Hydrogel tubes of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-methyl methacrylate) (p(HEMA-co-MMA)) made by liquid-liquid centrifugal casting are being investigated as potential nerve guidance channels in the central nervous system. An important criterion for the nerve guidance channel is that its mechanical properties are similar to those of the spinal cord, where it will be implanted. The formulated ...

Aim: To evaluate the long-term bond strength, degree of conversion and resistance to degradation in ethanol of HEMA-containing and HEMA-free model adhesive resins of a three-step etch-andrinse adhesive system. Methods: The superficial dentin of 16 bovine incisor teeth was exposed, and the teeth were divided in two groups according to the HEMA concentration in the experimental adhesive (0% and 1...

The growth of bone marrow stromal cells was assessed in vitro in macroporous hydrogels based on 2-hydro- xyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) copolymers with different electric charges. Copolymers of HEMA with sodium methacrylate (MA(-)) carried a negative electric charge, copolymers of HEMA with [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] trimethylammonium chloride (MOETA(-)) carried a positive electric charge and terp...

The hemA gene codes for one of two synthases in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 which catalyze the formation of 5-aminolevulinic acid. We have examined the role of PrrA, a DNA binding protein that is associated with the metabolic switch between aerobic growth and anoxygenic photosynthetic growth, in hemA expression and found that hemA transcription is directly activated by PrrA. Using electrophor...

The wheat gluten protein alpha-gliadin, a well known trigger of celiac disease, can be complexed by random copolymers of hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and sodium 4-styrene sulfonate (SS). In this work, influence of alpha-gliadin and poly(HEMA-co-SS) concentrations on alpha-gliadin structure was studied using spectroscopic techniques and dynamic light scattering. In 70% ethanol or 0.06M HCl (...

Nine hemin-deficient mutants of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 were isolated as neomycin-resistant colonies. Five of these mutants could be stimulated by Delta-aminolevulinic acid (Delta-ALA), thus representing hemA mutants. Since S. typhimurium LT2 is not able to incorporate hemin, the identification of the mutants not stimulated by Delta-ALA was made on the basis of the simultaneous loss of catal...

We examine the feasibility and functionality of hydrophilic modifications to a borate glass reinforced resin composite; with the objective of meeting and maintaining therapeutic thresholds for Sr release over time, as a potential method of incorporating antiosteoporotic therapy into a vertebroplasty material. Fifteen composites were formulated with the hydrophilic agent hydroxyl ethyl methacryl...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the 5 year clinical dentin bonding effectiveness of two HEMA-free adhesives in Class V non-carious cervical lesions. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 169 Class V restorations were placed in 67 patients with a self-etching adhesive (G-Bond; 67), a 3-step HEMA and TEGDMA free etch-and-rinse (cfm; 51) and a control HEMA-containing etch-and-rinse adh...

In this study, it was aimed to synthesize and characterize a new polymeric cryogel system be formed with linoleic acid (PLina), vegetable oil-based fatty acid, the widely preferred 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) monomer. cryogels. For purpose, firstly, autoxidation hydroxylation reactions were carried out for lineloic respectively. Hydroxylated (PLina-OH) HEMA monomer subjected cryogenic ge...

In the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and in the enterobacterium Escherichia coli &aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is formed from glutamyl-tRNA by the sequential action of two enzymes, glutamyl-tRNA reductase (GluTR) and glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminotransferase. E. coli has two GluTR proteins with sizes of 45 kDa (GluTR46) and 85 kDa (GluTR85) (Jahn, D., Michelsen, U., and 5611, D. (1991...