The morphology of Chinese fire-bellied newt liver consists of 5 lobes, with exception of a few individual differences present, which are composed by a number of hepatic lobules. Passing through the center of the lobules, a central vein radiates and is arranged in orderly row from one to several layers. The interval of the hepatic cords or masses are irregular and variable sinusoid. The hepatic ...

Many biological properties of algae have been found to have useful applications in human health, particularly in the fields of oncology and immunology. Floridoside, extracted from the red alga Mastocarpus stellatus, has a structure similar to the xenoantigen Gal alpha 1-3 Gal. This xenoantigen has been described to induce a high immune response in human xenografts and is mediated by natural ant...

A phylogenetic hypothesis is presented illustrating relationships among 23 extant sturgeon species based on nucleotide data from five mitochondrial genes (cytochrome b, NADH5, control region, 16S, and 12S). The tree supports our previous hypotheses regarding relationships among species of Acipenser and Huso. The introduction of Scaphirhynchus and Pseudoscaphirhynchus to the analysis does not ch...

The imprinted miR379-410 cluster contains 38 microRNAs (miRNAs) that are involved in diverse neurodevelopmental processes and are important regulators of neuronal function. The implications of these miRNAs in neurological diseases have been recently recognized.In the present minireview, the current findings regarding the brain-specific functions of miR379-410 cluster miRNAs are summarized and d...

*Correspondence to: Dr Maria L. Amador, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Room 162A, 1650 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA. Tel: +1-410-502-5835; Fax: +1-410-614-9006; E-mail [email protected] The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA; Pharmamar, SA, Madrid; Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Medical Oncology De...

+*Livingston, T (E-Osiris Therapeutics, Incorporated); *Kadiyala, S (E-Osiris Therapeutics, Incorporated); *ElKalay, M (E-Osiris Therapeutics, Incorporated); *Young, R (E-Osiris Therapeutics, Incorporated); *Kraus, K (E-Osiris Therapeutics, Incorporated); *Gordon, S (E-Osiris Therapeutics, Incorporated); *Peter, S (EOsiris Therapeutics, Incorporated) +*Osiris Therapeutics, Incorporated, Baltimo...

James H. Nichols, Ph.D., DABCC, FACB Director, Point-of-Care Testing and Associate Director, Clinical Chemistry Division Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Assistant Professor of Pathology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Corresponding Author: Merwyn Taylor, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Pathology Meyer B-125 600 N. Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21287-7065 Office # 410-614-5220 Fax # 410...

7.11.5.1 Thermal and Photochemical Reactions 405 7.11.5.2 Reactions with Electrophiles 406 7.11.5.2.1 N-Alkylation 406 7.11.5.2.2 C-Allcylation and arylation 408 7.11.5.2.3 Reaction with diazonium ions 409 7.11.5.2.4 Oxidation of ring atoms 409 7.11.5.2.5 Halogenation 410 7.11.5.2.6 Metal complexes 410 7.11.5.3 Reactions with Nucleophiles 411 7.11.5.3.1 Reduction 411 7.11.5.3.2 Amination and hy...