinogen synthesis is also responsive to oral nutrients and whether the response to ...
View Blog: Journal of Nutrition current issue - http://jn.nutrition.org/

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View Post: Peripheral Levels of Fibrinogen, C-Reactive Protein, and Plasma ...
14 Oct 2009 by Marioni, RE, Stewart, MC, Murray, GD, Deary,...  
Objective: To determine whether circulating levels of the biomarkers C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, plasma viscosity, and hematocrit were associated with cognitive decline in middle-aged to elderly people. ...
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View Post: Prolyl 4-Hydroxylation of α-Fibrinogen — JBC
9 Oct 2009 by Ono, M., Matsubara, J., Honda, K., Sakuma,...  
Here, we describe successful detection of novel prolyl hydroxylation of α-fibrinogen using 2DICAL, based on comparison of plasma samples of 38 pancreatic cancer patients and 39 healthy subjects. Using a newly generated monoclonal ...
View Blog: Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue - http://www.jbc.org/

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View Post: BIO-SYNTHESIS - Custom Antibody Custom Peptide Synthesis Custom ...
18 Aug 2009 by Jessica  
The fibrinogen-like (FBG) domain, which consists of approximately 200 amino acid residues, has high sequence similarity to the C-terminal halves of fibrinogen ß and ? chains. Three distinct fibrinogen-related proteins (FREPs) have been ...
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View Post: Fibrinogen concentrate substitution therapy in patients with ...
25 Sep 2008 by Fenger-Eriksen, C., Lindberg-Larsen, M.,...  
It has been reported that plasma fibrinogen concentrations may reach a critical low level relatively early during bleeding, calling for replacement fibrinogen therapy. Cryoprecipitate has been widely used in the past, but more recently, ...
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View Post: Dissolve Biofilms With Fibrinolytic Enzymes: Autism Support
29 Oct 2009 by Michael Ash  
If you do a medline search on biofilms and platelet aggregation, fibrinogen, and fibrin, boom, it's there right in your face. Bacteria build biofilms by first aggregating together, and then rapidly weaving this protective web or matrix ...
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View Post: Blood -- The pleiotropic role of the fibrinogen {gamma}' chain in ...
17 Aug 2009 by Uitte de Willige, S., Standeven, KF, Philippou,...  
A/ {gamma} ' fibrinogen may contribute to the pathology of thrombosis. This review summarizes the key biological aspects of this interesting variant of fibrinogen and discusses inconsistencies in current reports. ...
View Blog: BLOOD First Edition Papers - http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/

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