... of lesions were located on the plantar surface (62%) with on the ankle, on the dorsum ofthe foot, on the digit and located in the nail bed (with in the hallux and in the fifth toe nail bed) One ... (n = 1) and plastic surgery (n = 1) Nineteen ofthe lesions were reported on the right footand eight on the left All male patients exhibited ALM on their right foot only The majority of lesions ... (distal) areas ofthe body, particularly the palms, soles andthe sub-ungual areas, and its distinct radial or "lentiginous" growth phase ALM represents the rarest ofthe four sub-types of cutaneous...
... the high bone turnover andfoot pain (VAS score of 83 out of 100) One month after the start of alendronate treatment, bone pain had fallen from a VAS score of 83 out of 100 to 30 out of 100 and ... Radiographs ofthe both ankles after treatment The regional osteoporotic change in the right ankle (Figure 1A) completely returned to normal, and findings were comparable to those ofthe left ankle ... Figure Radiographs (A) and scintigraphs (B) ofthe both ankles before treatment The radiograph ofthe right ankle showed regional osteoporotic findings at the distal tibia and fibula (white arrow)...
... prospective randomized multicenter trial be undertaken to determine the merits of NPWT for the treatment of soft tissue defects oftheankleandfoot However, based on the results of previous ... either a traffic accident in 12, a falling from a height in 2, and a crush injury in Wound locations were on the medial side oftheankle in cases, the lateral side oftheankle in case, andof ... reports have been issued on the application of NPWT to soft tissue defects ofthe extremities, abdomen and chest [5,6] However, reports regarding its use in thefootandankle region are limited,...
... wrinkling of facial features including the forehead andthe nasolabial folds, with profound hypertrophy ofthe eyelids (30% to 40% of cases) and cutis verticis gyrata (24% of cases) [6] The combination ... medical photography, the literature search andthe writing ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing ... cardiopulmonary diseases and malignancies PDP was first reported in 1868 and it was then thought to be an example of acromegaly The Figure Hypertrophy of his feet and ankles with edema first to...
... Bristow and de Berker Journal ofFootandAnkle Research 2010, 3:22 http://www.jfootankleres.com/content/3/1/22 patient and practitioner than one on thefoot Furthermore, lesions between the toes, ... for the early recognition for malignant melanoma ofthefootand nail unit Journal ofFootandAnkle Research 2010 3:22 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: ... education [65] The authors reviewed these papers looking for common themes, key messages and learning points The focus of such papers was often around misdiagnosis, delay and deterioration ofthe lesion...
... et al Journal ofFootandAnkle Research 2010, 3:25 http://www.jfootankleres.com/content/3/1/25 relevance of UV light on non-exposed areas such as the plantar surface ofthefootthe role is not ... of malignant melanocytes within the basal layer ofthe epidermis, giving rise to the term “lentiginous” The term “acral” defines the location which is ofthe extremities, namely the skin ofthe ... Bristow et al Journal ofFootandAnkle Research 2010, 3:25 http://www.jfootankleres.com/content/3/1/25 Page of 13 Figure Various presentations of melanoma on the skin ofthefoot Assessment It...
... (1997–2006), and; (iii) the total cost to Medicare of subsiding footandankle surgeons' fees in 2006 To simplify the interpretation ofthe results, item numbers relating to a similar region ofthefoot ... nevertheless a useful resource for exploring the epidemiology and healthcare costs of surgical procedures [10] (ii) footandankle trauma: including treatment of dislocations and fractures ofthe ... 47678); The aim of this study was to investigate patterns offootandankle surgery provision in Australia, with particular reference to: (i) the influence of age and sex on the type of surgery...
... II The hood domain is mainly built up by residues from the C-terminus and consists of a two-stranded anti-parallel b-sheet composed of b2 and b9 and an a-helix from the C-terminus (Fig 1A) The ... Lys173 interacts with both O6 and N7 (Fig 1C) The 2¢OH ofthe ribose is hydrogen bonded to the main chain andthe side chain of Asp142 (Fig 1C) Both hydroxyl groups ofthe ribose are involved in ... Asp142, 2¢ and 3¢OH ofthe ribose and three water molecules with ˚ coordination distances of approximately 2.4 A The phosphate ofthe GMP is hydrogen bonded to main chain and side chain atoms of amino...
... a4-helix to the b4 strand andthe b9 strand to the b10 strand at the bottom ofthe Zn-stem loop in the pRN1 prim–pol structure However, because the Zn-stem loop is a fairly self-standing structure ... 70 and 80 °C between 190 and 260 nm with a step increase of 0.2 nm, and a bandwidth of nm Thermal stability of Rep245 was measured by incubating the protein at 60, 70 and 80 °C for 30 and then ... the two-metal-ion mechanism of both RNA and DNA synthesis [17] In a previous study, we reported the findings of an analysis ofthe complete sequence ofthe cryptic plasmid pIT3 isolated from the...
... the C-terminal domain of apoCII interacts with the interface ofthe N- and C-terminal domains of LPL and part ofthe lid surface [32] Because thefunctional importance of LPL’s C-terminal domain ... illustrates the overall saddle shape ofthe dimeric structure andthe key heparin-binding residues in the N-terminal domain held coordinately by the two subunits on the top ofthe hollow (Fig 1A) The ... not the lipase activity and that the normal affinity of these mutants for heparin (Fig 3, Table 1) implies conservation ofthe overall structure ofthe WW and WWW mutants – indicate that these...
