... metabolism of the allergen was altered as a result of the in ammation in the lungs of sensitized animals Up to now there are few data available on the fate of an allergen after inhalation In this ... aiming at an understanding of how airborne allergens interact with the airway mucosa and the immune system after inhalation are of crucial importance Mice are used widely forinvivo models of ... the Sel-tag had an intact core sequence and maintained allergen-specific IgE-binding epitopes and the use ofa Sel-tag enabled labelling with the gamma-emitting radionuclide 75Se at a single predefined...
... 5'GGAATACCATTTAGTTAAAGATCTGAACAGCTATACTTGGTCAGGG-3' and :5'-CCCTGA CCAAGTATAGCTGTTCAGATCTTTAACTAAATGGTATTC C-3'; for stage 2, downstream mutagenesis, 5'CGCCCTCATATTCTCTGTATAGATCTACCCGCTAGCTTGCATTG-3' and 5'-CAATGCAAGCTAGCGGGTAGATCTATACAGAGAATATGAGGGCG-3' ... and 3' ends of the 141 bp region that was to be deleted Mutagenesis was carried out as in two stages using the following primers: stage 1, upstream mutagenesis:- 5'GGAATACCATTTAGTTAAAGATCTGAACAGCTATACTTGGTCAGGG-3' ... signal may act as a subcellular localisatio signal as well as a high affinity binding site for Gag The resulting RNAprotein complex is then targeted to the plasma membrane where virion budding takes...
... normal saline was administered at a rate of 0.4 ml/hr to maintain normal mean arterial pressure As formerly described [4], and for the realization of the intravital microscopy procedure in anaesthetized ... depicted in Figure Hepatic tissue injury Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels are summarized in Table When compared with sham animals, mice treated ... NR participated in design and coordination and OE participated in animal procedures and in drafting the paper All authors approved and read the final manuscript Acknowledgments This work was supported...
... the chamber maintaining steady state Low inlet gas flow rates were maintained such that inexpensive commercially available CO2, O2, and N2 tanks would last for approximately weeks In this system, ... Table G-1 Alamar Blue reading and % reduction calculation for Day 132 Table G – Alamar Blue reading and % reduction calculation for Day 17 132 xv Chapter Introduction Ligaments and tendons are ... straining, scaffolds from strained and unstrained groups were washed with PBS and then fixed in 4% Formalin for one day The samples were then stained with Haematoxylin & Eosin (H & E) stain using...
... Murata K, Hayashibara T, Sugahara K, Uemura A, Yamaguchi T, Harasawa H, Hasegawa H, Tsuruda K, Okazaki T, Koji T, Miyanishi T, Yamada Y, Kamihira S: A novel alternative splicing isoform of human ... Kamihira S, Sugahara K, Tsuruda K, Minami S, Uemura A, Akamatsu N, Nagai H, Murata K, Hasegawa H, Hirakata Y, Takasaki Y, Tsukasaki K, Yamada Y: Proviral status of HTLV-1 integrated into the host ... type I infection in Japan and Jamaica Int J Cancer 2008, 1:124(3):614-21 Nakagawa M, Nakahara K, Maruyama Y, Kawabata M, Higuchi I, Kubota H, Izumo S, Arimura K, Osame M: Therapeutic trials in 200...
... dacarbazine with interferon alpha-2b versus dacarbazine with tamoxifen versus dacarbazine with interferon alpha-2b and tamoxifen in patients with metastatic malignant melanoma: an Eastern Cooperative ... Eggermont AM: Interferon alfa- 2a and interleukin-2 with or without cisplatin in metastatic melanoma: a randomized trial of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Melanoma Cooperative ... trial of the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma using chemotherapy with cisplatin, dacarbazine, and tamoxifen alone or in combination with interleukin-2 and interferon alfa-2b J Clin...
... Nature 460, 909–913 89 Hong H, Takahashi K, Ichisaka T, Aoi T, Kanagawa O, Nakagawa M, Okita K & Yamanaka S (2009) Suppression of induced pluripotent stem cell generation by the p53–p21 pathway ... Anemia Research Fund USA, and funds for research in the field of regenerative medicine through the collaboration agreement between the Conselleria de Sanidad (Generalitat Valenciana) and the Instituto ... viral infections [20] Cancer therapy is a principal goal of the current clinical research on hESCs Recently, regression of metastatic melanoma tumors was achieved by transplantation of adaptive...
... War Bonds in the Second World War: AModelfora New Iraq/Afghanistan War Bond? Summary The high costs of fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have rekindled congressional interest in ... time of redemption, or paying federal income taxes as interest accrues Series I bonds are securities that accrue earnings based on both a fixed rate of return and a semiannual inflation rate A single, ... official title of “To authorize the issuance of United States War Bonds to aid in funding of the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.” All three bills are similar and state that the authorized war...
... of the savings bank organization Tripartite (approximately 450 local savings associations, 34 regional savings banks, National Bank of the savings banks) Tripartite (519 local savings banks, 12 ... in France Although not independent institutions, they are invariably attached to the savings bank in the region in which they operate In this way, several savings companies are attached to each ... local savings companies at its disposal since 1999 These are not involved in the financial business but are closely associated with the savings banks ina legal and practical sense The local savings...
