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OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of -6 degrees head-down bed-rest on proliferation of lymphocyte and production of certain cytokines. METHODS: 6 healthy young men served as the subjects. Peripheral blood lymphocyte was assayed 1d prior to and on the 3rd day and 6th day of bed rest. RESULTS: The production of IFN-alpha on the 3rd day was markedly decreased (P < 0.05), but killing activity of NK was significantly enhanced (P < 0.05), production of IFN-gamma and expression of IL-2 receptor were all slightly reduced. Both production of IFN-alpha and killing activity of NK resumed to the control level on the 6th day, production of IFN-r and CD25 were significantly lowered (P < 0.05) on the 6th day, a lymphocyte proliferation and production of IL-2 were gradually decreased with time, but production of IL-6 was gradually increased. CONCLUSION: -6 degrees head-down bed-rested has certain effect on cellular immune function in man.
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Citocinas/imunologia , Imunidade Celular , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Simulação de Ausência de Peso , Adulto , Repouso em Cama , Decúbito Inclinado com Rebaixamento da Cabeça , Humanos , Interferon-alfa/imunologia , Interleucina-2/imunologia , Interleucina-6/imunologia , Masculino , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Penicillium sp. FO-5637, a soil isolate, was found to produce a series of inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP). Novel active compounds, designated erabulenols A and B, were isolated from the fermentation broth of the producing strain by solvent extraction, ODS column chromatography and HPLC. Erabulenols A and B inhibit human CETP activity with IC50 values of 47.7 and 58.2 microM in an in vitro assay system containing 200 microM BSA, respectively.
