Steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1) regulates the transcription of multiple genes involved in the androgen biosynthesis, and SF-1 Gly146Ala polymorphism is known to reduce the transactivation function by approximately 20%. To examine whether the Gly146Ala polymorphism constitutes a susceptibility factor for the development of micropenis (MP), we analyzed this polymorphism in a total of 52 patients wi...

In the present study, we investigated the antifungal activity and cytotoxicity of a novel membrane-active peptide, KKVVFKVKFKK (MP). MP inhibited the growth of various pathogenic fungi isolated from patients and of fluconazole-resistant fungi at concentrations of 2 to 32 microg/ml. MP had potent fungicidal activity; the minimal fungicidal concentrations of the peptide were no more than fourfold...

BACKGROUND The role of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) in the initiation and persistence of asthma remains elusive. Mp community-acquired respiratory distress syndrome toxin (CARDS Tx) is a unique virulence factor that induces an intense lymphocytic response and exacerbates asthma in animal models. We sought to determine the incidence of Mp infection and the presence of CARDS Tx in subjects with ref...

AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR (ARF)-mediated signaling conveys positional information during embryonic and postembryonic organogenesis and mutations in MONOPTEROS (MP/ARF5) result in severe patterning defects during embryonic and postembryonic development. Here we show that MP patterning activity is largely dispensable when the presumptive carboxypeptidase ALTERED MERISTEM PROGRAM 1 (AMP1) is not funct...

Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) moves from cell to cell as virus particles which are translocated through a plasmodesmata-penetrating transport tubule made up of viral movement protein (MP) copies. To gain further insight into the roles of the viral MP and capsid proteins (CP) in virus movement, full-length and truncated forms of the MP were expressed in insect cells using the baculovirus expression...

The effect of a range of solvents on the catalytic oxidation of methyl phenyl sulfide to methyl phenyl sulfoxide by MP-11 and by a cyclodextrin derivative of MP-11 was examined. The addition of low concentrations of alcohols enhanced the initial rate of sulfoxidation, most likely due to dispersion of MP-11 aggregates. Higher alcohol concentrations resulted in a decrease in activity arising from...

Using Ehrlich ascites tumour cells, the short-term effects of the therapeutic glucocorticoid Methylprednisolone (MP) on the cellular energy metabolism were studied. ATP-consuming processes involved in the rapid MP effects were identified indirectly from the effects of MP on cellular oxygen consumption related to the inhibition of respiration by selective inhibitors of Ca(2+)-ATPase and protein ...

1 Aditya Prakash Dixit, 2 Bhupendra Paliwal , 3 C.S.Rajeshwari, 4 Anjali Potnis 1 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NITTTR, Bhopal (MP) India 2 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NITTTR, Bhopal (MP) India 3 Prof. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NITTTR, Bhopal (MP) India 4 Asst. Prof. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineerin...

Two experiments examine speed-up in argument pairs of various propositional forms. In the first experiment, participants were presented with pairs of conditional arguments. Some of these pairs had a form of a valid Modus Ponens (MP) inference, whereas other pairs had a form of a fallacy of Affirming the Consequent (AC). In both argument pairs, presentation of the prime led to a significant spee...

Aim. To study the effect and mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine Qinbai Qingfei concentrated pellet (QQCP) against Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP). Methods. Rat airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells were used to examine the antimycoplasmal activity of QQCP via four drug-adding modes: pre- and postadding drugs, simultaneous-adding after drug and MP mixed, and simultaneous-adding drug and MP; taking ...