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... regulation of RGS1 and RGS2 expression Results RGS1 and RGS2 mRNA expression is regulated by LP and LPS BMDM were stimulated with FSL-1, a ligand for the TLR2 ⁄ heteromer, and LPS, a ligand for TLR4 ... by LP and LPS Thus, these results demonstrate that both BMDM and J774 cells express RGS1 and RGS2 mRNA and modulate expression after stimulation with LP and LPS Expression patterns of RGS1 and ... are modulated by lipopeptides and LPS S Riekenberg et al to the number and length of their fatty acids and the amino acid sequence of their peptide tail To address TLR2 ⁄ 1- and TLR2 ⁄ 6-mediated...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 13:20

... as ligands of selected subsets of T cells, such as MHC class I and II, CD1d, ICAM-1 and the novel CD8 ligand gp180 We also characterized parameters of oxidative stress, cell growth and lipid ... consumption and to examine the possible role played by cells and molecules of the immunological system in hepatic injury and repair Understanding the interdependence between the metabolism of iron and lipids ... integrity [27], we studied changes in membrane lipid composition and intracellular lipid content in HepG2 cells by examining phosphatidylserine expression and lipid droplet accumulation, respectively...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 16:20

... Meeting, PA, USA), lipid standards from Avanti Polar Lipids (Birmingham, AL, USA), and Hanks Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS) and NaCl/Pi purchased from Gibco Laboratories (Grand Island, NY, USA) Silica ... added to vol of ethanol and molar quantities of leukotriene and AA determined by HPLC and NICI-GC/MS, respectively Lipids in the cell pellets were extracted and glycerolipid classes were isolated ... above SA in phospholipid classes and subclasses were calculated and expressed as radioactivity (nCi)Ænmol)1 arachidonate Determination of SA of AA and leukotrienes The neutral lipid fraction obtained...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 07:20

... one cationic (K22) and three polar uncharged residues (N12, T13 and N19), whereas fowlicidin-1 consists of only two cationic (R11 and R21) and two polar uncharged residues (T12 and N18) 424 Fig ... antibacterial spectrum and efficacy of fowlicidin-3, we performed standard broth microdilution assays in 100% Muller-Hinton broth as recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute [15] ... E coli O157:H7 ATCC 700728 and Staph aureus ATCC 25923 and peptides diluted with and without 50% human or chicken serum The results revealed that both fowlicidin-3 and fowlicidin-1 retained >...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 11:20

... structural lipids, including sphingolipids and sterols (see Chapter 13), but these are minor components Other lipids perform specific roles in photosynthesis and other processes Included among these lipids ... Glycerophospholipids Diphosphatidylglycerol (cardiolipin) (18:2 18:2) v Respiration and Lipid Metabolism 251 FIGURE 11.15 Major polar lipids of plant membranes: (A) glyceroglycol- ipids and (B) glycerophospholipids ... characteristic and distinct complement of lipid types, and within a single membrane each class of lipids has a distinct fatty acid composition Our understanding of a membrane is one in which lipids make...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 20:20

... tryptic soy agar (TSA) and in vivo and have demonstrated that their structures are chemically and antigenically distinct from the previously described O-chain polysaccharide [11] and capsule [13] Experimental ... phenol solution (4 h, 22 °C) and harvested by centrifugation (yield 25 g, wet weight) Isolation and purification of CPS and LPS The cells were washed with 2.5% saline (w/v) and extracted by the method ... Sephadex G-100 and lyophilized (yield mg) NMR spectroscopy NMR spectra were performed on Varian INOVA 500 and 600 MHz spectrometers using standard software NMR measurements were made at 25 °C and 60...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... were prepared: neutral liposomes containing 100% PtdCho; negatively charged liposomes containing 70% PtdCho and 30% PtdSer, PtdIns or sulfatide (w w); and BMP-enriched liposomes containing 70% ... rectangular sandwich cuvette (closed) or a 0.1-cm cuvette The spectra were acquired with a scan rate of 50100 nmặmin)1, a response time of 24 s, and a step and band width of nm, and were averaged ... to rsCD1e2) and rsCD1e2+ in one representative experiment at pH 4.5 are shown in the middle and right panels (D) Comparison of the binding of bis-ANS to rsCD1e2 and rsCD1e4, with and without...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 22:21

