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An increasing death rate due to cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been reported. Keishibukuryogan (KBG) is a traditional Chinese/Japanese (Kampo) formula that has been administered to patients with blood stagnation, e.g. thrombotic disease and atherosclerosis. The objective of this s...
Our studies on homeostatic restitution of cellular and subcellular membranes showed that vesicular intracellular transport is engaged in systematic and coordinated replacement of lipids and proteins in the membranes of the secretory, non-dividing epithelial cells (Slomiany et al., J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 2004; 55: 837-8...
Experimentation was initiated to explore insight into the redox-catalysis reaction derived from the heme prosthetic group of chimeric Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb). Two chimeric genes encoding chimeric VHbs harboring one and two consecutive sequences of Fc-binding motif (Z-domain) were successfully constructed and expr...
During the last two decades, biomarker research has benefited from the introduction of new proteomic analytical techniques. In this article, we review the application of surface enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (SELDI-TOF) mass spectroscopy in urologic cancer research. After reviewing the literature ...
Finasteride selectively inhibits the Type 2 isoenzyme of 5alpha-reductase (5AR) (the enzyme responsible for converting testosterone to dihydrotestosterone [DHT]) whereas dutasteride inhibits both Type 1 and Type 2 5AR. General conclusions regarding the differences and similarities of these 2 agents, in terms of pharmac...
Efforts to evaluate and discover diagnostic and therapeutic markers for prostate cancer continue. One of these, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), a transmembrane protein expressed in all types of prostatic tissue, remains a useful diagnostic and possibly therapeutic target. The radio-immunoconjugate form of th...
Within 6 months of approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 5.3 million prescriptions were written for sildenafil citrate. It represented the first clearly effective and FDA-approved oral therapy for the treatment of ED. The chemical structure of sildenafil is very similar to the cyclic guanosine monoph...
To explore effects of alcohol on the expression of gial fibral acidic protein (GFAP) and S100 of astrocytes in brain.
To study the association of gene polymorphism at cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) locus with obesity and response to dietary intervention in obesity.
To compare between rapid detection method of enzyme substrate technique and multiple-tube fermentation technique in water coliform bacteria detection.
1. Lymph from the lungs of lambs and sheep was found to enter both the right lymph duct and the thoracic duct. Right lymph duct flow was collected by constructing a venous sac, the venous tributaries of which were ligated but which the right lymph duct entered; thoracic duct flow was collected by cannulating the duct. ...
1. An apparatus is described for simultaneous measurement of oxygen consumption and electrical and mechanical activity of isolated smooth muscle preparations.2. The mean oxygen uptake by the isolated taenia coli of the guinea-pig was 10-20 mul./g/min.3. In spontaneously active preparations, adrenaline (10(-8)-10(-7) g/...
1. The overflow of noradrenaline following field stimulation of vasoconstrictor nerves has been studied in isolated preparations of the guineapig thoracic aorta.2. Stimulation with trains of 3000 pulses at 5 and 25 pulses.s(-1) resulted in mean overflows of 0.15 and 0.17 (ng.g(-1)).pulse(-1) respectively.3. These overf...
It is acknowledged that autonomic nerves play an important role on liver function. Sympathetic nerve is the main component of them. This study is to evaluate the effects of sympathetic denervation of the liver on liver function in the normal and chemically injured liver, and its influence on liver regeneration. Eighty ...
To generate transgenic mice of NKCC1 +/- (heterozygous) and NKCC1 +/+ (wild-type) that have a targeted disruption in the NKCC1 gene in order to investigate the relationship of one copy of NKCC1 gene (NKCC1 +/-) and age-related hearing loss (AHL) and to study the possible pathogenesis of AHL METHODS: Auditory function o...
Phenotypic modulation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) plays a key role in vascular remodeling diseases, such as atherosclerosis, hypertension and restenosis. Recent researches have focused on the expression regulation of VSMC-specific marker genes and cytoskeleton organization in association with phenotypic mod...
