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Demographic, labor characteristics, and neonatal outcomes of the two groups were comparable. The onset of analgesia was relatively more rapid for ropivacaine group (p = 0.067). Duration of analgesia after the first bolus dose was longer and the need for supplemental epidural analgesic doses was less...
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PMID: 20583937
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A decrease in environmental temperature can directly affect the contractility of cutaneous vasculature, mediated in part by alpha(2)-adrenoceptors. Most of the cellular mechanisms underlying the cooling-enhanced contractility to alpha(2)-adrenoceptor agonists have been reported in cu...
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PMID: 20360439
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There is a lack of cohesive reports on the systemic levels of local anaesthetic after intraperitoneal application. A comprehensive systematic review with no language restriction was conducted. Eighteen suitable articles were identified. Data were compiled and presented according to local anaesthetic...
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PMID: 20715724
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We report a case of a previously well functioning epidural catheter positioned epidurally using a combined spinal epidural anaesthesia technique, which subsequently was found to be intravascular. The literature is reviewed....
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PMID: 20299987
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Responses to the Rho kinase inhibitor Y-27632 were investigated in the anesthetized rat. Under baseline conditions intravenous injections of Y-27632 decreased pulmonary and systemic arterial pressures and increased cardiac output. The decreases in pulmonary arterial pressures were enhanced when base...
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PMID: 20435851
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High-salt intake can change the effect of adenosine on arterial tone in mice. The aim of this study was to clarify the mechanism by which this occurs. Using aortas from mice fed a 4% NaCl (HS) or 0.45% NaCl (NS) diet for 4-5 wks, concentration-response curves for ACh, 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine...
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PMID: 20427718
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This study demonstrates that, in the rat model, ropivacaine is associated with marked histological abnormality, including edema of the perineurium and axonal destruction with wallerian degeneration, when injected into or extraneurally placed onto a nerve. Extrafascicular injection and extraneural pl...
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PMID: 20442258
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We show that activation of amines and nitroalkanes with an electrophilic iodine source can lead directly to amide products. Preliminary observations support a mechanism in which the polarities of the two reactants are reversed (German, umpolung) during carbon-nitrogen bond formation relative to trad...
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PMID: 20577205
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Kevin D Freeman-Cook,
Christopher Autry,
Gary Borzillo,
Deborah Gordon,
Elsa Barbacci-Tobin,
Vincent Bernardo,
David Briere,
Tracey Clark,
Matthew Corbett,
John Jakubczak,
Shefali Kakar,
Elizabeth Knauth,
Blaise Lippa,
Michael J Luzzio,
Mahmoud Mansour,
Gary Martinelli,
Matthew Marx,
Kendra Nelson,
Jayvardhan Pandit,
Francis Rajamohan,
Shaughnessy Robinson,
Chakrapani Subramanyam,
Liuqing Wei,
Martin Wythes and
Joel Morris
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This paper describes the design and synthesis of novel, ATP-competitive Akt inhibitors from an elaborated 3-aminopyrrolidine scaffold. Key findings include the discovery of an initial lead that was modestly selective and medicinal chemistry optimization of that lead to provide more selective analogu...
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PMID: 20481595
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We established a new culture system that allows handling as easily as culturing feeder-free mouse ES cells. This newly developed culture system is based on the combinatorial use of ROCK inhibitor and soluble fibronectin, which enables us to expand human pluripotent stem cells from single cell dissoc...
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PMID: 20460107
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We describe for the first time the molecular mechanism of resistance to a carboxylic acid amide (CAA) fungicide. We identified a family of four cellulose synthase (CesA) genes containing conserved domains that are found in all processive glycosyltransferases. Phylogenetic analysis revealed their clo...
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PMID: 20226261
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A series of caffeic acid amides 1-23 were synthesized and nine of which (13-17, 19-21 and 23) were reported for the first time. The chemical structures of these compounds were confirmed by means of 1H NMR, ESI MS and elemental analyses. Compound 15 was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction...
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PMID: 20181415
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the stereoselective pain relieving (antiallodynic) activity, antiallodynic-anticonvulsant correlation, teratogenicity and pharmacokinetic profile of two stereoisomers of valnoctamide (VCD), a CNS-active amide derivative of a chiral isomer of valproic acid (V...
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PMID: 20230843
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Eighty percent (80%) aqueous acetone extract from fruit of Piper chaba (Piperaceae) was found to have a hepatoprotective effect on D-galactosamine (D-GalN)/lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced liver injury in mice. Among the isolates, several amide constituents inhibited D-GalN/tumor necrosis factor-alp...
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PMID: 20519856
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We previously reported that deamidation at the critical interface sites decreased stability, while preserving the dimeric 3D structure. In the present study, dynamic light scattering, differential scanning calorimetry and small angle X-ray scattering were used to investigate the effect of deamidatio...
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PMID: 20188088
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We hypothesized that valnoctamide is antimanic.
We performed a double-blind, five-week, add-on, controlled trial of valnoctamide in mania. Patients were treated with risperidone at doses of the physician's discretion. Valnoctamide or placebo was begun at doses of 600 mg/day and increased to 1200 mg...
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PMID: 20636634
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To evaluate a bimatoprost gel for enhancing eyelash growth, adverse effects, and change in intraocular pressure (IOP).
Prospective, double-masked, randomized controlled study. Fifty-two patients without ocular disease were assigned a control or bimatoprost 0.03% gel to apply to the eyelid margin onc...
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PMID: 20618554
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Ropivacaine interscalene block requires a threshold volume and concentration, with concentration primarily determining motor block. When combined with continuous blockade, suprathreshold ropivacaine doses do not significantly prolong primary block duration but may compromise patient satisfaction....
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PMID: 20460999
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We retrospectively reviewed our prospective breast cancer database to determine the percentage of patients who underwent breast cancer operations with either local or paravertebral block regional anesthesia from January 1 through June 30, 2008. Fifty-two of 70 patients (74%) were able to undergo bre...
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PMID: 20566982
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We verified the applicability of Asher's approach for the quantitative characterization of peptide conformation in the Abeta(1-40) fibril core. We found that the conformation of the parallel beta-sheet in the Abeta(1-40) fibril core is atypical for globular proteins, while in contrast, the antiparal...
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PMID: 20405832
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The sequential transformation of arynes into ortho-disubstituted arenes is achieved by a one-pot procedure using formamides and dialkylzincs. This reaction proceeded via a route involving the trapping reaction of the formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition adducts or quinone methides generated by the insertion...
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PMID: 20361749
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A Cu-catalyzed aerobic oxidative amidation of propiolic acids via decarboxylation under air has been developed. Only carbon dioxide is produced as byproduct in this approach. The use of air as oxidant makes this method more useful and easy to handle.
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PMID: 20361747
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A unified synthetic approach to diverse polycyclic scaffolds has been developed using transition-metal-mediated cycloaddition and cyclization reactions of enynes and diynes. The tert-butylsulfinamide group has been identified as a particularly versatile lynchpin in these reactions, with a reactivity...
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PMID: 20356070
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N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed oxidative amidations of various aldehydes to the corresponding hexafluoroisopropylesters by using the readily available organic oxidant A are described. The hexafluoroisopropylesters prepared in situ are shown to be highly useful active esters for amide bond formatio...
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PMID: 20359171
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