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 | Detection of Helicobacter hepaticus in human bile samples of patients with biliary disease. | fig04: Survival viable H. hepaticus in the biles H. hepaticus (approximately 1x106 CFU/mL in 50 μL) were incubated with 450 μL of PBS, 0.9% deoxycholic acid in PBS, or human bile samples, which were obtained from three different persons, at 1, 3 and 5 hours. CFU...Bottom Line: We tested for antibodies to H. pylori and H. hepaticus by Western blot analysis.Attempts at cultivation were unsuccessful.Helicobacter hepaticus in the bile was confirmed by in situ hybridization, but H. hepaticus from bile samples was coccoid in appearance.Helicobacter... | Hamada T, Yokota K, Ayada K, Hirai K, Kamada T, et al. - Helicobacter (2009) |
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 | B cell recognition of the conserved HIV-1 co-receptor binding site is altered by endogenous primate CD4. | ppat-1000171-g002: ELISA analysis of the 17b:trimer interaction.The YU2 gp140-F trimers, at concentrations of 3.2 ng/ml to 10 µg/ml, were incubated in the presence (closed circles) or absence (filled circles) of 20 µg/ml sCD4, after which recognition of the trimers by the co-receptor-binding-site-directed...Bottom Line: This was supported by the detection of high-titer co-receptor antibodies in all sera from a set derived from human volunteers inoculated with recombinant gp120.These findings strongly suggest that complexes between Env and (high-affinity) primate CD4 formed... | Forsell MN, Dey B, Mörner A, Svehla K, O'dell S, et al. - PLoS Pathog. (2008) |
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 | Marburg virus in fruit bat, Kenya. | Figure 1: Bat collection sites (open circles) and location of Kitum Cave, Kenya, where Lake Victoria Marburgvirus was detected (solid circle).Bottom Line: Not Available. | Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, Franka R, Agwanda B, et al. - Emerging Infect. Dis. (2010) |
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 | Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of genes associated with acute desiccation stress in Anopheles gambiae. | pone-0026011-g001: Survival of An. gambiae mosquitoes under desiccation stress.Four-day old female mosquitoes were exposed to 70% (black circle) or 30% (white circle) relative humidity without access to water or sugar. The number of dead mosquitoes was recorded every 8 hours...Bottom Line: The transcription of 248 genes (1.7% of all transcripts) was significantly affected in all experimental conditions, including 96 with increased expression and 152 with decreased expression.In general, the data indicate a reduction in the metabolic rate of mosquitoes... | Wang MH, Marinotti O, Vardo-Zalik A, Boparai R, et al. - PLoS ONE (2011) |
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 | Level of muscle regeneration in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I relates to genotype and clinical... | Figure 5: Regeneration versus muscle strength. There wass a significant relationship between regeneration in terms of number of neonatal myosin heavy chain (nMHC)-positive fibers as a function of ankle dorsiflexion (ADF) strength in patients with LGMD2I, reflecting greater...Bottom Line: Differences between groups were considered statistical significant at P < 0.05 using Student's unpaired t-test.We found that all patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I (LGMD2I) had a large number of internally nucleated fibers, a sign of previous... | Krag TO, Hauerslev S, Sveen ML, Schwartz M, et al. - Skelet Muscle (2011) |
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 | Clinical outcomes and kinetics of propanil following acute self-poisoning: a prospective case series. | Figure 7: All concentration-time points in patients with acute propanil poisoning.Bottom Line: Admission plasma concentrations of propanil and DCA reflected the clinical outcome.The elimination half-life of propanil was 3.2 hours (95% confidence interval 2.6 to 4.1 hours) and the concentration of DCA was generally higher, more persistent and more variable... | Roberts DM, Heilmair R, Buckley NA, Dawson AH, et al. - BMC Clin Pharmacol (2009) |
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 | Targeting the Wolbachia cell division protein FtsZ as a new approach for antifilarial therapy. | pntd-0001411-g004: Berberine sulfate inhibition of the GTPase activity.Enzyme activity of wBm-FtsZ (•) and Ec-FtsZ (□) was determined in the presence of 0, 25, 50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, and 1000 µM berberine sulfate. The data obtained from triplicate samples are expressed...Bottom Line: Furthermore, berberine was also effective in reducing motility and reproduction in B. malayi parasites in vitro.Our results should facilitate the discovery of selective inhibitors of FtsZ as a novel anti-symbiotic approach for controlling filarial infection.NOTE:... | Li Z, Garner AL, Gloeckner C, Janda KD, Carlow CK - PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) |
