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... years Potential confounders of age, gender, BMI, and tibial plateau area for annual change in cartilage volume were included in multivariate analyses A P value less than 0.05 (two-tailed) was regarded ... Medial compartment Annual change in cartilage volume Cartilage defects progress vs no change Lateral compartment Annual change in cartilage volume Cartilage defects progress vs no change Annual ... coefficients of variation for the medial and lateral tibial cartilage volume measures were 3.4% and 2.0% respectively [35,36] Annual change in cartilage volume was calculated as follow up cartilage volume...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... Clp ATPase belongs to the AAA+ superfamily of ATPases AAA+ proteins are generally modulated by a group of otherwise unrelated proteins termed adaptor proteins An adaptor protein serves as an accessory ... adds 11 amino acid tag (AANDENYALAA) to the incomplete protein Proteins tagged with the SsrA peptide are targeted for degradation The C-terminal Ala-Ala residues are critical for SsrA recognition ... the same group demonstrated that mpa and pafA mutants are severely attenuated in a mouse model of infection (Darwin et al., 2005) Mpa is an ATPase that forms hexamers like the Clp ATPase Meanwhile,...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2015, 22:38

... Monetary and Financial Analysis Department Bank of Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K 1A 0G9 jattamensah@bankofcanada.ca The views expressed in this paper are those of the author No responsibility for ... Ottawa, Ontario K 1A 0G9 E-mail: publications@bankofcanada.ca Web site: http://www.bankofcanada.ca Diffusion des publications, Banque du Canada 234, rue Wellington, Ottawa (Ontario) K 1A 0G9 Adresse ... Bank of Canada Working Papers Documents de travail de la Banque du Canada Working papers are generally published in the language of the author, with an abstract in both official languages Les...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 02:20

... of anti-placental alkaline phosphatase-agarose (anti-PLAP; Sigma) was packed into an FPLC column (Amersham Biosciences, Chalfont St Giles, UK) Purification of FN3d–AP was carried out using an AKTA ... Frisen J, Yates PA, McLaughlin T, Friedman GC, O’Leary DD & Barbacid M (1998) Ephrin -A5 (AL1 ⁄ RAGS) is essential for proper retinal axon guidance and topographic mapping in the mammalian visual system ... cleavage sites (B) SDS ⁄ PAGE separation of FN3d–AP purified from conditioned media using anti-placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) agarose (C) SDS ⁄ PAGE and silver stain of proteins isolated...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 05:20

... treatment for (a) and 60 (b) with alkaline phosphase (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany; 100 U) at 37°C, as analyzed by HPLC Influence of ginkgotoxin on human pyridoxal kinase This material is available as part ... PKH leads inter alia to a decreased availability of PLP for GAD, which catalyses the formation of c-aminobutyric acid, the most potent inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain Decreased ... membrane-bound phosphatases (Fig 2A) [13,14] Inside the brain a rephosphorylation to PLP takes place, again catalysed by pyridoxal kinase (Fig 2A) [7,14] As a consequence, there is a requirement for...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20

... text for details), although it was not detected by the immunological assays Psb P Cyanobacteria Glaucophyceae Red algae Diatoms Haptophyceae Brown algae Prasinophyceae Euglenophyceae Green algae ... Cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp PCC6803 Rhodophyceae (red algae) Cyanidioschyzon merolae Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA Cyanidium caldarium Chloroplast DNA Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) Thalassiosira pseudonana ... gyrans (B), Laminria japonica (C) and Undaria pinnatifida (D) with antibodies raised against various extrinsic proteins Lane 1, anti-(H-PsbP); lane 2, anti-(H-PsbQ); lane 3, anti-(G-PsbQ); lane...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 15:21

