... available The use of < /b> rectangular sample regions may not be the best choice for biomedical cell specimens such as air-borne spores [52] and < /b> red blood cells where most cells can be approximated by ... cosine of < /b> the projection angle, Pi , between bi and < /b> g [31]: Pi = bi , g bi g (2.3) A larger magnitude of < /b> Pi means higher similarity between bi and < /b> g A consequence of < /b> (2.3) is an undesirable dependence ... in local neighborhoods From Fig 2.1, it is noteworthy that both e2 and < /b> e3 have blurred step edge ˆ ˆ profiles and < /b> can be approximated by e2 and < /b> e3 (Figs 2.1 (b) and < /b> 2.1(d)) given by ˆ ˆ e2 = α21...
... polypeptide backbone of < /b> BACE-1 is shown as a ribbon diagram The N-lobe and < /b> C-lobe of < /b> the bilobed aspartic proteinase structure are shown in blue and < /b> yellow, respectively The inhibitor bound between ... both b- and < /b> c-secretases are membrane-bound aspartic proteinases (see text for full details) (B) Sites of < /b> cleavage of < /b> APP by b- and < /b> c-secretases to form Ab peptides The sites of < /b> the juxtamembrane ... 2009 FEBS 1851 Biology and < /b> chemistry of < /b> b- secretase (BACE-1) C E Hunt and < /b> A J Turner A B Fig The crystal structure of < /b> BACE-1 complexed to the peptide-based inhibitor OM99-2 (A) Stereoview of < /b> the...
... molecule capable of < /b> mediating both cell- to -cell interactions, via binding to vascular -cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), and < /b> interactions with extracellular matrix components by binding to non-RGD ... IG(K/L)V and < /b> IG(K/L)J segments Both for heavy and < /b> light chains, the segments involved in V(D)J recombination confer diversity by random and < /b> imprecise rearrangement during B- cell development in the bone ... [89,90,92] A possible explanation justifying the absence of < /b> IGHV3-23 genes from clusters of < /b> stereotyped BCR is the possibility that IGHV3-23-expressing BCR might be selected through non-CDR-based recognition...
... permission and < /b> conditions of < /b> use via our website: http:www.bccancer.bc.ca/RES/SBR/Research/Psychoso cial.htm Instructions for scoring and < /b> status quo of < /b> knowledge about norms and < /b> cutoffs will be made ... acceptable measure of < /b> anxiety and < /b> depression could be found that did not have to be purchased from a commercial publisher, a number of < /b> popular scales were studied to obtain a clear sense of < /b> content ... Control [18] and < /b> are part of < /b> the Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System since 1993 The questions seek to learn about HRQoL by distinguishing between global, selfrated health and < /b> numbers of < /b> days...
... Memory B cells 60% Memory B cells 60% BBcells cells B cells CD27 Expression CD27 Expression Plasmablasts Naïve Naïve B cells B cells Memory Memory B cells B cells CD27 Expression Schematic distribution ... memory B cells and < /b> a normal frequency of < /b> CD27– naive B cells The pattern of < /b> Bcell subpopulations in pSS, RA and < /b> SLE defined by CD27 expression therefore seemed to be unique The difference between ... predominantly naive B cells [40,80] Because CD4+ T cells are depleted in HIV but not in pSS, one interpretation of < /b> these observations may be that T cell dependent priming of < /b> B cells might be less in patients...
... mechanism of < /b> TW-37-induced apoptosis is the blocking of < /b> heterodimerization between anti-apoptotic members, like Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, and < /b> Mcl-1, and < /b> pro-apoptotic members like Bax and < /b> Bak of < /b> the Bcl-2 family ... cell lines and < /b> patient derived samples 80 μg of < /b> total cell lysate was loaded to detect multi-domain pro-apoptotic and < /b> BH3-only Bax, Bak, Bok, Bad, Bim and < /b> Puma profiles in WSU cell lines and < /b> patient-derived ... of < /b> A) 37 or of < /b> TW-37 enantiomer TW-37a for 24, Bcl-2, and < /b> cells were Bax, Bim and < /b> β-actin analyzed by western blot analysis TWWSU-pre -B- ALL, B) Effect its5inactive on the protein expression of4< /b> 8...
... expressed in T cells, mast cells and < /b> macrophages but not B cells; Dok-3 is expressed in B cells, mast cells and < /b> macrophages but not in T cells; Dok4 and < /b> Dok are expressed in nonhemapoietic cells (Grimm ... result in abrogation of < /b> positive BCR signaling pathways by inhibiting the recruitment of < /b> proteins dependent of < /b> PI(3,4,5)P3 and < /b> CD19 such as Akt, Btk and < /b> PLCγ2 Cross-linking of < /b> BCR with FCγRIIB results ... macrophasges, the inhibitory role of < /b> Csk in B cells and < /b> mast cells has been shown to be minimal (Hata et 32 al., 1994) A possible explaination is that in Band < /b> mast cells, Syk has been shown to activate...
