antithrombotic mechanisms of the endothelial cell surface endothelial cells express glycosaminoglycan gag molecules containing heparan sulfate to which thrombin and antithrombin can bind they also express thrombomodulin tm and the endoth
... a virus andthecellsurfaceThe options to use unpurified viruses, low MOI andcell numbers indicate the opportunity to study virus host cell interaction even when the amount ofcellsand viruses ... specific binding to HeLa and recombinant CHO-DAF cells were statistical significant compared to CHO cellsThe relative binding (fold difference) of viruses attached to HeLa in comparison to CHO ... B) MOI 0.05 TCID50 /cell ofthe labeled, purified virus and C) MOI 0.05 TCID50 /cell of unpurified virus incubated as described in A) andthe amount of virus bound tothecellsurface was measured...
... Comparison ofthe deduced amino acid sequences ofthe ECL3 and ECL4 domains ofthe Xpr1 genes of rodents and mink Comparison ofthe deduced amino acid sequences ofthe ECL3 and ECL4 domains ofthe Xpr1 ... cells carrying Xpr1c and on Rat2 cells, and is restricted by hamster cellsandcells carrying the mouse Xpr1n and Xpr1p variants XMVs: a host range variant defined by AKR6 and XMRV Three ofthe ... by their failure to infect cellsofthe laboratory mouse; AKR6 andthe human derived XMRV, have XMV infectivity patterns on mouse cells, but resemble PMVs in their inability to infect hamster cells...
... ofendothelialcellsto uniaxial strains is of primary interest in this work Thecells are able to alter their internal stresses and forces they apply in order to withstand mechanical loads Cell ... Among the assortment of adherent cells, vascular endothelialcells (VECs) are of great interest, because they naturally undergo a variety of mechanical stresses (Figure 1.1) Smooth muscle cells ... work the mechanical response of vascular endothelialcells was studied These cells are known to be responsive to mechanical stimuli present in their physiological environment [2], where they...
... position, and Pin1 can restore this function [40] Understanding the binding of Tau to tubulin and its modulation by phosphorylation will be necessary before we can evaluate the role of Pin1 in ... preliminary binding ofthe WW domain tothe pSer2-Pro motif and subsequent isomerization by the catalytic domain at the Ser5 position The yeast Ess1 protein, however, prefers both tobindand isomerize ... redundancy of protein copy numbers in the cell, at least under normal growth conditions Indeed, they found that although wild-type yeast cells contain on the order of 200 000 moleculesof Ess1 per cell, ...
... sufficient, mitogen containing culture medium Once thecell has transgressed the RP, the necessity of a mitogen (i.e growth factor) containing medium is relieved andcells commit to replicate their DNA ... (S-phase) and complete the remainder ofthe division cycle autonomously [2,3] Cells in the G1phase that have not yet passed RP, monitor their environment and own size to determine whether they are ... ofthe RP has been linked to several disease states, most notoriously cancer [1,4], and quantification ofthe contribution ofthe different reaction steps in thecell cycle tothe control of the...
... neighboring cellsThe intrinsic pathway of apoptosis regulates the activity ofthe Bcl-2 family proteins that control the integrity ofthe mitochondrial membrane The release of proapoptotic factors ... evaluation ofthe role of insulinlike growth factors (IGF) andof type-I IGF receptor signalling in hepatocarcinogenesis and in the resistance of hepatocarcinoma cells against drug-induced apoptosis ... cytoplasmic death domain -containing protein that binds and sequesters ERK, is highly expressed in the cytoplasm of Sertoli cells, spermatogonia and spermatocytes, inducing a cytoplasmic ERK localization...
... concentration of urea in the absence and presence of TMAO The Dm values for the urea-induced unfolding of FtsZ were found to be 1.8 and 3.6 m in the absence and presence of TMAO, respectively Furthermore, ... analysis ofthe FtsZ assembly reaction showed the formation of thicker and larger bundles of FtsZ protofilaments in the presence of TMAO compared with the control (Fig 6) The widths ofthe bundles of ... reduction in the GTPase activity of FtsZ in the presence of TMAO may be partly due tothe solvophobic effects of TMAO on FtsZ that reduces the binding of GTP to FtsZ TMAO enhanced aggregation of FtsZ...
... there can be no appropriate molecular tracers for the origin ofthe nucleus, endomembrane, and cytoskeleton Nonetheless, phylogenetic methods can still be applied to proteins, the appearance ofwhich ... shown to be imported into mitochondria of diatoms and oomycetes Notwithstanding the sister relationship of c proteobacteria and Eukarya, these data were interpreted as evidence for the mitochondrial ... synthetases, which lack the insert, revealed the presence ofthe insert to be a derived state The authors interpreted these data as evidence for acquisition of ValRS by eukaryotes from the mitochondrial...
... is the source of hematopoietic stem cells This wellunderstood stem cell type gives rise to red blood cellsand platelets as well as white blood cells (B cellsand T cells) that function in the ... monocytes, and platelets (figure 7) The bone marrow also produces all ofthecellsofthe immune system, including B cells for the circulation andthe lymph nodes and spleen; T cells for the thymus; and ... with respect tothe origin ofthe stem cells It is often very difficult to determine whether the stem cells are authentic components ofthe organ system where they are found or cells that have...
... content ofthe feedstock • The heat transfer rate and final char temperature during pyrolysis • The extent of vapor dilution in the reactor • The time and temperature history ofthe vapors in the ... • The water content ofthe bio-oil • The extent of contamination ofthe bio-oil during storage by corrosion or leaching ofthe containers • Exposure to air during storage • The length of storage ... in the reactor • The time and temperature history ofthe vapors in the heated transfer lines from the pyrolysis reactor through the char removal equipment tothe quench zone • Whether the vapors...
