Seminal vesicle secretory protein IV (SVS IV) is perhaps the most abundant protein made by the epithelial cells of the rat seminal vesicle. In this report, we have asked whether the methylation of its gene correlates with its tissue-specific pattern of expression. Using methylation-sensitive restriction endonucleases HpaII and AvaI, we could examine seven potential methylation sites in or near ...

THE mitogenic actions of hormonal materials have been studied in a variety of tissues belonging to the endocrine system proper or to its “target tissues”. The results of many such studies have been tabulated by Eigsti and Dustin [ 141. Estrogens and androgens have been demonstrated to be powerful mitotic stimulators of both the stromal tissues and epithelia of such glands as the seminal vesicle...

The Smoluchowski coagulation-diffusion PDE is a system of partial differential equations modelling the evolution in time of mass-bearing Brownian particles which are subject to shortrange pairwise coagulation. This survey presents a fairly detailed exposition of the kinetic limit derivation of the Smoluchowski PDE from a microscopic model of many coagulating Brownian particles that was undertak...

The aggregation of four polystyrene latexes with similar surface charge and different diameter has been examined by small angle light scattering. The DLVO model including aggregation at the secondary minimum qualitatively agrees with the experimental dependence of colloidal stability on particle size. Repeptization experiments, where the flocs were redispersed by washing away the coagulating sa...

Nasal obstruction is a frequent disorder that interferes with the daily patient’s quality of life. The key element in pathophysiology inferior turbinate hypertrophy related to multiple conditions such as allergic rhinitis (AR). Many patients are managed using conventional drug therapies antihistamines, decongestants, and intranasal steroid sprays, anticholinergic agents, mast cell stabilizers, ...

The large and varied multigene families of tissue kallikreins of rat and mouse are considered to selectively release as many bioactive peptides. In order to determine whether a similar family of enzymes is expressed in the organs of the guinea pig purification studies were performed. Tissue kallikreins from the submandibular gland, coagulating gland/prostate complex and the pancreas were separa...