... opaque with age and contain many inclusion bodies reactive with antibody to aB-crystallin, but not to b- and c-crystallin, suggesting an important role for aA-crystallin in maintaining lens transparency ... formation of huntingtin-containing inclusion bodies in Huntington’s disease encourages cell survival, whereas monomers and small inclusion bodies of huntingtin, a protein possessing abnormal polyQ ... aAcrystallin requires this domain [66] Attachment of R116C aA-crystallin to Hsp27 and aB-crystallin increases in comparison to wild type, while binding to cC-crystallin and bB2-crystallin decreases...
... and 20 andin Recycling (code 370) over 1996-2000 in county 19 For the corresponding years, there are no enterprises registered in the corresponding industries and counties, and submitting financial ... 20 Fernandez , Martinez and Saurina (2000) study cyclical behaviour of bank loans, loan losses and loan loss provisions in Spain and show that housing prices, asset prices and lending margins have ... are found in the following industries: Agriculture and forestry (code 111) in 1990-1992, Raising of fish (code 051) in 1988-1993, Fishery (code 052) in 1988-1993, Publishing, printing and reproduction...
... also contain a carboxy-terminal extension containing T-box and A-box motifs [124] In each zinc finger, four invariant cysteine residues coordinate tetrahedrically to a zinc ion, and both zinc fingers ... overlapping ligand-binding pockets The difference of the binding pocket is easy to understand by looking at the superimposition between PonA and BYI06830 shown in Fig Ligand-binding affinity Typically, ... for retaining the ligand-binding activity They found two high-affinity binding sites (Kd1 = 0.24 nm and Kd2 = 3.9 nm) The removal of GST had no effect on PonA binding, but altered DNA binding The...
... to consider theirroleincancerand inflammation S100 proteins are a family of over 20 proteins expressed in vertebrates exclusively and characterized by two calcium binding EF-hand motifs connected ... propagates inflammatory responses and is a significant RAGE ligand in the setting of sepsis and acute inflammation HMGB1 is an apparent autocrine/paracrine regulator of monocyte invasion, involving ... that have distinct and often unapparent RAGEactivating properties S100 Proteins as RAGE ligands andtheirrolein Inflammation A recent review on S100 proteins has been published, and provides...
... diabetic laboratory animals andin humans The above findings indicate that differences in the cellular availability of zinc in both insulin producing b-cells andin insulin target cells are associated ... zinc The other is MT 1A, a member of a protein family that links zinc and redox metabolism Changes in the availability of zinc ions modulate insulin signaling and redox processes Both zinc and ... on insulin signaling and coronary heart disease Insulin and zinc ions have potent stimulatory effects on lipogenesis and glucose uptake Zinc-deficient animals are less sensitive to insulin Zinc...
... been fully investigated in ovarian cancerIn the present study, we examined the relationship between the expression of Ets-1 and its targets Ang-2 and maspin in ovarian cancerandtheir clinical ... maspin in ovarian carcinoma Clin Cancer Res 2002, 8:2924-2932 doi:10.1186/1756-9966-30-31 Cite this article as: Lin et al.: Expression of Ets-1, Ang-2 and maspin in ovarian cancerandtheirrole ... different roles in angiogenesis: Ang-1 and Ang-4 are agonist ligands for Tie2 and induce tyrosin phosphorylation of Tie2, while Ang-2 and Ang-3 are antagonist ligands They bind to Tie2 without inducing...
... hyroxymethyl cytosine or that they glycosylate their DNA In addition all of the r genes in T4 that are known to be involved in superinfection and lysis inhibition [45] are missing in cyanophage genomes, ... in S-PM2, P-SSM4 and S-RMS4 speD encodes S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase a key enzyme in the synthesis of the polyamines spermidine and spermine With polyamines implicated in the stabilising ... factor in T4 and is involved in the transcription of structural proteins [45] Homologues of the T4-genes g33 and g45 which are also involved in late transcription in T4 are all found in Clokie...
... HIF-1 Hexokinase-1 HIF-1 Hexokinase-2 HIF-1 Insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF-2) HIF-1 IGF-binding protein-1 HIF-1 IGF-binding protein-2 HIF-1 IGF-binding protein-3 HIF-1 Interleukin-6 NF-IL6 ... rats with hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension J Clin Invest 1995, 96:1823–1833 23 Morrell NW, Morris KG, Stenmark KR: Role of angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensin II in development of ... subunits in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells J Clin Invest 1997, 100:2347–2353 Author’s affiliation: Institute of Genetic Medicine and Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, The Johns Hopkins...
... This expanding IL-1R1-like family includes murine and human proteins, Drosophila (fruit fly) proteins, and a plant (tobacco) protein [7,8] In Drosophila, Toll is involved in the rapid and transient ... sections) Understanding the regulation of TLR expression will provide further insight into their tissue distribution andtheirrolein combating infection There has been an initial report of ... (see Fig 3) Further evidence for the role of TRAF6 and NF-κB-inducing kinase in TLR4 signaling came from the study of TRAF6 and NF-κB-inducing kinase dominant-negative (DN) variants, which could...
... respondent pain may eventually evolve into operant and persisting pain if the environment offers pain contingent reinforcement Pain behaviour may also be learned by observing "pain models" i.e., individuals ... the on-going evolution of the understanding of the non-physical aspects of pain has been applied to the areas of screening for, intervening inand predicting those at risk of developing into a ... central and dominant influencing psychological factors in the assessment for identification and intervention strategies Competing interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests...
