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... Results Antimicrobial effects of HNr and related peptides and nonpeptides H4-(86–100) and HNr (Fig 1) were tested for their bactericidal activity against Gram-negative and Grampositive bacteria (Table ... chicken, antimicrobial histones H2A and H2B were isolated from the liver [8], and histones H1 and H2B were identified in the reproductive system [9] In humans, histone H1 and its fragments derived from ... typhimurium [10], and histones H2A and H2B were expressed on the surface of and secreted from amnion epithelial cells [11] A recent report indicated that activated human neutrophils contain and release...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 14:20

... for the 5¢-primer and 5¢-GGCCACTGGATCCAACT ACAGCAATTCTCA-3¢ for the 3¢-primer, where underlined bases show the positions of the NdeI and BamHI sites for the 5¢- and 3¢-primers, respectively For ... 280 nm of a 0.1% solution is 0.68 for SIB1 FKBP22* and 0.69 for E coli FKBP22* These values were calculated by using e of 1576 M)1Æcm)1 for Tyr and 5225 M)1Æcm)1 for Trp at 280 nm [36] Enzymatic ... sequence of human FKBP12 Accession numbers are AE015558 for MR-1 FKBP22, AAC77164 for ecFKBP22, AAC76372 for ecFkpA, S42595 for lpMIP and M34539 for hFKBP12 Ó FEBS 2004 FKBP22 from a psychrotrophic...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 16:20

... staining and flow cytometry for ICOS expression Percentages of ICOS+ cells (panels c and d) and MFIs of ICOS+ cells (panels e and f) are shown CD4+CD45RO+ (panels c and e) and CD8+CD45RO+ (panels d and ... cells and B cells/well), and were cultured in the presence of various stimuli for seven days Culture supernatants were collected and stored at -80°C until assayed for anti-dsDNA antibody and total ... cells and CD8+CD45RO+ICOS+ cells, respectively, were as follows: active SLE, 1.80 and 1.25; inactive SLE, 0.45 and 0.40; and normal control individuals, 1.10 and 0.50 *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... artery and a further anterior wall cyst causing stenosis The axial image on the right shows the popliteal and genicular artery cysts Lucent areas represent the arterial lumen Ypsilantis and Tisi ... patency Consent Written informed consent was obtained from our patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief ... Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, UK 2Bedford Hospital South Wing, Kempston Road, Bedford, Beds, UK Authors’ contributions EY performed the literature search and compiled data presented in this report...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... Prefecture and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport are appreciated The authors thank Dr Mariko Atarashi-Andoh for her aid in mass spectrometry We also thank Mr Takashi Ueno and Mr ... appropriate for the analysis Mixed standards (XSTC-1, -7 , -8 and -13, SPEX) were used for calibration The concentration of Si was determined by spectrophotometry using ammonium molybdate RESULTS AND ... consisting of old water) for 32 forested areas in precipitation events (Buttle, 1994) It seems that the Oda River watershed also is one of these much-studied forested areas, at least from this...

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Ngày tải lên: 25/01/2014, 13:20

... ‘gliotransmissions’, and ATP serves a central role as a gliotransmitter Now we understand that astrocytes receive and respond to neurotransmitters, and release gliotransmitter ATP to form synchronized and spreading ... hippocampal neurons (blue traces shown as and 4) are highly synchronous and are inhibited by TTX Adjacent astrocytes (red traces shown as and 2) also show slower and less synchronous Ca2+ oscillations ... and seems to be accentuated by pathological activities of neurons such as epileptiform discharges Pathology and Ca2+ transients in astrocytes Ca2+ waves in astrocytes propagate into neurons and...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 09:20

... monsoon rains and droughts, as well as major industrial pollution and desert sand- and dust­ storms In the remainder of this article, we shall focus on aerosols in the IndoGangetic Plain and the Arabian ... determine the details of the aerosol forcing and response of the monsoon wa ter c yc le and r ela ti ve r ole s compared to forcing from coupled atmosphere-ocean-land processes Acknowledgements This ... meridional-vertical streamline and temperature; and (d) zonal winds (contour) and specific humidity (shading) D evara, P.C.S., P.E R aj, G Pandithurai, K.K Dani and R.S Maheskumar, 2003: Relationship...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... proteasome inhibition and TRAIL in osteoarthritic disease and chondrocyte apoptosis, and the hypoxic inhibition of cartilage and chondrocyte degeneration Results Macroscopic and radiographic examination ... ALLN and TRAIL in apoptotic cell death under hypoxic conditions, canine chondrocytes were exposed to hypoxia and ALLN (10 lm) for 12 h, and were then treated with recombinant TRAIL protein for ... (Fig 1A), and radiographic findings revealed joint distension There was no evidence of sclerosis, erosions or osteophyte and enthesophyte formation in the experimental joints (Fig 1B) TRAIL and ubiquitinated...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 14:20

... activation and platelet aggregation [18] We and others have shown that both the PI3-Kb and PI3-Kc isoforms contribute to the P2Y12-mediated stabilization of platelet aggregates under static and shear ... phospholipase C and PI3-K activity PI3-Kb and not PI3-Kc mediates the P2Y12 effect on thrombin-evoked Ca2+ responses In man and mouse, the PI3-Kb (p110b) and PI3-Kc (p110c) isoforms are involved ... measured by the thrombin generation assay, after triggering with tissue factor ⁄ CaCl2 Representative thrombin generation curves are given for wild-type and p110c) ⁄ ) PRP thrombin generation triggered...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 16:20

