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 | Human CMV infection induces 5-lipoxygenase expression and leukotriene B4 production in vascular smooth... | fig4: Production of LTs from HCMV-infected HPASMCs. HPASMCs were infected with HCMV at an MOI of 10 for 1, 3, 7, and 10 d, collected, washed, and incubated with 2 mM Ca2+ and 2.5 μM ionophore for 5 min at 37°C. LTB4 and cys-LTs were purified by solid-phase extraction...Bottom Line: HCMV-infected vascular SMCs expressing 5-LO protein were readily detected in tissue samples from CMV-infected patients with inflammatory bowel disease or AIDS.Thus, pathogen-induced LT production in HCMV-infected tissues may contribute to local inflammation,... | Qiu H, Strååt K, Rahbar A, Wan M, Söderberg-Nauclér C, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (2008) |
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 | Oncogenic K-Ras and basic fibroblast growth factor prevent Fas-mediated apoptosis in fibroblasts through... | Figure 6: Pretreatment with bFGF inhibits Fas-mediated apoptosis. (A) FH2 cells were pretreated with 100 ng/ml EGF, 100 ng/ml IGF or 10 ng/ml bFGF for 16 h, and then stimulated with 200 ng/ml agonistic anti-Fas mAb RK-8 for the indicated times. Cell viability was measured...Bottom Line: Among the target molecules of Ras, including Raf (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase [MAPKKK]), phosphatidylinositol 3 (PI-3) kinase, and Ral guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RalGDS), only the constitutively active form of Raf (Raf-CAAX) could... | Kazama H, Yonehara S - J. Cell Biol. (2000) |
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 | A chemical-genetic screen reveals a mechanism of resistance to PI3K inhibitors in cancer. | Figure 4: c-MYC induction confers resistance to PI3K/mTOR inhibition(a) Western blot analysis of ICN1 or control MCF10A cells treated with BEZ-235 (pg/μl) as indicated for 24 hours. Total lysates were probed with an antibody against phosphorylated ribosomal S6 kinase...Bottom Line: However, there has been no systematic approach for analyzing gene-drug interactions in human cells.Applying this approach to breast cancer revealed various synthetic-lethal interactions and drug-resistance mechanisms, some of which were known, thereby validating... | Muellner MK, Uras IZ, Gapp BV, Kerzendorfer C, et al. - Nat. Chem. Biol. (2011) |
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 | Genome-wide dissection of globally emergent multi-drug resistant serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae. | Figure 2: Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) of multi-drug resistant (MDR) serotype 19A isolates (n = 97) obtained from the Canadian Bacterial Diseases Surveillance Network during pre-PCV 7 introduction, vaccine introduction, and post-vaccine introduction eras. Sequence...Bottom Line: A subset of MDR 19A were multi-locus sequence typed (MLST) and representative isolates' whole genomes sequenced.MDR 19A increased in the post-PCV7 era while 19F, 6B, and 23F concurrently declined.MLST of MDR 19A (n = 97) revealed that sequence type (ST) 320... | Pillai DR, Shahinas D, Buzina A, Pollock RA, et al. - BMC Genomics (2009) |
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 | Different mismatch repair deficiencies all have the same effects on somatic hypermutation: intact primary... | Figure 2: Map of the Vk167/PEPS transgene and EPS analysis. (A) Vk167/PEPS transgene and sequence of the EPS insert. The restriction sites within the EPS are indicated. (B) An example of PAGE from an EPS analysis. PCR products from nine clones were digested with EcoRV...Bottom Line: We found that both Pms2- and Mlh1-deficient mice can somatically hypermutate the Ig test gene at approximately twofold reduced frequencies.Thus, it appears that the different MMR proteins do not have unique functions with respect to somatic hypermutation.Instead,... | Kim N, Bozek G, Lo JC, Storb U - J. Exp. Med. (1999) |
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 | Absence of toxicity with hypofractionated 3-dimensional radiation therapy for inoperable, early stage... | Figure 3: Overall (OS) (lower) and Cancer Specific (CSS) (upper) actuarial survival curves.Bottom Line: It is more convenient for the patients and reduces health care costs.We did not use any approach to reduce respiratory motion, but it was monitored in all patients.Actuarial 1 and 2-year overall survival rates are 78% and 56%, cancer specific survival rates... | Faria SL, Souhami L, Portelance L, Duclos M, et al. - Radiat Oncol (2006) |
