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Deciphering the mechanisms underlying skeletal muscle differentiation in mammals is an important challenge. Cell differentiation involves complex pathways regulated at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. Recent observations have revealed the importance of small (20-25 base pairs) non-coding RNAs (micr...
To investigate monocyte chemotactic protein-3 (MCP-3) mRNA and protein expression and distribution in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) tissue, so as to study its function in the tumor development.
To determine C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in acute retinal artery occlusion (RAO) and their association with atherosclerotic risk factors.
YMnO3 thin films deposited on Si (100) substrate by pulsed laser deposition at room temperature were annealed at different temperatures. The microstructure and fluorescent emission properties of these films were studied using XRD and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The results show that polycrystalline YMnO3 thin films can be obt...
The optical response from a mechanical stimulus signal oscillating system of NADH, DPIP and O2 with the participant of lactate dehyrogenase (LDH) was studied with UV/Vis Spectrometer in the present paper. The signal transduction efficiency of the system was largely improved by the catalysis of LDH, when DPIP. : NADH wa...
Since biological functions of the elements are generally different, depending on their chemical forms, chemical speciation analysis is really important in metallomics research. Thus, multielement analysis and chemical speciation of the elements in serum were carried out in the present work. A hyphenated technique was d...
To construct and express human 4-1BBL/anti-CD20 bispecific fusion protein and identify its biological activity.
To prepare a soluble human Era(hEra) protein and to measure its bioactivity.
Centella asiatica (CA) is a common medicinal plant used in the ayurvedic system of medicine to treat various ailments and as a memory enhancer. Despite its extensive usage in children, data on its ability to modulate neuronal oxidative stress in prepubertal rodents are limited. Hence in the present study we have addres...
Progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra and the resulting dopamine deficiency in the striatum are neuropathological basis of the movement disorders in Parkinson's disease (PD). Neuromelanin-containing neurons are particularly susceptible to degeneration and their depigmentation is the h...
To observe the regulatory effect of assorted use of Chinese drugs for detoxifying and activating blood circulation on serum high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in apolipoprotein E gene knock-out [ApoE (-/-)] mice.
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is widely used to reduce the risk of infection resulting from neutropenias and to mobilize and collect CD34+ hematopoetic progenitor cells (HPCs) for autologous and allogenic transplantation. The safety of recombinant human G-CSF (rhG-CSF) administration in healthy donors h...
Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in heme degradation to produce carbon monoxide (CO), iron, and biliverdin. Biliverdin is subsequently converted to bilirubin by its reductase, and iron is recycled for heme synthesis. The inducible HO isoform, HO-1, is involved in the protection of multiple tissues a...
For a simple mathematical model of microbial product formation, the productivities of stationary and nonstationary cultivation methods (chemostat and cyclic batch) are compared. Conditions of superiority of the cyclic batch cultivation are characterized. The model includes substrate inhibition of the product formation ...
In the cellulase-cellulose reaction system, the adsorption of cellulase on the solid cellulose substrate was found to be one of the important parameters that govern the enzymatic hydrolysis rate of cellulose. The adsorption of cellulase usually parallels the rate of hydrolysis of cellulose. The affinity for cellulase v...
The effect of external mass transfer resistance on the overall reaction rate of the immobilized whole cell penicillin amidase of E. coli in a recirculation batch reactor was investigated. The internal diffusional resistance was found negligible as indicated by the value of effectiveness factor, 0.95. The local environm...
The rates of reactions catalyzed by enzymes immobilized on a nonporous solid surface have been computed employing a Nernst film model. The Nernst-Planck equations for the transport of the charged substrate and product species in the film and the Poisson equation for the distribution of electrical potential are solved n...
The yeast Pachysolen tannophilus was entrapped in calcium alginate beads to ferment D-xylose on a continous basis in the presence of high cell densities. Experimental operating variables included the feed D-xylose concentration, the dilution rate, and the fermentor biomass concentration. Under favorable operating condi...
Foam separation on BSA-DNA (bovine serum albumine/deoxyribonucleic acid) and Lysozyme-DNA systems is performed. The separation of the total protein from DNA is evaluated for dissociated chromatin solution. Foam separation for the same systems is done also by a new method of creating a pressure gradient in the Plateau-G...
