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 | Accuracy of ARGOS locations of Pinnipeds at-sea estimated using Fastloc GPS. | pone-0008677-g002: The cumulative frequency of GPS errors from a stationary test of fast-loc GPS tags (Nβ=β257) are shown.Bottom Line: The 68(th) percentile ARGOS location errors as measured in this study were LC-3 0.49 km, LC-2 1.01 km, LC-1 1.20 km, LC-0 4.18 km, LC-A 6.19 km, LC-B 10.28 km.The ARGOS errors measured here are greater than those provided by ARGOS, but within the range of other... | Costa DP, Robinson PW, Arnould JP, Harrison AL, et al. - PLoS ONE (2010) |
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 | Consciousness of targets during the attentional blink: a gradual or all-or-none dimension? | Fig4: Average T2 identification accuracy (given correct identification of T1) as a function of T1βT2 lag in Experiments 3 and 4. Error bars reflect standard errors of the meanBottom Line: They found that these words were either detected as well as targets outside the attentional-blink period or not detected at all, and interpreted these results as support for a discontinuous transition between nonconscious and conscious processing.We present... | Nieuwenhuis S, de Kleijn R - Atten Percept Psychophys (2011) |
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 | Fluorescence-based comparative binding studies of the supramolecular host properties of PAMAM dendrimers... | f8-sensors-10-04053: The double-reciprocal plot from the guest titration data for 4 Γ 10β5 M 2,6-ANS in the presence of 0.0025 mM G4 PAMAM dendrimer; the solid line shows the linear fit.Bottom Line: The fluorescence of all three probes was significantly enhanced upon binding with PAMAM dendrimers, however in all cases except one, a very unusual spike was consistently observed in the host fluorescence titration plots (fluorescence enhancement vs. host concentration)... | Stojanovic N, Murphy LD, Wagner BD - Sensors (Basel) (2010) |
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 | G-CSF-stimulated neutrophils are a prominent source of functional BLyS. | fig1: BLyS mRNA expression and release by activated neutrophils. (A) Purified populations of neutrophils were incubated with 1,000 U/ml G-CSF. At the time points indicated, total RNA was extracted and analyzed for BLyS, IL-1ra, and actin mRNA expression by Northern...Bottom Line: In this regard, we show that BLyS serum levels as well as neutrophil-associated BLyS are significantly enhanced after in vivo administration of G-CSF in patients.In addition, serum obtained from two of these patients induced a remarkable accumulation of neutrophil-associated... | Scapini P, Nardelli B, Nadali G, Calzetti F, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (2003) |
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 | Inhibition by female sex hormones of collagen degradation by corneal fibroblasts. | f3: Time course of the inhibitory effects of 17Ξ²-estradiol and progesterone on IL-1Ξ²βinduced collagen degradation by corneal fibroblasts. Cells were cultured for the indicated times in collagen gels in the absence or presence of IL-1Ξ² (0.1 ng/ml) and either...Bottom Line: Given that corneal structure is influenced by sex hormone status, we examined the effects of sex hormones on collagen degradation by corneal fibroblasts.Rabbit corneal fibroblasts were cultured in three-dimensional collagen gels with or without sex hormones... | Zhou H, Kimura K, Orita T, Nishida T, Sonoda KH - Mol. Vis. (2011) |
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 | A model for a correlated random walk based on the ordered extension of pseudopodia. | pcbi-1000874-g006: Directional displacement.Pseudopod formation and trajectories were recorded for 5h starved Dictyostelium cells; 8 cells were followed during 15 min. The directional displacement is the distance moved after n pseudopodia in the direction of the first pseudopod....Bottom Line: Here we analyzed the probability frequency distributions of the angles between pseudopodia and used this information to design a stochastic model for cell movement.Monte Carlo simulations show that the critical elements are the ratio of persistent splitting... | Van Haastert PJ - PLoS Comput. Biol. (2010) |
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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 critical role for induced IgM in the protection against West Nile virus infection. | fig1: Survival data for C57BL/6J mice inoculated with WNV. Wild-type and sIgMβ/β mice were inoculated via footpad with the indicated doses of WNV and followed for 28 d. The survival curves were constructed using data from three to five separate experiments. The...Bottom Line: Virol. 77:2578-2586).The enhanced viremia correlated with higher WNV burdens in the central nervous system, and was also associated with a blunted anti-WNV IgG response.Thus, the induction of a specific, neutralizing IgM response early in the course of WNV... | Diamond MS, Sitati EM, Friend LD, Higgs S, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (2003) |
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 | Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor: a new putative therapeutic target in multiple sclerosis. | Figure 1: GM-CSF regulates the onset and progression of clinical EAE provoked by MOG35β55 peptide. Mice were immunized with MOG35β55 peptide emulsified in CFA and monitored daily for the development of clinical disease. Mean clinical disease score in GM-CSFβ/β...Bottom Line: Although not well understood, the egress of immune cells into the CNS in EAE is governed by a complex interplay between pro and antiinflammatory cytokines and chemokines.The hematopoietic growth factor, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF),... | McQualter JL, Darwiche R, Ewing C, Onuki M, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (2001) |
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 | A novel hypoxia-dependent 2-nitroimidazole KIN-841 inhibits tumour-specific angiogenesis by blocking... | fig4: Inhibitory effect of KIN-841 on proliferation of 3LL cells under hypoxia. Cells were treated for 48βh with KIN-841 at the various concentrations indicated under normoxia or hypoxia. aP<0.05 vs controls; bP<0.01 vs controls; cP<0.05 vs normoxia.Bottom Line: On the other hand, blocking a biological function of endothelial cells is known to result in angiogenic inhibition.Moreover, under hypoxia, KIN-841 significantly decreased the excessive production of vascular endothelial cell growth factors induced by 3LL cells... | Shimamura M, Nagasawa H, Ashino H, Yamamoto Y, et al. - Br. J. Cancer (2003) |
