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 | A porcine adenovirus with low human seroprevalence is a promising alternative vaccine vector to human... | pone-0015301-g005: Groups of 10 BALB/c mice were vaccinated with PAV3-HA at a dose of 108 (β), 109 (βΏ), and 1010 (β΅) vp/mouse, AdHu5-HA 108 (β¦), 109 (βΎ), and 1010 (β΄), or PBS Control (β’).Twenty-eight days post-vaccination, the mice were challenged with 100LD50 of...Bottom Line: PAV3-HA rapidly generated antibody responses, with significant neutralizing antibody titers on day 21, and stronger cellular immune responses detected on day 8, compared to AdHu5-HA.Importantly, as opposed to AdHu5, PAV3 vector was not significantly neutralized... | Patel A, Tikoo S, Kobinger G - PLoS ONE (2010) |
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 | Income and economic exclusion: do they measure the same concept? | Figure 2: Confirmatory factor analysis.Bottom Line: Indeed, not only these indicators weakly correlated, but they also point to slightly different sociodemographic groups at risk of low income and economic exclusion.Furthermore, the respective associations with health are of comparable magnitude, but when these... | Renahy E, Alvarado-Llano B, Koh M, Quesnel-VallΓ©e A - Int J Equity Health (2012) |
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 | Vacancy-mediated magnetism in pure copper oxide nanoparticles. | Figure 4: The XPS spectra of CuO nanoparticles annealed at 800Β°C. The inset shows the Cu 2 p core level binding energy spectraBottom Line: Vacuum annealing enhances the ferromagnetism (FM) of CuO nanoparticles, while oxygen atmosphere annealing reduces it.The origin of FM is suggested to the oxygen vacancies at the surface/or interface of the particles.Such a ferromagnet without the presence of... | Gao D, Zhang J, Zhu J, Qi J, Zhang Z, Sui W, et al. - Nanoscale Res Lett (2010) |
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 | Overexpression of PtrABF gene, a bZIP transcription factor isolated from Poncirus trifoliata, enhances... | Figure 3: Time-course expression levels of PtrABF in trifoliate orange shoots under different treatments with dehydration (A), low temperature (B), salt (C) and ABA (D). Total RNA extracted from leaves of the treated shoots sampled at the indicated time was reverse-transcribed...Bottom Line: Under dehydration and drought conditions, the transgenic plants accumulated lower levels of reactive oxygen species compared with wild type, accompanied by higher activities and expression levels of three antioxidant enzymes.In addition, steady-state mRNA levels... | Huang XS, Liu JH, Chen XJ - BMC Plant Biol. (2010) |
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 | Tricarbon-yl(η-4',7-dimethoxy-iso-flavone)chromium(0). | Fap1: A view of (I) showing the atom-numbering scheme with displacement ellipsoids at the 30% probability level.Bottom Line: The metal atom of the Cr(CO)(3) unit of the title compound, [Cr(C(17)H(14)O(4))(CO)(3)], is coordinated to the methoxy-phenyl ring of the isoflavone ligand; the Cr(CO)(3) unit exhibits a three-legged piano-stool conformation.The aromatic ring of the methoxy-phenyl... | van Tonder JH, Bezuidenhoudt BC, Janse van Rensburg JM - Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online (2009) |
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 | Add-on therapy options in asthma not adequately controlled by inhaled corticosteroids: a comprehensive... | Figure 4: A. Change in supplemental salbutamol use before and after exacerbation in patients treated with fluticasone and salmeterol combination or with high-dose fluticasone (with permission from ref 90), B. Change in morning PEF (percent fall from day -14) over the...Bottom Line: The addition of a LABA is more effective than increasing the dose of ICS in improving asthma control.Addition of a LABA seems to be superior to an LTRA in improving lung function.However, more and longer studies are needed to better clarify the role of LTRAs... | Kankaanranta H, Lahdensuo A, Moilanen E, Barnes PJ - Respir. Res. (2004) |
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 | Plasmodium strain determines dendritic cell function essential for survival from malaria. | ppat-0030096-g006: Protection Is Mediated by IL-12 Secreted by Donor DCsTo confirm that IL-12 secreted by the donor DC-mediated protection, groups of six C57BL/6 and IL-12KO mice were infected with nonlethal P. yoelii 17XNL, total CD11c+ DCs were isolated from these infected...Bottom Line: To our knowledge, our studies have shown for the first time that during a malaria infection, DC function is essential for survival.More importantly, the functions of these DCs are determined by the strain of parasite.Our studies may explain, in part, why natural... | Wykes MN, Liu XQ, Beattie L, Stanisic DI, et al. - PLoS Pathog. (2007) |
