... secretagogue The volume of each saliva sample was measured The saliva samples were then frozen at -80°C until analyzed Statistical analyses For this study, we have standardized both saliva and tear ... design of the study, ANA staining, saliva collections, data analyses, and manuscript preparation All authors read and approved the final manuscript Proposed genetic predisposition for and fatty acid ... generated by GraphPad InStat software (GraphPad Software, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) A two-tailed P value of less than 0.05 was considered significant Histology Male and female C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2R(n)...
... obtaining a value for internodal leak resistance on the basis of experimental data alone For these reasons we believe that the present approach was justified Alternative explanations of breakdown ... was based on studies on the morphology of cat ventral spinal roots The geometrical parameters were taken from cats of 1–11 years of age fora motor nerve fiber with a diameter of 14 µm (see Table ... time-constant was slowed by a factor of two (timeconstant); and c) the kinetics was displaced so that the channel was activated at a membrane potential 20 mV more negative than is required to activate the...
... evaluate cellulose dissolution pretreatments such as ionic liquids and phosphoric acid pretreatment as they offer greater potential at biomass fractionation and superior kinetic advantages for ... fragments and acetyl groups are removed forming acetic acid Organic solvent such as acetone can be used to precipitate and separate the fractionated biomass The pretreatment has an advantage of ... beta allomorph with 40% crystallinity [28] Low crystallinity of wheat straw cellulose makes it a good substrate for enzymatic saccharification [25] as well as a suitable host polymer for preparation...
... precultured for 12 h under normoxia or hypoxia before addition of actinomycin D The half-life of HO-1 mRNA in YN-1 cells was about 9.5 h under normoxia, and remained Functional analysis of the HO-1 and ... We thank S Taketani for anti-HO-1 and Y FujiiKuriyama for the HRE constructs This study was supported by Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research (B), for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, and ... Functional analysis of cDNAs for two types of human heme oxygenase and evidence for their separate regulation J Biochem (Tokyo) 113, 214–218 Takeda K, Ishizawa S, Sato M, Yoshida T & Shibahara S...
... ****AAA*** *******AAA ****AAAAAA AAA****AAA AAA*AAA*** *******DDD *******EEE *******LLL *******NNN *******SSS *******PPP chloroplasts used for this assay [15] Furthermore, the intermediate and mature ... precursor was sorted to multiple pathways in a way distinct from that of AGA precursor, or (c) the effect of AAG mutation on correct targeting was significantly less than that of AGA mutation Taken ... the pea Toc75 transit peptide and its derivatives used in this study Name Sequence (residues 91–100) WT polyAla AGG GAG GGA GAA AGA AAG GGD GGE GGL GGN GGS GGP GGGAGGGGGG *SA*AAAAA* AAA*******...
... Tarauaca, Xapuri Rondonia – Ariquemes, Calama, Costa Marques, Jiparana, Ouro Preto, Pimenta Bueno, Jaru Mato Grosso: Aracotuba, Cartriquaca, Itauba, Vila Bella Provenance-wise conservation- India Introduced ... months in a year - average annual rain fall of 7.5mm per day - average of 90 rainy days/ year 18 First year post- drought data on range and mean of growth characters in the hot-spot region Characters ... the availability of sufficient genetic variability 1981-IRRDB germplasm collection – a valuable reservoir of genes for various abiotic stresses Acre : Brasileia, Feijo, Sena Madureira, Tarauaca,...
... pseudonana Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA Odontella sinensis Chloroplast DNA Prasinophyceae Mesostigma viride Chloroplast DNA Euglenophyceae Euglena gracilis Chloroplast DNA Chlorophyceae (green algae) ... little information on the extrinsic proteins of non-green algae including the Glaucophyceae, Haptophyceae, Prasinophyceae, Bacillarriophyceae (diatom) and Phaeophyceae (brown algae), which are considered ... Cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp PCC6803 Rhodophyceae (red algae) Cyanidioschyzon merolae Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA Cyanidium caldarium Chloroplast DNA Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) Thalassiosira pseudonana...
... approval has been granted, a 3X material may be shipped to an approved hazardous waste treatment facility for disposal in a landfill orfor further treatment 5X level Treatmentof solids to a ... president of the National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding ... SOURCE: AEA (2000) 16 ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEMILITARIZATION OF ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS balance for carbon Organic sulfur and phosphorus were determined from analysis of the sulfate and phosphate...
... buer used was Mes forpH 6.2 and Caps forpH 9.2 these computations, the initial value for each of the rate constants was taken from the corresponding slope ofa biphasic curve (as delineated in ... state of the run was not for the usual acidic met-form but for an admixture with hemichrome For the oxidation product of separated b chains, we have already carried out 8K EPR analysis in 10 mM maleate ... tetrameric form (99%) was for the b chain This estimation was made on the basis of the results by McDonald et al [16] In a previous paper [8], we have reported that the separated a and b chains are...
... potential harm from embracing a standardized taxonomy of terms and data aggregation for patient safety Working with legal counsel, risk management, and health information professionals, senior ... against nurses for serious errors The case of Betsy Lehman was emblematic of this approach In the aftermath ofa catastrophic medication error at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, detailed evaluations ... HANDBOOK OF PATIENT SAFETY COMPLIANCE Y THE HANDBOOK OF PATIENT SAFETY COMPLIANCE A Practical Guide for Health Care Organizations Fay A Rozovsky and James R Woods Jr., Editors Foreword by Maree...
