oxLDL peptide vaccine and its antibody adoptive transferring have shown a significantly preventive or therapeutic effect in atherosclerotic animal model. The molecular mechanism behind this is obscure. Here, we report that oxLDL induces MCP-1 release in monocytes/macrophages through their TLR-4 (Toll-like receptor 4) and ERK MAPK pathway and is calcium/potassium channel-dependent. Using blockin...

Zeolite application to clayey soils may change potassium (K) pools distribution and its release rate. To test this hypothesis, two heavy-textured calcareous soils with different mineralogy (smectitic and mixed by XRD) from southern Iran were selected. Experiment was a completely randomized factorial arrangement. Treatments consisted of two soils and two zeolite levels (0 and 5%) and wetting-dry...

Kinetics and osmoregulation of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fiber growth (primarily extension) have been studied. Growth is dependent on turgor pressure in the fiber. It is inhibited when a decrease in the water potential of the culture medium due to an addition of Carbowax 6000, equals the turgor pressure of the fiber. Potassium and malate accumulate in the fiber and reach peak levels when t...

1. BARTLEY, WV. and DAVIEs, R. E. Active transport of ions by subcellular particles. Biochem. Jour. 57: 37-49. 1954. 2. BULEN, W. A., VARNER, J. E. and BURRELL, R. C. Separation of organic acids from plant tissues. Anal. Chem. 24: 187-190. 1952. 3. GRAHAM, J. S. D. and YOUNG, L. C. T. Fixation of carbon dioxide in particulate preparations from barley roots. Plant Physiol. 34: 520-526. 1959. 4. ...

1. BARTLEY, WV. and DAVIEs, R. E. Active transport of ions by subcellular particles. Biochem. Jour. 57: 37-49. 1954. 2. BULEN, W. A., VARNER, J. E. and BURRELL, R. C. Separation of organic acids from plant tissues. Anal. Chem. 24: 187-190. 1952. 3. GRAHAM, J. S. D. and YOUNG, L. C. T. Fixation of carbon dioxide in particulate preparations from barley roots. Plant Physiol. 34: 520-526. 1959. 4. ...

The birefringence of fresh and fixed mouse pancreatic acinar tissue was studied, utilizing whole mounts of pancreas from which the mesentery had been removed. Fresh pancreas in Tyrode's solution demonstrated positive birefringence with respect to the radial axis (the axis radiating from the nucleus as spokes from a wheel). Formol fixation reversed the sign of birefringence to negative with resp...

The density of sympathetic nerve terminals in human superficial temporal arteries from 5 cases at intra- and extracranial bypass surgery was examined with two histochemical methods, one with potassium permanganate fixation and the other with the new monoamine oxidase staining technique. By potassium permanganate fixation, small cored vesicles containing fibers of noradrenergic nerve terminals m...