2 6 mosaic generation by ems treatment of tg β actin mgfp heterozygote zebrafish in a time course experiment the yellow arrows show the progress of cell migration along the base to tip axis the red arrows show the similar expression patter
... timecourseexperimentTheyellowarrowsshowtheprogressofcellmigrationalongthebasetotipaxisTheredarrowsshowthesimilarexpression pattern of two adjacent sides of two villi mGFP, ... absent in amphibian too (Fig -8) Also similarto those of mammalian the renewal is alongthe base1 to- tipaxis and the cells locating at thetipofthe villus, which are old differentiated cells ... shed off (Ishizuya-Oka, 2007) Figure 1-8: Intestinal epithelium renewal in adult amphibian and mammalian intestine Similartothe mammalian intestine, the epithelial cells in amphibian intestine...
... for thetreatmentof several autoimmune diseases, prudence is called for in extrapolating in vitro and animal data tothe human situation Abbreviations AC: accessory cell; BSA: bovine serum albumin; ... MSCs, making these molecules candidate mediators of T -cell inhibition The involvement of iNOS and COX-2 in inhibition of T -cell proliferation was demonstrated bythe addition of inhibitors of these ... group and analyzed for the T -cell cytokines IL-2, IL-5, IL -6, IL-10, and IFN-g The injection of anti-CD3 antibody caused a profound increase in cytokine levels inthe sera of these mice Treatment...
... Kamihira S, Sugahara K, Tsuruda K, Minami S, Uemura A, Akamatsu N, Nagai H, Murata K, Hasegawa H, Hirakata Y, Takasaki Y, Tsukasaki K, Yamada Y: Proviral status of HTLV-1 integrated into the host genomic ... type I infection in Japan and Jamaica Int J Cancer 2008, 1:124(3) :61 4-21 Nakagawa M, Nakahara K, Maruyama Y, Kawabata M, Higuchi I, Kubota H, Izumo S, Arimura K, Osame M: Therapeutic trials in 200 ... suitable for evaluating HAM/TSP motor symptoms than the widely used EDSS [44] The laboratory data were examined by an investigator who was not involved inthe patients' clinical care, and the neurologists...
... times indicate an important role ofthe RT thumb domain in GagPol in tRNALys3 viral packaging tRNALys3 incorpora- tion into HIV-1 is not affected by deletion oftheIN domain in GagPol, nor by ... tRNA Lys3 Figure annealing to viral genomic RNA tRNALys3 annealing to viral genomic RNA A Total viral RNA was used as the source of primer tRNALys3/viral RNA template in an in vitro reverse transcription ... tion The data inthe right side of panel A indicate that Cterminal deletions of GagPol extending into the connection domain result in an 85% or greater decrease inthe initiation of reverse transcription...
... glioma by serial optical imaging in vivo Noninvasive real time evaluation of localization, activity and persistence ofa therapeutic gene in living animals may represent an important step towards ... activity of SU11248, a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting vascular endothelial growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor receptors: determination ofa pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic ... experiments and enzymatic assays SJ and AS carried out the immunohistochemical studies NGR and AS designed the experiments and evaluated the data All authors have read and approved the manuscript Acknowledgements...
... PANs was studied inthe aqueous medium, and the acute toxicity of PANs was evaluated in mice Morever, EPI was loaded into PANs and its pharmacokinetics was also assessed in rats to compare tothe ... Wistar rats The plasma levels over 48 h are shown in Figure and the PK parameters are summarized in Table The peak concentration of total EPI in plasma was 14 .65 mg/L at 1 min after injection and ... main pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by DAS 1.0 (Anhui, China) program Bioavailability (BA) is a measurement ofthe rate and extent ofa therapeutically active drug that reaches the systemic...
... estimate the ratio between the amounts of UP12 and the total amount of protein inthe extracts, a series of samples containing determined amounts ofthe purified UP12 were separated by SDS/PAGE along ... AE000 166 , accession no U000 96 [15]), was amplified by PCR using a 5¢ complementary deoxyoligonucleotide (5¢-CGCGGATCCATGTATAAGACAATCATTATGC-3¢) containing a BamHI site (underlined nucleotides) and a ... increases further during the late stationary phase As a result of this accumulation, the relative amount of UP12 in stationary cells is about 10 times higher than that observed at the beginning...