Calsyntenins (Cst) comprise a family of transmembrane proteins with the unique potential to link extracellular proteolytic activity with intracellular Ca2+ signaling. It is a molecular class of calcium binding protein, which can bind calcium ion and being involved in signal transduction and cell communication. It conta...
Calreticulin (CRT) is an essential Ca2+-binding /storage chaperone resident protein of endoplasmic reticulum or sarcoplasmic reticulum found across a diverse range of species. The protein is involved in the regulation of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ storage capacity, and is also an impo...
Perilipins are the proteins associating with the lipid droplets in adipocytes and steroidogenic cells. Unphosphorylated perilipins coat the surface of intracellular lipid droplets to form a barrier that prevents lipase from accessing to triacylglycerol core, thus suppressing lipolysis. Upon activation of protein kinase...
The introduction of substrate reduction therapy (SRT) using miglustat (Zavesca(R)) gives physicians and patients a choice of treatment options for type 1 Gaucher's disease. Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) has proven a successful approach to treating the haematologic abnormalities and organomegaly. However, long-term c...
Gaucher's disease was first described by Philippe Gaucher in 1882, who recognized that this was a systemic disease. The biochemical defect, genetic basis and molecular epidemiology have subsequently been characterized. Gaucher's disease arises as a result of a deficiency of glucocerebrosidase and is the commonest of th...
To study the effect of vacuum-assisted closure (V.A.C) on the expression of Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor(uPAR) protein in margin tissue of pigs with acute wounds and patients with chronic wounds.
To explore the protein expression of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1, interleukin (IL)-6, 11, and 17 in the nasal mucosa of allergic rhinitis patients.
This study was conducted to investigate the serum and urine levels of survivin in patients with breast cancer and the relationships with known prognostic parameters and therapy. Forty-three patients with breast cancer and 21 healthy control subjects were investigated. Serum samples were obtained on the first admission ...
Structural changes in the extracellular matrix (ECM) are necessary for cell migration during tissue remodeling. MMPs, VEGF, Ki-67 (proliferative protein), and constituents of ECM play a critical role in angiogenesis and underlie neoplastic invasion and metastasis. This prompted us to investigate the effect of a diet co...
Biochemical antenatal screening started 30 years ago. Initially, the goal was to detect neural tube defects by measuring a-fetoprotein in maternal serum (MS-AFP) and amniotic fluid (AF-AFP). The serendipitous discovery of an association between low AFP maternal serum concentration and chromosomal anomalies resulted in ...
Screening for fetal aneuploidy during the first trimester using fetal nuchal translucency measurement and maternal serum free ss-hCG (ss-human chorionic gonadotropin) and PAPP-A (pregnancy associated plasma protein A) is commonly practised. An approach with a one stop clinic for assessment of risk for fetal anomalies, ...
The bone marrow contains various types of stem cells. Among them are hematopoietic stem cells, which are the precursors of all blood cells, and mesenchymal stem cells. Mesenchymal stem cells have recently received a lot of attention in biological research because of their capability to self renewal, to expand and trans...
We describe the development of an optical sensing system for the high-throughput screening (HTS) of a broad range of biological molecules, whole cells, organisms and pathogens, and illustrate the technology applications by a hyaluronidase enzyme activity assay as a specific example. At the core of the technology descri...
Vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) irradiation (lambda(exc): 172 +/- 12 nm) of polystyrene films in the presence of oxygen produced not only oxidatively functionalized surfaces, but generated also morphological changes. Whereas OH- and C=O-functionalized surfaces might be used for e.g. secondary functionalization, enhanced aggre...
The possibility of determination of tofu hardness by near infrared spectroscopy (NIR, 833-2500 nm) was studied. The influences of water content and protein content on the spectra were discussed, in order to detect the hardness. The models of Tofu hardness were calibrated by partial least squares regression (PLS) after ...
Collocalia esculenta L. is called Yanwo in China. Thirty kinds of dry yanwo were identified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) . The results indicated that there were some obvious differences in FTIR between the dry yanwo and the natural yanwo, mainly represented in some absorption peaks of protein, amin...