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 | Down-regulation of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor by 3C-like proteinase in transfected... | Figure 5: Decreased secretion of GM-CSF in SARS-CoV-3CLpro transfected cells. A549 cells were transfected with EGFP or 3CLpro or C145A plasmids. The supernatants were collected from cell cultures at 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hrs and ELISA was performed to evaluate the amount...Bottom Line: However, the function of 3CLpro in host cells remains unknown.Expression of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) was significantly decreased in 3CLpro-transfected cells by both RT-PCR and ELISA, but without changes in other cytokines, i.e.,... | Liao HH, Wang YC, Chen MC, Tsai HY, Lin J, et al. - BMC Immunol. (2011) |
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 | N-(2-Hy-droxy-5-nitro-phen-yl)methane-sulfonamide ethanol monosolvate. | Fap1: The structure of C9H14N2O6S with all non-H atom-labelling scheme and ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level.Bottom Line: In the title compound, C(7)H(8)N(2)O(5)SΒ·C(2)H(6)O, the dihedral angle between the aromatic ring and the nitro group is 8.78β
(9)Β° and the S atom is displaced by 0.226β
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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 ΞΌM ADP or 10 ΞΌg/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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 | Fibrocytes are associated with vascular and parenchymal remodelling in patients with obliterative bronchiolitis. | Figure 6: Number of CD34/prolyl 4-hydroxylase fibrocytes increase with age at autopsy. The figure represent a correlation between the number of CD34/prolyl 4-hydroxylase fibrocytes and the age of the lung transplanted patients with OB at time of autopsy R = 1.00 (p <...Bottom Line: The patients also had significantly increased numbers of fibrocytes identified by CXCR4/prolyl4-hydroxylase, CD45R0/prolyl4-hydroxylase, and CD34/prolyl4-hydroxylase compared to the controls (p < 0.01).The percent areas of the lumen of the vessels were significant... | Andersson-SjΓΆland A, ErjefΓ€lt JS, Bjermer L, et al. - Respir. Res. (2009) |
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 | Explicit information reduces discounting behavior in monkeys. | Figure 3: Model-averaged half-lives for both monkeys, calculated using only trials with total length 6. 5βs. Cued, combined refers to data pooled across the two cued conditions for each subject. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals for the means, calculated...Bottom Line: One possible explanation for this discrepancy is that standard laboratory delay discounting tasks artificially inflate impulsivity by subverting animals' common learning strategies.To test this idea, we examined choices made by rhesus macaques in two variants... | Pearson JM, Hayden BY, Platt ML - Front Psychol (2010) |
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 | Studies in B7-deficient mice reveal a critical role for B7 costimulation in both induction and effector... | Figure 4: Proliferation and cytokine production of lymph node cells from B7-1/B7-2β/β mice challenged with MOG 35-55. Mice were immunized with 100 ΞΌg of MOG 35-55 in CFA. 10 d later, draining lymph node cells from wild-type (diamonds) or B7-1/B7-2β/β (circles)...Bottom Line: Resistance to EAE was not due to a lack of induction of T helper type 1 (Th1) cytokines, since T cells from B7-1/B7-2(-/-) mice show reduced proliferative responses, but greater interferon gamma production compared with T cells from wild-type mice.Clinical... | Chang TT, Jabs C, Sobel RA, Kuchroo VK, Sharpe AH - J. Exp. Med. (1999) |
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 | Clinical aspects of cervical insufficiency. | Figure 2: Funnelling.Bottom Line: A history of second or early third trimester fetal loss, after painless dilatation of the cervix, prolapse or rupture of the membranes, and expulsion of a live fetus despite minimal uterine activity, is characteristic for cervical insufficiency.In such cases... | Lotgering FK - BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2007) |
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 | Activation of CPP32-like proteases is not sufficient to trigger apoptosis: inhibition of apoptosis by... | Figure 2: Activation of CPP32-like proteases in normal and resistant U937 variants. (A) Normal U937 cells, TNF-selected variants (U9-TR), and NAD-depleted variants (U9-NAD) were exposed to UV light 0.06 J/cm2, incubated for the indicated time, and cytosol extracts...Bottom Line: Cell-permeable peptide inhibitors selective for CPP32-like proteases suppressed AP24 activation and apoptotic death.These findings indicate that CPP32-like activity is one of several upstream signals required for AP24 activation.Furthermore, activation of CPP32-like... | Wright SC, Schellenberger U, Wang H, Kinder DH, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (1997) |
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 | Importance of integrin LFA-1 deactivation for the generation of immune responses. | fig9: Delayed neutrophil recruitment during peritonitis in Lfa-1d/d mice. Lfa-1d/d and wild-type mice were injected i.p. with thioglycollate and infiltrating neutrophils were identified by their Gr-1hiMac-1hi-staining profile in flow cytometry analysis n = 4β6...Bottom Line: In contrast, signaling through LFA-1 was not affected in Lfa-1(d/d) cells.T cell activation by superantigen-loaded and allogeneic APCs, cytotoxic T cell activity, T-dependent humoral immune responses, and neutrophil recruitment during aseptic peritonitis were... | Semmrich M, Smith A, Feterowski C, Beer S, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (2005) |
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 | Dibenzo[b,e]thiepin-11(6H)-one. | Fap1: Molecular structure of the title compound, showing atom-labeling scheme and 50% probability displacement ellipsoids.Bottom Line: Not Available. | Jasinski JP, Hakim Al-Arique QN, Butcher RJ, et al. - Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online (2010) |
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