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... Thus, integrin-dependent cell volume sensing and signaling integrates into the overall context of insulin signaling Similarly, sensing of glutamine-induced hepatocyte swelling by integrins feeds into ... Osmosensing and signaling in mammalian cell function F Schliess et al [7] On the other hand, hyperosmotic shrinkage prevents insulin-induced hepatocyte swelling and proteolysis inhibition, indicating ... peptides not inhibit hypoosmotic hepatocyte swelling [13], indicating that inhibition of osmosensing at the integrin level uncouples hepatocyte swelling from osmosignaling and its functional consequences...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 16:20

... Foxp3-dependent microRNA155 Page 11 of 12 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 confers competitive fitness to regulatory T cells by targeting SOCS1 protein Immunity 2009, 30:80-91 ... to be examined Page of 12 In humans, exposing CD4+ T cells to both IL-2 and rapamycin in vitro leads to an increase in the cellular frequency of FOXP3+ T cells, originating from nTreg cells and ... destruction of the insulin-producing beta (b) cells of pancreatic islets of Langerhans, resulting in insulin deficiency and persistent hyperglycemia Development of diabetes in NOD mice comprises...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... shed light on factors involved in directing lymphocytes into inflamed tissue and maintaining inflammation in SS, whereas the etiologic factors of SS remain to be delineated Of potential importance ... within the synovium of chronic arthritis patients J Immunol 2001, 166 :65 0 -65 5 Halse A, Tengner P, Wahren-Herlenius M, Haga H, Jonsson R: Increased frequency of cells secreting interleukin -6 and interleukin-10 ... the interaction between epithelial cells and infiltrating T cells has been characterized in detail, but the cytokines involved in local B cell activation remain largely unknown Chemokines The infiltration...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... contains an inhibitory motif in the cytoplasmic tail and abrogates cellular activation FcγRIIb may also play a role in maintaining peripheral B cell tolerance and prevention of autoimmunity [8] Single ... FCGR2A-131H/R functional polymorphism has a G→A substitution at nucleotide 519, which results in a switch from arginine (R) to histidine (H) at amino acid position 131 in the immunoglobulin-binding domain ... 0.81 (0.19) 0. 36 25 (0.19) 30 (0.25) 0.15 RH 66 (0.52) 48 (0.39) (0.22) 37 (0.29) 44 (0. 36) FF 68 (0.48) 59 (0.39) 63 (0.49) 48 (0.38) 61 (0.43) 69 (0. 46) 17 (0.45) 57 (0.44) 66 (0.52) 12 (0.09)...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... are protein-interacting domains present once or multiple times within certain proteins and these domains are involved in the cell signalling, assembly of large protein complexes or intracellular ... existence of important amino acid sequence motifs for the function of NS1 protein Analysis implies that amino acids at the N-terminal RNA-binding domain of NS1 are implicated in this function The arginine ... Depending on virus strain NS1 consists of 124–237 amino acids in length and is expressed exclusively in infected cells The NS1 protein contains two functional domains: the Nterminal RNA-binding...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:21

... 66 4 977 2 36 ARF15 4 36 ARF22 913 ARF20 60 4 ARF21 Os04g 360 60.1 991 Os02g35140.1 60 0 ARF1 1000 PoptrARF1.1 1000 PoptrARF1.2 Os12g41950.1 492 Os02g 069 10.1 1000 Os06g 464 10.1 ARF6 66 0 67 0 PoptrARF6.1 ... represent sustained expansion of subgroups in Populus There are four homologs of AtIAA 16, PoptrIAA 16. 1– 16. 4, predicted in the Populus genome Phylogenetic groupings suggest absence of AtIAA 16 orthologs ... Phylogenetic analysis of predicted full-length Aux/IAA protein sequences using Neighbor-Joining method Figure Phylogenetic analysis of predicted full-length Aux/IAA protein sequences using Neighbor-Joining...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:20

