Cross-linked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) membranes were prepared by polymerization in periodic nanostructured lyotropic liquid crystals (LLC) hexagonal phases under UV light. A series of membranes were prepared under different purification treatment conditions. Polarized light microscope was employed to determine the LLC phase texture of LLC system before and after polymerization. ...

BACKGROUND Preoperative planning of nasal tip surgery requires an accurate assessment of the nasal tip cartilages configuration. The current literature lacks any evidence on the accuracy of preoperative assessment of the lower lateral cartilages (LLC) shape. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to determine the accuracy of the LLC shape and configuration assessment prior to dissection. METHODS...

The present studies were done to clarify potential pathways of the nephrogenic repair process. Media removed from mechanically injured vascular smooth muscle cells and LLC-PK1 renal tubular epithelial cells significantly stimulated[Formula: see text]thymidine uptake and cell number in quiescent LLC-PK1 cells, demonstrating the existence of potential autocrine and paracrine pathways of nephrogen...

BACKGROUND This study aims to investigate the role of microtubule dynamics in the initiation of NWS/33 human influenza A (NWS) virus infection in MDCK and LLC-MK2 mammalian kidney cells. We previously demonstrated a host-dependent role of the actin cytoskeleton in inducing restriction during the early phases of NWS infection. Furthermore, we showed the differential infectious entry of NWS virus...

The chemokine MCP-1/CCL2 is produced by a variety of tumors and plays an important role in cancer progression. We and others previously demonstrated that the primary source of MCP-1 in several mouse tumors, including 4T1 breast cancer, M5076 sarcoma, and B16 melanoma, was stromal cells. In the present study, we identified that tumor cells were the primary source of MCP-1 in Lewis lung carcinoma...

AN ULTRA-COMPACT, HIGH-ACCURACY STAR TRACKER. P. H. Sorensen, B. J. Davis, R. J. KlineSchoder, and R. L. Morrison. Creare LLC, 16 Great Hollow Road, Hanover, NH 03755; [email protected]. Creare LLC, 16 Great Hollow Road, Hanover, NH 03755; [email protected]. Creare LLC, 16 Great Hollow Road, Hanover, NH 03755; [email protected]. Distant Focus Corporation, 1715 Ironhorse Drive, Suite 260, Longmont, CO, 8...

The canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter (cMOAT), also termed MRP2, is a recently identified ATP-binding cassette transporter. We previously established stable human cMOAT cDNA-transfected cells, LLC/cMOAT-1 from LLC-PK1 cells, and LLC/CMV cells that were transfected with an empty vector. We found that LLC/cMOAT-1 cells have increased resistance to vincristine (VCR), 7-ethyl-10-h...