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HM Manir Ahmed Jan-Ying Yeh Yi-Chia Tang Winston Teng-Kuei Cheng Bor-Rung Ou 《Journal of biosciences》2014,39(3):453-461
Estrogen and progestins have adverse effects, and many of these adverse effects are caused by progestins. Due to this, many women choose to use botanical alternatives for hormone replacement therapy, which does not trigger steroidogenic properties. Therefore, it is necessary to screen these herbs for progestogenic and anti-progestogenic properties. Extract of 13 Chinese medicinal plants were analysed for progestogenic and anti-progestogenic activities by using progesterone response element-driven luciferase reporter gene bioassay. MTT assay was carried out to investigate the cytotoxic effect of herb extract on PAE cells. Among the 13 herbs, Dipsacus asperoides extract exhibited progestogenic activity, and 10 species – Cortex eucommiae, Folium artemisiae argyi, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Angelica sinensis, Atractylodes macrocephala koidz, Scutellaria baicalensis, Cuscuta chinensis, Euscaphis japonica, Ailanthus altissima, and Dioscorea opposita – were recognized to have anti-progestogenic like activities. Extract of Dipsacus asperoides demonstrated dose-dependent progestogenic activity, and the progestogenic activity of 100 μg/mL extracts was equivalent to 31.45 ng/mL progesterone activity. Herbs extracts that exhibited anti-progestogenic-like activity also inhibited the 314.46 ng/mL progesterone activity in a dose-response manner. None of the herb extracts shown significant toxic effect on PAE cells at 40–100 μg/mL compared to control. This discovery will aid selection of suitable herbs for hormone replacement therapy. 相似文献
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Dillenburger T Lauber U Schollenberger M Müller HM Drochner W 《Mycotoxin Research》2000,16(2):170-173
To evaluate the minimum effective dose of pure DON leading to measurable losses in weight gain and feed consumption a special feeding experiment was created to compare the effect of DON in natural contaminated wheat and — for the first time — a non-cereal diet (potato) spiked with pure DON. Examined parameters were weight gain, feed consumption and blood parameters.Three trials were conducted. In the first trial a concentration of 4000 µg DON/kg feed was used. In the second and third trial we used concentrations of 4000 and 6000 µg DON/kg feed. Severe effects on feed consumption and weight gain were found only in the second trial (naturally contaminated wheat ad lib.). By contrast, no differences in any parameter were found in the first (restricted feeding) and third trial (non-cereal diet spiked with pure DON ad lib.). 相似文献
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Lukas Mangnus Hanna W. van Steenbergen Elisabet Lindqvist Elisabeth Brouwer Monique Reijnierse Tom WJ Huizinga Peter K. Gregersen Ewa Berglin Solbritt Rantap??-Dahlqvist Désirée van der Heijde Annette HM van der Helm-van Mil 《Arthritis research & therapy》2015,17(1)
IntroductionThe western population is ageing. It is unknown whether age at diagnosis affects the severity of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), we therefore performed the present study.Method1,875 RA-patients (7,219 radiographs) included in five European and North-American cohorts (Leiden-EAC, Wichita, Umeå, Groningen and Lund) were studied on associations between age at diagnosis and joint damage severity. In 698 Leiden RA-patients with 7-years follow-up it was explored if symptom duration, anti-citrullinated-peptide-antibodies (ACPA), swollen joint count (SJC) and C-reactive-protein (CRP) mediated the association of age with joint damage. Fifty-six other RA-patients of the EAC-cohort underwent baseline MRIs of wrist, MCP and MTP-joints; MRI-inflammation (RAMRIS-synovitis plus bone marrow edema) was also evaluated in mediation analyses. Linear regression and multivariate normal regression models were used.ResultsAnalysis on the five cohorts and the Leiden-EAC separately revealed 1.026-fold and 1.034-fold increase of radiographic joint damage per year increase in age (β=1.026, 1.034, both p<0.001); this effect was present at baseline and persisted over time. Age correlated stronger with baseline erosion-scores compared to joint space narrowing (JSN)-scores (r=0.38 versus 0.29). Symptom duration, ACPA, SJC and CRP did not mediate the association of age with joint damage severity. Age was significantly associated with the MRI-inflammation-score after adjusting for CRP and SJC (β=1.018, p=0.027). The association of age with joint damage (β=1.032, p=0.004) decreased after also including the MRI-inflammation-score (β=1.025, p=0.021), suggesting partial mediation.ConclusionRA-patients presenting at higher age have more severe joint damage; this might be partially explained by more severe MRI-detected inflammation at higher age.
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The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13075-015-0740-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献65.
