Epiphyseal cartilages of 12-day chick embryo were labeled in vitro with [%]proline. By subjecting the [“C]proline-labeled tissues to subcellular fractionation, it was possible to obtain radioactive procollagens as they were associated with smooth and rough microsomes. Analyses of the procollagens thus obtained indicated that the components in the rough microsome fraction comprised both singlean...

We use the cosmic microwave background angular power spectra to place upper limits on the degree to which global defects may have aided cosmic structure formation. We explore this under the inflationary paradigm, but with the addition of textures resulting from the breaking of a global O(4) symmetry during the early stages of the Universe. As a measure of their contribution, we use the fraction...

GTP cyclohydrolase and a stimulating protein were purified from extracts of Comomonas sp. (ATCC 11299a). The enzyme, designated Fraction A, catalyzed the production of formic acid and a dihydropteridine (PLOWNAN, J., CONE, J. E., AND GUROFF, G. (19’74) J. Biol. Chem. 249, 5559~5564) from GTP. No cofactors or metals were required for the reaction. Fraction A can exist in two molecular weight for...

Abstract Background Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) represents one of the strongest predictors both in-hospital and long-term prognosis in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Temporal trends data coming from real-word experiences focused on AMI patients with severely reduced LVEF (i.e. <30%) are lacking. Purpose The present study aims at providing a comprehensive picture tempora...

Splanchnic blood flow (SBF) was measured simultaneously with cardiac output (dye dilution) and intrarterial blood pressure by constant infusion of indocyanine green in 11 control subjects, 13 patients with essential hypertension (EH) and seven hypertensive patients with renal artery stenosis (RAS). The cardiac index (CI) was lower (P less than 0.05) in patients with EH (3.17 plus or minus 0.07 ...

Boron is required for fiber growth and development in cotton ovules cultured in vitro. Incorporation of [(14)C]glucose by such fiber from supplied UDP-[(14)C]glucose into the hot alkali-insoluble fraction is rapid and linear for about 30 minutes. Incorporation of [(14)C]glucose from such substrate by fibers grown in boron-deficient ovule cultures is much less than in the case with fibers from o...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy of a single implant with two fractions plus external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for hormone-naïve prostate cancer in comparison with radical prostatectomy. Of 150 patients with localized prostate cancer (T1c-T2c), 59 underwent HDR brachytherapy plus EBRT, and 91 received radical prostatectomy. ...

Cisplatin is a representative anti-cancer drug and 4-hexylresorcinol (4-HR) is known as an antiparasitic and antiseptic agent. The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of 4-HR on the activation of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in cell cultures, to evaluate the antitumor effect of 4-HR plus cisplatin combination therapy in a xenograft model, ...

dianchi lake is one of the most three seriously eutrophic lakes in china. in the present study, the phosphorus (p) and nitrogen (n) fractions in 37 surface sediments samples collected in the dianchi lake were investigated. the total phophorus (tp) in sediments was divided into two parts: inorganic p (ip) and residual p (res-p). the results showed that the total phosphorus content in surface se...