BACKGROUND This study evaluated the efficacy of a T-wave change after the IV administration of low dose epinephrine containing the test dose during spinal anesthesia. METHODS Eighty healthy adults undergoing spinal anesthesia were enrolled in this study. The subjects were divided randomly into the following 4 groups: Group S (n = 20) received 3 ml of normal saline, group L (n = 20) received 3...

This study aimed to prepare monoclonal antibody of feline calicivirus (FCV) and identify its basic biological characteristics. Saturated ammonium sulfate precipitation, combined differential centrifugation, and cesium chloride density gradient centrifugation were used for the purification of FCV. The purified FCV was used as antigen to immunize BALB/c mice. The hybridoma lines of anti-FCV monoc...

Six fresh water aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs (Erythromicrobium ezovicum, strain E1; Erythromicrobium hydrolyticum, E4(1); Erythromicrobium ramosum, E5; Erythromonas ursincola, KR99; Sandaracinobacter sibiricus, RB 16-17; and Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus, RB3) possessing high level resistance to TeO₃(2-) and the ability to reduce it to elemental Te were studied to understand their interaction...

The platelet-derived growth factor beta receptor (PDGFbetaR) plays an important role in proliferation and motility of fibroblasts. We have been investigating the effects of sustained PDGFbetaR activation in mortal human diploid fibroblasts (HDFs), which are typically difficult to transform. We have previously shown that the bovine papillomavirus E5 protein, through its ability to crosslink and ...

The 44-amino-acid E5 transforming protein of bovine papillomavirus can induce growth transformation of cultured rodent fibroblast cell lines. Previous studies revealed that efficient transformation of mouse C127 cells by the E5 protein required a central core of hydrophobic amino acids and several specific carboxyl-terminal amino acids. Although a randomly derived sequence of hydrophobic amino ...

The influence of the addition 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10.0% dried Enoki Maitake mushrooms on content bioactive compounds some nutraceutical properties pasta was determined in study. LC-MS/MS analysis phenolic revealed highest amount Maitake-supplemented pasta. However, all samples Enoki-enriched exhibited a statistically significantly higher α-glucans than control. Samples subjected to gastrointestina...

Nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels which mediate fast cholinergic synaptic transmission in insect and vertebrate nervous systems. The nAChR agonist-binding site is formed by loops A-C present in alpha subunits together with loops D-F present in either non-alpha subunits or homomer-forming alpha subunits. A new non-alpha subunit was cloned from Nilapar...