Since it has not been possible to produce penicillin in tower-loop reactors with highly viscous filamentous molds of Penicillium chrysogenum which are employed in stirred-tank reactors, a new strategy has been developed to avoid the formation of this morphology and to use the pellet form of the fungi. When employing de...
It has been shown that simultaneous attrition of cellulose in an attritor containing stainlesssteel beads results in a substantial enhancement of the enzymatic hydrolysis. The attrition exerts two opposing effects, continuous delamination and comminution of the substrate with formation of new reactive sites and a gradu...
Photosynthetic ATP accumulation was shown in the presence of exogenous ADP plus orthophosphate on illumination to the intact cells of a strain of thermophilic blue-green algae isolated from Matsue hot springs, Mastigocladus sp. Kinetic studies of various effectors on the ATP accumulation proved that the ATP synthesis d...
Sucrose phosphorylase was immobilized on porous ceramic beads with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane and glutaraldehyde. It was determined experimentally that under laboratory conditions there was no diffusional resistance to the enzyme-catalyzed reaction. The half-life of the immobilized enzyme varied from about 35 days at...
A derivative of crosslinked Sepharose, p-(N-acetyl-L-tyrosine azo) benzamidoethyl-CL-Sepharose 4B, was synthesized and used for the selective immobilization of thermostable lactase from Aspergillus oryzae.Preparations of soluble and immobilized lactase were evaluated under initial velocity conditions in a batch process...
As the hydrolysis of starch by glucoamylase proceeds with stepwise removal of glucose units from the nonreducing ends of the starch chain, the number of available substrate molecules is essentially unchanged in the course of the degradation. In view of this aspect, a simple practical kinetic expression, which consists ...
Glucoamylase and pullulanase were immobilized on reconstituted bovine-hide collagen membranes using the covalent azide linkage method. A pretanning step was incorporated into the immobilization procedure to enable the support matrix to resist proteolytic activity while accommodating an operating temperature of 50 degre...
A method is described for the immobilization on tritylated agarose or Sepharose columns of a wide spectrum of enzymes, including types useful in contemporary biochemistry/molecular biology, many of which have never before been reported as immobilized. The method involves the formation of noncovalent hydrophobic bonds b...
During drying of food materials a multitude of chemical reactions and/or physical changes may occur. In this article attention is focused on one of these, namely, inactivation of enzymes during drying. The prediction of enzyme retention during drying is of interest to the pharmaceutical industry for the production of d...
This work is concerned with statistical methods to estimate yield and maintenance parameters associated with microbial growth. For a given dilution rate, an experimenter typically measures substrate concentration, oxygen utilization rate, the rate of carbon dioxide evolution, and biomass concentration. These correlated...
The effective enzyme activity decay can be decreased by diffusion limitation in the immobilized pellet. Thiele modulus changes and/or poisoning of various enzyme forms are two phenomena which are influenced by diffusion limitation. This article considers these effects on enzyme decay as applied to glucose isomerase.
A number of studies on packed-bed immobilized enzyme reactors have shown the significant influence of the external film mass transfer resistance on the apparent kinetic parameters. Some of the earlier mathematical models using approximation techniques have attempted to explain the linearity of the S(0)x vs ln (1 - x) p...
A distributed parameter model for simulation of SCP-production processes in tower reactors with an outer loop was developed by considering substrate, cell, and CO(2) balances in the liquid phase, and O(2) and CO(3) balances in the ges phase and taking into account variations of dissolved oxygen concentration, pressure,...
Alcohol dehydrogenase has been immobilized to the basic copolymer and its several derivatives using various techniques. Enzyme coupling to the supports with amino groups by means of glutaraldehyde was found the most suitable. Activity of alcohol dehydrogenase coupled to these amino supports was comparable to that of th...
By the radiation-copolymerization method with polyethylene glycoldimethacrylate (PGD) as a main polymerizable reagent, microbial cells of Brevibacterium ammoniagenes were immobilized with high specific activity of NAD kinase and high mechanical strength. The reagents used for the immobilization such as PGD, polyvinyl a...
The acid precipitation of soya protein was studied in a continuous-flow tubular reactor under conditions of turbulent flow. Preliminary batchwise experiments of a semiquantitative nature were also carried out on a bench-scale reactor to better define the parameters affecting precipitate growth. The experiments indicate...
