... stimulation of ERK1 ⁄ 2 andPak1 pathways, gefitinib might lead to inhibition of invasiveness of human cancercells through the inhibi-tion of ERK1 ⁄ 2 and Pak1. The use of gefitinib in cells with ... level of Bcl-2 family genes and the phos-phorylation state of their proteins, thereby changingthe amount and localization of Bcl-2 family members.However, each type ofcancer has its own way of disrupting ... Regulation of Bcl-2 family memberscan occur by a number of mechanisms, includingup-regulation of synthesis, enhancement of degrad-ation and phosphorylation. In the event that cancer cells undergo...
... calculatedrelative to the amount of b-actin protein.Table 1. IC50values (lgặmL)1) for anticancer drugs for gastric cancer cells. Survival rates of gastric cancercells treated with anticancerdrugs were ... proportion of posi-tive cells was classified into five groups: 0, no tumor cells exhibiting IR; 1, < 25% of the tumor cells exhibiting IR;2, 25–50% of the tumor cells exhibiting IR; 3, 50–75% of the ... transcriptionalactivation of P-gp in PrPC-transfected gastric cancer cells, inhibition of which would reverse gastric cancer MDR, partly by decreasing the transcriptional activa-tion of P-gp. This model of a PrPC/PI3K/P-gp...
... cancercells leading to starvation of the cell. Cesium also was reported by Brewer to raise the cell pH ofcancercells up to a range of 8.0. Brewer thought that raising the pH ofcancercells ... cancer cells, and the mechanisms that cancercells use to produce energy. ã Cure has proposed that the accumulation of an excessive amount of negative charges on the exterior surface ofcancercells ... acid residues from cancercells reducing their surface negativity. The electrical properties ofcancercells part 1 ã Some of the characteristic features of cancerous cells that affect their...
... studies have suggested that inhibition of caspase-3 activity can block induction of apoptosis byAb in primary neuronal cells and PC12 cells [14]. Theneurotoxicity of Ab seems to depend on its ability ... 1171–1188.35 Kim R & Inoue H (2001) Effect of inhibitors of cysteine and serine proteases in anticancer drug-induced apoptosis in gastric cancer cells. Int J Oncol18, 1227–1232.36 Elliott ... Research and Development Pro-gram (Grant 2001AA234011), the State Key Program of Basic Research of China (Grant 2004CB720300),the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the ShanghaiCommission of Science...
... context of multilingual natural language processing systems which aim for coverage of both languages using a roman alphabet and lan- guages using other alphabets, the developmentof lexical ... Instances of 'y' as a vowel are also replaced by the vowel 'i'. For each pair of identical consonants in the input string Reduce the pair to a singular instance of the consonant ... PNP may consist of one or more words. If it is longer than a single word, it is likely that some part of it may have an existing semantic translation. "The" and " ;of& apos; are omitted...
... noteworthy. Three of ABCFig. 5. Secretion of prosemin protein and expression of prosemin mRNA in various kinds ofcancer cells. (A) Conditioned medium (25 lg)from various cancer cell lines ... pancreatic cancer cell lines and fourcolon cancer cell lines. An immunoreactive 20 kDaprotein was detected in both of two prostate cell lines,two of three ovarian cell lines, and one of three lung cancer ... template.Sequence analysisThe sequence of the cDNA was analyzed using genetyxsoftware (Software Development Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan).A novel serine protease in various cancercells S. Mitsui et al.4920...
... formation of LAT-mediated signaling complexes play a complex role inthe differentiation and homeostasis of T-cell popula-tions, the maturation of B cells and the activation of mast cells by ... alterations in the formation of multiproteinsignaling complexes, have profound deleterious effectson the differentiation and function of T cells, B cells and mast cells. Imaging studiesCellular ... (linker for activation of T cells) required forrecruitment and activation of signalling proteins in T cells. Biochem J 356, 461–471.J. C. D. Houtman et al. Investigation of multiprotein signaling...
... budget.The Technical Developmentof Internet Email12 IEEE Annals of the History of Computing revising standards for email message formatswould consume a tremendous amount of effort over the ... Roberts produced RDovernight. Roberts dates the invention of RD toThe Technical Developmentof Internet Email24 IEEE Annals of the History of Computing popular email system for Digital EquipmentCorporation’s ... for forcing them toThe Technical Developmentof Internet Email16 IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 71. D.E. Comer and J.T. Korb, ‘‘CSNET ProtocolSoftware: The IP-to-X.25 Interface,’’...
... hypoxic cells to approximately 65% of the level in normoxic cells. There was no change in the steady-state level of Fig. 1. Hypoxia induces nuclear accumulation of BRCA1 in breast cancercells ... BRCA1.ResultsHypoxia induces nuclear accumulation of BRCA1in breast cancer cells To investigate the effects of hypoxia on the localiza-tion of BRCA1 in mammary epithelial cells, we sub-jected malignant (MDA-MB-468 ... our model systems. Approximately4% of MDA-MB-468 cells were present within thesubdiploid population ofcells as determined by flowcytometry of normoxic cells. This did not change fol-lowing...
... incorporation of hGSTA4-4include rounding ofcells and anchorage-independent rapidproliferation of immortalized, rounded, and smaller cells. Incorporation of the inactive mutant of hGSTA4-4 (Y212F)in cells ... prominent in rounded, transformed cells. The percentages of unchanged flat cells, transformedrounded cells, and apoptotic cells after 24 h and 48 h of microinjection of WT-hGSTA4 and mut-hGSTA4 cDNA ... werespecifically due to depletion of 4-HNE because of highactivity of hGSTA4-4 towards 4-HNE in the transfected cells or to some unknown effect of transfection, we prepareda mutant cDNA of hGSTA4-4 isozyme...
... 5Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, AR, USA, 6Department of Biology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, 7Departments of Molecular Microbiology ... or pSH3, usingHEK293 cells as described previously [28,30,32]. Lysates of HEK293 cells were used as virus-negative controls formock infections.ImmunofluorescenceHEK293 cells were spun in a ... tissue-cultured cells and primary hematopoietic cells [34,39-41].The AAV vectors were found to transduce up to 85% of DCs [12,19,23,24]. The transduced DCs displayed higherlevels of CD80, CD83,...
... apop-tosis ofcancercells Journal of Translational Medicine 2010, 8:37 Wei et al. Journal of Translational Medicine 2010, 8:37http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/8/1/37Page 7 of 10741909 ... Percentage of apoptotic cells determined by flow cytometry. **p < 0.01, compared with cells treated with NSC-741909 alone. (C) Percentage of viable cells determined by the sulforhodamine B assay. Cells ... control.Immunofluorescent staining Cells were seeded at a density of 1 ì 105 cells per well in6-well plates containing a 1% gelatin-treated cover slide. Cells were allowed to grow overnight. Cells...
... in lack of capacity, lower wages and profitability, and a higher risk of loss. Moreover, the authors produced evidence (in a small sample of companies) of the positive role of the size of shareholding ... situation of enterprises at different levels of ownership concentrationIndicators of business performance Low Medium High Presence of counterbalanceAbsence of counterbalanceSignificance of differencesa, ... than 25% of shares13%From 25% to 50% of shares18%More than 50% of shares + presence of a counterbalance21%Figure 2.1 Classification of surveyed joint-stock companies by level of ownership...