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... of the RAGE has been shown to suppress inflammation in animal models of arthritis [18] There are four polymorphisms of the RAGE, of which the Gly82→Ser functional dimorphism shows the highest ... deemed hemorrhagic, the history was not included The body-mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters Blood pressure was measured at the time ... transient ischemic attack (TIA) or peripheral vascular disease (PVD), and these events were verified by reviewing the medical records Although a number of patients had events before the diagnosis...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... balance between these two types of receptors might be of importance in the pathogenesis of RA Our aim was to evaluate the levels of sRAGE in patients with RA and to assess whether there is an association ... samples from the same patients were simultaneously obtained from the cubital vein into the sodium citrate containing tubes Synovial fluid from NID patients who attended the Department of Orthopaedics ... age-matched groups of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and healthy controls Box plots show the 25th and 75th percentiles Horizontal lines within boxes in bold indicate medians, and dashed lines...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:23

... their risk factors Materials and methods Subjects The cohort of RA patients met the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1987 revised criteria for the classification of RA, and has been previously ... the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements Supported by grants from the PA Hospital Foundation, Australian Rotary Health Research Fund, the National Health ... deemed hemorrhagic Body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters Blood pressure was measured at the time of evaluation History of hypercholesterolemia...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... color shows the RAGE Values are the mean ± SEM of triplicate cultures *P < 0.05 compared to inhibitor-treated cells RAGE and phospho STAT3, phospho IB, phospho cJun, and phospho AKT showed the link ... immunohistochemical staining of synovial tissues showed that IL-17 increased activation of phospho STAT3, phospho IB, phospho c-Jun, and phospho AKT in RA-FLS (Figure 5) Co-immunostaining of Heo et ... blot The expression of phosphoSTAT3, phosphoIkB, phosphoC-Jun, and phosphoAKT on FLS was assessed by immunohistochemical staining using specific antibodies Coimmunostaining of RAGE and phospho STAT3,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:22

... minimize the detection limit For sufficient sensitivity of the mass analysis, the analytes should elute with a maximal proportion of organic solvent into the ion source On the other hand, the LC should ... each sample to the mean ratio of the unmodified pGL3 Control vector The results of the luciferase reporter gene assay with the CEdG-modified vector showed that the plasmid with the highest CEdG level ... sensitivity of the LC-MS ⁄ MS method had to be achieved by several measures In particular, the solvent composition of the HPLC gradient, the thorough removal of RNA from the samples and the use...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 04:20

... chest radiographs were obtained in all the subjects at the time of enrollment in the study, and were examined by two chest physicians for the presence of heart and pulmonary abnormalities The ... and testing the null hypothesis that the intercept is equal to zero and the slope is equal to one, jointly We utilized the data from the 200 COPD patients and the 201 age and sex-matched controls ... other tissues, membrane-bound RAGE is highly expressed in the normal adult human lung, especially in the alveolar epithelial cells [31-33] RAGE is thought to have a homeostatic function in the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... HN supervised the immunohistochemistry and morphometrical analysis and contributed to the writing of the paper JWK performed the animal experiments and contributed to the writing of the paper ... paper CDS supervised the animal experiments and contributed to the writing of the paper AS supervised the animal experiments and contributed to the writing of the paper FP co-designed the study and ... 1:500) Thereafter, the slides were again washed in PBS, followed by 30 minute incubation with anti-rabbit and anti-mouse EnVision-HRP (DakoCytomation, Heverlee, Belgium) The slides were then washed...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... cytokines ⁄ chemokines [11–13] Previous studies have revealed that endothelial cells are also a major target for LPS; with the help of soluble CD14 in the circulation, LPS directly activates endothelial ... a synergistic effect on the induction of cytokines ⁄ chemokines To determine whether there is any combined effect of AGE-HSA and LPS on the induction of cytokines ⁄ chemokines, we stimulated ... permeability of endothelium, thus exaggerating the inflammatory response [20]; the chemoattractants IL-8 and MCP-1 induce leukocyte–endothelial cell adhesion and promote the migration and infiltration...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 01:20

