soybean isoflavone genistein has multiple anticancer properties and its pro-apoptotic and anti-proliferative effects have been studied in different cancer cells. however, the mechanisms of action of genistein and its molecular targets on human colon cells have not been fully elucidated. therefore, caspase-3 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 mapk) as the main therapeutic targets were...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary crude protein and methionine levels on quality and quantity of egg production. fifteen diets formulated with 3 levels of protein (13, 14 and 15%) and 5 levels of methionine (0.25, 0.28, 0.31, 0.34 and 0.37%) and fed to 420 birds in a 3×5 factorial arrangement. each diet was randomly fed to 4 replicates of 7 birds each and fed for 3 p...

muscle-derived neurotrophins are thought to contribute to the adaptation of skeletal muscle to exercise. the nt-4/5 protein is one of the family members of neurotrophins that remains rather unknown compared to other members. the aim of this present study was to determine the effect of one session of resistance exercise on the levels of nt-4/5 protein in soleus and flexor hallucislongus muscles ...

Three experiments of 28 days duration were conducted in three size groups (<1g, 1-5g and 5-10g) of Indian white shrimp, Fenneropenaeus indicus, to evaluate the appropriate protein: energy (GE) ratios in their diets. A common ingredient mixture consisting of fish meal, shrimp meal, ground nut oil cake, cholesterol, lecithin, vitamins and minerals blended with chicken egg albumin, tapioca flour a...

This contribution reviews results from interferometric observations of circumstellar disks around young stars of .3 M , performed with the MIDI instrument operating in the 10 μm spectral region. Two main topics, the disk structure on ∼1-10 AU scales and the dust properties in the same region, are illustrated with several examples of MIDI studies, covering various evolutionary stages. The spatia...

Some of the difficulties in determining the underlying physical properties that are relevant for observed anomalies in microlensing light curves, such as the mass and separation of extrasolar planets orbiting the lens star, or the relative source-lens parallax, are already anchored in factors that limit the amount of information available from ordinary microlensing events and in the way these a...