β1 genetic polymorphisms and plasma concentrations of tgf β1

... sequences and the X4 probe had higher mobility ratios (>0.91) A wide range of viral levels in both the plasma and vaginal compartments was observed in this cohort, 50 to × 105 copies/mL plasma and ... high levels of plasma virus and the absence of ART Table 1: Vaginal Genotypic Associations in 43 Women R5-like Genotypes (n = 29) High Plasma RNA Levels ≥ 10,000 copies HIV RNA/mL Low Plasma RNA ... collection of clinical samples NL processed clinical samples and conducted PCR and viral load analyses AA participated in the coordination of the study, directed sample and data analysis, and assisted...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... -3’) and a reverse primer (5’-AAG GCA TGT ATG TTG GCC TC-3’) The reaction mixture of 25 μL contained 50 ng of genomic DNA, 0.5 μL of each primer, 12.5 μL of the green master mix, and 1.5-9.5 μL of ... CT and TT) and alleles (C and T) with patient’s baseline characteristics including patient’s age, gender, specimen histology, stage of the disease and presence or absence of B-symptoms (Table and ... Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan 2Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... Changes1in plasma concentrations of cortisol Changes in plasma concentrations of cortisol Changes in plasma concentrations of cortisol (LSmean ± S.E.M.) in Boar-group (ᮀ), AI-group (x) and IUI-group ... minutes duration Figure 2in plasma concentrations of PGF2α metabolite Changes Changes in plasma concentrations of PGF2α metabolite Changes in plasma concentrations of PGF2α metabolite (LSmean ... AM, Kindahl H, Einarsson S: Effect of ACTH and CRH on plasma levels of cortisol and prostaglandin F2α metabolite in cycling gilts and castrated boars Acta Vet Scand 2005, 46:249-256 Montgomery A,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... http://ccforum.com/content/14/4/R158 Page of Figure Comparison of Gas6 and sAxl plasma concentrations in the different patient groups (a) The Gas6 concentrations in patient and control samples; (b) the sAxl concentrations ... analysis of the data and wrote parts of the manuscript AL participated in the design of the clinical study, included and followed patients, assisted in analysis of the data and wrote parts of the ... increased concentrations of Gas6 in sepsis, but its relation to sAxl concentrations has not been investigated [14,15] The aim of this study was to investigate the Gas6 and sAxl concentrations in plasma...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... Distributions of TSC1 and TSC2 proteins in the membrane fraction and the cytosolic fraction Alterations in the relative amounts of both TSC1 and TSC2 proteins were quantified as a percentage of control ... stimulation (Fig 2F) The alteration of the distribution of TSC1 and TSC2 proteins was detected within 10 of IGF-1 stimulation, which is consistent with the time scale of Akt and S6K1 phosphorylation (Fig ... samples were collected at 10, 30 and 60 after the initiation of IGF-1 stimulation (A) Changes in phosphorylation states of Akt (T308 and S473 sites) and S6K1 (T389 and T421 ⁄ S424 sites) were determined...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 11:20

... (C) Comparison of the aromatic triads of Exg and a carbohydrate binding module CBM 4-2 from T maritima (PDB: 1gui) is shown with F144, F258 and F229 from Exg (cyan), and W51, W102 and W27 from ... histidine prototrophy and then for multiple integration of the plasmid by plating on increasing concentrations of geneticin (0– mgÆmL)1), as described previously [37] Expression of the mutant Exg ... E292Q and native Exg were collected at room temperature on a Rigaku R-AXIS II system (Rigaku, The Woodlands, TX, USA) (at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:20

... Results of linear correlation analyses between the index of injury at –30 °C (I–30; as a measure of frost hardiness) of the bark tissue as the dependent variable and concentrations of individual and ... glucose and sucrose, with concentrations between approx 20 and more than 100 mmol·kg–1 D.M The concentrations Defoliation, frost hardiness and sugars in oak 459 Figure Nitrogen concentrations (a) and ... between I–30, on the one hand, and N and C:N, on the other In January and February, these correlations were even closer in contrast to those of glucose and fructose, whose concentrations were rather...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... of a candidate chromosome region to human systemic lupus erythematosus J Clin Invest 1997, 99:725-31 Lander ES, Kruglyak L: Genetic dissection of complex traits: guidelines for interpreting and ... contain many candidate genes, so the task of identifying which is the disease gene is still huge Demonstration of association with polymorphisms mapping to potentially functional domains of a gene ... the usefulness of animal models of disease in implicating candidate susceptibility regions in humans The 1q41–42 region is homologous to a locus linked to a mouse model of lupus, and linkage in...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:24

... hydrolyses a variety of proteins and activates other MSPs and MMPs [8,9] TATI is a trypsin inhibitor that balances concentrations of trypsin and also functions as a weak inhibitor of other serine ... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/6/1/100 Page of 10 Figure Prognostic value of TATI concentrations in tumour tissue and serum ROC curves showing estimations of the prognostic value of t-TATI in surgically obtained tissue (A) and s-TATI ... association between higher age and increased s-TATI concentrations [2], we also examined the relationship between t-TATI, s-TATI, age, and the concentrations of s-creatinine and carcinoembryonic antigen...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21

