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We investigated the prevalence and phenotypic variation of Candida species in oral lichen planus (OLP) and the therapeutic implications of our findings. Eighty patients with clinically and histopathologically confirmed cases of OLP (64 non-erosive, 16 erosive) and a control group of 80 healthy individuals with no predisposing factors for oral candidiasis were examined for evidence of Candida infection. Oral swabs and smears were obtained for cytology and culture. Identification, speciation and antifungal susceptibility tests of Candida isolates were performed using an automated microbial identification system. Fifty percent of erosive OLP cases, 28% of non-erosive cases and none of the controls showed evidence of Candida. Candida albicans was found predominantly in non-erosive OLP, while other Candida species were predominate in erosive OLP. Non-Candida albicans isolates (C. glabrata, C. krusei) were resistant to the commonly used antifungals, clotrimazole and fluconazole. Candida infection is common in cases of OLP. We recommend antifungal sensitivity testing prior to antifungal therapy for the erosive form of OLP. 相似文献
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Oswaldo Keith Okamoto Ana Carolina SR Carvalho Luciana C Marti Ricardo Z Vêncio Carlos A Moreira-Filho 《Cancer cell international》2007,7(1):11
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Uncovering the molecular mechanism underlying expansion of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells is critical to extend current therapeutic applications and to understand how its deregulation relates to leukemia. The characterization of genes commonly relevant to stem/progenitor cell expansion and tumor development should facilitate the identification of novel therapeutic targets in cancer. 相似文献23.
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V?Srinivasan GJM?Maestroni DP?Cardinali AI?Esquifino SR?Pandi?Perumal SC?MillerEmail author 《Immunity & ageing : I & A》2005,2(1):17
Aging is associated with a decline in immune function (immunosenescence), a situation known to correlate with increased incidence
of cancer, infectious and degenerative diseases. Innate, cellular and humoral immunity all exhibit increased deterioration
with age. A decrease in functional competence of individual natural killer (NK) cells is found with advancing age. Macrophages
and granulocytes show functional decline in aging as evidenced by their diminished phagocytic activity and impairment of superoxide
generation. There is also marked shift in cytokine profile as age advances, e.g., CD3+ and CD4+ cells decline in number whereas
CD8+ cells increase in elderly individuals. A decline in organ specific antibodies occurs causing reduced humoral responsiveness.
Circulating melatonin decreases with age and in recent years much interest has been focused on its immunomodulatory effect.
Melatonin stimulates the production of progenitor cells for granulocytes-macrophages. It also stimulates the production of
NK cells and CD4+ cells and inhibits CD8+ cells. The production and release of various cytokines from NK cells and T-helper
lymphocytes also are enhanced by melatonin. Melatonin presumably regulates immune function by acting on the immune-opioid
network, by affecting G protein-cAMP signal pathway and by regulating intracellular glutathione levels. Melatonin has the
potential therapeutic value to enhance immune function in aged individuals and in patients in an immunocompromised state. 相似文献
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MCWHINNIE MARY A.; CAHOON MARY ODILE SR.; JOHANNECK ROSEMARIE 《Integrative and comparative biology》1969,9(3):841-855
Cyclic shifts of calcium in the exoskeleton and soft tissues,as they are related to the intermolt cycle in crayfish, arereviewed. Regulatory factors, derived from the eyestalk, influencelevels of exoskeletal calcium; eyestalk extracts prepared fromanimals in premolt decrease shell calcium, while reciprocallyextracts from animals in intermolt increase it when these hormonalsources are injected into animals in the premolt stage (D0-D4). In addition, premolt eyestalk extract results in an increasein gastrolith calcium. In the exchange of calcium between theanimal and its environment there is evidence for differentialdepositionof recently available calcium in the exoskeleton. Further, intermoltand early premolt animals maintained in Ca45-labelled waterfor 15 days concentrate it 4 and 3fold in the exoskeletonand stomach, respectively. However, removal of a molt-inhibitingfactor through ablation of eyestalks results in a 20 and 40foldincrease in incorporation inthese same sites relative to environmentalconcentrations. Treatment with mammalian parathyroid extract mobilizes bothexoskeletal and gastric calciumand leads to a rise in bloodcalcium. However, there is little or no effect on levels ofexoskeletal citric acid. Further, citric acid is higher in thecrayfish carapace during stage C, the period of mineralization,than in stage D, the period of demineralization. There are both similarities and differences between the effectsof crustacean and mammalianregulating factors with respect tothe direction and extent of mineralization. Biochemical studiesshould elucidate the mechanisms regulated by these hormones. 相似文献
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The partition matrix: exploring variable phylogenetic signals along nucleotide sequence alignments 总被引:6,自引:2,他引:4
The partition matrix is a graphical tool for comparative analysis of
nucleotide sequences following alignment. It is particularly useful for
investigating the divergent phylogenies of sequence regions undergoing
reticulate evolution. A partition matrix is generated by determining the
consistency of the parsimoniously informative sites in a set of aligned
sequences with the binary partitions inferred from the sequences. Since the
linear order of sites is maintained, the matrix can be used to assess
whether the distribution of sites either supporting or conflicting with
particular partitions changes along the length of the alignment. The
usefulness of the matrix in allowing visual identification of differences
in evolutionary history among regions depends on the order in which
partitions are shown; several suitable ordering schemes are proposed. We
demonstrate the use of the partition matrix in interpreting the evolution
of the pseudoautosomal boundary region on the sex chromosome of catarrhine
primates. Its routine use should help to avoid attempts to derive single
phylogenies from sequences whose evolution has been reticulate and to
identify the gene conversion or recombination events underlying the
reticulation. The method is relatively fast. It is exploratory, and it can
form the basis for more formal analysis, which we discuss.
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Dommaraju SR Dogovski C Czabotar PE Hor L Smith BJ Perugini MA 《Archives of biochemistry and biophysics》2011,(2):1537-174
Given the rapid rise in antibiotic resistance, including methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), there is an urgent need to characterize novel drug targets. Enzymes of the lysine biosynthesis pathway in bacteria are examples of such targets, including dihydrodipicolinate reductase (DHDPR, E.C. 1.3.1.26), which is the product of an essential bacterial gene. DHDPR catalyzes the NAD(P)H-dependent reduction of dihydrodipicolinate (DHDP) to tetrahydrodipicolinate (THDP) in the lysine biosynthesis pathway. We show that MRSA–DHDPR exhibits a unique nucleotide specificity utilizing NADPH (Km = 12 μM) as a cofactor more effectively than NADH (Km = 26 μM). However, the enzyme is inhibited by high concentrations of DHDP when using NADPH as a cofactor, but not with NADH. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) studies reveal that MRSA–DHDPR has ∼20-fold greater binding affinity for NADPH (Kd = 1.5 μM) relative to NADH (Kd = 29 μM). Kinetic investigations in tandem with ITC studies show that the enzyme follows a compulsory-order ternary complex mechanism; with inhibition by DHDP through the formation of a nonproductive ternary complex with NADP+. This work describes, for the first time, the catalytic mechanism and cofactor preference of MRSA–DHDPR, and provides insight into rational approaches to inhibiting this valid antimicrobial target. 相似文献
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