Background
Assessments of stair climbing in real-life situations using an optical tracking system are lacking, as it is difficult to adapt the system for use in and around full flights of stairs. Alternatively, a portable system that consists of inertial measurement units (IMUs) can be used to collect anatomical joint angles during stair ascent. The purpose of this study was to compare the anatomical joint angles obtained by IMUs to those calculated from position data of an optical tracking device.Methods
Anatomical joint angles of the thigh, knee and ankle, obtained using IMUs and an optical tracking device, were compared for fourteen healthy subjects. Joint kinematics obtained with the two measurement devices were evaluated by calculating the root mean square error (RMSE) and by calculating a two-tailed Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r) between the two signals.Results
Strong mean correlations (range 0.93 to 0.99) were found for the angles between the two measurement devices, as well as an average root mean square error (RMSE) of 4 degrees over all the joint angles, showing that the IMUs are a satisfactory system for measuring anatomical joint angles.Conclusion
These highly portable body-worn inertial sensors can be used by clinicians and researchers alike, to accurately collect data during stair climbing in complex real-life situations.66.
Reza Shirzadian-Khorramabad Hai-Chun Jing Gerja E Everts Jos HM Schippers Jacques Hille Paul P Dijkwel 《BMC plant biology》2010,10(1):80
Background
Cysteine is a component in organic compounds including glutathione that have been implicated in the adaptation of plants to stresses. O-acetylserine (thiol) lyase (OAS-TL) catalyses the final step of cysteine biosynthesis. OAS-TL enzyme isoforms are localised in the cytoplasm, the plastids and mitochondria but the contribution of individual OAS-TL isoforms to plant sulphur metabolism has not yet been fully clarified. 相似文献67.
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Neuroblastoma cells expressing the noradrenaline transporter are destroyed more selectively by 6-fluorodopamine than by 6-hydroxydopamine 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Seitz G Stegmann HB Jäger HH Schlude HM Wolburg H Roginsky VA Niethammer D Bruchelt G 《Journal of neurochemistry》2000,75(2):511-520
6-Hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) has been used for lesioning catecholaminergic neurons and attempted purging of neuroblastoma cells from hematopoietic stem cells in autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). Neurotoxicity is mediated primarily by reactive oxygen species. In ABMT, 6-OHDA, as a purging agent, has been unsuccessful. At physiological pH it autooxidizes before targeted uptake, resulting in nonspecific cytotoxicity of nontarget cells. A catecholamine analogue, similar to 6-OHDA but with a lower rate of autooxidation enabling uptake by target cells, is thus required. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra in this study show that 6-fluorodopamine (6-FDA) hydrolyzes slowly to 6-OHDA at physiological pH. Oxygen consumption, H(2)O(2), and quinone production are found to be intermediate between those of 6-OHDA and dopamine (DA). Relative neurotoxicity of these compounds was assessed by cell viability and DNA damage in the human neuroblastoma lines SH-SY5Y and SK-N-LO, which express and lack the noradrenaline transporter, respectively. Specific uptake of DA and 6-FDA by SH-SY5Y cells was demonstrated by competitive m-[(131)I]iodobenzylguanidine uptake inhibition. The competition by 6-OHDA was low owing to rapid autooxidation during incubation with equal toxicity toward both cell types. 6-FDA toxicity was preferential for SH-SY5Y cells and reduced in the presence of desipramine, a catecholamine uptake inhibitor. We demonstrate that 6-FDA cytotoxicity is more specific for cells expressing catecholamine reuptake systems than is 6-OHDA cytotoxicity. 相似文献
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Boot EP Koning GA Storm G Wagenaar-Hilbers JP van Eden W Everse LA Wauben MH 《Arthritis research & therapy》2005,7(3):R604-R615
T cells have an important role during the development of autoimmune diseases. In adjuvant arthritis, a model for rheumatoid
arthritis, we found that the percentage of CD4+ T cells expressing the activation marker CD134 (OX40 antigen) was elevated before disease onset. Moreover, these CD134+ T cells showed a specific proliferative response to the disease-associated epitope of mycobacterial heat shock protein 60,
indicating that this subset contains auto-aggressive T cells. We studied the usefulness of CD134 as a molecular target for
immune intervention in arthritis by using liposomes coated with a CD134-directed monoclonal antibody as a drug targeting system.
Injection of anti-CD134 liposomes subcutaneously in the hind paws of pre-arthritic rats resulted in targeting of the majority
of CD4+CD134+ T cells in the popliteal lymph nodes. Furthermore, we showed that anti-CD134 liposomes bound to activated T cells were not
internalized. However, drug delivery by these liposomes could be established by loading anti-CD134 liposomes with the dipalmitate-derivatized
cytostatic agent 5'-fluorodeoxyuridine. These liposomes specifically inhibited the proliferation of activated CD134+ T cells in vitro, and treatment with anti-CD134 liposomes containing 5'-fluorodeoxyuridine resulted in the amelioration of adjuvant arthritis.
Thus, CD134 can be used as a marker for auto-aggressive CD4+ T cells early in arthritis, and specific liposomal targeting of drugs to these cells via CD134 can be employed to downregulate
disease development. 相似文献