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Background
The high degree of sequence heterogeneity found in Hepatitis C virus (HCV) isolates, makes robust nucleic acid-based assays difficult to generate. Polymerase chain reaction based techniques, require efficient and specific sequence recognition. Generation of robust primers capable of recognizing a wide range of isolates is a difficult task. 相似文献2.
Muna J. Tahir Karin B. Michels Walter C. Willett Michele R. Forman 《Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)》2018,26(10):1611-1618
Objective
This study aimed to examine the association between age at solid food (SF) introduction and obesity throughout the life course.Methods
Among 31,816 mother– nurse daughter dyads in the Nurses' Mothers' Cohort Study and the Nurses' Health Study II, information was collected on age at SF introduction, body somatotype at ages 5 and 10, and Body Mass Index at age 18 and in adulthood. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for obesity throughout life were estimated using logistic regression models with adjustment for parental and nurse daughter covariates.Results
Nurse daughters introduced to SF at ≥ 9 months versus 6 to 9 months had marginally higher age‐adjusted (OR: 1.21; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.47) and covariate‐adjusted (OR: 1.22; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.47) odds of obesity at age 5. Age at SF introduction was not related to obesity at ages 10 and 18 or in adulthood.Conclusions
Late age at SF introduction was marginally associated with obesity at age 5, but this association did not persist throughout the life course. 相似文献3.
Introduction
The aim of this study was to quantify the number of T-helper (TH)-17 cells present in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial fluid (SF) and to determine the level of interleukin (IL)-17 cytokine in RA, osteoarthritis (OA) and normal synovial tissue, as well as to examine SF macrophages for the presence of IL-23, IL-27 and interferon (IFN)-γ. 相似文献4.
Cindy Pfeiffer-Linn Raymon M. Glantz 《Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology》1991,168(3):373-381
1. | The actions of GABA on three classes of visual interneurons in crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, medulla externa are examined. The effect of GABA on the visual response is compared to GABA's action on agonist-elicited responses purported to mediate the visual response. |
2. | GABA produces a shunting type of inhibition in medullary amacrine cells which is associated with a small depolarization (Figs. 2, 3), a large increase in input conductance (Gn) and a reversal potential close to rest (Fig. 4). GABA is a potent antagonist to the depolarizing action of acetylcholine (ACh) (Fig. 5). |
3. | GABA depolarizes dimming fibers (Fig. 2), and the response is mediated by an increase in Gn (Fig. 6). GABA antagonizes the light-elicited IPSP and the hyperpolarizing action of ACh (Fig. 7). |
4. | Sustaining fibers (SF) do not appear to have GABA receptors but GABA inhibits the excitatory visual input pathway to the SFs (Fig. 8). Conversely, the GABA antagonist, bicuculline, potentiates the SF light response (Fig. 9). |
5. | GABA has at least three different modes of antagonist action in the medulla: i) Increased conductance and depolarization in dimming fibers and medullary amacrine neurons; ii) Decreased chloride conductance in tangential cells; and iii) An inhibitory action on the visual pathway which drives SFs. |
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M. Dhanasekaran S. Indumathi M. Rashmi J. S. Rajkumar D. Sudarsanam 《Cell proliferation》2012,45(6):516-526
Objectives
This study has intended to investigate longevity of subcutaneous fat‐derived mesenchymal stem cells (SF‐MSCs) under extensive culturing. It has also focused on optimization of culture media for them over prolonged periods in vitro.Materials and methods
We evaluated SF‐MSCs with reference to phenotypic characterization, proliferative ability, karyotype stability and differentiation potency with early (P3) and late passage (P20) conditions, using four different media, DMEM‐LG, ALPHA‐MEM, DMEM‐F12 and DMEM‐KO.Results
This study unravels retention of SF‐MSC characteristics in facets of phenotypic expression profile (CD 90, CD 105, CD 73, CD 34, CD 29, CD 54, CD 49d, CD 117, HLA‐DR, CD 166, CD 31, CD 44), proliferative characteristics, karyotyping and differentiation potency prolonged culturing to P25 in all media. Population doubling time (PDT) in Alpha MEM, DMEM LG, DMEM F 12, DMEM KO were identified to be (1.81, 1.84, 1.9, 2.08 days) at early passage and (2.93, 2.94, 3.12, 3.06 days) at late passage. As a corollary, Alpha MEM and DMEM LG serve as appropriate basal media for SF‐MSC when proliferative potency is considered.Conclusions
In research, it is imperative that SF‐MSC uphold their expansion potency in the aforesaid attributes in all media over extensive culturing, thereby transforming their colossal in vitro potency, with the aim of curing a wide horizon of diseases. 相似文献6.
