... 10 Day Day Day 14 Day 21 p=0.009 Day Day Figure Lung Catalase in C57BL/6J mice Administration of bleomycin decreases lung catalase (A) Catalase activity (B) Catalase mRNA (C) Catalase mRNA in ... After an intraperitoneal injection of ketamine and xylazine for sedation and anesthesia, 0.05 U of bleomycin (Blenoxane; Nippon Kayaku, Tokyo, Japan) was intratracheally administrated as described ... Sunami R, Sugiyama H, Wang Da-Hong, Kobayashi M, Maeshima Y, Yamasaki Y, Masuoka N, Ogawa N, Kira S, Makino H: Acatalasemia sensitizes renal tubular epithelial cells to apoptosis and exacerbates...
... participated in protein isolation, suspension bead array assays and created the associated data charts RS peer-reviewed the data interpretations All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements ... incubated for hour After washing, 100 μl Streptavidinphycoerythrin was added to each well and incubated for 30 minutes After a final wash, the plate was analyzed using the Luminex 100 analyzer ... allocating technical resources to assist with performing the suspension bead array and antibody array assays and Walter Bobrowski for assisting with imaging of antibody arrays Page of (page number...
... pathways that are activated via the EGFR and regulate cell survival and proliferation include phosphorylation of mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) and Akt/PI-3 kinase pathways Activation of the ... concentrations of CSC induce cell death, it appears that activation of pro-apoptotic signals predominates Studies using inhibition of these separate MAPK signaling pathways are needed to delineate ... of oxidants/free radicals in mediating these effects of CSC Activation of ERK1/2, a MAPK involved in cell proliferation and survival, was increased by various concentrations of CSC, and sustained...
... strands of the shRNA1 and shRNA2 designed from Caveolin-1 cDNA are GCAAGTGTACGACGCGCAC and AACCAGAAGGGACACACA, respectively As negative controls (scrambled shRNAs), shRNAcontrol1 (TAGCGACTAAACACATCAA), ... for Caveolin-1 and P2X7 of Caveolin-1 shRNA-treated E10 cells revealed a partial loss of colocalization of P2X7, with a remaining low amount of Caveolin-1 protein and an altered intracellular distribution ... Caveolin-1 and P2X7 expresssion in lung cells K Barth et al among ‘raft’ and ‘nonraft’ domains of the plasma membrane Lipid rafts are microdomains of the plasma membrane containing a high...
... to cause inflammation and damage cells Oxidants are thought to play a major role in cell injury induced by tobacco smoke since each puff of tobacco smoke contains approximately 1017 oxidant molecules ... physical defence and increased permeability of the alveolar space and inflammation all of which are common characteristics of COPD particularly emphysema Similar findings to those described above ... changes are a result ofa cascade of biochemical changes occurring within the cell, resulting in activation of caspases and DNA fragmentation [11] However, while it is possible to measure apoptosis...
... 25 Day Day Day Day post-infection Day 14 Day 10.0 Cells in BAL/ X 105 Cells in BAL/ X 106 Day 14 Macrophages in BAL PMN in BAL Day Day Day post-infection Day Day Day Day post-infection Day 14 7.5 ... Montréal, Montreal, Canada) was entrapped in agar beads, and 50-µl suspensions containing × 105 to × 106 CFU/ml were instilled intratracheally in male mice of resistant (BALB/c) or susceptible (DBA/2, ... and γENaC expression following lung infection with P aeruginosa Pseudomonas embedded in agar beads was administered intratracheally in resistant (BALB/c) and susceptible strains of mice (DBA/2,...
... normalized values over that observed with untreated cells Amplification primers for the human genes were as follows: BAFF, 5'-TGAAACACCAACTATACAAAAAG-3' and 5'-TCAATTCATCCCCAAAGACAT3'; β-actin, 5'-GCTGTGCTACGTCGCCCT-3' ... cells staining for cytokeratin (a) and cytokeratin 19 (b) and the absence of staining with cytokeratin 20 (c) indicates the specificity of ductal epithelial cell origin The absence of staining for ... Positive staining with cytokeratin (i) and the absence of staining with cytokeratin 20 (j) indicate the ductal epithelial origin of HSG cell lines Negative staining with myeloperoxydase (MPO) (k) and...
... Scanner 3000 7G (Affymetrix) GeneSpring GX 11 (Agilent) was used for the normalization, filtering and statistical data analysis of the Affymetrix microarray data The linear data was first summarized ... merged into a gene list for further GO and pathway analysis GO and pathway over-representation analysis as well as further analysis of protein-protein interactions and transcription factor regulation ... imported into the software for pathway analysis of statistically significant genes Real-time quantitative RT-PCR assays Total RNA was isolated using the RNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen) as described The cDNA...
... polyclonal goat arat IgM/IgG/IgA was used as phycoerythrin (PE) conjugate For specific staining of sorted AEC II, the lectin Maclura pomifera agglutinin was used Intracellular staining for IFN-γ and IL-2 ... clearly indicate that its cells are metabolically very active with the capacity to modulate a variety of inflammatory processes through the action of an array of receptor-mediated events Upon activation, ... expressed in AEC II upon airway inflammation Gene (functional category) Symbol SPC-HA/TCR-HA/SPC-HA Array1 Array2 Fold change Array1/Array2 Genes associated with cell cycle cyclin D2 transforming growth...
... cells into alveolar air space Migration of labeled donor cells into alveolar air space In pneumonia lungs, the ratio of cells that migrated into alveolar air space was measured The results are ... Harbor, ME) and maintained on a standard laboratory diet and housed ina controlled environment with a 12-hour light/dark cycle in the animal care facility at Jack Bell Research Centre All animal experiments ... migrate into the airspaces to participate in airspace inflammation but the majority of cells remain in the lung tissues where they have the potential, via proliferation and differentiation, to participate...
