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Dr AR Holmes RD Cannon HF Jenkinson 《Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology》1995,15(3):208-213
The yeastCandida albicans coaggregates with a variety of streptococcal species, an interaction that may promote oral colonization by yeast cells.C. albicans andCandida tropicalis are the yeasts most frequently isolated from the human oral cavity and our data demonstrate that both these species bind toStreptococcus gordonii NCTC 7869 while two otherCandida species (Candida krusei andCandida kefyr) do not. Adherence ofC. albicans was greatest when the yeast had been grown at 30° C to mid-exponential growth phase. For 21 strains ofC. albicans there was a positive correlation between the ability to adhere toS. gordonii and adherence to experimental salivary pellicle. Whole saliva either stimulated or slightly inhibited adherence ofC. albicans toS. gordonii depending on the streptococcal growth conditions. The results suggest that the major salivary adhesins and coaggregation adhesins ofC. albicans are co-expressed. 相似文献
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Analogues containing the paramagnetic amino acid TOAC as substrates for angiotensin I-converting enzyme 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
de Deus Teixeira LG Bersanetti PA Schreier S Carmona AK Nakaie CR 《FEBS letters》2007,581(13):2411-2415
The angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) converts the decapeptide angiotensin I (Ang I) into angiotensin II by releasing the C-terminal dipeptide. A novel approach combining enzymatic and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies was developed to determine the enzyme effect on Ang I containing the paramagnetic 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl-4-amino-4-carboxylic acid (TOAC) at positions 1, 3, 8, and 9. Biological assays indicated that TOAC(1)-Ang I maintained partly the Ang I activity, and that only this derivative and the TOAC(3)-Ang I were cleaved by ACE. Quenching of Tyr(4) fluorescence by TOAC decreased with increasing distance between both residues, suggesting an overall partially extended structure. However, the local bend known to be imposed by the substituted diglycine TOAC is probably responsible for steric hindrance, not allowing the analogues containing TOAC at positions 8 and 9 to act as substrates. In some cases, although substrates and products differ by only two residues, the difference between their EPR spectral lineshapes allows monitoring the enzymatic reaction as a function of time. 相似文献
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Salting Potency and Time‐Intensity Profile of Microparticulated Sodium Chloride in Shoestring Potatoes 下载免费PDF全文
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Dagmar Waberski Anke Döhring Florencia Ardón Nadine Ritter Holm Zerbe Hans-Joachim Schuberth Marion Hewicker-Trautwein Karl Fritz Weitze Ronald HF Hunter 《Acta veterinaria Scandinavica》2006,48(1):13-8
Whole boar semen or seminal plasma has been demonstrated to advance the time of ovulation in gilts. As a means of clarifying
this influence, the contribution of uterine lymphatics and their white cell populations has been examined. After duct visualisation
with Evan's blue, lymph was sampled from a mesometrial vessel in eight pre-ovulatory gilts whose uterine lumen was infused
simultaneously with whole semen in one ligated horn and saline in the contralateral ligated horn. Lymph was collected from
cannulated vessels for periods of up to four hours under general anaesthesia. Thereafter, mesometrial lymph nodes, utero-tubal
junction and uterine wall tissues were sampled. The proportion of nucleated cells in the sampled lymph increased towards the
end of the collection period, but erythrocytes were found in all instances preventing a meaningful differentiation and identification
of leukocytes. Prominent uterine lymph nodes were present in the mesometrium on both sides of the reproductive tract in 7
of 10 gilts. Differences in cellular contents were demonstrated between the side of the tract infused with semen and that
infused with saline control. Two of 4 gilts had lower values for CD4 (Cluster Differentiation) and 3 of 6 gilts higher values
for MHC II (Major Histocompatibility Complex) markers on the side challenged with semen. In contrast, values remained constant
for CD8 but ranged widely for CD18. Immunohistochemical analysis of uterine tissue samples for MHC II+ cells revealed significant
differences (P < 0.05) between the control and semen-treated ligated portions of the horns, as well as between the tissue
sample of uterine wall and that from the utero-tubal junction, but there were no significant differences for CD4+ cells. It
therefore remains plausible that semen-induced cytokines in the uterine lymph undergo counter-current transfer to the ipsilateral
ovary and accelerate the final maturation of pre-ovulatory Graafian follicles. 相似文献
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Rutta AS Francis F Mmbando BP Ishengoma DS Sembuche SH Malecela EK Sadi JY Kamugisha ML Lemnge MM 《Malaria journal》2012,11(1):152