... between reducing sugars and free amino groups of proteins, lipids and nucleic acids [4] AGEs normally form at a constant but slow rate in the body, and accumulate markedly by aging and diabetes as a ... USA) and antibiotics Endothelial cells were identified by the characteristic monolayer cobblestone appearance and positive staining for von Willebrand factor AGE-HSA and LPS stimulation and protein ... FEBS 4603 Glycation end products and lipopolysaccharide in cytokine production In summary, we demonstrate that AGE-HSA and LPS synergistically stimulate IL-6, IL-8 and MCP-1 production in endothelial...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 01:20

... O-antigen and parts of the inner-core and outer-core polysaccharide, and lipid A alone could also partially compete for hemolin binding to smooth LPS Rough mutants Rd and Re, containing only the lipid ... O-specific antigen, outer-core, and lipid-A moieties of LPS Bacterial LPS consists of three moieties: lipid A, the core carbohydrate, and the O-specific antigen (Fig 5) [24] Lipid A is composed of a ... [11], and used for all experiments Smooth LPS (S-LPS) from Escherichia coli strains 026:B6 and 0111:B4, LPS rough mutants Ra (E coli EH100), Rc (E coli J5) and Rd2 (E coli F583), diphosphoryl lipid...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 09:20

... The HlyA was incubated with PtdCho (—) and PtdEtn liposomes (– -) for 10 at a protein concentration of 50 lgÆmL)1 and a protein-lipid weight ratio of : 10 and excited at 295 nm (— – —) shows the ... between effective amphiphilicity and affinity of the toxin for lipid vesicles and erythrocytes, we conclude that amphiphilicity drives the HlyA to phospholipid vesicles and is a major determinant of ... to dansyl-PtdEtn incorporated in PtdCho-cholesterol (—) and PtdCho (– -) liposomes The toxin was incubated with liposome at a protein : lipid ratio of : (w/w), a ratio at which the sensitivity...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 09:20

... of erythrocytes to handle the hydrogen peroxide to molecular oxygen and water [11,29] GSH-Pxs catalyze the peroxides and reduce the glutathione to form oxidized glutathione and water [30] A significant ... significant decrease in the GSH after 30 days and similar pattern followed up to 120 days (p ＜ 0.05) Significant increase in lipid peroxidation indicated lipid membrane damage from 30 days onward ... ATP depletion and rise of [Ca2+]i J Neurosci 2000, 20, 2094-2103 Chow CK, Tappel AL An enzymatic protective mechanism against lipid peroxidation damage to lungs of ozone-exposed rats Lipids 1972,...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 23:22

... continued from F4 to F7 Moreover, lipid composition was determined so that reserve lipids (triglycerides) could be distinguished from structural lipids (phospholipids and cholesterol) Finally, since ... phospholipids (Daggy et al., 1987) Phospholipid plus cholesterol proportion was estimated by multiplying the phospholipid content by 1.06 (Ricard and Leclercq, 1984) The difference between total lipid ... males (t 2.85) and mixed sexes (t 2.55) This difference disappeared at and 15 d of age It again appeared and became significant at 28 days of age and thereafter Total triglycerides and their linear...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 22:22