In the present paper, the interaction of Magdala red and bovine serum albumin(BSA) was studied by UV-absorption and fluorescence spectrometry. The results of UV-absorption spectrometry show that the way of the interaction of Magdala red and BSA should obey the Scatchard Model. In other words, Magdala should be combined...
Transcriptional coactivators have crucial roles in eukaryotic transcription. It has been suggested that one of the coactivators, cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) binding protein (CBP), regulates gene expression with a number of transcription factors via two mechanisms. One is the recruitment of general tran...
Radio-lunate limited arthrodesis (RLA) is an established surgical intervention for damaged rheumatoid arthritis (RA) wrists. The goal of RLA is to conserve the range of motion (ROM) and level of activities of daily life (ADL) by delaying more extensive fusion. In this study, we retrospectively reviewed the outcome of R...
Kawasaki disease (KD) causes coronary artery lesions (CALs) in 500 Japanese children each year. Intravenous gamma-globulin (IVGG) decreases the incidence of these lesions from 25% to 8% of the total KD cases. We examined whether plasma exchange is a safe and effective prophylaxis against CALs in children with KD intrac...
Fibronectin fragments have been shown to up-regulate matrix metalloproteinase production in chondrocytes. We investigated the roles of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways activated by the COOH-terminal heparin-binding fibronectin fragment (HBFN-f) in collagenase production by human chondrocytes in culture....
We gave preoperative blood transfusions to 37 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 35 patients with osteoarthritis (OA), including some whose baseline hemoglobin level was less than 10 g/dl. Transfusion packs can preserve whole blood containing citrate phosphate dextrose (CPD) for 3 weeks. The baseline hemoglobi...
Hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for stroke, including first-ever and recurrent stroke. The association between blood pressure (BP) and stroke risk is continuous and may be documented as low as 115/75 mm Hg. Because of this continuum of risk, and because most strokes occur in individuals with mild hyp...
To assess the protein expression of Fhit and its correlation with spontaneous apoptosis, tumor clinicopathological parameters and prognosis in nasal and paranasal sinus carcinomas.
To identify the epitope of SARS-CoV spike protein specific neutralizing monoclonal antibody (MAb) 2C5. The antibody was used as target and three rounds of bio-panning were conducted with phage-display peptide library. After the third panning, 20 phage-plague clones were randomly picked and analyzed for the binding abil...
To improve the targeting of adenovirus vector for gene therapy, a fusion gene sCAR-EGF, in which epidermal growth factor gene was fused to the 3' end of extracellular Coxsackie virus-adenovirus receptor gene, was constructed and cloned into shuttle plasmid pDC315 to obtain a recombinant plasmid pDC315-sCAR-EGF. With th...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (HPAI) viruses of the H5N1 subtypes caused enormous economical loss to poultry farms in China and Southeastern Asian countries. The vaccination program is a reliable strategy in controlling the prevalence of these disastrous diseases. The six internal genes of the high-yield influenz...
Vp1 gene of O type foot-and-mouth diseases virus and M. tuberculosis HSP70 were expressed in methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris expression system. The results of cellular immune responses and humoral immune response were examined after BALB/c mice were immunized with fusion protein expressed in methylotrophic yeast P...
The full length of chicken interferon alpha (ChIFN-alpha) gene was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from total liver genome of Sanhuang meat-chicken and sequenced. The amplified gene was about 582bp. The coding region for mature protein (489bp) was subcloned into pET-28a(+). The recombinant plasmid pET-...
Selectable marker genes that usually encode antibiotic or herbicide resistances are widely used for the selection of the transgenic plants, but they become unnecessary and undesirable after transformation selection. An important strategy to improve the transgenic plants' biosafety is to eliminate the marker genes after...
Six 89bp primers were designed on the base of the cDNA sequence encoding the human leptin reported on the NCBI. The synthetic gene with 464bp encoding rhLep was obtained by SOE ( splicing by overlap extension) PCR. The expression vector pET22b(+)/rhLep was constructed and transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3). The rhLep ...
