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  • 1
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Neuronal progenitor cells (NPC) are particularly suited as the target population for genetic and cellular therapy of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease or stroke. However, genetic modification of these cells using retroviral vectors remains a great challenge because of the low transduction rate and the need for fetal calf serum (FCS) during the transduction process that induces the cell differentiation to mature neurons. To overcome these problems, we developed a new retrovirus production system in which the simplified retroviral vector GCDNsap engineered to be resistant to denovo methylation was packaged in the vesicular stomatitis virus G protein (VSV-G), concentrated by centrifugation, and resuspended in serum-free medium (StemPro-34 SFM). In transduction experiments using enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) as a marker, the concentrated FCS-free virus supernatant infected NPC at a high rate, while maintaining the ability of these cells to self-renew and differentiate in vitro. When such cells were grafted into mouse brains, EGFP-expressing NPC were detected in the region around the injection site at 8 weeks post transplantation. These findings suggest that the gene transfer system described here may provide a useful tool to genetically modify NPC for treatments of neurological disorders.
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  • 2
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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Journal of Applied Physics 67 (1990), S. 2359-2363 
    ISSN: 1089-7550
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: The fabrication of n+ and p+ silicon thin film by using a combination of "spin-on-glass'' and XeCl excimer-laser doping is described. The doping can be achieved by rapid dopant atom diffusion into molten silicon from a spin-coated film containing the dopant. This technology offers the advantages of process simplicity, low processing temperature, and ultrashallow high-concentration doping. The obtained sheet resistances (2 kΩ/(D'Alembertian) for n+ and 9 kΩ/(D'Alembertian) for p+) are acceptable for thin-film transistors (TFTs). The energy required for doping into a thin film was less than half of that for a silicon wafer. This is mainly due to the absorption rate difference between noncrystalline and crystalline silicon. This process appears extremely promising for TFT fabrication.
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  • 3
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Plant, cell & environment 20 (1997), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-3040
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Photosynthetic rates, the activities of key enzymes associated with the C4 cycle and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPCase), and the levels of metabolites involved in the C4 cycle were compared between the two phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK) type C4 species Spartina anglica, which is cold-tolerant, and Zoysia japonica, which is cold-sensitive, during exposure to low temperature. Plants of both species grown outside in summer were placed in a growth chamber at 27/20 °C day/night temperatures. After 1 week, plants were exposed to 20/17 °C for 1 week and then to 10/7 °C for 2 weeks. Photosynthetic rates in Z. japonica decreased progressively to about 25% during the chilling treatments. In contrast, S. anglica exhibited a 43% increase in photosynthetic rates after exposure to 20 °C for 1 week, which remained relatively constant thereafter. Consistent with these observations, most of the C4 enzymes and RuBPCase in Z. japonica declined. Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and PCK activities declined particularly drastically during the treatments. However, the activities of these enzymes in S. anglica showed either a slight increase or decrease upon a mild cold treatment, and remained relatively constant during further chilling treatments. There was a sharp decline in phosphoenolpyruvate in Z. japonica after exposure to 10 °C. On the other hand, metabolite levels in S. anglica were largely unaffected by the chilling treatments. These results suggest that the drastic declines of both PEPC and PCK activities may be important limiting factors responsible for cold sensitivity in C4 photosynthesis of Z. japonica.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1365-2222
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background Food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (FDEIA) is an allergic reaction characteristically induced by intense exercise combined with the ingestion of causative food. Recent reports have shown that aspirin intake is a contributing factor in some patients with FDEIA. Wheat is known to be the most frequent causative food, and the IgE-binding epitopes of a major wheat allergen (ω-5 gliadin) in wheat-dependent exercise induced anaphylaxis (WDEIA) have already been clarified. However, the mechanism of eliciting the symptom in WDEIA remains not fully understood.Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of serum gliadin levels and allergic symptoms induced by exercise or aspirin in patients with WDEIA.Methods Six patients with a history of recurrent anaphylaxis associated with wheat ingestion were diagnosed as having WDEIA by the provocation test, which included wheat ingestion, exercise, aspirin intake and a combination of these challenges. During the tests, serum levels of gliadins were monitored by gliadin-specific sandwich ELISA. The effects of exercise and aspirin on serum gliadin levels were also investigated in four healthy subjects.Results Immunoreactive gliadins appeared in the sera of patients during the provocation test with both wheat-exercise and wheat-aspirin challenges in parallel with allergic symptoms. Serum gliadin levels also increased under the two same challenge conditions in the healthy subjects, although they exhibited no allergic symptoms. However, low levels of gliadin were detected in the sera of both patients and healthy subjects when challenged with wheat alone.Conclusion We demonstrated for the first time that blood gliadin levels correlate with clinical symptoms induced by exercise and aspirin in patients with WDEIA. These findings suggest that exercise and aspirin facilitate allergen absorption from the gastrointestinal tract.
