In this research, an electrically polarized graphene-polylactic acid (E-GRP) spacer is introduced for the first time by a novel fabrication method, which consists of 3D printing followed electrical polarization under high voltage electric field (1.5 kV/cm). The fabricated E-GRP was tested in osmotic-driven process (forward osmosis system) to evaluate its performance terms water flux, reverse so...

We have determined, by enzyme immunoassay, daily and circadian patterns of the concentrations of three peptides, which are located in the ventrolateral subdivision of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN): vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), and neuropeptide Y (NPY). The contents of VIP and GRP, which are synthesized in the SCN, did not show circadian rhythms i...

an experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using different levels of ginger rhizome powder (grp) and turmeric rhizome powder (trp) on production performance and some blood metabolites in laying hens. ninety 103-week old laying hens were divided into 5 treatments in a completely randomized design with 3 replicates and 6 birds in each cage. the birds were fed a corn-soybean meal ba...

9 http://ammtiac.alionscience.com http://wstiac.alionscience.com BACKGROUND Modern US Navy ships use considerable quantities of piping to carry fresh water, ballast water, chilled water, wastewater and fuels throughout the ship. Traditionally, copper-nickel (90Cu-10Ni) alloy pipes have been used, but they are heavy, subject to both corrosion and moderate bio-fouling, and are expensive to procur...

Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and its receptor (GRPR) act as morphogens when expressed in colorectal cancer (CRC), promoting the assumption of a better differentiated phenotype by regulating cell motility in the context of remodeling and retarding tumor cell metastasis by enhancing cell-matrix attachment. Although we have shown that these processes are mediated by focal adhesion kinase (FAK),...

PURPOSE To determine whether antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and bombesin/gastrin-releasing peptide (BN/GRP) can inhibit the orthotopic and metastatic growth of PC-3 human androgen-independent prostate cancers. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The effects of administration of GHRH antagonist MZ-J-7-118, BN/GRP antagonist RC-3940-II, and their combination on the growth and metastatic...

PURPOSE Bombesin/gastrin releasing peptide (BN/GRP) is a growth factor for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The receptor (R) for BN/GRP is overexpressed on SCLC cells and other solid tumors. BN/GRP and its receptor form an autocrine loop to promote tumor growth. We developed a novel immunotherapeutic approach targeting cell surface BN/GRP-R on SCLC cells and an immune trigger molecule on host imm...

Plant-specific hybrid proline- or glycine-rich proteins (HyP/GRPs) are involved in diverse gene functions including plant development and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. The quantitative trait locus, qLTG3-1, enhances seed germination in rice under low-temperature conditions and encodes a member with a glycine-rich motif of the HyP/GRP family. The function of this gene may be related ...

Most seven-transmembrane G-protein-coupled receptors are rapidly internalized after binding agonist, but the general amino acid recognition sequences mediating this phenomenon have not been identified. In this study, components of the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRP-R) regulating internalization were identified. Four GRP-R mutants with stop codons placed at variable distances distal to ...