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Summary Complete hydatidiform moles contain only paternal chromosomes. To learn more of their origin, we used restriction endonuclease site polymorphisms found in the parental mitochondrial DNAs to demonstrate that moles contain exclusively maternal mitochondrial DNA. Thus, moles must arise from the fusion of one or two sperm with a mature but anucleate ovum. 相似文献
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KNaSO4 microphosphor doped with Ce,Gd and Ce,Tb and prepared by a wet chemical method was studied using X‐ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and photoluminescence (PL) characterization. KNaSO4 has a 5‐µm particle size detected by SEM. KNaSO4:Ce3+,Tb3+ showed blue and green emission (at 494 nm, 557 nm, 590 nm) of Tb3+ due to 5D4 → 7FJ (J = 4, 5, 6) transitions. KNaSO4:Ce3+,Gd3+ showed luminescence in the ultraviolet (UV) light region at 314 nm for an excitation at 271 nm wavelength. It was observed that efficient energy transfer took place from Ce3+ → Gd3+ and Ce3+ → Tb3+ sublattices indicating that Ce3+ could effectively sensitize Gd3+ or Tb3+ (green emission). Ce3+ emission weakened and Gd3+ or Tb3+ enhanced the emission significantly in KNaSO4. This paper discusses the development and understanding of photoluminescence and the effect of Tb3+ and Gd3+ on KNaSO4:Ce3+. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Early induction of CCL7 downstream of TLR9 signaling promotes the development of robust immunity to cryptococcal infection 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Qiu Y Zeltzer S Zhang Y Wang F Chen GH Dayrit J Murdock BJ Bhan U Toews GB Osterholzer JJ Standiford TJ Olszewski MA 《Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)》2012,188(8):3940-3948
We investigated mechanisms by which TLR9 signaling promoted the development of the protective response to Cryptococcus neoformans in mice with cryptococcal pneumonia. The afferent (week 1) and efferent (week 3) phase immune parameters were analyzed in the infected wild-type (TLR9(+/+)) and TLR-deficient (TLR9(-/-)) mice. TLR9 deletion diminished 1) accumulation and activation of CD11b(+) dendritic cells (DCs), 2) the induction of IFN-γ and CCR2 chemokines CCL7, CCL12, but not CCL2, at week 1, and 3) pulmonary accumulation and activation of the major effector cells CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells, CD11b(+) lung DCs, and exudate macrophages at week 3. The significance of CCL7 induction downstream of TLR9 signaling was investigated by determining whether CCL7 reconstitution would improve immunological parameters in C. neoformans-infected TLR9(-/-) mice. Early reconstitution with CCL7 1) improved accumulation and activation of CD11b(+) DCs at week 1, 2) restored early IFN-γ production in the lungs, and 3) restored the accumulation of major effector cell subsets. CCL7 administration abolished the difference in lung fungal burdens between TLR9(+/+) and TLR9(-/-) mice at week 3; however, significant reduction of fungal burdens between PBS- and CCL7-treated mice has not been observed, suggesting that additional mechanism(s) apart from early CCL7 induction contribute to optimal fungal clearance in TLR9(+/+) mice. Collectively, we show that TLR9 signaling during the afferent phase contributes to the development of protective immunity by promoting the early induction of CCL7 and IFN-γ and the subsequent early recruitment and activation of DCs and additional effector cells in mice with cryptococcal pneumonia. 相似文献
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Reduction of Toxic Chromium and Partial Localization of Chromium Reductase Activity in Bacterial Isolate DM1 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Summary With advances in biotechnology, bioremediation has become one of the most rapidly developing fields in environmental restoration,
utilizing microorganism to reduce the concentration and toxicity of heavy metals. Hexavalent chromium reducing bacterial culture
(DM1) was isolated from the contaminated sites of chemical industries and its ability to reduce hexavalent chromium to trivalent
chromium, a detoxification process in cell
suspension and cell extract was examined. Based on the biochemical analysis DM1 was identified as Ochrobactrum sp. It could tolerate chromium upto a maximum concentration of 300 ppm, optimum temperature and pH being 35 °C and 7 respectively