... interaction ofthe membrane-bound AAA complex andthe importomer Therefore, the protein complexes isolated with protein A fusions of Pex1p, Pex6p and Pex15p were tested for the presence of peroxins ofthe ... contaminate the eluates (Fig 3A and data not shown), thereby confirming the specifity ofthe isolation Taken together, these data indicate a close association ofthe membrane-bound AAA complex andthe ... Moreover, these data indicate that at least one ofthe contact sites ofthe AAA complex andthe importomer is made by Pex15p To investigate the influence of individual peroxins ofthe importomer on the...
... to the cytosol Here we confirm and extend earlier studies of these AAA-peroxins and give a further detailed functional analysis of their cassette structure and interaction The interaction of Pex1p ... of Pex1p and Pex6p A B Fig Two-hybrid interaction of Pex1p and Pex6p harboring point mutations ofthe WalkerA and B motifs of their ATP-binding sites A schematic representation ofthe Pex1p and ... the binding sites of these two AAA-proteins to their different protein regions and elucidated the importance of ATP-binding to the two AAA-cassettes of Pex1p and Pex6p for their interaction The...
... on the one hand and lipid membranes with little incorporated protein on the other [48] The success of this method thus probably depends on the relative affinities of interaction ofthe protein and ... was present on the surface of transfected cells, and had the expected molecular mass To test whether the presence ofthe myc-his tag at the C-terminus of CCR5 would interfere with the protein’s ... glycosaminoglycans [37] As the myc-his tag ofthe protein was present at the C-terminus ofthe receptor which is located on the inside ofthe cell, we then determined if signal transduction by the protein was...
... ofthe medium and K2 the orientation factor, determined by the mutual spatial orientation ofthe transition dipole moments ofthe donor and acceptor As no data on the spatial orientation ofthe ... in cells ofthe inner hypodermis andthe epithelium ofthe oviduct as well as extracellularly in the pseudocoelomic cavity ofthe worms Discussion A bundle of four a-helices constitutes the secondary ... determined pI of 6.1 andthe theoretically deduced pI value of 6.22 was found A theoretical prediction ofthe secondary structural organization of Ag-NPA-1 performed on the basis ofthe amino acid...
... significantly in the presence or absence ofthe b1B subunit, whereas, under the same conditions, the rate of inactivation was increased in the presence ofthe b1 subunit The effects of b1B were further assessed ... in Fig 4A–D, the rates of activation and inactivation ofthe sodium current via 4768 N Qin et al (Eur J Biochem 270) Ó FEBS 2003 Fig The effect of b1B and b1 subunits on the function and expression ... part of intron adjacent to exon (Fig 1C and Table 1) As the site of divergence between the b1 and b1B subunit cDNAs was located precisely at the exon 3/intron boundary ofthe SCN1B gene, the human...
... from Hanes plots Determination ofthe metal contents ofthe Qor proteins, and detection ofthe nucleotide moiety ofthe molybdenum cofactor The contents of molybdenum and iron were determined by ... cleaves 364-bp upstream ofthe start codon of qorM, and DraIII, that cleaves 8-bp downstream ofthe stop codon of qorL After removing the 3¢ overhang and filling the 5¢ overhang ofthe plasmid with T4 ... indicated in Fig 4B The absence of Mo(V)signals reveals the g2-component of FeSII It is noted that the g-factors ofthe FeSI and II signals ofthe Qor proteins from the wild-type strain and from P putida...
... further uptake and preserving or enhancing their excretion The discovery of bile acids as ligands ofthe orphan liver receptor FXR [14] led to the concept of FXR-mediated regulation of Ntcp and Bsep ... Analysis ofthe 5¢ flanking region sequence ofthe Bsep gene A total of 2488 bp upstream from the 5¢-end ofthe Bsep cDNA was sequenced in both directions; 1583 bp are shown in Fig Identity with the ... even below that ofthe wild-type p-126 Luc Analysis ofthe binding affinity ofthe putative FXRE site for the orphan nuclear receptor FXR To characterize the FXRE site identified in the Bsep promoter...
... activity of PAF Differences and similarities between the structures of PAF and AFP The common geometrical arrangement ofthe two proteins is the special Greek key fold, in which the Structure and ... mPAF at the respective concentrations ofand 100 lgỈmL)1 Fig Ribbon diagram ofthe mean PAF structure without disulfide bond constraints the core ofthe protein (Fig 9) As a consequence ofthe highly-twisted ... contributing to the sheet stabilization (Table 2) The b5 strand is the most negativelycharged region of PAF and close to the C-terminus starts at Ala51 Loop (47–50) connects strands b4 and b5 and creates...
... found in the father or the mother of 30 of these 125 HCM-patients, that could thus be regarded as familial cases In 45 patients, none ofthe parents were available for study A total of 40 ofthe 245 ... measured, andthe left ventricular wall thickness (LVWT) calculated as the sum of IVS and PWT Table summarizes the main characteristics of patients All them fulfilled the next inclusion criteria: they ... of 150 of these controls were examined through electrocardiography to exclude the existence of cardiac diseases All the patients and controls were Caucasians from the Northern Spain regions of...
... follicles were cut open andthe theca and adherent granulosa cells peeled from the stroma The granulosa cells were then gently scraped from the theca andthe granulosa and theca cells were snap ... [21,22] The objectives ofthe studies reported here were to examine the interactions ofthe gonadotrophins and IGF with the Akt and Erk signalling pathways in theca and granulosa cells in vitro and ... concentration of 50 μM ofthe inhibitors, and 50 μM (0.005%) ofthe DMSO Concentrations ofthe inhibitors were based on the treatments used in vitro in Experiment The ewes recovered from surgery and 48...