... alters theexpressionofthe two nuclear genome coded isoforms of CytOX V [10,32] The regulation of genes CytOX5a and CytOX5b, coding for the two isofoms Va and Vb, parallels that of genes CYC1 ... the effects of hypoxia on the steady state levels of nuclear genome encoded CytOX IV and Vb mRNAs There was no change inthe levels of these mRNAs in macrophages at h of hypoxia, the time point ... Results As a measure ofthe hypoxic effect on CytOX gene expression, we measured the steady state CytOX mRNA levels The Northern blot in Fig shows the effect of hypoxia on the levels of mitochondrial...
... Macroscopic grading of OA PTH1R staining by immunohistochemistry Immunohistochemical staining of PTH1R showed marked staining ofthe cell membrane in all cases PTH1R was expressed mainly inthe middle ... and bone tissue according to the Mankin scale [16] The Mankin score included assessments ofthe structure, cellularity, Safranin stainability, and integrity ofthe tidemark The scores for structure ... knee joints were opened using a medial paramedian skin incision of cm in length and a medial parapatellar incision ofthe capsule In animals of group 1, the ACL was resected using a tapering scalpel...
... inhaled antigen inthe lung and present it in an immunogenic or tolerogenic form into the draining lymph nodes.30,31 The essential role of lung pDCs in preventing the cardinal features of asthma has ... Arvidsson M, Oancea I, et al The effect of specific immunotherapy on theexpressionof costimulatory molecules in late phase reaction ofthe skin inallergic patients Clin Exp Allergy 2004;34:1862–7 ... inthe mucosa, as well as the number of mast cells inthe skin27 and the IgE-mediated release of histamine by basophils.3,28 Also, a significant decrease in nasal eosinophils after years of sublingual...
... study in 558 children aged to 11 years.20 Intraocular pressure remained within the normal range (, 21 mm Hg) in $ 98% ofthe patients in any treatment group in both studies However, inthe 12-month ... one ofthe methods used to determine if steroids have potentially negative effects Reviewing the types of studies and methods used to Sheth, Safety of Intranasal Steroids in Treatment ofAllergic ... levels after weeks of therapy with FF in children aged to 12 years with perennial AR.18 The ratio of end of treatment to baseline was 0.98 inthe placebo group and 0.94 inthe FF-treated group...
... (B) The use of fenofibrate was related to significant decreases intheexpressionin circulating leukocytes of CX3CL1 and CCR2 genes and a significant increase intheexpressionof SDF-1 Page of ... ligands for these receptors was clearly different We did not find any significant effect of fenofibrate inthe MCP-1/CCL2 geneexpression However, there was a significant decrease inthegeneexpression ... documented role inthe local accumulation of monocytes [8,9] However, fenofibrate had an intriguing effect in SDF-1 expression neutralizing the significant decrease in its expression observed in untreated...
... hypothetical protein and hypothetical protein inthe RAP-DB We divided the organ/tissue-specific genes into clusters based on the organ/tissue specificity ofexpressionThe majority ofthe genes ... allocation, and the PHR1 binding motif is often found inthe upstream regions of Arabidopsis genes induced by Pi-starvation [52] The PHR1 binding motif was enriched inthe 1-kb upstream regions ofthe Sato ... wide range ofexpression profiling can be very useful as well in elucidating the interactome in cereal crops In comparison with the anther, only a few specific genes were identified inthe pistil...
... with a blockage of FcgRIIb is sufficient to induce an increase intheexpressionof CD86 [38,39], whereas the overexpression of this receptor on murine B cells reverses the induction of CD86 triggered ... participated inthe recruitment and clinical evaluations of patients LS participated inthe recruitment of patients and clinical data analysis MC participated inthe design and coordination ofthe study ... participated inthe conception and design ofthe study and critically revised the manuscript JCA participated inthe conception and design ofthe study and inthe interpretation of data and helped...
... receptors in linking lung injury inthe murine bleomycin model of pulmonary fibrosis Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease ofthe airways involving T-lymphocytes and eosinophils infiltration, ... cytokines play a key role in orchestrating inflammatory and structural changes ofthe airway in asthma by recruiting, activating and promoting inflammatory cells into the airway [38-40] In addition ... LPA2 in influx of eosinophils into alveolar space during allergic inflammatory response Airway goblet cell metaplasia and mucus production, indices of degree of inflammation, are hallmarks of asthma...
... (Model 49C; Thermo Environmental Instruments Inc., Franklin, Mass) The air-sampling probes were placed inthe breathing zone ofthe mice The mean chamber ozone concentration ( ± SEM) during the hr ... http://respiratory-research.com/content/5/1/5 Western blot analysis oftheexpressionof nNOS, eNOS, and iNOS inthe lung tissue Figure Western blot analysis oftheexpressionof nNOS, eNOS, and iNOS inthe lung tissue Mice were categorized ... cycle ofthe animal A pneumotachograph with defined resistance inthe wall ofthe main chamber acts as a low pass filter and allows thermal compensation The time constant ofthe box was determined...
... multiplicity of infection inocula Figure shows theexpression patterns for genes encoding DEAD box proteins, and other genes encoding RNA helicases and RNA binding proteins, as assigned by thegene ontology ... involvement in RNA binding, transport or splicing A compilation of latently infected profiles of genes with known or active replication A compilation oftheexpression profiles of genes with known ... addition, genes encoding other proteins involved in nucleic acidprotein interactions were also upregulated, such as members ofthe SWI/SNF family of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factors involved...