... type diabetes subjects Immunogenetics 2010, 62:101-107 36 Kawasaki E, Awata T, Ikegami H, Kobayashi T, Maruyama T, Nakanishi K, Shimada A, Uga M, Kurihara S, Kawabata Y, et al: Genetic association ... Cobbold S, Alyanakian MA, Gouarin C, Barriot S, Garcia C, Waldmann H, Bach JF, Chatenoud L: Autoimmune diabetes onset results from qualitative rather than quantitative age-dependent changes in pathogenic ... Health Center, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, H3G 1A4 , Qc, Canada Full list of author information is available at the end of the article thymic and peripheral CD4+ T cells in humans and mice, and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... severe forms of anorexia nervosa Upon primary medical stabilization, patients are transferred to a psychiatrically based inpatient eating disorder program further treatment and follow-up Patients and ... the traditional activation cascade using C3 convertases or C5 convertases [13] As a result, C 5a may be generated via thrombin-mediated coagulation abnormalities that have been documented in anorexia ... power of our statistical analysis and make our data vulnerable to a statistical type II error Therefore, our data not allow for advocating complement serum levels as a new biomarker until definitively...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... Yoshida A, Yamana J, Yamamura M, Ninomiya Y, et al.: Histone deacetylase inhibitor suppression of autoantibody-mediated arthritis in mice via regulation of p16INK 4a and p21(WAF1/Cip1) expression Arthritis ... reduced as determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction In contrast, expression of the major cartilage structural molecules aggrecan and type II collagen and a number of other metalloproteinases ... metalloproteinase expression in cartilage and demonstrates that the paradigm of inhibition of histone deacetylation leading to gene silencing is not absolute Cawston and colleagues showed many years ago...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:23

... RNAi machinery is that RNAi was initially recognized as an antiviral mechanism in plants and certain invertebrates [14] The evolutionary conservation of RNAi suggests a similar role for RNAi ... Gensler TJ, Anderson P: Death, autoantigen modifications, and tolerance Arthritis Res 2000, 2:101-114 Doyle HA, Mamula MJ: Posttranslational modifications of selfantigens Ann N Y Acad Sci 2005, ... core machinery of the RNA interference pathway FEBS Lett 2005, 579:5822-5829 Satoh M, Langdon JJ, Chou, CH, McCauliffe DP, Treadwell EL, Ogasawara T, Hirakata M, Suwa A, Cohen PL, Eisenberg RA,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... UK) Statistical analysis All data were expressed as the mean of the individual experiments ± the standard error of the mean Data were analysed using one-way or two-way analysis of variance with ... Capell HA, Sattar N: Trial of Atorvastatin in Rheumatoid Arthritis (TARA): double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial Lancet 2004, 363:2015-2021 Palmer G, Chobaz V, Talabot-Ayer D, Taylor ... tissue factor procoagulant activity J Exp Med 1997, 185:1619-1627 36 Collard CD, Agah A, Reenstra W, Buras J, Stahl GL: Endothelial nuclear factor-kappaB translocation and vascular cell adhesion...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... intra-articular delivery of anakinra (recombinant methionyl human receptor antagonist (r-met HuIL-1ra)) may have beneficial effects on symptoms and structural modifications in animal models of OA ... pain and disease activity A first randomized controlled trial in patients with knee OA demonstrated a good safety profile for one intra-articular injection of IL-1ra (150 mg, the maximum tolerated ... structural damage process of OA but also plays an important role in pain transmission Results from in vitro studies and animal models of OA support the dominant role of IL-1β early in the disease...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... Maldonado-Cocco J, Orozco-Alcala J, Prieur AM, Suarez-Almazor ME, Woo P, International League of Associations for Rheumatology: International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification ... participated in its design and coordination, and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors thank Taschawee Arkachaisri, Daniel ... thermal imaging of the wrist and MCP, normal adult wrists and hands from controls were imaged on separate days Three thermal scans were obtained at each session and the HDI was calculated for each...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:22

