... GFAP expression has been found to be increased following toxic insult to the CNS in many studies A single subcutaneous injection (50 μg/kg bw, 1/2 LD50) ofthe cholinesterase inhibitor Sarin was ... [17,18] Inthe present study, GFAP expression was increased inthe groups receiving combined treatments of stress and CPF 0.2 dosage as compared to those just receiving CPF 0.2 dosage, but the increase ... plotted against each other This was done to facilitate regression analysis ofthe data Using the standard curve, serum concentrations of cholinesterase from the samples of different groups were then...
... stressor inducing the deformations Under these unexpected conditions, families showed different but consistent sensitivities to the stressor, leading to moderate heritability Inthe Finnish data, ... different stressors, it is possible that negative genetic correlations appear To test these hypotheses, a set of incidences and liability scale heritabilities were obtained from the Finnish rainbow trout ... deformations in these generations were determined partly by the same set of genes, or a set of closely linked genes The second major finding of this study is that genetic correlations between generations...
... elucidate the surface receptors of SAA1 and the study the genetic expression induce by SAA1 inthe macrophages 1.3 Thesis Organisation The thesis is organized into other chapters The thesis begins with ... alter susceptibility to thediseaseThe phenotypic expressionofthedisease usually involves the interaction of several disease- causing genotypes, each conferring additional risk to disease susceptibility ... dysfunctional immune regulation on a systemic level As there are similarities inthedisease 23 pathogenesis of these three diseases, it is possible that A-SAA might play a role in these diseases...
... cross-breeding experiments is strengthened if expression and deletion ofthe gene (s) results inthe opposite outcome, or if the results are substantiated by in vitro studies or analyses of clinical samples ... pathogenesis Therapeutic studies in AD models Access to good animal models is crucial to success in developing disease- modifying therapeutics However, AD neuropathology is incomplete inthe Ab-expressing ... and shown to increase Ab levels by six- to eightfold [4] These discoveries created intense interest in APP processing and paved the way for the development of more sophisticated ELISAs to selectively...
... procedures Assessments such as the WAIS bring a degree of objectivity to assessment of cognitive function; nevertheless, their use in determining the pres- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) ... symptoms as distinct and different diseases, and others have given its name to diseases differing essentially from it" [1] For instance, dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson 'sdisease are ... stages of parkinsonism, absence of standard definition of PD itself) may be another cause for discrepancies [36] James Parkinson had noted that the problem was one of classification: "The disease, ...
... Despite these efforts to reduce radiation-induced late toxicity, of which heart disease is one aspect, oncologists and cardiologist are still seeing survivors of Hodgkin 'sdisease treated in ... As part of an ongoing interdisciplinary study between cardiologists, radiologists and radiation oncologists, Hodgkin 'sdisease survivors will be invited for extensive cardiologic tests including ... mediastinal doses (mean 36.7 Gy) than patients inthe MF+ROT (41.7 Gy) and MF+DORS (42.7 Gy) groups, indicating that the use of these boost techniques permitted dose increases inthe mediastinum...
... finding being down-regulated Wnt 11 mRNA expressionindisease tissue As Wnt11 signalling is independent of β-catenin and no other Wnt family members display consistent alteration in expression, ... Wnt 11 D2 Pooled W D D2 E M H2 L R T W Control Control Control DiseaseDiseaseDiseaseDiseaseDiseaseDiseaseDiseaseDiseaseDisease 5/37 4/17 1/3 0/28 1/4 0/16 0/9 0/16 0/2 2/9 5/22 11/19 9/37 ... mediator of its pathophysiology [7-9] As Wnt factors are the most upstream regulating factors of β-catenin levels, we have undertaken a comprehensive analysis of Wnt expressionin this diseaseOf the...
... cells, whereas enrichment for the genes involvedin cholesterol biosynthesis processes remained high in these cells These results demonstrate that GCN2 may be involvedinthe regulation of particular ... results reinforce these data, as they show that amino acid starvation affects theexpressionof genes involvedin various biological processes related to lipids and ⁄ or energetic processes In ... (ATF4) is translationally up-regulated as a result ofthe presence of upstream ORFs inthe 5¢-UTR of its mRNA [19,20] ATF4 then binds the amino acid response element and induces theexpression of...
... Organ/tissue-specific gene expression Results and Discussion Generation of gene expression profiles covering various tissues and organs We performed spatiotemporal gene expression profiling using ... spatiotemporal gene expression analysis of 48 tissues and organs at various stages of growth and by continuous gene expression profiling of leaves at weekly intervals from transplanting until harvesting Our ... change of gene expression across separate organs and tissues suggesting the possible involvement of a long distance signaling mechanism in developmental and diurnal gene expression Consistent...
... activation, especially inthe context ofin ammatory disease, requires further exploration The results presented by Catalán and colleagues go some way to support the hypothesis that RA is associated ... acts as a late checkpoint at the level of class-switched B cells or antibody-producing plasmablasts/plasma cells, and considering that autoreactive B cells are generated during the process of ... FcγRIIB is not recovered to similar levels to those detected in healthy individuals Defects in other inhibitory receptors have also been linked with RA pathogenesis, including reduced expression of...
