... strong rationale forthe clinical developmentof drugs targeting the ERK1/2 MAP kinase pathway in cancer, the effectiveness of this approach in cancer therapy remains to be validated The first and ... than 40% of melanomas [57] The majority of these mutations are clustered in the kinase domain of B-Raf and lead to the stimulation of ERK1/2 activity in cells [58] It is noteworthy that RAS and ... proliferation of specific cell types [34-37] ERK1/2 signaling is required forthe progression of cells from the G0/G1 to S phase [20,38] Activation ofthe ERK1/2 pathway is associated with induction of the...
... would be the "nanofilter" that serves asthe main point of resistance to the transvascular passage of spherical particles larger than 12 nm in diameter across the BBTB Therefore, in the physiologic ... estimated by the in vivo measurement of tumor tissue MRI signal at baseline (T10) and then again following the intravenous infusion ofthe Gd-dendrimer (T1), and the in vitro measurement ofthe molar ... first-pass drug delivery across the BBTB [44-46], and the temporary opening ofthe junctions between endothelial cells ofthe BBTB to enhance the permeation of drugs across the BBTB[34,47,48] The...
... (PBS-T) was added and incubated for 30 at room temperature (RT) After Developmentof a sandwich ELISA forthe detection of Listeria spp using specific flagella antibodies 43 washing, 100 µl of each ... antibody (MAb) was diluted in carbonate buffer (pH 9.6) to the concentration of 10 µg/ml and 100 µg of diluted MAb was added into ELISA plate (Costar, Netherlands) The plate was incubated for h at 37oC ... ELISA was used to monitor thedevelopmentofthe antibody level using the yolk diluted 1,000 times with PBST The yolk antibody also showed no cross reaction to any other bacteria (Table 1), and the...
... of illness, and the duration ofthe current episode, and the number of visits with a psychiatrist over the last six months There are limitations ofthe present study The sample of patients was ... among the high and the poor knowledge-performers in the three groups for age, durations of illness, the duration ofthe current episode, and the number of visits with a psychiatrist over the last ... to understand the need for maintenance treatment Q25 Knowledge of different kinds of treatments Q18 Knowledge ofthe magnitude of therapeutic efficacy of treatments Q20 Knowledge of common side-effects...
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... approach The aim ofthe present thesis was to investigate the use of PCL films as scaffolds in layered tissue engineering, using the blood vessel as a model The scope covers the engineering of microthin ... transplantation has become increasingly common in the past 30 years and has saved many lives, while having improved the quality of lives of thousands of other patients Paradoxically, the advent of reliable ... his energy, dedication and passion for research I would like to thank the students and staff of BIOMAT Centre, past and present, for their help and the pleasure of their company: Chee Kong, Fenghao,...
... cultured in the same medium, fibroblastic cells quickly grew out from fetal liver mononuclear cells, and failed to express endothelial phenotype 122 Chapter Isolation and Characterisation Of Vascular ... Chapter Isolation and Characterisation Of Vascular Progenitors Figure 4-3: Primary culture of haemopoietic tissue in EGM Following culture in endothelial cell media, outgrowth colonies were ... Characterisation Of Vascular Progenitors (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Figure 4-4: CFU assay Adherent colonies appeared after ten days of culture, and were stained with crystal violet to facilitate visualization...
... vWF was sporadically expressed on the cells A functional assay of acLDL uptake was performed to confirm the endothelial nature ofthe cells In contrast to the immunostaining results, acLDL was ... ofthe cells to semi-solid cultures for haematopoietic colony forming assays as an assessment ofthe retention of haematopoietic character following expansion As seen in Figure 4-10, Colony forming ... medium, the adhered fibroblasts and MSC quickly outgrew the EPC population To verify the presence of haematopoietic and endothelial lineage cells in the liver, I studied the expression profile of the...
