... syncytium formation in these cells Interestingly, RSV BT4a-infected PBECs and mock-infected controls were indistinguishable in terms of CPE Similar data were obtained following infection at MOI ... findings indicate that the use of RSV A2 in host-pathogen interaction studies might not be representative of recent RSV clinical isolates in terms of virus growth kinetics, CPE and chemokine induction ... not affect growth kinetics Differential chemokine/cytokine secretion following RSV A2 and clinical isolate infection Chemokines/cytokines are important mediators of innate and adaptive immune...
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... metastatic adenocarcinoma as proposed by Fearon and Vogelstein (Fearon and Vogelstein, 1990) Figure A simplified working model of sporadic colorectal tumour development incorporating the CIN and CIMP pathways ... The MLH1 and MSH2 protein are essential in the mismatch repair machinery and mutations in MLH1 and MSH2 have been implicated in HNPCC (Boland et al., 1998) Many colorectal cancers with an intact ... inhibiting TYMS that causes depletion of thymidines and disruption DNA and RNA synthesis As a result, the cell undergoes apoptosis by “thymineless” death Interestingly, part of the interest in...
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Báo cáo y học: "yrosine kinase – Role and significance in Cancer"
... ATP binding site serves as a docking site for specific binding of cytoplasmic signaling proteins containing Src homology-2 (SH2) and protein tyrosine binding (PTB) domains These proteins in turn ... tyrosine kinase inhibitors Inhibiting the activity of tyrosine kinases by low molecular weight compounds capable of interfering with either ligand binding (in the case of receptor tyrosine kinases) ... The NRTK have a kinase domain and often possess several additional signaling or protein-protein interacting domains such as SH2, SH3 and the PH domain [9] The tyrosine kinase domain spans approximately...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:57
Coexisting Bronchogenic Carcinoma and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Same Lobe: Radiologic Findings and Clinical Significance doc
... within the tumor was seen in 20 patients (39.2%), and was located eccentrically in 15 cases and centrally in five Cavitation within the tumor was observed in five patients (9.8%), and mediastinal ... Outstanding progress in imaging techniques has, though, led to increasing accuracy in the diagnosis of lung cancer In addition, patients in whom active TB is suspected require more attention, and ... adenocarcino- A ma in three cases, and squamous cell carcinoma in two (Figs and 2) Three patients had old tuberculous granulomas and lung cancers in the same lobe, but pathologic examination showed...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Multiplexed methylation profiles of tumor suppressor genes and clinical outcome in lung cancer" potx
... SQ participated in acquiring clinical samples and follow-up clinical information MSC participated in study design and coordination, data analysis and interpretation and final writing of the manuscript ... analysis and interpretation, and drafted the manuscript PP and LG participated in acquiring clinical and laboratory data, data analysis and data interpretation and drafted the manuscript LG, JV, and ... cell lines Six NSCLC cell lines consisting of three adenocarcinoma cell lines (A549, H522 and H358), two large carcinoma cell lines (H460, H661), and one squamous cell carcinoma cell line (H226),...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Co-evolution of cancer microenvironment reveals distinctive patterns of gastric cancer invasion: laboratory evidence and clinical significance" pptx
... macrophages infiltration in developing neoplasms is now well recognized, and infiltrating macrophages play an important role in tumor cell invasion into surrounding normal tissues [24,25], including ... cooperate in invasion by constantly changing the local microenvironment In linear pattern, a few coordinated “pioneering cancer cells” form deep penetrating invasion tunnels along a line, paving the ... graph) In addition, tumor infiltrating macrophages and type IV collagen also play an important role in cancer invasion In this process, cancer invasion networks capture “temporal evolution” and...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "Sub-optimal CD4 reconstitution despite viral suppression in an urban cohort on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa: Frequency and clinical significance" ppt