... diabetes induces oxidative stress in NSCs during neurulation are not clear The present study was aimed to investigate whether high glucose induces oxidative stress in NSCs, and the mechanism by ... promotes Neurog1 expression, suggesting that SHH is 18 Chapter 1: Introduction involvedinthe specification of trigeminal sensory neurons through the induction of Neurog1 expression as Neurog1 has ... macrovascular disease is also markedly increased The major manifestations of macrovascular diseases are atherosclerosis of coronary arteries, cerebral arteries, and large arteries ofthe lower...
... mechanisms, such as the active degradation of HO-1 protein, might ensure constant or reduced expression levels of HO-1 protein in these cell lines under hypoxia In contrast, theexpression levels of ... sequence was also confirmed by RT-PCR analysis of YN-1 RNA The 5¢-flanking sequence lacks a consensus TATA box but contains several sequence motifs for binding of transcription factors, such as Sp1 Incidentally, ... hypoxia reduces theexpression levels of HO-2 mRNA and protein in five out of six cell lines, with the exception of KG1 myeloid cells A Hypoxia decreases theexpression levels of HO-2 protein in YN-1...
... circles (D) The region consisting of creatine kinase (spot 6; lower lanes) and b-enolase (spot 7, upper lanes) ofthe same samples as in (C) is shown Signal intensities in PV– ⁄ – TA are as in WT ... and determination of phospholipids by phosphorus analysis of spots Lipids 5, 494–496 SAS Institute Inc (1989) SAS ⁄ STAT User s Guide, version 6, 4th edn SAS Institute, Cary, NC FEBS Journal ... levels, as seen in SOL These findings further support the presence of distinct pathways regulating fiber specific isoforms and metabolic enzymes, on the one hand, and mitochondrial biogenesis, on the...
... for subunit VIIa, which is expressed as isolog H and L The L isolog is ubiquitously expressed in all the tissues whereas the H isolog is detected inthe heart and skeletal muscle tissues [3] The ... The CNC basic leucine zipper factor, Nrf1, is essential for cell survival in response to oxidative stress-inducing agents Role for Nrf1 in gamma-gcs (1) and gss expressionin mouse fibroblasts ... conditions These results suggest that changes in mitochondrial gene expression precede changes intheexpressionof nuclear genome coded CytOX subunits during hypoxia We also tested the level of mRNA...
... examine whether the increased expressionof Ppp2r5c transcripts was specifically modulated by Nrl, we used Nrl small interfering RNA (siRNA) transfectants in which theexpressionof Nrl was approximately ... for Nrl -mediated Ppp2r5c expression Results Conserved sequences ofthe Ppp2r5c promoter contain Nrl-binding sites Inthe search for conserved putative regulatory elements, the sequence ofthe human ... of rods but enhanced S- cones [21] In humans, missense mutations of NRL are associated with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa [22], and this disease may be a result of altered transcriptional...
... Analyses of novel Thermus competence proteins J Rumszauer et al systems of thermophiles and extreme thermophiles is very scarce To get insights into the transformation systems of thermophilic ... proteins are structural subunits ofthe T thermophilus pilus structures To address this question, we purified the pili structures by separating shear fractions of T thermophilus HB27 in a discontinuous ... chose T thermophilus HB27, which exhibits the highest transformation frequencies among the Thermus strains, as a model strain [4] On the basis ofthe complete genome sequence of T thermophilus...
... GalNAc-transferases Arrows indicate cysteine residues and the numbers indicate residues mutated in this study The amino acid residue numbering is based on the GalNAc-T1 sequence Highly conserved cysteine ... procedures RESULTS Involvement ofthe free cysteine residues of GalNAc-T1 in catalysis To investigate the functional role ofthe cysteine residues (Fig 1), we first modified GalNAc-T1 with a cysteinespecific ... Cys212, are involvedin substrate binding, possibly as hydrogen bond partners with UDP DISCUSSION The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the functional role (s) ofthe conserved cysteine...
... gene in HD mouse brain This supports the hypothesis that the rate of transcription of CB1 inthe striatum of symptomatic R6/2 mice is similar to the rate of transcription in regions ofthe brain ... theexpressionof CB1 inthe striatum vs the cortex or expressionof CB1 in transgenic HD mice To test the hypothesis that expressionof mutant huntingtin decreased CB1 transcription, we measured ... huntingtin leads to cell-specific dysregulation ofthe levels of CB1 mRNA The overall goal of this research was to determine how expressionof mutant huntingtin selectively alters the steady-state...
... molybdopyranopterin site (the catalytic site for most ofthe enzymes in this class) adds further difficulty inthe successful expressionof molybdoenzymes inthe xanthine oxidoreductase family The most important ... oxidase in E coli [36] does not require the coexpression of an MPT insertase, as there was no mention of a dependence ofthe level of culture aeration intheexpressionof recombinants These results, ... in E coli suggests the potential for success in expressing a recombinant XDH in this organism Expressionof XDH requires the incorporation ofthe MPT center, placement ofthe terminal sulfur ligand...