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Niels HH Heegaard Martin R Larsen Terri Muncrief Allan Wiik Peter Roepstorff 《Arthritis research & therapy》2000,2(5):407-8
The antigenic specificity of an unusual antinuclear antibody pattern in three patient sera was identified after separating HeLa-cell nuclear extracts by two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis and localizing the antigens by immunoblotting with patient serum. Protein spots were excised from the 2D gel and their contents were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization (MALDI) or nanoelectrospray ionization time-of-flight (TOF) tandem mass spectrometry (MS) after in-gel digestion with trypsin. A database search identified the proteins as the C1 and C2 heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins. The clinical spectrum of patients with these autoantibodies includes arthritis, psoriasis, myositis, and scleroderma. None of 59 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 19 with polymyositis, 33 with scleroderma, and 10 with psoriatic arthritis had similar antibodies. High-resolution protein-separation methods and mass-spectrometric peptide mapping in combination with database searches are powerful tools in the identification of novel autoantigen specificities. 相似文献
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Marina GM Viturino Jamil M Neto Flvia F Bajano Sueli MS Costa Alicia B Roque Gessica FS Borges Galina Ananina Priscila HH Rim Flvio M Medina Fernando F Costa Jos PC de Vasconcellos Mnica B de Melo 《Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)》2021,246(10):1148
This study aimed to evaluate the role of APOE polymorphisms (rs429358 and rs7412) in the risk of age-related macular degeneration in a sample of the Southeastern Brazilian population. Seven hundred and five unrelated individuals were analyzed, 334 with age-related macular degeneration (case group), and 371 without the disease (control group). In the case group, patients were further stratified according to disease phenotypes, divided into dry and wet age-related macular degeneration, and non-advanced and advanced age-related macular degeneration. APOE polymorphisms (rs429358 and rs7412) were evaluated through polymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing. In the comparison of cases vs. controls, none of the associations reached statistical significance, considering the Bonferroni-adjusted P-value, although there was a suggestive protection for the E3/E4 genotype (OR = 0.626; P-value = 0.037) and E4 carriers (OR = 0.6515; P-value = 0.047). Statistically significant protection for both the E3/E4 genotype and E4 carriers was observed in the comparisons: advanced age-related macular degeneration vs. controls (OR = 0.3665, P-value = 0.491 × 10−3 and OR = 0.4031, P-value = 0.814 × 10−3, respectively), advanced age-related macular degeneration vs. non-advanced age-related macular degeneration (OR = 0.2529, P-value = 0.659 × 10−4 and OR = 0.2692, P-value = 0.631 × 10−4, respectively). In the comparison of wet age-related macular degeneration vs. control, protection was statistically significant only for E3/E4 (OR = 0.4052, P-value = 0.001). None of the comparisons demonstrated any significant association for E2 genotypes or E2 carriers in age-related macular degeneration risk in this study. Findings suggest a protective role of the E4 haplotype in the APOE gene in the risk for advanced and wet forms of age-related macular degeneration, in a sample of the Brazilian population. To our knowledge, this is the first Brazilian study to show the association between APOE polymorphisms and age-related macular degeneration. 相似文献
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Takao Machi Neal F. Kassell W. Michael Scheld 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》1990,26(3):291-300
Summary For our laboratory's investigation into the role of the endothelial cells in vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrage and
in inflammatory diseases, we found it necessary to dvise a modified method of cell culture, which would be appropriate for
studying human endothelial cells from lobectomized brain. We report our techniques to increase cell harvest and ensure reproducibility,
our method of culturing endothelial cells from bovine major cerebral arteries, and our morphologic and immunocytochemical
charcterization of thee cells. To increase the harvest of endothelial cells, the blood cells were washed from the lumen of
the major cerebral arteries at the slaughterhouse and a modified reversed vessel technique was employed. The monolayer of
cultured endothelial cells displayed a cobblestone appearance when it reached confluency and transmission electron microscopy
revealed junctional complexes and interdigitation of cytoplasm at Passages 10 and 17. The cells stained positively for Factor
VIII-related antigen at Passages 3, 5, 7, 10, and 15. Also the cells metabolized acetylated low-density lipoprotein at Passage
3. To determine th purity of the cultured endothelial cells, an immunocytochemical study of the cytoskeleton was performed
on Passage 5 cells using either rhodamine-phalloidin or antibodies against smooth muscle myosin, desmin, and vimentin. 相似文献
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As the origin of a life-and-death signal detected from systemic arterial pressure, which sequentially increases (pro-life) and decreases (pro-death) to reflect progressive dysfunction of central cardiovascular regulation during the advancement towards brain stem death in critically ill patients, the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) is a suitable neural substrate for mechanistic delineation of this fatal phenomenon. The present study assessed the hypothesis that extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) that is important for cell survival and is activated specifically by MAPK kinase 1/2 (MEK1/2), plays a pro-life role in RVLM during brain stem death. We further delineated the participation of MAPK signal-interacting kinase (MNK), a novel substrate of ERK in this process. 相似文献16.