The fusion protein of enterokinase light chain, DsbA-rEKL, was expressed mainly in inclusion body in E. coli. The recombinant bacteria was fermented to high density, with high expression of the fusion protein. After being washed with 0.5% Triton X-100 and 4mol/L urea, the inclusion body was dissolved in 6mol/L guanidin...
A continuous ethanol fermentation system composed of three-stage tanks in series coupled with two sedimentation tanks was established. A self-flocculating yeast strain developed by protoplast fusion from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe was applied. Two-stage enzymatic hydrolysate of corn powder c...
The process performance of simultaneous anaerobic sulfide and nitrate removal was studied. The results showed that the process held a high sulfide and nitrate removal loading rate of 3.73kg/(m3 x d) and 0.80kg/(m3 x d), respectively, under steady state. It was capable of tolerating high influent substrate concentration...
Avidin layer was bound on the substrate surface of Silicon wafer modified with aldehyde. The interaction between avidin and biotin was adopted for the immobilization of mouse monoclonal biotin-anti-M13 (antibody GP3)-labeled biotin. The surface was incubated in a solution containing phage M13KO7, which was trapped by t...
Hypertension promotes left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and myocardial remodeling and is frequently present in patients with systolic or diastolic heart failure. Control of hypertension in both of these settings may attenuate progressive LV hypertrophy and remodeling and improve clinical outcomes. Guidelines for the ma...
Alveolar hemorrhage occurs as a complication of systemic inflammatory diseases. In addition to alveolar hemorrhage, patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) may suffer from digital infarction, pulmonary hypertension, and renal crisis. Although a common pathogenesis of this disease that explains the variety of problems du...
To prepare pneumolysin as a new protein carrier of vaccine against otitis media with genetic engineering technology and establish the base of the study on pneumococcal conjugative vaccines.
To assess the effect of small interfering RNA (siRNA) specific to protein kinase CK2a on proliferation and apoptosis of Hep-2 cell line.
There has been growing interest in paramyosin as a vaccine component to combat schistosomiasis. Immunological and molecular techniques have been used in the past to investigate the effectiveness of a paramyosin vaccine as an anti-schistosomal treatment. However, recent localization studies at ultrastructural and morpho...
Calreticulin (CR) is a Ca(2+)-binding, multifunctional protein. The amazing array of CR-associated functions range from intracellular activities in secondary messenger release, protein folding and the modulation of gene expression to potential interactions with host receptors and signaling machinery and recognition by ...
In most organisms, the nuclear ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes are highly repetitive and arranged as tandem repeats on one or more chromosomes. In Entamoeba, however, these genes are located almost exclusively on extrachromosomal circular DNA molecules with no clear evidence so far of a chromosomal copy. Such an uncommon lo...
Phage display involves the production and screening of large numbers of random peptide sequences of a specific length expressed on the surface of phage particles. This approach provides a powerful tool to probe the molecular basis of many biological processes, including host-parasite interactions. Phage display librari...
Complement-dependent destruction of invading micro-organisms is a crucial first-line defense against infection, yet both African and American trypanosomes are able to resist attack by complement. African trypanosomes resist non-specific complement attack by virtue of a thick glycoprotein surface coat, and the host rang...
Over the past five years, several methods have been developed that exploit the differences between Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) and the human LDH isoforms for the purposes of measuring pLDH in blood and in in vitro cultures. These methods have been incorporated into an easy screening method for the identific...
Infection with Hypoderma lineatum is accompanied by modulation of the host's immune system. Here, Nathalie Moiré describes some in vitro studies examining how the parasitic enzyme hypodermin A interferes with lymphocyte proliferation.
Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder. Long-term inflammation leads to varying degrees of structural changes in the airway wall known as airway reconstruction or remodeling. These structural changes are found in the airways of most patients with prolonged disease. After remodeling, the airway walls show t...
To investigate the expression of mitogen-actived protein kinase (MAPK), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) in pulmonary artery of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and therefore to explore the possible roles of MAPK, PI3K and HIF-1alpha in the development o...
