Alkaline phosphatases (APs, E.C.3.1.3.1., orthophosphoric monoester phosphohydrolases) are ubiquitous enzymes capable of hydrolyzing a wide variety of monophosphate esters at alkaline pH optima. These enzymes exist in nature in species as different as E. coli and man, suggesting that APs have fundamental biological roles (for review see McComb et al., 1979). The in vivo function(s) of APs, howe...

The mammalian inner ear subserves the special senses of hearing and balance. The auditory and vestibular sensory epithelia consist of mechanically sensitive hair cells and associated supporting cells. Hearing loss and balance dysfunction are most frequently caused by compromise of hair cells and/or their innervating neurons. The development of gene- and cell-based therapeutics will benefit from...

30 Objectives: The principle aim of the current study was to examine within-match patterns of locomotor 31 efficiency in Professional Soccer, determined as the ratio between tri-axial accelerometer data 32 (PlayerLoad) and locomotor activities. Between match variability and determinants of PlayerLoad 33 during match play were also assessed. Design: A single cohort, observational study. Methods:...

BACKGROUND Testicular tumors are the most common genital neoplasms in male dogs, with Leydig cell tumors (LCT), seminomas (SEM), and Sertoli cell tumors (SCT) the most common forms. Human SEM are classified as classical (CSEM) or spermatocytic (SSEM). Intratubular germ cell neoplasia of undifferentiated origin (IGCNU) is another form of human testicular tumor. The aim of this study was to verif...

BACKGROUND It is unknown whether the presence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites in umbilical cord blood denotes infection acquired antenatally or contamination with infected maternal blood at delivery. METHODS Parasites were quantified by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RTQ-PCR) and were genotyped in paired maternal- and cord-blood samples obtained from 632 pregnant...

The alkaline phosphatase (AP) synthesized by human tumor cells closely resembles human placental AP (PLAP). Little is known about the molecular events that lead to the expression of a placenta-like AP in tumor cells. The complementary DNA encoding the AP expressed by a choriocarcinoma cell line, BeWo, was isolated and characterized. The complementary DNA is the product of the germ cell AP (Naga...

HUMAN INTESTINAL ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE. Tissue expression and serum levels. ISBN 91-7174-674-9 ISSN 0346-6612 New series No 342 Ulla Domar, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Umeå, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden. Human alkaline phosphatase (ALP) comprises four isozymes, viz liver/bone/ kidney or tissue unspecific (AP), intestinal (LAP), placental (PLAP) and germ cell or PLAP-...