... lung, and kidney were fixed in 10% phosphate buffered formalin, embedded in paraffin, sectioned, and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) Invivo pharmacokinetics and bioavailability Invivo ... stability and toxicity of PANs, and further investigated the sustained release behavior invivoof drug loading in PANs PA was firstly synthesized and characterized by FT-IR and 1H NMR, and then ... after i.v at a dose of 200 mg/kg Invivo pharmacokinetics The plasma levels of EPI were determined following a single i.v injection of EPI or PA/EPI (10 mg/kg EPI equiv.) in female Wistar rats...
... harvesting complex (LHCI), consisting of four members (Lhca1–4) of the chlorophyll a ⁄ b binding protein family LHCI is bound along one side of PSI only, in the vicinity of the PSI-F and PSI-J ... shown in Fig 4C Interestingly, both tags are recognized more efficiently in the context of the PSI-G loop region than at the C-terminus Topology of PSI-G invivoIn order to examine the topology of ... disrupting protein–protein interactions within PSI, or by altering the conformation of the loop His-tags were employed in a topological study of the major light harvesting chlorophyll a ⁄ b binding...
... understanding of the production and function of miRNA invivo as well as for monitoring the therapeutic potential of miRNAs in cancer Bioimaging of microRNA biogenesis The molecular mechanisms involved ... containing three tandem repeat regions of miRNA23 binding sequence (reprinted with permission [11]) information for understanding the miRNA biogenesis related to human diseases Imaging miRNA targets ... et al [22] obtained quantitative in vitro images of nine transcripts that were predicted to be miRNA9 targets using the ensemble machinelearning algorithm However, invivo imaging of miRNA regulation...
... molecules candidate mediators of T-cell inhibition The involvement of iNOS and COX-2 in inhibition of T-cell proliferation was demonstrated by the addition of inhibitors of these enzymes - GW274150 and ... 3a) and because these cytokines have been shown to synergistically induce the expression of iNOS [34] and IDO [35] in fibroblasts The expression of iNOS, IDO, PD-L1, and COX-2, molecules involved ... cytokines The serum of mice was pooled per group and analyzed for the T-cell cytokines IL-2, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10, and IFN-g The injection of anti-CD3 antibody caused a profound increase in cytokine...
... effects of sulfolipocyclodextrin in a squalane -in- water and water -in- mineral oil emulsions for BHV-1 vaccines in cattle Vaccine 2000, 19:132-41 32 Reed CJ, Muench HA: A simple method of estimating ... the invivo studies of N569 and A663 strains were independently performed and carried out under different conditions At this point, a direct comparison of the pathogenecity of these strains is ... meningoencephalitis in calves reported in 1962 in Australia [10] The A663 BoHV-5 strain was isolated from a case Page ofof non purulent encephalitis in an outbreak among calves in 1982 in Argentina [19] N569 and...
... study, and informed consent was obtained from the patients' next of kin Hygrometric measurements AH and relative humidity were measured during the inspiratory phase in the in vitro andinvivo ... 12 different settings Combinations of two tidal volumes (0.5 and l), two peak inspiratory flow (0.5 and l/s) and three levels of minute controlled ventilation (5, 10 and 15 l/min), with the ventilator ... conditioning remains debatable [1,2] For example, Williams and coworkers [20] suggested that heating and humidifying the inspired gas to the natural targetsof core temperature (i.e 37°C) and AH of...
... achieved In this state of absence of information andof wide ignorance of the field, the calculator might have the merit of placing the issue of treatment dose among the priorities of critical ... Creatinine levels after 24 h from RRT start (mg dl-1) 2.4 ± 1.25 Creatinine levels at RRT withold 1.8 ± 0.6 No of patients receiving heparin < 500 U h-1 12 No of patients receiving heparin > ... settings depending on the preference of the prescribing physician, but a final spKt/V of 1.4 had to be prescribed by means of the Adequacy Calculator The plasma filtration fraction, in the case of...
... Phosphoinositide 3-kinase Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger protein Phosphatase of Regenerating Liver Retinoblastoma Protein Red Fluorescence Protein RNA interference Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Standard ... down-regulated cyclins D and E by 16h and induced the expression of p21waf1/Cip progressively The increasing expression of cyclin E in MV4-11 cells at 4h, in MOLM-14 cells at 1h and cyclin D in MOLM-14 ... Shock Protein 90 Indirubin Derivative Interferon gamma-inducible gene 16 Immunohistochemistry Intraperitoneally Internal Tandem Duplication c-Jun N-terminal Kinase Kinase Insert Domain Receptor...
... engineering for an ideal bone substitute 1.1.3 Strategies in BTE Tissue engineering is the restoration, improvement, maintenance and substitution of damaged tissues and organs using principles of ... for signs of sustained delivery when immersed in PBS solution Heparin was chosen to improve binding and regulate release of BMP-2 here and concurrently act as a framework for binding of endogenous ... Simic and Vukicevic, 2005) and kidney formation (Simic and Vukicevic, 2005) There exists a heparin binding site in N-terminal region of mature BMP-2 polypeptide In pioneering work by Ruppert in...
... IN VITRO ANDINVIVO CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT LACTOBACILLI EXPRESSING HOUSE DUST MITE ALLERGEN LIEW LEE MEI 2009 IN VITRO ANDINVIVO CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT LACTOBACILLI ... leukotrienes and basic proteins (cationic proteins, eosinophil peroxidase, major basic protein and eosinophil-derived neurotoxin), and they might be an important source of interleukin-3 (IL-3), ... of cytokines in splenic cultures Figure 4.5 Oral feeding of recombinant Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG 108 induced the Blo t 5-specific IgG2c production in mice Figure 4.6 Oral feeding of recombinant...
