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G Escolar C Navarro J L Galmés L I Casanovas O Bulbena 《Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids》1989,38(1):49-53
We have tested the ability of zinc acexamate (ZAC) to prevent platelet-activating-factor (Paf) induced gastric damage in rats. Lesions were characterized by a vascular congestion affecting the entire mucosa, oedema, haemorrhage and frequent necrosis of the more superficial areas. The gastric damage appearing after Paf was accompanied by degranulation of gastric mast cells. Leukocytes were often seen at the submucosal level. Oral pretreatment with ZAC reduced in a dose-dependent manner both gastric damage and mast cell degranulation observed after Paf. ZAC administered orally at a dose of 100 mg kg-1 statistically inhibited (p less than 0.01) gastric damage and mast cell degranulation. ZAC did not affect the hypotension induced by Paf confirming that gastric damage and hypotension appearing in rats after Paf administration are two independent phenomena. The present findings indicate that the inhibitory effect of ZAC upon gastric lesions induced by Paf may be related to the different protective actions exhibited by this zinc compound in a wide variety of experimental models of gastric ulcer. 相似文献
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Claudia Palladino Verónica Briz José María Bellón Inês Bártolo Patrícia Carvalho Ricardo Camacho M. ángeles Mu?oz-Fernández Rui Bastos Rolanda Manuel José Casanovas Nuno Taveira 《PloS one》2013,8(12)
In Mozambique, the evaluation of retention in HIV care and ART programmes is limited. To assess rate and predictors of attrition (no retention in care) and HAART effectiveness in HIV-1 infected patients who pay for medication and laboratory testing in Mozambique, we conducted a multicenter survey of HIV-1-infected patients who started HAART during 2002–2006. Cox proportional hazard models were used to assess risk of attrition and of therapy failure. Overall, 142 patients from 16 healthcare centers located in the capital city Maputo were followed-up for 22.2 months (12.1–46.7). The retention rate was 75%, 48% and 37% after one, two and three years, respectively. Risk of attrition was lower in patients with higher baseline CD4 count (P = 0.022) and attending healthcare center 1 (HCC1) (P = 0.013). The proportion of individuals with CD4 count ≤200 cells/µL was 55% (78/142) at baseline and decreased to 6% (3/52) at 36 months. Among the patients with available VL, 86% (64/74) achieved undetectable VL levels. The rate of immunologic failure was 17.2% (95% CI: 12.6–22.9) per 100 person-years. Risk of failure was associated to higher baseline CD4 count (P = 0.002), likely reflecting low adherence levels, and decreased with baseline VL ≥10,000 copies/mL (P = 0.033). These results suggest that HAART can be effective in HIV-1 infected patients from Mozambique that pay for their medication and laboratory testing. Further studies are required to identify the causes for low retention rates in patients with low CD4 counts and to better understand the association between healthcare setting and attrition rate. 相似文献
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Jorma J. de Ronde Guillem Rigaill Sven Rottenberg Sjoerd Rodenhuis Lodewyk F. A. Wessels 《Nucleic acids research》2013,41(21):e200
Traditional methods that aim to identify biomarkers that distinguish between two groups, like Significance Analysis of Microarrays or the t-test, perform optimally when such biomarkers show homogeneous behavior within each group and differential behavior between the groups. However, in many applications, this is not the case. Instead, a subgroup of samples in one group shows differential behavior with respect to all other samples. To successfully detect markers showing such imbalanced patterns of differential signal, a different approach is required. We propose a novel method, specifically designed for the Detection of Imbalanced Differential Signal (DIDS). We use an artificial dataset and a human breast cancer dataset to measure its performance and compare it with three traditional methods and four approaches that take imbalanced signal into account. Supported by extensive experimental results, we show that DIDS outperforms all other approaches in terms of power and positive predictive value. In a mouse breast cancer dataset, DIDS is the only approach that detects a functionally validated marker of chemotherapy resistance. DIDS can be applied to any continuous value data, including gene expression data, and in any context where imbalanced differential signal is manifested. 相似文献
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Guillem Prats-Ejarque Jose A. Blanco Vivian A. Salazar Victòria M. Nogués Mohammed Moussaoui Ester Boix 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2019,1863(1):105-117
Background
Human RNase6 is a small cationic antimicrobial protein that belongs to the vertebrate RNaseA superfamily. All members share a common catalytic mechanism, which involves a conserved catalytic triad, constituted by two histidines and a lysine (His15/His122/Lys38 in RNase6 corresponding to His12/His119/Lys41 in RNaseA). Recently, our first crystal structure of human RNase6 identified an additional His pair (His36/His39) and suggested the presence of a secondary active site.Methods
In this work we have explored RNase6 and RNaseA subsite architecture by X-ray crystallography, site-directed mutagenesis and kinetic characterization.Results
The analysis of two novel crystal structures of RNase6 in complex with phosphate anions at atomic resolution locates a total of nine binding sites and reveals the contribution of Lys87 to phosphate-binding at the secondary active center. Contribution of the second catalytic triad residues to the enzyme activity is confirmed by mutagenesis. RNase6 catalytic site architecture has been compared with an RNaseA engineered variant where a phosphate-binding subsite is converted into a secondary catalytic center (RNaseA-K7H/R10H).Conclusions
We have identified the residues that participate in RNase6 second catalytic triad (His36/His39/Lys87) and secondary phosphate-binding sites. To note, residues His39 and Lys87 are unique within higher primates. The RNaseA/RNase6 side-by-side comparison correlates the presence of a dual active site in RNase6 with a favored endonuclease-type cleavage pattern.General significance
An RNase dual catalytic and extended binding site arrangement facilitates the cleavage of polymeric substrates. This is the first report of the presence of two catalytic centers in a single monomer within the RNaseA superfamily. 相似文献6.
