... producing the chemokine CCL5 [39,40] The memory population may be further divided by theexpression or loss ofexpressionof CCR7 [12] We and others have previously shown that the majority of T cells ... values of CCL5, and error bars one standard deviation Phenotype of CCL5+ T cells within the joint CD8+ T cells ofthe effector and memory compartments have been shown to express high levels ofthe ... their own recruitment We analysed the phenotype ofthe CCL5+CCR5+CD8 T cell population within the joint Several studies have proposed stages of differentiation for effector and memory CD8 T cells:...
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... processing ofthe D melanogaster a-F1-ATPase transcript Theexpressionofthe a-F1-ATPase gene during development is coordinated with theexpressionofthe nuclearencoded b-F1-ATPase gene andthe mitochondrial-encoded ... footprinting ofthe 5¢ upstream region ofthe a-F1-ATPase gene and found that the combination of GAF and Adf-1 binding sites is present both in other Drosophila species (D yakuba and D pseudoobscura) and ... under the control ofthe actin 5C promoter The GAGA factor stimulated at least threefold the activity ofthe promoter in constructs )397/+86 and )146/+86, but had no effect on the activity of the...
... suggesting that the level of GFP–PrPC transgene expression was dependent on the colour ofthe background ofthe animal The fusion protein was found only in the NIL and not in the AL of black- and white-adapted ... physiological manipulation ofthe biosynthetic and secretory activity ofthe melanotrope cell In this study, we combined the unique properties ofthe melanotrope cell with the technique of stable Xenopus ... Discussion The aim ofthe present study was to investigate the intracellular fate of PrPC by examining for the first time its biosynthesis in the secretory pathway of neuroendocrine cells in vivo and the...
... cells Theexpressionof rPhl p in insect cells was optimized by infecting Sf9 cells with different amounts of virus and by expression for various periods Aliquots ofthe culture supernatants andcell ... 1, the cDNA coding for the mature allergen was expressed in baculovirus-infected insect cells An expression strategy was chosen which led to the secretion ofthe recombinant allergen into thecell ... insect cell- expressed Phl p and, to a lower degree, in the nPhl p preparations Biochemical and biophysical characterization of insect -cell expressed Phl p The molecular mass of insect cell- expressed...
... from Hanes plots Determination ofthe metal contents ofthe Qor proteins, and detection ofthe nucleotide moiety ofthe molybdenum cofactor The contents of molybdenum and iron were determined by ... cleaves 364-bp upstream ofthe start codon of qorM, and DraIII, that cleaves 8-bp downstream ofthe stop codon of qorL After removing the 3¢ overhang and filling the 5¢ overhang ofthe plasmid with T4 ... indicated in Fig 4B The absence of Mo(V)signals reveals the g2-component of FeSII It is noted that the g-factors ofthe FeSI and II signals ofthe Qor proteins from the wild-type strain and from P putida...
... explain the lack ofthe effect ofthe transgene on the size ofthe latter depot [16,17]; this is also associated with the differential effect ofthe transgene on in situ fatty acid synthesis in the ... multilocular cells in white fat, the morphology of mitochondria andthe mitochondrial content ofthe unilocular cells were affected by the transgene The morphometric study of subcutaneous white fat ofthe ... young but not adult mice, and they were absent from epididymal fat, regardless of either the age ofthe animals, or the genotype Therefore, the results document further that the resistance against...
... preparation and macroscopic and histological grading of OA SFW participated in the conception ofthe study and supervised the protocol COT was responsible for the initial conception ofthe research ... In summary, the present study shows a decrease in theexpressionofthe PTH1R receptor over the time course of OA Further studies are needed to determine 1) the physiologic role of this receptor ... that chondrocytes ofthe radial zone occupied twice the volume and surface area ofthe chondrocytes ofthe superficial zone but were 10 times more synthetically active [27] We hypothesize that PTH1R...
... in the degradation ofthe stroma Theexpressionof MMP-2 was present basically in the neoplastic cells In the case of MMP-9 most ofthe cases were negative both tumoral and reactive cells Theexpression ... molecular and cellular components ofthe vascular wall On the other hand, 12 cases ofthe present series showed a more intense expressionof TIMP-1 in epithelial cells, mainly the mucosal gland, whose ... In addition to the high positivity of neoplastic cells to the immunophenotype of NK (CD 56) cells and cytoplasmic CD3, the lack of rearrangement ofthe T-clonal receptor cells and positivity...
... RAGE expression in FLS cultures in our experiments and may be relevant to the over -expression of RAGE on RA synovial tissues However, the exact mechanism of RAGE over -expression in the milieu of ... pathway of IL-17-induced RAGE production and expression, we tested the effect of Act-1 shRNA on RAGE production We produced Act-1 shRNA and confirmed the inhibitory effect of Act-1 shRNA on Act-1 expression ... criteria ofthe American College of Rheumatology [18] Informed consent was provided according to the Declaration of Helsinki and obtained from all patients Approval by the ethical committee of the...
... value of tax/value of HPRT HTLV-1 HBZ mRNA load = value of HBZ/value of HPRT We used aliquots ofthe same standard MT-2 cDNA preparation for all assays andthe correlation values of standard ... 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 represented by horizontal lines andthe statistical differences ... at least the biclonal integration of HTLV-1 proviral DNA The incidence of multibands in our cases (two out of ten: 20%) was comparable with the data by Kamihira et al (17.8%) The Page of 11 (page...