... degree of Master of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore under the supervision of Professor Teoh Swee Hin and Dr Alvin Yeo No part of this ... project and allowing the author to join his team, for his expertise, kindness, and most of all, his patience His enthusiasm in research and continuous support have truly been a source of inspiration ... porosity of about 85% was targeted for 1.3.2 Part 2: Optimization of native and customized scaffolds in vitro and their effects in initial bone healing (in Chapter 4) In the second part of the...
... THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2011 Acknowledgements First of all, I would like to express my profound gratitude ... (anti-microtubular) agents include the naturally occurring vinca alkaloids (e.g vincristine and vinblastine) and their semi-synthetic analogues (e.g vinorelbine) and the taxanes (e.g paclitaxel and docetaxol) ... protein binding after IV administration (Extra et al., 1993) Docetaxel is mainly bound to alpha acid glycoprotein, lipoproteins, and albumin Among them, alpha acid glycoprotein is the main determinant...
... as vindesine and vinorelbine can inhibit the assembly of microtubule by reducing the rate of tubulin addition, taxanes have the opposite effect, inhibiting the disassembly of microtubules during ... parts of the body The most common kind of enzyme involved in this degradation of drugs is cytochrome P450 (or CYP), mainly located in liver and intestine CYP is a large family of hemoproteins which ... causing the clearance of drugs once they are present in physiological system is the high probability of binding to endogenous proteins in the circulatory system The high-binding affinity of most...
... as vindesine and vinorelbine can inhibit the assembly of microtubule by reducing the rate of tubulin addition, taxanes have the opposite effect, inhibiting the disassembly of microtubules during ... parts of the body The most common kind of enzyme involved in this degradation of drugs is cytochrome P450 (or CYP), mainly located in liver and intestine CYP is a large family of hemoproteins which ... and reversibly to the β- subunit of tubulin in the microtubules rather than to tubulin dimers The binding site to tubulin differs from the one of vinca-alkaloids and podophyllotoxins While vincas...
... be discussed in detail later Intra-tumoral injection of DCs offers the theoretical advantage ofinvivo loading and activation of DCs which should be superior to in vitro loading of DCs with tumor ... mobilization of DCs using Flt3 ligand, local injection of chemokines such as macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-3β, use of DNA vaccines containing bacterial CpG motifs and the use of topical compounds ... both in vitro andinvivo experiments (Steinman and Pope, 2002) As with other APCs, DCs play an important role in activating both the innate and adaptive components of the immune system via interaction...
... Akt and ERK insulin signaling pathways and inhibits distal effects of insulin on glycogen and DNA synthesis [6–9], and microinjection of Grb14 into Xenopus laevis oocytes inhibits insulin-induced ... of insulin administered invivo to increase the level of RCAM-lysozyme in cell fractions, and then assayed the fractions of insulin-injected rats for Grb14, IR and phosphorylated IR content and ... [13], and tankyrase [15] The binding of ZIP to Grb14, by recruiting protein kinase Cf, enhances the serine phosphorylation of Grb14 and its inhibitory effect on IR kinase and insulin signaling...
... members of this family including UspA itself (Fig 2), and one larger protein consisting of two UspA domains in tandem [17] The small members of this family are proteins of 142–144 amino-acids ... Department of the Weizmann Institute by a single injection of 150 lg of the purified protein, followed by two booster shots of the same amount of protein at 2-week intervals Serum was collected and used ... growth and expression of UP12 Absorption (upper panel) and relative amount of UP12 (lower panel) in samples of cells grown in minimal M9 medium containing limited concentration of glucose (m) or in...
... experiment, the indicated proteins were incubated together in NaCl ⁄ Pi containing 250 mM NaCl at °C for h, and then incubated with Talon beads The amount of protein present in the fraction bound ... role, such as in DNA replication, in living cells In contrast, mutants of AtRPA70b were viable but showed high sensitivity to UV and MMS, suggesting involvement of AtRPA70b in the repair of damaged ... region, and a third, DBD-C, in the C-terminal region DBD-A and DBD-B are the most important regions for binding of ssDNA, whereas DBD-C has only weak ssDNA-binding activity At the N-terminus of RPA70kDa...
... [27] In rats Fig Western blot analysis of p53 and c-Jun in liver and lung Total protein extracts were obtained as described in experimental procedures A single band of about 53 kDa was detected in ... liver and lung indicating that the amount of p53 protein was significantly increased in the liver and lung from vitamin A-deficient rats that in controls c-Jun protein was significantly decreased in ... cared and handled in conformence with the Guiding Principles for Research Involving Animals and Humans, approved by the Council of the American Physiological Soceity The School of Medicine Research...
... growth of breast cancer cells in vitro andin xenografts in mice [48] miRNAs as biomarkers in cancer Their fundamental role in development and differentiation, and their pervasive corruption in lineagedependent ... in CLL, promoting the survival of leukemia cells [31] Indeed, there is a reciprocal relationship between the expression of miR-15a and miR-16-1 andof Bcl-2, and the heterologous production of ... region of 30 kb in which miR-15a and miR-16-1 reside, which are lost in 70% of patients with CLL [29] Similarly, the loss of chromosomal region 13q14, including miR-15a and miR-16-1, occurs in...