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 | Increased insulin/insulin growth factor signaling advances the onset of metamorphosis in Drosophila. | pone-0005072-g003: The regulation of ecdysone synthesis by insulin and PTTH.Brain lobes and the ring gland are indicated. Ecdysone synthesis is triggered when insulin released from the IPCs and PTTH released from the PG-LPs activate the PI3K and Ras pathways, respectively, in...Bottom Line: Transgene-induced activation of PI3K, the major effector of IIS, within the PG advances the onset of metamorphosis via precocious ecdysone synthesis, raising the possibility that IIS triggers metamorphosis via PI3K activation in the PG.This increased IIS increases... | Walkiewicz MA, Stern M - PLoS ONE (2009) |
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 | Hydrostatic pressure shows that lamellipodial motility in Ascaris sperm requires membrane-associated... | Figure 8: Mechanism of vesicle-associated MSP filament polymerization suggested by the pressure and dilution data. Because polymerization occurs primarily in the vicinity of the vesicle, we propose that fiber growth involves conversion of MSP into a short-lived,...Bottom Line: When the pressure was dropped, normal fiber growth occurred from detached vesicles but the ends of fibers without vesicles did not grow.The effects of pressure on fiber assembly are sensitive to dilution of the extract but largely independent of MSP concentration,... | Roberts TM, Salmon ED, Stewart M - J. Cell Biol. (1998) |
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 | DAP10 and DAP12 form distinct, but functionally cooperative, receptor complexes in natural killer cells. | Figure 6: Functional cooperation between DAP10 and DAP12 receptor complexes. (A) A normal polyclonal NK cell line was assayed for Ab-redirected cytotoxicity against 51Cr-labeled FcR+ P815 target cells in the presence of anti-CD56 mAb Leu 19 (used as a negative control)...Bottom Line: Many of the activating receptors on natural killer (NK) cells are multisubunit complexes composed of ligand-binding receptors that are noncovalently associated with membrane-bound signaling adaptor proteins, including CD3zeta, FcstraightepsilonRIgamma, DAP12,... | Wu J, Cherwinski H, Spies T, Phillips JH, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (2000) |
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 | Induction of neurite outgrowth through contactin and Nr-CAM by extracellular regions of glial receptor... | Figure 4: Inhibition by anti– Nr-CAM antibodies of neurite extension induced by βCFS. Primary chick tectal cells were plated on dishes coated with βCFS fusion protein (80 μg/ml) and cultured for 48 h in the presence of Fab′ fragments (500 μg/ml) of nonimmune...Bottom Line: As a substrate, betaCFS was less effective in supporting cell adhesion, but it was a more effective promoter of neurite outgrowth than betaCF. betaS had no effect by itself, but it potentiated neurite growth when mixed with betaCF.Neurite outgrowth induced... | Sakurai T, Lustig M, Nativ M, Hemperly JJ, et al. - J. Cell Biol. (1997) |
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 | Bartonella spp. in bats, Kenya. | Figure 1: Field sites where bats were collected in Kenya. Numbers identify collection sites (5).Bottom Line: All isolates from R. aegyptiacus, C. afra, and T. persicus bats clustered in separate monophyletic groups.In contrast, E. helvum and Miniopterus spp. bats harbored strains that clustered in several groups.Further investigation is needed to determine whether... | Kosoy M, Bai Y, Lynch T, Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, et al. - Emerging Infect. Dis. (2010) |
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![Comparative DEET-elicited responses.DEET-induced excitatory responses from Drosophila pbA1 ORN showed lower threshold than those recorded from the DEET-sensitive mosquito ORNs from the Southern House mosquito, Cx. quinquefasciatus [20] and the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti [21], respectively. Error bars are standard error of the mean (SEM).](/imgs/rescaled137/3059203_pone.0017705.g006.png) | Generic insect repellent detector from the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. | pone-0017705-g006: Comparative DEET-elicited responses.DEET-induced excitatory responses from Drosophila pbA1 ORN showed lower threshold than those recorded from the DEET-sensitive mosquito ORNs from the Southern House mosquito,...Bottom Line: There is growing demand for repellents outperforming DEET in cost and safety, but with the current technologies R&D of a new product takes almost 10 years, with a prohibitive cost of $30 million dollar in part due to the demand for large-scale synthesis of... | Syed Z, Pelletier J, Flounders E, Chitolina RF, et al. - PLoS ONE (2011) |
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 | Methyl gallate. | Fap1: Thermal ellipsoid plot of gallic acid methyl ester with the atomic numbering scheme. Non-H atoms are represented at 50% probability level. Intramolecular hydrogen bonds are shown with dashed lines.Bottom Line: THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE TITLE COMPOUND (SYSTEMATIC NAME: methyl 3,4,5-trihydroxy-benzoate), C(8)H(8)O(5), is composed of essentially planar mol-ecules [maximum departures from the mean carbon and oxygen skeleton plane of 0.0348 (10) Å].The H atoms... | Bebout D, Pagola S - Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online (2009) |
