Spirochetes are associated with destructive periodontal diseases, and one cultivatable oral species, Treponema denticola, binds to mammalian cells and perturbs metabolism. To evaluate the cytoskeletal responses and attachment functions of human gingival fibroblasts (HGF) exposed to T. denticola, monolayers of HGF were incubated with T. denticola strains ATCC 35405, e, and e' in serum-free mediu...

The prognosis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated glomerulonephritis (ANCA-GN) is unfavorable despite immunosuppressive therapy. It has been suggested that the loss of podocytes is a hallmark of progressive kidney disease. However, it is unclear about podocyte injuries and their predictive values on the prognosis in ANCA-GN. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate...

The unique properties of green fluorescent protein (GFP) have been harnessed in a variety of bioimaging techniques, revolutionizing many areas of the life sciences. Molecular-level understanding of the underlying photophysics provides an advantage in the design of new fluorescent proteins (FPs) with improved properties; however, because of its complexity, many aspects of the GFP photocycle rema...

In electrosynthesis, electron transfer (ET) mediators are normally chosen such that they more easily reduced (or oxidised) than the substrate for cathodic anodic) processes; setting electrode potential...

We measured the spontaneous decays of internally hot copper and silver dimer anions, ${\mathrm{Cu}}_{2}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ ${\mathrm{Ag}}_{2}^{\ensuremath{-}}$, stored in one two ion-beam storage rings Double Electrostatic Ion Ring Experiment (DESIREE) at Stockholm University. A coincidence detection technique was utilized enabling essentially background-free measurements ${\mathrm{Cu}}_{2}^{\en...