... Fe-PP-KatA and Ga-PP-KatA, showed one polypeptide band corresponding to KatA with an apparent molecular mass of 54 kDa (Fig 2) Inthe case of Ga-PP-KatA, an additional protein band of about 110 kDa ... cell and incorporated into vital haem proteins instead of haem [5] We show here that haem analogues are indeed taken up and can be incorporated into haem proteins, resulting in their inactivation ... incorporate these into catalase apo-protein inthe cytoplasm to form substituted catalase This research was performed to find the explanation for the general toxicity of haem analogues, so that...
... validate the mechanism of induction of GAL genes by galactose In each ofthe models, cytoplasmic Gal3p is activated by galactose Further, Gal4p dimerizes and interacts with the DNA to form the ... determined bythe binding ofthe operator to either the dimer Gal4p (G4) alone, that is DNA-Gal4p, or the complex Gal4p– Gal80p–Gal3p, that is, DNA-Gal4p–Gal80p–Gal3p Therefore, the probability of ... of these individual elements, which are captured by parameters such as the binding constants and the extent of autoregulation The regulatory proteins may reside either inthe nucleus or in the...
... 0.75 are shown Black geometrical shapes are additional domains, as indicated ANOGA, Anopheles gambiae; ASHGOS, Ashbya gossypii; BRARE, Brachydanio rerio; CANDGLA, Candida glabrata; CIONA, Ciona intestinalis; ... constitute the minimal transcriptionally active fragment and are required simultaneously to maintain transcription The PHF3 protein was recovered in initial analyses and also contains a TFS2M domain showing ... isoforms and were searched against PFAM [22,23] and SMART [24] databases to automatically detect domains; they were further used as queries against NCBI databases using PSIBLAST [25, 26] Complete gene...
... allergen was altered as a result ofthein ammation inthe lungs of sensitized animals Up to now there are few data available on the fate of an allergen after inhalation In this study, we tracked ... carrying the Sel-tag had an intact core sequence and maintained allergen-specific IgE-binding epitopes and the use ofa Sel-tag enabled labelling with the gamma-emitting radionuclide 75Se at a ... whole-body autoradiogram the radioactivity pattern was similartothe result from the initial time- dependence experiment at thetime point of 24 h Thus, the radioactivity was detected mainly in lungs,...
... amplification with primers 5¢-CACCAC CACCACCACCACGAAGCTGGAGATGATCGTGCT-3¢ (His-tag underlined) or 5¢-TGGAGCCACCCGCAGTTCG AAAAAGAAGCTGGAGATGATCGTGCT-3¢ (Strep-tag underlined) and 5¢-GCGGCATGCTCATCCAAAGAAGC ... 5¢-GCGGAGCTCATGGCCAC AAGCGCATCAGC-3¢ and 5¢-GTGGTGGTGGTGGTGG TGGAAATGGGTTTTTCCGTTCTGC-3¢ (His-tag underlined) or 5¢-TGGAGCCACCCGCAGTTCGAAAAAGAA GCTGGAGATGATCGTGCT-3¢ (Strep-tag underlined), then a secondary amplification ... with a C-terminal hexa-histidine tag (PSI-G-HisTerm), 5¢-GCGGAGCTCAT GGCCACAAGCGCATCAGC-3¢ and 5¢-GCGGCATGCT CAGTGGTGGTGGTGGTGGTGTCCAAAGAAGCTTG GGTCGTAT-3¢ (His-tag underlined); PSAG with a C-terminal...
... determined using the following primers (5¢-TGAGTGCA AGCGGTGTCTTA-3¢ (forward) and 5¢-TAGTGGTGA TGTGCCCATG-3¢ (reverse); primers for p21WAF1/CIF1: 5¢-ACAGCGATATCGAGACACTCA-3¢ (forward) and 5¢-GTGAGACACCAGAGTGCAAGA-3¢ ... 5¢-GTGAGACACCAGAGTGCAAGA-3¢ (reverse); primers for p53: 5¢-CACAGTCGGATATGAGCATC-3¢ (forward) and 5¢-GTCGTCCAGATACTCAGCAT-3¢ (reverse) and primers for cyclin D1: 5¢-TGTTCGTGGC CTCTAAGATGA-3¢ (forward) and ... explain the importance of keeping vitamin Aofthe incidence of cancer, cardiovascular disease, or death status within the normal range, because p53 tumor 21 from all causes [37] The failure of these...
