A number of COR genes (COld-Regulated genes) have been implicated in the acquisition of low temperature (LT) tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). This study compared the relative expression patterns of selected COR genes in leaf and crown tissues of wheat near-isogenic lines to increase understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying LT acclimation. Reciprocal near-isogenic lines wer...

S. mansoni infection can produce damage in several organs, in some due to immunological altera­ tions such as the development of glomerulopathy2 and in others, at least in great part, due to vascular obstruction related to egg deposition, such as chronic cor pulmonale 1. Both situations are essentially obser­ ved in patients with the hepatosplenic form of the parasitic infection. There are repo...

A 55-year-old male was referred to the cardiologist because of the occurrence of two ischaemic strokes within five months’ time in the absence of documented atrial fibrillation. At echocardiography, a membrane was visualised in the left atrium (cor triatriatum) (Fig. 1a). Since no other abnormalities were detected, the cor triatriatum was held responsible for the cardioembolic stroke. Surgical ...

Nuclear receptors (NRs) usually bind the corepressors N-CoR and SMRT in the absence of ligand or in the presence of antagonists. Agonist binding leads to corepressor release and recruitment of coactivators. Here, we report that estrogen receptor beta (ERbeta) binds N-CoR and SMRT in the presence of agonists, but not antagonists, in vitro and in vivo. This ligand preference differs from that of ...

I remember first being introduced to the term cor pulmonale in medical school, which was used to describe right heart failure due to chronic lung disease, and I still have a mental picture of the typical patient as a former heavy smoker, dyspneic at rest, and cyanotic with neck vein distention and lower extremity edema. However, even early catheterization studies of the normal and diseased huma...

background: malignancy and its treatments could cause disturbance in homeostasis of body such as cortisol secretion. the present study has investigated the effects of cortisol level imbalance in behavioral and emotional adjustments. methods: seventy-eight children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) have involved in this study. their salivary cortisol level, which were sensitive to pain and...