Walter Kaiser 《Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology》1988,163(5):565-584
1. | The behaviour of isolated individual forager honeybees during the night has been investigated with a variety of experimental methods. Prolonged rest in these diurnal insects is accompanied by: reduced muscle tone (Figs. 1, 6, 10–12), decreased motility (Figs. 2, 3, Table 1), lowered body temperature (Figs. 7, 8) and raised reaction threshold (Fig. 9). These phenomena strongly resemble four characteristic features of sleep in humans, mammals and birds. It is thus very likely that the profound rest which forager bees experience at night is sleep. This assumption is further supported by the results of previous investigations of visual interneurones in the bee. |
2. | The antennae of sleeping bees manifest characteristic postural constellations (Fig. 6). High reaction thresholds are associated with particular antennal positions. |
3. | The total sleep time (duration of antennal immobility plus duration of small antennal movements) in 24 h for two bees was 7.6 h and 4.9 h (Table 1). |
4. | Bees which rest in a hive at night also display phenomena which have been encountered during the laboratory investigations. |
5. | Sleep in mammals is an active, controlled process; the same seems to be true of sleep in honeybees (Figs. 3, 4). Unlike mammals, bees experience their deepest sleep towards the end of the sleep phase (Figs. 3, 9, 10, 12). |
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Kokebie R Aggarwal R Lidder S Hakimiyan AA Rueger DC Block JA Chubinskaya S 《Arthritis research & therapy》2011,13(2):R50
Introduction
The purpose of this study was to correlate the level of anabolic and catabolic biomarkers in synovial fluid (SF) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and asymptomatic organ donors. 相似文献8.
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Detection of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) using isothermal amplification of target DNA sequences 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
Background
The most common method of GMO detection is based upon the amplification of GMO-specific DNA amplicons using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Here we have applied the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method to amplify GMO-related DNA sequences, 'internal' commonly-used motifs for controlling transgene expression and event-specific (plant-transgene) junctions. 相似文献10.
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Nawapen Phutikanit Junpen Suwimonteerabutr Dion Harrison Michael D'Occhio Bernie Carroll Mongkol Techakumphu 《Acta veterinaria Scandinavica》2010,52(1):18
Background
The purpose of this study was to apply an arbitrarily primed methylation sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay called Amplified Methylation Polymorphism Polymerase Chain Reaction (AMP PCR) to investigate the methylation profiles of somatic and germ cells obtained from Holstein bulls. 相似文献13.
Appel H Maier R Wu P Scheer R Hempfing A Kayser R Thiel A Radbruch A Loddenkemper C Sieper J 《Arthritis research & therapy》2011,13(3):R95
Introduction
In this study, we analysed the number of IL-17+ cells in facet joints, in the peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) of spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients and compared these results with those of patients with other rheumatic diseases and controls. 相似文献14.
Daniela Cretu Ioannis Prassas Punit Saraon Ihor Batruch Rajiv Gandhi Eleftherios P Diamandis Vinod Chandran 《Clinical proteomics》2014,11(1):27
Background
Synovial fluid (SF) is a dynamic reservoir for proteins originating from the synovial membrane, cartilage, and plasma, and may therefore reflect the pathophysiological conditions that give rise to arthritis. Our goal was to identify and quantify protein mediators of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in SF.Methods
Age and gender-matched pooled SF samples from 10 PsA and 10 controls [early osteoarthritis (OA)], were subjected to label-free quantitative proteomics using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), to identify differentially expressed proteins based on the ratios of the extracted ion current of each protein between the two groups. Pathway analysis and public database searches were conducted to ensure these proteins held relevance to PsA. Multiplexed selected reaction monitoring (SRM) assays were then utilized to confirm the elevated proteins in the discovery samples and in an independent set of samples from patients with PsA and controls.Results
We determined that 137 proteins were differentially expressed between PsA and control SF, and 44 were upregulated. The pathways associated with these proteins were acute-phase response signalling, granulocyte adhesion and diapedesis, and production of nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species in macrophages. The expression of 12 proteins was subsequently quantified using SRM assays.Conclusions
Our in-depth proteomic analysis of the PSA SF proteome identified 12 proteins which were significantly elevated in PsA SF compared to early OA SF. These proteins may be linked to the pathogenesis of PsA, as well serve as putative biomarkers and/or therapeutic targets for this disease. 相似文献15.