... faint bands Alternative splicing occurs in many genes, and so DNA fragments were purified from the major band and cloned into a sequencing vector DNA sequences were determined for seven transformant ... QGP-1 cells using random hexamers and Superscript III (Invitrogen Corp.) One and two of 20 lL of the resulting single strand cDNA reaction were used as templates for RT-PCR and quantitative real-time ... luciferase reporter construct and 0.01 lg of SV40 ⁄ Renilla luciferase were used for each analysis The cells were harvested for firefly and Renilla luciferase after culture for 38 h The obtained firefly...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 06:20

... stepby-step formation of the disulfide bonds in PIP (Fig 1B), disulfide bond formation in HPI occurs by random formataion of intramolecular disulfide bonds at the beginning of oxidized refolding, and then ... as the C-peptide contain the information necessary for proper protein folding Compared with the cooperative, step-by-step formation of disulfide bonds and native conformation in the folding pathway ... corresponding insulin B- and A-chain are linked by the 31-residue C-peptide and two dibasic residues, which are shown as dark circles For PIP, the linker (KAA) between B29-K and A1-G is indicated...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 12:20

... anisomycin and FBS on actin stress fibers in SMCs and their modulation by toxin B and latrunculin B Cells were first stimulated with either S1P, anisomycin or FBS for 30 and then fixed, permeabilized and ... UK) for the generous gifts of the vectors encoding constitutively active forms of RhoA, Cdc42 and Rac; to Dr J.H Han (The Scripps Institute, CA) for providing CaMKK3 and CaMKK6 constructs and ... jasplakinolide and swinholide A on actin stress fibers and CTGF/CCN2 expression (A) Cells were stimulated with either jasplakinolide (0.5 lM) or swinholide A (0.1 lM) for 30 and then fixed, permeabilized and...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 16:20

... recombinant GAPDH For all reconstitution experiments, equimolar proportions of GAPDH and CP12 were used In lanes 1, and 4, lg of GAPDH ($ 0.08 nmol) and 0.08 lg of CP12 ($ 0.08 nmol) were mixed and lg of ... wild-type GAPDH and CP12 and that of the R197E GAPDH mutant and CP12 is close to )4 kcalặmol)1 The arginine residue has the ability to form a hydrogen bond network with up to ve hydrogen bonds and besides, ... mutants (K128A/E and R197A/E) shows that the positive charges of these residues are important for the association of GAPDH and CP12, in particular, R197E mutant, and essential for the assembly...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 16:20

... (lanes 3, 4, and 5, respectively), 1, 5, and 10 mM EDTA (lanes 6, 7, and 8, respectively), and 0.1, 1, and mM ZnCl2 (lanes 9, 10, and 11, respectively) were assayed at 30 °C for 120 A standard reaction ... polymerase (Promega), and 60 lL H2O were added, to give a total reaction volume of 100 lL PCR was performed as follows: 25 cycles of 92 °C for 30 s, 50 °C for 45 s, and 72 °C for 20 s The following ... (Figs and 3) According to the observation made by Lu and Wolfe [23], who used a combination strategy of 4,6-diamino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining for the detection of DNA and Azo dye staining for...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 03:20

... exon/intron organization and the alternative exon usage for the generation of variants of the a3 subunits (a3A and a3B) [18] In the present study, we characterized the promoter region for this integrin ... Most integrin a subunit genes lack both TATA and CCAAT boxes, except for the integrin a4 subunit gene which includes both TATA and CCAAT boxes and for the integrin a6 subunit gene which contains ... Ajinomoto, Tokyo, Japan) for h, and subsequently cultured for 48 h in RPMI-1640/10% fetal bovine serum After the cells were harvested, the cell extracts were assayed for luciferase activity with...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 03:20

... for help in the translation of the manuscript and M V Ovanesov for helpful comments APPENDIX Kinetic constants for the enzyme–substrate X–VIIa–TF and the enzyme–product Xa–VIIa–TF complexes formation/ ... complex preformation was studied To achieve it, the same kinetics was investigated at the same factor X and TFPI concentrations and under the same conditions with one exception: before the start ... independent of the constants of this complex formation/ VIIaÀTF ;Xa dissociation, k a and k XaÀVIIaÀTF Therefore the values d XaÀVIIaÀTF ;TFPI TFPIÀXaÀVIIaÀTF and k d , which are required to of k a...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 04:20

... 5% (w ⁄ v) BSA for h at room temperature and then rinsed three times with fresh Dulbecco’s solution before performing adhesion and activation experiments For adhesion experiments, · 107 PMNs in ... strips was performed under 50 V for 10 h at room temperature After rehydration, IEF was performed in three steps: conditioning 3232 Preparative IEF was carried out using a ROTOFORÒ system (BioRad), ... CGG TA-3¢ [position 3765 to position 3776]; ‘(c) forward’ and ‘(d)’ primers contained restriction sites used for plasmid construction (EcoRI and NotI) A control cDNA was obtained in the same...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 06:20

... (INSERM) and the Conseil Regional de Bourgogne We are grateful to Dr David Wendehenne and Dr Olivier Lamotte for their gift of anti-ERK ⁄ and anti-phospho-ERK ⁄ 2, and to Jonathan Ewing for reviewing ... Fluoprep At least 50 cells were examined for each experiment and three independent experiments were performed for each treatment Observations were performed on an Axioskop light microscope (Zeiss, ... cytometer (Partec) using a 524 ⁄ 44-nm band pass filter For each sample, events were acquired for 60 s and the data were analysed with flomax software (Partec) Staining for microtubules Treated or control...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 21:20