... charge) Lanes and 5, human serum sample; lane and 6, apoE(-) mice serum sample; lane 3-4 and 7-9, apoE(-) mice serum incubated with full length apoE3 and apoE4, and with apoE2-, apoE3-, and apoE4-(72-166) ... by 0.73 in PBS and mM DHPC and by 0.86 in 50 and 100 mM DHPC (see materials and methods for detail) c, d, e Best-fit calculated sedimentation coefficients (s), molar mass (M), and local concentrations ... by lipoprotein electrophoresis (hydragel lipo + Lp(a) K20, Sebia) at 50 V, a current of 25 mA, and a power setting of W for h The LDL, VLDL, and HDL molecules were separated by their charge and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... copies/mL and 29 had no viral load data Forty and seven participants were on 30 mg and 40 mg of stavudine, respectively Twenty six, twenty and one participants were on efavirenz, nevirapine and lopinavir, ... an internal standard 50 μL of each sample was precipitated with acetonitrile containing the internal standard, centrifuged and μL of the supernatant injected onto the column Standard curves in ... and the following variables: concentrations of glucose, lactate and triglycerides, and lipoatrophy scores All tests were two-sided, and a P-value < 0.05 was considered significant Analyses were...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... state and enable lipid transport mechanisms Furthermore, they may act as ligands for lipid receptors Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is a ligand for the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor and regulates ... variants at the Apo E, Apo AI, Apo CIII, Apo B, lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and hepatic lipase (LIPC) genes and coronary artery disease (CAD): variation in LIPC gene associates with clinical outcomes ... polymorphisms influencing the lipid system (ApoE, ApoAI, ApoCIII, ApoB, lipoprotein lipase LPL und LIPC [4] One hundred and two patients with diagnosed CAD were enrolled and 104 healthy patients served...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... QD-induced ROS, namely membrane lipids and mitochondria In response to oxidative stress, cell surface and organellar membrane lipids may undergo peroxidation [24] We assessed lipid peroxidation by spectrofluorometric ... the membrane potential and regulates the release of cytochrome c Upon cellular stress, cardiolipin, along with other membrane lipids, is degraded due to lipid peroxidation, and the membrane potential ... mitochondrial lipid peroxidation and change in membrane potential QD-induced mitochondrial lipid peroxidation and change in membrane potential a Spectrofluorometric assessment of lipid membrane...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... possessing phenolic moiety and its non-hydroxylated analogue, berberine, were isolated from fraction II and used in the assays of the antiradical and anti-lipoxygenase activity as standards LOXs are the ... YH: Inhibition of prostaglandins and leukotriene generation by the plant alkaloids tetrandrine and berbamine Int J Immunopharmac 1990, 12:321-26 Young RN: Inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase: a therapeutic ... between beta-carotene and lipoxygenase in plant and animal systems Biochim Biophys Acta 1993, 1167(3):331-338 Misik V, Bezakova L, Malekova L, Kostalova D: Lipoxygenase inhibition and antioxidant properties...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:21

... even if they are adjacent and may interact [122-124] Lipid rafts are membrane domains enriched in cholesterol and sphingolipids, but can also be enriched in PI (4,5)P and PS under specific conditions ... and sphingolipids, and proteins (reviewed in [128,139]) Their size is around 10 to 20 nm but they can coalesce and organize membrane bioactivity in many ways The association of HIV-Gag with lipid ... chains (myristate and 1’-chain) and this could result in a lateral targeting of Gag to lipid rafts, where saturated lipids are enriched (Figure 4d, Bd) The trapping of PI(4,5)P2 into lipid rafts by...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:20

... -20% Change Lipoatrophy cost +20% or - 20% No cost of treating lipoatrophy Lipoatrophy rates 6% and 12% as observed in the TDF sub-groups $116,797 $116,774 $99,238 and 97,924 $98,583 and $98,579 ... virologic and immunologic efficacy and effects on cholesterol and lipoatrophy The effects of CNS toxicities were not included in the model because of their often transient nature, and the effects ... market Lipoatrophy QALY penalty 50% decreased Lipoatrophy QALY penalty 50% increased Lipoatrophy as reported for TDF regimens Adjustment Made to Base Model Assumption Lipoatrophy cost - 20% Lipoatrophy...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... Disseminated candidiasis Organism Candida albicans only versus non-albicans Candida C albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida parapsilosis, Candida glabrata versus other Candida spp Candida parapsilosis ... invasive candidiasis and candidemia, and showed better tolerability compared with liposomal amphotericin B [28,29] We conducted a post hoc analysis of the phase study comparing micafungin with liposomal ... between the micafungin and liposomal amphotericin B treatment groups for ICU and non-ICU subjects Candidemia was more common than invasive candidiasis in the present study, and the prevalence of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20