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  • 5
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    Oxford, UK : Munksgaard International Publishers
    Journal of periodontal research 40 (2005), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1600-0765
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background:  Loss of occlusal function has been reported to induce atrophic changes in the periodontal ligament. It is likely that mechanical stress triggers the biological response of periodontal ligament. However, there have been few reports studying the correlation between mechanical stress of varying magnitude and periodontal ligament cell activities such as extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis.Objective:  The objective of this study is to clarify the influence of the mechanical stress on changes in mRNA expression levels of type I collagen and decorin genes, as well as alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in response to mechanical stress of varying magnitude.Methods:  Bovine periodontal ligament cells were cultured on flexible-bottomed culture plates and placed on the BioFlex Loading Stations™. Cells were elongated at 6 cycles/min (5 s on and 5 s off) at each of six levels of stretch (0.2, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 10, 18% increase in the surface area of the bottom) for 48 h. We measured mRNA expression levels of type I collagen and decorin genes using quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT–PCR), and ALP activity in periodontal ligament cell culture under cyclic mechanical stretching.Results:  Mechanical tensional stress of low magnitude induced the increase of both type I collagen and decorin mRNA expression without changing ALP activity in periodontal ligament cells. Mechanical tensional stress of high magnitude induced the increase of type I collagen and decorin mRNA expression while decreasing ALP activity.Conclusion:  These results suggest that different magnitude of tensional force induces different responses from periodontal ligament cells, and that mechanical stress plays an important role in remodeling and functional regulation of periodontal ligament.
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  • 6
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    Copenhagen : Munksgaard International Publishers
    Journal of periodontal research 36 (2001), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1600-0765
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The biological functions of proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans are closely associated with mechanical stress on the tissue. In order to reveal the relationship between proteoglycans in the periodontal ligament and mechanical stress such as occlusal stimuli, occlusal hypofunction of rat unilateral mandibular molars was induced by extraction of the opposing first, second and third maxillary molars. Immunohistochemical analyses were performed using antibodies for chondroitin sulfate, decorin, biglycan, heparan sulfate and keratan sulfate, and hyaluronic acid-binding protein. Chondroitin sulfate, observed more strongly in the cervical side than in the apical side of the periodontal ligament of the unextracted sides of mandible, and uniformly present in the extracellular matrix of the periodontal ligament, decreased significantly from 1 wk post-extraction of the antagonists, with a decrease in thickness and disarrangement in fibrous components. Decorin core protein, uniformly present in the periodontal ligament of the unextracted sides, decreased as early on as 2 d post-extraction. Heparan sulfate, mainly localized on the cell surface of vascular endothelial cells and osteoclastic cells as well as in the extracellular matrix of the unextracted sides, decreased significantly in association with the decreased number of blood vessels and osteoclastic cells as early on as 2 d post-extraction. Biglycan, keratan sulfate and hyaluronic acid, uniformly distributed in the periodontal ligament of the unextracted sides, showed little change after the extraction. These results demonstrate that occlusal hypofunction causes tissue remodeling of the periodontal ligament, with a significant decrease of chondroitin sulfate, decorin and heparan sulfate.
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  • 7
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Lipids and Lipid Metabolism 1128 (1992), S. 58-64 
    ISSN: 0005-2760
    Keywords: Apo E gene ; Apolipoprotein (apo) E1 ; Restriction fragment length polymorphism ; Type III hyperlipoproteinemia
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Physics
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  • 8
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 193 (1993), S. 653-660 
    ISSN: 0006-291X
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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  • 9
    ISSN: 0378-1119
    Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma ; RNA virus ; chronic hepatitis ; diversity ; evolution ; non-A non-B hepatitis
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology
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  • 10
    ISSN: 0888-7543
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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