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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Orexin decreases mRNA expressions of NMDA and AMPA receptor subunits in rat primary neuron cultures.
Orexin is one of the orexigenic neuropeptides in the hypothalamus. Orexin neurons in the lateral hypothalamus (LH) project into the cerebral cortex and hippocampus in which the receptors are distributed in ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
IgIII (270-280)-fragment-like H(2)N-DDSDEEN-COOH peptide modulates N-CAM expression via Ca(2+)-dependent ERK signaling during \"in vitro neurogenesis\"
The two major isoforms (180kDa and 140kDa) of the neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) are crucially involved in neurogenesis and brain repair via activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade. ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Leptin-leptin receptor are involved in angiogenesis in human hepatocellular carcinoma.
Recent evidence in vitro and in vivo indicates that leptin, an adipose tissue-secreted hormone which is involved in the regulation of satiety, metabolic rate and thermogenesis, is implicated in angiogenesis. However, the role of leptin-mediated angiogenesis ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Parent food purchases as a measure of exposure and preschool-aged children\'s willingness to identify and taste fruit and vegetables.
This study explored whether parents who purchase more fruit/vegetables have preschool-aged children who are able to identify fruit/vegetables and in turn are more likely to consume them. ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Association of positive family history with survival of patients with lung cancer.
BACKGROUND: Risk factors for development of lung cancer include a family history of the disease. The effect of family history on lung cancer outcomes is unknown. A study was conducted to investigate this. METHODS: ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Cost-effectiveness of screening methods for urinary schistosomiasis in a school-based control programme in Ibadan, Nigeria.
OBJECTIVE: To carry out a comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of screening methods for urinary schistosomiasis; terminal haematuria, unqualified haematuria, dysuria, visual urine examination and chemical reagent strip technique, in a school-based control ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Coronary artery calcification, arterial stiffness and renal insufficiency associate with serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients.
Although the kidneys are the major source of proinflammatory cytokines, association of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) with severity of atherosclerosis or kidney function in ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Gene delivery to dendritic cells mediated by complexes of lipoplexes and pH-sensitive fusogenic polymer-modified liposomes.
Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent professional antigen presenting cells that are useful for cancer immunotherapy. We previously reported the preparation and characterization of complexes of lipoplexes with pH-sensitive fusogenic liposomes, which ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Plantibody-mediated inhibition of the Potato leafroll virus P1 protein reduces virus accumulation.
The P1 protein of Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) is thought to play a major role in the replication cycle by promoting the maturation of the genome-linked virion protein VPg. To study the relevance of ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Safety improvement and preservation of typical sensory qualities of traditional dry fermented sausages using autochthonous starter cultures.
Traditional dry fermented sausages are manufactured without addition of starter cultures in small-scale processing units, their fermentation relying on indigenous microflora. Characterisation and control of these specific bacteria are ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Analysis of a 30 kbp plasmid encoding histidine decarboxylase gene in Tetragenococcus halophilus isolated from fish sauce.
In order to analyze the genes related to the histamine production, a strain of histamine producing halophilic bacteria, referred to as strain H, was isolated using enrichment culture and ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Development of biocontrol agents from food microbial isolates for controlling post-harvest peach brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola.
An unconventional strategy of screening food microbes for biocontrol activity was used to develop biocontrol agents for controlling post-harvest peach brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola. Forty-four microbial ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Identification and quantification of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota in human feces with strain-specific primers derived from randomly amplified polymorphic DNA.
Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS) has been used in the production of fermented milk products for many years and is one of the most intensively studied ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Study of the bacterial ecosystem in tropical cooked and peeled shrimps using a polyphasic approach.
The characterization of the microbial ecosystem of cooked tropical shrimps was carried out using a polyphasic approach. First, culture-dependent methods were used for bacterial enumeration and the phenotypic and molecular identification ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
An explanation for the effect of inoculum size on MIC and the growth/no growth interface.
The inoculum effect (IE) is the phenomenon observed where changes in the inoculum size used in an experiment alters the outcome with respect to, for example, the minimum inhibitory concentration of ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Skim milk enhances the preservation of thawed -80 degrees C bacterial stocks.
The results from bacterial strain recovery efforts following hurricanes Katrina and Rita are reported. Over 90% of strains frozen in 10% skim milk were recovered whereas various recovery rates were observed for glycerol-stored stocks ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Towards a universally adaptable method for quantitative extraction of high-purity nucleic acids from soil.
A universally adaptable protocol for quantitative extraction of high-purity nucleic acids from soil is presented. A major problem regarding the extraction of nucleic acids from soil is the presence of humic substances, ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Levosimendan-induced reduction in natriuretic peptide levels during the treatment of decompensated heart failure: Clinical implications - Reply.
Although, the potential use of natriuretic peptide testing in treatment monitoring of heart failure remains to be fully clarified, levosimendan-induced reduction in natriuretic peptide levels has consistently been reported ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Prognostic value of QT dispersion in acute stroke.
Central nervous system mediated cardiac injury is a field of growing interest pertaining to brain-heart interactions. Our group previously found higher QT dispersion, calculated as the difference between the maximum and minimum QT intervals on the admission ECG ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Impact of global and subjective mini nutritional assessment (MNA) questions on the evaluation of the nutritional status: The role of gender and age.
Undernutrition is a quite common condition in the elderly, often identified using the mini nutritional assessment (MNA) test. The aim of this research ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Adjuvant radiotherapy on older and oldest elderly rectal cancer patients.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of radiotherapy in terms of feasibility and activity in the patients aged >/=75 with advanced rectal cancer. From January 2002 to December 2006, 41 consecutive patients ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
IL-6 mediated alterations on immobile behavior of rats in the forced swim test via ERK1/2 activation in specific brain regions.
Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a proinflammatory cytokine, is well known as a mediator in early stage inflammatory immune reactions. In recent years, accumulating evidence has shown that IL-6 ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Oscillations in shoal cohesion in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
In many species, group cohesion may be the result of a compromise between opposing forces (e.g. predator avoidance and competition for food). However, little empirical data exists on the dynamics of group cohesion. We present moment-to-moment positional data ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity impairment after experimental traumatic brain injury: Relationship to spatial learning deficits and oxidative stress.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a devastating disease that commonly causes persistent mental disturbances and cognitive deficits. Although studies indicate that oxidative stress and functional deficits occurring after TBI are ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Protective effects of S-methylisothiourea sulfate on different aspiration materials-induced lung injury in rats.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) specific inhibitor, S-methylisothiourea sulfate (SMT) in preventing lung injury after different pulmonary aspiration materials in rats. ...
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