Upon infection of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), the provirus is integrated into the host cell genome and subsequently packaged into chromatin that contains histone H1. Consequently, transcriptional activation of the virus requires overcoming the environment of chromatin and H1. To efficiently activate transcription, HTLV-1 requires the virally encoded protein Tax and cellular tra...

The ligation of programmed death-ligand 1 (B7-H1) to T cells results in the preferential production of interleukin 10 (IL-10). We investigated if B7-H1 would be up-regulated in HIV infection, a disease characterized by increased IL-10 production, by measuring B7-H1, B7-1 (CD80), and B7-2 (CD86) expression and mRNA in 36 HIV-infected patients and in 22 healthy controls (HCs). Results showed that...

This work was aimed at comparing distribution of isoforms for polymorphic histone H1 variants H1.b and H1.z and variably abundant histone H1.d subtype between quail (Coturnix japonica) population selected for a high egg yolk cholesterol content and the control birds. The isoforms of histone H1.b (H1.b1, H1.b2) and histone H1.z (H1.z1, H1.z2) differed in their apparent molecular weights judging ...

The phosphorylation of H1 histone subtypes was studied in 3 Chinese hamster cell lines (CHO, V79, and CHW). Chromatographic resolution of H1 subtypes showed that all 3 cell lines contained 1 homologous (coeluting) H1 subtype (CHO-1, V79-1, and CHW-1) while V79 and CHW cells contained 2 additional H1 subtypes not found in CHO cells (V79-2,3 and CHW-2,3). N-Bromosuccinimide cleavage of 32P-labele...

T-cell tolerance is the central program that prevents harmful immune responses against self-antigens, in which inhibitory PD-1 signal given by B7-H1 interaction plays an important role. Recent studies demonstrated that B7-H1 binds CD80 besides PD-1, and B7-H1/CD80 interaction also delivers inhibitory signals in T cells. However, a role of B7-H1/CD80 signals in regulation of T-cell tolerance has...

B7 homolog 1 (B7-H1)-expressing myeloma cells not only inhibit myeloma-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), but also confer a proliferative advantage: resistance to antimyeloma chemotherapy. However, it remains unknown whether B7-H1 expressed on myeloma cells induces cellular responses associated with aggressive myeloma behaviors. To address this question, we analyzed the proliferation and d...

Two lens spaces are given to show that Ohtsuki’s τ for rational homology spheres does not determine Kirby-Melvin’s {τ ′ r , r odd ≥ 3} By using partial Kirby-Melvin’s quautum SO(3) invariants {τ ′ r(M), r odd prime > |H1(M,Z)|} [KM], Ohtsuki [O] defined a topological invariant τ(M) = ∞ ∑ n=0 λn(M)(t − 1) ∈ Q[[t− 1]] for rational homology 3-sphere M . R.Lawrence [La] conjectured that λn(M) ∈ { Z...

Fundamentals of Wireless Communications Homework 1 Solutions Handout date: April 1, 2014 Problem 1 Identification of LTV Systems 1. Suppose x stably identifiesQ. ForH1, H2 ∈ QwithH1x = H2xwe have 0 = H1x−H2x = (H1 −H2)x sinceH1, H2 are linear operators. Moreover,H1 −H2 ∈ Q. Since x stably identifiesQ, α‖H1 −H2‖H ≤ ‖(H1 −H2)x‖ = 0 with α > 0, which implies thatH1 −H2 = 0, i.e.,H1 = H2. 2. We sta...

PURPOSE B7-H1/PD-L1 (B7-H1) and B7-DC/PD-L2 (B7-DC) are ligands for the receptor PD-1, which is known to negatively regulate T-cell activation. In the present study, we investigated the expression of B7-H1 and B7-DC in tumor specimens of non-small cell lung cancer and their relationships with clinicopathological variables and postoperative survival. Furthermore, we examined the correlation betw...

Purpose: We examined whether nm23-H1 is a prognostic factor of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (PTCL-NOS). Experimental Design: We studied 102 consecutive, untreated PTCL-NOS patients from 1998 to 2008. The expression of nm23-H1 and TIA-1 was studied by immunohistochemistry. Results: nm23-H1 was positive in 44.1%, and TIA-1 in 78.4% of the PTCL-NOS patients. nm23-H1 expressi...