... epitheliumrenewal Chapter ThespatialorientationofzebrafishintestinalepitheliumrenewalThespatialorientationofzebrafishintestinalepitheliumrenewalby positive markingofepithelial ... Chapter Thespatialorientationofzebrafishintestinalepitheliumrenewal 30 Thespatialorientationofzebrafishintestinalepitheliumrenewal – by positive markingofepithelialcells ... expression of these genes in theintestinalepitheliumofzebrafish at a level of single cell The main aim of this thesis is to produce a detailed study and analysis ofthezebrafishintestinal epithelium...
... 20 μg of CII/20 μl of PBS in the right ear and with 20 μl of PBS in the left ear DTH response was calculated as the percentage swelling (the difference between the increase of thickness ofthe ... right ear and the left ear, divided bythe thickness ofthe left ear, multiplied by 100) Data are expressed as the mean (standard error ofthe mean) Differences were analyzed bythe Mann-Whitney ... demonstrated bythe addition of inhibitors of these enzymes - GW274150 and indomethacin [8,36], respectively - to the co-cultures The addition of these inhibitors resulted in the abrogation ofthe inhibition...
... normalize the HTLV-1 tax or HBZ mRNA expression level per provirus, the mRNA/DNA ratio was calculated by dividing the HTLV-1 tax or HBZ mRNA load bythe HTLV-1 proviral load Neither the HBZ (C) nor the ... ATL, HCs – ATL) The zero value of tax gene transcripts was observed in 60.7% of HAM/TSP patients (34 out of 56), 71.1% of HCs (27 out of 38) and 30.0% of ATL patients (3 out of 10) The medians are ... significant numbers of individuals tested (60.7% of HAM/TSP patients, 34 out of 56; 71.1% of HCs, 27 out of 38; 30.0% of ATL patients, out of 10), whereas HTLV-1 HBZ mRNA was expressed in all the infected...
... 1A, and are named according to the number of amino acids deleted from the C terminus of GagPol Figure 1B shows Western blots of lysates ofthe viruses produced from the different transfections, ... packaging tRNALys3 incorpora- tion into HIV-1 is not affected by deletion ofthe IN domain in GagPol, nor by further deletion ofthe RNaseH Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Retrovirology ... Figure 2B The left side of panel A shows that there is a linear increase in the reverse transcription signal over an almost 10 fold change in the amount of BH10.P- viral genomic RNA used in the reac-...
... upstream ofthe Luc cDNA, and both genes were separated by a linker sequence of 33 nucleotides All transgenes were expressed under the control ofthe CMV promoter The correct sequence ofthe fusion ... for the Luc expressing U87MG cell clone was 125 cells We further examined whether the cytotoxic activity ofthe HSV-TK moiety could be visualized by monitoring light emission from intact cells ... generated by enzymatic conversion of prodrug by HSV-TK was however not measured in either ofthe above studies Ponomarev et al [24] did not present data on the correlated expression ofthe three...
... respectively The bioavailability of free EPI was 100%, the BAR of PA/EPI calculated through the equation above bythe AUC0–24h was 189%, much higher than the free drug According to the previous ... control ofthe particle size (Zhang et al., 2009) The size and the size distributions of PANs and PA/EPI in distilled water were measured by DLS The morphological characteristics were observed by ... major contributor for the clearance of NPs, thus the reducing rate of MPS uptake could be considered as the best strategy for prolonging the circulation of NPs (Li & Huang, 2008) Therefore, PA/EPI...
... in rabbits bythe Scientific Services Department ofthe Weizmann Institute by a single injection of 150 lg ofthe purified protein, followed by two booster shots ofthe same amount of protein at ... estimate the ratio between the amounts of UP12 and the total amount of protein in the extracts, a series of samples containing determined amounts ofthe purified UP12 were separated by SDS/PAGE ... mimicked the effect of GroES by releasing almost all ofthe polypeptides from GroEL After treatment with ATP and 0.1% DM, these polypeptides were recovered in the top three fractions ofthe sucrose...
... PP The concentrations of porphyrins used in the growth medium are given in Table In the case of Ru-meso, a low concentration had to be used because ofthe toxicity of this compound Production of ... suggested that the metal ion ofthe porphyrin is removed during transport ofthe porphyrin from the medium to the catalase protein in the cytoplasm Alternatively, but less likely, the metalloporphyrin ... 700 nm (C) Spectra of catalases produced in the presence of Cu-PP, Mg-PP, and PP The intensities of these spectra have been normalized with respect to the Soret band absorption The inset in (C)...
... operation ofthe network However, the response for a specific system is constrained bythe connection between these elements The response is also influenced bythe relative dominance of these individual ... where, KS is the half saturation constant for activation of Gal3p by galactose and t refers to the total component concentration The expression of GAL genes is determined bythe binding ofthe operator ... validate the mechanism of induction of GAL genes by galactose In each ofthe models, cytoplasmic Gal3p is activated by galactose Further, Gal4p dimerizes and interacts with the DNA to form the DNA–Gal4p...
... modifications of chromatin [9] Little is known, however, ofthe functional role ofthe remaining subclass members In this study, the yeast protein SPP1 (alias cps40), a member ofthe COMPASS complex ... constitute CGBP homologues The presence of a TFS2M domain is also indicative of a possible function for the DIDO1 long isoform (Figs and S2) It is the second domain ofthe elongation factor, TFSII ... instability is the most probable explanation for the lagging chromosomes in DIDO1-targeted cells Targeting ofthe DIDO1 locus leads to genomic instability, as shown bythe occurrence of lagging chromosomes...
