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Overall, in the SCD children we studied, cell membrane components that are known to decrease membrane fluidity, such as cholesterol and saturated fatty acids, were associated with a low phase angle while those which increase fluidity, such as long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, were associated with a high phase angle.
On the tandem CYP2B10 elements, LG1069 does not have a stimulatory effect on its own and does not decrease the inhibitory effect of androstanol, but it does increase response to TCPOBOP.
Our previous study demonstrated a 12% average decrease in elliptical angle and A-P axis measurements between aged transparent lenses and those of age-related nuclear cataracts [ 4 ] ; this is roughly the same amount of change reported here between transparent and nuclear cataractous diabetic lenses (11% decrease).
In fact, among six dose-response studies already published [ 2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 22] only two [ 2, 11] have suggested that NO concentrations required to improve PaO 2 are less than those required to decrease pulmonary artery pressure.
However, theophylline was toxic to bacteria, and caused a decrease in the growth of bacteria containing the parental td intron at concentrations greater than 0.5 mM.