anti influenza activity of glutathione

... CellQuest™ Pro software (Becton Dickinson) Measurement of phenotype and cytolytic activity of patient-derived PBMNC For the in vitro analysis of stimulated cell populations, sterile aliquots of the leukapheresis ... lower panel) A direct comparison of the kinetics of the cytolytic activity of the in vitro stimulated leukapheresis product and of freshly isolated, non-cultured PBMNC of the patient against K562 ... of first diagnosis, having considered the "quality of life" implications and being aware of the magnitude of the incremental benefit The patient was in a good clinical condition at the time of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

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Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 18:21

... in humans [33] The objective of the present study was to investigate the anti- obesity effects of DG, CLA and DG-CLA containing 22% CLA as fatty Anti- obesity effect of CLA-containing diglyceride ... the level of p < 0.05 fat weight, as the sum of the weights of mesentery, renal, and epididymal fats, was only significantly decreased by CLA treatments Histopathology in liver Livers of the control ... expression of PPAR-γ in the liver is very low [12] and the function of PPAR-γ in the liver is unclear However, it is noteworthy that PPAR-γ is expressed at elevated levels in the liver of a number of...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 23:22

... order of decreasing persistence of anti- HIV activity: DDI > 4'-Ed4T > LFD4C > FTC = D4T > 3TC > NVP > AZT Discussion The persistence of anti- HIV activity of an inhibitor presents a new way of looking ... replacement of inhibitor and cells of a batch of the plates harvested at Protection of cells from HIV infection after removal of drug from culture We investigated the persistence of anti- HIV activity ... persistence of anti- HIV activity of one inhibitor to the other Furthermore, the assay could be explored as a costeffective measure of intracellular concentration The persistence of anti- HIV activity...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... vitro anti- myeloma activity To determine the anti- myeloma activity of this new class of HSP90 inhibitor, we exposed a panel of human myeloma cell lines to increasing molar concentrations of PU-H71 ... [18] Herein, we evaluated the in vitro anti- myeloma activity of PU-H71, a novel purine scaffold HSP90 inhibitor We also determined if the anti- tumor activity of HSP90 inhibitors is achieved via ... efficiency of the unfolded protein response In this study, we established a stable gp96 knockdown human myeloma cell line to evaluate the in vitro activity of anti- myeloma drugs in the absence of gp96...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:21

... powder Measurement of FRAP values (Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power) The antioxidant activity of a 1:10 (wt/vol) extraction was determined in triplicate by the FRAP method [28] 10 µL of the sample ... degree of anti- inflammatory activity of the preparation For example, Chung et al reported that edema formation in the TPA model may be regulated by H2O2 generation [24], as evidenced by antiinflammatory ... the MPO assay, 200 µL of a mixture containing 100 µL of 80 mM PBS (pH 5.4), 85 µL of 0.22 M PBS (pH 5.4), and 15 µL of 0.017% hydrogen peroxide were added to each well 20 µL of 18.4 mM tetramethylbenzidine...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:21

... nanocrystalline silver has anti- inflammatory activity independent of its antimicrobial activity in a porcine model of contact dermatitis[6] Visual and histological signs of inflammation were reduced, apoptosis ... Gelatinase activity appears as a clear band (indicative of cleavage of the gelatine substrate) on a blue background For quantitative analysis, photographs of the gels were loaded into AlphaImager software ... 4°C with μg/mL of the appropriate antibody: mouse-antipTNF-a (MP390, Endogen, Fisher Scientific Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), mouse -anti- pIL-8 antibody (MP800, Endogen), goat -anti- pIL-4 (AF654,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:22

... in activity However, IFN-α1 had poor antiHCV activity because a concentration of over 25 pg/mL was required to obtain the same degree of antiviral action as with IFN-α2a The greater anti- HCV activity ... Results Antiviral activity of different IFNα subtypes on chronic HCV replication and multiplication Each IFN-α subtype exhibits a characteristic antiviral profile Hence, we compared the respective anti- HCV ... strain of HCV and enables investigation of the overall viral life cycle [20] In the present work, we used this system to determine the anti- HCV activity of twelve recombinant IFN-α subtypes The antiviral...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:21

... activities, including anti- viral [3], anti- tumor and anti- proliferative activity [4,5], this class of compounds revealed an anti- inflammatory activity in vitro by inhibiting the generation of a superoxide ... 15-deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 (15ΔPGJ 2), anti- COX-2 polyclonal antiserum and anti- mPGES-1 antibodies were from Cayman Chemical (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) Anti- IL-6, anti- IL-8 and anti- actin antibodies were purchased ... Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA) Anti- actin antibody was raised against a peptide mapping at the C-terminus of actin of human origin and was reactive against both actin isoforms Antibody against type I...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:21

... the crossroads of oncogenic and tumour suppressor networks 36 ROS OF ROS IN DEVELOPMENT OF ONCOGENECITY 37 4.1 Types of ROS 38 4.2 Intracellular sources of ROS 38 4.3 Evidence of the prooxidant ... bit of fun and laughter into my life as I did (and despaired over) my experiments My supervisor and mentor, Professor Shazib Pervaiz of the Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, ... the process of cellular transformation TYPES OF CELL DEATH While hyperactivation of proliferative signals is a symptom of a (proto)oncogenic cell, we must not forget that evasion of the death...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 18:22

... transcriptase activity The chloroform extract of C inophyllum showed anti- cyclooxygenase activity in in vitro experiments In the present work we are reporting the isolation and characterisation of inophyllums, ... transcriptase activity The present work reported the isolation of chemical constituents of the fruits of C inophyllum and its aintiinflammatory activities Experiments 2.1 Materials The fruits of C inophyllum ... n-Nonacosane is the major component of the fruits Conclusion The inhibition of the crude extract on lipooxygenase and cyclooxygenase activities indicates its anti- inflamatory activity In-vitro assays demonstrated...

