... regulatory-associated protein of mTOR rapamycin-insensitive companion of mTOR reactive oxygen species Beclin-1 interacting and cystein-rich containing S6 kinase Small interfering RNA soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive ... 2011) There are continuous efforts and increasing interests in uncovering the underlying mechanisms ofthe above functions 1.1.2.1 Anti-malaria As shown in Figure 1.1, the basic structure of artemisinin ... 2013) The underlying mechanisms ofthe anti-malaria function of artemisinins have been extensively studied, including: (i) inhibition the PfATP6 of Plasmodium falciparum in Xenopus oocytes, the...
... the importance of PT inthe mitochondrial apoptosis, because inthe absence ofthe hallmarks of PT, including the loss ofthe inner membrane potential and the rupture ofthe outer membrane, the ... hypoxia), and they found that the type, strength and kinetics ofthe target gene profiles depend on the levels of p53 inthe cell, the type of inducing agent, and the cell type investigated (Wang ... JAB Janus kinase binding protein JAKs Janus protein-tyrosine kinases JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinases MAPK mitogen activated protein kinase xiv MAPKK mitogen activated protein kinase kinase MAPKKK...
... alkalinity induced library The relatively lower percentage of 24 nt reads indicates that more kinds of miRNAs are involved inthe response of G max to alkalinity compared with other stress conditions These ... originating from both arms ofthe miRNA precursors Eleven miRNAs, including Gma-m006, had a higher number of sequence reads originating from the 5´ arm than the annotated mature miRNA containing ... illustrates the 13 diversity of miRNA expression in Glycine max, revealing the presence of more miRNAs than previously known In addition, deep sequencing technologies in combination with bioinformatics...
... for determining the timing of tissue differentiation during larva period of Drosophila development and maintaining the tissue identity during the adulthood It should be noted that thehuman microarray ... understanding the global role of miRNAs in maintaining lineage of differentiated tissues and cells has great impact on the studies of miRNAs incancer genetics 16 Methods Datasets used in this study The ... genes These findings strongly suggest that miRNAs play a most important role in driving tissue terminal differentiation and maintaining tissue identity rather than in determining or regulating...
... even thousands of genes Additionally, the existing number of microRNAs, coupled with the continual discoveryof novel microRNAs, suggests that they may be involved in many aspects of post-transcriptional ... differentiation in vivo Chapter challenges the dogma that animal microRNAs only target the 3’UTRs of genes This will be investigated inthe context ofmicroRNAs targeting the coding regions of transcription ... coding regions by microRNAsin animals However, it is interesting to note that other components ofthe posttranscriptional machinery, the RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), are known to bind all along...
... proteins that play an important role in maintaining protein homeostasis inthe cell by aiding the process of proper folding of proteins and thereby preventing the accumulation of misfolded proteins ... 2009) whereas the C-terminal domain has ubiquitin interacting motifs (UIMs) which define the specificity ofthe Josephin domain to cleave ubiquitin chains having linkages at Lys63 (Winborn et al, ... mRNA (b) The initial exons code for the Josephin domain inthe ATXN3 protein, the rest ofthe exons code for the C-terminal domain with the polyQ chain encoded by the 10th exon (c) Introduction...
... quadruplexes inthe promoter region ofthe c-kit oncogene that is disregulated in gastrointestinal cancer cells (inhibiting c-kit expression), and telomeric quadruplexes The inhibition of c-kit expression ... A431 human epithelial carcinoma MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer MIA PaCa-2 human pancreatic cancer UXF1138L human uterine carcinoma M14, LP, LM melanoma RHPS4b CG5 breast carcinoma Quarfloxin Quarfloxin ... selective inhibition of cell growth, with normal human cell lines being relatively unaffected; (d) senescence; (e) inhibition of telomerase activity in cells; (f) competitive inhibition of hPOT1 binding...
... difference inthe C-terminal domain of TAp73c is that, owing to the excision of exon 11 during alternative splicing, it lacks most ofthe Glu ⁄ Pro-rich domain and the Pro-rich domain, which are ... treatment of A549 cells with increasing concentrations ofthe Sp1 inhibitor mithramycin A (Fig 3B), which not only interferes with the transcription of genes containing GC-rich regions in their promoters, ... lines, whereas it was significantly increased inthe lung epithelial anaplastic carcinoma cell line (CALU6), inthe squamous lung cancer cell lines (HTB59, HTB58, and SKMES1), inthe adenocarcinoma...
... platinum-resistant human ovarian cancer cell line CI80-13S and the platinum-sensitive human ovarian cancer cell line OVCAR They also appeared to slow the growth ofthe cisplatin-sensitive human ovarian cancer ... improvement inthe therapeutic index of cisplatin in refractory patients by the coadministration of a repair inhibitor is limited by the multifactorial nature typical of resistant tumor cells Platinum-DNA ... twenty years there has been interest inthe delivery of intraperitoneal therapy for ovarian cancerin order to maximize the efficacy and reduce the toxicity Dedrick proposed that the intraperitoneal...
... suggesting that p21 activation is independent of p53 In addition, the decrease inthe expression levels ofthe prosurvival PIDD-C protein coupled with the increase in proapoptotic caspase-2 in p53+/+ ... investigate the cytotoxicity of DCQ in HCT116 human colorectal cancer cell lines that are either wildtype for p53 and p21, null for p53, or null for p21 to determine the role of these genes in ... detection of ATM phosphorylated on Ser-1981, and stained with PI to detect at the same time p-ATM in each phase ofthe cell cycle The mean ofthe FL-1 intensity ± SD (reflecting the level of p-ATM...
