... branch off small artery; A1-arteriole, branch off A0; A2 arteriole, branch off A1; A3 arteriole, branch off A2; A4 arteriole, branch off A3 (Figure 1) Materials and methods Animal model and preparation ... In-vivo preparation of the hamster model window chamber model with visible A0 arteriole and V0 vein Other vessels (A1, branch off A0; A2, branch off A1; A3, branch off A2; A4, branch off A3), capillaries ... heart rate >340 beats per minute and MAP >80 mmHg, and microscopic examination of the tissue in the chamber observed under ×600 magnification did not reveal signs of edema or bleeding (Figure 1)...
... HEVs of tertiary lymphoid tissues but not of LNs and PPs [52] Thus, BALT is not identical to "conventional" secondary lymphoid tissues such as LNs and PPs A limitation of our study andof several ... age of 70 years (37%) than in those 70 Figure Lymphoidtissue in human lung Lymphoidtissue in human lung (A): Bronchus-associated lymphoidtissue (BALT) There is a well demarcated submucosal lymphoid ... types of secondary lymphoid tissues: bronchus-associated lymphoidtissue (BALT) and lymph nodes (LNs) [5-7] The presence of BALT in adult mammals depends on species, antigen stimulation and age...
... cells HNP1-3 and HBD-2 from synovial tissueand synovial cells To study the releaseof HNP1-3 or HBD-2, the protein was detected in the superfusate of synovial tissue Synovial tissue released HNP1-3, ... activities of neutrophils and monocytes via β2-adrenoceptors, which might also play a role in synovial tissueof patients with OA and RA However, in inflamed synovial tissueof patients with RA, sympathetic ... In tissues of patients with RA and OA, the investigation of defensins has recently begun One report demonstrated the presence of HNP1 positive cells in synovial tissueof healthy subjects and...
... depletion and viral replication in HIV-1 wt- and Δnef-infected cultures of human tonsil tissue ex vivo CD4+ T cell CD4+ T cell depletion and viral replication in HIV-1 wt- and Δnef-infected cultures of ... HIV-1 replication and depletion of CD4+ T lymphocytes in ex vivo-aggregate cultures of human tonsil tissue Extensive comparison of wt and Δnef HIV-1 in HLAC from a large number of donors demonstrated ... this study; and the frequency of cell death in infected and bystander cells detected closely matched that of apoptotic cells detected by others [17] Although populations of apoptotic and/ or productively...
... of coagulation andof the protein C system and the releaseof other markers of inflammation and endothelial activation early after trauma Here, we report an extracellular releaseof HMGB1 within ... correlates with severity of injury, tissue hypoperfusion, activation of the protein C system and coagulation abnormalities, complement activation and the releaseof other biomarkers of endothelial cell ... part of the standard management of major trauma patients The base deficit was used as a measure of the degree oftissue hypoperfusion Admission base deficit is a clinically useful early marker of...
... via increased transcription and/ or by stabilization of the CTGF transcripts and the role of RhoA GTPase and p38 signaling in such a regulation, nuclear run-on assays and message stability analyses ... transcription rate of the CTGF/CCN2 gene was determined upon stimulation of the cells with S1P, anisomycin or FBS in the absence and in the presence of RhoA GTPase and p38 inhibitors (Y-27632 and SB-203580, ... angiotensin II and prostaglandins stimulate the expression of CTGF/CCN2 efficiently [8,43–45] The role of the cytoskeleton is important, particularly in the compartmentalization of the cytoplasm and organization...
... staining of total cellular and chromatin-bound PCNA T24 were grown and incubated on coverslips Two sets of hypoxic cells andof cells reoxygenated for 10 and 30 were prepared One set of cells ... analyses of growing daughter strands A fast increase of the DNA synthesis rate either reflects releaseof replicon initiations or stimulation of elongation, or both To determine the cause of the ... renewal before and at the end of hypoxic gassing as well as under normoxic conditions As shown in Fig MCM3 and Cdc6 are not, and MCM2 and Cdk2 are barely, detectable on chromatin of starved T24...
... 5.0.9) and an output of percentage sequence identity and percent sequence similarity was generated [26] Location of the b strands (bA- bJ) and the a helices (aI and aII) in zebrafish FABP1a and FABP1b ... National Institute of Health (to CT and BT), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (to JMW), and the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship (to R-ZL and MKS) Tissue- specific ... Tissue- specific expression of fabp1a, fapb1b and fabp10 mRNAs during embryonic and larval development, and in adult zebrafish The tissue- specific distribution of fabp1a, fabp1b and fabp10 gene transcripts...
... processing oftissue grafts As the standards for tissue banking by the American Association ofTissue Banks (AATB), European Association ofTissue Banks (EATB), Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue ... Types of Terminal Sterilization ofTissue Grafts Aziz Nather, Jocelyn L L Chew and Zameer Aziz Chapter Need for Radiation Sterilization ofTissue Grafts Norimah Yusof and Nazly Hilmy 11 Part II TISSUE ... Association of Surgical Tissue Banks (APASTB) Standards for Tissue Banking (January 2007), the IAEA Code of Practice for the Radiation Sterilization ofTissue Allografts (2004), and the IAEA...
... contain smaller lipid droplets and more mitochondria, and express higher levels of UCP-1 and PGC-1a and lower levels of Rb The role of these various transcription factors and nuclear factors is highlighted ... renewed interest in understanding its formation and function Differentiation of white and brown preadipocytes Changes in adipose tissue mass as a result of genetic and environmental factors involve ... adipocyte number) and hypertrophy (i.e an expansion of adipocyte volume as a result of the accumulation of lipids) Consequently, knowledge of the origin and molecular control of adipocyte progenitor...
