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An improved borate method for the quantitative distinction of glucosamine (GlcN) and galactosamine (GalN) in a mixture is presented which is based on the Elson-Morgan method with addition of sodium borate to differentiate colour formation by the two hexosamines. The r2 value and maximum deviation of the method based on calculations derived in this study were 0.9979 and 5.1 %, respectively. Using this method, the GlcN/GalN ratio in an exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by Citrobacter sp. was found to change with time during the production process, with a maximum value at 9.8:1. 相似文献
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Levi HC Makala 《Journal of biomedical science》2012,19(1):5
Pathogen persistence in immune-competent hosts represents an immunological paradox. Increasing evidence suggests that some
pathogens, such as, Leishmania major (L. major) have evolved strategies and mechanisms that actively suppress host adaptive immunity. If this notion is correct conventional
vaccination therapies may be ineffective in enhancing host immunity, unless natural processes that suppress host immunity
are also targeted therapeutically. The key problem is that the basis of pathogen persistence in immune-competent individuals
is unknown, despite decades of intense research. This fact, coupled with poor health care and a dearth of effective treatments
means that these diseases will remain a scourge on humans unless a better understanding of why the immune system tolerates
such infections emerges from research. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) has been shown to act as a molecular switch regulating
host responses, and IDO inhibitor drugs shown to possess potential in enhancing host immunity to established leishmania infections.
It is hoped that this review will help stimulate and help generate critical new knowledge pertaining to the IDO mechanism
and how to exploit it to suppress T cell mediated immunity, thus offer an innovative approach to studying the basis of chronic
leishmania infection in mice. 相似文献
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Quantitation of junctional and extrajunctional acetylcholine receptors by electron microscope autoradiography after (125)I-α-bungarotoxin binding at mouse neuromuscular junctions 下载免费PDF全文
The distribution and quantitation of 125I-alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha-BTX) binding sites and thus acetylcholine receptor (AChR) were determined in mouse sternomastoid muscle by electron microscope autoradiography. We found that a valid criterion for receptor saturation at the neuromuscular junction was the complete elimination of neurally evoked tetanic muscle contractions, since, when such a criterion was used for the endpoint of toxin incubation, alpha-BTX was bound to approximately 90% of total available endplate sites. When, without implying localization, the presynaptic axonal membrane was used as a convenient reference structure, the concentration of alpha-BTX relative to this membrane was determined to be 46,000 +/- 27% sites/mum2. 相似文献
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Abhilash K Venugopal S Sameer Kumar Ghantasala Lakshmi Dhevi N Selvan Anita Mahadevan Santosh Renuse Praveen Kumar Harsh Pawar Nandini A Sahasrabhuddhe Mooriyath S Suja Yarappa L Ramachandra Thottethodi S Keshava Prasad Shampur N Madhusudhana Harsha HC Raghothama Chaerkady Parthasarathy Satishchandra Akhilesh Pandey Susarla K Shankar 《Clinical proteomics》2013,10(1):3
Introduction
Rabies is a fatal acute viral disease of the central nervous system, which is a serious public health problem in Asian and African countries. Based on the clinical presentation, rabies can be classified into encephalitic (furious) or paralytic (numb) rabies. Early diagnosis of this disease is particularly important as rabies is invariably fatal if adequate post exposure prophylaxis is not administered immediately following the bite.Methods
In this study, we carried out a quantitative proteomic analysis of the human brain tissue from cases of encephalitic and paralytic rabies along with normal human brain tissues using an 8-plex isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ) strategy.Results and conclusion
We identified 402 proteins, of which a number of proteins were differentially expressed between encephalitic and paralytic rabies, including several novel proteins. The differentially expressed molecules included karyopherin alpha 4 (KPNA4), which was overexpressed only in paralytic rabies, calcium calmodulin dependent kinase 2 alpha (CAMK2A), which was upregulated in paralytic rabies group and glutamate ammonia ligase (GLUL), which was overexpressed in paralytic as well as encephalitic rabies. We validated two of the upregulated molecules, GLUL and CAMK2A, by dot blot assays and further validated CAMK2A by immunohistochemistry. These molecules need to be further investigated in body fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid in a larger cohort of rabies cases to determine their potential use as antemortem diagnostic biomarkers in rabies. This is the first study to systematically profile clinical subtypes of human rabies using an iTRAQ quantitative proteomics approach. 相似文献27.