... a center of excellence in HIV care, training, and research at Makerere University Medical School and Mulago Teaching Hospital in Kampala, Uganda Since 2004, the IDI clinic (IDC) has provided ... antiretroviral treatment in previously naive HIV1-infected adults initiating treatment in resource-constrained countries: the antiretroviral therapy in low-income countries (ART-LINC) collaboration ... baseline CD4 cell counts, body mass index (BMI), baseline hemoglobin, initial ART regimen, magnitude of CD4 increase in first months and Hepatitis B surface Antigen sero-status Variables were included...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical significance in the number of involved lymph nodes in patients that underwent surgery for pathological stage III-N2 non-small cell lung cancer" pot
... adenocarcinomas (53.7%), 39 squamous cell carcinomas (32.2%) and 13 large cell carcinoma (10.7%) and adenosquamous carcinomas (3.3%) There were 27 patients in T1, 53 in T2, 32 in T3, and in T4 (stage ... Ariyoshi Y, Fukuoka M: Randomized phase III study of cisplatin plus irinotecan versus carboplatin plus paclitaxel, cisplatin plus gemcitabine, and cisplatin plus vinorelbine for advanced non-small-cell ... We investigated the association between total number of involved lymph nodes including hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes, and survival We also investigated the association between skip mediastinal...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22
báo cáo khoa học: "Expression and prognostic significance of cancer-testis antigens (CTA) in intrahepatic cholagiocarcinoma" ppt
... included according to the following inclusion criteria: having archived formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens available; having complete clinicopathological and followed-up data; receiving no anticancer ... evaluated and scored by two and independent observers according to the previous criteria [14] Positive CTA expression was assigned to any extent of immunostaining in sections and further graded into ... January 2011 References Patel T: Increasing incidence and mortality of primary intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in the United States Hepatology 2001, 33:1353-1357 Hsing AW, Gao YT, Han TQ, Rashid...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo y học: " Expression, regulation and clinical significance of soluble and membrane CD14 receptors in pediatric inflammatory lung diseases" pptx
... treatment resulted in increased mCD14 expression on monocytes [21] and alveolar macrophages [34] Our findings indicate that 40 h incubation with LPS and CpG induced sCD14 secretion and increased mCD14 ... of incubation was protease-independent since PMSF did not inhibit CpG-induced sCD14 release by PBMCs After 40 hours of incubation, LPS and CpGs cooperated in the induction of sCD14 levels and ... component in pulmonary inflammation/infection and may represent a promising marker and therapeutic target in respiratory diseases The expression, regulation and clinical significance of sCD14 and mCD14...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:21
Báo cáo y học: "Natural history and clinical significance of MRI-detected bone marrow lesions at the knee: a prospective study in community dwelling older adults" pot
... the correlated readings within an individual and examine the association between changes in WOMAC scores (pain, function, and stiffness) and continuous changes in BML size Standard diagnostic ... changes in the five WOMAC pain sub-scales and changes in BML size, stratified by ROA Changes in knee pain when walking on a flat surface, going up and down stairs, and at night while in bed was ... based sample using a quantitative measure; and 2) examine the clinical correlates of BMLs, including pain, function, and stiffness scores and total knee replacement surgery Materials and methods...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22
Báo cáo khoa học: A study of microRNAs in silico and in vivo: diagnostic and therapeutic applications in cancer pot
... proteins responsible for accelerating the cell cycle, including cyclin D and retinoblastoma [56,57] Moreover, alterations in the machinery responsible for processing miRNA contributes to tumorigenesis, ... lymphomagenesis in mice [44] The miRNA miR-21 is overexpressed in many solid tumors, including breast, colon, lung, prostate and stomach, and in endocrine pancreas tumors, glioblastomas and uterine leiomyomas ... lineage-dependence of tumors, relating to their tissues of origin [16–22] Similarly, fundamental processes underlying tumorigenesis, including genomic instability, epigenetic dysregulation and...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 01:20
NUTRITION AND METABOLISM Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences pdf
