... postulated that modulation of ICAM-1 expression could at least be facilitated at the transcriptional and translational level There is abundant evidence that STAT-1 signalling is a key regulatory pathway; ... release and adhesion molecule expression by stim- Page 15 of 16 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Inflammation 20 08, 5:8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ulated ... sICAM-1 release (A) and mICAM-1 levels (B) Cell cultures were pre-incubated with complete™ mini tablet/10 ml of media; sICAM-1 in associated supernatants was assayed using ELISA Data are mean...
... to have a better appreciation of western redcedar and yellowcedar responses when modeling for potential climate change MATERIALS AND METHODS 2. 1 Plant material Western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn) ... D.P., Seasonal patterns and environmental regulation of frost hardiness in shoots of seedlings of Thuja plicata, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, and Picea glauca, Can J Bot 72 (1994) 309–3 16 [48] ... foliage electrolyte leakage) of western redcedar (low at 570 m and high at 900 m) and yellow-cedar (low at 570 m and high at 1100 m) populations to mean air temperature (previous seven day average)...
... g·L–1 of CaCO3 solid phase instead of CaCl2 The mineral was a reagent grade commercial product (Merck 2 066 ) and was added to each flask before sterilisation Calculations of solubility equilibrium ... 0.1 0a 0.37 ± 0.0 9a 1.15 ± 0.30b 0 .27 ± 0.0 5a 0.31 ± 0.0 7a 0. 36 ± 0.1 0a 1.50 ± 0 .28 b S.c 22 P20 P100 P500 Pi + CaCO3 0.75 ± 0 .2 1a 0.79 ± 0 .2 3a 1. 06 ± 0 .2 6a 2. 39 ± 0.58b 0. 52 ± 0.1 5a 0.51 ± 0.1 2a ... cm intervals to the edge of the dish 2. 5 Statistics All results given are means and standard deviations from five replicates When indicated, data were analysed by ANOVA and significant differences...
... May The ’Carex’ site This site has a surface area of 2 .6 The stand is also an old coppice-with-standards but less degraded than the Molinia site The standards are almost exclusively pedunculate ... the soils generally is silty-clayey to sandy-silty-clayey Elevation is about 25 0 m on asl and rather constant The climate type is semicontinental; the annual precipitation amounts to 750 mm and ... BJ, Raison RJ (19 92) Dynamics of stem growth of Pinus radiata as affected by water and nitrogen supply For Ecol Manage 52, 117-137 Bialkiewicz F (19 76) [Drainage of marginal swampy forest land.]...
... were also observed Materials and methods Cytokines and reagents Recombinant human IL- 12 was purchased from R&D Systems (Abingdon, UK) Recombinant human IL- 18 was from MBL (Nagoya, Japan) IL- 18BP, ... medium IL- 12 IL- 18 NS IL- 18BP NS ** NS IL- 12 +IL- 18 IL- 12 +IL- 18BP Aging of RA PBMCs and sensitivity to Th1-inducing cytokine IFN-γ (ng/ml) (b) With PHA/PMA medium IL- 12 IL- 18 NS IL- 18BP ** * IL- 12 +IL- 18 ... cytokines, IL- 12 and IL- 18, we compared the IFN-γ production by PBMCs from RA patients to that by * IL- 18BP * IL- 12 +IL- 18 IL- 12 +IL- 18BP IFN-γ (ng/ml) Effect of IL- 12 and IL- 18 on rheumatoid arthritis...
... days after vaccination (μg/ml) 28 days after vaccination (μg/ml) N /A N /A N /A N /A N /A 28 .6 ( 26 ) Group C (vaccines weeks after abatacept) N /A 12. 5 (19) 6. 1 (20 ) Group D (vaccines weeks after abatacept) ... levels Anti-tetanus and anti-pneumococcal (Danish serotypes 2, 6B, 8, 9V, 14, 19F and 23 F) antibody titers were measured by ELISA at 14 and 28 days after vaccination by a central laboratory Abatacept ... Group C (vaccines weeks after abatacept) (n = 20 ) Group D (vaccines weeks after abatacept) (n = 20 ) Mean 34 34 34 36 Standard deviation 12 13 11 13 Range 18–55 18– 56 19– 56 20 – 56 Age (years) Gender...
