... of ezrin in intercalated duct cells, the tubular complexes of CP and PanINs (A) Staining of ezrin in the intercalated duct cells in the paraneoplastic tissues (B-D) Ezrin-positive staining in the ... cells, such as increased protrusions and microvilli Ezrin overexpression inducing Erk1/2 activation The results described above indicate that ezrin is involved in the motility andinvasion of MiaPaCa-2 ... experimental metastasisin mouse models were examined to study the role of ezrin in the growth andmetastasis of MiaPaCa-2 cells invivoIn the spontaneous metastasis models, the tumor incidences...
... ubiquitous use and good cost-benefit balance Sometimes skin invasion cannot be predicted preoperatively Based on our findings, dimpling alone can be a clue for skin invasion Skin invasion is important ... http://www.wjso.com/content/6/1/10 Table 2: Clinical findings in skin in the ipsilateral breast Dimpling Tumor fixing to the skin Nipple retraction Ulcer Edema Post biopsy No abnormal findings 34 30 15 (35.1%) (30.9%) ... [14] Removal of overlying skin is necessary when skin invasion is predicted Conclusion 0.95 Our study suggests that skin invasion has no impact on survival in node negative invasive breast cancer...
... needed to understand the function of p28 Such studies will entail identifying the functional domains of the protein involved in localization, protein interactions, and RNA binding as well as precisely ... which introduced a stop codon at amino acid of the p28 ORF and had no affect on the overlapping Tax and Rex amino acid sequence We initially determined whether knocking out p28 altered Tax and/ or ... result in the death of the infected cell invivo via the induction of apoptosis and/ or host immune response Growing evidence indicates that the HTLV-1 p30 and the HTLV-2 p28 accessory proteins encoded...
... studies VNB and NL synthesized the OxPAPC and participated in the manuscript discussion JGNG funded invivo studies KGB initiated, reviewed, and coordinated the study and funded invivoandin vitro ... experimental group) were agarose-inflated in situ, fixed in 10% formalin, and used for histologic evaluation by hematoxylin and eosin staining as described in Materials and methods Histological analysis ... Involvement of Rho pathway in ventilator-induced lung inflammation and barrier dysfunction In the following experiments, we investigated a role of Rhodependent signaling in lung injury induced by mechanical...
... radiolabelings TN performed PET imagingand analysis MWB synthesized the chelate and participated in the design of the studies DEM conceived of and coordinated the studies and assisted with the invivo ... following i.p injection of the panitumumab F(ab’)2 Imaging studies, g-scinitigraphy and PET, of the i.p tumor model using these two injection routes are pending Studies from this laboratory and ... and 96 h using MONICA (Mobile Nuclear Imaging Camera, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA) [35] Images were analyzed using NucLear Mac software (Scientific Imaging, Inc., Crested Butte, CO, USA) PET imaging...
... using our invivo joint loading model, we will be able to test different loading patterns to determine thresholds of healthy and damaging loading These thresholds would be useful in designing ... studies will test other durations, peak forces, and frequencies of invivo joint loading Conclusion We conclude that cyclical invivo joint loading increases the proteoglycan content of the cartilage ... images of joint cartilage from region of interest (a) Rabbit region of interest MCP joint sections were stained with iron hematoxylin, safranin O, and fast green This combination of stains identifies...
... sensoring the invivo molecular environment surrounding the nanoparticles and tracing the invivo biodistribution of CLIO in liver, spleen and kidneys [38] Obviously, due to the excellent invivoimaging ... Biosciences), which absorb and emit in higher wavelength light (ex/em, 774/789 nm), and investigated their applicability in cell labeling andinvivoimaging Results and discussions Preparation ... wavelength for imaging centered at 800 nm, which can be applied to in vitro cell labeling andinvivoimaging Methods Cells, animals and chemicals The RAW264.7 cell line was purchased from the China Center...
... biodegradable and incorporated into hemoglobin in red cells within 30 to 40 days or integrated into other metabolic processes [27] SPIONs tend to aggregate and this has been reduced by coating with ... (DMEM F-12; Invitrogen Inc., Carlsbad, CA, http://www.invitrogen.com ), supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Invitrogen Inc.), mM l-glutamine (Invitrogen Inc.), 100 U/mL penicillin (Sigma-Aldrich ... display blue intracellular staining (B-F”) Representative images showing dextran immunostaining (green) in MSCs labeled with Feridex and nuclei counterstained with DAPI (blue) (B) Cells incubated...
... patients and controls These findings indicate that FCFM can be used to capture structural changes in the airway wall in humans in vivo, and might become a Table Elastic fibre pattern grading: Paired ... endobronchial sites The bronchial main carina was chosen as the location for FCFM and biopsy to minimize imaging artefacts resulting from inadequate positioning of the miniprobe superimposed on the ... light-coloured and thick individual lines could be discriminated in FCFM images with score (‘lamellar’) These lines were organized into layers similar to the histological sections The linear and orientated...
... sacrificed In the past few years, noninvasive imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging, and optical imaging methods using fluorescence and bioluminescence ... a protein known to be overexpressed in cancer cells [27], and (4) coelenterazine is much more expensive than D-Luciferin Iyer et al [28] examined noninvasive imaging using PET and BLI in CD-1 ... introduced and increasingly used for temporal and spatial monitoring of transgene expression [11-13] Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) using luciferase (Luc) from the North American firefly Photinus...