The leaching of iron pyrite by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans was studied in a continuous stirred tank reactor at a variety of dilution rates (0.012-0.22 h(-1)), pyrite surface areas (18-194 m(2)/L), and inlet soluble substrate (Fe(2+)) concentrations (0-3000 ppm). The bacterial leaching rate was found to increase with incr...
This article examines the potential of Jerusalem artichoke as a source for ethanol and single-cell protein SCP. In addition, experimental results are presented on batch fermentation kinetics employing two strains of Kluyveromyces marxianus and one strain of Saccharomyces rosei grown on the extract derived from the tube...
A detailed study of the influence of crude dextran on enzyme extractions in aqueous phase systems is presented in this article. The physical parameters of crude dextran, a purified T-500 fraction from Pharmacia, and a hydrolyzed crude dextran are compared and their influence on the phase system parameters investigated....
Two methods employing a water-soluble carbodiimide for carboxyl activation were investigated for the immobilization of biochemicals to succinamidopropyl-porous glass beads. Immobilization using the simultaneous method (simultaneous addition of carbodiimide and nucleophilic ligand to the beads) and large excess of carbo...
The metabolic regulation of tylosin synthesis by Streptomyces fradiae NRRL 2702 was studied in batch and chemostat cultures using a soluble synthetic medium. In batch culture a medium which diminished the trophophase-idiophase kinetic pattern was used to assess the activities of the enzymes involved in tylosin synthesi...
Microbial lipids produced by Rhodotorula gracilis NRRL Y-1091 grown in continuous culture under nitrogen-limiting condition were evaluated and the effects of growth rate and oxygen concentration on the degree of unsaturatoin of fatty acids studied. As the growth rate increased the protein content of the biomass increas...
Optimizations of cell productivity and utility of gaseous substrates were investigated for Alcaligenes hydrogenophilus. Theoretical analyses for the cell productivity and substrate utility were discussed in the light of experimental data. It was proved from the theoretical analyses that the maximum cell productivity wa...
Enzymes are often immobilized on the internal surfaces of porous solid by immersing enzyme-free particles in a well mixed solution of enzyme. The ensuing impregnation process involves coupled transient mass transfer and surface attachment of enzyme. A mathematical model is employed to explore the influences of process ...
A theoretical model equation was derived to find the correlation between the conversion and the amount of immobilized penicillin amidase in column. The theoretical values of the conversion were predicted form this correlation and compared with experimental results. It was observed in a column reactor that the pH drop a...
Glucoamylase was immobilized on granular polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and the optimum condition in its immobilization reaction was determined. The effect of the ratio of the imidoester and methylester to the total cyanogen on the activity of the immobilized enzyme was studied. The activity of the immobilized enzyme increase...
Loading and activity assays of the enzymes alpha-chymotrypsin, alpha-chymotrypsinogen, and glucose oxidase covalently bound to an activated carbon support are presented. The activated carbon support material was pretreated using either a radio-frequency oxygen plasma or an electrochemical oxidation to maximize the enzy...
After the sequencing of the human genome, the publication of the genome of our nearest relative, the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) provided groundbreaking data improving the understanding of the recent human evolution. There are about forty million changes, most of them single nucleotide substitutions, which teach us ab...
An in vitro and a feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effect of fibre-degrading enzymes A (xylanase + β-glucanase), B (xylanase) and C (xylanase + cellulase) on the nutritive value of broiler diets containing either hulled (22.5% and 23.5% for 4–21 days and 22–42 days of age, respectively) or dehulled (20% a...
Insulin resistance is an important risk factor for type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, polycystic ovary syndrome and other diseases. The most important stage in the development of insulin resistance is impairment of insulin-stimulated skeletal muscle glucose uptake. There is evidence that intramyocellular...
The processing of numerous experimental data shows that the high-level and rough treatments of multicomponent sewage water follow different laws. In the case of rough treatment, the classical Monod's model is fairly adequate to the experiment. High concentrations of a pollutant "saturate" the complex of microorganisms ...
Alcohol dehydrogenase has been covalently attached to the surfaces of nylon stir rods. Several rod types have been evaluated in terms of their mixing efficiency and enzyme loading. Fluorometric monitoring of the rate of conversion of NAD to NADH serves as a measure of the reaction rate under varying conditions. The rat...
Monod's kinetic model was used to correlate the specific growth rate of mixed activated sludge with the limiting substrate of phosphorus for both batch and continuous-flow culture systems. In the batch reactor system, the specific growth rate varied from 0.092 to 0.617 h(-1) and the saturation constant changed from 25....