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 | Pathogen-specific T regulatory 1 cells induced in the respiratory tract by a bacterial molecule that... | fig7: Deletion of FHA attenuates local immunosuppression and enhances B. pertussis clearance form the lungs. Groups of 24 BALB/c mice were challenged by exposure to an aerosol of B. pertussis BP338 or FHA− mutant BPM409. (A) The course of infection was followed...Bottom Line: The Tr1 clones expressed T1/ST2 and CC chemokine receptor 5, secreted high levels of IL-10, but not IL-4 or interferon (IFN)-gamma, and suppressed Th1 responses against B. pertussis or an unrelated pathogen.Furthermore, FHA inhibited IL-12 and stimulated IL-10... | McGuirk P, McCann C, Mills KH - J. Exp. Med. (2002) |
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 | Long-term antithrombotic protection by in vivo depletion of platelet glycoprotein VI in mice. | Figure 2: Platelets from JAQ1-treated mice do not respond to CRP and collagen. (a) Two-color flow cytometric analysis of platelets from JAQ1-treated or control mice 3 d after Ab injection. Diluted whole blood was stimulated with 10 μM ADP or 10 μg/ml CRP for 2 min...Bottom Line: Here we demonstrate that treatment of mice with a monoclonal antibody against the activating platelet collagen receptor glycoprotein VI (GPVI; JAQ1) results in specific depletion of the receptor from circulating platelets and abolished responses of these cells... | Nieswandt B, Schulte V, Bergmeier W, Mokhtari-Nejad R, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (2001) |
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![Pulseâchase analysis of HIV capsid assembly. (A) Analysis of a continuously labeled cell-free reaction by velocity sedimentation. Cell-free translation and assembly of Pr55 were performed as previously described. Upon completion of the cell-free reaction, the products were diluted in 1% NP-40 sample buffer on ice and were analyzed by velocity sedimentation on 13 ml 15â 60% sucrose gradients. Fractions were collected from the top of each gradient as described in Materials and Methods, and the amount of radiolabeled Pr55 protein in each fraction was determined and expressed as a percentage of total Pr55 protein present in the reaction. The calculated positions of 10-, 80-, 150-, 500-, and 750-S complexes are indicated with markers above (see Materials and Methods). 750-S represents the position of authentic immature (de-enveloped) HIV capsids. (BâD) Analysis of a pulseâchase cell-free reaction by velocity sedimentation. Cell-free translation and assembly of Pr55 were performed as previously described, except that [35S]cysteine was used for radiolabeling. At 4 min into translation, an excess of unlabeled cysteine was added to the reaction so that no further radiolabeling would occur. Aliquots of the reaction were collected 25 (C) and 150 min (D) into the reaction. 1 μl of each aliquot was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography to reveal the total amount of radiolabeled Pr55 translation product (B, arrow) present at each chase time. The remainder of the aliquots was diluted into 1% NP-40 sample buffer on ice and analyzed by velocity sedimentation on 13 ml 15â60% sucrose gradients (5, C and D, respectively), in the manner described for 5 A above.](/imgs/rescaled137/2134302_JCB.lingappa5c.png) | A multistep, ATP-dependent pathway for assembly of human immunodeficiency virus capsids in a cell-free... | Figure 5: Pulse–chase analysis of HIV capsid assembly. (A) Analysis of a continuously labeled cell-free reaction by velocity sedimentation. Cell-free translation and assembly of Pr55 were performed as previously described. Upon completion of the cell-free reaction,...Bottom Line: Specific subsets of these intermediates accumulate upon expression of various assembly-defective Gag mutants in the cell-free system, suggesting that each mutant is blocked at a particular step in assembly.Furthermore, the accumulation of complexes of similar... | Lingappa JR, Hill RL, Wong ML, Hegde RS - J. Cell Biol. (1997) |
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 | Identification of the lateral interaction surfaces of human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DM... | fig5: Dissociation kinetics for DM/DR complexes. The intensity of the topmost band of panels A, B, D, and E (see Fig. 4) was measured and quantitated by densitometry and plotted versus time. The data were fit to a single exponential decay model to produce the rate...Bottom Line: We find that when DM is attached to the NH(2) terminus of the peptide, it can, for all linker lengths tested, catalyze exchange of the peptide with a half-life a few minutes (compared with uncatalyzed t(1/2) > 100 h).This rate, which is several orders of magnitude... | Stratikos E, Mosyak L, Zaller DM, Wiley DC - J. Exp. Med. (2002) |
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 | Upper limb amputees can be induced to experience a rubber hand as their own. | Figure 5: Significant relationship between the time since amputation and the strength of the illusion as indicated by the illusion-items in the questionnaire (Pearson's correlation = −0.474, N = 18, P = 0.047, two-tailed P < 0.05). See the Results section for details.Bottom Line: We describe how upper limb amputees can be made to experience a rubber hand as part of their own body.This elicited an illusion of sensing touch on the artificial hand, rather than on the stump and a feeling of ownership of the rubber hand developed.Our findings... | Ehrsson HH, Rosén B, Stockselius A, Ragnö C, et al. - Brain (2008) |
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