FFbH scores of 100% to approximately 80% correspond to a "normal" functional capacity; scores <70% are an indication of limited functional capacity.
Thus, even when patients with potentially normal functional capacity are excluded, the accuracy for estimating an individual's peak VO2 is poor.
Our data suggest that FGF21 is an inducible stress-sensing hepatokine, and its expression is associated with the loss of normal functional capacity of hepatocytes due to pathogenic processes.
If the surfactant film on the alveolar surface were compressed sufficiently, which would occur during expiration if lung volume fell far below normal functional residual capacity (FRC), the film would rupture, losing the ability of surfactant to lower alveolar surface tension [26, 27].
By contrast, each of four children treated without radiotherapy had a normal functional bladder capacity and a normal voiding pattern.
To prevent alveolar cycling and derecruitment in acute lung injury, high levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) have been found necessary to counterbalance the increased lung mass resulting from edema, inflammation and infiltrations and to maintain normal functional residual capacity (FRC) [ 2].
To prevent alveolar cycling and derecruitment in acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), high levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) have been proposed to counterbalance the increased lung mass resulting from oedema, inflammation and infiltration, and to maintain normal functional residual capacity [ 2].
Monitoring the transcriptome of functional and disturbed beta-cells might reveal genes and pathways involved in the maintenance of normal beta-cell functional capacity.
In addition, these Atg7−/− CD8+ T cells must maintain normal functional and proliferative capacity as they are detected at early time points after secondary immunization, characteristic of true memory T cell kinetics.
We also measured body mass index, handgrip strength, normal walking speed, functional capacity, exercise habits, snow-shovelling habits, a change in frequency (between early winter and midwinter) of outdoor excursions, the length of outdoor excursions, social support, and morbidity.
We utilized an in vivo-like tissue environment to study how iPS- and hES-derived fibroblasts would behave when compared to normal fibroblasts, demonstrating the functional capacity of EDK and iPDK to support the development of a multilayer epithelium in a 3D tissue context.