... 24 hours with either Co-BSA or AGE-BSA, then harvested and prepared for luciferase assay As shown in Figure 9, the luciferase activity normalised to β-galactose activity was significantly higher ... Acknowledgements The authors are thankful to Dr Raimund Kinne (Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena) for giving us the opportunity to learn the methods ... the pNFκB-Luc reporter plasmid together with the pSVβ-galactosidase plasmid The pNFκB plasmid contains four copies of the κ enhancer fused to the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase promoter Activation...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... K, Watanabe N, Niitsu Y: Induction of Heat Shock Protein 47 Synthesis by TGF-b and IL-1b Via Enhancement of the Heat Shock Element Binding Activity of Heat Shock Transcription Factor J Immunol ... participate in the process of BLM-induced pulmonary fibrosis, at least partly implicated in TGFb/Smads-HSP47 pathway The further study should focus on whether the contribution of AGEs to the lung fibrosis ... between the SA and AG groups Because phosphorylation of Smad signaling by the activated TGFb1 receptor I is a major step in the initiation of TGFb1 signal transduction, we further examined whether...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... significantly higher than the WT diabetic group (P < 0.001) Figure 2B shows values as %ID/g for the four groups for the left and right hindlimbs The counts in the left (ischemic) hindlimbs showed the same ... prepared the tracers, performed the experiments, and revised the manuscript JL helped in the acquisition of data DW provided the highresolution gamma imaging device AMS and SFY developed the RAGE-/animal ... alcohol An incision was made on the upper thigh of both the left and right legs of each mouse The inguinal ligament and the upper half of the femoral artery were exposed On the left side, the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 02:20

... maintain their chondrogenic phenotype We determined whether primary human OA chondrocytes and chondrocytes passaged once used in these studies maintained their phenotype – by analyzing the expression ... binding activity of NF-κB in human chondrocytes In order to gain further insight into the mechanism, we used an in vitro kinase activity assay Our results showed that EGCG inhibited the phosphorylating ... ubiquitination and phosphorylation of IκBα, the inhibitor is degraded and the NF-κB is translocated to the nucleus, where it binds and activates the promoter of target genes To investigate the mechanism...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:20

... Response: Winding the Way to the Pathogenesis of Endothelial Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis Ann NY Acad Sci 2008, 1126:7-13 189 Chen Y, Akirav EM, Chen W, Henegariu O, Moser B, Desai D, Shen JM, Webster ... 79.6– 95% homologous although the mouse genome lacks the gene for S100A12/EN-RAGE [101] Most S100 proteins exist as non-covalent homodimers within the cell [98] Some form heterodimers with other S100 ... bind other substrates [67,69] It remains to be determined if the action of the A-box is the result of competitive inhibition by binding to other substrates or interfering with the ability of the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... 3, the IgG-AGE levels were higher in the RA patient group at the initial visit as compared with the other groups studied, whereas the levels were similar in all groups at the year follow-up visit ... density pathogenic process or whether they are merely the consequence of damage in the past The amount of AGEdamaged proteins present in an individual reflects not only the synthesis of the AGE, ... RF, rheumatoid factor follow up, whereas those positive for anti-IgG-AGE antibodies in the other groups had lower frequencies of such antibodies at the year follow up When the change in the anti-IgG-AGE...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

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Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... the Markov chain method for haplotype assignments [32] The use of hormone therapy was assessed by the questions 'Do you use hormonal medication? If yes, what is the name of medication?' and 'How ... lowest odds and those with the AATT genotype the highest odds of hand osteophytes as compared with the AAtt genotype The direction of these associations contrast the findings in the studies of osteophytes ... with the phenotype than individual polymorphisms Finally, to minimize the number of analyses performed, the interaction hypothesis was tested with the risk haplotype only Conclusion Although the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

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Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... are shown in Table for the entire cohort and for the homogeneous subgroup of F508del homozygous patients Deterioration in FEV1 in the entire cohort was more pronounced in patients with the BclI ... of the studied polymorphisms with nutritional status and glucose metabolism Several reasons can be put forward to explain these results They include the types and the sensitivity of the phenotypic ... major therapeutic strategy for slowing the decline in lung function and improving survival, inhaled glucocorticoids should be selectively prescribed to patients who may benefit from them [7] However,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... which regulates the flow of the Gibbs free energy inherent in C–C bonds in fatty acids into the production of either chemical energy or heat by directing the flow of iPLA2c into either the peroxisomal ... Purification of the human heart cytosolic phospholipase activity revealed a proteolytically activated, high specific activity 40 kDa isoform and the parent 85 kDa PLA2 holoenzyme [8] Activity of iPLA2 ... manifest in either the 88- or 74 kDa transfected cells (data not shown) The rate of hydrolysis using plasmenylcholine was similar to that using phosphatidylcholine (each radiolabelled at the sn-2 Alterations...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 16:20