... 8.2% for males and 6.2% and 10% for females [16] For the recognition, prevention and treatmentof mental health problems, the underestimation of distress can be regarded as unfavorable for several ... helpful for the identification – and maybe even monitoring – of employees at risk for sickness absence and for the selection of cases for support like stress management programs ortreatment in order ... of Health and Human Services; 2001 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services: First report on national health priority areas 1996 Canberra:...
... signal intensity for each cDNA was examined using the Array Pro software (Media Cybernetics, Silver Spring, MD) Background correction for each cDNA microarray hybridization assay was assessed via ... Dr Alan Sher and Andre Bafica from NIAID for kindly providing the aged CCR5-deficient mice for certain studies and Prof Dr Radovan Borojevic for valuable discussions on this work This work was ... "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" [NIH publication no 86-23, 1985] CCR5-deficient mice (B6;129P2-Ccr5tm1Kuz/J) originally obtained from Jackson Laboratories (Bar Harbor, ME) were aged...
... using larger samples should be performed to clarify the roleof sigma-1 receptors in the efficacy of fluvoxamine for akathisia Author details Department of Psychiatry, Asahikawa Red Cross Hospital, ... with antipsychotic treatment Aripiprazole is an antipsychotic drug that acts as a partial agonist at dopamine D receptors and serotonin 5hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) 1A receptors, and an antagonist at ... aripiprazoleassociated akathisia in patients with schizophrenia: apotentialroleof sigma-1 receptors Annals of General Psychiatry 2010 9:11 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage...
... concentrations between cohorts using Wilcoxon rank sum test Data are expressed as median (interquartile range) b Laboratory samples were unavailable for one patient for C 5a and CH50, nine controls for ... the power of our statistical analysis and make our data vulnerable to a statistical type II error Therefore, our data not allow for advocating complement serum levels as a new biomarker until ... stability draw from a combination of factors including improvement of standard laboratory values, ingestion of adequate calories to begin weight restoration, and resolution of comorbidities [4,10,11]...
... instructions Anticollagen antibody assay Sera were collected from control DBA-lpr/+ and mutant DBA-lpr/lpr mice before immunization and at days 20 and 47 after immunization and a standard ELISA was used ... 1:20,000 was added and incubated for hour at 37°C This step was followed by washing and incubation with a 1:1000 dilution of alkalinephosphatase-conjugated streptavidin (Dianova) Plates were ... samples were heated for hours at 42°C and rapidly cooled on ice TaqMan® Real-Time PCR The TaqMan® PCR Core Reagent Kit (Applied Biosystems, Weiterstadt, Germany) was used for amplification of...
... presence (At) or absence of atorvastatin 0.25 μM Total RNA was isolated, and northern blots were prepared and probed for CD59 mRNA atorvastatin (Figure 4b) Further experiments using quantitative real-time ... by atorvastatin and the hypoxia of CD59 (P < 0.05) Analysis of the effects of statins on NO bioavailability has suggested that the isoprenoid intermediates geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate and geranylgeraniol, ... 50:4051-4059 Barsante MM, Roffe E, Yokoro CM, Tafuri WL, Souza DG, Pinho V, Castro MSD, Teixeira MM: Anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of atorvastatin in a rat model of adjuvant-induced arthritis...
... two-class t-tests and GOanalysis Pathway analysis was performed based on information available on cellular signalling processes from a curated database on signalling networks and systems biology package ... was also performed for RNA isolated from cells incubated for the same time period (24 h) under normoxic conditions For bioinformatical-analysis a step-wise approach was applied: Weak signals, ... proportion of vital cells after irradiation, compared to the non-irradiated control was calculated Statistical analysis Statistical analysis of the genomics was performed with SUMO (Christian...
... MMP-3 S: GAAAGTCTGGGAAGAGGTGACTCCAC AS: CAGTGTTGGCTGAGTGAAAGAGACCC 284 Osteocalcin S: CATGAGAGCCCTCACA AS: AGAGCGACACCCTAGAC 310 Alkaline phosphatase S: TGCAGTACGAGCTGAACAG AS: TGAAGACGTGGGAATGGTC ... score for mice four days after intra-articular galectin-3 (gal3) injection (a) Total score, (b) cartilage score and (c) bone histomorphometric score Data are expressed as median and (range) and are ... during OA, and particularly during inflammatory phases Very often, these phases lead to hyperplasia of the synovium, which may invade the joint space and adhere to cartilage, generating a pannus...
... Maldonado-Cocco J, Orozco-Alcala J, Prieur AM, Suarez-Almazor ME, Woo P, International League of Associations for Rheumatology: International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification ... purposes) Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol 10 No Spalding et al Table Reproducibility of wrist and metacarpalphalangeal three-dimensional measures across sessions 3D measure Wrist Metacarpophalangeal ... the effect of significant deformity on this approach in a larger population of RA and JIA patients Ultimately, this approach may provide a tool to improve the accuracy of assessment of arthritis...
... this article as: Cereijo et al.: Is distortion of the bioprosthesis ring a risk factor for early calcification? Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:77 Author details Department of Cardiovascular ... Cereijo et al Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:77 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/77 Page of Table Demographic data Age (range) Female/Male Aortic Stenosis Renal insufficiency ... Cardiovascular Surgery, Santiago de Compostela University Hospital La Choupana, Santiago de Compostela 15706, Spain 2Department of Radiology, Santiago de Compostela University Hospital La Choupana, Santiago...