... RNAi machinery is that RNAi was initially recognized as an antiviral mechanism in plants and certain invertebrates [14] The evolutionary conservation of RNAi suggests a similar role for RNAi ... core machinery of the RNA interference pathway FEBS Lett 2005, 579:5822-5829 Satoh M, Langdon JJ, Chou, CH, McCauliffe DP, Treadwell EL, Ogasawara T, Hirakata M, Suwa A, Cohen PL, Eisenberg RA, ... Gensler TJ, Anderson P: Death, autoantigen modifications, and tolerance Arthritis Res 2000, 2:101-114 Doyle HA, Mamula MJ: Posttranslational modifications of selfantigens Ann N Y Acad Sci 2005,...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22
... years Potential confounders of age, gender, BMI, and tibial plateau area for annual change in cartilage volume were included in multivariate analyses A P value less than 0.05 (two-tailed) was regarded ... Medial compartment Annual change in cartilage volume Cartilage defects progress vs no change Lateral compartment Annual change in cartilage volume Cartilage defects progress vs no change Annual ... coefficients of variation for the medial and lateral tibial cartilage volume measures were 3.4% and 2.0% respectively [35,36] Annual change in cartilage volume was calculated as follow up cartilage volume...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22
A potential target for tuberculosis drug discovery
... Clp ATPase belongs to the AAA+ superfamily of ATPases AAA+ proteins are generally modulated by a group of otherwise unrelated proteins termed adaptor proteins An adaptor protein serves as an accessory ... adds 11 amino acid tag (AANDENYALAA) to the incomplete protein Proteins tagged with the SsrA peptide are targeted for degradation The C-terminal Ala-Ala residues are critical for SsrA recognition ... the same group demonstrated that mpa and pafA mutants are severely attenuated in a mouse model of infection (Darwin et al., 2005) Mpa is an ATPase that forms hexamers like the Clp ATPase Meanwhile,...
Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2015, 22:38
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: a-Defensins increase lung fibroblast proliferation and collagen synthesis via the b-catenin signaling pathway doc
... The target sequences for the mRNA of b -catenin were 5¢-AAAGCTGATATTGATGGACAG-3¢ The siRNA against luciferase mRNA was used as a control siRNA The target sequence for luciferase mRNA was 5¢-AACG ... Argani P (2001) Wnt signaling in human development: beta -catenin nuclear translocation in fetal lung, kidney, placenta, capillaries, adrenal, and cartilage Pediatr Dev Pathol 4, 351–357 Biswas ... Poletti V, Zamo A, Lestani M, Montagna L, Piccoli P, Pedron S, Bertaso M, Scarpa A, Murer B et al (2003) Aberrant Wnt ⁄ beta -catenin pathway activation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Am J Pathol 162,...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 06:20
Báo cáo sinh học: "Nuclear localization is required for Dishevelled function in Wnt/ -catenin signaling" pps
... template [50] The following primers were used: 5’-GTCCATAAACCGGGGCCCGCAGTCGGCGCCGTGGCCAAATGCTGG-3’ for DsNLSm; 5’-ACACTAGGCCGCAGAATGCCCATTGTCCTGACCGTG-3’ for Ds1; 5’-TCCATAAACCGGGGCCAAAGAAGAAGCGAAAGGTGGCCAAATGCTGGGA-3’ ... 5’-TCCATAAACCGGGGCCAAAGAAGAAGCGAAAGGTGGCCAAATGCTGGGA-3’ for DsSNLS; 5’-TTCCCAGTGTACCCCGGGGCCATGGTGAGCAAGGGC-3’ for Ds2, and 5’-GAGAACTATGACCAACGCTAGCGCGAATGACAACGATGGAT-3’ for DsNESm All constructs were verified ... A A W V S H S A A L Xdsh PISLTVAKCWDPTPRSYFTIPRADPVRPIDPAAWLSHTAAL PIVLTVAKCWGPSPQAYFTLPRNEPIQPIDPAAWVSHSAAL PITLTVAKCWDPSPRGCFTLPRSEPIRPIDPAAWVSHTAAM PIVLTVAKCWDPSPQAYFTLPRNEPIQPIDPAAWVSHSAAL...
Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 18:21
Regulation of chondrocyte differentiation potential involvement of wnt ß catenin signaling
... dedifferentiation, and Wntinduced differentiation 18 1.3.2 Curcumin as a Wnt/ β -catenin antagonist Signaling pathways can be blocked by antagonists that obstruct agonist-mediated responses Antagonists ... proteoglycans and collagen II Depending on its concentration in articular cartilage, it can be anabolic or catabolic Its anabolic strength has been shown to regenerate damaged 13 articular cartilage ... nuclear translocation and a phosphorylated β -catenin that is targeted for proteosomal degradation (Wang, Chen et al 2006; Freudlsperger, Greten et al 2008) Accumulation of β -catenin in the cytoplasm...
Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2015, 15:38
Tài liệu Commodity-Linked Bonds: A Potential Means for Less-Developed Countries to Raise Foreign Capital doc
... Monetary and Financial Analysis Department Bank of Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K 1A 0G9 jattamensah@bankofcanada.ca The views expressed in this paper are those of the author No responsibility for ... Ottawa, Ontario K 1A 0G9 E-mail: publications@bankofcanada.ca Web site: http://www.bankofcanada.ca Diffusion des publications, Banque du Canada 234, rue Wellington, Ottawa (Ontario) K 1A 0G9 Adresse ... Bank of Canada Working Papers Documents de travail de la Banque du Canada Working papers are generally published in the language of the author, with an abstract in both official languages Les...
Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 02:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Cell surface nucleolin on developing muscle is a potential ligand for the axonal receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase-r ppt
... of anti-placental alkaline phosphatase-agarose (anti-PLAP; Sigma) was packed into an FPLC column (Amersham Biosciences, Chalfont St Giles, UK) Purification of FN3d–AP was carried out using an AKTA ... Frisen J, Yates PA, McLaughlin T, Friedman GC, O’Leary DD & Barbacid M (1998) Ephrin -A5 (AL1 ⁄ RAGS) is essential for proper retinal axon guidance and topographic mapping in the mammalian visual system ... cleavage sites (B) SDS ⁄ PAGE separation of FN3d–AP purified from conditioned media using anti-placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) agarose (C) SDS ⁄ PAGE and silver stain of proteins isolated...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 05:20
Báo cáo khoa học: The human pyridoxal kinase, a plausible target for ginkgotoxin from Ginkgo biloba docx
... treatment for (a) and 60 (b) with alkaline phosphase (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany; 100 U) at 37°C, as analyzed by HPLC Influence of ginkgotoxin on human pyridoxal kinase This material is available as part ... PKH leads inter alia to a decreased availability of PLP for GAD, which catalyses the formation of c-aminobutyric acid, the most potent inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain Decreased ... membrane-bound phosphatases (Fig 2A) [13,14] Inside the brain a rephosphorylation to PLP takes place, again catalysed by pyridoxal kinase (Fig 2A) [7,14] As a consequence, there is a requirement for...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Distribution of the extrinsic proteins as a potential marker for the evolution of photosynthetic oxygen-evolving photosystem II ppt
... text for details), although it was not detected by the immunological assays Psb P Cyanobacteria Glaucophyceae Red algae Diatoms Haptophyceae Brown algae Prasinophyceae Euglenophyceae Green algae ... Cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp PCC6803 Rhodophyceae (red algae) Cyanidioschyzon merolae Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA Cyanidium caldarium Chloroplast DNA Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) Thalassiosira pseudonana ... gyrans (B), Laminria japonica (C) and Undaria pinnatifida (D) with antibodies raised against various extrinsic proteins Lane 1, anti-(H-PsbP); lane 2, anti-(H-PsbQ); lane 3, anti-(G-PsbQ); lane...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 15:21
Báo cáo hóa học: "IL-2 as a therapeutic target for the restoration of Foxp3+ regulatory T cell function in organ-specific autoimmunity: implications in pathophysiology and translation to human disease" doc
