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  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Pediatric nephrology 3 (1989), S. 149-155 
    ISSN: 1432-198X
    Keywords: Cationized bovine serum albumin ; Glomerular capillary wall polyanion ; Serum sickness glomerulopathy ; Rat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effects of injected native and cationized bovine serum albumin (BSA− and BSA+ respectively) were evaluated in rats which subsequently received anti-BSA. Thrombocytopenia, low creatinine clearance (Ccr), increased proteinuria, capillary swelling, mild tuft necrosis and BSA+ deposits in glomeruli resulted within 24 h of BSA+ injection. Later BSA+ produced mesangial expansion glomerular capillary wall (GCW) thickening and deposits of BSA+ accompanied by rabbit anti-BSA and rat anti-BSA which correlated well with small mesangial, subendothelial and subepithelial electron-dense granular accumuli. These latter enlarged considerably after the injection of anti-BSA. BSA− controls showed minimal or no lesions. The disappearance from the blood (t1/2) of a single dose of immune complexes (IC) prepared with chromatography-purified, radioiodinated anti-BSA-BSA− and BSA+ was determined in another group of rats. The t1/2 of BSA− anti-BSA was 42.8 h (95% confidence: 39.8–46.2) while that of BSA+ anti-BSA was 52.5 h (48.1–57.8). These results suggested that serum sickness glomerulitis developed only in rats injected with BSA+, due to in situ IC which presumably grew by accretion of foreign anti-BSA. Circulating IC may have developed and colocated with the latter, with dissociation and recombination at these sites. It is postulated that the functional-immunomorphological changes and the slow removal of cationized IC reported herein could be explained by the highly positive net charge of the injected antigen.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1573-3297
    Keywords: Inbred strains ; habituation ; open-field activity
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Psychology
    Notes: Abstract To determine if there is genetic variability in habituation of activity in an open field, we examined a number of inbred strains and F1 hybrids. Using 5-min exposures to a dark open field, we measured changes in exploratory behavior over 3 consecutive days in 129S3/SvImJ, A/J, BALB/ cByJ, C3H/HeJ, C57BL/6J, CBA/J, DBA/2J, FVB/NJ, (B6 × 129)F1/J, and (B6 × C3H) F1/J male and female mice. Strain differences in open-field activity and in habituation were evident. Some of the strain differences were further modified by sex. The strains and F1's could be separated into groups that increased, decreased, or did not modify their activities across testing sessions. In a second study, the effects of altering the floor surface on habituation were examined in male 129S3/SvImJ, C57BL/6J, DBA/2J, and (B6 × 129)F1/J mice. When the floor was altered after 3 consecutive days of habituation, increased activity levels were evident. There were strain differences in the responsiveness to the changes in the floor. These results confirm a genetic role in intersession habituation to an open field.
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  • 3
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 7 (1990), S. 41-51 
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Keywords: DNA binding proteins ; maximum likelihood ; CRP ; finite mixtures ; transcription regulation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Statistical methodology for the identification and characterization of protein binding sites in a set of unaligned DNA fragments is presented. Each sequence must contain at least one common site. No alignment of the sites is required. Instead, the uncertainty in the location of the sites is handled by employing the missing information principle to develop an “expectation maximization” (EM) algorithm. This approach allows for the simultaneous identification of the sites and characterization of the binding motifs. The reliability of the algorithm increases with the number of fragments, but the computations increase only linearly. The method is illustrated with an example, using known cyclic adenosine monophophate receptor protein (CRP) binding sites. The final motif is utilized in a search for undiscovered CRP binding sites.
    Additional Material: 3 Ill.
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