... specific VH genes for the variable regions Despite the apparent increase in the use of these specific genes, the generalized higher frequency of somatic hypermutation, abnormal patterns of targeted ... similar in the peripheral blood and in the parotid gland These results suggest an important role for VL chain gene usage in the immune activation of B cells within the parotid gland ofthe pSS patient ... CD5, further supporting the hypothesis of homing and activation of specific B cells in the glands B cell malignancies and Sjögren’s syndrome In contrast to the focal sialadenitis ofthe minor...
... rule out the possibility that the connection between age andexpression is spurious due to the misclassification of rapidly evolving genesandthe connection between tissue expressionand recent ... recent rate of evolution, Subramanian and Kumar [3] showed that the connection still exists in a slowly evolving set of data However, the assumption that the slow rate of evolution ofthegenes assumes ... chromosome-encoded genesThe absence of those two enzymes during the inactivation ofthe X chromosome in postmeiotic spermatogenic cells is compensated for by theexpressionof their autosomal testis-specific...
... Altogether, our findings strongly support the hypothesis that switching-off viralgene expression, including Tax, the essential contributor to the oncogenic potential of BLV, is critical, if not mandatory, ... this antigen is the major transforming protein The demonstration in S2531 of a link between the interruption ofthe long clinical latency andthe complete suppression ofviralexpression suggests ... Whatever the mechanism – genetic or epigenetic – it is critical for achieving complete silencing of all viralgenes Cellular changes that have occurred during the process of leukemogenesis are...
... list, n was the number ofgenes in Model CN-enhanced (the child list), k was the number ofgenes in the pathway being analyzed and in the child list, and p was the number ofgenes in the pathway ... examine theregulationof these funcats in all ofthe sub-models This analysis enabled us to determine into which sub-models thegenes from these funcats fell and to determine whether thegenes in these ... was the number ofgenes assigned to Model CNenhanced andthe funcat being analyzed divided by the number ofgenes assigned to Model CN-enhanced and a funcat; k was the number ofgenes in the...
... Src- and Shc-dependent and resulted in enhanced expressionofthe uPA gene and, to a lesser extent, ofthe MMP-9 gene (data not shown) Disruption of cell–cell adhesion by calcium chelation Loss of ... increased expressionof uPA is directly related to higher tumor growth and metastasis [1] Several analyses have already made it clear that theexpressionof E-cadherin andtheexpressionof MMPs ... disruption of E-cadherin-dependent cell–cell-adhesion andtheexpressionof uPA are causally involved in tumor progression, the understanding of these underlying intracellular events is of importance...
... bromide stained gels ofthe reaction products obtained using lL ofthe RT products after 30 cycles of PCR amplification The lower part of panel A, and panels B, C report theexpressionof c-myc mRNA ... Interestingly, both the inhibition of MEK/ERK pathway andthe exposure of ECV304 cells to NAMI-A resulted in down regulationof c-myc geneexpression with superimposable magnitudes and kinetics profiles ... corresponding to the immunoreactivity of ERK1/2 and phospho ERK1/2 (A,B), and MEK1/2 and phospho MEK1/2 (C,D) The lower part of each panel reports the quantitative analysis of phospho ERK1/2 (A,B), and phospho...
... activity of PEPCK, G6Pase and F1,6bpase, andthe targeted overexpression or knockouts of these enzymes play a major regulatory role in glucose homeostasis [40,41] As far as theregulationof these genes ... least in part, theexpressionof gluconeogenic genes [17,31], we studied its status within the cell in the given experimental conditions Foxo1, another member ofthe forkhead familyof transcription ... a series of events beginning with the TNFa-mediated prevention ofthe effect of insulin on Foxa2 localization and leading to the abrogation of insulin inhibition of gluconeogenesis and glucose...
... respond to the presence of IPTG, and such clones were indeed found at a frequency of 22% ofthe second cross over event Southern blot analysis and DNA sequencing of one of these clones in the topA ... due to regulation at the activity level and 28% (2.2 of 7.8) is due to regulation at thegeneexpression level Ofthe latter 28%, 7% is accounted for by regulation through topoisomerase I expression ... at D540 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4) The error bars denote the standard error ofthe mean Precise growth conditions are given in Materials and methods Modulation oftheexpressionof topoisomerase I by...
... the rest ofthe cell cycle (10 and 20 h), correlating with theexpressionofthegene (Fig 6C,D) The correlation of promoter occupancy of MLL1, H3K4 trimethylation and RNAP II with Hox geneexpression ... Hox generegulation during the cell cycle In order to understand the molecular mechanism ofthe differential regulationof Hox gene expression, we analyzed the changes in H3K4 methylation and ... indicates the critical roles of MLL1 and H3K4 trimethylation in differential Hox geneexpression during the cell cycle To further confirm the importance of MLL1 in theregulationof HoxA5, HoxA7 and...
... increased, but then the mRNA levels of both SREBPs and their target genes became significantly elevated at and 12 h (Fig 4) Based on the fact that the increase in the mRNA of these genes was nearly ... imply the involvement ofthe O-glycosylation of Sp1 in the induction of SREBP-1a transcription by glutamine Thegeneexpressionof SREBP-1c, which represented less than 20% ofthe SREBP-1a geneexpression ... for the constituent of membrane, we examined whether glutamine regulates theexpressionofgenes involved in cholesterol homeostasis To investigate the effect of glutamine on the transcription of...
