... significance of VCAM-1 and CD11b studies p values < 0.05 were considered significant Results Anandamide inhibits VCAM-1 induced by TMEV in brainendothelialcellsby CB1 receptors The endothelial blood brain ... studies and participated in the interpretation of data and revising manuscript draft FC, FL and FD participated in the design of the study, interpretation of data and revision of manuscript draft ... Anandamide inhibits Theiler’s virus induced VCAM-1 in brainendothelialcellsand reduces leukocyte transmigration in a model of blood brain barrier by activation of CB1 receptors Journal of...
... expressed by activated immune cells [16] such as T cells, B cells, macrophages, dendritic cellsand microglia [17], as well as by non-immune cells such as endothelialand epithelial cells [18,19], and ... (cytokines and lytic enzyme) ofhuman CD8 T cellsHumanbrainendothelialcells in MS lesions not express PD-L1, while PD-L2 is down-regulated To assess whether endothelialcells in the CNS of MS ... HBECs to reduce the migration and activation ofhuman T cells Our analysis of post-mortem humanbrain tissues underlines that PD-L2 is expressed by all brainendothelialcells under normal physiological...
... vascular permeability and maintaining vascular permeability [11] Endothelialcells infected by another viral agent, Hepatitis C virus [16], and epithelial cells infected byhuman rhinovirus [17] ... Kaposi's sarcoma -associated herpesvirus induces sustained levels of vascular endothelial growth factors A and C early during in vitro infection ofhuman microvascular dermal endothelial cells: biological ... DENV-infected cells showed a higher level of VEGF when compared to mock-infected cells (Table and Fig 2) An interesting display of profile consistent across all four DENV serotypes was observed, whereby...
... differences in the profile of cytokines induced The efficiency of infection of the cellsby the apical route was 70-100% and basolateral route was 30-50% As previously reported by us, there was a ... epithelial cells infected by influenza H1N1 and H5N1 viruses The concentrations of the IP-10, RANTES and IFN β were measured by ELISA in apical and basolateral culture supernatants of type I-like ... number and cell characteristics of the normal human lung Am Rev Respir Dis 1982, 125(6):740-745 Thompson CI, Barclay WS, Zambon MC, Pickles RJ: Infection ofhuman airway epithelium byhuman and...
... ofcells lining the inner wall of blood vessel and works as a barrier separating the blood flow and vascular muscle cells As continuously exposed to the flowing blood, vascular endothelialcells ... 1.2.2 Views of Engineers By far we have a clear picture of one typical signaling pathway in human VECs It starts from shear stress generated by blood flow and ends with the production of one significant ... human vascular endothelialcells (VECs), the dynamic behavior of intracellular calcium, i.e., its temporal/spatial variation, will directly affect cell proliferation, synthesis and secretion of...
... Mouse corneal endothelialcells culture 24 2.5 Human corneal endothelialcells culture .25 2.6 RNA isolation (from corneal endothelium and cultured cellsof MCECs and HCECs) 26 ... obtain another batch ofcells at passage and 2.5 Human corneal endothelialcells culture The HCECs were kindly provided by Dr Gary Peh Swee Lim of Ocular Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell group ... passage and passage were used for subsequent RNA isolation 2.6 RNA isolation (from corneal endothelium and cultured cellsof MCECs and HCECs) The Descemet’s membranes with corneal endothelial cells...
... di- and tri) methylation of lysine of histone H3; H3K27ac, acetylation of lysine 27 of histone H3; H3K27me3, trimethylation of lysine 27 of histone H3; H3K36me3, trimethylation of lysine 36 of ... concomitantly modified by the trimethylation of lysine of histone H3 (H3K4me3), a modification generally associated with transcriptional initiation, and trimethylation of lysine 27 of histone H3 (H3K27me3), ... quality and differentiation potential of individual lines [91,95] The second source of variability is a natural consequence of the genetic variation among humancells or embryos from which iPSCs and...
... concentration (IC50) of 74 nM and inhibits TNFα production from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and whole blood by 7.7 nM and 11 nM, respectively ... FMcC drafted the manuscript and analysed and interpreted the data AP acquired the data from LPS-stimulated monocytes and RA synovial cells, and contributed to drafting of the manuscript MA carried ... different forms of established experimental arthritis Disease severity was evaluated throughout, followed by histological assessment of the extent of joint inflammation and erosion at the end of the treatment...
... evidence of apoptosis in human lung cancer cells (H1299) Figure Cigarette smoke extract caused necrosis with no or little evidence of apoptosis in human lung cancer cells (H1299) Human lung cancer cells ... stress and proinflammatory cytokine release in primary human airway epithelial cellsand in a variety of transformed alveolar epithelial cells Respir Res 2006, 7:132 Publish with Bio Med Central and ... little evidence of apoptosis in primary human small airway epithelial cells Cigarette Cigarette smoke extract caused necrosis with no or little evidence of apoptosis in primary human small airway...
... from either human or rodents To test our hypothesis, we used a panel ofhumanand rodent alveolar epithelial cell lines, such as human lung cancer cells (H1299), human lung epithelial cells (H441), ... variety of alveolar epithelial cellsand in primary human small airFigure way epithelial cells Cigarette smoke extract differentially caused cytotoxicity in a variety of alveolar epithelial cellsand ... cellsand in primary human small airway epithelial cells A Various alveolar epithelial cells such as human lung cancer cells (H1299), human adenocarcinoma cells (A549), human lung epithelial...
