Zinc-regulated transporter 1 (tzn-1) is a membrane protein that is mainly involved in transport of zinc and iron across the membrane, thereby helping in maintenance of the homeostasis. The previous in silico studies suggests that deletion of this protein coding gene results in aconidiation. Even though tzn-1 gene is not related to conidial formation pathway, still it resulted in aconidiation. T...

In this study, we investigated the feasibility and safety of intravenous transplantation of allogeneic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for femoral head repair, and observed the migration and distribution of MSCs in hosts. MSCs were labeled with green fluorescent protein (GFP) in vitro and injected into nude mice via vena caudalis, and the distribution of MSCs was dynamically monitored...

The International Journal of Agriculture and Environment is an open access peer-reviewed international journal published 4 times a year at the end of each season with a purpose to enhance our Agricultural and Environmental knowledge dissemination in the world. Any valuable paper that describes Agriculture & Environment phenomena is welcome. Our aim is a green world and hence, the journal have a...

To further investigate the regulation role of two chemokine genes CCL3 and CCL4 in chondrocytes in response to resistin, human primary chondrocytes and T/C-28a2 cells were cultured. The function of resistin on the chemokine genes, and the expression of C/EBPβ, NF-κB isoforms were tested using qPCR. The methods used to investigate timed co-regulation of C/EBPβ and NF-κB were NF-κB inhibitor (IKK...

Maize landraces represent potential sources of favorable traits for current and future breeding programs.. A comparative characterization of twenty-one flint maize landraces from Maize Research Institute "Zemun Polje“ gene bank was achieved by using morphological traits and SSR markers. Applied marker systems revealed high level of genetic heterogenity beetween landraces. Cluster analysis of th...

The International Journal of Implant Dentistry is a peer-reviewed open access journal published under the SpringerOpen brand. The journal is dedicated to promoting the exchange and discussion of all research areas relevant to implant dentistry in the form of systematic literature or invited reviews, prospective and retrospective clinical studies, clinical case reports, basic laboratory and anim...

Chaos theory has a manifold variety of applications in science and engineering. There are many systems in nature with several stable states, which are separated by energy barriers. When the system can move along the stable states, its dynamics can become quite complex. A simple mechanical model that depicts some of these complex dynamical features is the famous Duffing double-well oscillator (1...

10710 Abstract: Nano-hydroxyapatite/polyamide 66 (nHA/PA66) composite with good bioactivity and osteoconductivity was employed to develop a novel porous membrane with asymmetric structure for guided bone regeneration (GBR). In order to test material cytotoxicity and to investigate surface-dependent responses of bone-forming cells, the morphology, proliferation, and cell cycle of bone marrow str...

Objective The Health Risk Reminders and Surveillance (HRRS) system was designed to deliver critical abnormal test results of severely ill patients from Laboratory, Radiology, and Pathology departments to physicians within 5 min using cell phone text messages. This paper explores the success of the HRRS system. Method This study employed an augmented version of the DeLone and McLean IS success m...