... membrane [22] The presence of ASP was detected in the cytoplasm andthe nucleus in the vicinity ofthecell membranes However, the nucleolar localization of ASP is unexpected since the nucleolus ... above The morphology ofthecell was assessed by NDIC White bars correspond to a scale of 10 μm ASP is expressed in infected Jurkat T cells Before analyzing theexpressionof ASP in infected cells, ... scale of 10 μm or in the antisense direction from the 3’ LTR Such a mechanism allows the synthesis of a complex proteome from the proviral genome integrated into thecell chromosome Although the...
... that of other class RNRs or, instead, is a result ofthe interaction ofthe R2F with the inactivated (oxidized) form ofthe R1E We consider the first option unlikely Under these circumstances, the ... In the present study, we report data on homologous expressionofthe nrdF gene of C ammoniagenes strain ATCC 6872 This is the first report ofthe successful purification of high amounts ofthe ... reproduces the centre ofthe experimental spectrum reasonably well It cannot, however, explain the remarkably broad wings ofthe signal The broad lineshape andthe enhanced relaxation properties of the...
... less in size at the time of diagnosis The events occurred in black women and two in women of other observed rates of occurrence oftumorsof 1.0 cm or smaller were races Ofthe seven tumors that ... use of mammography has resulted in the more frequent detection of DCIS In view ofthe cost involved andthe effort required to diagnose these tumorsand in light ofthe debate about both the ... cm were 2.63 and 1.04 per 1000 women, respeccancer was assessed by means of a comparison ofthe rates ofthe tively The rates of occurrence oftumorsof 2.1–3.0 cm were occurrence of that disease...
... = 150 N Problem 2-17 Determine the magnitude and direction ofthe resultant force F R Express the result in terms ofthe magnitudes ofthe components F and F andthe angle φ Solution: F R = F ... Problem 2-20 The plate is subjected to the forces acting on members A and B as shown Determine the magnitude ofthe resultant of these forces and its direction measured clockwise from the positive ... Problem 2-41 Determine the magnitude and direction ofthe resultant FR = F + F2 + F ofthe three forces by summing the rectangular or x, y components ofthe forces to obtain the resultant force...
... and colony formation assays confirmed the active role of miR-23a in the growth promotion of malignant cells The fundamental function of miRNAs is to regulate their targets by direct cleavage of ... on theexpressionof IL6R by RT-PCR and western blot, and found an inverse correlation between miR-23a and IL6R expression at both the mRNA and protein levels To confirm the direct regulation of ... complementary to the miR-23a seed region Three binding sites of miR-23a were found in the 3¢ UTR of IL6R mRNA (Fig 3A) To confirm that miR-23a can bind to these regions and suppress theexpressionofthe target...
... the standard deviation ofthe two replicates (B and C) RAW cells were cotransfected with the pCI ⁄ ESE-1 expression vector, the NF-jB p50 and p65 expression vectors or a combination thereof and ... observed across the different studies as well as the similarity ofthe recognition sites ofthe NFAT and Ets factors led us to investigate the potential involvement ofthe epithelial specific ... transcription factors as the mutation ofthe CRE site within the COX-2 promoter or theexpressionof a dominant negative mutant of CREB reduces inducibility ofthe COX-2 promoter [9,12–14] The transcription...
... apical membranes ofthe oxyntic-peptic cells [37] The distribution ofthe ectoATPDase on these epithelial cells is distinctly different from the other ATPDase in the E-ATPase family, the CD39s [13,17,19] ... concentration of mM at pH 7.4 On the other hand, the CaADPase activity is 80% ofthe MgADPase activity at a divalent ion-ADP concentration of mM (data not shown) The ATPase and ADPase activities ofthe ... numbers are on the right side ofthe figure The transmembranous domains ofthe protein at the N- and C-terminus are shaded The five apyrase conserved regions (ACRs) are underlined and in bold The 10 cysteine...
... procedures Cell lines andcell culture Four rainbow trout cell lines were used in these studies; the mononuclear cell line RTS-11 [33], the gonad cell line RTG [34], the liver cell line RTL [35] and ... RTS cells, as seen in the northern blot (Fig 7), and is the largest ofthe known IL-11 molecules Interestingly, the trout IL-11 transcript has four potential poly(A) signals (AATAAA), two of them ... fibroblasts, lung epithelial cell lines and endometrial epithelial and stromal cells TGF-b has been shown to stimulate IL-11 production in a number ofcell types, including lung epithelial cells, fibroblasts,...
... for the subunits A and B of V-ATPase The intracellular localization of these isoforms andthe combination ofthe isoforms is yet to be determined We are now trying to express fusion proteins of ... ratio ofthe three proteins could not be estimated Forgac described in a recent minireview [21] that the VO domain consisted of six copies ofthe c/c0 subunits and single copies ofthe other subunits ... overexpressed by induction, accumulation ofthe dye in the vacuoles of both transformants was observed, andthe intensity was weaker than that in the transformants ofthe other four genes constructed in...