... in each experiment was calculated as fold change, i.e.: (the mean number of intracellular cfu after addition of AHL)/(the mean number of intracellular cfu without addition of AHL), and thereafter ... transit through the gastrointestinal tract ofaguinea pig, a rabbit, a cow, five mice, six pigs, or 12 chickens [15] Interestingly, SdiA was activated in mice that were infected with the AHL-producing ... this article as: Nesse et al.: Salmonella Typhimurium invasion of HEp-2 epithelial cells in vitro is increased by N-acylhomoserine lactone quorum sensing signals Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2011...
... PBS Intraperitoneal injections of PBS or cyclophosphamide were administered on days 1, +1, and +3 after viral inoculation Statistical analysis Analysis of numerical data and statistical analyses ... Franchini M, Hefti HP, Odermatt B, O'Keeffe M, Alber G, Glanzmann B, Riesen M, Ackermann M, Suter M: Flt3 ligandtreated neonatal mice have increased innate immunity against intracellular pathogens ... role of natural killer cells in protection of mice against death and corneal scarring following ocular HSV-1 infection Antiviral Res 2000, 45(1):33-45 Slifka MK, Pagarigan RR, Whitton JL: NK markers...
... PBS Intraperitoneal injections of PBS or cyclophosphamide were administered on days 1, +1, and +3 after viral inoculation Statistical analysis Analysis of numerical data and statistical analyses ... Franchini M, Hefti HP, Odermatt B, O'Keeffe M, Alber G, Glanzmann B, Riesen M, Ackermann M, Suter M: Flt3 ligandtreated neonatal mice have increased innate immunity against intracellular pathogens ... role of natural killer cells in protection of mice against death and corneal scarring following ocular HSV-1 infection Antiviral Res 2000, 45(1):33-45 Slifka MK, Pagarigan RR, Whitton JL: NK markers...
... using types of antisera against chromogranin A (CGA), serotonin, somatostatin, human pancreatic polypeptide (HPP), glucagon, gastrin and cholecyctokinin (CCK)-8 Materials and Methods Five adult ... GIT of various vertebrates including rodents Moreover, there is a great deal of data regarding the gastrointestinal endocrine 15, 16 cells in mouse strains Gastrointestinal endocrine cells are ... of this family are found in the secretory granules ofa broad spectrum of amine and peptide- producing cells of the adrenal medulla and gastrointestinal endocrine system, and in some neurons of...
... Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus (Cyprinidae) having unique hepatopancreas, were observed using specific antisera against mammalian insulin, glucagon, somatostatin and PP by peroxidase antiperoxidase (PAP) ... glucagon, insulin, motilin and gastric acid [26] and absorption of amino acid, glucose and fatty acid in the gastrointestinal tract [6] Somatostatin-IR cells of the teleostean pancreas have been reported ... study, all four kinds of the IR endocrine cells were detected using antisera against mammalian insulin, glucagon, somatostatin and hPP in the pancreatic islets, pancreatic duct and exocrine regions...
... Princeton Instrument, USA) Three sections per animal were examined and the number of MMC was counted in at least 10 randomly selected fields using an image analyzing software Loss of intracellular granules, ... receptor antagonist effectively reduced the mast cell activatorinduced visceral allodynia [8] In addition, it was also reported that experimental activation of proteinase-activated Role of mucosal mast ... rats at 30 days post-nematode infection [18] and the increased abdominal response to rectal distension in stressed rats [13] It is interesting that about a half of MMC is in the degranulated state...
... myoepithelial cells, appearing in the outer layer Some lumens had eosinophilic material [Fig (2)] In the area of so-called stromal tissue, spindle-shaped cells proliferated in close or in coarse, and ... Y, Sakuma Y, Yokozawa S, Uchida M, Fujita H, Nonaka H A case of pleomorphic adenoma with remarkable bone formation Jpn J Oral Surg 2003; 49: 272-275 Shigeishi H, Hayashi K, Takata T, Kuniyasu ... Ishikawa T, Yasui W Pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland with extensive bone formation Pathol Int 2001; 51: 883-886 Thackray AC, Lucas RB Tumors of the major salivary glands Washington DC: Armed...
... therapeutic vaccines for allergic diseases World Health Organization American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 1998;81:401–5 13 Durham SR, Walker SM, Varga EM, ... 38 Sakaguchi S, Sakaguchi N, Asano M, et al Immunologic selftolerance maintained by activated T cells expressing IL-2 receptor alpha-chains (CD25) Breakdown ofa single mechanism of selftolerance ... immunotherapy inhibits allergen- induced infiltration of CD4+ T lymphocytes and eosinophils in the nasal mucosa and increases the number of cells expressing messenger RNA for interferon-c J Allergy Clin...
... Makino H: Expression of interleukin12 in synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Rheum 1998, 41:306-314 Nakamura K, Okamura H, Wada M, Nagata K, Tamura T: Endotoxin -induced ... J Clin Invest 1999, 104:1393-1401 Yamamura M, Kawashima M, Taniai M, Yamauchi H, Tanimoto T, Kurimoto M, Morita Y, Ohmoto Y, Makino H: Interferon-gammainducing activity of interleukin-18 in the ... Tomura M, Mu J, Hamaoka T, Nakanishi K, Clark S, Kurimoto M, Okamura H, Fujiwara H: A mechanism underlying synergy between IL-12 and IFN-gamma-inducing factor in enhanced production of IFN-gamma...