Fabry disease is caused by deficient activity of α-galactosidase A (GLA) and characterized by systemic accumulation of glycosphingolipids, substrates of the enzyme. To gain insight into the pathogenesis of Fabry disease based on accumulated substrates, we examined the tissue and plasma distributions of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) isoforms, and globotriaosylsphingosine (lyso-Gb3) and its analogu...

Fabry disease is an X-linked genetic disorder characterized by deficient activity of α-galactosidase A (GLA) and accumulation of glycolipids, and various GLA gene mutations lead to a wide range of clinical phenotypes from the classic form to the later-onset one. To investigate the biochemical heterogeneity and elucidate the basis of the disease using available clinical samples, we measured GLA ...

PURPOSE To determine the phospholipid content of specific anatomic regions within the crystalline lens. METHODS Phospholipid extracts of tissues dissected from 5 sets of 10 rabbit lenses were analyzed by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Twenty-nine pathway-specific metabolic indexes were calculated from groups of phospholipids and ratios of phospholipids. RESULTS Phospholipid le...

OBJECTIVE Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a pro-inflammatory and angiogenic lipid mediator involved in several types of cancer in humans. The levels of PAF, lyso-PAF (the PAF precursor), phospholipase A2 activity (PLA2, the enzymatic activity implicated in lyso-PAF formation) and acetylhydrolase activity (AHA, the PAF-degrading enzyme) were investigated in various diseased thyroid tissues. ...

We report on three LYSO crystal batches characterized at the Caltech crystal laboratory for future HEP experiments: Twenty-five 20 cm long crystals for the SuperB experiment; twelve 13 cm long crystals for the Mu2e experiment and 623 14×14×1.5 mm plates with five holes for a LYSO/W Shashlik matrix for a beam test at Fermilab. Optical and scintillation properties measured are longitudinal Transm...

The influence of the hypercholesterolemia associated with atherosclerosis on monocytes is poorly understood. Monocytes are exposed to high concentrations of lipids, particularly cholesterol and lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC). Indeed, in line with recent reports, we found that monocytes accumulate cholesteryl esters (CEs) in hypercholesterolemic mice, demonstrating the need for studies that a...

Pneumocystis carinii carinii and rat lung phospholipids contained 3-6% 1-alkyl-2-acyl glycerols composed of the glyceryl ether species, 1-O-octadecyl glycerol (batyl alcohol), 1-O-octadec-9-enyl glycerol (selachyl alcohol), 1-O-hexadecyl glycerol (chimyl alcohol), and 1-O-hexadec-9-enyl glycerol. Of the major phospholipid classes, phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylserine contained the h...

Lysozyme (lyso) is an anti-microbial peptide (AMP) found in Eukaryotes. In shrimps, lysozyme gene expressed for protection against microbial infection. This current study targeted to determine the differences expression samples from two different coastal regions having spatial variation comparison. study, diseased shrimps were collected improved traditional ghers of Satkhira and Cox’s Bazar dis...

The scintillator can be seen as a wavelength shifter which converts the incident particle into number of photons at certain wavelength. scintillation light decay time is measured by coupling with photosensitive device. With photoelectric conversion process and waveform sampling technology, signal responding to obtained. Through exponential fitting, we obtain scintillator. Traditionally device u...

Abstract A simple and economic scintillator kit in combination with a computer-based oscilloscope was used to develop learning experience, comprised of set activities introduce students an interactive way the physics gamma-ray detection. The proposal for secondary school university is built by means frequent on-the-fly formative assessment collect difficulties ways overcome them. Internal decay...