OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Aging results in progressive changes in deglutitive functions, which may be due in part to alterations in muscle morphology and physiology. Mastication is a critical component of bolus formation and swallowing, but aging effects on masticatory function have not been well studied. STUDY DESIGN The purpose of this study was to 1) quantify the effects of aging on masticatio...

The deep eastern Mediterranean Sea is one of the most oligotrophic regions of the world’s oceans and is therefore highly suitable for investigating the response of a resource-limited deep-sea benthic community to food pulses. Additionally, the benthic response to organic matter (OM) deposition can differ according to the amount of OM entering the sediment. Here, we report on 36-h pulse–chase ex...

OBJECTIVE To detect ROS1 rearrangement using three different assays, including immunohistochemistry (IHC), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and to analyze the clinicopathologic features of ROS1 rearrangement in patients with lung adenocarcinoma. METHODS One hundred eighty-three consecutive patients with lung adenocarcinom...

Interaction of the vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM-1) with its counter-receptor very late antigen-4 (VLA-4) (integrin alpha 4 beta 1) is important for a number of developmental pathways and inflammatory functions. We are investigating the molecular mechanism of this binding, in the interest of developing new anti-inflammatory drugs that block it. In a previous report, we showed that the p...

the initial step in any breeding program including the breeding of walnut is an evaluation of the genetic diversity of its population and on identification of its superior and promising genotypes. this research was carried out during 2009-2010 growing seasons to evaluate the walnut genotypes, population grown in the vicinities of eghlid city, as one of the richest walnut population regions in t...

We have studied the stability of the histone-like, DNA-binding protein HU from the hyperthermophilic eubacterium Thermotoga maritima and its E34D mutant by differential scanning microcalorimetry and CD under acidic conditions at various concentrations within the range of 2-225 micro m of monomer. The thermal unfolding of both proteins is highly reversible and clearly follows a two-state dissoci...

You have accessJournal of UrologyInfections/Inflammation/Cystic Disease the Genitourinary Tract: Interstitial Cystitis (PD01)1 Sep 2021PD01-10 SMALL FIBER POLYNEUROPATHY: A NEXUS LINKING CO-OCCURRING PAIN SYNDROMES IN WOMEN WITH INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/BLADDER SYNDROME? Raymond Xu, Tyler Overholt, Catherine A. Matthews, Robert Evans, Gopal Badlani, Christine Ahn, Trang Simon, and Stephen J. Walke...

We have studied the development of retinal ganglion cell morphology in the cat's visual system from early fetal to postnatal times. In particular, we have examined the contribution of growth and remodeling to the establishment of mature retinal ganglion cell form. Ganglion cells were identified by retrograde labeling with rhodamine latex microspheres deposited in the superior colliculus and lat...

The conversion of O-antigens by bacteriophage was discovered by Iseki and Sakai (I) and has been investigated from the points of view of virology and serology in a number of laboratories (2-6). The phenomenon involves the change in structure of the cellular polysaccharide O-antigen associated with the presence of a temperature bacteriophage (7, 8). Since the role taken by the virus in modifying...