Glucocorticoids (GCs) play a key role in skin homeostasis and stress responses acting through the GC receptor (GR), which modulates gene expression by DNA binding-dependent (transactivation) and -independent (transrepression) mechanisms. To delineate which mechanisms underlie the beneficial and adverse effects mediated by GR in epidermis and other epithelia, we have generated transgenic mice th...

Human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are major producers of IFNalpha, are activated by CpG motifs, and are believed to enter lymph nodes (LNs) via L-selectin dependent extravasation across high endothelial venules. To identify a similar murine DC type, CD11c(+) cells in the LNs of L-selectin-deficient and control BALB/c mice were compared, revealing a population of CD11c(+)CD11b(-) cells t...

Cadmium(II) is a common water pollutant with high toxicity. It is of significant importance for detecting aqueous contaminants accurately, as these contaminants are harmful to human health and environment. This paper describes the fabrication, characterization, and application of an environment-friendly graphene (Gr)/L-cysteine/gold electrode to detect trace levels of cadmium (Cd) by differenti...

BACKGROUND Growing antibiotic resistance warrants studying nonantibiotic prophylaxis for recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Use of lactobacilli appears to be promising. METHODS Between January 2005 and August 2007, we randomized 252 postmenopausal women with recurrent UTIs taking part in a double-blind noninferiority trial to receive 12 months of prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamet...

Let R = Zq + uZq, where q = p s and u = 0. In this paper, some structural properties of cyclic codes and quasi-cyclic (QC) codes over the ring R are considered. A QC code of length ln with index l over R is viewed both as in the conventional row circulant form and also as an R[x]/(xn − 1)-submodule of GR(R, l)[x]/(xn − 1), where GR(R, l) is the Galois extension ring of degree l over R. A necess...

The anti-granulocyte receptor-1 (Gr-1) mAb, RB6-8C5, has been used extensively to deplete neutrophils in mice and to investigate the role of these cells in host defense. RB6-8C5 binds to Ly6G, which is present on neutrophils, and to Ly6C, which is expressed on neutrophils, dendritic cells, and subpopulations of lymphocytes and monocytes. It is thus likely that in vivo administration of RB6-8C5 ...

Fructose has been shown to have a catalytic effect on glucokinase activity in vitro; however, its effects on hepatic glycogen metabolism in humans is unknown. To address this question, we used (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to noninvasively assess rates of hepatic glycogen synthesis and glycogenolysis under euglycemic (approximately 5 mmol/l) hyperinsulinemic conditions (ap...

We provide a geometric interpretation of the local contribution line to count lines on quintic threefold over field k characteristic not equal 2, that is, we define type and show it coincides with index at corresponding zero section Sym5S⁎→Gr(2,5) defined by threefold. Furthermore, dynamic Euler number which allows us compute A1-Euler as sum contributions zeros non-isolated deform general defor...

the first enzyme of the pathway for uridine diphosphate n-acetyl-d-glucosamine (udpag) biosynthesis i.e. l-glutamine: d-fructose 6-p amidotransferase (e.c. 2.6.1.16) was purified 52-fold from human placenta using methanol fractionation and column chromatography on deae-sephadex a-50. the enzyme showed optimal activity in a broad range of ph from 5.8 to 7.8 in both phosphate and cacodylate buffe...

Peripubertal gilts (n = 25) were treated with corn oil (CO) or ovarian steroids, one month following an ovariectomy. The first day of treatment was assigned as the first day of the experiment. The gilts received: Group (Gr) I (n = 4)--CO (2 mL x day(-1) from 1st to 12th day), Gr II (n = 4) and Gr III (n = 4)--progesterone (P4; 10 to 100 mg x day(-1) from 1st to 12th day), Gr IV (n = 5)--estradi...