for maximum chromium reduction. Assay with the permeabilized cells (treated with toluene and Triton X-100) and cell free extract
demonstrated that the hexavalent chromium reduction is mainly associated with the soluble fraction of the cell. The chromium
reducing activity is inducible. The presence of an induced protein having molecular weight around 30 kDa in the presence of
chromium and absence in cells without chromium points out a possible role of this protein in chromium reduction. The bacterial
isolate DM1 can be exploited for bioremediation of hexavalent chromium containing wastes, since it seems to have the potential
to reduce the toxic hexavalent form of chromium to its nontoxic trivalent form. 相似文献
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The KNaSO4 microphosphor doped with Ce or Ce and Dy prepared by a wet chemical method was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and characterized by photoluminescence (PL). KNaSO4 has a 5‐µm particle size detected by SEM. The KNaSO4:Ce3+ spectrum shows a single emission band at 327 nm for an excitation of 269 nm due to 5d → 4f transition of the Ce3+ ion, indicating weak spin orbiting coupling of the Ce3+ ground state. Efficient energy transfer takes place from Ce3+ → Dy3+ sublattices indicating that Ce3+ could effectively sensitize Dy3+ (orange emission) and that the Ce3+ emission weakens significantly in KNaSO4. The powder form of prepared KNaSO4 show negligible change in morphologies and hence no effect on the particle size. The characteristics of this powder could provide improved luminescence properties. The development and understanding of this photoluminescence and the effect of Dy3+ on KNaSO4: Ce3+ are discussed. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Deletion 17q12 is a recurrent copy number variant that confers high risk of autism and schizophrenia
Moreno-De-Luca D;SGENE Consortium Mulle JG;Simons Simplex Collection Genetics Consortium Kaminsky EB Sanders SJ;GeneSTAR Myers SM Adam MP Pakula AT Eisenhauer NJ Uhas K Weik L Guy L Care ME Morel CF Boni C Salbert BA Chandrareddy A Demmer LA Chow EW Surti U Aradhya S Pickering DL Golden DM Sanger WG Aston E Brothman AR Gliem TJ Thorland EC Ackley T Iyer R Huang S Barber JC Crolla JA Warren ST Martin CL Ledbetter DH 《American journal of human genetics》2010,87(5):618-630
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia are neurodevelopmental disorders for which recent evidence indicates an important etiologic role for rare copy number variants (CNVs) and suggests common genetic mechanisms. We performed cytogenomic array analysis in a discovery sample of patients with neurodevelopmental disorders referred for clinical testing. We detected a recurrent 1.4 Mb deletion at 17q12, which harbors HNF1B, the gene responsible for renal cysts and diabetes syndrome (RCAD), in 18/15,749 patients, including several with ASD, but 0/4,519 controls. We identified additional shared phenotypic features among nine patients available for clinical assessment, including macrocephaly, characteristic facial features, renal anomalies, and neurocognitive impairments. In a large follow-up sample, the same deletion was identified in 2/1,182 ASD/neurocognitive impairment and in 4/6,340 schizophrenia patients, but in 0/47,929 controls (corrected p = 7.37 × 10−5). These data demonstrate that deletion 17q12 is a recurrent, pathogenic CNV that confers a very high risk for ASD and schizophrenia and show that one or more of the 15 genes in the deleted interval is dosage sensitive and essential for normal brain development and function. In addition, the phenotypic features of patients with this CNV are consistent with a contiguous gene syndrome that extends beyond RCAD, which is caused by HNF1B mutations only. 相似文献
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Multicenter evaluation of reverse line blot assay for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
Mokrousov I Bhanu NV Suffys PN Kadival GV Yap SF Cho SN Jordaan AM Narvskaya O Singh UB Gomes HM Lee H Kulkarni SP Lim KC Khan BK van Soolingen D Victor TC Schouls LM 《Journal of microbiological methods》2004,57(3):323-335
