... form of CNTF receptor alpha component as a soluble mediator of CNTF responses Science 259, 1736–1739 14 Marz, P., Otten, U & Rose-John, S (1999) Neuronal activities of ¨ IL-6 type cytokines often ... consequences such as stimulation of proliferation, stimulation of differentiation, prevention of differentiation, prevention of apoptosis and activation of a family of genes coding for the acute ... outgrowth of PC12 cells whereas STAT3 is believed to inhibit this response [52,53] In line with these findings, Hyper-CNTF led to a profound activation of the MAPK pathway with little stimulation of...
... fermentor scale O2 consumption accumulation during the transient of 45 mmol is equivalent to the catabolic consumption of 0.037 CÆmol of storage carbohydrates which is only 15% of the total storage ... the total amount of plasma membrane proteins composes 5% of the total protein; the abundance of Pdr12 was calculated to be 1.75% of the total protein content Because protein composes 38.5% of ... ð12Þ time of the off-gas measurement, for which the contribution of the dilution in the fermentor headspace, the length of tubing connecting the fermentor with the off-gas analyzer and the response...
... the histological changes induced in the reactive tissues of these pine species by artificial inoculations of O clavigerum and injections of chemical elicitors, chitosan / proteinase inhibitor-inducing ... increase in the total monoterpene content of Lodgepole pine phloem in responseto chitosan than to either PIIF or O clavigerum Qualitative changes in the monoterpene fraction of the phloem were ... than the chemical treatments In P ponderosa however, the quantitative responseto chitosan was often close to the responseto the fungus The terpene accumulations induced by PIIF and buffer alone...
... alcohol accumulation in xylem exudate of tomatoes Proc Soil Sci Soc Am 28, 610-614 Harrington C.A (1987) Responses of Red alder and Black cottonwood seedlings to flooding Physiol Plant 69, 35-48 ... Comparison of the responses to flooding of seedlings and cuttings of Gmelina Tree Tang Z.C & Kozlowski TT (1982b) Some physiological and morphological responses of Quercus macrocarpa seedling to flooding ... with 22 to 23 days of establishment and Group comprised clones 6-19 with 15 to 17 days of establishment before beginning treatments Analysis of variance was used to test the significance of treatment...
... out of 15 had early signs of rash (very mild) and a slight increase in Ddimers reports Tumor necrosis factor-α/nuclear factor-κB response Figure Tumor necrosis factor-α/nuclear factor-κB response ... IFITM1 IFI16 PRK IFNGR1 IFNAR1 IFNG of proinflammatory cytokines, leading in turn to recruitment of macrophages to areas of inflammation, which may contribute to viral proliferation and eventually ... Both VP35 and VP24 act in a cell autonomous manner; VP35 blocks activation of the IFN regulatory factor and the transcriptional responses of the IFN regulatory factor responsive promoters [44], and...
... shown to be part of the responseof the worm to P aeruginosa [11] The list also includes a gene that encodes a lipase, a class of protein important in the responseto S marcescens [8] and M nematophilum ... machinery to increase their effective virulence, these results may provide insights into host-pathogen interactions in higher species Results Exploratory analyses of host responseto infection To determine ... consequence of the different pathogenicities of the bacteria To investigate this, we carried out a time course study over a periodof five days, using qRTPCR to follow relative expression levels of asp-3,...
... one level of pH, and thus this was used to approximate a constant ratio of protons to biomass Although the assumption of a constant proton/biomass ratio is not valid over the full range of pH, it ... ground to powder Total RNA was isolated from the powder by using the Qiagen RNeasy Mini Kit, according to the protocol for isolation of total RNA from plant and fungi The quality of the extracted total ... added to the previously described genome-scale stoichiometric model of A niger [7] stoichiometric comparisons model metabolite proton-creating cluster that of same number tion of manual of notthree...
... RESPONSEOF YARN SYSTEMS TO IMPACT LOADING KOH CHIEN-PING, ADRIAN (BEng (Hons), National University of Singapore) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ... physics of penetration, and the viscoelastic nature of fibres A knowledge of the dynamic mechanical properties of the material has a direct bearing on the accuracy of predictions related to its ... strength of a highly oriented polymer is influenced by the stiffness of the links, the number of links per unit cross-sectional area and the extent of the network of links 15 The deficiency of the...
... during the course of sucrose starvation could be attributable to a progressive diminution of the cytoplasmic compartment and particularly to a diminution of the number of mitochondria per cell ... attributable to a progressive diminution of the number of mitochondria per cell Discussion was Effect of sucrose replenishment Addition of 50 mM sucrose to the nutrient medium after 35 h of sucrose ... therefore that the total amount of NTP per unit volume of cytoplasm might be maintained if the total cytoplasmic volume dropped sharply Fig also shows that, after 35-40 h of sucrose starvation,...
