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V.A. Uthlaut G.E. Moss R.H. Stobart B.A. Larson B.M. Alexander 《Small Ruminant Research》2011,100(1):63-66
Poor mating behavior results in increased ram costs, an extended lambing season, and decreased genetic progress from sires with desired production traits. Producers have recognized the importance of ram libido, but constraints regarding time, labor, and facilities generally limit the routine evaluation of ram breeding behavior. Easily measurable production traits would be an usable selection tool if correlated to reproductive performance. To determine the discriminating value of production traits as indicators of reproductive performance, white-faced rams (n = 82; 10–12 months of age) consigned to the University of Wyoming ram test were fed using the Grow-Safe® feeding system. Rams were categorized based on sexual behavior as low, intermediate or mounting. Body weight gain performance, feed intake and feeding behavior were analyzed. Overall production performance was determined using a calculated index ratio based on body weight gain adjusted for wool characteristics. Sexual behavior classification did not influence the index ratio or feed consumed per day. However, numbers of no-intake feeding episodes (P < 0.01) differed according to ram sexual behavior. Rams expressing sexual mounting behavior visited the feed bunk more often than the intermediate performing rams (P < 0.01) and tended to differ from low sexually performing rams. The numbers of visits to the feed bunk in which feed was consumed did not differ according to ram sexual behavior. Average daily gain was not correlated (r ≤ 0.18; P = 0.1) to sexual behavior. These easily attainable measures of performance did not correlate strongly with any measure of sexual behavior. This study provides evidence that rams that exhibit a high level of sexual behavior most likely investigate their environment more thoroughly, which could facilitate the identification of ewes in estrus. 相似文献
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Jessica AB van Nies Celina Alves Audrey LS Radix-Bloemen Cécile Gaujoux-Viala Tom WJ Huizinga Johanna MW Hazes Elisabeth Brouwer Bruno Fautrel Annette HM van der Helm-van Mil 《Arthritis research & therapy》2015,17(1)
IntroductionMorning stiffness is assessed daily in the diagnostic process of arthralgia and arthritis, but large-scale studies on the discriminative ability are absent. This study explored the diagnostic value of morning stiffness in 5,202 arthralgia and arthritis patients and the prognostic value in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).MethodsIn arthralgia patients referred to the Early Arthritis Recognition Clinics (EARC) of Leiden (n = 807) and Groningen (n = 481) or included in the Rotterdam Early Arthritis Cohort (REACH) study (n = 353), the associations (cross-sectional analyses) between morning stiffness and presence of arthritis at physical examination were studied. In early arthritis patients, included in the Leiden Early Arthritis Clinic (EAC) (n = 2,748) and Evaluation et Suivi de POlyarthrites Indifférenciées Récentes (ESPOIR) (n = 813), associations with fulfilling the 2010-RA criteria after one year were assessed. In 2010-RA patients included in the EAC (n = 1,140) and ESPOIR (n = 677), association with the long-term outcomes of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)-free sustained remission and radiological progression were determined. Morning stiffness was defined as a duration ≥60 minutes; sensitivity analyses were performed for other definitions.ResultsIn arthralgia, morning stiffness (≥60 minutes) associated with the presence of arthritis; Leiden EARC odds ratio (OR) 1.49 (95% CI 1.001 to 2.20), Groningen EARC OR 2.21 (1.33 to 3.69) and REACH OR 1.55 (0.97 to 2.47) but the areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUCs) were low (0.52, 0.57, 0.54). In early arthritis, morning stiffness was associated with 2010-RA independent of other predictors (Leiden EAC OR 1.72 (95% CI 1.31 to 2.25, AUC 0.68), ESPOIR OR 1.68 (1.03 to 2.74, AUC 0.64)). Duration of ≥30 minutes provided optimal discrimination for RA in early arthritis. Morning stiffness was not associated with radiological progression or DMARD-free sustained remission.ConclusionsMorning stiffness in arthralgia and early arthritis is associated with arthritis and RA respectively. This supports the incorporation of morning stiffness in the diagnostic process.
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Cancer treatments are complex and involve different actions, which include many times a surgical procedure. Medical imaging provides important information for surgical planning, and it usually demands a proper segmentation, i.e., the identification of meaningful objects, such as organs and lesions. This study proposes a methodology to segment the liver, its vessels and nodules from computer tomography images for surgical planning. 相似文献64.