... with unstimulated cells Inhibitory Role of < /b> Leupaxin in BCR Signaling 27184 JOURNAL OF < /b> BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY peak between and < /b> 15 after BCR ligation in BJAB cells The binding of < /b> LPXN to Lyn appeared ... A20 B cells and < /b> that the inhibition of < /b> cytokine secretion by leupaxin required the phosphorylation of < /b> Tyr72 Thus, leupaxin plays an inhibitory role in BCR signaling and < /b> Bcell function Inhibitory ... pattern of < /b> BCR-induced co-localization of < /b> LPXN and < /b> Lyn upon cell activation (Fig 2C, lower panels, yellow) The co-localization of < /b> LPXN and < /b> Lyn was clearly visible in the plasma membrane of < /b> BJAB cells...
... residues of < /b> one of < /b> the three sides of < /b> sbwAFP or six residues of < /b> one of < /b> two sides of < /b> TmAFP The strands that make up the three, parallel b- sheets of < /b> the protein are designated PB1, PB2 or PB3 for sbwAFP ... dynamics of < /b> each protein, and < /b> present a comparison of < /b> sbwAFP and < /b> TmAFP with each other and < /b> with proteins that have a similar fold Structure of < /b> sbwAFP and < /b> TmAFP The structure of < /b> sbwAFP has been determined ... accessible surface area of < /b> 1180 A2 with a ˚ pseudo-rectangular face of < /b> 6.5 · 15 A The b- helical fold in this case consists of < /b> only one b- sheet face with six b- strands but like sbwAFP the b- strands...
... A23187 (B) Cell fractions from SG+ ⁄ + and < /b> SG– ⁄ – cells were analyzed for mMCP-6 and < /b> CPA by immunoblotting (C) Cytospin slides were prepared from nontreated and < /b> A23187-treated SG– ⁄ – cells and < /b> ... of < /b> 35S-labeled proteoglycans per · 106 cells into cell (filled bars) and < /b> medium (hatched bars) fractions (B) Charge density of < /b> sulfated proteoglycans 35 S-labeled proteoglycans isolated fromcell ... K 2B4 O7 and < /b> 10 lL of < /b> carbazole reagent (0.125% carbazole in 96% ethanol) The samples were boiled for 10 and < /b> cooled, and < /b> the absorbance at 530 nm was measured Inhibition of < /b> proteasome and < /b> lysosome...
... Sozzi, G., Croce, C.M., Barbanti-Brodano, G., Russo, G & Negrini, M (2000) Low frequency of < /b> alterations of < /b> the a (PPP2R1A-) and < /b> b (PPP2R 1B) isoforms of < /b> the subunit A of < /b> the serine-threonine phosphatase ... shown), in both human and < /b> Xenopus lysates, which recognises the PR65 a and < /b> b isoforms equally well The best anti-C monoclonal was found to be F2 6A10, and < /b> it recognizes PP2AC in rabbit, mouse and < /b> Xenopus ... (accession number AL555389 being the longest) Figure 3B shows an alignment of < /b> the first 340 bp of < /b> cDNA sequences of < /b> human PR48 (accession number: AF135016), the first 868 bp of < /b> Xenopus PR70 and < /b> this...
... associates with lipid bodies and < /b> induces intracellular cholesterol imbalance J Cell Biol 152, 1057–1070 Gibbons GF, Islam K & Pease RJ (2000) Mobilisation of < /b> triacylglycerol stores Biochim Biophys Acta ... maintenance of < /b> intracellular cholesterol balance in fibroblasts [12] and < /b> appear to be the principal source of < /b> fatty acids in adipose and < /b> liver [13] Moreover, correlations between lipid droplets and < /b> certain ... cell supernatant After incubation at 37 °C (30 min), the reaction was terminated by addition of < /b> mL of < /b> borate ⁄ carbonate buffer (0.1 m, pH 10.5) followed by mL of < /b> chloroform ⁄ methanol ⁄ heptane...
... a and < /b> bI, and < /b> at the second locus between bII and < /b> bIII, would give rise to nine possible genotypes (aabIIbII, aabIIbIII, aabIIIbIII, abIbIIbII, abIbIIbIII, abIbIIIbIII, bIbIbIIbII, bIbIbIIbIII, ... concentration of < /b> lgặmL)1, and < /b> the blots washed and < /b> incubated with diaminobenzidine and < /b> hydrogen peroxide A combination of < /b> the biotinylated lectins Sambucus nigra agglutinin (SNA; 10 lgặmL)1) and < /b> Maackia ... pattern of < /b> bands reminiscent of < /b> that for lung mast cells over a similar range of < /b> pI and < /b> molecular mass Tryptase monomers identied in the blots of < /b> the skin mast cell lysates exhibited a wider range of...
