BACKGROUND Soluble endoglin, a TGF-β receptor, plays a key role in cardiovascular physiology. Whether circulating concentrations of soluble endoglin are elevated in CKD or underlie the high risk of cardiovascular death associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown. METHODS Individuals with and without CKD were recruited at a single center. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)...

When dogs were immunized with soluble extract of adult Ancylostoma ceylanicum antigen, they were partially resistant to challenge infection in this model of human hookworm infection. Two immunizing doses, each of 1 mg protein suspended in Freund's complete adjuvant, were administered to one group of animals 1 and 3 weeks prior to infection with 5000 larvae. When compared with control dogs given...

in a pot experiment the effect of water stress on the proteins and proline amino acid content of jam, kurosh, pirooz chickpea cultivars (cicer arientinum) were evaluated using a complete block design with factorial treatments inducing cultivars and watering periods, three, six and nine day intervals in three replications. soluble protein and free proline content of the leaf and the root were me...

ABSTRACT: Edible coatings made from whey protein concentrate (WPC) and gellan gum (G) were investigated for their capacity to preserve the quality of Malus domestica cv Golab apples. WPC and gellan gum coatings at different concentrations plasticized with glycerol (Gly) were tested. Postharvest storage quality condition testes included weight loss, color and texture changes, titratable acidity ...

hydatidosis is a disease caused by infection with the metacestode stage of the dog tapeworm,echinococcus granulosus. this is recognised as one of the world’s most important zoonoses, affecting bothhumans and their domestic animals. in the current study, 20 sheep cystic livers or lungs were collected.hydatid fluid and protoscolices were isolated and the soluble protein was prepared. polypeptide ...

Aggregation of polyglutamine-expanded huntingtin exon 1 (HttEx1) in Huntington's disease (HD) proceeds from soluble oligomers to late-stage inclusions. The nature of the aggregates and how they lead to neuronal dysfunction is not well understood. We employed mass spectrometry (MS)-based quantitative proteomics to dissect spatiotemporal mechanisms of neurodegeneration using the R6/2 mouse model ...

the purpose of this investigation was to study and compare the electrophoretic patterns of optic lensproteins of different species of domestic animals at pre- and post-natal ages. optic lenses were removed from the embryo or adult sheep, cattle, goat, camel and chicken at the slaughter-house then homogenized and subjected to sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (sds-page). i...

The coniferous forest tree Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is native to the pacific North America, and is increasingly planted in temperate regions worldwide. Nitrogen (N) metabolism is of great importance for growth, resistance and resilience of trees. In the present study, foliar N metabolism of adult trees of three coastal and one interior provenance of Douglas-fir grown at two common ga...