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Although early diagnosis and prompt treatment is an important strategy for control of malaria, using fever to initiate presumptive treatment with expensive artemisinin combination therapy is a major challenge; particularly in areas with declining burden of malaria. This study was conducted using community-owned resource persons (CORPs) to provide early diagnosis and treatment of malaria, and collect data for estimation of malaria burden in four villages of Korogwe district, north-eastern Tanzania. METHODS: In 2006, individuals with history of fever within 24 hours or fever (axillary temperature [greater than or equal to]37.5degreesC) at presentation were presumptively treated using sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine. Between 2007 and 2010, individuals aged five years and above, with positive rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) were treated with artemether/lumefantrine (AL) while under-fives were treated irrespective of RDT results. Reduction in anti-malarial consumption was determined by comparing the number of cases that would have been presumptively treated and those that were actually treated based on RDTs results. Trends of malaria incidence and slide positivity rates were compared between lowlands and highlands. RESULTS: Of 15,729 cases attended, slide positivity rate was 20.4% and declined by >72.0% from 2008, reaching <10.0% from 2009 onwards; and the slide positivity rates were similar in lowlands and highlands from 2009 onwards. Cases with fever at presentation declined slightly, but remained at >40.0% in under-fives and >20.0% among individuals aged five years and above. With use of RDTs, cases treated with AL decreased from <58.0% in 2007 to <11.0% in 2010 and the numbers of adult courses saved were 3,284 and 1,591 in lowlands and highlands respectively. Malaria incidence declined consistently from 2008 onwards; and the highest incidence of malaria shifted from children aged <10 years to individuals aged 10-19 years from 2009. CONCLUSIONS: With basic training, supervision and RDTs, CORPs successfully provided early diagnosis and treatment and reduced consumption of anti-malarials. Progressively declining malaria incidence and slide positivity rates suggest that all fever cases should be tested with RDTs before treatment. Data collected by CORPs was used to plan phase 1b MSP3 malaria vaccine trial and will be used for monitoring and evaluation of different health interventions. The current situation indicates that there is a remarkable changing pattern of malaria and these areas might be moving from control to pre-elimination levels. 相似文献
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Via E Cardoner N Pujol J Martínez-Zalacaín I Hernández-Ribas R Urretavizacaya M López-Solà M Deus J Menchón JM Soriano-Mas C 《PloS one》2012,7(6):e38299
Melancholic depression is a biologically homogeneous clinical entity in which structural brain alterations have been described. Interestingly, reports of structural alterations in melancholia include volume increases in Cerebro-Spinal Fluid (CSF) spaces. However, there are no previous reports of CSF volume alterations using automated whole-brain voxel-wise approaches, as tissue classification algorithms have been traditionally regarded as less reliable for CSF segmentation. Here we aimed to assess CSF volumetric alterations in melancholic depression and their clinical correlates by means of a novel segmentation algorithm ('new segment', as implemented in the software Statistical Parametric Mapping-SPM8), incorporating specific features that may improve CSF segmentation. A three-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) was obtained from seventy patients with melancholic depression and forty healthy control subjects. Although imaging data were pre-processed with the 'new segment' algorithm, in order to obtain a comparison with previous segmentation approaches, tissue segmentation was also performed with the 'unified segmentation' approach. Melancholic patients showed a CSF volume increase in the region of the left Sylvian fissure, and a CSF volume decrease in the subarachnoid spaces surrounding medial and lateral parietal cortices. Furthermore, CSF increases in the left Sylvian fissure were negatively correlated with the reduction percentage of depressive symptoms at discharge. None of these results were replicated with the 'unified segmentation' approach. By contrast, between-group differences in the left Sylvian fissure were replicated with a non-automated quantification of the CSF content of this region. Left Sylvian fissure alterations reported here are in agreement with previous findings from non-automated CSF assessments, and also with other reports of gray and white matter insular alterations in depressive samples using automated approaches. The reliable characterization of CSF alterations may help in the comprehensive characterization of brain structural abnormalities in psychiatric samples and in the development of etiopathogenic hypotheses relating to the disorders. 相似文献
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