A multicenter study was conducted with the objective to evaluate a reverse line blot (RLB) assay to detect resistance to rifampin (RIF), isoniazid (INH), streptomycin (STR), and ethambutol (EMB) in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Oligonucleotides specific for wild type and mutant (drug resistance linked) alleles of the selected codons in the genes rpoB, inhA, ahpC, rpsL, rrs, embB, were immobilized on a nylon membrane. The RLB assay conditions were optimized following analysis of DNA samples with known sequences of the targeted genes. For validation of the method at different geographical locations, the membranes were sent to seven laboratories in six countries representing the regions with high burdens of multudrug-resistant tuberculosis. The reproducibility of the assay for detection of rpoB genotypes was initially evaluated on a blinded set of twenty reference DNA samples with known allele types and overall concordant results were obtained. Further mutation analysis was performed by each laboratory on the local strains. Upon RLB analysis of 315 clinical isolates from different countries, 132 (85.2%) of 155 RIF-resistant and 28 (51.0%) of 55 EMB-resistant isolates were correctly identified, showing applicability of the assay when targeting the rpoB hot-spot region and embB306. Mutations in the inhA and ahpC promoter regions, conferring resistance to INH, were successfully identified in respectively 16.9% and 13.2% of INH-resistant strains. Likewise, mutations in rrs513 and rpsL88 that confer resistance to STR were identified in respectively 15.1% and 10.7% of STR-resistant strains. It should be mentioned that mutation analysis of the above targets usually requires rather costly DNA sequencing to which the proposed RLB assay presents rapid and inexpensive alternative. Furthermore, the proposed method requires the same simple equipment as that used for spoligotyping and permits simultaneous analysis of up to 40 samples. This technique is a first attempt to combine different targets in a single assay for prediction of antituberculosis drugs resistance. It is open to further development as it allows easy incorporation of new probes for detection of mutations in other genes associated with resistance to second-line (e.g., fluoroquinolones) and new antituberculosis compounds. 相似文献
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Chromosome translocations have been known to affect disjunction of chromosomes unrelated to the translocation in the mouse and in Drosophila. However, in humans, an interchromosomal effect in chromosome translocations has not been demonstrated. The availability of techniques that allow the study of nondisjunction in sperm cells has permitted us to evaluate the possibility of an interchromosomal effect in male translocation heterozygotes. In this study, multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization was used to determine levels of disomy for the clinically relevant chromosomes X, Y, 13, 18, and 21 in 332,858 spermatozoa from nine reciprocal translocation heterozygotes and nine controls with normal karyotypes. The specific translocations studied were as follows: t(10;12)(p26.1;p13.3), t(2;18)(p21;q11.2), t(3;19)(p25;q12), t(5;8)(q33;q13), t(11;22)(q23;q11), t(3;4)(p25;p16), t(8;9) (q24.2;q32), t(10;18)(q24.1;p11.2), and t(4;10)(q33;p12.2). Comparisons of disomy rates between carriers and controls were performed by using the Mann-Whitney test. Our results showed that the rates of sex chromosome hyperhaploidy were similar in controls (0.21%) and in translocation carriers (0.19%). Similarly, the frequencies of disomy for chromosomes 13, 18, and 21 did not differ significantly between controls and carriers (0.05% versus 0.08%, 0.07% versus 0.03%, and 0.14% versus 0.20%, respectively). Sex chromosome nondisjunction was more common than nondisjunction of chromosomes 13 and 18 both in controls (P=0.0057) and in carriers (P=0.0008). Similarly, the rates of chromosome disomy for chromosome 21 were higher than those for chromosomes 13 and 18 in both controls (P=0.0031) and translocation carriers (P=0.0057). In our study, the excess of chromosome 21 disomy versus disomy of the other autosomes was more pronounced in carriers than in controls. Thus, although the difference of disomy 21 between controls and carriers was not statistically significant, it is worthy of attention. 相似文献