... representation of these mediators in IPF is linked to other genetic variations in genes coding for proteins associated with their regulation 18 19 20 21 Abbreviations IL-12 = Interleukin 12, IFN-γ = Interferon ... mechanism in the development and progression of pulmonary fibrosis in IPF Interleukin-12 and IFN-γ play key roles in this process Recently, we examined whether allelic variants in the gene coding for ... clones.I Definition according to profiles of lymphokine activity and secreted proteins J Immunol 19 86, 1 36: 2348-2357 Cher DJ and Mosmann TR: Two types of murine helper T cell clones Delayed type...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... Lipopolysaccharide-induced intracellular cytokine expression in monocytes and myeloid dendritic cells in cells inpatients patients LipopolysacchaLipopolysaccharide-induced intracellular cytokine expression in ... sequestration of HLA-DR in monocytes [17] In line with recent findings demonstrating that IL-10 inhibits IFNα production in PDCs in vitro, we observed in our study an inverse correlation of IL-10 ... strategy in sepsis Intensive Care Med 19 96, 22(Suppl 4):S474-S481 Fumeaux T, Pugin J: Role of interleukin-10 in the intracellular sequestration of human leukocyte antigen-DR in monocytes during septic...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... during the cycles of freezing and thawing, which leads to the exposure of new Ca++-binding sites Binding of Ca++ to these sites caused inhibition of the antifreeze and chitinase activities of ... element in elicitor-responsive transcription of tobacco chitinase genes 14 1.2.5 Existence of Chitinase-Containing Protein Complex All plant chitinases examined thus far exist as single-chain polypeptide ... Ca++-binding sites Binding of Ca++ to these sites caused inhibition of the antifreeze and chitinase activities of these complexes 1.3 The PR-5 Family: Thaumatin-Like Proteins/Osmotin-Like Proteins...

Ngày tải lên: 13/11/2014, 09:25

... response to Influenza 22 1.5.3 CD8 T -cell response to Influenza 24 1 .6 Dendritic Cells 26 1 .6. 1 Origin and Function of DCs 26 1 .6. 2 Heterogeneity of DCs ... 68 Figure 3.3.1 H&E staining of transverse section of large conducting airways in uninfected mice 71 Figure 3.3.2 H&E staining of transverse section of large conducting airways ... expression of TAP1, TAP2, TAPASIN, PSMB and 159 Figure 5.9.1 Intracellular staining of TAP1 and TAP2 in DCs from lung and pMLN 161 Figure 5.9.1 Intracellular staining of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:53

... signaling proteins, PTB domain is known to bind phosphotyrosine-containing motif and phosphorylated tyrosines in carboxy-terminal region can act as docking sites for SH2-containing signaling molecules ... allowed the analysis of diverse aspects of gene function in vivo Since the development of embryonic stem cell technology in the early 1980s and the generation of the first knockout mice about ... bearing IgG-binding sites in their extracellular domains and cytoplasmic domains containing an immunoreceptor tyrosinebased inhibitory motif (ITIM), a 13-amino acid sequence required for inhibitory...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 09:08

... Microinjection of positive ES clones 64 64 65 65 65 66 66 67 67 67 68 2 .6. 1 2 .6. 2 2 .6. 3 2 .6. 4 2 .6. 5 Buffers and solutions Flow cytometry Enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay (ELISA) Preparation of ... SH3 domain binding protein Geneticin Gancyclovir Growth factor receptor-bound protein Haemagglutinin 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphates Immunoglobulin Interleukin Inositol 3,4,5-triphosphate Insulin receptor ... Bacterial DNA mini-prep by alkaline lysis Bacterial maxi-prep using Qiagen Maxi-prep columns 60 60 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.4.5 2.4 .6 2.5 Mammalian cell culture methodology 60 61 61 62 62 62 Cell culture...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 10:44

... Alcian blue cartilage staining ………………………….………………….………. 60   2.15  Alizarin red bone staining ……………………………………………… ….…… 61 2. 16 Analysis of molecular markers in tissue/organs ……………….…….……….…. 61   2.17  Imaging and processing ………………………………………………………… ... facilitates  protein­protein  interaction.    Also,  9 out of 10  amino acid residues critical for ligand/receptor binding in human TGFb3 are conserved in zebrafish, suggesting a high degree of functional conservation even in lower vertebrates.  ... Molecular characterization and developmental analysis of the TGF Beta 3 gene in zebrafish  flh  mutation,  suggesting  that  in the  midline,  flh  is  involved  in promoting  chordamesoderm and notochord fate by suppressing the induction of somitic fates by ...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 18:03