... Frequency Glow Discharge (RFGD) Plasma after thorough repeated washing My results confirm the feasibility ofthe use of plasma based methods forthe surface modification of µXPCL films without affecting ... increased O:C ratio following PAAc grafting, and then the introduction of an N1speak following the conjugation ofthe CD34 antibody, indicating presence ofthe protein High resolution surveys ofthe ... 5.2.1.4 Assessment of tensile properties The choice ofthe plasma-based method to modify the µXPCL surface was made on the basis of its advantageous low depth of penetration However, bioresorbable...
... used to assess the efficiency of THQV’s consumer loans and find out the strength, the weakness as well asthe reason for its shortcomings Then, based on the limitations, this report puts forward ... Step 3: The director ofthe branch will responsible for approving the loan application form or not if the value ofthe loan does not exceed 500 million In case of an exceed, the director ofthe branch ... be formed from loan capital or other assets The borrower only has gives the bank the legal papers, proof of legal ownership ofthe mortgaged property It does not need to transfer the lien of...
... effective tool forthe control of stored-product insect pests In view ofthe scheduled phaseout of methyl bromide under the Montreal protocol, the role of phosphine in grain protection has increased and ... were performed to evaluate the activity ofthe fumigants The first screening ofthe compounds was space fumigation in glass chambers of 3.4-L capacity (for details see Shaaya et al., 1991) The highly ... on the rates of sorption of homologous series of ITCs on wheat, we could show that the rate of sorption decreases with increasing molecular weight (Shaaya and Desmarchelier, 1995) In the case of...
... is the common name forthe flowering plant, Hypericum perforatum L (Gaster and Holroyd, 2000), a member ofthe Hypericaceae family Its yellow flower has been gathered forthe feast of St John the ... disease outcome), except forthetreatment exposure If neither the investigators nor the study subjects know who was allocated into thetreatment group or the control group, then the RCT was “double-blinded.” ... constant increasing pattern ofthe G1 /S index was observed in thetreatment group, whereas the G1 /S ratio ofthe control group decreased concomitantly between 10 and 24 h oftreatment Following...
... University of Tokyo, Japan) for help in performing endothelial tube formation experiments This work was supported by grants from the Japan Society forthe Promotion of Science (to T I.) and the Ministry ... examine the endothelial cell biology ofthe mouse, and will accelerate the molecular and cellular analysis of ECs and their heterogeneity in various vascular beds 1994 Construction ofthe transgene ... sequence ofthe Pgk gene, and a portion ofthe multiple cloning site of pMCS5 XhoI–EcoRI-digested tsA58T Ag cDNA was blunted and cloned into the SwaI site of pCGX, and the direction was verified...
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... the literature In the feedback process, the opinions ofthe industrialists and academics were obtained based on their knowledge and experience Methodology for review ofthe related articles The ... prove this assertion, the distribution of published articles per year extracted from the Web of Science database is demonstrated in Figures to Therefore, in order to determine the formation of active ... (either forthe company or forthe customer) It includes all activities from thedevelopmentof an idea or a concept for a product, to the realization ofthe product during the production stage and...
... taken from the DDC Thedevelopment WN-PDDC as generic resource (see figure 2) Before starting the development, the set of field labels relevant forthe application must be identified Then the Core ... guarantee the system from noise caused by spurious entries in the lexicon The BL could be seen asthe complementary set ofthe FL with respect to the generic language, i.e it contains all the words of ... to the use of generic dictionaries with respect to the IE needs First there is no clear way of extracting from them the mapping between the FL and the ontology; this is mainly due to a lack of...
... technology Based on these facts it was clear that the precise control ofthe surface chemistry was mandatory forthe final optimization ofthe device performance For this reason there are some basic ... CHEMFET of BIOFET In all of these devices, the surface potential developed at the surface ofthe semiconductor is based on the direct interaction ofthe ligand with the exposed atoms ofthe semiconductor, ... the case of a GaN-based CHEMFET, the interaction of Lewis bases with the surface will drastically influence the internal band structure ofthe semiconductor As a result, the carrier density in the...