... Cyclosporin A -induced oxidativestress M van der Toorn et al calcineurin therefore play a role in cyclosporin A -induced oxidativestress and disturbed Ca2+ homeostasis ... concentrations of CsA and its analogs on the Ca2+-dependent induction of opening ofthe MPTP The data are representative of four experiments A concentration of mM Ca2+ was used to induce opening ofthe ... P-glycoprotein Unlike CsA, both NIM811 and PSC833 not inhibit calcineurin Together, these results suggest that neither mitochondria, inhibition of calcineurin nor blockage of P-glycoprotein play a role in...
... indicate that inhibition ofthe PI3K/Akt signaling pathway may lead to inhibition ofthe MDR induced by PrPC in gastric cancer cells The mechanism underlying PI3K/Akt-mediated PrPC -induced MDR in gastric ... immunoreactivity (IR) The staining was semiquantitatively evaluated by assigning a score for the intensity ofthe IR and for the proportion of cells positively stained The intensity of IR (intensity score) ... PrPC -induced MDR in gastric cancer cells, partly by decreasing the transcriptional activation of P-gp Continuing from our previous work, it further reveals the function of PrPC inthe MDR of cancers...
... Matching the blot with the protein map shows that PDT caused labeling of a-tubulin and b-tubulin (spots and 2) The minor spot probably reflects labeling of a small fraction of actin The rest ofthe ... fingerprints of trypsin digests ofthe spots of interest obtained with MALDI-TOF, followed by a database search with the Mascot software for peptide mapping result) and matching of our protein maps ... accumulate inthe cell Irradiation of rat fibroblasts, loaded with both Hypocrellin A and acetylTyr-Fluo, resulted inthe labeling of cellular proteins, as shown in Fig PDT -induced protein labeling was...
... Western Blotting The lower shows the ratio of Nrf2/actin using calculatging by densitometor Inthe cell treated with PM2.5, the level of Nrf2 was much highly increased than inthe cell treated ... PM10 to oxidativestress repair enzyme, we used RT-PCR analysis Figure shows the expression level of catalase mRNA induced by Comparative study of PM2.5 - and PM10 - inducedoxidativestressin rat ... suggesting that PM2.5 induced more oxidativestress than PM10 Inthe single strand breakage assay using pBR322 DNA, the ratio of changed form II/total plasmid DNA (form Comparative study of PM2.5...
... discussion ofthe mediators involved in EIB and their cellular sources are beyond the scope of this review.) 61 activity in individuals with underlying airway hyperresponsiveness.4 The occurrence of ... for the treatment of EIB.12 Results are varied; routine use of these types of pharmacologic intervention is not recommended as primary treatment of EIB.12 Other therapies are still being investigated.12 ... expiratory volume in second LTRA administration Another group reproduced these findings by showing similar protection against EIB during the first days of treatment with either montelukast or...
... general, there was weak-moderate IL-1b staining inthe jejunal crypts There was predominantly weak staining ofthe villi The intensity of IL-1b staining fluctuated throughout six weeks of radiotherapy ... inthe intestinal epithelium of rats receiving radiotherapy Previous research into expression at the protein level has shown conflicting findings In one study, proinflammatory cytokine protein ... later time points of radiotherapy suggesting that these cytokines can ultimately induce more tissue injury and inflammation inthe intestine with increasing total doses of radiotherapy Expression...
... efficiently determine rejoining without the inference ofthe apoptosis Figure illustrates the effect of abrogating apoptosis in NP18 cells from a xenograft, showing clear differences between initial and ... were seen inthe NP18 cell line (data not shown) In sharp contrast, in irradiated cell-plugs the initial DNA extraction was higher than in unirradiated cell-plugs indicating that radiation -induced ... environment (Figure 2B) To further confirm that the origin of apoptosis was the encapsulation in agarose, we investigated the activation of caspase-3 in cells growing as monolayer (in a physiological environment)...
... SBEIIa-D(A201T) the amino acid change induced by the EMS treatment is located inthe region ofthe N-terminal domain ofthe glycogen branching enzyme family, reported to be essential for the size ofthe ... product showed the inclusion ofthe intron V, whereas the smaller one was found to contain a deletion ofthe first seven nucleotides of exon VI The presence ofthe intron V inthe longer transcript ... caused the loss of two ofthe seven amino acids involved inthe binding and catalytic activity in normal SBEIIa protein, respectively Arg465 and Asp467 Analysis of SBEIIa-transcripts inthe knock...
... than other endothelial cells inthe body In keeping with the theory of endothelial cell activation having a role in ANFH, coagulation-related gene expression in particular serine (or cysteine) ... development of early steroid -induced ANFH Determination of whether A2M over-expression in our study is either the result or the cause ofthe apoptosis found in our rats developing early ANFH following ... apoptosis is involved inthe early stages of steroid -induced osteone- crosis [26] Weinstein et al reported that the number of apoptotic bone cells increased significantly in mice after steroid administration...
... but these swings should be minimally responsive to volume infusion because they are minimally related to right heart filling Based on the above analysis, how can the poor predictive values of PPV ... change in stroke volume The use of percentage change could thus have obscured what was happening, especially considering that there were progressive increases inthe stroke volumes Two other factors ... might be involved First, dUp probably accounted for a significant part ofthe PPV dUp is related to the decrease in afterload with a positive pressure breath and the squeezing of blood out ofthe lungs...