... http://www.retrovirology.com/content/5/1/86 Figure Secretion of IL-8 and CCL20 and Induction of cell surface ICAM-1 expression in A549 cells cocultured with MT-2 cells Secretion of IL-8 and CCL20 and Induction of cell surface ICAM-1 ... cytoplasm of epithelial cells (A and D), and infiltrated lymphocytes (B and E) and macrophages (C and F) HTLV-I can be transmitted into lung epithelial cells from infected T cellsand the integrated ... investigated the production of IL-8 and CCL20 by A549 cells cocultured with MT-2 or CCRF-CEM cells A549 cells cocultured with MMC-treated MT-2 cells released considerable amounts of IL-8 and CCL20 (Figure...
... specification of the neuroectoderm (Muñoz-Sanjuán and Brivanlou, 2002) Bmp are secreted from roof plate cells in the dorsal neural tube and induce formation of neural crest stem cellsand dorsal ... the study of SHH signaling in hESC offers to augment the current understanding of the role of SHH in humans, that is based largely on the mouse model Figure 2.6 Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) ... state of ESC and the loss of their expression leads to ESC differentiation NANOG, named after the mythical Celtic land of Tir nan Og, is expressed in the inner cell massof the early embryo and...
... illustration of the method of operation of an AFM The position of the cantilever of the AFM is controlled by three piezo-ceramic controllers, which place the tip of the AFM in the x and y directions and ... modulus of points A, B, C, D, and E of a swollen RBC in PBS solution 59 Figure 28 Cross section profile of a fresh RBC in PBS solution 60 Figure 29 Force curves of A, B, C, D, and E of a fresh ... deformation, and shape of cells, leading to RBC pathophysiology It is important to have a basic understanding of the anatomy of the RBC membrane skeleton for a clear perception of how these elements and...
... studies of LIN28 19 20 Objective of the current study Page II Materials and methods 22 2.1 Culture ofhuman ES cell line 22 2.1.1 Preparation of feeder cells 22 2.1.2 Maintenance ofhuman ES cells ... Introduction 1.1 Human embryonic stem cells 1.1.1 Overview and characteristics ofhuman embryonic stem cells Embryonic stem (ES) cells are isolated from the inner cell mass (ICM) of embryos of blastocyst ... assessment of the differentiation status ofhuman ES cells (Bhattacharya et al., 2005) Analysis of expression profile of undifferentiated, partially differentiated and differentiated human ES cells...
... portions of mouse andhuman sPLA2-IIAs and rat andhuman sPLA2-Vs serve as functional heparin-binding sites [7,8,34,36], we replaced some of these cationic residues in mouse sPLA2-IID with neutral and/ or ... KE2 and KE2RS2 Two and four basic amino acids are replaced by glutamic acid or serine in KE2 and KE2RS2, respectively (B) Expression of the wild-type (WT) and two mutants of mIID in HEK293 cells, ... (spleen and thymus) and digestion (small and large intestines) of both humanand mouse [21,22], which types of cell express this sPLA2 isozyme remains obscure We therefore surveyed the expression of...
... prepared the human modified synthetic oviductal fluid (SOF) with amino acids (hmSOFaa) by supplementing mSOFaa with human serum Establishment andcharacterizationofhuman cloned ES cells Having ... Gokhale PJ, Andrews PW Culture andcharacterizationofhuman embryonic stem cells Stem Cells Dev 2004, 13, 325-336 18 Drukker M, Benvenisty N The immunogenicity ofhuman embryonic stem-derived cells ... components and to culture hES cells on feeder-free conditions or human feeder cells for safe transplantation ofhuman ES cells The use of feeder-free systems, such as Matrigel or other components of...
... N-terminus of p55 is myristoylated triggering its association to the cytoplasmic side of cell membranes [7] and the release of the budding of viral particles from the surface of infected cells After ... a set of smaller proteinsand spacer peptides (SP) encoded by the viral pol gene during the process of viral maturation The proteins are termed: matrix p17 (MA), nucleocapsid p9 (NC), p4 and capsid ... through membranes and understand better their pharmacological behaviour For delivery of the HIV-1 CAI into humancells a bi-modular peptide was developed and constructed consisting of a transport...
... transfected and non-transfected cells There have been several reports of Ca2+-dependent opsonisation of apoptotic cellsby pentraxins [9,11,21] The lack of CRP binding to classical early apoptotic human ... single bands of approximately 23 kD in SDS-PAGE (b) Western blot of CRP and known amounts ofhuman IgG on a 9% acrylamide gel under nonreducing conditions The blot was probed with anti -human IgG-HRP ... using indirect immunofluorescence and flow cytometry confirmed expression of FcγRIIA by the transfected cells, but no expression of FcγRI or FcγRIII was detected Control Jurkat cells transfected...
... (SM-MHC) in non-SMC lineage cells [74] SU5416 expanded the number of CD34 and/ or c-kit positive cellsand caused transdifferentiation of CD34+ cells, but not CD34- cells In conclusion, this data ... conceived of the report, contributed to its design and conception and drafted the manuscript KT drafted the manuscript and contributed to its design and conception NV contributed to its design and drafted ... muscle-like cellsEndothelial cell death induced by VEGF receptor blockade and subsequent selection of progenitor-like cells leads to transdifferentiation to smooth muscle-like cellsand neuronal...
... Vaccines and Therapy 2004, 2:14 http://www.gvt-journal.com/content/2/1/14 Figure Transduction of saphenous vein cellsand intact tissue Transduction of saphenous vein cellsand intact tissue Ad-CTL and ... vectors transduce both endothelialand smooth muscle cells during graft Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Genetic Vaccines and Therapy 2004, 2:14 gene delivery [9], and here show increased ... therapy ofhuman vascular bypass grafts with E2F decoy: the PREVENT single-centre, randomised, controlled trial The Lancet 1999, 354:1493-1498 Baker AH, Mehta D, George SJ, Angelini GD: Prevention of...