... Department of Health Behavior and Administration was charged with administering two existing graduate degree programmes (Master of Science in Health Promotion and Master of Health Administration), ... College of Health and Human Services was perceived as a potential leader in establishing a thriving research base that emphasized population health and health behaviour research while generating ... public health status as a campus priority in Fall 2008, graduation of the first BSPH class in the spring of 2009 and awarding of initial CEPH accreditation as a public health programme in June 2009...
... using a CAD-procedure Based upon this adapted geometry, a CNC milling machine then transforms a partially preformed prosthesis stem into the final personalized shape Using this technique a maximum ... custom made for each individual patient, during the operation [27] After reaming of the femoral cavity, a 3D imprint of the cavity is made in the form ofa silicone mould This mould is scanned and ... fractures (Figures 5b and 6b) A possible fracture may have been avoided in the case of an abnormal bone structure and a deformed endomedullary canal as the FRF analysis showed an abnormality and...
... The coating had a minimum total crystallinity of 65% The minimum HA fraction in the crystalline phase was 90% The average tensile and shear strength of the coating were ≥ 34 MPa and ≥17 MPa respectively ... and de-fatted in 50% mixture of ether and acetone before being placed in 100% alcohol again for 12 hours Methods Implants for intramedullary implantation in rabbit femora were manufactured and sterilized ... New Zealand White rabbits were used in our study After institutional review board approval, rabbits underwent bilateral femoral intramedullary implantation under general anesthesia All animals...
... site index, …) that affect the natural mortality process MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1 Data The data in this study are from a trial network of 130 permanent plots installed in pure and even-aged Pinus ... two inventories, the following stand variables were calculated: basal area, quadratic mean diameter, average height, dominant height, age, stem number per hectare, site index and relative spacing ... mathematical model: consistency, path-invariance and asymptotic limit of stocking approaching zero as age becomes very large Also, for even-aged stands it is reasonable to assume that ingrowth...
... 118) state that "one advantage of finding stable parameters lies This transformation is made for this practical reasons but, being univariate, it has essentially no effect on the precision and on ... the dual influence of the shape parameter in this case, which partially explains the high e-correlation For this model, a variable shape parameter between curves will also lead to interpretative ... wellknown advantage of these models is that they can provide an efficient summary of the data via a small number of meaningful parameters, the significance of which does not change with the trials...
... examine for any associations between the demographic variables and the total score of the BPRS, BSI, and Client Observation Scale General linear model (mixed model analysis of variance (ANOVA)) was ... place after treatment and included both a retrospective pretreatment and a follow-up rating Finally, the research staff obtained a list of medications before and after treatment in order to ascertain ... informed consent and testing were initiated and completed between and 24 h from the beginning of treatment (that is, from the subject's examination by a psychiatrist and formulation ofa treatment...
... particular individuals ina stand Sap flow data have been used for estimating hourly transpiration and canopy conductances ina range of forest stands [1, 10, 13, 19, 20] The sap flow measurements can ... homogeneous temperature and transpi- a crown ration rate; the resistance and capacitance of each compartment are independent of the flux or water potential of the compartment and remain constant ... density and needle area ina stand to a high degree of accuracy Thus, application of this principle could therefore be questionable in the case ofa heterogeneous stand Despite large scatter in the...
... activity in the samples was calculated based on a standard curve of recombinant bovine DNase I (SigmaAldrich) In addition to the standard assay buffer, optimised to generate maximal DNase activity, inhibitors ... units (AEU) relative to a standard positive sample that was assigned a value of 100 AEU The data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean Statistics were performed comparing autoantibody ... protein and the level of free G-actin in the circulation at sites of inflammation inhibiting the DNase I activity Our data obtained by a transgenic expression of the mutant protein (ash.DNase I) in...
... contracted in the snake and mammalian lineages We are also interested in analyses that focus on areas of the genome outside of the protein-coding regions Complementing our analysis of protein-coding genes, ... Matsubara K, Tarui H, Toriba M, Yamada K, Nishida-Umehara C, Agata K, Matsuda Y: Evidence for different origin of sex chromosomes in snakes, birds, and mammals and step-wise differentiation of ... data together with other comparative data to estimate genomic characteristics of the ancestral amniote genome Page of (or the ancestral squamate genome) would be fascinating, including estimation...
... estimated as the midpoint of the values of ki plus the midpoint of the values of bi because values of ki are not available for certain tissues For scaling of the brain and the epithelial tissues of ... 399:130-132 Banavar JR, Damuth J, Maritan A, Rinaldo A: Supply-demand balance and metabolic scaling Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2002, 99:10506-10509 Darveau C -A, Suarez RK, Andrews RD, Hochachka PW: Allometric ... multiple data points fora species were replaced by a single data point calculated as the average value of body weight and the average value of BMR for the species The MLE and 95% CI for the scaling...