Cultural conditions optimum for beta-galactosidase production by Saccharomyces anamensis are pH 4.5, temperature 26 +/- 2 degrees C, and 30 h of incubation period. Addition of lactose at 24 h fermentation greatly increase the level of enzyme. Optimum pHl, temperature, pH stability, and thermostability of yeast beta-gal...
Based on the experimental investigations with H. polymorpha and Methylomonas M 15 in bench-scale airlift tower-loop reactors, a general distributed parameter model was developed and used to simulate to cultivation process in a 40-m-high production reactor. This general model was simplified with regard to the gas phase ...
The solubility of plasma proteins was studied at various pH as a function of polyethylene glycol concentration. Computer analysis of precipitation curves permitted equations to be derived. The equations describe the relationship between protein solubility and polyethylene glycol concentration. The analysis of the equat...
A transient, two-culture model simulating methane production from biomass has been developed. The simulator, based partially on the work by Andrews and McCarty, is capable of calculating the hydrolysis products of several common organic materials, accommodating various substrate feeding modes, and simulating the transi...
Caldolysin, the extracellular thermostable metal-chelator-sensitive lytic protease from Thermus T-351 was immobilized to Sepharose 4B, CM-cellulose, and controlled pore glass (CPG). Although protein binding efficiencies were high (96, 88, and 95%), some loss of enzyme activity occurred on immobilization (26, 69, and 89...
Yeast alcohol dehydrogenase and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) were coimmobilized, with covalent attachment, to the interior surface of a nylon tube. The NAD was attahed at the N(6) group of the adenine moiety; an NAD derivative was prepared and attached to free carboxyl groups at a partially hydrolyzed nylon ...
It has been observed experimentally that the biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate (2,4-D) is inhibited by the presence of glucose. However, this effect is masked by the fact that larger concentrations of active biomass are produced when glucose is available. The implication of such a "mixed" growth in a continu...
Production of cellulase from Pestalotiopsis versicolor was studied in a shake flask culture. The cellulase system was found to be rich in beta-glucosidase. Kinetic parameters such as pH and temperature have been optimized for the various enzyme components.
A process for producing a higher-fructose syrup containing more than 50% fructose was developed that involves a new system combining selective adsorption of fructose and an immobilized glucose isomerase reaction. Continuous countercurrent contact of the liquid stream with the solid adsorbent is simulated by advancing a...
The kinetics of the cellulase-catalyzed conversion of soluble cellulose into glucose have been studied over a range of substrate concentrations and temperatures, and at pH values ranging from 4.75 to 7.0. Lineweaver-Burk plots were linear and led to V = 6.2muM/s and K(m) = 13.1 mM at pH 5.8 and 25.0 degrees C. The pK v...
The enzyme beta-D-glucosidase has been immobilized on concanavalin A-Sepharose to give a maximum loading of 2050 units/g dry weight of support material. The immobilized beta-D-glucosidase was also entrapped within calcium alginate gel spheres with apparently only 35% retention of activity when assayed with 10mM cellobi...
The influence of several operating variables on the productivity and nutritional quality of Candida utilis under carbon-limited growth conditions was studied. Four responses were analyzed: biomass yield (Y), in vitro dry matter digestibility (d), nucleic acid cotents, and protein content (P). Three operating variables ...
L-Lysine alpha-oxidase from Trichoderma viride Y244-2 is immobilized in a gelatin support and fixed on a pO(2) sensor. The enzyme electrode obtained is used in a continuous flow system in order to measure the concentration of L-lysine in a fermentor. The sample oxygen-content dependance of the signal is minimized becau...
Enzymes adsorbed on palmityl-substituted Sepharose 4B by hydrophobic interactions have been used in reactor-type experiments. Results presented on immobilized glutamate dehydrogenase, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, and amyloglucosidase indicate possible potential of the method for continuous catalytic operations. Glutama...
A mathematical model has been developed which describes substrate removal, oxygen utilization, and biomass production in an aggregated microbial suspension containing the substrate as a soluble biodegradable material and a uniform floc size. It is applicable to both steady-state and transient conditions. The model, con...
Cracked corn was irradiated with gamma rays at 0-100 Mrad and the effects of the irradiation on sugar yield, susceptibility to enzymatic hydrolysis of starch, yeast growth, and alcohol production were studied. Gamma irradiation at 50 Mrad or greater produced a considerable amount of reducing sugar but little glucose. A...
