How are osteocytes connected?
gap junctions
equation for relative risk reduction
1- RR relative risk
- (absolute risk control - absolute risk treatment) / ( absolute risk)
what molecule stimulates vagus nerve
acetylcholine
withdrawal from opioid is described
What are eyes in cocaine intoxication
dilated
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies are associated with
rheumatoid arthritis
Anti-mitochondrial antibodies are found in what
primary biliary cirrhosis
What happens in lupus because of the formation of immune complex formation
decrease complement
C3, C4, CH50
clinical use for Etanercept
Calcipotriene, what is it? what is it used for
Patient with neurologic symptoms ( tingling, difficulty concentrating) and recurrent episodes of nonspecific abdominal pain has
acute intermittent porphyria
what is deficient in acute intermittent porphyria
prophobilinogen deaminase deficiency
treatment for acute intermittent porphyria
glucose and heme
in acute intermittent porphyria, infusion with heme or glucose down regulates what enzyme
aminolevulinate ( ALA) synthase
- rate limiting step of heme synthesis
Acute intermittent prophyria is due to accumulation of what
- porphobilinogen
Deficiency of ALA dehydrates and ferrochelatase
lead poisoning
chemotactic factors
C5a IL-8 LTB 4 Kallikrein platelet activating factor
DNA polymerase I has what special feature
5’ to 3’ exonuclease activity
- removes RNA primase
why are the left atria and ventricles less oxygenated than pulmonary capillaries
mixing of deoxygenated blood
calcium-sensing receptors are what type of receptors
G-protien-couples receptors
role of calcium-sensing receptors
regulate secretion of PTH
What is familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
AD
- defective calcium-sensing receptors on PTH and kidney
Erythema infectiosum ( fifth disease present)
Parvovirus hits what cells? replicates where
erythoid precursor cells
- replicates in bone marrow