PURPOSE Neurofilaments (NF) are neuronal cytoskeletal components and immunostaining against them has been used to visualize retinal ganglion cells (RGC) and their axons. Since the RGC cytoskeleton exhibits differential damage in diseases such as glaucoma, we examined the distribution of light, medium, and heavy NF subunits (NF-L, NF-M, and NF-H respectively) within normal human and porcine reti...

TNF induced nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) is one of the central signaling pathways that plays a critical role in carcinogenesis and inflammatory diseases. Post-translational modification through ubiquitin plays important role in the regulation of this pathway. In the current study, we investigated the role of TRIM8, member of RING family ubiquitin ligase in regulation of NF-κB pathway. We obse...

Neurofilaments have been proposed to regulate axonal stability and diameter through changes in number and subunit composition. We have found that pathway and target innervation directly influence the molecular composition of neurofilaments within regenerating optic axons of Xenopus laevis. Immunocytochemistry was used to examine neurofilaments within two abnormal visual pathways. The first was ...

Schistosomiasis japonica is a serious tropical parasitic disease in humans, which causes inflammation and fibrosis of the liver. Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are known to play an important role in schistosome-induced fibrosis, but their role in schistosome-induced inflammation is still largely unknown. Here, we use a murine model of schistosomiasis japonica to investigate the role that nuclear...

Perforin (PRF1) is essential for immune surveillance and studies report decreased perforin in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), an illness potentially associated with stress and/or infection. We hypothesize that stress can influence regulation of PRF1 expression, and that this regulation will differ between CFS and non-fatigued (NF) controls. We used the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) as a stand...

PURPOSE In our previous study, nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) played a neuroprotective role in retinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats. However, the mechanism of NF-κB neuroprotection is still unclear. We hypothesize that p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is expressed and NF-κB activity induced by p38 MAPK plays a neuroprotective role ...

Background and Aim. Daphnetin, an active monomer ingredient extracted from D. marginata, is proved to have anti-inflammatory antioxidant effect. The aim of this study explore the effect possible mechanism daphnetin on acute lung injury (ALI) associated with pancreatitis (AP) in mice. Methods. A total 36 mice were randomly assigned into three groups: control group, AP group. mouse model was indu...

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) is a significant autosomal dominant disorder with wide spectrum of clinical findings. These signs (Café au lait spots, bone dysplasia, Lisch nodules) usually start to emerge after the first months life and most are benign in nature. On other hand, neoplasms (optic glioma, neurofibroma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, soft tissue sarcoma, leukemia, breast...