Actively growing Escherichia coli C600(pBR322), immobilized within the macroporous matrix of asymmetric-wall hollow-fiber membranes, has been propagated to extremely high densities, typically more than 10(12) cells/mL of accessible void volume, in some regions cells accounting for nearly 100% of the available macrovoid...
Application of experimental design techniques to Pirt's yield model shows that it is important to collect data at the lowest and highest specific growth rates. In the fed-batch fermentation process, values of specific growth rate can be varied from the maximum value at the start of the process to very low values near t...
A comprehensive mechanistic kinetic model for enzymatic hydrolysis of insoluble cellulose has been synthesized by combining models for several key aspects which have been derived independent of each other. The model takes into account the major contributing factors: the nature of the enzyme system, the structure of cel...
Microbial kinetics and energetics are discussed in connection with the formulation of unstructured growth models. The development of microbial energetics and the use of macroscopic methods in the study of microbial growth are briefly evaluated. The general approach to the modelling of microbial growth has been critical...
The removal of a complex substrate bovine serum albumin (BSA) by activated sludge was examined with respect to the initial level of substrate adsorbed, the rate of substrate removal, and the induction of exoprotease (located both on the sludge matrix and in the cell-free supernatant). The relationship of these various ...
The mode of uptake of sterols, which are nearly insoluble in water by an Arthrobacter species, was studied on the basis of substrate transfer via the aqueous phase (solubilization/pseudosolubilization) and through direct contact with sterol particles. Growth of the organism, on stero powder was predominantly in nonloga...
Using two species of yeast and one of bacterium, evidence has ben obtained which indicates that the microbial uptake of solid alkane powders occurs primarily through a substrate solubilization mechanism. EDTA, a strong inhibitor of hydrocarbon solubilization by the cells, inhibited the growth of these organisms on alka...
In this report, alpha-Amylase originating from Bacillus subtilis (liquefying type) was immobilized on partially imidoesterized polyacrylonitrile (PAN) by covalent bonding. For the preparation of immobilized alpha-amylase, which has a high activity and high stability to repeated use, the optimum conditions for the prepa...
The contiuously fed batch reactor (CFBR) is proposed as an alternative technique to the traditional chemostat and batch cultures, for measuring microbial growth rates. After reviewing the pitfalls which plague the conventional growth measurement techniques, the methodology for operating the CFBR to generate specific gr...
Culture filtrates of CL-847 strain of Trichoderma reesei grown on different carbon sources have been compared. The highest enzyme production is obtained with Whatman C 41 cellulose: 17.9 mg/mL of soluble proteins and 13.7 units of filter paper (FP) activity. Wood pulps gave lower production values and more viscous cult...
A new method for the automated analysis of inorganic phosphorus using immobilized enzyme was established. The method was based on the determination of hydrogen peroxide formed by the action of pyruvate oxidase on inorganic phosphate and pyruvate. Since pyruvate oxidase required inorganic phosphate for its stability and...
Pretreatment of bagasse by autohydrolysis at 200 degrees C for 4 min and explosive defibration resulted in the solubilization of 90% of the hemicellulose (a heteroxylan) and in the production of a pulp that was highly susceptible to hydrolysis by cellulases from Trichoderma reesei C-30 and QM 9414, and by a comercial p...
The particle size distribution (PSD) of soyabean protein aggregates obtained by acid precipitation in a continuous stirred reactor was measured with a Coulter Counter model TA II. Effects of changes in the operating variables pH, concentration, mean residence time, power input, and ionic strength were investigated. Pow...
Protein aggregate growth and breakage in agitated suspensions are modeled. The model includes growth of particles by a turbulent collision mechanism and breakage by a hydrodynamic shear mechanism. In the model, breakage results in the splitting of the particles into several small fragments. The model parameters are a g...
Lysine decarboxylase (L-lysine carboxylyase, E.C.4.1.1.18) is immobolized on a carbon dioxide gas-sensing electrode, by copolymerization with gelatin using the bifuncitional agent glutaraldehyde. The enzyme electrodes thus prepared are used in a continuous flow system to measure the concentration of L-lysine in a mixtu...
