... tumors, especially for the very young Because of the rapid myelinization that occurs in infants, the finding by Noble and colleagues [1] of the adverse effects of chemotherapy on oligodendrocytes ... are planned that further reduce the dose of craniospinal radiation to 1,800 cGy, virtually no attention has been paid to the possible contribution of the chemotherapy to the cognitive decline ... support to boost the immune system, and either no craniospinal radiation or focused radiation to the tumor bed The increased risk of neurotoxicity associated with very high doses of chemotherapy is...
... photon counting method to study the biophysical features of the plasma membrane It was first introduced in the 1970s by Magde et al [4] and further optimized in the 1990s by Rigler et al [5] This technique ... Subsequently, the z-position of the focal volume was adjusted towards the membrane to be measured by turning the fine knob of the microscope till the maximum brightness was found The maximum brightness ... was from the Bloomington Stock Center and the Baylor gene disruption project directed by H Bellen [80] The UASCeramidase (II) was generously provided by J Acharya and U Acharya [44 ] The flotillin-2...
... my.berklee.net by clicking on Student Services, then selecting View Transcript from the menu on the left You can then compare your transcript/earned credits to the Grids by Major link (also found in the ... file of the digital course manual or email the link to the school's official website with the PDF of the digital course manual to the Information Projects Coordinator in the Office of the Registrar ... Requirements section above Or contact the Information Projects Coordinator in the Office of the Registrar at transfercredits@berklee.edu, 617 747 8519, or stop bythe Office of the Registrar (Uchida building,...
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... Journal of Neuroinflammation 2007, 4: 14 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Ransohoff RM, Bacon KB: Chemokine receptor antagonism as a new therapy for multiple sclerosis Expert ... disease Taken together, the results of the present study and from previous ones on the role of CCR1 and its ligand CCL3 in the pathogenesis of MS [39 ,40 ,42 ] and EAE [22 ,44 ,46 ], have provided ... and protein [43 ] The importance of CCR1 in the pathogenesis of EAE is emphasized bythe fact that immunoneutralization of CCL3 [44 ], DNA vaccination [45 ], or genomic deletion of the CCR1 gene...
... the substance and the pathway inhibit or excite the target cell) More convincing is the demonstration that the ionic conductances activated bythe pathway are the same as those activated bythe ... Identifying the location of these receptors in the central nervoussystem (CNS), the function of pathways that incorporate them, and the behavioral and physiological changes induced by their interaction ... the anesthetic agent in inspired gas, (2) pulmonary ventilation delivering the anesthetic to the lungs, (3) transfer of the gas from the alveoli to the blood flowing through the lungs, and (4) ...
... mice Glia 2005, 49 : 542 -5 54 113 Tofilon PJ, Fike JR: The radioresponse of the central nervous system: a dynamic process Radiat Res 2000, 153:357-370 1 14 Hopewell JW, Withers HR: Late effects of radiation ... delayed neurological side effects have been observed for many other chemotherapeutic agents [9, 14, 23,26,27,29-31,33, 145 -1 54] , and it will be of interest to determine whether the pattern of degenerative ... contribute to theeffects of chemotherapy on cognition The ability of irradiation to the CNS to suppress the generation of new neurons in the hippocampus has been suggested to be relevant to the understanding...
... vitro They also found that the agents caused increased cell death and decreased cell division in the subventricular zone, the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus and the corpus callosum in mice These ... standard dose systemic chemother apy in long-term survivors of breast cancer and lymphoma J Clin Oncol 2002, 20 :48 5 -49 3 Winocur G, Vardy J, Binns MA, Kerr L, Tannock I: Theeffects of the anti-cancer ... injury due to cancer treatment The knowledge gained from this and other studies will guide the development of translational clinical research to protect thenervoussystem from injury, to better...
... macrophages Eur J Immunol 19 94, 24, 1 941 -1 944 16 Reiling, N., Kroncke, R., Ulmer, A.J., Gerdes, J., Flad, H.D and Hauschildt, S Nitric oxide synthase: expression of the endothelial, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent ... Cossart, P Entry of Listeria monocytogenes into neurons occurrs by cell-to-cell spread: an in vitro study Infect Immun 1998, 66, 44 6 144 68 Greenberg, S.S., Ouyang, J., Zhao, X and Giles, T.D Human ... from tissue, although the tissue was positive by immunohistochemistry [7] Two caprine brains were used as controls The control animals had no inflammation in the brain by histological examination...
