... pathways involved in the activation of specific proteins, mRNAs and miRNAs through combinatorial interactions of GFLs, GFRα and RET receptor isoforms and provides novel insights into the diverse functions ... ligand receptor systems and microRNAs during neuronal differentiation of NTera2 neuroprogenitor cells (Chapter 8) The findings in this thesis further...
... 1.3 GDNF receptor complex in neuronal biology Since the discovery of the roles of GDNF in promoting survival and differentiation of midbrain dopaminergic (DA) neurons and increasing the affinity ... NT2 into specific neuronal lineages and study the roles of GDNF receptor system in neuronal differentiation and neuronal lineage specification 38 CHAPTER GDN...
... N-terminal and a Cterminal region of CIITA interacting with the viral transactivator, although, as stated above, only the Nterminal region is involved in the inhibition of Tax-2 function Interestingly, ... the replication of the human HTLV-2 retrovirus by inhibiting the function of the viral transactivator protein Tax-2 [21,22] However the bioche...
... of subcellular localization unveiled the co-localization of Tax-2 and CIITA both in the cytoplasm and the nucleus, and the role of CIITA in redirecting, upon binding, Tax-2 molecules mostly in ... by inhibiting the function of the viral transactivator protein Tax-2 [21,22] However the biochemical basis of the CIITA-mediated inhibition on...
... relation to learning and memory formation requirements Furthermore, the molecular mechanisms underlying the MFs redistribution during learning and memory formation are still under investigation ... hilus and CA3 area, comprise the second synapse of the hippocampal circuit In this trisynaptic model of the hippocampus, based on the observations of th...
... 5.2.3.1 Fear conditioning training 115 5.2.3.2 Short-term contextual memory and cued memory test 115 5.2.3.3 Retention and extinction of long-term contextual memory and cued memory ... which have been done in this thesis to investigate the underlying mechanisms of learning process and long-term memory formation In part I, two projects have been focused on...
... from the pia mater invade the brain and extend toward the ventricles [4] Like other vascular networks, brain vessels undergo formation, stabilization, branching, pruning and specialization In brief, ... transports water bidirectionally between the blood and the brain Astrocytes secrete water into the perivascular space via AQP4, thereafter maintaining water homeostas...
... Cite this article as: Lundblad et al.: Detrimental effects of albuterol on airway responsiveness requires airway inflammation and is independent of b-receptor affinity in murine models of asthma ... analysis, and assisted with data analysis EPR did the analysis of the histology and assisted in manuscript writing MEP did the Bio-Plex®® cytokine a...
... axon terminal in the sinus gland, as a result of late and progressive isomerization of the Phe3 of the CHH during the migration of the secretion vesicles along the axonal tract [39,41] The immunohistochemical ... (vitellogenesis inhibiting hormone) and CHH (crustacean hyperglycemic hormone) of the crustacean have the same precursor? Immunolocalization...
... by Nogo- A expression The same effects are also observed by Nogo- B expression On the other hand, while Nogo- C and RTN3 confer some degree of protection against serum deprivation, staurosporine and ... in the inhibition of neurite outgrowth 1.2 Molecular characterization of Nogo- A 1.2.1 Nogo: part of the Reticulon family Identification and characterization of...
... terminus of the CRFR1 isoforms (Fig 1C) The predicted masses of the isoforms without/with V5 tag are as follows: CRFR1a (47.7/52 kDa), CRFR1e1 (10.8/ 15.1 kDa), CRFR1e2 (28.1/32.4 kDa), CRFR1f ... CRFR1 a, b, c and d isoforms differ in their ability to bind ligands and activate G proteins [10,16,25] CRFR1a is the most efficient in the stimulation of cAMP productio...
... activities for the cysteine and selenocysteine substrates were measured in the noninduced and RNAi-induced knockdown cells for SCL characterized above, and also in the noninduced and Nfs RNAi-induced cells ... Esaki N (1997) Cysteine sulfinate desulfinase, a NIFS-like protein in E coli with selenocysteine lyase and cysteine desulfurase activities, gene cloning, pur...
... this minireview is to summarize what is currently known about the molecular mechanisms of osmotic stress resistance, osmosensing and signal transduction in C elegans Osmosensing and signaling in ... process of interest, allows genes to be ordered into pathways, and can provide important and novel mechanistic insights into the molecular structure and functio...