A purified endocellulase from Sclerotium rolfsii and a crude cellulase preparation from Trichoderma reesei are used to illustrate several pitfalls associated with the assay of carboxymethylcellulase activity and the subsequent attainment of linear enzyme dilution curves. It is shown that the nature of both the enzymes ...
Pseudomonas PG-1 cultivated on pristane produced in good amount a heat-stable polymeric substance which showed strong hydrocarbon emulsifying and solubilizing properties. The substance was isolated in crude form and was found to contain 34% protein, 16% carbohydrate, and 40% lipid. The hydrocarbon solubilizing activity...
E. Coli was cultivated in batch and continuous operations in the presence of an antifoam agent in stirred-tank and in single- and ten-stage airlift tower reactors with an outer loop. The maximum specific growth rate, mu(m), the substrate yield coefficient, Y(x/s), the respiratory quotient, RQ, substrate conversion, U(s...
Kinetics of malt starch hydrolysis by endogeneous alpha- and beta-amylases has been experimentally investigated in laboratory-, pilot- and industrial-scale reactors. The production rates of glucose, maltose, maltotriose and total extract, and the separate alpha- and beta-amylases deactivation rates are measured at vary...
In the microbial production of useful products, it is important to understand the allocation of substrate energy for maintanance, growth, and product formation. Methods are presented to obtain point and 95% confidence interval estimates for the true growth yield parameter, true product yield parameter, and the maintena...
A continuous process involving simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of liquefied starch has been developed using Zymomonas mobilis. Amyloglucosidase retention and cell recycle have been effected by using an Amicon hollow-fiber membrane system with a MW cutoff of 5000. Relatively high productivities of up to 6...
Five different types of reactors were employed for glucose isomerization using shrimp shell as the support on which to immobilize the glucose isomerase. The Michaelis-Menten constants and effective diffusivity of glucose in the immobilized enzyme bed were experimentally determined and used in a theoretical analysis of ...
This article is concerned with the development of a model to plan a strategy for an enzymatic batch process where enzyme is subjected to deactivation described by the inverted linear decay model. The particular system studied is the enzymatic hydrolysis of penicillin to 6-amino penicillanic acid (6 APA), but the model ...
The characteristics of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) immobilized onto Sepharose by a photochemical-initiated graft copolymerization are presented. Active copolymers were synthesized using different amounts of glycidylmethacrylate (GMA), bisacryloylpiperazine (BAP), or 1,3,5-hexhydrotriacryloyl-(s)-triazine (HTsT) as fun...
Thirteen yeast species belonging to nine genera were screened for the production of single-cell protein (SCP) using cheese whey as the substrate. Cheese whey supplemented with minerals and yeast extract proved to the best medium for yield, lactose utilization, biomass production, and conversion efficiency. Production o...
A numerical treatment of the signal produced by an electrode onto which an artificial enzyme membrane is mounted can give the concentration of the substrate (glucose, saccharose, lactose, amino acids, etc.) in solution. In the example of a glucose analyzer, in which glucose oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of glucose, t...
The study was aimed to investigate the biological behavior of stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) in migration, adhesion and apoptosis as well as the related signaling transduction pathways in different kinds of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cell lines. The expression of surface molecules on AML (KG1a, ML1 and U937) c...
This study was aimed to investigate a novel MLAA-22 antigen derived from a U937 cDNA library by the SEREX approach and search for gene expression in various samples. Bioinformatic analysis was performed to forecast MLAA-22 information mined from databases and experimental datasets. CTL epitope was predictied and the sp...
The aim of this study was to establish and optimize two-dimensional electrophoresis method for human bone marrow leukemia cells in order to obtain the profiles with high resolution and reproducibility. The total protein was extracted and separated by isoelectric focusing (IEF) and SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis...
The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) protein resulted from chromosome translocation in anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) and its relationship with the age and prognosis of patients with ALCL. The tissue microarray including 30 cases of ALCL and 2 normal control...
In order to investigate the influence of iron deficiency on the mRNA expression of iron regulatory protein (IRP(2)) mRNA and ferritins (FN) in intestinal mucosa of rat, the animal model of rat with nutritional iron deficiency was established. According to the measurement of serum iron (sI), serum fertitin (sFn) and Hb,...
To study the deleterious effect of prolonged hyperoxic exposure on term and premature neonatal rat lungs and investigate the relationship between insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-2 and hyperoxia-induced lung injury in neonatal rats.