The biological complexity associated with the regulation of histone demethylases makes it desirable to configure a cellular mechanistic assay format that simultaneously encompasses as many of the relevant cellular processes as possible. In this report, the authors describe the configuration of a JMJD3 high-content cellular mechanistic imaging assay that uses ...

The type of sampling technique used to obtain food samples is fundamental to the success of microbiological analysis. Destructive and nondestructive techniques, such as tissue excision and rinsing, respectively, are widely employed in obtaining samples from chicken carcasses. In this study, four sampling techniques used for chicken carcasses were compared ...

Leukotrienes are biologically active lipid metabolites of arachidonic acid that are involved in inflammation and play a significant role in respiratory and cardiovascular disease. The integral nuclear membrane protein 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP) is essential for leukotriene biosynthesis in response to cellular activation. The crystal structures of human FLAP with two ...

This study investigated two related aspects of male-female reproductive interactions in the family Cyprinidae: (1) whether ovulating female rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus (subfamily Leuciscinae) induce endocrine and gonadal priming responses in conspecific males, a phenomenon which has been described only in species from the subfamily Cyprininae such as goldfish, Carassius auratus, ...

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The aim of this study was to elucidate the characteristics of the transport of lactone and carboxylate forms of SN-38 (SN-38L and SN-38C, respectively), a metabolite of irinotecan hydrochloride (CPT-11), with the human intestinal epithelial cell line, Caco-2. We examined SN-38L and SN-38C uptake from the apical side into Caco-2, ...

Abstract Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating muscle disorder caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. There is currently no effective treatment for DMD. Muscle satellite cells are tissue-specific stem cells found in the skeletal muscle; these cells play a central role in postnatal muscle growth and regeneration, and ...

A spirosolane derivative possessing a hydroxyl group at C-23, esculeogenin A, a sapogenol of tomato saponin, was found to be easily converted into the corresponding pregnane derivative by refluxing with aqueous pyridine. Therefore, introduction of a hydroxyl group into the C-23 of diosgenin (as representative of spirostane derivatives) and solasodine ...

Development of models for growth of Salmonella in the chicken food matrix is time-consuming and expensive. The current study was undertaken to examine growth of Salmonella on different anatomical locations of the chicken carcass. The purpose was to determine whether anatomical location should be included as an independent variable in ...

Temporal arteritis is a rare systemic autoimmune disease and the arteritic process in this case of temporal arteritis involved large and medium-size arteries. Temporal arteritis with internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion is very rare. We report a case of temporal arteritis with ICA occlusion following superficial temporal artery (STA) -middle ...

Ricin is considered to be one of the most deadly toxins and gained its favor as a bioweapon that has a serious social and biological impact, due to its widespread nature and abundant availability. The hazardous effects of this toxin in human being are seen in almost all parts of ...

Fungal diseases are problematic in cultured fish and shellfish, their seeds, and sometimes wild marine animals. In this chapter fungal diseases found in marine animals, especially in Japan, are described. Pathogens in the fungal diseases are divided into two groups. One of them is marine Oomycetes, which cause fungal diseases ...

• Premise of the Study: Calocedrus is among the genera with a typical eastern Asian-western North American disjunct distribution today. The origin of its modern distribution pattern can be better understood by examining its fossil record. • Methods: The present article reports for the first time a new fossil species ...

Abstract Parkinson's disease has been so far commonly treated with medication therapy. Although the medication works effectively in the initial phase, it turns out to be less effective at the later stage of the disease. Recently, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have attracted much attention because of their potential to ...

Herein, we report on a strategy for durable modification of the channel surface in microfluidic glass chips with the neutral hydrophilic-coating material poly(ethylene glycol) PEG-1M-100. Applied in microchip electrophoresis such PEG-coated devices exhibit a suppressed electroosmotic flow and reduced analyte adsorption. The PEG-coated chips were successfully applied in chip electrophoresis ...

A wide range of polymorphisms have been reported in muscarinic receptor subtype genes, mostly in M(1) and M(2) and, to a lesser extent, M(3) receptors. Most studies linking such genetic variability to phenotype have been performed for brain functions, but a more limited amount of information is also available for ...

We provide here the description of a new marine species that harbors green or red chloroplasts. In contrast to certain other species of the genus, Mesodinium chamaeleon n. sp. can be maintained in culture for short periods only. It captures and ingests flagellates including cryptomonads. The prey is ingested very ...