... ice again for about min, incubated in LB broth in shaking incubator ( 160 rpm) for 60 at 37ºC and streaked onto different LB agar plates containing ampicillin (100 g/ml) The plates were incubated ... each tube in ml of ice cold 10% glycerol Combine and aliquot into tubes Repeat spin Resuspend cells in each of the two tubes in 2ml of ice cold 10% glycerol Combine into one tube Repeat spin (use ... UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY- THESIS OF PHILOSOPHY DOCTOR levels of cellulase and hemicellulase by using in the synthesis of a functional gene product can be achieved upon cultivation on cellulose,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/05/2016, 11:28

... H (2003) Non-invasive analysis of reactive oxygen species generated in NH4OH-induced gastric lesions of rats using a 300 MHz in vivo ESR technique Free Radic Res., 37(7), 7 56- 766 Morioka T., ... M)]) In the drinking water treatment, 1-1.5 ppm of ozone, which are corresponding to 20-30 µM, are generally used The initial velocities of OH radical generation at the 20 µM and 30 µM of ozone ... OH radical generation in water containing humic acid during ozonation 20 -60 µM of aqueous ozone was rapidly mixed with DMPO solution containing humic acid at room temperature After mixing aqueous...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40

... characteristics of the site of the wind farm To understand the behavior of the variables involved in economical and financial assessing of a wind farm as a manner of validating the indicators of attractiveness ... 5. 068 1% 53, 360 ,255 4.58 96% 86, 0 96, 753 1.21 59. 363 8 87,017,004 87,594,407 72.8080 0.01 462 5 Results S1 6. 4407% 45,5 76, 320 3.5982% 14 82,089,4 76 1.00 56. 6020 82,813,8 56 82,985,980 120.9393 0.01 863 9 ... each unit of electricity sold, has returned 1.21 in monetary units In the analysis of project costs6, we obtained interesting results by the manager/investor of the project to LCOE of 59. 363 8 €/MWh;...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:59

... regarding wind speed, in Serbia Location Wind Speed (m/s) Midzor 7 ,66 Suva Mt 6, 46 Vrsacki breg 6, 27 Tupiznica 6, 25 Krepoljin 6, 18 Deli Jovan 6, 13 Source: [17] The general perception is that the wind ... MoME - Ministry of Mining and Energy of Republic of Serbia Strategy of development of energy industry of Republic of Serbia until 2015, draft report, 2005 [6] EPS – Electric Power Industry of Serbia, ... producing a wind atlas of the country of Serbia In the city of Vlasna, there is a MW wind generator Likewise, the municipalities of Κο in, Pancevo, and Bela Crkva have signed contracts in this...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10

... FEATURES OF LAYOUT OF EECS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE 4.2.1 The Layout of EECs in English In general, an English EEC consists of three parts: the beginning, the body and the ending The beginning is ... ensurance -Words in role of gerunds: the signing, the moving, the changing, the inspecting In Vietnamese official document, a good number of Vietnamese words of Chinese origin is used: kh i t (prosecute), ... status of equal or unequal roles of parties in communication In terms of language functions, the style of official documents has two main functions, they are the reasonal function (announcing)...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:26

... frequencies of occurrence - Synthesizing, discussing the findings, and drawing conclusions - Suggesting some implications for teaching and learning as the analysis consisting of fifty samples in English ... Conjunction In ECAs, conjunction in ECAs can make the flow of sentences in the text smooth and coherent The frequency of occurrence of conjunction in ECAs occupying 2.2%, in which the largest with In ... the title of VCAs and are presented by “Căn c (vào)…” functioning as a verb phrase 4.1.1.4 End-marking sentence of ECAs and VCAs official name of Vietnam, which is put in the top right of VCA texts...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:30

... in use, Discourse analysis, has become a new area of language investigation since the early decades of the 20th century Arising out of a variety of disciplines, including linguistics, sociology, ... as for those interested in writing AdEs in English? 1.5 DEFINITION OF TERMS 1 .6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY Despite the critical role of the AdEs in the application process, this kind of essay seems ... creativity of this genre of essay It is also advised that learners should avoid making the essays fall into one of three categories: “being depressing, painting an unflattering picture of the applicant...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:31