... asymmetry of the responseof bank interest rates to monetary policy shocks Using an Asymmetric Vector Error Correction Model (AVECM), it analyses the pass-through of changes in money market rates to ... ZOTTERI Editorial Assistants: ROBERTO MARANO, CRISTIANA RAMPAZZI ARE THERE ASYMMETRIES IN THE RESPONSEOF BANK INTEREST RATES TO MONETARY SHOCKS? by Leonardo Gambacorta* and Simonetta Iannotti** ... in the period 1985-2002 The main results of the paper are: 1) the speed of adjustment of bank interest rates to monetary policy changes increased significantly after the introduction of the 1993...
... must be seized to accelerate the recruitment and training of more health workers to save millions of children’s lives ix No Child out of Reach: Time to end the health worker crisis photo: ANDY HALL ... out of Reach: Time to end the health worker crisis Figure 4: Map of the world representing the health worker shortage by country The size of each country is relative to the number of doctors, ... workforce moves to work abroad: 81% of nurses from Liberia, 78% of nurses from Burundi, 75% of Mozambican doctors and almost 60% of doctors from Zambia work outside their country of origin (Clemens...
... location of subcontractors or subsidiaries -single choice reply- (optional) Mainly in another EU country Number of requested records 17 Requested records (76) (22.4%) % of total % of total number ... choosing one of the following options: -multiple choices reply- (optional) a percentage of current operating costs Number of requested records 16 Requested records (76) (21.1%) % of total % of total ... approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts Pressure Equipment Directive: Directive 97/23/EC of the 25 European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the...
... values of the variables differ considerably, the first step is to normalize the variables by autoscaling to unit variance After this, we can construct a correlation matrix using these autoscaled variables ... for several of the direct variables prompted us to hypothesize that to describe the present population, it might not be necessary to use all the variables Reducing the number ofvariables determined ... 3.—Scores of the samples on significant factors and Fig 2.—Loadings of the original variables on the first two factors (or principal components) of the direct anthropometric measurements factor Figure...
... cellular responseto ODN (Eur J Biochem 269) 591 different transfectant clones of HEK293 (three of these are shown in Figs and 6) that expressed a spectrum of high levels of RNase H2, up to a 25-fold ... components binding to this enzyme need to be identi®ed to understand the cytoplasmic location of the enzyme in 15PC3 cells This enzymatic location appears to be a necessity for activity towards ODNs ... showed a good response, while HEK293 and HTB82 hardly responded at all, and HeLa and T24 showed an intermediate responseTo investigate the nature of the differences in responseto antisense ODNs...
... Press, Boca Raton Larade K & Storey KB (2002) A profile of the metabolic responses to anoxia in marine invertebrates In Cell and Molecular Responses to Stress, Vol (Storey KB & Storey JM, eds), ... days of hypoxia exposure This induction may be a responseto the limitation of O2 as a substrate [49] 5645 Oyster responseto hypoxia exposure E David et al A B C D E F G H Fig Analysis of differential ... by a reaction of cell protection, and the observed decrease may be due to the efficiency of the resistance system to the responseto hypoxia Mazure et al [40] reported a reduction of c-myc mRNA...
... (2002) Tissue expression of human toll-like receptors and differential regulation of toll-like receptor mRNAs in leukocytes in responseto microbes, their products and cytokines J Immunol 168, 554–561 ... presence or absence of 250 UÆmL)1 IFN-c It has been shown previously that this concentration of IFN-c modulates the responseof monocytes to LPS [24] The cytokine was found to significantly increase ... Inhibition of precursor processing offers protection against a lethal dose of endotoxin [28] To assess whether an acyltransferase inhibitor affects transcription or the processing and release of the...
... relationship between the two types of infections and to emphasize the effects of virus dose upon the proportions of asymptomatic and agonadal infections, percentages of asymptomatic carriers and agonadal ... in the case of the Stoneville colony Methods Source of insects and virus Corn earworm larvae used to start a laboratory colony of healthy H zea were obtained from the USDA-ARS in Stoneville, MS ... healthy, fertile, asymptomatic carrier of Hz-2V Conclusions The evolution of Hz-2V infection in H zea has resulted in the ability of the virus to produce two different types of infections in the...
... Wkg-1m-1 rad s-1 deg rad s-1 % of TIP2 final length N kg-1 % of duration % of duration % of duration % of duration % of duration % of duration % of duration % of duration % of duration Discussion The ... showed that before seat-off kinetic variablesof the main actuator are strongly related to each other and their timing Given a value of one of them, a limited range of values is to be expected for ... related to a regular occurrence of time instants and to low -to- medium sagittal speed from seat-off to the end of the task The patterns found may be considered as typical rules of the sit-tostand motor...
... relationship between the two types of infections and to emphasize the effects of virus dose upon the proportions of asymptomatic and agonadal infections, percentages of asymptomatic carriers and agonadal ... in the case of the Stoneville colony Methods Source of insects and virus Corn earworm larvae used to start a laboratory colony of healthy H zea were obtained from the USDA-ARS in Stoneville, MS ... healthy, fertile, asymptomatic carrier of Hz-2V Conclusions The evolution of Hz-2V infection in H zea has resulted in the ability of the virus to produce two different types of infections in the...