... for IRS-1 and β-cell glucokinase (Gck) develop overt diabetes, demonstrating that combination of minor mutations in genes involved in either insulin action alone or insulin secretion and action ... shifting in such a way that the continued increase in body fatness is increasingly being recognized as underlying several chronic disease states This phenomenon is slowing or even reversing gains ... of insulin receptor genes have also been generated, in order to assess insulin action in individual tissues These include the muscle-specific insulin receptor knockout mice, the liver insulin...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 19:20
ONCOGENOMICS AND CANCER PROTEOMICS – NOVEL APPROACHES IN BIOMARKERS DISCOVERY AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN CANCER pot
... Wnt/βcatenin and cadherin pathway genes including N-cadherin and P-cadherin but low E-cadherin protein expression This finding demonstrated the highgrade serous ovarian cancer contained messenchymal ... aneupploidy and cellular transformation in vitro (40) AURKA interacts with TPX2 and plays a role in centrosome maturation and spindle formation (41) The polo-like kinase (PLK1) is important in spindle ... lining of the epithelium into the wall of the colon and rectum and invade the digestive system (7) In addition, the cancerous cells can also penetrate into the circulating systems, the blood and...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 09:20
cell cycle control mechanisms and protocols methods in molecular biology - tim humphrey, gavin brooks
... cell cycle proteins including G1 cyclins (Cln1 and Cln2), Cdk inhibitors The Budding and Fission Yeasts 11 (Sic1, Far1, and Rum1), and replication proteins (Cdc6 and Cdc18; reviewed in ref 55) SCF ... the checkpoint sliding clamp, comprising Rad17, Ddc1, and Mec3 in S cerevisiae (Rad1, Rad9, and Hus1 in S pombe) (136–138) Both the checkpoint loading complex and the checkpoint sliding clamp ... proteins involved in the spindle checkpoint are also conserved in plants (40), including MAD2 In maize, MAD2 is abundant at kinetochores during early mitosis but is barely detectable at kinetochores...
Ngày tải lên: 08/04/2014, 12:50
báo cáo hóa học:" RAGE (Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts), RAGE Ligands, and their role in Cancer and Inflammation" pptx
... a role in the upregulation of inflammation in this setting [181] Another RAGE ligand, AGE-CML, is present in endoneurial and epineurial mononuclear cells in chronic inflammatory demyelinating ... B-box and its linker to the acidic tail) exhibits RAGE binding and successfully competes with HMGB1 binding in vitro [95] This sequence ias similar to the first 40 amino acids (the first EF-hand ... reductase inhibitors (ARI's) derived from quinazoline They, in addition to vitamin C and E, have ameliorative benefits in decreasing intracellular oxidative stress [174] Vitamin E is effective in part...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Estimation of minimally important differences in EQ-5D utility and VAS scores in cancer" pot
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
báo cáo hóa học: "Estimation of minimally important differences in EQ-5D utility and VAS scores in cancer" pot
... self-care and confined to bed more than 50% of waking hours); MID – minimally important difference; SEM – standard error of the mean; SD – standard deviation forthcoming in the literature in explicitly ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2007, 5:70 clinical trials in oncology are increasingly incorporating generic preference-based measures such as EQ-5D EQ-5D is an indirect measure ... Drs Pickard and Cella have received consulting fees from GlaxoSmithKline, which financed this manuscript including the articleprocessing charge They not have any stocks or shares in an organization...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Colistin: recent data on pharmacodynamics properties and clinical efficacy in critically ill patients" pot
... resistance in MDR K pneumoniae strains Colistin’s pharmacokinetic properties The main pharmacokinetics (PK) of colistin are presented in Table Few studies have addressed the PKs of CMS and colistin in ... samples containing colistin > μg/ml (serum colistin concentration/MIC > 4) eliminated P aeruginosa, whereas only 40% of samples containing colistin < μg/ml resulted in complete bacterial killing Based ... on these findings, the currently used colistin dosing regimens might not provide the most effective therapy and therefore might justify administering larger colistin doses in longer intervals...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 01:20