Keratins K1 and K10 are the most abundant proteins in the upper epidermis where they polymerize to form intermediate filaments (IFs). In addition to their well-established function in providing epidermal stability, K1/K10 (i.e. the dimer between K1 and K10) IFs are supposed to be important for terminal epidermal differentiation and barrier formation. It was previously shown that the imbalanced ...

Waters, Christopher M., Karen M. Ridge, G. Sunio, K. Venetsanou, and Jacob Iasha Sznajder. Mechanical stretching of alveolar epithelial cells increases Na1-K1ATPase activity. J. Appl. Physiol. 87(2): 715–721, 1999.— Alveolar epithelial cells effect edema clearance by transporting Na1 and liquid out of the air spaces. Active Na1 transport by the basolaterally located Na1-K1-ATPase is an importan...

Differences in micronutrient status are reported to contribute to racial and ethnic differences in chronic diseases. Diseases related to vitamin K are reported to differ by race and ethnicity, but it is unclear if circulating vitamin K concentrations similarly differ. We examined racial and ethnic differences in serum phylloquionone (K1) in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) (mean ...

the acidity constants (pka) of thirty four (34) ;-substituted carboxylic acids in aqueous solution havebeen calculated using conductor-like polarizable continuum (c-pcm) solvation model. the gasphaseenergies at the density functional theory (dft-mpw1pw91) and solvation energies athartree fock (hf) are combined to estimate the pka values which are very close to the experimentalvalues where, and ...

vinblastine is an important anticancer agent known to diminish microtubule assembly. ab initio calculations are applied to examine the structural properties and different energies of vinblastine-tubulin complex in different dielectric constants and temperatures. the aims of this work are discovery the best optimized structure and thermodynamic properties of vinblastine-tubulin complex and compa...

enaminones are those structures made up three various functional groups including carbonyl, alkeneand amine groups which arelocated along with each other in a conjugate fashion. these compoundsare of much attention due to special characteristics and numerous applications. in the paper, sixvarious enaminone structures were theoretically optimized and after concluding, were compared withequivalen...

Recently we have described the molecular cloning of the genetic determinant coding for the S-fimbrial adhesin (Sfa), a sialic acid-recognizing pilus frequently found among extraintestinal Escherichia coli isolates. Fimbriae from the resulting Sfa+ E. coli K-12 clone were isolated, and an Sfa-specific antiserum was prepared. Western blots indicate that S fimbriae isolated from different uropatho...

The study was conducted to report on the use of molecular biology methods and pregnancy outcome in women sensitized to either Rhesus D (RhD) or Kell 1 (K1) antigens. Paternal RhD genotype was determined by DNA amplification of an RhD-specific sequence from single sperm cells. Paternal Kell phenotype was determined by serologic assays using peripheral blood samples, and the fetal RhD or Kell-typ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is endemic for Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and there is a high rate of early childhood infection; however, the transmission sources are not well characterized. We examined household members as potential KSHV transmission sources to young children in the KSHV-endemic country of Zambia. To this end, we enrolled and followed Zambian households with at least on...

Sub-Saharan Africa is endemic for Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and there is a high rate of early childhood infection; however, the transmission sources are not well characterized. We examined household members as potential KSHV transmission sources to young children in the KSHV-endemic country of Zambia. To this end, we enrolled and followed Zambian households with at least on...