Q uality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) have become an increasingly popular mechanism in states and localities seeking to raise the quality of their early care and education (ECE) programs. Typically, QRISs provide ratings of ECE programs based on multicomponent assessments designed to make quality transparent to parents and funders, as well as feedback, technical assistance, and financ...

The potent vasoconstrictor endothelin-1 (ET-1) is secreted constitutively by endothelial cells and has been implicated in the pathophysiology of several cardiovascular diseases. It is generated from its inactive intermediate, big ET-1, through the action of endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE). Using several complementary techniques, we have demonstrated that ECE is present at the cell surface an...

Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is thought to play a significant role in acute renal failure induced by cyclosporin A (CsA). The cDNA sequence encoding endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1), which produces the active form of ET-1 from big ET-1, was recently reported. To elicit the role of ECE-1 in the glomerular and tubular dysfunction induced by CsA, the effects of CsA on mRNA and protein expression of E...

OBJECTIVE The biosynthesis of endothelin-1 (ET-1), the most potent vasoconstrictor with mitogenic properties, involves the processing of intermediate protein big ET-1 by a unique metalloprotease, endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1). ECE-1 has 4 subisoforms that possess the same catalytic properties but different localization patterns on the plasma membrane and cytosol. We investigated the tr...

During hepatic wound healing, activation of key effectors of the wounding response known as stellate cells leads to a multitude of pathological processes, including increased production of endothelin-1 (ET-1). This latter process has been linked to enhanced expression of endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1, the enzyme that converts precursor ET-1 to the mature peptide) in activated stellate c...

An imbalance of nitric oxide and endothelin plays an important role in cardiovascular disease. Thrombin exerts profound effects on endothelial function. The present study investigated the molecular mechanisms by which thrombin regulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE)-1 expression in human endothelial cells. Incubation of human umbilical vein endo...

Copyright to IJAREEIE www.ijareeie.com 142 Immobilizer Implementation using Mutual Authentication with enhanced security using 802.15.4 protocol Mr.B.Karthik , Dr.T.V.U. Kiran Kumar , N. Gomathi Assistant Professor, ECE Department, Bharath University, Chennai – 600073, India #2 Professor, ECE Department, Bharath University, Chennai – 600073, India #3 PG Student, ECE Department, Bharath Universi...

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Gary Spivey* ECE Department University of Maryland, USA and Rincon Research Corp. Tucson, AZ, USA [email protected] Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya* ECE Department and UMIACS University of Maryland, USA [email protected] Kazuo Nakajima† ECE Department University of Maryland, USA, and Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan [email protected]

The potent smooth muscle agonist endothelin-1 (ET-1) is involved in the local control of seminiferous tubule contractility, which results in the forward propulsion of tubular fluid and spermatozoa, through its action on peritubular myoid cells. ET-1, known to be produced in the seminiferous epithelium by Sertoli cells, is derived from the inactive intermediate big endothelin-1 (big ET-1) throug...