we have refined the technique for isolating and propagating cultures of primary ovarian carcinosarcoma cells (oscs) derived from ascites, which allowed the cells to obtain the biphasic features of carcinosarcoma in cell culture conditions (presence of both carcinoma and mesenchymal morphologic types). this protocol involves a simple yet rapid method for the growth and propagation of ascites osc...

—A new species of Conopora is described from off Queensland, Australia, the first known unattached stylasterid. It always occurs in a symbiotic relationship with a polynoid polychaete, which determines the colony morphology. Conopora adeta is also the first deep-water stylasterid reported from off Australia (398 m) and the ninth record of a stylasterid from the Australian region. Of the approxi...

background: the most frequently mutated tumor suppressor gene found in human cancer is p53. in a normal situation, p53 is activated upon the induction of dna damage to either arrest the cell cycle or to induce apoptosis. however, when mutated, p53 is no longer able to properly accomplish these functions. the aim of this study was to investigate the expression of p53 gene in cases of skin cancer...

the most frequently mutated tumor suppressor gene found in human cancer is p53. in a normal situation, p53 is activated upon the induction of dna damage to either arrest the cell cycle or else induce apoptosis. however, when mutated, p53 is no longer able to properly accomplish these functions. our aim was to investigate p53 protein alteration in cases of basal cell carcinoma (bcc) and compare ...

The pseudostratified epithelium of the mouse trachea and human airways contains a population of basal cells expressing Trp-63 (p63) and cytokeratins 5 (Krt5) and Krt14. Using a KRT5-CreER(T2) transgenic mouse line for lineage tracing, we show that basal cells generate differentiated cells during postnatal growth and in the adult during both steady state and epithelial repair. We have fractionat...

The nucleation, grain growth of 34 coarse grains during annealing were tracked using a quasi-in-situ EBSD method. These had different orientations and most non-basal orientated. No preferable or special types boundaries identified. Only 9 nucleated from deformed due to initial large size limited boundary volume fraction. main nucleation site was dislocation cells subgrains in interiors. Their r...

Background: Acrylamid (AA) is found in carbohydraterich foods that are prepared at high temperatures, such as French fries and potato chips. The toxic effects of AA in male animals include degeneration of epithelial cells of seminiferous tubules, decreased number of sperm and elevation in abnormal spermatozoa. The aim of this study was to evaluate the detrimental effects of AA on sperm paramete...

This study was performed to investigate the effects of antibiotic, organic acid, probiotic and prebiotic supplementation on performance, egg shell quality, pH value of gastrointestinal (GI) tract and small intestinal morphology of laying hens. The experiment was a completely randomized design with 160 laying hens strain (W-36) from 32 to 42 weeks of age, with five treatments, four replicates an...