... Arabidopsis thaliana, we show that the mode
of duplication, the function of the genes involved, and the time since duplication play important
roles in the divergence of gene expression and, therefore, ... and
small-scale gene duplication events by means of microarray data and investigate both the influence
of the origin (mode of duplication) and...
... thiol group (Cys341) is involved in
substrate binding at the S1 subsite and in maintaining the
width and depth of the S1 subsite; (b) the rearrangement of
the S1 subsite induced by the interaction ... for
the hypothesis that Cys341 is not only located at the S1
binding site [5–7,9], but the hydrophobicity of the thiol
group also plays a role in substrate bi...
... 23:57-63.
18. Yeh TS, Wang CR, Jeng GW, Lee GL, Chen MY, Wang GR, Lin KT,
Chuang CY, Chen CY: The study of anticardiolipin antibodies
and interleukin-6 in cerebrospinal fluid and blood of Chinese
patients ... would be of value to improve the clinical evaluation of
NPSLE and to study the ongoing brain parenchyme status
in living subjects with NPSLE.
In the current s...
... article by Terry Smith and William Cruikshank in
the Journal of Immunology provides fascinating yet
unexpected insights into how autoantibodies contribute to
the maintenance of inflammatory disease ... chronic inflammation (both local and systemic), and
alterations in the immune response, including changes in
the T-cell repertoire and the production of autoantibo...
... numbers of DM, myocardial infarction, and
chronic ischemic heart diseases as underlying cause of
death in PWA with the expected numbers from the sex-
and age-matched, general population of Italy. The ... shown).
DM and cardiovascular diseases were the underlying
cause of death of 43 PWA (i.e., they cause 1.4% of all
deaths): 14 deaths were caused by DM, 17 by myoca...
... undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) [1-3] and in 30-63% of those oper ated for
coexisting ischemic heart and valve disease [3,4]. The
majority of AF arrhythmias appear within the first ... de-clamped. Just after discontinuation of cardi-
opulmonary bypass and thereafter, in the ICU, a fluid-
balance was daily recorded. During the ICU-stay and
later on,...
... reduction in mitochondrial cytochrome C and an increase in cytosolic
cytochrome C. At the same time point, hydrogen peroxide and CSE significantly increased the
concentration of Bax-α in the mitochondria.
Conclusion: ... Pryor WA: The free radical chemistry of cigarette smoke and
their interaction of alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor. In Pulmonary
emphysema and proteo...
... unlikely to explain the
differential growth kinetics and, by extension, the cyto-
pathogenesis of the prototypic RSV A2 strain and the
clinical isolates.
Differential chemokine/cytokine secretion following ... with data analyses. JPM supervised the clinical and
bronchial sampling aspects of the study and the study feasibility. PVC input
to study design and was res...
... seen in experimental tank systems. In
addition, information is lacking regarding the route of
virus entry/exit and the virus dose necessary to elicit an
infection. Our findings that SAV shedding ... nor-
malized against endogenous (EF1A
A
)- and exogenous
reference genes (Sal- and VHSV-assays) by the use of
the Microsoft®Excel® based computer software Q -Gene
[47]. The...
... Probes,
Eugene, OR, USA). Sulphated glycosaminoglycan (sGAG)
content was determined using the 1, 9-dimethyl-methyl-
ene blue dye-binding assay in agarose/papain digests and
media samples and the values ... were inhibited
by dynamic compression or by the presence of the iNOS
inhibitor, linking reparative activities by both types of
stimuli. Future investigations which examine...