regulation of oocyte growth and maturation in fish

... avenue for targeting Ovarian cancer is the 8th leading cause of cancer in women in the US and the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancy in the western world [15] Cancer of the ovary ... state In NTera2 cells, differentiation status is confirmed by decreases in expression of Oct4 and Nanog and increases in expression of Afp, Ncam1 and Eno3 2102Ep cells alter expression of these ... gene in ductal adenocarcinomas of the pancreas Intl J Cancer 2009, 9999(999A): NA 97 Du Y, Xu Y, Ding L, Yao H, Yu H, Zhou T, Si J: Down -regulation of miR-141 in gastric cancer and its involvement...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... suspend treatment of the spine temporarily while treatment of the brain continues Since the brain and spine are in communication via the cerebrospinal fluid, holding treatment in one compartment ... ultimate goal of evaluating and optimizing therapeutic intervention within the contexts of these models [11] In this report we describe a kinetic model of tumor transport in the craniospinal axis ... exceeding rarity of extracranial metastases [4] Many extracranial metastases are in fact intraperitoneal in origin, and arise in the setting of shunts that divert CSF into this space Finally,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... two domains and a secretion signal The N-terminal expansin domain and the C-terminal expansin domain are homologous to the catalytic domain of glycoside hydrolase family 45 (GH45) proteins and a ... denticulata expansinresembling proteins As the involvement of expansins in cell growth of green algae had not been examined previously, we concentrated the experiments on this class of proteins The full ... Alignment of the amino acid sequence of the Micrasterias denticulata expansin-resembling proteins Alignment of the amino acid sequence of the M denticulata expansin-resembling proteins MdEXP2,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:21

... supplies and aquatic biodiversity Fish kills and observations of intersex in fish have been increasing in regularity in the Shenandoah River and Potomac River basins in Virginia (Blazer and others, ... Abstract Declining fish health, fish exhibiting external lesions, incidences of intersex, and death, have been observed recently within the Potomac River basin The basin receives surface runoff and direct ... E.T., and Holmes, J., 2008, Investigation of organic chemicals potentially responsible for mortality and intersex in fish of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, Virginia, during spring of 2007:...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 08:20

... sufficient for inducing activation of GS in muscle and fat cells, and that inhibition of the kinase potentiates insulin action in muscle of insulin-resistant rats [39], and that prolonged GSK3 inhibition ... thereby helping to explain the low immunoprecipitable activity that we observe in our hands Effects of insulin, Li and SB-415286 on signalling elements implicated in the regulation of GSK3 and GS ... enhanced in insulin-resistant muscle and the kinase has been implicated in down-regulating insulin signalling via its ability to serine phosphorylate IRS1 [40], it is possible that inhibition of GSK3...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20

... rate of decrease in the amount of ICAD in the mutant was slower than that in DT40 Thus, in E2A)/), in the presence of PMA/ionomycin, the time courses of alterations in the mRNA and protein levels ... caspase-regulating factors and CAD/ICAD) mediated by PMA/ionomycin results in suppression of activities of caspase-3, caspase-8 and caspase-9, and alterations in the protein levels of survivin, IAP2 and ... microscopy of DT40 and E2A)/) (Fig 2B) As expected, the viability of the two cell lines did not differ in the absence of PMA/ionomycin However, in the presence of PMA and ionomycin, the viability of...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 04:20

... as control in flowcell and showed no affinity for any of these proteins Increasing concentrations (from 10 to 100 lm) of HPr or Crh did not show any binding of either protein indicating their weak ... hybridized nonspecific DNA in flowcell and xylAcre containing DNA in flowcell by injection of mixtures containing lm of amino-modified DNA, 0.6 mm CTAB in 10 mm Hepes at a pH of 7.4 over a CM5 chip ... to CcpA [22], and FBP and NADP showed cooperative stimulation of CcpA binding to amyO in the presence of HPrSerP [23] Glc6-P also stimulated CcpA binding to cre in the absence of HPrSerP [18,24]...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... cytokine-producing populations that also play key roles in shaping immune responses, implicating Tec kinase signaling in multiple levels of regulation of cytokine production Itk and the regulation of cytokineproducing ... homology and -3 protein interaction domains that are important for kinase regulation, and a Tec homology domain containing one or two proline-rich regions that interact intra- or intermolecularly ... addressed the role played by Itk and Rlk ⁄ Txk in the regulation of cytokine-producing populations in vivo during pathogen infections and in allergic models Initial studies with Itk-deficient...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 22:21

... taurine uptake in NIH3T3 mouse fibroblasts is linear within the initial 20 following the addition of 14C-labelled taurine Using taurine uptake within the initial 20 in NaCl medium containing extracellular ... serines, threonines and tyrosines in the intracellular domains of TauT are situated in motifs highly suitable as targets for protein kinases It is possible that a shift of TauT to a more tyrosine ... before initiation of the in ux experiment Taurine uptake was followed with time using [14C]taurine as indicated in Fig The in ux, estimated from the slope of the uptake curves, was estimated and in...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 15:20

... addition in fish sauce processing is very important The procedure in the sample S1 seems to be satisfied for both purposes: inhibiting the contaminated and pathogenic micro-organisms in fish and maintaining ... was 65.45% and the purified degree was 3.03 This purified protease was used for determination of Km, Vmax and applied in fish sauce processing 2.3 Determination of kinetic parameters Km and Vmax ... quantified by Lowry method, using Serum Bovine Albumine as a standard - Crude protein contents in fish, rice bran and soy meal were determined by Kjeldahl method - Amino nitrogen was quantified...