... adipocytes and the adipose microvascualture, and the marked similarities in tumor growth and hypoxia compared with those of adipose tissue expansion remain of great interest Adipose tissueand lymphatic ... [6] At the other end of the spectrum is the condition of lipodystrophy, wherein the dramatic loss of adipose tissue triggers a high degree of insulin resistance and signs of other metabolic dysregulation ... quality of adipose tissue consistently point to the microvasculature and angiogenesis within adipose tissue as critical role players in adipose tissue health and expansion [3] Expansion of adult...
... Maurice and Erwan Magueur is greatly appreciated This work was supported by grants from the Lorraine Region and Urban Community of Grand Nancy (CUGN) and from the French Ministry of Research and ... ACTH-induced FFA release (mM/mg prot) C Norepinephrine- induced FFA release (mM/mg prot) B Epinephrine-induced FFA release (mM/mg prot) Epinephrine-induced FFA release (mM/mg prot) A Fig Effect of B[a]P ... concentrations of a common food pollutant, B[a]P, caused a rapid, direct and profound inhibition of adipose tissue lipolysis stimulated by epinephrine, dobutamine, salbutamol, BRL37344 and ACTH This...
... group enzyme Examination of the tissue distribution of the corresponding mRNA andof the A and B antigens in the BDIX strain of rat was performed, allowing some aspects of the ABO genetics in this ... parotid gland, the uterus, the seminal vesicle, the thyroid and parathyroid glands and the Fig Immunohistochemical analysis of the A and B antigens expression in BDIX rat tissues Frozen BDIX rat tissues ... cells of the neck area and on the parietal cells of the gastric glands whereas the B antigen was present on the pits epithelial cells and the chief cells of the glands In the large intestine and...
... for the formation of PICE multimers As the F1 and F4 molecular forms of PICE are both myristoylated and palmitoylated, the functional signi®cance of this twofold fatty acylation of the intestinal ... sequence and fatty acid content of PICE molecular forms Table gives the fatty acid content of the F4, F3 and F1 molecular forms of PICE, as well as the N-terminal aminoacid sequence of F3, in ... David et al [7], and with an amino-acid sequence yield of about 0.5 mol glycine per mol of protein b Yield of about 0.9 mol glycine per mol of protein c About mol fatty acid per mol of protein, except...
... and septic shock, dichotomizing marker levels by their median values The graphic representation of this analysis seems Table Correlation of sFlt-1 and VEGF-A with severity of illness MASCC SOFA ... sFlt-1 and VEGF-A measured at fever onset and after 48 hours with the severity of illness scores are shown The correlation of the markers after 48 hours of fever onset with scores at the time of ... explored the time-course and the significance of serum levels of sFlt-1 and VEGF-A in patients with FN and hematological malignancies The endothelial barrier-breaking properties of VEGFA are less widely...
... and septic shock, dichotomizing marker levels by their median values The graphic representation of this analysis seems Table Correlation of sFlt-1 and VEGF-A with severity of illness MASCC SOFA ... sFlt-1 and VEGF-A measured at fever onset and after 48 hours with the severity of illness scores are shown The correlation of the markers after 48 hours of fever onset with scores at the time of ... explored the time-course and the significance of serum levels of sFlt-1 and VEGF-A in patients with FN and hematological malignancies The endothelial barrier-breaking properties of VEGFA are less widely...
... contain many tissueand cell line samples, the overlap consists of five tissues only Thus, we defined a gene to be tissue- specific if it is expressed in exactly one of these five tissues The gene ... 0.56, with a maximum of 0.61 in liver and a minimum of 0.44 in testis The average correlation between the Gene Atlas and RNA-sequencing data is 0.27 and between Gene Atlas and Exon Array data ... noise Tissue specificity of protein interactions Gene expression often leads to the production of proteins in the cells Therefore, we re-examined a study regarding the tissue specificity of physical...
... yield the highest release percentage of 2,4-D at 99% In the binary and ternary release media, the presence of phosphate anion speeds up the release rate The data of the releaseof 2,4-D from its ... solutions: chloride, carbonate and phosphate and the combination of them by adding about 0.34 g of ZANDI into a 500 ml of the aqueous solution The accumulated amount of 2,4-D released into the solution ... SEM micrograph of Zn–Al-LDH (ZAN) and its nanohybrid with 2,4-D (ZANDI) accumulated releaseof 2,4-D/% percentage at 99% compared to phosphate and chloride with a value of 93 and 25%, respectively...
... rate of seed release (figures and 2), or in the rate of scale opening In both P pinaster (figure 1) and P radiata (figure 2), the rates of seed release are invariably lower than the rate of scale ... spectrum of temperature-heat residence time combinations on the opening of P pinaster and P radiata cone scales, on the releaseof seeds, and on their viability We chose P pinaster and P radiata ... radiata than in P pinaster The latter released 11.91% of the seeds that could potentially have been released in view of the number of open scales Two seeds could be released per scale The mean dispersal...
... Results of linear correlation analyses between the index of injury at –30 °C (I–30; as a measure of frost hardiness) of the bark tissue as the dependent variable and concentrations of individual and ... standard For the determination of soluble sugars and cyclitols, 20 mg of the lyophilized and pulverized bark material from the control and the repeatedly defoliated oaks (one sample per tree and ... (Quercus petraea and Q robur), New Phytol 144 (1999) 73–83 [45] Thomas F.M., Blank R., The effect of excess nitrogen andof insect defoliation on the frost hardiness of bark tissueof adult oaks,...