... sensitization by degrading the airway epithelial barrier, as it was found to disrupt tight junctions and increase permeability in confluent monolayers ofepithelialcells [15] All these activities ... from the administered [75Se]Der p2, indicate together with its own remaining intact levels (the 16 kDa band) that the clearance and further metabolism ofthe allergen was altered as a result ofthe ... conclude that the inflammatory state ofthe lung influence on the rate of metabolism and clearance of Der p Thus, an allergic response may lead to prolonged retention ofthe allergen in the airways...
... of their crystal structure of Pisum sativum PSI, in which the loop of PSI-G is suggested to face the stroma The amount of PSI-G in the transformed knock-out line does not reach the level ofthe ... topology where the loop is in the thylakoid lumen, and the N-and C-termini face the stroma, opposite to that of PSI-K On the other hand, the second scenario implies a stromal loop, like that of PSI-K, ... integration ofthe subunit into the PSI complex A protein band smaller that the tagged versions of PSI-G is present in the lanes with the loop-tagged PSI, but is also seen faintly in the lanes with the...
... analyzed bythe Levene test; in those cases in which the variances were unequal, the data were adequately transformed before the ANOVA The null hypothesis was accepted for all the values of these ... A-deficient rats In the liver of rats with hypervitaminosis the results showed a decrease in the amount of p53 and an increase ofthe c-Jun The figure shows that the expression of p53 is time course ... position, the amplified DNA were resolved by agarose electrophoresis The intensity of fluorescent dye, ethydium bromide, relative to the intensity from the input gives the enrichment generated by the...
... effects of EBI compounds on the plasma membrane H+-ATPase of U maydis Furthermore, the utilization of two different targets in the same biosynthetic route permitted us not only the confirmation ofthe ... in the indirect effects of sterol modification, namely, the activation of plasma membrane H+-ATPase through changes in the fatty acid profile There have been numerous reports on the influence of ... sterols plus, in the case of EBI-treated sporidia, other collateral effects of these compounds [33] In U maydis, changes in the plasma membrane 18 : 2/18 : ratio followed the inhibition of growth rate,...
... the fluorescence dye from the quenching molecule bythe Dicer enzyme, which cleaved the synthetic let-7 precursor miRNA (Fig 1D) [19] In the absence ofthe Dicer protein, the emission energy of ... general, the functional actions of miRNAs in mammalian cells, unlike plant cells, are associated with the translational inhibition of target mRNAs by binding miRNA to the seed region ofthe target ... abnormalities occurring during each ofthe steps of miRNA biogenesis Second, the oncogenic characteristics ofthe miRNAs regulate the progression of cancer by preventing the tumor suppressor genes from...
... aorta The level of HSP90 and the type of NOS isoform present in rat brain and aorta were determined by immunoblotting (Fig 1) In brain, nNOS was the most preferentially expressed isoform, together ... in these digestion processes was demonstrated bythe protective effect on both HSP90 and NOS degradation ofthe administration to the HSD-treated NMS animals of C.I.1 (Fig 5) In the brain of ... [28,42] d The loss of calpastatin activity was calculated by subtracting the sum ofthe percentage ofthe active calpastatin species from 100 HMS Control + HSD + HSD + C.I Fig Levels of calpain...
... published bythe National Institutes of Health in the United States (NIH Publication No 85-23, revised 1996) and approved bythe Ethics Committee for the Use of Animals in Research of "Federico ... daily The concentration is reported as the final molar concentration in the organ bath Endothelium-independent vasorelaxation was tested after mechanical endothelium removal ofthe endothelial ... http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/7/1/41 Figure Diagram 3of the kinetics of wound closure (A) Diagram ofthe kinetics of wound closure (A) VEGF165 and QK accelerate the closure of full thickness punch biopsy wounds...
... to the logarithm ofthe initial amount ofthe target DNA in the sample The relative concentration of one target with respect to another is reflected in the difference ofthe cycle number, the ... point of view very attractive, the analysis ofthe correlation ofthe expression levels ofthe two forms L and I in the tumor samples not support it at present Decrease in the level ofthe L ... sample) The SD of ΔΔCt is the same as the SD ofthe ΔCt The ΔCt values of both the tumor and normal samples are standardized to HGPRT used as endogenous control The values defined as increase of expression...
... position of AJC motion There was no bony interference with the path ofthe ATFL and CFL The position ofthe AJC during MR scanning was defined as the neutral reference position The length ofthe ATFL ... study the average length ofthe ATFL was 15.8 ± 2.9 mm and the average length ofthe CFL was 27.7 ± 2.7 mm in the neutral position The study of Burks and Morgan measured the length ofthe longest ... distances between the centroids ofthe digitized attachment areas on talus, calcaneus and fibula Once the position ofthe AJC was reproduced in the modeling software, the length ofthe ATFL and CFL...
... and therefore on the final strength ofthe bone-implant structure Therefore the per-operative characterization ofthe primary stem-femur contact and the assessment of primary stem stability in the ... more intricate deformation modes ofthe femur in combination with deformation modes ofthe prosthesis In the case of simple bending modes ofthe femur the prosthesis stem acts just like an added ... insertion, and the tightness of clamping was thus the same for all FRFs i = n) In the measured structure the only variable was the connection between the implant and the bone The shaker was held by a member...