... alkylating agents by linking the alkylating pharmacophore to the DNA-affinity molecules (e.g., DNA intercalating agents, DNA minor groove binder) [7,8] In most cases, the DNA-directed alkylating ... times the initial tumor volume minus the number of days for the control group to reach the same size The mean size of tumors receiving the combination treatment was compared to the mean size of ... as the time in days for tumors to reach 10 times the initial volume in mice treated with the combination of BO-1051 and radiation minus the time in days for the tumors to reach 10 times the initial...
... loratadine alone results in Chk1 activation leading to an increase inthe percentage of cells inthe G2/M phase ofthe cell cycle Since Page of 12 the G2/M phase ofthe cell cycle is one ofthe ... released,” determined by dividing the density ofthe released DNA band by the density ofthe total DNA inthe lane (the released DNA band plus the unreleased DNA remaining inthe well) Page of 12 Cell ... explain some ofthe increased radiation-induced cytotoxicity observed with loratadine pre-incubation Likewise, enrichment ofthe cells in G2/M phase may also explain some ofthe increase in susceptibility...
... differences inthe role ofthe transcription factor Pax6 inthe specification ofthe neurectoderm - the ectodermal cells that will develop into the animal’s nervous system They determined that ... determine whether these findings implicate important species-specific differences inthe regulation of organ development Charting the loss of pluripotency Fang et al also took advantage ofthe ... dataset they gener ated to compare the gene-expression profile ofhuman embryos with that ofhuman embryonic stem cells (hESCs) maintained in culture They found that approxi mately 20% ofthe genes...
... retroelements (IAPs) Together with our data, these findings highlight the difficulty of avoiding DNA contamination in clinical samples and the risk of testing contaminated samples as XMRV-positive ... data, respectively The percent neutralization was calculated as the reciprocal of infectivity, with a maximum infectivity being determined by incubation ofthe virus with an uninfected mouse serum ... to minimize the risk of contamination during the procedure, three individuals independently performed the nested PCR experiments using independently aliquoted DNA samples Four out of real-time...
... patients and inthe ACs in each ofthe bins was calculated The test statistic, "number of bins in which the proportion of CD4+ cells expressing Tax was higher inthe HAM/TSP patients than the ACs" ... The increase in proviral load due to arate of CTL lysis ofThe increase in proviral load due to a high rate of Tax expression decreases with increasing rate of CTL lysis of infected cells A theoretical ... This was done by grouping the data into bins of similar proviral load The binning algorithm used was to start from the lowest proviral load and then extend the boundary ofthe bin until at least...
... cough may be the result ofthe underlying respiratory pathology rather than thecancerThe timing ofthe start of cough is important; any change in cough since the diagnosis with cancer or any ... comfortable having these guidelines applied in their hospital (= 4) The likelihood of using these guidelines inthe reviewers’ own practice was explored with a singleitem scale ranging from = ‘not ... of clinical guidelines for the management of cough in lung cancer was deemed necessary and timely Process of guidelines development 2.1 Formation ofthe Task Group The Task Group was led by the...
... timing of intake as these factors directly affect the pharmacokinetics and ultimate disposition ofthe polyphenols within tissues Inthe face of equivocal results from human studies, the increasing ... carcinoma ofthe skin in a populationbased, case-control study of 450 older adults in Arizona After administering a detailed tea intake questionnaire and adjusting for brewing time, drinking ... 0.02) were Tea inHuman Health independent of smoking status, hormone replacement therapy, coffee drinking and the addition of milk to the tea THERMOGENESIS Green tea may have thermogenic properties...
... during the cell cycle where synthesis of both cyclins B1 and B2 is initiated during the interphase and localised inthe cytoplasm During the prophase, cyclin B1 migrates from the cytoplasm to the ... indirectly by p16INK4A as the latter binds and inhibits cdk4/6-cyclin D and thus maintains the tumour suppressor activity of pRb through the inhibition of E2F The loss of p16INK4A will inhibit Rb activity, ... between the INK4 family of proteins for cdk4 and cdk6 is very specific and is dependent on the presence of pRb inthe cell Inthe absence of pRb, cyclin E expression and inhibition of cdk4-cyclin...
... amino acids at the base ofthe first zinc finger (glycine 577, serine 578 and valine 581) which are essential for the interaction ofthe AR protein with the hormone response elements (HRE) inthe ... between the different proteins For instance for AR and huntingtin, the poly-glutamine expansion are located within the amino terminal region, while for the atrophin is near inthe Cterminus (Choong ... modulate proteinprotein interactions, raising the possibility that changes in their length during evolution could result in changes inthe strength of protein-protein interactions As a number of studies...
... activating different intracellular signaling and adaptor proteins ECM binding initiates clustering of integrins inthe plane ofthe membrane and reorganization ofthe actin cytoskeleton, which further ... regulated in patients with Kindler syndrome, an autosomal recessive skin disorder They therefore defined a family of kindlin-related proteins namely Kindlin-1, Kindlin-2 (mig-2) and Kindlin-3 (Siegel ... overexpression ofthe α5 subunit of integrin (O’Brien et al., 1996) These studies on integrin-mediated signaling of apoptosis in colon cancer cell line provide us with clues on the exploration of mig-2...