Two recently identified and purified murine macrophage inflammatory proteins MIP-1 and MIP-2 were tested in vitro both alone, and in combination with purified recombinant (r) murine (mu) GM-CSF, natural (n)muCSF-1, or rhuman (hu)G-CSF, for effects on mouse marrow CFU-GM, in combination with erythropoietin for effects on mouse marrow BFU-E, and in combination with rhuGM-CSF or rhuG-CSF for effec...

BACKGROUND Diaphragm dysfunction in mechanically ventilated patients is associated with poor outcome. Maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) can be used to evaluate inspiratory muscle function. However, it is unclear whether respiratory weakness is independently associated with long-term mortality. The aim of this study was to determine if low MIP is independently associated with one-year mortality...

Macrophage infectivity potentiator (MIP) was originally reported to be a chlamydial lipoprotein from experiments showing incorporation of radiolabeled palmitic acid into native and recombinant MIP; inhibition of posttranslational processing of recombinant MIP by globomycin, known to inhibit signal peptidase II; and solubility of native MIP in Triton X-114. However, the detailed structural chara...

The paging signaling overhead is occurred in Paging extensions for Mobile IP(P-MIP) which was proposed to reduce registration signaling overhead of Mobile IP(MIP). And quick paging IP scheme using residence pattern of mobile user(QP-MIP) is proposed to overcome the above inefficiency. To the exact analysis of QP-MIP and P-MIP, the Mobile Node(MN) state transition behavior is modeled and the ste...

Surface imprinting used for template recognition in nanocavities can be controlled and improved by surface morphological changes. Generally, the lithographic technique is patterning concerning sensing signal amplification molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) thin films. In this paper, we describe effects of silanized silica molds on properties MIP Porous poly(MAA–co–EGDMA) films were lithographi...

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) were prepared by bulk polymerization in acetonitrile using 2,4-dinitrophenol, acrylamide, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, and benzoyl peroxide, as the template, functional monomer, cross-linker, and initiator, respectively. The MIP membrane was prepared by hybridization of MIP particles with cellulose acetate (CA) and polystyrene (PS) after being ground and...

The ability of chemokines to bind to glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) on cell surfaces and in the extracellular matrix is thought to play a crucial role in chemokine function. We investigated the structural basis for chemokine binding to GAGs by using in vitro mutagenesis to identify amino acids of chemokine macrophage-inflammatory protein-1 beta (MIP-1 beta) that contribute to its interaction with th...