Protein synthesis and protein degradation are highly regulated cellular processes that are essential to maintaining cell viability. Numerous studies now indicate that protein synthesis and protein degradation are significantly altered in Alzheimer's disease (AD), with impairments in these two processes potentially cont...
Amyloid peptide (A beta) aggregates, derived from initial beta-site proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients. The plasmin-generating cascade appears to serve a protective role in the central nervous system since plasmin-mediated proteolysis ...
Mechanisms that cause Alzheimer's disease (AD), an invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease, are unknown. Important recent data indicate that neuronal heme deficiency may contribute to AD pathogenesis. If true, factors that contribute to the intracellular heme deficiency could potentially alter the course of AD. The ...
The overall aim of this article is to review current therapeutic strategies for treating AD, with a focus on mitochondrially targeted antioxidant treatments. Recent advances in molecular, cellular, and animal model studies of AD have revealed that amyloid precursor protein derivatives, including amyloid beta (A beta) m...
Studies during the last two decades have provided new insights into the molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease (AD). One of the milestone findings in AD research was the demonstration that neurofibrillary degeneration characterized by tau pathology is central to the pathogenesis of AD and other tauopathies and that...
Cytosolic brain-type creatine kinase (BB-CK), which is coexpressed with ubiquitous mitochondrial uMtCK, is significantly inactivated by oxidation, in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Since CK has been shown to play a fundamental role in cellular energetics of the brain, any disturbance of this enzyme may exasperate t...
Extensive beta-amyloid (A beta) deposits in brain parenchyma in the form of senile plaques and in blood vessels in the form of amyloid angiopathy are pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The mechanisms underlying A beta deposition remain unclear. Major efforts have focused on A beta production, but there...
Protein aggregation takes place in many neurodegenerative disorders. However, there is a controversy about the possible toxicity of these protein aggregates. In this review, this controversy is discussed, focussing on the tau aggregation that takes place in those disorders known as tauopathies.
Alzheimer's disease is the principal cause of dementia throughout the world and the fourth cause of death in developed economies.This brain disorder is characterized by the formation of brain protein aggregates, namely, the paired helical filaments and senile plaques. Oxidative stress during life, neuroinflamamtion, an...
Since 1999, oxidative damage to RNA molecules has been described in several neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Down syndrome, dementia with Lewy bodies, prion disease, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, and xeroderma pigmentosum. An early involvement of RNA oxidation of vulnerab...
OBJECTIVE.: To determine whether atrophy of the uterine cervix in menopausal women is associated with an increased expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), a decrease in their counter regulatory proteins (tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase [TIMP]), and a decrease in type I collagen. MATERIALS AND METHO...
OBJECTIVE.: Recently, an immunohistochemical test for her-2-neu has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for evaluation of breast cancer patients who might benefit from treatment with Herceptin (HercepTest). This study was undertaken to evaluate the immunohistochemical staining patterns in cervical cancer ...
Females with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are characterized by several metabolic abnormalities that favor the development of atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is possibly a chronic inflammatory process, and the markers of the inflammatory state, such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen may be useful to assess...
MicroRNA (miRNA)-guided messenger RNA (mRNA) translational repression is believed to be mediated by effector miRNA-containing ribonucleoprotein (miRNP) complexes harboring fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). Recent studies documented the nucleic acid chaperone properties of FMRP and characterized its role and ...
C5a, one of the most potent inflammatory peptides, induces its inflammatory functions by interacting with C5a receptor (C5aR) that belongs to the rhodopsin family of seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptors. C5a/C5aR signaling has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many inflammatory and immunological disease...
In mammalian cells, fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) has been reported to be part of a microRNA (miRNA)-containing effector ribonucleoprotien (RNP) complex believed to mediate translational control of specific mRNAs. Here, using recombinant proteins, we demonstrate that human FMRP can act as a miRNA acceptor...