Ngày tải lên: 07/06/2016, 23:44

... detection of other reports with respect to immunoglobulin anti- influenza presence However, in our studies, the levels of Ig anti- influenza antibodies over time were not determined Given the findings of ... however, the presence of IgE anti Influenza virus antibodies several months post vaccination warrants further investigation of the biological significance, if any, of these antibodies MATERIALS ... IU/mL Influenza virus serum antibody detection: Immunoblot The presence of IgE or IgG anti- Influenza antibodies was determined by immunoblot (dot blot), as previously described [5, 6] Briefly, Influenza...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10

... potent anti- HIV-1 activity of other types of dideoxy nucleosides, the conversion of the DZA analogs to their dideoxy derivatives, ddDZA and ddDZAri, did not improve upon the anti- HIV activity of ... chemical synthesis is available Anti- HIV-1 activity of the DZA analogs The anti- HIV-1 effects of the DZA analogs and NepA were compared by their inhibition of HIV-1 p24 antigen production in PBMCs ... anti- HIV activity of the DZA analogs Fig Correlation between the Ki values for the inhibition of human placental AdoHcy hydrolase and the log of the IC50 values (Table 1) for the inhibition of...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20

... for the mixture of the MBP-NBDs Allocrite-mediated effects on the ATPase activity The capability was tested of a number of allocrites to stimulate the ATPase activity of the NBDs of MRP1 The following ... bind or transport glutathione- conjugates In comparison, we have measured the effect of S-decyl -glutathione on the ATPase activity of MalK [40] and of GlcV, the ATP-binding subunit of a glucose uptake ... represented approximately the basal ATPase activity This type of behaviour was also observed for the stimulatory effect of S-decyl -glutathione on the ATPase activity of reconstituted MRP2 [17] The effect...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 23:20

... substantial level of polymerase activity Substituion of the subunit PA confers the most prominent effect on polymerase activity Further studies to explore the determinants for polymerase activity ... primary site of replication of influenza viruses Our results showed that the polymerase activity of 2009 pdmH1N1 vRNP was significantly lower than WSN H1N1 and H3N2 The difference in activity was ... substantial level of polymerase activity Substituion of the subunit PA confers the most prominent effect on polymerase activity Further studies to explore the determinants for polymerase activity...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... result of gradual antigenic change in the prevalent virus; this phenomenon is termed antigenic drift [2] Currently, human influenza epidemics are caused by H1N1 and H3N2 IVAs or by type B influenza ... first h of H1N1 infection, no effect of TPA on nuclear RNP export could be seen during that time We also assessed the effect of blocking ERK activity on H3N2-infected cells The levels of ERK phosphorylation ... pathway retards nuclear RNP export of A/HK/218449/06 (H3N2) influenza virus Inhibition Inhibition of MAPK pathway retards nuclear RNP export of A/HK/218449/06 (H3N2) influenza virus MDCK cells were...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... Week Proportion (%) of influenza- like illness out of a total number of patient visits in the sentinel system Figure Proportion (%) of influenza- like illness out of a total number of patient visits ... sub-population of elderly persons could have led to the overestimation of the benefit of influenza vaccine and the reduction of hospital admission At the same time, it was concluded that the burden of influenza ... elderly is substantial and even a modest protection of a 30% reduction in influenza- related hospital admissions is beneficial [24] During periods of at least a moderate level of influenza activity, ...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... molecular effects of the antithrombotic agent dipyridamole and a very low dose of the glucocorticoid prednisolone create such an activity profile Dipyridamole inhibits the activity of equilibrative ... contribution to the anti- inflammatory activity of the combination The combination of prednisolone and dipyridamole was found to have anti- inflammatory activity in both acute and chronic models of inflammation ... the desirable anti- inflammatory activity and undesirable adverse effects of glucocorticoid treatment Efforts to dissociate the anti- inflammatory activity from the adverse effects of glucocorticoids...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... important in the face of new pandemic strains and high rate of emergence of influenza strains resistant to several existing influenza antivirals Cell-based primary screening antiviral assays have ... to that of untreated control) of antiviral activity were calculated Measurement of Viral RNA Synthesis by Quantitative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (Q-RTPCR) Time -of- addition ... Kashiwagi S: A comparison of the effectiveness of oseltamivir for the treatment of influenza A and influenza B: a Japanese multicenter study of the 20032004 and 2004-2005 influenza seasons Clin...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21