Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRT) is an enzyme that causes the activation of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) is known to catabolize 5-FU, which is widely used in chemotherapeutic treatments for patients with a variety of malignant tumors including gastric and colorectal cancer. The expression and activities of these two enzymes therefore play important roles ...

electrode potential of 2-(2,3-dihydroxy phenyl)-1,3-dithiane (dpd) was investigated by means of cyclic voltammetry (cv) at various potential scan rates. the calculated value was compared with the experimental value obtained by cyclic voltammetry (cv). all experiments were done in aqueous phosphate buffer solutions at different phs. the experimental redox potential of dpd was obtained to be 0.75...

The activity of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) in peripheral blood mononudear cells and plasma concentration of 5-fluorouracil (FUra) were simultaneously determined in cancer patients receiving FUra by protracted continuous infusion (300 mg/m!/day). Blood samples were drawn every 3 h over 24-h period and the resulting DPD and FUra values analyzed for circadian periodicity. In the seven p...

Electrode potential of 2-(2,3-dihydroxy phenyl)-1,3-dithiane (DPD) was investigated by means of cyclic voltammetry (CV) at various potential scan rates. The calculated value was compared with the experimental value obtained by cyclic voltammetry (CV). All experiments were done in aqueous phosphate buffer solutions at different pHs. The experimental redox potential of DPD was obtained to be 0.75...

Dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) is now a well-established method for simulating soft matter systems. However, its applicability was recently questioned because some investigations showed an upper coarse-graining limit that would prevent the applicability of the method to the whole mesoscopic range. This article aims to re-establish DPD as a truly mesoscopic method by analyzing the problems ...

The present study assesses the effects of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with uracil and tegafur (UFT) alone vs UFT plus cyclophosphamide (CPA), on the activity of thymidylate synthase (TS) and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) in breast cancer tissues. Breast cancer patients were randomly assigned to 3 groups; the control (no-treatment) group (n=13), the UFT (5-8 mg/kg/day) alone group (n...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Depressive pseudodementia (DPD) is a condition which may develop secondary to depression. The aim of this study was to contribute to the differential diagnosis between Alzheimer disease (AD) and DPD by comparing the neurocognitive tests and hippocampal volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients who met criteria of AD/DPD were enrolled in the study. All patients were assessed us...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Depression occurs frequently in PD; however the neural basis of depression in PD remains unclear. The aim of this study was to characterize possible depression-related white matter microstructural changes in the thalamus of patients with DPD compared with those with NDPD. MATERIALS AND METHODS FA and MD maps from DTI were obtained in 14 patients with DPD and 18 patients...

This paper examines different linearization techniques which are used to linearize the power amplifier by emphasizing on weakness and strength of each technique. After complete analyze it has been concluded that Digital Pre Distortion (DPD) technique is the best linearization technique to linearize the power amplifier. DPD technique for linearizing a wideband radio frequency power amplifier has...

The H(2)F(3)(-) anion in mononuclear [Cu(dpd)(2)][(H(2)F(3))(2)] (dpd = di-2-pyridyl-methanediol) exists as a HF(2)(-)/HF adduct as evidenced by infrared spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.