... due tothe reduction ofthesurface conductivity ofthe CNTs due tothe oxidation process [8], and is similar for all the functionalized composites Further, the increase ofsurface area due tothe ... CNTs The reduction ofthe electrical surface conductivity ofthe CNT due tothe oxidation process, together with an increase ofthesurface area and defect formation, is at the origin ofthe observed ... desorption (TPD) and determination of pH at the point of zero charge (pHPZC) from acid-base titration according tothe method ofthe literature [11] The total amounts of CO and CO evolved from the samples...
... genomic level tothecell s phenotype [36,37], gas chromatography coupled to time -of- flight mass spectrometry (GC/TOF-MS) was used to analyze the complement of intracellular and extracellular metabolites, ... decided to test the generality ofthe hypothesis that TOR, more specifically the TOR signaling branch that mediates temporal control ofcell growth (TORC1) complex [32], is the major regulator of ... biosynthesis in yeast Trends Biochem Sci 1999, 24:437-440 Fingar DC, Blenis J: Target of rapamycin (TOR): an integrator of nutrient and growth factor signals and coordinator ofcell growth and cell...
... chains and Ig-α/β marks the transition tothe immature B cell stage Immature B cells are the earliest cells in the lineage that express a bona fide antigen specific B cell receptor (BCR), and therefore ... B cells not decline with age, maintaining that the major defect in B cell development of old mice is the inability of newly made cellsto join the peripheral B cell compartment.’ They hypothesize ... defective in their ability to reconstitute the B cell compartment, but they retained their ability to reconstitute both the T celland myeloid compartments effectively From these data, the authors...
... down-regulated in SSc endothelialcells We observed that SSc endothelialcells overexpress pro-angiogenic and anti-angiogenic transcripts, and down-regulation of genes critical tocell migration and proliferation ... serum, and 20 µg/ml endothelialcells growth supplement N-MVEC spontaneously form anastomosing cords ofcells resembling a capillary plexus, which are well organized by hours The process ofendothelial ... were added to both the upper and lower compartment ofthe migration chamber Irrelevant mouse IgGs were used to verify the specificity ofthe effect The number ofcells moving across the filter...
... On the other hand, the wide variety of dsCYC genes in diatoms expressed early during thecell cycle renders them plausible candidates to fulfil the task of signal integrators Moreover, diatom-specific ... 4C) ofthecells during the 24-h time series (b) Expression profiles of early cell cycle genes (c) Expression profiles of late cell cycle genes Error bars represent standard errors ofthe mean of ... 12-h time course of synchronized cells in the presence of nocodazole At the later time points, an increasing enrichment of 4C cellscan be observed because of a blockage ofthecells at metaphase...
... Additional file for the determination ofthe boundaries ofthecell cycle phases) Overall, the peak times of antisense periodic expression were consistent with the waves of expression of periodic proteincoding ... expression atlas ofthe budding yeast cell cycle is thus a resource with whichto unravel a potential additional level ofthecell cycle regulatory circuit, as well as to study the periodic expression ... readers (TECAN) Additional file 1: A table providing control data on the synchronous division ofthe yeast cells Excel sheet contains a table ofthe number and percentage of budded cellsand dividing...
... normalized tothe amount of GAPDH The mean and standard deviation were used to evaluate COX-2 and MMP-1 expression levels Student’s t-test was used for the comparison The effects of stimulation ... However, the role of PAR-2 in synovial cells has not been well investigated Therefore in the present study, we investigated the effects of PAR-2 activation and inhibition of COX-2 and MMP-1 expressions ... synovial cells as well as in model cells, which suggested anti-inflammatory mechanismsofthe PAR2-IP Trypsin is well recognized as an activator of PAR2 Importantly, trypsin was able to mimic...
... From the isosurface based volume rendering ofthe ET reconstructions, the total surface area and volume of their composing gold particles could be measured For example, the total surface area and ... the size range of 1-100 nm can be shown From the 3D reconstructions, thesurface area andthe volume ofthe examined NM could be estimated directly andthe VSSA was calculated The mean VSSA of ... area and volume can be closely approximated by the formulas to calculate thesurface area andthe volume of a perfect sphere Figure 1C and 1D show the correlations between the calculated and measured...
... bronchoscopy and blood were repeatedly negative Considering the remaining therapeutic options andthe risks of any further aggressive chemotherapy in a severely pancytopenic patient, rituximab monotherapy ... line therapy The complete lack of response to chlorambucil in our patient suggests an aggressive course ofthe disease, which was indeed documented by the rapid progression and deterioration of ... consequence ofthe secondary humoral immune deficiency in CLL, the frequency and severity ofthe infections in our patient were certainly due to a combined humoral and cellular immune defect The severity...
... by PVP-I of influenza A virus growth in MDCK cells We first determined the cytotoxicity of PVP-I against MDCK cells employed as host cellsof influenza viruses in this study by using a cell counting ... cytotoxic concentration of PVP-I after 24-h exposure of MDCK cellsto PVP-I was 2.4 ± 0.2 mg/ml PVP-I ranging from 0–1.56 mg/ml, which had no effect on MDCK cells, reduced virus yield in MDCK cells ... surfaceofthe culture plate after treatment with 3.1 mg/ml of PVP-I suggested that thecells were undergoing apoptosis Therefore, we used low concentrations of PVP-I that did not cause any toxicity...