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 | Synthesis and Characterization of Bowl-Like Single-Crystalline BaTiO(3) Nanoparticles. | Figure 1: XRD pattern of the synthesized BaTiO3 product. The inset shows the reflection around 45Β° 2ΞΈ (200)/(002) peak (filled circle measured, thine line fitted, thick line calculated.)Bottom Line: The results show that the bowl-like BaTiO(3) nanoparticles are single-crystalline and have a size about 100-200Β nm in diameter.Local piezoresponse force measurements indicate that the BaTiO(3) nanoparticles have switchable polarization at room temperature.The... | Deng Z, Dai Y, Chen W, Pei X, Liao J - Nanoscale Res Lett (2010) |
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 | Anti-proliferative activity of meroditerpenoids isolated from the brown alga Stypopodium flabelliforme... | f5-marinedrugs-09-00852: Effects of meroditerpenoids on the inhibition of cell proliferation in RBL-2H3 cells using the SRB assay. Values show mean + SE inhibition, as compared to negative control (0.1% DMSO), from three experiments performed in triplicate. * p < 0.05; ** p <...Bottom Line: In particular, algae have proved to be an interesting source of new bioactive compounds.Antimicrobial capacity was observed for epitaondiol monoacetate, stypotriol triacetate and stypodiol, with the first being the most active.The results suggest that these... | Pereira DM, Cheel J, Areche C, San-Martin A, et al. - Mar Drugs (2011) |
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 | Cytochrome c maintains mitochondrial transmembrane potential and ATP generation after outer mitochondrial... | Figure 1: Loss of ΞΞ¨m is caspase dependent during apoptosis. (A) Jurkat cells treated with etoposide (40 ΞΌM) or Cc-GFP-HeLa cells were treated with actinomycin D (1 ΞΌM) in the presence or absence of zVADfmk (100 ΞΌM), harvested at the times indicated, stained with...Bottom Line: After outer membrane permeabilization, mitochondria can use cytoplasmic cytochrome c to maintain mitochondrial transmembrane potential and ATP production.Furthermore, both cytochrome c release and apoptosis proceed normally in cells in which mitochondria have... | Waterhouse NJ, Goldstein JC, von Ahsen O, et al. - J. Cell Biol. (2001) |
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 | Related leucine-based cytoplasmic targeting signals in invariant chain and major histocompatibility complex... | Figure 2: Only the 46-61 determinant is highly dependent on Ii coexpression with Ak for its effective presentation. COS cells transfected with cDNA expression constructs encoding either Ak or Ak and the p31 form of mouse Ii were used as APCs with the indicated concentrations...Bottom Line: Some protein determinants, however, do not require Ii for effective class II presentation, although endocytic processing is still necessary.Elimination or mutation of this signal reduces the rate of re-entry of mature surface class II molecules into the endocytic... | Zhong G, Romagnoli P, Germain RN - J. Exp. Med. (1997) |
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![Partial packing diagram of the unit cell showing key interactions (see text and Table 1) [Macrae et al., 2008]. Only significant H atoms are shown as balls for clarity. Symmetry (i) x - 1/2, 2 - y, z (ii) 1/2 - x, 1 - y, z (iii) x, y - 1, z (iv) 1 - x, 1 - y, 1/2 + z (v) x - 1/2, 1 - y, z. Ring centres shown as red balls are Cg1 (C19âC24), Cg2 (C4âC9) and Cg3 (C13âC18).](/imgs/rescaled137/3099795_e-67-0o893-fig3.png) | 2-{[(Biphenyl-2-yl)diazen-yl]methyl-idene}-1,3,3-trimethyl-indoline. | Fap3: Partial packing diagram of the unit cell showing key interactions (see text and Table 1) [Macrae et al., 2008]. Only significant H atoms are shown as balls for clarity. Symmetry (i) x - 1/2, 2 - y, z (ii) 1/2 - x, 1 - y, z (iii) x, y - 1, z (iv) 1 - x, 1 -...Bottom Line: The title mol-ecule, C(24)H(23)N(3), shows some delocalization of charge based on the small [8.0β
(2)Β°] angle between the indolin-2-yl-idene ring system and the link methyl-diazene C(2)N(2) atom plane.A further twist of 17.2β
(3)Β° is subtended between the... | Gainsford GJ, Ashraf M, Kay AJ - Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online (2011) |
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 | A single nucleotide polymorphism in the Bax gene promoter affects transcription and influences retinal... | Figure 3: Diagram of 1370 bp of the murine Bax promoter regionThe Bax promoter region from the DBA/2J and 129B6 mouse lines was isolated, sequenced, and compared. The nucleotide directly upstream of the translation...Bottom Line: The different cell death phenotype was associated with the level of Bax expression, where 129B6 neurons had twice the level of endogenous Bax mRNA and protein as DBA/2J neurons.Differential transcriptional activity from either 129B6 or DBA/2J Bax promoters... | Semaan SJ, Li Y, Nickells RW - ASN Neuro (2010) |
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 | Getting to grips with strangles: an effective multi-component recombinant vaccine for the protection... | ppat-1000584-g005: Temperature over time in Septavacc and control ponies.Mean rectal temperature was monitored from three days pre-challenge (day 85). Average values and SEM are shown. The insert shows number of days each pony was considered pyrexic, i.e. with a temperature exceeding...Bottom Line: Antibiotic treatment is usually ineffective.Thus, a safe and effective vaccine against S. equi is highly desirable.Vaccinated horses had significantly reduced incidence of lymph node swelling (p = 0.0013) lymph node abscessation (p = 0.00001), fewer days of... | Guss B, Flock M, Frykberg L, Waller AS, Robinson C, et al. - PLoS Pathog. (2009) |
