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... coded as a separate category for categorical variables and as the mean of all observations for continuous variables Missing values for categorical variables co-varied andthe multivariate model did ... regarding death, i.e 31 Dec 2009 Overall survival (OS) was assessed by calculating the risk of death from all causes, overall mortality Follow-up started at date of diagnosis and ended at death, ... recurrence free survival and overall survival Having demonstrated that RBM3 is associated with less advanced disease and favourable clinicopathological parameters, the relationship between RBM3 expression...
... data are shown as mean ± SEM, unless otherwise CSF Levelsof Vgf correctly diagnose ALS and associates with clinical severity Quantitative ELISA assay revealed that the decreased CSF levelsof ... sensitivity ata given specificity for providing cut-off values, as previously described [1] The null hypothesis was rejected atthe 0.05 level in all analyses Statistical analysis Results Statistical analyses ... Yamaguchi H, Sasaki K, Satomi Y, Shimbara T, Kageyama H, Mondal MS, Toshinai K, Date Y, Gonzalez LJ, Shioda S, Takao T, Nakazato M, Minamino N Peptidomic identification and biological validation...
... achobya, vivaha, utsanga, bahula, nagabala, titilambha, vyavaithanaprajnapti (! that's 1031), and so through the alluring samaptalambha (1037) andthe tongue-twisting visandjnagati (1047) to tallakchana ... that bad This isa spectacular application ofthe Greek insight that the world afar canbe grasped by analogy tothe world at hand But it is made much more spectacular when you realize that Archimedes ... and haunting, said in a Lenten sermon: Men have calculated how many particular graines of sand, would fill up all the vast space between the Earth andthe Firmament: and we find, that a few lines...
... a receptor called RANKL (receptor activator of NF-κB ligand; also termed osteoprotegerin [OPG] ligand) RANKL isa member ofthe TNF receptor superfamily andis central in controlling osteoclastogenesis, ... bone and arthritis A number of studies have implicated IL-17 in bone metabolism Most prominently, IL-17 is found at significantly elevated levels in the synovial fluid of patients with RA, andis ... cell mitogens that induce proliferation and differentiation of osteoblasts [40] Importantly, a number of pathologic conditions adversely affect bone by altering the balance between osteoblast and...
... for vaso-occlusive pain crisis and exchange transfusions were not statistically significant between groups Patients with reactive airway disease and sickle cell disease have a lower transcutaneous ... investigating patients with concomitant asthma and sickle cell disease Table 2: Results in children with sickle cell disease withand without asthma Patients with Sickle Cell & Asthma (n = 48) Admissions ... If the association is valid, the effects of routine use of antiinflammatory controller agents prophylactically or therapeutically would deserve investigation http://www.clinicalmolecularallergy.com/content/3/1/2...
... process involves a reaction with water that decomposes rock into smaller pieces $500 Answer from H3 What is mechanical weathering and chemical weathering? $100 Question from H4 Metamorphic rocks ... This isa naturally occurring solid mixture composed of minerals, small rock fragments, organic matter, or glass $100 Answer from H1 What is rock? $200 Question from H1 This rock type builds ... H4 What isa parent rock? $300 Question from H4 This results when uneven pressures cause flat minerals to line up, giving the rock a layered appearance $300 Answer from H4 What is foliation?...
... India has a large waste land area suitable for Jatropha cultivation, it can supply large volume of biodiesel, in fact, nearly half a dozen states of India have reserve a total of 1.72 million ... Senatore A. , Vitoloi S Brassica Carinata as an alternative oil crop for the production of biodiesel in Italy: engine performance and regulated and unregulated exhaust emissions Environmental Science ... temperature of about 600C, it was allowed to separate layers of glycerol and ester Once the heavy black glycerol layer was settled down, the methyl ester layer formed atthe upper part ofthe reactor Glycerol...
... pyrophosphatase activity in plant extracts canoftenbe so high that when Mg-ATP is added toan extract theactivityof NR appears to go up because Mg-ATP prevents the hydrolysis of NADH, instead of ... catalysed the hydrolysis of NADH, ATP and FAD (Table 3) Moreover, the apparent inhibition of NR is consistent withthe hydrolysis of NADH bythe nucleotide pyrophosphatase, andthe ability of ... purification (Mono-Q) were pooled and loaded onto a Con -A- Sepharose column and eluted after extensive washing (see Materials and methods) and run on SDS/PAGE and stained with Coomassie blue Molecular...
... withanolide isolates An ethyl acetate-soluble extract of P philadelphica as well as four withanolides, IxoA, IxoB, PhilB, and Withpc, were isolated as previously described [23,32] Tomatillo and ... potential Although all four compounds showed significant antiproliferativeactivity in colon cancer cells, we elected to focus on IxoA because of its abundance in the leaves and stems ofthe plant and ... of human colon cancer cells treated with P philadelphica extract and ⁄ or withanolide isolates (A) Effect of ethyl acetate-soluble extract from P philadelphica on SW480 human colon cancer cells...
... inhibition of cancer invasion and metastasis remains unclear Cell adhesion and cell migration play important roles in a variety of physiological and pathological processes such as embryonic development, ... For further understanding ofthe potential role of TM4SF in metastasis, we can go on to collect information of follow-up, and analyze the relationship of CD9, CD63 and CD82 withthe Days after ... regulation of cell motility in melanoma cells andis involved in cell adhesion events [24], and strongly expressed on the cell surface in the early stage of malignant melanoma but weakly in the more advanced...