... characterized by insulin resistance and insulin secretion deficiency At present, there is no a single medication which treats type diabetes by improving both insulin resistance and insulin secretion ... fusion protein exhibited significant glucose-lowering effect in diabetic mice and may be a promising agent that can treat type daibetes by improving both insulin resistance and insulin secretion ... fusion protein in inclusion body was refolded in urea gradient refolding buffer And then, the refolded protein was incubated with enterokinase to remove the His-tag The fusion protein without...
... stability and toxicity of PANs, and further investigated the sustained release behavior invivo of drug loading in PANs PA was firstly synthesized and characterized by FT-IR and 1H NMR, and then ... novel hydrophobized polysaccharide/oncoprotein complex vaccine induces in vitro andinvivo cellular and humoral immune responses against HER2-expressing murine sarcomas Cancer Res 58:3385–90 Gustafson, ... sectioned, and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) Invivo pharmacokinetics and bioavailability Invivo pharmacokinetic study was conducted by the routine method (Mross et al., 1988; Bibby...
... prostaglandin D2 in adipogenesis invivo Y Fujitani et al indicate that overexpression of H-PGDS increases insulin sensitivity invivo Adipocyte differentiation ex vivo Finally, we examined whether ... glucose, leptin and insulin, and insulin sensitivity, in TG mice After weeks of normal or HF diet, serum levels of triglyceride, glucose, leptin and insulin were deter- 1 Duration (week) 0 mined (Fig ... adipogenesis, and increased insulin sensitivity when on the HF diet Thus, we show, for the first time, that PGD2 is involved in the activation of adipogenesis and regulation of insulin sensitivity in vivo...
... all-trans-retinoic acid, the findings clearly demonstrate that S-4o9cDH-RA has the capacity to bind and activate nuclear retinoid receptors and regulate gene transcription both in vitro andinvivo Retinoids ... [10]) There are different RAR and RXR subtypes (a, b and c), and each subtype exists in multiple isoforms [11] at-RA binds to the ligand-binding domain of RARs, which induces heterodimer formation ... experiment The subsequent incubation with the indicated retinoids was then terminated at the indicated time points by washing with NaCl ⁄ Pi and lysis of the cells using mL of Trizol (Invitrogen) per well...
... Desbuquois et al Insulin-induced translocation of Grb14 in rat liver A H N B M LP S PM GE –ins Grb14 – ins Grb14 + ins –ins + ins + ins – ins EEA1 + ins Na+K+ATPase Calnexin + ins number: 10 11 ... [13], and tankyrase [15] The binding of ZIP to Grb14, by recruiting protein kinase Cf, enhances the serine phosphorylation of Grb14 and its inhibitory effect on IR kinase and insulin signaling ... liver insulin signaling, and that it may represent an interesting molecule with which to regulate liver insulin action Experimental procedures Materials Porcine insulin, recombinant human insulin,...
... missing links in insulin signal transduction? FEBS Lett 410, 3–10 Dedhar, S., Benjamin, W & Gregory, H (1999) Integrin-linked kinase (ILK): a regulator of integrin and growth-factor signalling ... that of PKB protein and activity in the insulin treated and S-PKB cells, indicating that SLex might be regulated by other insulin-induced factor(s) in addition to PKB signalling pathways It is ... migration andinvasion (A) Inhibition by mAbs of the adhesion to HUVECs of untreated control and insulin treated cells (B) Inhibition by monoclonal antibodies of the migration andinvasion of insulin...
... UP12 is a stress protein DISCUSSION In this work, we have identified two proteins GatY and UP12 as putative invivo substrates of the chaperonin GroEL In addition to its invivo interaction with GroEL ... members of this family including UspA itself (Fig 2), and one larger protein consisting of two UspA domains in tandem [17] The small members of this family are proteins of 142–144 amino-acids long; ... acrylamide in the separating and stacking gels, respectively In order to estimate the ratio between the amounts of UP12 and the total amount of protein in the extracts, a series of samples containing...
... required [12] In this minireview, major factors in determining overall RNAi efficiency invivo are introduced Moreover, up-to-date progress in achieving efficient and targeted siRNA delivery in vivo, particularly ... successfully inhibited the expression of VEGF, thereby suppressing the growth of hepatocarcinoma tumors in mice [87] In addition, no noticeable increase in inflammatory cytokines, including interferon-a and ... obtained by in vitro transcription reaction and, therefore, avoid contamination by cell or bacterial products Promising in vitro andinvivo RNAi was obtained using siRNA that was directly linked...
... carrying the sialyl Lewis X (sLex) determinant During in ammation, the main in ammatory selectin ligand, P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1), interacts with P- and L-selectin under invivo ... rolling to firm leukocyte arrest [14] During in ammation, E- and P-selectin bind to selectin ligands expressed on rolling leukocytes (Table 1) Invivo studies using mice deficient in P-selectin ... nodes in core GlcNAcT-I– ⁄ – P- and E-selectin ligand-dependent rolling dramatically reduced in FucT-VII– ⁄ – during in ammation invivo L-selectin-dependent rolling almost completely absent in...