Guillem VM Tormo M Revert F Benet I García-Conde J Crespo A Aliño SF 《The journal of gene medicine》2002,4(2):170-182
Background
Specific and efficient delivery of genes into targeted cells is a priority objective in non‐viral gene therapy. Polyethyleneimine‐based polyplexes have been reported to be good non‐viral transfection reagents. However, polyplex‐mediated DNA delivery occurs through a non‐specific mechanism. This article reports the construction of an immunopolyplex, a targeted non‐viral vector based on a polyplex backbone, and its application in gene transfer over human lymphoma cell lines.Methods
Targeting elements (biotin‐labeled antibodies), which should recognize a specific element of the target cell membrane and promote nucleic acid entry into the cell, were attached to the polyplex backbone through a bridge protein (streptavidin). Immunopolyplex transfection activity was studied in several hematological cell lines [Jurkat (CD3+/CD19?), Granta 519 (CD3?/ CD19+), and J.RT3‐T3.5 (CD3?/CD19?)] using the EGFP gene as a reporter gene and anti‐CD3 and anti‐CD19 antibodies as targeting elements. Transfection activity was evaluated via green fluorescence per cell and the percentage of positive cells determined by flow cytometry.Results
A significant selectivity of gene delivery was observed, since the anti‐CD3 immunopolyplex worked only in Jurkat cells while the anti‐CD19 immunopolyplex worked only in the Granta cell line. Moreover, transfection of a CD3+/CD3? cell mixture with anti‐CD3 immunopolyplexes showed up to 16‐fold more transfection in CD3+ than in CD3? cells. Several non‐specific transfection reagents showed poor or no transfection activity.Conclusion
It is concluded that immunopolyplex is a good non‐viral vector for specific and selective nucleic acid delivery. Immunopolyplex design allows easy replacement of the targeting element (antibody) – the streptavidin–polyplex backbone remaining intact – thereby conferring high versatility. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.7.
Guillem A Alegría A Barberá R Farré R Lagarda MJ Clemente G 《Biological trace element research》2000,75(1-3):11-19
Seven zinc salts—acetate, chloride, lactate, sulfate, citrate, gluconate, and oxide—were added to milk—and soy-based infant
formulas to estimate possible differences in zinc availability depending on the type of salt used. For this purpose, an in
vitro method that estimates the dialyzability of the element (i.e., the fraction available for absorption) was applied. Zinc
dialyzability is always higher in milk-based products than in soy products, even when the total zinc contents are higher in
the latter.
The salts can be classified according to the zinc dialyzability in the two types of formulas as follows: oxide>gluconate=chloride=lactate>citrate=acetate>sulfate.
Therefore, according to the dialysis percentage, oxide and gluconate are the compounds of choice for zinc supplementation
of infant formulas. 相似文献
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David M. Alba Salvador Moyà‐Solà Assumpció Malgosa Isaac Casanovas‐Vilar Josep M. Robles Sergio Almécija Jordi Galindo Cheyenn Rotgers Juan Vicente Bertó Mengual 《American journal of physical anthropology》2010,141(1):52-75
Pliopithecus (Pliopithecus) canmatensis sp. nov. is described from several Late Aragonian localities from Abocador de Can Mata (ACM) in els Hostalets de Pierola (Vallès‐Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain), spanning from ~11.7 to 11.6 Ma (C5r.3r subchron), and being correlated to the MN8 (reference locality La Grive L3). The ACM remains display a pliopithecine dental morphology with well‐developed pliopithecine triangles on M/2 and M/3. This, together with other occlusal details, negates an attribution to the subgenus Epipliopithecus. Although slightly smaller, the ACM remains are most similar in size to comparable elements of P. piveteaui and P. antiquus. Several occlusal details (such as the greater development of the buccal cingulid in lower molars) and dental proportions (M/3 much longer than M/2), however, indicate greater similarities with P. antiquus from Sansan and La Grive. The ACM remains, however, differ from P. antiquus in dental proportions as well as occlusal morphology of the lower molars (including the less peripheral position of the protoconid and more medial position of the hypoconulid, the more mesial position of the buccal cuspids as compared to the lingual ones, the narrower but distinct mesial fovea, the higher trigonid, and the more extensive buccal cingulid, among others). These differences justify a taxonomic distinction at the species level of the ACM pliopithecid remains with respect to P. antiquus. Previous pliopithecid findings from the Vallès‐Penedès Basin, previously attributed to P. antiquus, are neither attributable to the latter species nor to the newly erected one. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. 相似文献