A 44-year-old man presented with symptomatic hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy was performed but proved ineffective, so ventriculo-peritoneal shunt using a programmable pressure valve (PPV) was carried out. Subdural hematoma appeared 5 weeks postoperatively and subsequently increased though the pressure setting was maximum. One more valve was ...

Congenital heart defects occur in approximately 1% of newborns and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and children. Many adult cardiac diseases also have developmental basis, such as heart valve malformations, among others. Therefore, dissecting the developmental and molecular mechanisms underlying such defects in embryos is ...

Lewd, crude, and rude behaviors of patients and staff members have the potential to complicate care; unfortunately, the medical literature on manners and etiquette is sparse. We sought to understand the impact of lewd, crude, and rude behaviors in the general hospital and to provide a context in which to ...

We are still at the early phase of finding useful phenotypes in COPD that can guide therapy. However, in a simple sense, "sick patients die." Many phenotypic measurements of severity correlate with mortality in COPD: FEV(1), the ratio of inspiratory capacity to total lung capacity (IC/TLC), diffusing capacity of the ...

With the approval of boceprevir and telaprevir the standard treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection will be the triple therapy of a HCV protease inhibitor together with pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin. In clinical studies a significant increase of sustained virological response rates from 38 - 44 % to ...

Sitafloxacin (STFX) hydrate is a non-stoichiometric hydrate. The hydration state of STFX hydrate varies non-stoichiometrically depending on the relative humidity and temperature, though X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) of STFX hydrate was not affected by storing at low and high relative humidities. The detailed properties of crystalline water of STFX hydrate ...

Over the past decade, an immense amount of biomedical data have become available in the public domain due to the development of ever-more efficient screening tools such as expression microarrays. To fully leverage this important new resource, it has become imperative to develop new methodologies for mining and visualizing data ...

Professional societies have encouraged primary care providers to conduct spirometry testing for the detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In spite of this effort, the success rate is unacceptably low. Simple flow-sensing spirometers have technical flaws that can cause misreadings, and they are rarely checked for accuracy. When spirometry ...

The Supreme Court's decisions on the ACA won't undo the realization that how we deliver and pay for care must change.Editor's note: Each January AJN examines the major stories affecting nurses and health care during the previous year. This year's top stories aren't too different from those we highlighted last ...

Abstract A 63-year-old man presented with cognitive impairment including disturbance of memory functions and character change. Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed signal hyperintensities in the bilateral medial temporal lobes. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis revealed high protein concentrations, positive results for the oligoclonal band, and a slightly positive ...

Two new 6-hydroxyeunicellin diterpenoids, cladieunicellin G (1) and 6-epi-cladieunicellin F (2), were isolated from an Indonesian octocoral Cladiella sp. The structures of eunicellins 1 and 2 were established by spectroscopic methods and 2 was found to be an epimer of the known eunicellin cladieunicellin F (3). Eunicellin 2 displayed inhibitory ...

Radiologists and their practices and departments are facing challenges that are increasing in number and intensity. These include higher expectations from hospital administrators and referring physicians, new regulatory requirements, lower reimbursements, and competition from predatory practices. For many radiologists, these forces are having a negative impact on their job satisfaction, ...

The authors report a case of ruptured giant thrombosed aneurysm successfully treated with endovascular internal trapping following emergent balloon occlusion test (BOT), and discuss its clinical implications regarding emergent BOT. A 41-year-old female showing massive epistaxis was referred to our institute for the treatment of a giant aneurysm. Computed tomography ...

Formation of the cardiac outflow tract and great arteries involves complex morphogenetic processes, whose abnormities result in several clinically important diseases. Studies of these developmental processes are therefore important for understanding congenital vascular defects. However, the three-dimensional structure of arteries makes it challenging to analyze the pattern of vasculature using ...

Black tea (Camellia sinensis) has been used as a daily beverage for time immemorial. Immunomodulatory effects of tea are recognized as it stimulates the proliferation of cultured human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Anti-inflammatory effects of tea have also been depicted in the available literature. Therefore, we designed this study to ...

Physical comorbidities and depression are associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis, but little is known about the impact of psychological determinants such as coping strategies in this association. This study examined the relation between psychosocial factors, particularly health-related locus of control (HLOC) and ...

The precipitation of phenytoin sodium injection provoked by mixing with infusion fluids renders its use in clinical practice difficult, as rapid intravenous (i.v.) push and i.v. infusion are supposed to be avoided. As some of its aspects remain unclear, this study tried to elucidate this precipitation mechanism. In particular, this ...