Xiaoling Zhang Hinco J Gierman Daniel Levy Andrew Plump Radu Dobrin Harald HH Goring Joanne E Curran Matthew P Johnson John Blangero Stuart K Kim Christopher J O’Donnell Valur Emilsson Andrew D Johnson 《BMC genomics》2014,15(1)
Background
Gene expression genetic studies in human tissues and cells identify cis- and trans-acting expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs). These eQTLs provide insights into regulatory mechanisms underlying disease risk. However, few studies systematically characterized eQTL results across cell and tissues types. We synthesized eQTL results from >50 datasets, including new primary data from human brain, peripheral plaque and kidney samples, in order to discover features of human eQTLs.Results
We find a substantial number of robust cis-eQTLs and far fewer trans-eQTLs consistent across tissues. Analysis of 45 full human GWAS scans indicates eQTLs are enriched overall, and above nSNPs, among positive statistical signals in genetic mapping studies, and account for a significant fraction of the strongest human trait effects. Expression QTLs are enriched for gene centricity, higher population allele frequencies, in housekeeping genes, and for coincidence with regulatory features, though there is little evidence of 5′ or 3′ positional bias. Several regulatory categories are not enriched including microRNAs and their predicted binding sites and long, intergenic non-coding RNAs. Among the most tissue-ubiquitous cis-eQTLs, there is enrichment for genes involved in xenobiotic metabolism and mitochondrial function, suggesting these eQTLs may have adaptive origins. Several strong eQTLs (CDK5RAP2, NBPFs) coincide with regions of reported human lineage selection. The intersection of new kidney and plaque eQTLs with related GWAS suggest possible gene prioritization. For example, butyrophilins are now linked to arterial pathogenesis via multiple genetic and expression studies. Expression QTL and GWAS results are made available as a community resource through the NHLBI GRASP database [http://apps.nhlbi.nih.gov/grasp/].Conclusions
Expression QTLs inform the interpretation of human trait variability, and may account for a greater fraction of phenotypic variability than protein-coding variants. The synthesis of available tissue eQTL data highlights many strong cis-eQTLs that may have important biologic roles and could serve as positive controls in future studies. Our results indicate some strong tissue-ubiquitous eQTLs may have adaptive origins in humans. Efforts to expand the genetic, splicing and tissue coverage of known eQTLs will provide further insights into human gene regulation.Electronic supplementary material
The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-532) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献17.
Morten HH Nørholm 《BMC biotechnology》2010,10(1):21
Background
The combined use of restriction enzymes with PCR has revolutionized molecular cloning, but is inherently restricted by the content of the manipulated DNA sequences. Uracil-excision based cloning is ligase and sequence independent and allows seamless fusion of multiple DNA sequences in simple one-tube reactions, with higher accuracy than overlapping PCR. 相似文献18.
The new species Nonea pisidica (Boraginaceae-Boragineae) is described based on two collections by the authors from the region of Lake Burdur in southwest Anatolia, Turkey. It shows a combination of morphological characteristics concerning habit, flower, and fruit that distinguishes it from N. caspica and N. pallens, the two more similar taxa in Nonea sect. Nonea. Karyological analyses corroborate the separation of the three species, which have different chromosome complements and even base numbers. N. pisidica is characterised by 2n = 30, a complement previously unknown for west Asiatic species of Nonea. The dibasic haploid number x = 15 may have originated through amphidiploid hybridisation between two annual, diploid taxa with x = 7 and x = 8, such as N. lutea and N. caspica. The relationships of the new species were further analysed using trnLUAA sequences of the chloroplast genome, which were obtained for 16 selected species of Nonea. The resulting phylogeny confirms that it is related to N. caspica and N. lutea, but not to N. pallens, in spite of morphological resemblance. Lack of relationship with the south Mediterranean N. vesicaria, the only other species of Nonea known to have 2n = 30, suggests that amphidiploidy may have played an important role in speciation processes through recurrent and polytopical occurrence. 相似文献
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Endotoxin tolerance improves outcomes from gram negative sepsis but the underlying mechanism is not known. We determined if endotoxin tolerance before or after pneumococcal sepsis improved survival and the role of lymphocytes in this protection.Methods
Mice received lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or vehicle before or after a lethal dose of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Survival, quantitative bacteriology, liver function, and cytokine concentrations were measured. We confirmed the necessity of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) for endotoxin tolerance using C3H/HeN (TLR4 replete) and C3H/HeJ (TLR4 deficient) mice. The role of complement was investigated through A/J mice deficient in C5 complement. CBA/CaHN-Btkxid//J mice with dysfunctional B cells and Rag-1 knockout (KO) mice deficient in T and B cells delineated the role of lymphocytes.Results
Endotoxin tolerance improved survival from pneumococcal sepsis in mice with TLR4 that received LPS pretreatment or posttreatment. Survival was associated with reduced bacterial burden and serum cytokine concentrations. Death was associated with abnormal liver function and blood glucose concentrations. Endotoxin tolerance improved survival in A/J and CBA/CaHN-Btkxid//J mice but not Rag-1 KO mice.Conclusions
TLR4 stimulation before or after S. pneumoniae infection improved survival and was dependent on T-cells but did not require an intact complement cascade or functional B cells. 相似文献20.
Carol HY Wu Julie YH Chan Jimmy Li-Jer Chou Samuel HH Chan Alice YW Chang 《Journal of biomedical science》2012,19(1):48