George LA Zhang L Tuersunjiang N Ma Y Long NM Uthlaut AB Smith DT Nathanielsz PW Ford SP 《American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology》2012,302(7):R795-R804
Insulin resistance and obesity are components of the metabolic syndrome that includes development of cardiovascular disease and diabetes with advancing age. The thrifty phenotype hypothesis suggests that offspring of poorly nourished mothers are predisposed to the various components of the metabolic syndrome due to adaptations made during fetal development. We assessed the effects of maternal nutrient restriction in early gestation on feeding behavior, insulin and glucose dynamics, body composition, and liver function in aged female offspring of ewes fed either a nutrient-restricted [NR 50% National Research Council (NRC) recommendations] or control (C: 100% NRC) diet from 28 to 78 days of gestation, after which both groups were fed at 100% of NRC from day 79 to lambing and through lactation. Female lambs born to NR and C dams were reared as a single group from weaning, and thereafter, they were fed 100% NRC recommendations until assigned to this study at 6 yr of age. These female offspring were evaluated by a frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test, followed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for body composition analysis prior to and after ad libitum feeding of a highly palatable pelleted diet for 11 wk with automated monitoring of feed intake (GrowSafe Systems). Aged female offspring born to NR ewes demonstrated greater and more rapid feed intake, greater body weight gain, and efficiency of gain, lower insulin sensitivity, higher insulin secretion, and greater hepatic lipid and glycogen content than offspring from C ewes. These data confirm an increased metabolic "thriftiness" of offspring born to NR mothers, which continues into advanced age, possibly predisposing these offspring to metabolic disease. 相似文献
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Ortega Roldan JL Romero Romero ML Ora A Ab E Lopez Mayorga O Azuaga AI van Nuland NA 《Journal of biomolecular NMR》2007,39(4):331-336
CD2 associated protein (CD2AP) is an adaptor protein that plays an important role in cell to cell union needed for the kidney
function. CD2AP interacts, as an adaptor protein, with different natural targets, such as CD2, nefrin, c-Cbl and podocin.
These proteins are believed to interact to one of the three SH3 domains that are positioned in the N-terminal region of CD2AP.
To understand the network of interactions between the natural targets and the three SH3 domains (SH3-A, B and C), we have
started to determine the structures of the individual SH3 domains. Here we present the high-resolution structure of the SH3-C
domain derived from NMR data. Full backbone and side-chain assignments were obtained from triple-resonance spectra. The structure
was determined from distance restraints derived from high-resolution 600 and 800 MHz NOESY spectra, together with phi and psi torsion angle restraints based on the analysis of 1HN, 15N, 1Hα, 13Cα, 13CO and 13Cβ chemical shifts. Structures were calculated using CYANA and refined in water using RECOORD. The three-dimensional structure
of CD2AP SH3-C contains all the features that are typically found in other SH3 domains, including the general binding site
for the recognition of polyproline sequences. 相似文献
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运用16种酶蛋白编码的23个遗传座位对突尼斯非洲跳鼠(Jaculus jaculus)和埃及跳鼠(J. orientalis)自然群体的遗传变异和分化进行了电泳分析。结果表明,与其他啮齿动物等哺乳动物的相关数据比较,发现这两个种群体的遗传变异水平较低。非洲跳鼠群体的观测杂合度 (Hobs) 为0.08—0.19,多态座位百分比(P)为26.2%—45.2%,每个座位的平均等位基因数(A)为1.1—1.4;埃及跳鼠的Hobs为0.10—0.15,P为29.3%—44.1%,A为1.1—1.7。两个种群体各自的遗传分化程度较低(非洲跳鼠和埃及跳鼠的Fst分别为0.0017和0.0019)。而两个种群体间的Fst为0.607(P<0.05),表明两个种之间高度的遗传分化。本研究支持这两个种分类地位的合法性,并强调了地理因素(环境类型和生物气候阶段)对两个种遗传结构的影响。 相似文献
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Stefan Vordenbäumen Leo AB Joosten Johannes Friemann Matthias Schneider Benedikt Ostendorf 《Arthritis research & therapy》2009,11(6):256-6
Synovial biopsies, gained either by blind needle biopsy or minimally invasive arthroscopy, offer additional information in
certain clinical situations where routine assessment has not permitted a certain diagnosis. In research settings, synovial
histology and modern applications of molecular biology increase our insight into pathogenesis and enable responses to treatment
with new therapeutic agents to be assessed directly at the pathophysiological level. This review focuses on the diagnostic
usefulness of synovial biopsies in the light of actual developments. 相似文献
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Alzheimer and prion diseases are neurodegenerative disorders characterised by the abnormal processing of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and prion protein (PrPC), respectively. Recent evidence indicates that PrPC may play a critical role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease. PrPC interacts with and inhibits the β-secretase BACE1, the rate-limiting enzyme in the production of Aβ. More recently PrPC was identified as a receptor for Aβ oligomers and the expression of PrPC appears to be controlled by the amyloid intracellular domain (AICD). Here we review these observations and propose a feedback loop in the normal brain where PrPC exerts an inhibitory effect on BACE1 to decrease both Aβ and AICD production. In turn, the AICD upregulates PrPC expression, thus maintaining the inhibitory effect of PrPC on BACE1. In Alzheimer disease, this feedback loop is disrupted, and the increased level of Aβ oligomers bind to PrPC and prevent it from regulating BACE1 activity.Key words: alzheimer disease, amyloid-β, Aβ oligomers, amyloid intracellular domain, BACE1, presenilin, prion protein 相似文献
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Wanessa LF Tavares Gleidice E Lavalle Mariana S Figueiredo Aline G Souza Angelica C Bertagnolli Fernando AB Viana Paulo RO Paes Rubens A Carneiro Guilherme AO Cavalcanti Marilia M Melo Geovanni D Cassali 《Acta veterinaria Scandinavica》2010,52(1):1-6