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 | CpG oligodeoxynucleotides act as adjuvants that switch on T helper 1 (Th1) immunity. | Figure 2: CpG ODN enhance HEL-specific IFN-γ production by BALB/c splenocytes. Mice were immunized as in Fig. 1 with 100 μg ODN/mouse in A and 30 μg ODN/mouse in panel B. After 3 wk, splenocytes were isolated and incubated with HEL (closed circles) or medium...Bottom Line: In contrast, immunization with IFA-HEL plus CpG ODN switched the immune response to a Th1-dominated cytokine pattern, with high levels of HEL-specific IFN-gamma secretion and decreased HEL-specific IL-5 production.IFA-HEL plus CpG ODN also induced anti-HEL... | Chu RS, Targoni OS, Krieg AM, Lehmann PV, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (1997) |
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 | Cloning and characterization of a specific receptor for the novel CC chemokine MIP-3alpha from lung dendritic... | Figure 6: Effect of MIP-3α on intracellular free calcium in DCCR2 receptor–expressing HEK 293 cells. HEK 293 cells transiently expressing the DCCR2 receptor were loaded with Fluo-3AM and exposed to either vehicle (buffer) or to 50 nM–1 μM concentrations of MIP-3α....Bottom Line: Recently, a novel CC chemokine known as MIP-3alpha or liver and activation-regulated chemokine has been identified from the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ expressed sequence tag database.In the present study, we have shown that the messenger RNA for MIP-3alpha is expressed... | Power CA, Church DJ, Meyer A, Alouani S, Proudfoot AE, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (1997) |
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 | The GLI genes as the molecular switch in disrupting Hedgehog signaling in colon cancer. | Figure 3: GANT61- and Cyclopamine- induced cell deathBottom Line: Of importance is the demonstration that targeting of SMO (using cyclopamine) has minimal effect on cell survival in comparison to the inhibition of GLI (using GANT61), which induced extensive cell death in 7/7 human colon carcinoma cell lines.Genetic inhibition... | Mazumdar T, DeVecchio J, Agyeman A, Shi T, et al. - Oncotarget (2011) |
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 | Host immunity in the protective response to vaccination with heat-killed Burkholderia mallei. | Figure 3: Percentage of survival among C57BL/6 B-cell (μMT), CD4 T-cell (CD4-/-) and CD8 T-cell (CD8-/-)-deficient, HK-vaccinated mice. Two weeks post vaccination, mice were challenged with 2 × 107 CFU/100 μl of live B. mallei by intraperitoneal injection. B-cell-deficient...Bottom Line: We performed initial cell, cytokine and complement depletion studies to investigate the possible role of these effectors in response to vaccination with heat-killed Burkholderia mallei in a susceptible BALB/c mouse model of infection.While protection with heat-killed... | Whitlock GC, Lukaszewski RA, Judy BM, Paessler S, et al. - BMC Immunol. (2008) |
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 | Compact ultrafast semiconductor disk laser: targeting GFP based nonlinear applications in living organisms. | g001: Schematic experimental setup used for nonlinear imaging. The red path corresponds to the fundamental excitation beam centered at 965nm, the blue path to the SHG emission and the green path to the TPEF emission. L# are lenses; GM are the galvanometric mirrors;...Bottom Line: Efficient TPEF imaging is achieved due to the fact that this wavelength matches the peak of the two-photon action cross section of this widely used fluorescent marker.The SDL extended versatility is shown by presenting Second Harmonic Generation images of pharynx,... | Aviles-Espinosa R, Filippidis G, Hamilton C, et al. - Biomed Opt Express (2011) |
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 | Aspartate-444 is essential for productive substrate interactions in a neuronal glutamate transporter. | fig6: The effects of MTSES and DTT on the transient currents by D444C. Currents recorded in the presence of 2 mM L-aspartate were subtracted from currents recorded in its absence in oocytes expressing either D444C-EAAC1 (A–C) or D444S-EAAC1 (D–F). The transient...Bottom Line: In the neutral substitution mutants inhibition of the transients was also observed with acidic amino acids.In the D444E mutant, acidic amino acids were potent inhibitors of the transient currents, whereas the apparent affinity for succinate was lower by at... | Teichman S, Kanner BI - J. Gen. Physiol. (2007) |
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 | General functions to transform associate data to host data, and their use in phylogenetic inference from... | Figure 1: Overview of the distance methods and the tests applied. The picture describes the pure-distance framework developed in the course of the present study for testing methods of deriving host character data and/or distance matrices from associate character data....Bottom Line: The results agree well with these three measures and the datasets examined as well as with the theoretical predictions and previous results in the literature.Regarding cloned sequences, the formulae have a high potential to accurately reflect evolutionary relationships... | Göker M, Grimm GW - BMC Evol. Biol. (2008) |