... (1981) Factors a ecting the inhibition of yeast plasma membrane ATPase by vanadate Biochim Biophys Acta 64 2, 173–181 36 Wach, A & Graber, P (1991) The plasma membrane H+-ATPase from yeast Effects of ... Vasco, Spain REFERENCES Nishi, T & Yagi, T (1992) A transient and rapid activation of plasma-membrane ATPase during the initial stages of osmoregulation inthe salt-tolerant yeast Zygosaccharomyces ... although the particular fatty acid may be different for each species, activation ofthe plasma membrane H+-ATPase by increases inthe unsaturation ofthe CLB-fatty acids is a physiological and relevant...
... [34] Also, miRNA21 is a potential therapeutic 2170 target for cancer treatment, as overexpression of antimiRNA21 in hepatocellular carcinoma and glioblastoma cells was shown to down-regulate the ... expressionof primary miRNAs by binding them tothe 5¢ terminal regulatory region ofthe miRNAs that participate in critical molecular and ⁄ or cellular processes during the developmental stage [14– 16] ... regulatory networks during developmental stages and the changes of these networks in disease and after application ofa variety of therapeutic strategies Critically, 2172 the noninvasive imaging approach...
... in brain, the natural inhibitor of calpain, calpastatin, was preferentially converted into still active 15 kDa fragments (Table 1), whereas, in aorta, the inhibitor was predominantly inactivated ... inactivated As both the inactivation and fragmentation of calpastatin are known to be produced by active calpain [32], these observations further indicate that calpain is activated in both tissues, although ... 2507 In vivo degradation of NOS and HSP90 by calpain M Averna et al Fig Identification of NOS–HSP90 association in rat brain and aorta (A) Aliquots (500 lg protein) of brain and aorta crude extract,...
... ischemia and can be modulated by several growth factors, transcription factors and cytokines [3,4] In particular, the main regulator of neovascularization in adult life is the system of vascular ... concentration is reported as the final molar concentration inthe organ bath Endothelium-independent vasorelaxation was tested after mechanical endothelium removal ofthe endothelial layer Surgical Induction ... hematoxylin and eosin [4] Quantitative analysis was done by counting the total number of endothelial cells, identified by lectin staining (see immunohistology), inthe Matrigel plug in each of 20 randomly...
... 5'TGA CAC TGG CAA AAC AAT GCA-3' (sense) and 5'GGT CCT TTT CAC CAG CAA GCT-3' (antisense) at an annealing temperature of 62 °C Quantitative real -time RT-PCR analysis was performed using the ABI ... resulted ina faint stain ofthe cytoplasm and rarely in staining ofthe membrane ofthe tumor cells (Figure 3B) Inthe more advanced 30 weeks tumors the staining patterns changed with regard to both ... DNA concentration, the faster a significant increase in fluorescence resulting ina low Ct value The Ct value is proportional tothe logarithm ofthe initial amount ofthe target DNA inthe sample...
... Ostgaard HC, Arms S, Haugh L: Strain inthe lateral ligaments ofthe ankle Foot Ankle 1988, 9(2):59 -63 Rasmussen O: Stability ofthe ankle joint Analysis ofthe function and traumatology ofthe ... flexion-extension arc of motion They demonstrated increased strain inthe ATFL with increasing plantarflexion, inversion and internal rotation Strain inthe CFL was found to increase in dorsiflexion and inversion ... that the ATFL acts as a primary restraint in inversion and plantarflexion, whereas the CFL tension was increased mainly in inversion and dorsiflexion The lowest maximum load -to- failure of ATFL among...
... for a trial reduction ofthe artificial joint Ina later stage, the stem was removed, cement was introduced inthe distal part ofthe femoral canal, the stem was re-introduced and after the cement ... may have been avoided inthe case of an abnormal bone structure and a deformed endomedullary canal as the FRF analysis showed an abnormality and the surgeon was alerted tothe situation intime ... stages and b FRF graphs corresponding tothe insertion stages and canal and reinserting the prosthesis The FRF had a normal evolution during the reinsertion and the graphs corresponding tothe final...