... The Biosys-1 program of Swofford and Selander [29] was used: to calculate the coefficients [20, 21] of genetic identity (I) and genetic distance (D); to construct the phylogenetic tree using the ... subspecies The results of the genetic analysis confirm our morphological observations and our tests of tentative hybridization and reinforce our hypothesis of the distinction of three subspecies, ... Manwell and Baker [19] and Maguire and Fielder [18] reported a similar hemocyanin pattern of various Crustacean species Furthermore, in the case of Sphaeroma, the hemocyanin is both specific and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:21

... Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, Table summarizes subject characteristics and laboratory parameters There were 40 patients with 70% male and a mean age of 37 years The frequencies of Page of (page ... suppression in a substantial proportion of patients failing NRTI and NNRTI with M184V and provides adequate plasma concentrations of lopinavir although incidence of lowlevel viremia is relatively high ... design of the study, statistical analysis and draft the manuscript SK, WA, WP, ST, KR and SS participated in the design of the study and draft the manuscript SN participated in the design of the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... The plasma concentrations of 5-FU in the patients with a survival time of years or more and with less than years are indicated in Table There was no difference of the 8-point average values of plasma ... Association of 8-point average of plasma concentrations of 5-fluorouracil with overall survival in Japanese patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Line: patients with plasma concentrations of ... contributions AK, TT and TS conceived, designed and coordinated the study IM, TT, TO and HO evaluated the clinical outcome TN and IM determined the plasma concentrations of 5-FU AK, MY, KK and KN carried...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... acquisition, and analysis of the data PLL supervised the project and wrote the manuscript Each author has read and approved the manuscript prior to submission Acknowledgements Our analyses of genes of ... disease and alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency gene heterozygosity Science 1969, 165:899-901 Sandford AJ, Weir TD, Spinelli JJ, Pare PD: Z and S mutations of the alpha1-antitrypsin gene and the risk of ... Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2006, 5:5 http://www.jnrbm.com/content/5/1/5 Table 3: Summary of SNP Analyses SNP analyses of candidate...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:20

... sequencing of the candidate genes HHG and AG participated in the design and coordination of the study, interpretation of the data and the development of the manuscript All authors read and approved ... thousand-grain weight and explained 4.0% of the genetic variance (Table 4) Haplotypes of the candidate gene BPBF were significantly associated to crude protein content and starch content and explained ... plant height, and explained 3.3% and 3.1% of the genetic variation, respectively (Table 4) A weak association of BLZ1 with crude protein content was observed explaining 2.7% of the genetic variation...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 03:21

... creatinin and plasma PCT concentrations [7] In critically ill patients, renal failure is an early and frequent complication, occurring in 19% of sepsis cases, 23% of severe sepsis cases and 51% of septic ... (T60′) and after hours (T6h) of CVVH, Ci, Co and Cuf; and after 12 hours, after 24 hours and every 24 hours during days (J1–J4) of CVVH In a preliminary study we determined the intra-assay and interassay ... patients with septic shock, and to determine the mechanism of elimination and its impact on the plasma concentration in the course of convective therapy Materials and methods In this prospective...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22

... structuring and typological value 561 play a major role in the choice of panels of markers, which is essential for an efficient design of population genetic analyses of species A large number of genetic ... protocol, tracking of genotyping errors [53], standardization of data), tools (choice of markers [58]), methods (suitability of the method to the data and scientific goal [61,71]) and the computer ... management and conservation of today’s animal and plant genetic resources, the history of populations: demography [7, 39], origin and migration routes for human populations [14] or the history of livestock...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:22

Ngày tải lên: 13/11/2014, 09:37

... mean and standard deviation (sd) of ppb (sd= 1.4 ppb) and 0.74 ppb 222 (sd =0.7 ppb) leading to a limit of detection (LOD) of 5.2 and 2.8 ppb for personal and fixed sites, 223 respectively 88% of ... selected at random from within each of the two districts (Figure S2) From each ward, 93 local officials provided a list of all households with children less than five years of age and 100 94 households ... field and lab staff carried out routine quality assurance checks, including the collection of blank 155 and duplicate samples, balance stability testing in the laboratory, and use of blanks and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/09/2015, 17:48

... Professor, Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore; Group Leader, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, for his continuous support and patient guidance And ... DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN BIOENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE AND INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY July 2006 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost, ... form of PEI has yielded significantly greater success in terms of cell transfection, and is therefore the standard form of PEI for gene delivery Highly branched polymers such as the 25 kDa and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 11:28

... stereochemistries of C4 and C5 In our group, we have been working on the synthesis of the isomers of C4 and C5 as NOE studies of large rings is known to be unreliable.9 Later, the NMR data of the synthetic ... cultures of rat cerebellar granule cells In the latter study, morphological evidences of antillatoxininduced neurotoxicities included swelling of neuronal somata, thinning of neurites, and blebbing of ... (B.Sc (Hons), University of Malaya) (M.Sc National University of Malaysia) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARMENT OF CHEMISTRY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2005 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 08:31