MIF‐173G/C (rs755622) polymorphism as a risk factor for acute lymphoblastic leukemia development in children 下载免费PDF全文
Background
Macrophage inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pro‐inflammatory cytokine modulating monocyte motility and a pleiotropic regulator of different biological and cellular processes. The MIF‐173G/C (rs755622) polymorphism is found in the promoter region and affects its activity. The present study investigated the MIF polymorphism as a risk factor for the development of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in Egyptian children.Methods
We analyzed the MIF‐173G/C (rs755622) polymorphism in 180 ALL cases and 150 healthy control children by amplification of the gene using a polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction endonuclease digestion and running on an agarose gel for visualization of the product.Results
We found a significant incidence of the homozygous polymorphic (CC) genotype and the combined polymorphic genotypes (GC + CC) in ALL patients compared to healthy controls (p = 0.001 and p = 0.007, respectively), whereas the wild‐type genotype (GG) was more common in healthy controls (p = 0.006). Multivariate logistic regression analysis adjustment for MIF different genotypes and other potential risk factors such as age, sex and parental smoking indicated that the CC genotype is the only significant risk factor for the test (p = 0.02). We also noted that, by increasing the C‐allele representation within the gene [GC, CC], there was an increase in total leukocytic count (p = 0.09 and p = 0.001, respectively) that may reflect the bad prognostic impact of the polymorphic allele, although further studies are needed.Conclusions
The results of the present study indicate that the MIF‐173G/C (rs755622) polymorphism is a risk factor for childhood ALL development with respect to both homozygous and combined polymorphic genotypes. In addition, the increased leukocytic count in synchronization with the increased representation of the polymorphic C‐allele may reflect its bad prognostic impact. 相似文献16.
Background
Pathogen diagnostic assays based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology provide high sensitivity and specificity. However, the design of these diagnostic assays is computationally intensive, requiring high-throughput methods to identify unique PCR signatures in the presence of an ever increasing availability of sequenced genomes. 相似文献17.
Marta Krystyna Kosinska Taryn E. Ludwig Gerhard Liebisch Ruiyan Zhang Hans-Christian Siebert Jochen Wilhelm Ulrich Kaesser Reinhard B. Dettmeyer Heiko Klein Bernd Ishaque Markus Rickert Gerd Schmitz Tannin A. Schmidt Juergen Steinmeyer 《PloS one》2015,10(5)
Background
Hyaluronic acid (HA), lubricin, and phospholipid species (PLs) contribute independently or together to the boundary lubrication of articular joints that is provided by synovial fluid (SF). Our study is the first reporting quantitative data about the molecular weight (MW) forms of HA, lubricin, and PLs in SF from cohorts of healthy donors, patients with early (eOA)- or late (lOA)-stage osteoarthritis (OA), and patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods
We used human SF from unaffected controls, eOA, lOA, and RA. HA and lubricin levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. PLs was quantified by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Fatty acids (FAs) were analyzed by gas chromatography, coupled with mass spectrometry. The MW distribution of HA was determined by agarose gel electrophoresis.Results
Compared with control SF, the concentrations of HA and lubricin were lower in OA and RA SF, whereas those of PLs were higher in OA and RA SF. Moreover, the MW distribution of HA shifted toward the lower ranges in OA and RA SF. We noted distinct alterations between cohorts in the relative distribution of PLs and the degree of FA saturation and chain lengths of FAs.Conclusions
The levels, composition, and MW distribution of all currently known lubricants in SF—HA, lubricin, PLs—vary with joint disease and stage of OA. Our study is the first delivering a comprehensive view about all joint lubricants during health and widespread joint diseases. Thus, we provide the framework to develop new optimal compounded lubricants to reduce joint destruction. 相似文献18.
Marijn Rutgers Daniël BF Saris Wouter JA Dhert Laura B Creemers 《Arthritis research & therapy》2010,12(3):R114
Introduction
Intraarticular administration of autologous conditioned serum (ACS) recently demonstrated some clinical effectiveness in treatment of osteoarthritis (OA). The current study aims to evaluate the in vitro effects of ACS on cartilage proteoglycan (PG) metabolism, its composition and the effects on synovial fluid (SF) cytokine levels following intraarticular ACS administration. 相似文献19.
Victy Mercy Gerald 《Hydrobiologia》1976,49(2):103-109
1. | At 28°C conversion efficiency of total nitrogen (TN) was inversely related to size. |
2. | In the pre-adult stage protein nitrogen (PN) conversion efficiency was high whereas in the Post-adult stage non-protein nitrogen (NPN) conversion efficiency was high. |
3. | Lower temperature (20°C) was not congenial for PN conversion. |
4. | Higher temperature favoured PN conversion for smaller fish but NPN for larger fish. |
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