BACKGROUND Approximately 10% of nephroblastomas (Wilms' tumors) carry mutations in the Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) gene. Recently, a WT1 antibody raised against N-terminal 1-181 amino acids of human WT1 became commercially available for immunohistochemical use on paraffin-embedded tissue. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of WT1 N-terminal antibody in nephrob...

It was previously demonstrated that monoclonal antibody CC-3 binds to a phosphorylation dependent epitope present on a 255 kDa nuclear protein (p255). We show here that in interphase cells, p255 distributes to typical nuclear speckles that correspond to the localization of spliceosome components as revealed by antibodies to the m3G cap of snRNAs or to the non-snRNP splicing factor SC-35. Immuno...

Background: Mammalian oocyte undergoes a series of structural nuclear modulations during maturation in order to obtain full competence to support fertilization and early embryonic development. Microtubules are major cytoskeleton components and have pivotal modulators for chromosomal movement, and it has been shown that partial or immature spindle organization may compromise correct ploidy of th...

Nuclear Pore Complexes (NPCs) serve as essential gateways between the nucleus and cytoplasm. Dysregulation of NPC function is associated with aging cancer, yet how implicated in epidermal homeostasis skin disorders remains largely unexplored. Here, we show that 74% genes encoding nucleoporins (NUPs), building blocks constituting NPC, are significantly downregulated (p<0.05) primary human kerati...

The existence of cytoplasmic estrogen receptor immunoreactivity (ER-IR) has been reported in the brain using three different antibodies raised against different epitopes on the ER protein. With each antibody, the darkest reaction product was seen within cell nuclei, but cytoplasmic ER-IR was also observed with each antibody in most neuroanatomical areas. We have reported previously that an inje...

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus viral capsid antigen were assayed serially in 19 patients with infectious mononucleosis and in 38 controls. Seventy-four percent of infectious mononucleosis patients demonstrated IgA antibody, whereas this was found in 13% of controls. This antibody appeared early in infectious mononucleosis and was virtually gone 10 weeks after onset. Com...

  Introduction: Monoclonal antibodies labeled mainly with 99mTc are being widely used as imaging agents in nuclear medicine. Recently PR81 was introduced as a new murine anti-MUC1 MAb against human breast carcinoma. This antibody reacts with the tandem repeat of 20-mer peptide of protein backbone, and is of IgG1 class, with an affinity of 2.19×10-8 M-1. Due to high sp...

Background: Involvement of Wnt proteins and one of its antagonist known as secreted Frizzled Related Protein type-4 (sFPRP-4) was reported in rodent ovarian follicular development. Other studies showed an ap- Abstracts of the 11th Royan International Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine 7 7 International Journal of Fertility & Sterility (IJFS), Vol 4, Suppl 1, Summer 2010 optotic-associated exp...

The small nuclear RNAs are known to be complexed with proteins in the cell (snRNP). To learn more about these proteins, we developed an in vitro system for studying their interactions with individual small nuclear RNA species. Translation of HeLa cell poly(A)+ mRNA in an exogenous message-dependent reticulocyte lysate results in the synthesis of snRNP proteins. Addition of human small nuclear R...