... Nectar-producing species in highland forests 10 Nectar-producing species in wooded grassland (savannah) 11 Nectar-producing species in arid and semi-arid land 12 Nectar-producing species in coastal plains ... trees In spite of this, the bees perhaps play a minor role as pollinators in the rain forest compared to theirrolein temperate forests, monsoon forests and savannah woodland In tropical rain forests, ... national and international networks, to find out about sources of training, markets, research findings, and raises their awareness of the industry and available opportunities Concerning financial...
... protein containing the RNA-binding motif reduces the strength of the interaction The NS3-NS3 interaction was also confirmed by co-expressing myc-tagged and flag-tagged NS3 in COS-7 cells and showing ... implicating its involvement in oncogenesis Taken together, most of the viral proteins interact and may affect the activities of host proteins in the long-term The understanding of the interplay ... activity (Levin and Patel, 1999), helicase mutants defective in self-interaction may be inactive for their unwinding activity because of their inability to from dimers or oligomers To investigate...
... display a remarkable affinity to heparin and are also called heparin binding growth factors (HBGF) FGF-2 is an 18Kd protein consisting of 155 amino acids, and an isoelectric point of 9.6, without ... that growth factors, cytokines, integrins, antigens and G protein coupled receptors also utilise tyrosine kinase pathways to transduce intracellular signals (Zachary and Rozengurt 1992, Aoki et ... specific ligands and activate second transduction pathways Intracellular signals are transmitted by coupling of receptors to cytoplasmic guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory 15 proteins (G proteins)...
... produced dark brown stain in apoptic nuclei) B Atropine 0.1 µM C Atropine µM D Atropine 10 µM E Atropine 100 µM Fig10A Immumocytochemistry of mAchR subtypes in human SF in culture Subtype selective ... corresponding to mAchR subtypes m1,m2,m4, and m5 identified in mouse sclera by immunoblotting Subtype selective antibodies bound to specific protein bands in mouse sclera extract Sepcific bands did ... Fig 8A Effect of atropine inhibiting SF cell proliferation in culture Chick SF were incubated with atropine Phase contrast photomicrographs were taken after 24...
... fats, among which are stearin, palmitin, and olein Stearin and palmitin are hard fats, crystalline in structure, and with a high melting point, while olein is a liquid In addition to these three, ... of globulins in vegetable foods is small In animal foods myosin in meat and vitellin, found in the yolk of the egg, and some of the proteids of the blood, are examples of globulins Albuminates ... mainly in the connective tissue andin the skin, hair, and nails Some of the albuminoids, as nuclein, are equal in food value to protein, while others have a lower food value In general, albuminoids...
... against cancer Russo [111] suggested that these molecules can work as cancer- blocking agents, preventing initiation of the carcinogenic process and as cancer- suppressing agents, inhibiting cancer ... grape and onion, have been investigated for their antioxidant properties andtheirrolein inducing apoptosis in tumour cells, and the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway may be one of the mechanisms involved ... sustained resveratrol efficacy in inhibiting or retarding tumour growth and ⁄ or progression in animal models inoculated with malignant cell lines, or treated with tumorigenesis-inducing drugs In...
... 181-187 When doping Cu, Mn in ZnS and Co in ZnO, the self-activated luminescence bands characterized by vacancies of zinc and oxygen are extinguished or their intensities decrease In PL spectra ... in argon and ZnO:Co (xCo = 2.10-2÷2.10-1 mol%) in air enviroment Annealing temperature and time were varied in range from 700oC to 1250oC and from 15 minutes to 36 hours [12-14] Nanocrystalline ... greater than that of the blue band As increasing the concentration of Cu, the intensity of the blue band decreases while the intensity of the green band increases and reaches to maximum at xCu...
... 7H11 plates containing either kanamycin (Km) or hygromycin (Hyg) Mice were killed or 21 days postinfection, and the mutant and wild-type loads in lungs and spleens were determined on the basis ... for each strain in a final volume of 500 lL The actual CFUs of each strain in both inocula were determined by plating serial dilutions on 7H11 plates containing either Km or Hyg before infection ... the spleen and lungs by homogenizing tissues in mL of NaCl ⁄ Pi containing 0.05% Tween-80, and the number of viable bacteria in the organs of infected mice were determined by plating serial dilutions...
... DNA-degradation incancer Isothiocyanates and the indole-3-carbinols interfere categorically in the metabolism of carcinogens thus causing inhibition of procarcinogen activation, and thereby inducing the ... of saponins and these include: steroid saponins and triterpene saponins Saponins are soluble in water and insoluble in ether, and like glycosides on hydrolysis, they give aglycones Saponins are ... important alkaloids of plant origin include the addictive stimulants caffeine, nicotine, codeine, atropine, morphine, ergotamine, cocaine, nicotine and ephedrine (Fig 1) Amino acids act as precursors...
... standard cast was measured to determine if there were any statistical significant differences in the fit that could be attributed to the differences in curing methods and the brands of resin ... self-cure) have a great influence in reducing the residual monomer content which is in agreement with many researches who reported similar findings.5–7 Significant difference was found in Journal of Physical ... which actually not reducing the strength of the bonds within the PMMA, but allowing the chains to slip over each other more easily Thus, reducing the stiffness and increasing the ability of the...