Highly cross-linked 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate with poly(ethylene glycol) of molecular weight 600 (PEG600DMA) were molecularly imprinted with hydrophilic templates glucose and proxyphylline using water as a solvent. Glucose-imprinted polymers showed increased recognitive capacity compared to nonimprinted polymers as well as increased glucose upta...

We initiated these studies to help clarify the roles of heme, delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), hemA, and hemM in Escherichia coli heme synthesis. Using recombinant human hemoglobin (rHb1.1) as a tool for increasing E. coli's heme requirements, we demonstrated that heme is a feedback inhibitor of heme synthesis. Cooverexpression of rHb1.1 and the hemA-encoded glutamyl-tRNA (GTR) reductase increa...

Supercritical impregnation is an attractive “clean” alternative to conventional soaking into liquid process, using generally organic solvents. Impregnation process can be used for the development of controlled delivery systems that can be applied in pharmaceutical and medical fields. This work focuses on the preparation of controlled drug delivery systems for ophthalmic applications through sup...

In the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, two genes, hemA and hemT, each encode a distinct 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthase isozyme (E. L. Neidle and S. Kaplan, J. Bacteriol. 175:2292-2303, 1993). This enzyme catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step in a branched pathway for tetrapyrrole formation, leading to the biosynthesis of hemes, bacteriochlorophylls, and corrinoids. ...

The immunostimulatory effects of the representative dental resin monomer 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), a HEMA derivative that does not contain a double bond (2-hydroxyethyl isobutyrate, HEIB), and polymerized water-soluble oligomers of HEMA (PHEMA) were investigated. It is known that expression levels of either or both of CD54 and CD86 in THP-1 cells are increased by exposure to sensitizi...

The surface of monodisperse silica particles synthesized using the Stober process were coated with a thin layer of polystyrene. Surface charge groups were attached by a grafting polymerization of styrene sulfonate. The resulting highly charged monodisperse silica particles self-assemble into crystalline colloidal arrays (CCA) in deionized water. We polymerized hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) a...

In an initial report (Carbonetto, S. T., M. M. Gruver, and D. C. Turner (1982) Science 216: 897-899) we described the use of 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) in preparing defined culture substrates for studying nerve fiber growth. In those studies fibronectin and collagen were conspicuous, among a variety of HEMA-embedded proteins, in supporting fiber growth of embryonic neurons from chick dor...

Aspects in Mining & Mineral Science First Principle Investigations of La0.25Sm0.75O1.5 Structure: Spin Polarized, LDA+U Calculations Alsulaim GM1, El-Amin AA2* and Khalafalla MAH3 1The Eastern Province-Al-Ahsa-King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia 2Physical department, Faculty Science, Aswan Egypt 3Faculty Yanbu, Taibah Arabian *Corresponding author: A El-Amin, Physical Submission: January 25, 2...

The functionalizing of a fiber surface by chemical may alter the physical and biological properties fiber. functionalization polypropylene (PP) selected monomers (1) acrylic acid (AA), (2) 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), (3) 2-dimethyl amino ethyl (DMAEMA), (4) methyl acrylate (MA) studied using two different ultraviolet (UV) irradiation techniques, simultaneous UV (SUVF) pre-UV (PUV). Base...