... have been shown to be the binding sites ofthe receptors and thus block the binding ofthe neutralizing binding sites of antibodies (Kim, Smith et al 1989) Blockage ofthe binding site with several ... control the symptoms None of them are able to eliminate the disease The major unmet in this area include better management ofthe severe forms ofthe disease and development of curative therapies Therefore, ... reduced the binding activity of NF-κB Artesunate attenuated the exacerbation of RV on asthma, and our findings implicated a potential value of artesunate inthe treatment of rhinovirus-induced...
... Xin repeat-containing proteins as part ofthe cardiac cytoskeleton As the function ofthe Xin repeat-containing proteins (XIRPs) inthe heart will be inthe center of this study, their role in ... to the elastic properties ofthe sarcomere Inthe center ofthe sarcomere the myosin filaments are connected by the proteins ofthe M-band (M) e.g myomesin and M-protein The region in which the ... proteins XIRP1 Xin repeat containing protein XIRP2 Xin repeat containing protein Introduction 1.1 The heart - an overview 1.1.1 Physiological function ofthe heart The function ofthe heart is to...
... mice (Fig 3A) Interestingly, the MCT diet also induced AOX gene expression in WT mice After 24 h of fasting, both genotypes showed a significant increase inthe expression of AOX with the MCT diet ... approval ofthe Heinrich-Heine-University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee The care ofthe animals was in accordance with the Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center and Institutional ... observed in human VLCADD [5] In fact, in both mice and humans, clinical symptoms become mainly evident as a consequence of triggers such as fasting, resulting inthe accumulation of long-chain acylcarnitines,...
... at and months of age, representing the early stage of DCM (data not shown); therefore, we propose that the up-regulated expression of CYP2E1 was involved inthe pathogenesis of DCM in cTNTR141W ... longitudinal sections are shown in (A) (magnification ·20; scale bars = mm) The hemotoxylin and eosin-stained sections ofthe left ventricle are shown in (B) and Masson’s trichrome stained sections of ... observations made in rat liver [21] The expression of CYP2E1 is increased inthe human ischemic and dilated heart [12] and in left ventricular tissue ofthe spontaneously hypertensive rats [13] Inthe present...
... by the skin: binding of a free cadmium ion to sulfhydryl radicals of cysteine in epidermal keratins, or an induction and complexing with metallothionein [15] Handling Ofcadmiuminthe body Once ... transporting complexes, endocytosis of proteins Cd-MT, Cd-Protein Figure Handling ofcadmiumin human body Handling ofcadmiumin human body Figure legend text: Metabolism, storage and excretion ofcadmium ... by the blood, the majority ofcadmium is transported bound to proteins, such as Albumin and Metallothionein The first organ reached after uptake into the GI-blood is the liver Here cadmium induces...
... allows quantification ofthe fluorescence intensity and thus the inflammatory status of single cells The determination ofthe effect of miniaturization on nanoparticle -induced inflammatory cell responses ... Quantification of pIL8-GFP induction For quantification of an induced inflammatory reaction, the reporter cells pIL8-GFP A549 were used The induction ofthe promoter is linked to the production ofthe inflammatory ... inthe microcavity One advantage ofthe miniaturized method is the recording ofthe complete cell culture area in one image Hence, every individual cell response is involved inthe assessment of...
... barrier, reducing the rate of seed germination thereby delaying the onset of inter-specific competition The interaction between the site related variables (PC1 and 2) and method of site preparation ... Description ofthe 33 trial sites included inthe multivariate analyses to link physiographic, climatic and site management factors to weed -induced Eucalyptus suppression in South Africa Competition -induced ... DISCUSSION The results ofthe PCA and multiple linear regression analyses indicated that there were variables inthe data set that could be used to estimate the time at which competition-induced...
... attenuate the activation of MAPKs signaling [29,58], thereby indicating that the MAPK signaling pathway is an important target of ROS The levels of intracellular ROS were increased as the result ofthe ... H2O2 to investigate the mechanisms of cell injury resulting from acute oxidativestressin various cells and tissues [18,59] Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of DHT ... which supports the role of DHT in this process In addition, H2O2 activated NF-κB is one ofthe key regulatory molecules inoxidativestress -induced cell injury and the activation of NF-κB has an...
... from the bark ofplantsofthe Pterocarpus genus Plant extracts from this origin have long been used inthe Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine [20,21] Given the potential role of PPARγ in inflammatory ... production of TNF-α, IL-1β, and INF-γ from isolated spleen cells induced by LPS As the involvement of each of these cytokines inthe pathogenesis of arthritis is well Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/8/1/R7 ... a critical role inthe pathogenesis of RA, we monitored the production ofthe proinfammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β, and INF-γ as well as anti-inflammatory IL-4 and IL-10 inthe spleen cell supernatants...
... cells Original magnification ×800 of clinical disease In addition, at the time point of arthritis onset, a substantial number ofthe infiltrating inflammatory cells expressed HMGB1 in their cytoplasm, ... scores ofthe cytokine expression appeared to be very similar within the group with reproducible results in at least three staining experiments A substantial number ofthe first infiltrating inflammatory ... bone (Figure 3) At these time points, the number of TNF-expressing cells dominated quantitatively throughout the synovial tissue, the most abundant expression being within the lining layer Both spatial...