... hand, the negative genetic correlations were observed only for the pairs of correlations including generation 2000 The average ofthe ten genetic correlations of generation 2000 with all the other ... 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 ... deformations were obtained from the Finnish rainbow trout breeding programme The broodstock fish were held at the fresh water breeding station located in Tervo, Central Finland The lifecycle ofthe fish is...
... structures and there is a continuous shuttling of splicing factors in and out ofthe speckles Inthe event of transcription inhibition, either through the use of inhibitors or as a consequence of heat-shock, ... maintain the HOX geneexpression (Ziemin-van der Poel et al., 1991) The mechanisms by which these two evolutionally conserved genes maintain the HOX gene expressions occur at the epigenetic level ... tri-methylation and expressionof endogenous p53 target genes, inthe presence ofthe DNA-damaging agent, doxorubicin (Kim et al., 2009) Theexpressionof p21, a downstream target geneof p53, was found...
... actin is associated with rDNA genes, and microinjection of anti-actin Ig into the nuclei of HeLa cells inhibits pre-rRNA synthesis in vivo [25,34] Theinteractionof NM1 with actin inthe initiation ... enhances its activity inthe presence of androgen Theinteraction between the N- and C-termini ofthe AR does not affect gelsolin FXXFF binding to AR LBD, indicating that the gelsolin FXXFF motif has ... regulation ofthe AR N-terminal domain, and the LBD interaction (N ⁄ C interaction) [78–82] All available data suggest that no single AR-binding protein completely defines the multiple functions of the...
... differences in exposure times during western blotting We also observed a slight increase in SREBF1 protein level triggered inthe presence ofthe NT siRNA, in agreement with the slight increase in SREBF1 ... increase inthe abundance of SREBF1 transcript in each cell type The efficiency of SREBF1 ⁄ siRNA1 was also investigated at the protein level by western blotting analysis of SREBF1 abundance in ... cells The numbers of transcripts differentially expressed inthe presence of both siRNAs specific for the same target are indicated in diagram intersections allowing theexpression analysis, at the...
... TAp73 expressionin vivo by treating the standard TAp73expressing cell line A549 with either Sp1 small interfering RNA (siRNA) or an Sp1 protein inhibitor The resulting changes in TAp73 expression ... 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, ... 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...
... enhancing reporter geneexpression These findings suggest that the Bombyx MEF2 homolog binds to the MEF2 consensus binding sequence inthe PTTH promoter, enhancing PTTH geneexpression Cloning ofthe ... protein Furthermore, overexpression ofthe BmMEF2 gene can induce PTTH geneexpression Thus, it appears that BmMEF2 plays a role inthe enhancement of PTTH geneexpressionin PTPCs A single MEF2 gene, ... lateral region ofthe brain in each hemisphere [14] Regulation of PTTH geneexpression by controlling BmMEF2 expression To investigate whether theexpressionof BmMEF2 affects PTTH gene expression, ...
... instance, miR-373 induces theexpressionof E-cadherin and CSDC2 by targeting their promoter region and initiate their expression[ 73] Another mechanism is that the engagement of miRNA and their targets ... [21,43], if the function ofthe miRNA is dominant in leading the mRNA target degradation, however, most animal miRNAs pair to the 3' UTRs of their targets by incomplete base-pairing through their seed ... analysis of these genes also divided the samples into three groups, hES, EB, and adult cells, and divided the genes into major nodes (Figure 4) The node containing 226 genes that were upregulated in...
... (1 min) The amplicon was cloned into TA vector to generate the recombinant plasmid pHR1 Further, the yqhD gene was sub-cloned from pHR1 into NcoI/XhoI site of pSIP411, resulting in recombinant ... reuteri Further engineering ofthe strain to improve the redox balance and minimize the formation of byproducts like lactate and ethanol could pave the way for maximizing 1, 3-PD biosynthesis Acknowledgements ... inthe recombinant cells after induction, which correlates well with the expected size of YqhD Batch fermentation analysis of recombinant L reuteri harbouring yqhD To investigate the impact of...
... individuals In contrast to conventional differential geneexpression analyses, the determination of inter-individual geneexpression variances, often affecting geneexpressionof members ofthe ... (cytokine–cytokine receptor interactions) The mean geneexpression (blue line) and the intra-group inter-individual variances in RA and NC synovial membrane (red bar) are indicated, resulting in ... small number of genes (for example, 2.6% inthe human retina [20]) To analyze inter-individual mRNA expression variances in RA, the occurrence of gene- specific expression differences inthe SM was...
... significantly inhibited the increase of TLR4 protein expression induced by stretch Addition of losartan (100 nM) before TNF-a use significantly inhibited the increase of TLR4 protein expression induced ... kinase pathway because the specific and potent inhibitors of an upstream p38 kinase, SB203580 inhibited the induction of TLR4 protein This signaling pathway of p38 was further confirmed by the ... attenuated the increase of TLR4 induced by stretch (data not shown) This finding indicates that TNF-a may directly mediate the increase of TLR4 by cyclic stretch As shown in Fig 4, addition of losartan...