Ngày tải lên: 22/07/2014, 10:21

... to seedlings, e.g later onset and lower intensity of dormancy and cold hardiness and earlier flushing in spring (Fennessy et al 2000) The evaluation of the 2nd generation rooted cuttings in Černohorská ... Comparison of the growth of parent trees and clones of the 1st and 2nd generation Research plots were evaluated in the intervals of several years So data acquired in plantations of different age growing ... again in all types of sites Relatively good growth in the extreme mountain locality Černohorská rašelina was also observed years after outplanting in the control (generative) planting stock of...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22

... measured by dendrometers and obtained from analysis of tree rings Figure Growth of basal area in individual trees at the experimental stand in Peno during the growing season 2000 during the whole vegetation ... stand with domination of aspens into the stand with dominant spruce and significant admixture of alder in wet part of the experimental plot 3.5 Comparison of seasonal increment in stem radius ... widths of these aspen trees in 2000 to 1999 and taking the corresponding data of dendrometers as ring width for 2000 increased the mean correlation of their ring widths with ring widths of other...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... exceeded if a determined crown ratio is intended to be maintained (Fig 10) The increase of competition leads to a decreasing ih/chb ratio for both species In the case of increasing competition, ... height increment and change of the height to crown base (ih/chb) in function of the competition status based on Hegyi’s index Figure Development of crown ratio (cr) of thinned and unthinned Norway ... Norway spruce and Silver fir up to 10 years since thinning With the exception of thinned Silver fir all trees are declining in crown ratio, the unthinned trees more than the thinned ones rate)...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... start of spring growth in these trees, and radial growth accelerated around mid August From these measurements hourly and daily increments of stem radius were determined 2.4 Wood data In September ... 2.5 Relating stem growth to wood properties Specific software procedures were written in IDL (RSI Inc.) to handle hourly dendrometer data, extracting rates and duration of stem shrinkage and expansion ... time step, using the time and distance-based data arrays A critical step in the mapping process was the identification of growth ring boundaries The sufficiently defined annual rings of E nitens...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:20

... monospecific stands of pine (e.g Lindroth [23]) and of spruce [I] in Sweden The schematic distribution of tree foliage mass and the measured and approximated green crown height for the individual ... simple linear function of short-wave radiation with intercept and slope parameters of 23.8 and 0.77 W m respectively, as found , -2 over a stand of similar age and species composition in Siggefora ... was 15 and 30 for pine and spruce, respectively With this time lag, the correlation between sap flow and the product of VPD and radiation was tight and reached r 0.92 and r 0.91 for pine and spruce,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:20

... IHC and FISH in 50 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma of breast Methods Study Design The study population consists of 50 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma of breast treated between July, 2008 and ... manuscript and participated in FISH analysis JC and HP carried out FISH analysis YW, MQ and HH carried out IHC analysis YD conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and ... rate according to IHC and 1+ was defined as the number of discrepant IHC and 1+ cases divided by the total number of IHC and 1+ cases and was 19.2% (5/ 26) Following the same way of counting, the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... attenuation of autoimmunity Herein we present data on the regulation of IL17 responses by the Th1 cytokine IFN-γ and the Th2 cytokine IL-4 in CIA treatments Hematoxylin and eosin staining of paws ... study demonstrating that Th17 cells were predominant in the draining inguinal lymph nodes whereas IL-17-producing γδ T cells were predominant in the inflamed joint [27] Although increased systemic ... Goldman M, Berg WB van den: Role of interleukin-4 and interleukin-10 in murine collagen-induced arthritis Protective effect of interleukin-4 and interleukin-10 treatment on cartilage destruction...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... in Chinese × European synthetic lines, the choice of breeding animals in crossbreeding programs involving Chinese breeds or the introgression of high growth or leanness alleles in the Chinese ... in females than in males in F2 pigs originating from Meishan grandsires and Large White granddams (vs Large White grandsires and Meishan granddam in the present study) The lower QTL effects in ... containing 17% crude protein, 0.85% lysine and 100 kcal digestible energy during the whole testing period from 10 to 22 weeks of age They were weighed at the beginning and at the end of the testing...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:21

... 15-day-old pVvMYB60:GUS seedling (E) Magnification of leaf primordia in (D), showing staining of differentiating stomata (F) Detail of a pVvMYB60:GUS mature leaf, showing staining of fully differentiated ... (H) and (I) Histochemical analysis of GUS expression in pVvMYB60:GUS leaves in response to ABA (H) GUS staining of stomata in a control leaf (I), GUS staining of stomata following hours of exposure ... clade involved in the regulation of the anthocyanin and pro-anthocyanidin biosynthetic pathway, as the accumulation of these flavonoid compounds in fruit tissues is a key determinant of berry and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:21

... were within the normal range Urine examination was normal and thyroid function tests were normal Arginine and growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) + arginine testing showed normal growth hormone ... may induce postnatal onset of severe growth retardation, thus suggesting the need for growth and endocrine monitoring of offspring exposed in utero to anticonvulsant drugs Consent Written informed ... teach us something Abbreviations GH, growth hormone; GHRH, growth hormone releasing hormone; IGF-I, insulin-like growth factor-I; IGFBP-3, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 www.casesnetwork.com...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21