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 | Role of ATP hydrolysis in the DNA translocase activity of the bovine papillomavirus (BPV-1) E1 helicase. | fig7: Hexamerization assembles a catalytically robust ATPase complex. (a) ATPase activity as a function of E1HD protein concentration. Reactions were assembled with (solid line) and without oligonucleotide (dashed line) and Pi released determined after 3 min at 22°C....Bottom Line: However, in the presence of ATP, the interaction with DNA is destabilized (T(1/2) approximately 60 s).These results suggest that during the ATP hydrolysis cycle an internal DNA-binding site oscillates from a high to a low-affinity state, while protein-protein... | Castella S, Burgin D, Sanders CM - Nucleic Acids Res. (2006) |
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 | Is IP-10 a better biomarker for active and latent tuberculosis in children than IFNgamma? | pone-0003901-g003: Stimulation index of IP-10 and IFN-γ in active TB, LTBI and a control group.Horizontal lines indicate medians. Controls are represented by ○, active TB by ▵, and LTBI by □. Open symbols represent IP-10, closed symbols represent IFNγ samples.Bottom Line: The search for distinguishing biomarkers therefore continues, as the accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis is particularly challenging in children.The baseline levels of IP-10 are increased in active TB and in LTBI, but there is no significant difference of stimulated... | Whittaker E, Gordon A, Kampmann B - PLoS ONE (2008) |
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 | Influences of transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP) on the repertoire of peptides associated... | Figure 1: Determination of β-gal expression in R/gal and RS/gal transfectants. Serial dilutions of NP-40 lysates of R/gal (open triangles) and RS/gal (closed triangles) transfectants or untransfected RMA cells (closed circles) were incubated with the chromogenic substrate...Bottom Line: This ability is based on peptides associated with gp96.We found that for some antigens the association of peptides with gp96 required functional TAP molecules, whereas the association of peptides from other antigens was TAP independent.These results, together... | Arnold D, Wahl C, Faath S, Rammensee HG, Schild H - J. Exp. Med. (1997) |
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 | Characterisation of exogenous folate transport in Plasmodium falciparum. | fig1: (a) Uptake of folates over the erythrocytic cycle of P. falciparum. Synchronised HB3 cultures (initial 4% parasitaemia) were sampled every 7–9 h, cells spun down, washed with pABA/folate depleted medium and incubated at 37 °C in 1 ml RPMI1640 containing...Bottom Line: Dinitrophenol and nigericin, which strongly facilitate the equilibration of H(+) ions across biological membranes and thus abolish or substantially reduce the proton gradient, inhibited folate uptake profoundly.The ATPase inhibitor concanamycin A also greatly... | Wang P, Wang Q, Sims PF, Hyde JE - Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. (2007) |
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 | Amorphous nanosilica induce endocytosis-dependent ROS generation and DNA damage in human keratinocytes. | Figure 2: Effect of silica particles on membrane damage. Cellular membrane damage in HaCaT cells after incubation with nSP70 (circles), nSP300 (squares) and mSP1000 (diamonds) for 24 h was evaluated by the LDH release assay. The percentage cellular membrane damage was...Bottom Line: A markedly reduced response was observed using submicron-sized silica particles of 300 and 1000 nm diameter.In addition, cytochalasin D-treatment reduced nSP70-mediated ROS generation and DNA damage, suggesting that endocytosis is involved in nSP70-mediated... | Nabeshi H, Yoshikawa T, Matsuyama K, Nakazato Y, et al. - Part Fibre Toxicol (2011) |
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 | Immunogenic Burkholderia pseudomallei outer membrane proteins as potential candidate vaccine targets. | pone-0006496-g006: Survival of BALB/c mice immunised with recombinant Omp3 or Omp7 and challenged with B. pseudomallei.Mice were immunised with either Omp3 (open triangles) or Omp7 (open squares) prior to challenge with 1×106 cfu B. pseudomallei by the i.p. route of infection....Bottom Line: Of the 12 ORFs, two of these OmpAs, Omp3 and Omp7, were successfully cloned, expressed as soluble protein and purified.Mice were immunised with either Omp3 or Omp7, subsequently challenged with 1x10(6) colony forming units (cfu) of B. pseudomallei via the intraperitoneal... | Hara Y, Mohamed R, Nathan S - PLoS ONE (2009) |
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