... type diabetes subjects Immunogenetics 2010, 62:101-107 36 Kawasaki E, Awata T, Ikegami H, Kobayashi T, Maruyama T, Nakanishi K, Shimada A, Uga M, Kurihara S, Kawabata Y, et al: Genetic association ... Cobbold S, Alyanakian MA, Gouarin C, Barriot S, Garcia C, Waldmann H, Bach JF, Chatenoud L: Autoimmune diabetes onset results from qualitative rather than quantitative age-dependent changes in pathogenic ... Health Center, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, H3G 1A4 , Qc, Canada Full list of author information is available at the end of the article thymic and peripheral CD4+ T cells in humans and mice, and...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "Complement C3 serum levels in anorexia nervosa: a potential biomarker for the severity of disease" pdf
... severe forms of anorexia nervosa Upon primary medical stabilization, patients are transferred to a psychiatrically based inpatient eating disorder program further treatment and follow-up Patients and ... the traditional activation cascade using C3 convertases or C5 convertases [13] As a result, C 5a may be generated via thrombin-mediated coagulation abnormalities that have been documented in anorexia ... power of our statistical analysis and make our data vulnerable to a statistical type II error Therefore, our data not allow for advocating complement serum levels as a new biomarker until definitively...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21
Báo cáo y học: " Histone deacetylases — a new target for suppression of cartilage degradation" pdf
... Yoshida A, Yamana J, Yamamura M, Ninomiya Y, et al.: Histone deacetylase inhibitor suppression of autoantibody-mediated arthritis in mice via regulation of p16INK 4a and p21(WAF1/Cip1) expression Arthritis ... reduced as determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction In contrast, expression of the major cartilage structural molecules aggrecan and type II collagen and a number of other metalloproteinases ... metalloproteinase expression in cartilage and demonstrates that the paradigm of inhibition of histone deacetylation leading to gene silencing is not absolute Cawston and colleagues showed many years ago...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:23
Báo cáo y học: "tatin-induced expression of CD59 on vascular endothelium in hypoxia: a potential mechanism for the anti-inflammatory actions of statins in rheumatoid arthritis" pptx
... UK) Statistical analysis All data were expressed as the mean of the individual experiments ± the standard error of the mean Data were analysed using one-way or two-way analysis of variance with ... Capell HA, Sattar N: Trial of Atorvastatin in Rheumatoid Arthritis (TARA): double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial Lancet 2004, 363:2015-2021 Palmer G, Chobaz V, Talabot-Ayer D, Taylor ... tissue factor procoagulant activity J Exp Med 1997, 185:1619-1627 36 Collard CD, Agah A, Reenstra W, Buras J, Stahl GL: Endothelial nuclear factor-kappaB translocation and vascular cell adhesion...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22
Báo cáo y học: " Is interleukin-1 a good target for therapeutic intervention in intervertebral disc degeneration: lessons from the osteoarthritic experience" pdf
... intra-articular delivery of anakinra (recombinant methionyl human receptor antagonist (r-met HuIL-1ra)) may have beneficial effects on symptoms and structural modifications in animal models of OA ... pain and disease activity A first randomized controlled trial in patients with knee OA demonstrated a good safety profile for one intra-articular injection of IL-1ra (150 mg, the maximum tolerated ... structural damage process of OA but also plays an important role in pain transmission Results from in vitro studies and animal models of OA support the dominant role of IL-1β early in the disease...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21
Báo cáo y học: "Three-dimensional and thermal surface imaging produces reliable measures of joint shape and temperature: a potential tool for quantifying arthritis" pdf