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 | Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in a low- to moderate-incidence state: are contact investigations... | Figure 1: Actions needed to decrease recent tuberculosis transmission in various settings. Decreasing diagnostic delays can potentially eliminate large point source clusters and substantially reduce transmission in both traditional and nontraditional settings. CI, contact...Bottom Line: Cluster investigations were significantly more likely than contact investigations to identify patients who recently acquired TB in nontraditional settings (33/42 vs. 23/72, respectively; p<0.001).The time from symptom onset to diagnosis was twice as long for... | Cronin WA, Golub JE, Lathan MJ, Mukasa LN, et al. - Emerging Infect. Dis. (2002) |
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 | Change in sympathetic nerve firing pattern associated with dietary weight loss in the metabolic syndrome. | Figure 3: Single-unit muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) measured as firing rate, firing probability and probability of multiple firing at baseline (B) and 12βweeks following the diet. *Pβ<β0.05.Bottom Line: Cardiac and sympathetic baroreflex function were significantly improved (cardiac slope: 6.57βΒ±β0.69 to 9.57βΒ±β1.20βmsΒ·mmHg(-1); sympathetic slope: -3.86βΒ±β0.34 to -5.05βΒ±β0.47βbursts/100 heartbeatsΒ·mmHg(-1), Pβ<β0.05 for both).Hypocaloric... | Lambert E, Straznicky NE, Dawood T, Ika-Sari C, et al. - Front Physiol (2011) |
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 | Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced ROS release: a new phenomenon accompanying induction of the mitochondrial... | Figure 6: Demonstration of MPT induction by photoexcited trigger ROS. (A) Cells dual-loaded with TMRM (ΞΞ¨) and calcein-AM (the latter loaded under conditions that results in a cytosolic distribution initially in excess over that in mitochondria); line-scan imaging...Bottom Line: MPT induction caused by triggering ROS coincided with a burst of mitochondrial ROS generation, as measured by dichlorofluorescein fluorescence, which we have termed mitochondrial "ROS-induced ROS release" (RIRR).This MPT induction/RIRR phenomenon in cardiac... | Zorov DB, Filburn CR, Klotz LO, Zweier JL, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (2000) |
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 | Antinociception induced by chronic glucocorticoid treatment is correlated to local modulation of spinal... | Figure 1: Nociceptive behaviour. Tail (A, B) and paw (C, D) withdrawal latency after chronic corticosteroid treatment for 21 (1) and 28 (2) days with CORT and DEX. Both CORT and DEX groups display higher TF latencies after 21 days of treatment (A, B) although this effect...Bottom Line: Previously we demonstrated that chronic unpredictable stress results in antinociception in the tail-flick test, an effect that is mediated by increased levels of corticosteroids.As previously observed in some supraspinal areas, the exclusive GR activation resulted... | Pinto-Ribeiro F, Moreira V, PΓͺgo JM, LeΓ£o P, et al. - Mol Pain (2009) |
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 | The notch ligand jagged-1 represents a novel growth factor of human hematopoietic stem cells. | Figure 4: Analysis of engraftment in NOD/SCID mice with CD34+CD38βLinβ cells cultured in the absence or presence hJagged-1. (A) Summary of levels of human cell engraftment in the BM of NOD/SCID mice transplanted with CD34+CD38βLinβ cells cultured in the absence...Bottom Line: However, little is known regarding the role of Jagged-1 in the regulation of tissue-specific stem cells or its function in humans.Here, we show that uncommitted human hematopoietic cells and cells that comprise the putative blood stem cell microenvironment... | Karanu FN, Murdoch B, Gallacher L, Wu DM, et al. - J. Exp. Med. (2000) |
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 | Computer modeling describes gravity-related adaptation in cell cultures. | pone-0008332-g002: Culture growth and colony formation in conditions of normal gravity and hypergravity.Identical set of initial random seeds are used for the simulations at normal gravity and hypergravity. (a) Predicted character of movement in normal gravity (Gβ=β1.0) at...Bottom Line: After a qualitative validation of the model at normal gravity, we simulate cellular growth in hyper-gravity conditions.The obtained data are consistent with previously confirmed theoretical and experimental findings for bacterial behavior in environmental changes,... | Alexandrov LB, Alexandrova S, Usheva A - PLoS ONE (2009) |
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