... 5'-AAGGACAGGATCCACTTGACCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'AAGGTCAAGTGGATCCTGTCCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA3' siRNA2 5'-AAGGTGAACTTGGTCTGGGCCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA3' 5'-AAGGCCCAGACCAAGTTCACCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA3 5'-AAGTAGAGATTAAAGGCCCACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' ... 5'-AAGTAGAGATTAAAGGCCCACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'-AAGTGGGCCTTTAATCTCTACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA4 5'-AAGCTCATGATGTTCTCATCCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'-AAGGATGAGAACATCATGAGCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA5 5'-AAGTGTAGCAATCTGTTCACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' ... 5'-AAGTGTAGCAATCTGTTCACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'-AAGTGAACAGATTGCTACACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA-GFP 5'-ATGAACTTCAGGGTCAGCTTGCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'-CGGCAAGCTGACCCTGAAGTTCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' T7 5'-TAATACGACTCACTATAG-3'...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... study, ANA staining, saliva collections, data analyses, and manuscript preparation All authors read and approved the final manuscript Proposed genetic predisposition for and fatty acid homeostasis/trans6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 ... O-acyltransferase-1 (SOAT-1) using FCs and free fatty acids (FFAs) ABCA1, ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A [ABC1] member 1; ACAT, acyl-coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase; ApoE, apolipoprotein ... primarily the pathophysiological and biochemical abnormalities that subsequently result in the activation of the autoimmune attack against the submandibular and lacrimal glands [10], is a single...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... Pradhan L, Ali M, Agrawal KC: HAART drugs induce oxidative stress in human endothelial cells and increase endothelial recruitment of mononuclear cells: exacerbation by inflammatory cytokines and ... cytokines and amelioration by antioxidants Cardiovasc Toxicol 2004, 4:287-302 Gomez-Vera J, de Alarcon A, Jimenez-Mejias ME, Acosta D, Prados D, Viciana P: Hyperglycemia associated with protease inhibitors ... hyperplasia Pediatr Dev Pathol 2004, 7:370-379 Sacktor N, Haughey N, Cutler R, Tamara A, Turchan J, Pardo C, Vargas D, Nath A: Novel markers of oxidative stress in actively progressive HIV dementia...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:20

... indicating a role for IL-13 as a general enhancing factor on TH2 response Respiratory Research Vol No Zhou et al 31 Daniels SE, Bhattacharrya S, James A, Leaves NI, Young A, Hill MR, Faux JA, Ryan GF, ... R, Arima K, Arinobu Y, Yu B, Kruse S, Enomoto T, Dake Y, Kawai M, Shimazu S, Sasaki S, Adra CN, Kitaichi M, Inoue H, Yamauchi K, Tomichi N, Kurimoto F, Hamasaki N, Hopkin JM, Izuhara K, Shirakawa ... mice treated with IL-13 had a greater cellular influx and inflammationrelated gene upregulation at lower IL-13 doses and after fewer intratracheal instillations Although IL-13 instillation caused...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... Likewise strategies for blocking generalised immune activation may also have prophylactic potential, and hold great promise as a novel therapeutic approach The major challenge ahead lies in determining ... Donata Medaglini, Steve Patterson, William Paxton, Guido Poli, Manuel Romaris, Guido Silvestri, Roberto Speck, Greg Towers and Hermann Wagner We also thank Natasaha Polyanskaya and Guido Poli for ... Rerks-Ngarm S, Pitisuttithum P, Nitayaphan S, Kaewkungwal J, Chiu J, Paris R, Premsri N, Namwat C, de Souza M, Adams E, et al: Vaccination with ALVAC and AIDSVAX to prevent HIV-1 infection in Thailand...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:20

... plasmid pcDNA3.1HHR2 3A by PCR The 5' primer used was 5'ATCCAAGACGGAATTCACGCCGCAGGAGAAAGAAGCTATAG-3'; the 3' primer for the APOPEC3G-UBA2 fusion was 5'-ATCGTACTCGAAGCTTCTAACTCAGGAGGAAGTTGGCAG-3'; ... the E plasmid was 5'-ATCCAAGACGGAATTCCTAGAACTCGTTTTCCTGATTCTGGAG-3' and the 3' primer used for the U and M plasmid was 5'-ATCCAAGACGGAATTCGTTTTCCTGATTCTGGAG-3' The UBA2 gene fragment was amplified ... essential for Vif function J Biol Chem 2005, 280(19):18573-18578 Shirakawa K, Takaori-Kondo A, Kobayashi M, Tomonaga M, Izumi T, Fukunaga K, Sasada A, Abudu A, Miyauchi Y, Akari H, Iwai K, Uchiyama...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissues or studied by IHC using the anti-p30 antibody, anti-CD3 for Tcell lineage identification (DAKO Corporation, Carpinteria, CA Catalog # A4 52), and anti-PAX5 ... anti-PAX5 for B-cell lineage (Goat anti-Pax 5, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, Catalog #sc-1974) [14] Criteria for histopathological diagnosis were as described [15] As shown in Table 1, ... pneumonia virus of mice (PVM) in a mouse macrophage cell line Virol Journal 2007, 4:48-51 Shin J-J, Wall EA, Zavzavadjian JR, Santat LA, Liu J, Hwang J-I, Rebres R, Roach T, Seaman W, Simon MI, Fraser...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 06:20