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The effect of cosolvents on biomolecular equilibria has traditionally been rationalized using simple binding models. More
recently, a renewed interest in the use of Kirkwood–Buff (KB) theory to analyze solution mixtures has provided new information
on the effects of osmolytes and denaturants and their interactions with biomolecules. Here we review the status of KB theory
as applied to biological systems. In particular, the existing models of denaturation are analyzed in terms of KB theory, and
the use of KB theory to interpret computer simulation data for these systems is discussed. 相似文献
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Mannoor MK Weerasinghe A Halder RC Reza S Morshed M Ariyasinghe A Watanabe H Sekikawa H Abo T 《Cellular immunology》2001,211(2):96-104
We previously reported that the major expanding lymphocytes were intermediate TCR (TCR(int)) cells (mainly NK1.1(-)) during malarial infection in mice. Cell transfer experiments of TCR(int) cells indicated that these T cells mediated resistance to malaria. However, TCR(int) cells always contain NK1.1(+)TCR(int) cells (i.e., NKT cells) and controversial results (NKT cells were effective or not for resistance to malaria) have been reported by different investigators. In this study, we used CD1d((-/-)) mice, which almost completely lack NKT cells in the liver and other immune organs. Parasitemia was prolonged in the blood of CD1d((-/-)) mice and the expansion of lymphocytes in the liver of these mice was more prominent after an injection of Plasmodium yoelii-infected erythrocytes. However, these mice finally recovered from malaria. In contrast to B6 mice, CD4(-)8(-) NKT cells as well as NK1.1(-)CD3(int) cells expanded in CD1d((-/-)) mice after malarial infection, instead of CD4(+) (and CD8(+)) NKT cells. These newly generated CD4(-)8(-)NKT cells in CD1d((-/-)) mice did not use an invariant chain of Valpha14Jalpha281 for TCRalpha. Other evidence was that severe thymic atrophy and autoantibody production were accompanied by malarial infection, irrespective of the mice used. These results suggest that both NK1.1(-) and NK1.1(+) subsets of TCR(int) cells (i.e., constituents of innate immunity) are associated with resistance to malaria and that an autoimmune-like state is induced during malarial infection. 相似文献
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Walton C Somboon P Harbach RE Zhang S Weerasinghe I O'Loughlin SM Phompida S Sochantha T Tun-Lin W Chen B Butlin RK 《Medical and veterinary entomology》2007,21(1):30-35
The Anopheles annularis group of subgenus Cellia Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) includes five currently recognized species in southern Asia: An. annularis Van der Wulp, Anopheles nivipes (Theobald) and Anopheles philippinensis Ludlow, which are widespread in the region, Anopheles pallidus Theobald, which is known in Sri Lanka, India and Myanmar, and Anopheles schueffneri Stanton, which occurs in Java and Sumatra. Identification of the four mainland species based on morphology is problematic. In view of the fact that the three widespread species are variously involved in malaria transmission in different parts of the region, we developed a species-specific polymerase chain reaction assay based on rDNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequences to facilitate entomological and epidemiological studies of the four species. The method proved to be reliable when tested over a wide geographical area. 相似文献
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Plasticity of photosynthetic heat tolerance in plants adapted to thermally contrasting biomes 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1 下载免费PDF全文
Lingling Zhu Keith J. Bloomfield Charles H. Hocart John J.G. Egerton Odhran S. O'Sullivan Aurore Penillard Lasantha K. Weerasinghe Owen K. Atkin 《Plant, cell & environment》2018,41(6):1251-1262
In many biomes, plants are subject to heatwaves, potentially causing irreversible damage to the photosynthetic apparatus. Field surveys have documented global, temperature‐dependent patterns in photosynthetic heat tolerance (P HT); however, it remains unclear if these patterns reflect acclimation in P HT or inherent differences among species adapted to contrasting habitats. To address these unknowns, we quantified seasonal variations in T crit (high temperature where minimal chlorophyll‐a fluorescence rises rapidly, reflecting disruption to photosystem II) in 62 species native to 6 sites from 5 thermally contrasting biomes across Australia. T crit and leaf fatty acid (FA) composition (important for membrane stability) were quantified in three temperature‐controlled glasshouses in 20 of those species. T crit was greatest at hot field sites and acclimated seasonally (summer > winter, increasing on average 0.34 °C per °C increase in growth temperature). The glasshouse study showed that T crit was inherently higher in species from warmer habitats (increasing 0.16 °C per °C increase in origin annual mean maximum temperature) and acclimated to increasing growth temperature (0.24 °C °C?1). Variations in T crit were positively correlated with the relative abundance of saturated FAs, with FAs accounting for 40% of T crit variation. These results highlight the importance of both plastic adjustments and inherent differences determining contemporary continent‐wide patterns in P HT. 相似文献
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Champica K. Bodinayake Ajith DeS Nagahawatte Vasantha Devasiri Niroshana J. Dahanayake Gaya B. Wijayaratne Nayani P. Weerasinghe Madureka Premamali Tianchen Sheng Bradley P. Nicholson Harshanie A. Ubeysekera Ruvini MP Kurukulasooriya Aruna D. de Silva Truls
stbye Christopher W. Woods L. Gayani Tillekeratne 《PLoS neglected tropical diseases》2022,16(5)
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Jeevaka P Weerasinghe Tao Dong Michael R Schertzberg Mark G Kirchhof Yuan Sun Herb E Schellhorn 《BMC microbiology》2006,6(1):14-12
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Arginine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli is elevated in response to nutrient limitation, stress or arginine restriction. Though control of the pathway in response to arginine limitation is largely modulated by the ArgR repressor, other factors may be involved in increased stationary phase and stress expression. 相似文献57.
S Maruyama M Minagawa T Shimizu H Oya S Yamamoto N Musha W Abo A Weerasinghe K Hatakeyama T Abo 《Cellular immunology》1999,194(1):28-35
Glucocorticoids, steroid hormones, are widely used as an anti-inflammatory drug. However, clinicians have sometimes encountered adverse drug reactions such as ulcers and tissue damage. In this study, we investigated how such adverse reactions of glucocorticoids are evoked, using an experimental mice model. When hydrocortisone (0.5 or 1.0 mg/day/mouse) was administered daily for 2 weeks, severe leukocytopenia was induced in all immune system organs. However, granulocytes (Gr-1(+)Mac-1(+)) were increased in number in the bone marrow and peripheral blood. This seemed to be due to an elevated level of myelopoiesis in the bone marrow. As well as increasing in number, granulocytes were functionally activated as estimated by the Ca2+ influx and superoxide production. The proportion of primordial T cells (CD3(int)IL-2Rbeta+) in the thymus and the number of primordial T cells in the bone marrow also increased. Mice administered hydrocortisone became susceptible to stress. Thus, these mice showed gastric ulcers when they were exposed to restraint stress for 12 h. These results suggest that activated granulocytes and primordial T cells might provide a mechanism involved in steroid ulcers and tissue damage, possibly through the superoxide production of granulocytes and the autoreactivity of primordial T cells. 相似文献
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