BACKGROUND/AIM Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in the development of certain neuropsychiatric disorders. Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) activity has been suggested to be adversely related to oxidative stress in plasma. The purpose of the present study was to demonstrate the relationship between serum PON1 activity and PON1 192 polymorphism in panic disorder (PD). MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourty...

Abstract Introduction CRANIAL (CSF Rhinorrhoea After Endonasal Intervention to the Skull Base) is a prospective, multicentre observational study seeking determine: scope of skull base repair methods used, and corresponding rates postoperative CSF rhinorrhoea in endonasal transsphenoidal (TSA) expanded approaches (EEA) for tumours. Method A cohort pilot was carried out at eleven neurosurgical un...

TGF-β1 upregulates microRNA-192 (miR-192) in cultured glomerular mesangial cells and in glomeruli from diabetic mice. miR-192 not only increases collagen expression by targeting the E-box repressors Zeb1/2 but also modulates other renal miRNAs, suggesting that it may be a therapeutic target for diabetic nephropathy. We evaluated the efficacy of a locked nucleic acid (LNA)-modified inhibitor of ...

In this paper we present the first related-key rectangle cryptanalysis of Rijndael-160/160 and Rijndael-192/192. Our attack on Rijndael-160/160 covers eight rounds. The attack complexities are 2 chosen plaintexts, 2 8-round Rijndael-160/160 encryptions and 2 bytes. Our attack on Rijndael-192/192 covers ten rounds. It requires 2 chosen plaintexts, 2 10-round Rijndael192/192 encryptions and 2 byt...

Farnesoid X receptor (FXR, NR1H4) plays an important role in the regulation of bile acid homeostasis in liver and intestine and may exert protective effects against certain forms of cancer such as colon carcinoma. However, the role of FXR in cell growth regulation, apoptosis, and carcinogenesis is still controversial. Similar to FXR, microRNA-192 (miR-192) is mainly expressed in the liver and c...

We have demonstrated in vitro and in vivo the specific binding of a monoclonal antibody to the rat nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor. Previous work had shown that this antibody, designated 192-IgG, does not compete with NGF for binding to the NGF receptor of PC12 cells, but instead interacts with the receptor to increase NGF binding to PC12 cells (Chandler, C. E., L. M. Parsons, M. Hosang, and...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to investigate the molecular mechanism of miR-192 in colon cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Human colon cancer cell lines with different p53 status were used as our model system to study the effect of miR-192 on cell proliferation, cell cycle control, and mechanism of regulation. RESULTS Our results show that one of the key miR-192 target genes is dihydrofola...