... pellets by centrifugation and < /b> analyzed by SDS-PAGE followed by silver staining As seen in lanes and < /b> in Fig 2A and < /b> 2B, a considerable amount of < /b> protein containing material from both HHV-6A and < /b> mock ... mean ± standard deviation (error bars) Band < /b> C Light microscopic analyses of < /b> HHV-6A- and < /b> mock-infected JJHAN cells at dpi Note the CPE, i.e enlargement of < /b> cells, in HHV-6A infected cells D and < /b> E ... Figure Metabolic labelling of < /b> proteins in HHV-6A Metabolic labelling of < /b> proteins in HHV-6A HHV-6Aor mock-infected cells were metabolically labelled with [35S]methionine between 24.5 and < /b> 28.5 hpi...
... properties of < /b> both the total as well as domain subscale scores and < /b> the data from the validation < /b> study supports the claims for reliability and < /b> validity for both As a result, each domain subscale can be ... 1.000; and < /b> Total, 0.930 ReliabilityAs seen in Table 2, internal consistency, as measured by Cronbach’s alpha of < /b> the TRIM-Weight Total score and < /b> all five subscales ranged between 0.71 and < /b> 0.94 ... Treatment Burden subscale had a correlation of < /b> 0.70 with the TSQM-Burden Finally, predictions were met regarding strong correlations between the Experience of < /b> Side Effects subscale and < /b> the FIBSER...
... the validation < /b> data and < /b> contributed to the writing of < /b> the manuscript JB designed and < /b> managed the valuation survey, analysed and < /b> reported on the valuation data and < /b> contributed to the writing of < /b> ... laws and < /b> the meaning of < /b> measurementin psychology In Proceedings of < /b> the Fourth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and < /b> Probability Volume IV Edited by: Neyman J Berkeley CA: University of < /b> ... previously and < /b> ij is the error term which is subdivided as follows: For states better than being dead, the value of < /b> the health state x/t is bounded by 1.0 for perfect health and < /b> zero for states as bad...
... specified, could possibly become obsolete as treatments evolve Instead, we included items about the embarrassment caused by the side effects of < /b> drugs, and < /b> questions about the difficulties of < /b> compliance ... most time Most of < /b> time A good bit of < /b> the time Some of < /b> the time A little of < /b> the time None of < /b> time No at all A little bit Moderately Quite a bit Extremely Page 10 of < /b> 12 (page number not for citation ... number of < /b> subjects with change in health status during the period of < /b> the study Subject acceptability was excellent with a low percentage of < /b> missing data The five dimensions were confirmed by...
... capital city of < /b> the Chinese Province of < /b> Hunan, from March 2005 to December 2005 We stratified the recruitment by patient sources, so that a balance number of < /b> study subjects can be obtained from inpatient, ... published QOL scales for BPH, such as IPSS, DAN-PSS-1, ICS-BPH, BII, SPI, BPHQOL, WHOQOL-100, BPH Quality of < /b> Life Index, BPH-HRQOL and < /b> BSP-BPH [1-4,7-11], we added 12 new items to the 74-item BPH-QLS ... domain between shortform of < /b> BPH-QLS and < /b> BPH-QLS with CCs of < /b> 0.864– 0.980 (table 3), and < /b> correlation of < /b> the total score between the two scales r2 = 0.947 The short-form scale accounted for 94.7% of...
... conceptualisation and < /b> design of < /b> the original web-based survey FJS, SES and < /b> FP assessed the quality of < /b> the data collected and < /b> participated in the design of < /b> the validation < /b> study and < /b> the development of < /b> the ... type diabetes The scope of < /b> the problem Diabetes Care 2005, 28:2543-2545 Meece J: Dispelling myths and < /b> removing barriers about insulin in type diabetes Diabetes Educator 2006, 32(1):9S-18S Brod M, ... of < /b> the Problem Areas In Diabetes scale Diabetes Care 2000, 23:1305-1309 Welch GW, Weinger K, Anderson B, Polonsky WH: Responsiveness of < /b> the Problem Areas In Diabetes (PAID) questionnaire Diabet...
... Deeb L, Grey M, Anderson B, Holzmeister LA, Clark N: Care of < /b> children and < /b> adolescents with type diabetes: a statement of < /b> the American Diabetes Association Diabetes Care 2005, 28:186-212 Newbrough ... hyperactivity disorder, bronchitis, ear problems, heart murmur, and < /b> thyroid problems Page of < /b> (page number not for citation purposes) Health and < /b> Quality of < /b> Life Outcomes 2008, 6:3 Week and < /b> in 90.27% (n ... and < /b> on the family, as measured by the CHQ-PF50 Because both the psychosocial domain of < /b> WE-CARE and < /b> the mental component summary of < /b> the SF-36 measure similar concepts, a sizeable correlation between...