... wrote the initial draft WY drew the pictures WZ revised the draft SL described the MRI features GL provided the pathological diagnosis TJ was the surgeon and gave the final approval of the version ... central nervoussystem vasculitis: analysis of 101 patients Ann Neurol 2007, 62 :44 2 -45 1 MacLaren K, Gillespie J, Shrestha S, Neary D, Ballardie FW: Primary angiitis of the central nervous system: ... angiitis of the central nervous system: serial MRI of brain and spinal cord Neuroradiology 2001, 43 :599-607 14 Moore PM: Diagnosis and management of isolated angiitis of the central nervous system...
... Begley DJ: Delivery of therapeutic agents to the central nervous system: The problems and the possibilities Pharmacology & Therapeutics 20 04, 1 04: 29 -45 29 Vinson SB: The role of the foreign surface ... known that the nanoparticles will interact with the proteins present in the biological system, i.e the material surrounding the nanoparticles are proteins present in thenervoussystem of the cockroach ... and the roach’s nervoussystem In vivo studies showed that the nAuNPs were adapted bythe roach and transferred inside the nerve cord within 17 days After that the nAuNPs were encapsulated by the...
... Gliomas 77 4. 1 Introduction 78 VII 4. 2 Materials and Methods 83 4. 2.1 Cell lines and culture 83 4. 2.2 Baculovirus vectors 83 4. 2.3 Baculovirus transduction 85 4. 2 .4 Luciferase activity assay 85 4. 2.5 ... by combination of and sodium butyrate therapy 96 4.4 Discussion 115 Chapter Concusion 126 Chapter References 131 VIII SUMMARY The structural and functional complicity of the central nervoussystem ... functional therapeutic effects to ameliorate the diseases The most ideal human gene therapy is the perfect combination of these three components to generate a safe and effective way for the delivery...
... particles were bound to the grid by incubating the samples at room temperature for 15 The samples were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 20 at 4oC, followed by gentle rinse, the samples were stained ... within the cell is reverse transcribed into double-stranded DNA which can then integrate randomly into the host cell genome The use of retrovirus vectors for gene delivery to thenervoussystem ... functions of the therapeutic genes 1.1.2 Non-viral and Viral Gene Delivery Systems Depending on the usage of vectors, there are two main types of gene delivery systems: non-viral and viral systems...
... recombination 5.1 .4. 3 Summary 144 144 5.2 The maturity and identity of the Rag1:GFP positive neurons in olfactory epithelium 145 5.2.1 GFP-positive olfactory neurons are mature 145 5.2.2 The Rag1:GFP ... 2001) These data indicate that the expression of Rag1 in thenervoussystem is conserved among vertebrate species and suggest a function 1.2.2 A brief overview of thenervoussystemThenervoussystem ... According to these functions, thenervoussystem is categorized as sensory system, integrating system and motor system respectively (Delcomyn, 1998) The structural organization of thenervous system...
... specificity of the therapeutic gene is primarily determined bythe activity of the promoter at the transcriptional level, and the duration of the transgene expression can also be influenced bythe selection ... expression in the brain 84 3 .4 Discussion 87 Chapter Hybrid Baculovirus-AAV Vector 91 4. 1 Introduction 92 4. 2 Materials and methods 94 4.2.1 Construction of hybrid baculovirus-AAV vectors 94 4.2.2 In ... 102 4.4 Discussion 1 04 Chapter Conclusion 109 Chapter References 112 VIII SUMMARY Gene therapy is a promising approach for the treatment of neurological disorders in the central nervous system...
... axons that they have reached their target neurons in the tectum The Recombination activating gene-1 (RAG1) is expressed in the vertebrate immune system and in thenervous system, including the zebrafish ... least at the molecular level there seems to be a link between the immune system and thenervoussystem Rag1 plays a key role in the initiation of this process of genomic rearrangement by recognizing ... plate The eye is covered with a melanin rich retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) The RGCs in the eye project their axons to the optic tectum in the midbrain Apart from the major target, which is the...
... at the back of the head These proteins can potentially be a mixture of neurotoxins (which attack thenervous system) , hemotoxins (which attack the circulatory system) , cytotoxins and many other ... India The skin is either olive-green, tan, or black and it has faint, pale yellow cross bands down the length of the body The underbelly is cream or pale yellow, and the scales are smooth The head ... in the CNS, it is not clear whether their localization shown to be necessary in the physiological function (Chiappinelli, 1991) However, there is no direct evidence for their transport across the...