Leukocyte cathepsin G (CLP) and elastase (ELP) from human blood were partially purified, and enzymatic properties of CLP and a2-macroglobulin-CLP complex (a2M-CLP) were studied in comparison with those of ELP and a2M-ELP. Furthermore, some synthetic substrates and synthetic reversible inhibitors for CLP were newly synthesized and specificities for CLP were compared with those of a-chymotrysin. ...

Construction labor productivity (CLP) is affected by various interconnected factors, such as crew motivation and working conditions. Improved CLP can benefit a construction project in many ways, shortened life cycle lowering cost. However, budget, time, resource restrictions force companies to select implement only limited number of improvement strategies. Therefore, research gap exists regardi...

Mammalian Glyco_18-domain-containing proteins include catalytically active chitinases and chitinase-like proteins with cytokine activity involved in host defense and Th2-type inflammatory reactions. Here, we describe a novel human Glyco_18-domain-containing protein, SI-CLP, as an interacting partner of the endocytic/sorting receptor stabilin-1. Similarly to the chitinase-like cytokines YKL-39, ...

BACKGROUND The mechanisms of sepsis mortality remain undefined. While there is some evidence of organ damage, it is not clear whether this damage alone is sufficient to cause death. Therefore, we aimed to examine contribution of organ injury/dysfunction to early deaths in the mouse abdominal sepsis. METHODS Female OF-1 mice underwent either medium-severity cecal ligation and puncture (CLP-Onl...

The ATP-dependent Clp protease of Escherichia coli contains two dissimilar components: the Clp A regulatory polypeptide, with two ATP binding sites and intrinsic ATPase activity, and the Clp P subunit, which contains the proteolytic active site. The DNA sequence of the clpP gene predicts a protein of 207 amino acids (Mr 21,679), which is in close agreement with the size determined by sodium dod...

Sepsis-induced myocardial injury is a detrimental disorder for intensive care medicine due to its high rates of morbidity and mortality. Data suggest that nuclear factor (NF)-κB serves a critical role in the pathogenesis of myocardial injury. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) serves an important role in the physiology and pathophysiology of regulatory mechanisms, particularly during an inflammatory reacti...

It is suspected that environmental exposure to non-syndromic oral clefts, which includes cleft lip (CL), and palate (CLP) has an effect on epigenetic mechanisms, particularly deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation. DNA methylation will be expressed during facial morphogenesis have impact development. This study aimed observe differences in between CL CLP, mothers CLP mothers, correlation mothe...