... clues totherapeutic manipulation of Pi balanceassociated disorders Conclusions Histopathological and molecular genetic analyses here demonstrated a newly established dwarfism-like Kbus/ Table ... marker, and because Hyp BMSCs indicated reduced osteoblastogenesis and skeletogenesis in culture [24-26] Examination of ALP and TRAP levels in total BMSCs demonstrated raised levelsof only the ... Hyp models have greatly contributed to our understanding of bone matrix mineralization and maintenance ofthe Pi balance Aberration ofthe Phex-SIBLINGs system leads to remarkable elevation in...
... the patient data, and performed literature review JH performed the implantation ofthe fiducial markers LJS analyzed and interpreted the patient data and conducted the literature review All authors ... Page of concurrent carboplatin and paclitaxel, followed by consolidation carboplatin and paclitaxel He was evaluated byan orthopedic surgeon (JH) for implantation of fiducial markers for IGRT because ... megavoltage (MV) images and allow for matching of patient anatomy to bony landmarks on a DRR Yin et al [8] at Henry Ford Hospital have used KV X-ray imaging with anatomy matching to vertebral bodies for...
... CA19-9 levels were rapidly decreased and normalized by amelioration of inflammation [8], indicating a significant association between inflammation ofthe hepatobiliary system and CA19-9 levels ... cyst fluid CA19-9 levels in our patient before treatment may be due toan infected hepatic cyst Yoshida et al also observed elevated serum and cyst fluid CA19-9 levels in a patient withan infected ... hepatic cyst wall cells Inflammation, including infection andthe minocycline instillation-induced tissue injury may induce necrosis ofthe hepatic cyst wall cells, and may consequently increase...
... the patient were normal A left hepatectomy anda cholecystectomy were performed atthe same time The resected nodule was barely visible on an examination of gross anatomy, and was slightly clearer ... capillarisation of sinusoids in periportal and septal areas, between the tumoral liver andthe nontumoral (Fig 22) Portal tracts ofthe nodule also had fewer macrophages (Fig 23) and more B and ... subsequently resulting in the enlargement and proliferation of arteries, in venous shunts (portal and hepatic) and in all other features described by Wanless et al [5] Disappearance of bile ducts may lead...
... in the ATP hydrolysis rate The concentration of ATP synthase was estimated on a Bchl basis by quantitative Table Catalytic activities and composition of chromatophores from wild-type and mutant ... this case, the impairment ofthe ATP synthesis rates in the mutant was higher than twofold, especially in the low DpH range Again, this latter comparison canbe best appreciated by plotting the ... blot analysis and was found tobethe same within experimental error for both mutant and wild-type chromatophores The specific activityof ATP synthesis was ± and 13 ± ATP/(F1F0Æs) for mutant and...
... Bordetella The strong link ofthe master regulator of virulence to basic metabolism ofthe bacteria suggests that this system may have already been used byan ancestor ofthe pathogenic bacteria Virulence ... Bordetellae, Bordetella petrii, isthe first member ofthe genus witha facultatively anaerobic metabolism [27] In contrast, the pathogenic Bordetellae are characterized byan obligate aerobic metabolism ... (right panel) andthe results of their quantification bythe PhosphorImager (left panel) histidine residue on one side ofan a- helical stretch [26] To investigate the functional relevance ofthe PAS...
... Bombyx mori Manduca sexta Anopheles gambiae Anopheles gambiae Blattella germanica Drosophila melanogaster Manduca sexta Anopheles gambiae Anopheles gambiae Anopheles gambiae Anopheles gambiae Anopheles ... Purification and characterization of glutathione S-transferases from the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L. ) Pestic Biochem Physiol 67, 36–45 Arruda LK, Vailes LD, Platts-Mills TAE, Hayden ML ... a 12% gel Lanes and 6: molecular mass markers, as indicated bythe scale (in kDa) on the left Lane 2: crude homogenate Lane 3: cytosolic fraction Lanes and 7: affinity-purified fraction Lane 5:...
... Middleboro, MA) and custom data acquisition software written in Matlab (Mathworks Inc Natick, MA) and stored for later analysis Protocol Subjects were asked to generate maximum voluntary torques ... (2) Statistical analyses was performed withthe software package SPSS (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL) anda confidence level of 0.05 was used for all comparisons The role of co-activation of antagonistic ... spastic reflexes and antagonist co-activation Scand J Rehabil Med 1980, 12(3):93-106 Bobath B: Adult Hemiplegia: Evaluation andTreatment London, William Heinnemann; 1978 Corcos DM, Gottlieb GL,...
... medical and pathological reports to confirm the presence of ovarian cancer and/ or endometriosis Histological types of ovarian cancer were obtained for ovarian cancer associated or not associated with ... women had ovarian cancer and endometriosis Codes for ovarian cancer and endometriosis, respectively, were extracted from the archive, andthe demographical and pathological data were analyzed ... References National Cancer Institute of Canada: Annual report Toronto 1999 Ozols RF, Bookman MA, Connolly DC, Daly MB, Godwin AK, Schilder RJ, Xu X, Hamilton TC: Focus on epithelial ovarian cancer Cancer...
... ofantiproliferativeactivity in vitro To evaluate the antiproliferatie activityof samples, cytotoxicity assay was performed with crystal violet dye for the quantitative analysis of cell numbers ... exact nature is not clear As Increased survival rate of tumor-bearing mice by cytoplasm of lactic acid bacteria 47 In this study, oral administration of cytoplasmic preparation of LABs as a dietary ... Macrophage activation by Lactobacillus casei in mice Microbiol Immunol 1983, 27, 611-18 18 Kato I, Yokokura T, Mutai M Augmentation of mouse natural killer cell activityby Lactobacillus casei and...