... 4.3 and 7.3 mgÆdL)1) This indicates that the genetic basis of APA is complex and other genetic and/ or biological factors are involved in the occurrence of APA The structural organization ofthe ... 3) than the CC genotype (lanes 1, and 4) Effect ofthe )1CfiA mutation on reporter geneexpression To further confirm that the )1CfiA mutation is associated with low expressionofthe b2GPI gene, ... disequilibrium with the Trp316Ser mutation and is associated with significantly lower b2GPI plasma and mRNA levels andthe low occurrence of APA Furthermore, this mutation reduces theexpressionofthe luciferase...
... molecules ofthe target gene to the number of molecules of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) geneThe primer efficiencies for the test genes were the same as those for the GAPDH gene ... with licofelone at both concentrations reduced the levels of mRNA expressionand protein synthesis of cathepsin K The effect was similar at both ofthe tested dosages for geneexpressionand more ... for the resorption ofthe calcified cartilage and subchondral bone in the early phase ofthe disease [18] Licofelone treatment was shown to reduce the level of synthesis of cathepsin K in both of...
... measure ofthe total number of receptors present in the tissue andthe equilibrium dissociation constant is the measure ofthe affinity ofthe receptors for the radioligand The Kd is inversely related ... plotting the specific binding ofthe radioligand on X-axis and bound/free on Y-axis using Sigma plot software (version 2.0, Jandel GmbH, Erkrath, Germany) The maximal binding is a measure ofthe total ... Scatchard analysis of [3H] dopamine binding against dopamine in the cerebral cortex and cerebellum of control and experimental rats The Scatchard analysis showed that the Bmax and Kd ofthe [3H] dopamine...
... components of NF-κB (data not shown) One ofthe consequences of inhibition of NF-κB is the inhibition ofthe nuclear translocation of p50 and p65 through the blockage of IκB release To study the result ... stimulating the cells with LPS or SNP in the + + - the treatment of JNK inhibitor on the translocation of p50 and p65 into the nucleus, we determined the appearance ofthe p50 and p65 in the nucleus ... effects of melittin and bee venom on iNOS and COX-2 expression, and on NO and PGE2 generation To investigate whether the suppressed effect of SP600125 on the inhibitory effect of bee venom and melittin...
... to increase the efficacy ofthe EGSs in vivo These studies will facilitate the Table 1: Inhibiting rates ofthe mRNA and protein expressionof different viralgenes in cells Viralgenes HFFs EGS324 ... in theexpressionof IE2, UL44, pp28, and gB (Table 1) The observed level of inhibition of UL49 expression was consistent with the extent ofthe reduction ofviral growth HCMV is a member ofthe ... cleavage ofthe target mRNA, but is due to other effects ofthe EGS on viral lytic replication, such as blocking theexpressionofviral immediate-early genes To exclude these possibilities and further...
... unknown whether the chronic effect of AG28262 will result in morphologic changes or if the compound will independently alter the intrinsic regulationof ALT geneexpressionand synthesis Further investigation ... from the right and left branches ofthe portal vein [7] Insight on the potential distribution of drugs and toxins may help in understanding the potential localization of hepatic diseases and carcinomas ... amplification run to generate a standard curve off of which samples were quantified and expressed as a relative value Values were then normalized to the reference gene to generate geneexpression results...
... wishes to look at the response ofgenes to perturbation, then it is a good experiment The problem is whether the methods of Whitfield et al lead to an understanding of what happens in the normal, unperturbed ... synchrony The data should speak for themselves 7) The DNA distribution of cells should be narrow in the synchronized cells and these distributions should then reflect the movement of cells through the ... synchronization and analysis ofgeneexpression 8) The size distribution of newly synchronized cells should be narrower than the size distribution ofthe original population, cell size should increase as the...
... to HGT genes We found that HGT genes tend to be under more complex regulation than native genes, andthe global regulator CRP regulates a higher proportion of HGT genes than of native genes We ... selection However, because these studies compared orthologous genes in E coli and its relatives, they did not examine theregulationof recently acquired genes As most ofthegenes in E coli K12 were ... TFs and putative, as yet uncharacterized regulators We analyzed the history of each ofthe global regulators, andof a sample of each ofthe other types of regulators (see Figure and Materials and...
... one-third ofthe predicted number of release4 genes were detected in the proteome ofthe tachyzoite, although it is important to remember that these predicted genes will include stage-specific genes ... confirmation ofthe correct prediction of ORFs and positioning of exon-intron boundaries, including a large number of hitherto 'hypothetical proteins' The further significance and importance of this ... reading frame andthe large number of peptide hits to one region only indicates that thegene is likely to comprise a single exon For the majority of annotated genes, integration ofthe expressed...
... on theexpressionof these genesand molecules, but the dysregulation of other genes may also indirectly affect mandibular development 10 1.5 Sox9 Affects Endochondral Bone Development One gene ... interest, there were 11 down regulated Hox genes in the skeletal development group, six of which were in the top 20 most dysregulated genes (Figure 3.6.9) Further examination of these genesand their ... alter the development ofthe Ts65Dn mandible Interestingly, 155 genes were differentially expressed in the Ts65Dn mandibular precursor at E13.5, but none of these genes were triplicated in the...