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... BnWRKY 32 with a total of 26 ESTs, while BnWRKY 26 , 30, 36, and 66 have only one EST each (Additional file and additional file 2) To facilitate subsequent phylogenetic, GFP fusion, and qRT-PCR analyses, ... regulate AtWRKY 22/ 29 [39], (Figure 5) Similar to AtWRKY25 and 33, BnWRKY25 and 33, may act as a positive regulators of JA- and ET-mediated defense signaling pathways and as negative regulators ... genes Plant Mol Biol 1999, 40 (2) : 26 7 -27 8 119 Goda H, Sasaki E, Akiyama K, Maruyama-Nakashita A, Nakabayashi K, Li WQ, Ogawa M, Yamauchi Y, Preston J, Aoki K, et al.: The AtGenExpress hormone and...
... organism [6, 7] In the initial phase of infection, Listeria binds to splenic macrophages and is internalized; Listeria produces products that activate nuclear factor-kappa B and upregulate innate ... perhaps other RAGE ligands as well) HMGB-1 may stimulate interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-producing cells and thus mediate macrophage activation Furthermore, HMGB-1 may directly activate macrophages via RAGE ... bacteria 12 Taguchi A, Blood DC, del Toro G, Canet A, Lee DC, Qu W, Tanji N, Lu Y, Lalla E, Fu C, et al.: Blockade of RAGE-amphoterin signaling suppresses tumour growth and metastases Nature 20 00,...
... 5’GCCACCATGGCGTATAGCGGGTGGCAGCGACAGAGCCAGAATAAC-3’, antisense 5’-ATACGCCATGGTGGCGATATAATCGACGTGTTAGAAGCTTATGCA -3’ The template plasmid DNA was digested with DpnI and amplified fragment DNA was purified using a PCR purification ... 5'-GAAGACGCCAAAAACATAAAGAAAGGCC-3’ WT (34aa) uORF-Luc construct was used as template strand to create the ∆14 -23 amino acids uORF-Luc plasmid that encodes for uORF peptide deleted for amino acids 14 -23 ... stress and induced eIF2~P is critical for cell fate . 96 xi ABBREVIATIONS ASNS asparagine synthase ATF activating transcription factor ATF3 activating transcription factor ATF4 activating...
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... 20 10 21 Emami MJ, Tavakoli AR, Alemzadeh H, Abdinejad F, Shahcheraghi G, Erfani MA, Mozafarian K, Solooki S, Rezazadeh S, Ensafdaran A, Nouraie H, Jaberi FM, Sharifian M: Strategies in evaluation ... Prehospital care of Tsunami victims in Thailand: Description and analysis Prehosp Disast Med 20 06, 21 (3) :20 4 -21 0 28 Yasin MA, Malik SA, Nasreen G, Safdar CA: Experience with mass casualties in a subcontinent ... Thailand and Indonesia [27 ,43], the Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan [ 16, 39] and the Gujarat earthquake in India [44] As demonstrated, the army plays an important part in the early response to earthquakes...
... statistical approach, the presence of CYP 3A5 *1 variant was associated with lower tacrolimus dose adjusted concentration at 3, 6, 12 and 36 months after transplantation (Figure 2) Hepatic and renal ... function, and tacrolimus trough levels at 14 days, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after transplantation Values are expressed as median (25 % quartile-75% quartile) Timepoint AST (U/ml) ALT (U/ml) ... 125 - and 20 - bp bands (lanes 1, 2, 3, 6, and 9) and CYP 3A5 *1/*3 genotype gives 168 -, 148-, 125 - and 20 - bp (lanes 4, 5, and 10) CYP 3A5 *3/*3 genotype is not seen in this picture The 20 - bp band...
... mean ± SD) 11.8 ± 1.8 11.7±1.5 0. 42 Platelet (X 1 06 cells/µl, mean ± SD) 122 .4 ± 96. 8 20 7 .2 86. 5 0.05* End of treatment laboratory data ALT (U/L, mean ± SD) 35.3 ± 26 . 8 36. 6 28 .1 0 .60 Total bilirubin ... This may be related to the IL2 8B gene polymorphism as it is apparently associated with higher response to treatment among Asian Americans patients compared to Caucasians, Hispanics and African Americans, ... continuous data was evaluated by the O’Brien test for homogenicity of variances When necessary, an appropriate normalizing or variance stabilizing transformation was applied Analysis of variance was used...