The usefulness of diagnostic ultrasound in gene transfer was investigated. The hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines PRL/PRF/5 and Hep3B, and the pancreatic carcinoma Panc-1 cells were transfected with lipofectin or irradiated with a linear probe with a frequency of 8 MHz at a mechanical index of 0.4 through the bottom of the plates for 5 min using ...

We aim to explore if RNA regulating gene expression is affected by length, sequence and position of RNA. HeLa cells were co-transfected with modulator plasmids (derived from pcDNA3.1 vector containing different length regulating sequences that produce RNAs) and reporter plasmids (derived from pEGFP-C1 vector); In addition, HeLa cells were transfected with plasmids that possess different sequenc...

As the function of autophagy becomes evident in a number of diseases, including cancer and infection, it is crucial to construct macrophage cell lines with stable expression of the microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (GFP-LC3). In this study, a mouse LC3 open-reading frame was amplified by RT-PCR, and cloned into the pEGFP-C1 plasmid for ...

Synaptotagmin (Syt) constitutes a family of membrane-trafficking proteins, so far nearly 20 Syts have been discovered. Extensive work showed that synatotagmins were a potential Ca2+ sensor for regulated exocytosis. This study was to investigate the expression and location of synaptotagmin II (Syt2) in RBL-2H3 (RBL) and its role in regulating exocytosis of RBL. The expression of Syt2 in RBL was ...

In magnetic particle assisted gene delivery DNA is complexed with polymer-coated aggregated magnetic nanoparticles (AMNPs) to effect transfection. In vitro studies based on COS-7 cells were carried out using pEGFP-N1 and pMIR-REPORT-complexed, polyethylenimine (PEI)-coated iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). PEI-coated AMNPs (PEI-AMNPs) with average individual particle diameters of 8, 16 ...

BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is a neglected disease affecting millions of people worldwide. The treatment of the disease is hampered due to high cost, toxicity and the crisis of drug resistance. Polytope approaches of genetic immunization could be a strategy for prevention of infectious diseases. Furthermore, the identification of Leishmania genome sequence and the application of bioinformatics ass...

background: ferroportin (fpn), a regulator of iron homeostasis is a conserved membrane protein that exports iron across the enterocytes, macrophages and hepatocytes into the blood circulation. fpn has also critical influence on survival of microorganisms whose growth is dependent upon iron, thus preparation of fpn is needed to study the role of iron in immunity and pathogenesis of micoorganisms...