Shan F Clarke HC Plummer JA Yan G Siddique KH 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2005,110(2):381-391
Cicer reticulatum, C. echinospermum, C. bijugum, C. judaicum, C. pinnatifidum, C. cuneatum and C. yamashitae are wild annual Cicer species and potential donors of valuable traits to improve chickpea (C. arietinum). As part of a large project to characterize and evaluate wild annual Cicer collections held in the world gene banks, AFLP markers were used to study genetic variation in these species. The main aim of this study was to characterize geographical patterns of genetic variation in wild annual Cicer germplasm. Phylogenetic analysis of 146 wild annual Cicer accessions (including two accessions in the perennial C. anatolicum and six cultivars of chickpea) revealed four distinct groups corresponding well to primary, secondary and tertiary gene pools of chickpea. Some possible misidentified or mislabelled accessions were identified, and ILWC 242 is proposed as a hybrid between C. reticulatum and C. echinospermum. The extent of genetic diversity varied considerably and was unbalanced between species with greatest genetic diversity found in C. judaicum. For the first time geographic patterns of genetic variation in C. reticulatum, C. echinospermum, C. bijugum, C. judaicum and C. pinnatifidum were established using AFLP markers. Based on the current collections the maximum genetic diversity of C. reticulatum, C. echinospermum, C. bijugum and C. pinnatifidum was found in southeastern Turkey, while Palestine was the centre of maximum genetic variation for C. judaicum. This information provides a solid basis for the design of future collections and in situ conservation programs for wild annual Cicer. 相似文献
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Liane FM Finotelo Paulo JS Amaral Julio C Pieczarka Edivaldo HC de Oliveira Alcides Pissinati Michaela Neusser Stephan Müller Cleusa Y Nagamachi 《BMC evolutionary biology》2010,10(1):189
Background
The New World monkey (Platyrrhini) subfamily Pitheciinae is represented by the genera Pithecia, Chiropotes and Cacajao. In this work we studied the karyotypes of Pithecia irrorata (2n = 48) and Cacajao calvus rubicundus (2n = 45 in males and 2n = 46 in females) by G- and C-banding, NOR staining and chromosome painting using human and Saguinus oedipus whole chromosome probes. The karyotypes of both species were compared with each other and with Chiropotes utahicki (2n = 54) from the literature. 相似文献29.
Ronald van Eijk Paul HC Eilers Remco Natté Anne-Marie Cleton-Jansen Hans Morreau Tom van Wezel Jan Oosting 《BMC bioinformatics》2010,11(1):67
Background
Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) is an application that can be used for the detection of multiple chromosomal aberrations in a single experiment. In one reaction, up to 50 different genomic sequences can be analysed. For a reliable work-flow, tools are needed for administrative support, data management, normalisation, visualisation, reporting and interpretation. 相似文献30.
Michael J Gramer Ewald TJ van den Bremer Muriel D van Kampen Amitava Kundu Peter Kopfmann Eric Etter David Stinehelfer Justin Long Tom Lannom Esther H Noordergraaf Jolanda Gerritsen Aran F Labrijn Janine Schuurman Patrick HC van Berkel Paul WHI Parren 《MABS-AUSTIN》2013,5(6):962-973
The manufacturing of bispecific antibodies can be challenging for a variety of reasons. For example, protein expression problems, stability issues, or the use of non-standard approaches for manufacturing can result in poor yield or poor facility fit. In this paper, we demonstrate the use of standard antibody platforms for large-scale manufacturing of bispecific IgG1 by controlled Fab-arm exchange. Two parental antibodies that each contain a single matched point mutation in the CH3 region were separately expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells and manufactured at 1000 L scale using a platform fed-batch and purification process that was designed for standard antibody production. The bispecific antibody was generated by mixing the two parental molecules under controlled reducing conditions, resulting in efficient Fab-arm exchange of >95% at kg scale. The reductant was removed via diafiltration, resulting in spontaneous reoxidation of interchain disulfide bonds. Aside from the bispecific nature of the molecule, extensive characterization demonstrated that the IgG1 structural integrity was maintained, including function and stability. These results demonstrate the suitability of this bispecific IgG1 format for commercial-scale manufacturing using standard antibody manufacturing techniques. 相似文献