Encoded by the genome of most eukaryotes examined so far, microRNAs (miRNAs) are small approximately 21-nucleotide (nt) noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) derived from a biosynthetic cascade involving sequential processing steps executed by the ribonucleases (RNases) III Drosha and Dicer. Following their recent identification, mi...
Micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) technique was applied to study the membrane protein conformational and functional changes of myocardial cell irradiated by pulse microwave. The results show that pulse microwave could influence the membrane protein structure markedly. The stretching vibration of lipi...
To study the relationship between the efficacy of interferon-alpha and the variation of perforin protein expression in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells in 35 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
To study the relativity between La protein and the stability of HBV mRNA and the expression of HBV protein.
To investigate the effect of apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (APOBEC3G) mediated antiviral activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV) and duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV).
The ability to control cell volume is fundamental for proper cell function. This review highlights recent advances in the understanding of the complex sequences of events by which acute cell volume perturbation alters the activity of osmolyte transport proteins in cells from vertebrate organisms. After cell swelling, t...
Cell migration is typically accomplished by the generation of protrusive mechanical forces and is achieved by repeated spatially and temporally coordinated cycles including the formation of a leading edge, the formation of new and disruption of older adhesions to the substratum, actomyosin based contractions and retrac...
Whereas the kidney has to cope with extremely high osmolarity during urinary concentration the liver is exposed to only moderate alterations in ambient osmolarity. More importantly, hormones, amino acids, and oxidative stress induce hepatocyte swelling or shrinkage within a narrow physiological range. It is meanwhile w...
Advances in proteomics technology offer great promise in the understanding and treatment of the molecular basis of disease. The past decade of proteomics research, the study of dynamic protein expression, post-translational modifications, cellular and sub-cellular protein distribution, and protein-protein interactions,...
Involvement of the heart is a common finding in amyloidosis. The heart is usually infiltrated by amyloid fibrils in primary amyloidosis and age-related forms of amyloidosis, less commonly in transthyretin familial amyloidosis, and rarely in secondary amyloidosis. The most common clinical presentation is restrictive car...
Chinese herbal medicine has been used for thousands of years in China and other Asian countries to treat a variety of inflammatory diseases. The classic Chinese herbal formula, Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXL) is commonly used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of joint pain and other symptoms of arth...
The cardiovascular effect of the crude methanol extract from the leaf of Muntingia calabura L. (Tiliaceae) was investigated in the anesthetized rats. The crude methanol extract was sequentially fractionated to obtain the water-soluble extract (WSE). Intravenous administration of the WSE (10, 25, 50, 75 or 100 mg/kg) pr...
The presence of granulomas in the liver raises consideration of a wide differential diagnosis, but in most Western series, sarcoidosis accounts for a majority of cases. This review will focus specifically on the diagnosis of and therapy for hepatic sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown...
In 1996, the International Ascites Club defined "refractory ascites" as ascites that cannot be mobilized by medical therapy or that recurs early after initial mobilization despite continued treatment. Of all patients with ascites, 5% to 10% will become refractory to medical therapy. Management of refractory ascites sho...
To prepare monoclonal antibodies against West Nile virus (WNV) envelope protein domain.
To explore the significance of HBV large envelope protein (LHBs) in diagnosing HBV replication in chronic hepatitis B patients.
To produce specific monoclonal-antibodies (MAbs) for MHC class I complexes bound with HPV16E7 CTL epitopic peptide (49-57), and provide a foundation for the investigation of the present pathway of viral antigen protein after in vitro viral infection.
To construct a subtractive cDNA library of genes transactivated by NS4A protein of hepatitis C virus with suppression subtractive hybridization technique (SSH).
To explore the significance of hepatitis B virus PreS1-Ag, PreS2-Ag, large protein (LP) detection and the prediction of viral replication.
Galectin-3 (Gal-3), coding by LGALS3BP gene, is a protein of the lectin family that has been associated with neoplastic processes and seems to play an important role in a variety of cell biological processes. In the thyroid gland, the high expression of this protein has been described in differentiated carcinomas, espe...