Considering the importance of CBB staining in visualizing proteins in 2-DE gels, any improvement in the existing protocols with high sensitivity and good MS compatibility is of significant importance. In this study, we systematically evaluated the effects of different staining parameters on CBB methods by 1-DE and 2-DE, and demonstrated ...

Campylobacter has been implicated as a major cause of foodborne illness worldwide. Pigs can be subclinically infected, and fecal contamination of meat during slaughter is a food safety risk. The objective of this study was to determine the association between the concentration of Campylobacter pre- and periharvest with postharvest contamination ...

Many challenges face vascular access nurses as technology improves and patients require more numerous and lengthy intravenous therapies. Nurses began placing peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) at the patient bedside in an effort to defray costly interventional radiology procedures and provide for patient comfort. In recent years, the numbers of ...

Pediatric research without the potential for clinical benefit is vital to improving pediatric medical care. This research also raises ethical concern and is regarded by courts and commentators as unethical. While at least 10 justifications have been proposed in response, all have fundamental limitations. This article describes and defends a ...

High-throughput ballistic injection nanorheology is a method for the quantitative study of cell mechanics. Cell mechanics are measured by ballistic injection of submicron particles into the cytoplasm of living cells and tracking the spontaneous displacement of the particles at high spatial resolution. The trajectories of the cytoplasm-embedded particles are transformed ...

The Xylariaceae is one of the best-known pyrenomycete families (Ascomycota) and is distributed throughout the world. The majority are wood inhabitants and are prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions. Halorosellinia oceanicum is the most widely distributed in mangroves and can be regarded as truly manglicolous being frequently recorded as the ...

In total, 796 serum samples of sheep on commune alpine pastures in the region of Vorarlberg were investigated by a commercial ELISA kit for antibodies against Chlamydia abortus, the agent of ovine enzootic abortion. The aim of the study was to determine the seroprevalence within this region and to compare ...

Objectives To investigate the impact of early sexual debut on HIV seroprevalence and incidence rates among a cohort of women. Design Prospective study. Setting KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Participants A total of 3492 sexually active women who consented to screen a HIV prevention trial during September 2002 to September 2005; a ...

We determined the binding affinity of tamsulosin, a selective α(1)-adrenoceptor antagonist, for human α(1)-adrenoceptor subtypes in comparison with those of other α(1)-adrenoceptor antagonists including silodosin, prazosin, 5-methylurapidil, terazosin, alfuzosin, nafopidil, urapidil and BMY7378. The association and dissociation kinetics of [(3)H]tamsulosin for recombinant human α(1)-adrenoceptor subtypes were compared with those of ...

Abstract A 62-year-old man with hypertension and diabetes mellitus controlled by medication suddenly noticed slight hemiparesis and was admitted to our hospital. Tissue-plasminogen activator (t-PA) was administered as his NIHSS was 6 and there were no contraindications. His symptoms completely resolved after t-PA injection. He was discharged on Day 9 ...

Muscarinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors (mAChRs; M(1)-M(5)) regulate the activity of an extraordinarily large number of important physiological processes. During the past 10-15 years, studies with whole-body M(1)-M(5) mAChR knockout mice have provided many new insights into the physiological and pathophysiological roles of the individual mAChR subtypes. This review will focus ...

In a nationally representative study of 1,071 nursing home social services directors 80% of social services departments provided resident rights training and 60-70% were involved in abuse training. Departments headed by recent grads and in chain nursing homes or in the northeast were more likely to be involved in training. ...

Measurement of various aspects of pulmonary function is a relatively easy, noninvasive, and inexpensive way to gauge the status of the respiratory system. Interest in using these tests to determine risk from medical and surgical interventions stems from their presumed ability to be more sensitive than history or physical examination ...

The biological role of acetylcholine and the cholinergic system is revisited based particularly on scientific research early and late in the last century. On the one hand, acetylcholine represents the classical neurotransmitter, whereas on the other hand, acetylcholine and the pivotal components of the cholinergic system (high-affinity choline uptake, choline ...

Nonthermal plasma has been shown to be effective in reducing pathogens on the surface of a range of fresh produce products. The research presented here investigated the effectiveness of nonthermal dielectric barrier discharge plasma on Salmonella enterica and Campylobacter jejuni inoculated onto the surface of boneless skinless chicken breast and ...

Water plays a crucial role in the mediation of protein-ligand interactions, as underscored by the fact that most X-ray crystal structures (of sufficient resolution) of protein-ligand complexes possess water molecules at the protein-ligand interface. In this chapter, the accuracy and reliability of ordered waters observed in crystal structures is discussed. ...