... Maldonado-Cocco J, Orozco-Alcala J, Prieur AM, Suarez-Almazor ME, Woo P, International League of Associations for Rheumatology: International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification ... participated in its design and coordination, and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors thank Taschawee Arkachaisri, Daniel ... thermal imaging of the wrist and MCP, normal adult wrists and hands from controls were imaged on separate days Three thermal scans were obtained at each session and the HDI was calculated for each...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:22
Báo cáo y học: "DREAM is reduced in synovial fibroblasts of patients with chronic arthritic pain: is it a suitable target for peripheral pain management" pptx
... 5'-AAGGACAGGATCCACTTGACCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'AAGGTCAAGTGGATCCTGTCCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA3' siRNA2 5'-AAGGTGAACTTGGTCTGGGCCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA3' 5'-AAGGCCCAGACCAAGTTCACCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA3 5'-AAGTAGAGATTAAAGGCCCACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' ... 5'-AAGTAGAGATTAAAGGCCCACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'-AAGTGGGCCTTTAATCTCTACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA4 5'-AAGCTCATGATGTTCTCATCCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'-AAGGATGAGAACATCATGAGCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA5 5'-AAGTGTAGCAATCTGTTCACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' ... 5'-AAGTGTAGCAATCTGTTCACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'-AAGTGAACAGATTGCTACACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA-GFP 5'-ATGAACTTCAGGGTCAGCTTGCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'-CGGCAAGCTGACCCTGAAGTTCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' T7 5'-TAATACGACTCACTATAG-3'...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23
Báo cáo y học: "Identification of possible candidate genes regulating Sjögren''''s syndrome-associated autoimmunity: a potential role for TNFSF4 in autoimmune exocrinopathy" docx
... study, ANA staining, saliva collections, data analyses, and manuscript preparation All authors read and approved the final manuscript Proposed genetic predisposition for and fatty acid homeostasis/trans6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 ... O-acyltransferase-1 (SOAT-1) using FCs and free fatty acids (FFAs) ABCA1, ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A [ABC1] member 1; ACAT, acyl-coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase; ApoE, apolipoprotein ... primarily the pathophysiological and biochemical abnormalities that subsequently result in the activation of the autoimmune attack against the submandibular and lacrimal glands [10], is a single...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22
Báo cáo khoa học: "Combined effects of hyperglycemic conditions and HIV-1 Nef: a potential model for induced HIV neuropathogenesis" docx
... Pradhan L, Ali M, Agrawal KC: HAART drugs induce oxidative stress in human endothelial cells and increase endothelial recruitment of mononuclear cells: exacerbation by inflammatory cytokines and ... cytokines and amelioration by antioxidants Cardiovasc Toxicol 2004, 4:287-302 Gomez-Vera J, de Alarcon A, Jimenez-Mejias ME, Acosta D, Prados D, Viciana P: Hyperglycemia associated with protease inhibitors ... hyperplasia Pediatr Dev Pathol 2004, 7:370-379 Sacktor N, Haughey N, Cutler R, Tamara A, Turchan J, Pardo C, Vargas D, Nath A: Novel markers of oxidative stress in actively progressive HIV dementia...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo y học: " A new pathway of glucocorticoid action for asthma treatment through the regulation of PTEN expression" pdf
... proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) agonists or AdPPARgamma reduced bronchial inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness by up-regulating PTEN expression in allergen-induced asthmatic ... these facts, PTEN has been proposed as a therapeutic target for asthma [16] PTEN acts as the catalytic antagonist of PI3K by dephosphorylating PIP3 to PIP2 PI3Kbeta, delta and gamma isoform-specific ... -5 M) alone or dexamethasone (10 -5 M) plus anacardic acid (20 μmol/L) for 24 h Statistical analysis Results were expressed as the mean ± SD Variance analysis was used for statistical comparisons...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22