1. Many measurements were made with the two systems H(2)/NaOH C/NaOH C + x gm. gelatin/H(2) H(2)/NaOH C/KCl (sat.)/NaOH C + x gm. gelatin/H(2) in which x was varied from zero to more than enough for complete combination. 2. From these measurements the change in boundary potential with quantity of gelatin present was determined. 3. The boundary potentials were calculated by means of a modified f...

We developed and evaluated a multiplex PCR (m-PCR) for application in routine diagnostic laboratories to detect Campylobacter spp. in stool samples including C. concisus, C. jejuni, and C. coli. When this m-PCR was applied on spiked faecal samples, C. concisus, C. jejuni, and C. coli were specifically identified at 105 cells/gm of faeces. To compare the sensitivity of the m-PCR with conventiona...

GM-CSF has a major role in the immune and inflammatory milieu of the airway. Airway epithelial cells (AEC) are among the first targets of environmental stimuli and local cytokines, in response to which they can produce GM-CSF. The regulation of GM-CSF is only minimally understood in AEC. We hypothesized that GM-CSF expression in AEC would result from activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and sub...

This paper describes a low-voltage and low-power Gm-C low pass filter. The low-pass filter that precedes the A/D converter is called anti-aliasing filter. In the analog signal processing, the anti-aliasing filter would be one of the most important circuits in the transceiver architecture. This filter is located in the analog front-end circuits of DAB receivers. The 4 – order butterworth Gm-C lo...

Human interleukin-5 (IL-5), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and IL-3 are eosinophilopoietic cytokines implicated in allergy in general and in the inflammation of the airways specifically as seen in asthma. All 3 cytokines function through cell surface receptors that comprise a ligand-specific alpha chain and a shared subunit (beta(c)). Although binding of IL-5, GM-CSF...

The cytokine Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) regulates proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis during myelopoiesis and erythropoiesis. Structure-function relationships of GM-CSF interactions with its receptor (GM-R), the biochemistry of GM-R signal transduction, and GM-CSF action in vivo are relatively well understood. Much less is known, however, about GM-R func...

Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin-3 (IL-3) control the proliferation of human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells in vitro. Previously, we have shown that receptors for GM-CSF and IL-3 are often coexpressed on AML cells. Here we present experiments with purified AML blasts, normal monocytes, and granulocytes that were conducted to analyze the properties of...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Gemcitabine (dFdC) is a new nucleoside antimetabolite of deoxycytidine that resembles cytarabine (Ara-C) in both its structure and metabolism. Little is known about dFdC efficacy in hematologic malignancies, either as a single drug or in combination with other drugs. In this study we have tried to determine whether the cytotoxic effect of Ara-C can be increased by using...

BACKGROUND: Nephrotoxicity of Gentamicin (GM), an important aminoglycoside, is still a serious issue in clinical use. Therefore, natural products are currently being used as alternate source medicinal substances by researchers all over the world for new medication molecules. Eruca sativa shows several health benefits that appear to be associated with content flavonoids. objective present study ...