Observations of hemocyte aggregation on abiotic surfaces suggested that certain plasmatocytes from larvae of Manduca sexta act as foci for hemocyte aggregation. To establish how these particular plasmatocytes form initial attachments to foreign surfaces, they were cultured separately from other ...

Neuroglian, a member of the L1 family of cell adhesion molecules (L1-CAMs), is expressed on surfaces of granular cells and a subset of large plasmatocytes of Manduca sexta that act as foci for hemocyte aggregation during the innate immune response. Neuroglian expressed on surfaces of transfected...

SummaryBuilding sensory dendritic arbors requires branching, growth, spacing, and substrate support. The conserved L1CAM family of cell-adhesion molecules generates neuronal isoforms to regulate neurite development in various aspects. However, whether non-neuronal isoforms participate in any of ...

l-Lysine hydrochloride was transformed to ethyl l-lysine dihydrochloride. This salt was reacted with trimellitic anhydride to yield the corresponding diacid (1). Interfacial polycondensation results a series of novel poly (hydrazide-imide)s (PHIa–f). These polymers have inherent viscosities in ...

Effects of conantokin-T, a 21 amino acid peptide toxin isolated from the fish-hunting cone snail Conus tulipa, on the high-voltage-activated Ca2+ channel currents were studied in acutely dissociated rat hippocampal CA1 neurons using whole-cell voltage clamp-recording technique with 5 mM Ba2+ as ...

The comparison of organolanthanide complexes, (C5Me5)2SmMe(THF) (Sm1) and [(C5Me5)2Sm]2(PhCCCCPh) (Sm2), with tin compounds, Bu2Sn(OMe)2 (Sn1) and Bu2Sn(OCH2CH2CH2O) (Sn2), in the preparation of random, diblock, and triblock copolymers composed of l-lactide (l-LA) or d, l-LA and cyclic carbonate...

Poly(lactide-co-trimethylene carbonate)s were prepared by the lipase-catalyzed ring-opening copolymerization of lactide and trimethylene carbonate having carbonate content from 0 to 100%. Their thermal properties and enzymatic degradability were measured. The l,l-, d,d- and d,l-lactides were cop...

Homopolymerization of 2,2-dimethyltrimethylene carbonate and its copolymerization with ɛ-caprolactone catalyzed by ionic liquid-supported rare earth catalysts were investigated for the first time. The results indicated that this novel catalyst is effective for the homopolymerization and copolyme...

Rare earth (Nd, Y, La) p-tert-butylcalix[n]arene (n=4, 6, and 8) complexes alone have been developed to catalyze random and block copolymerizations of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) and 2,2-dimethyltrimethylene carbonate (DTC). The random or block structure and thermal behavior of the copolymers h...

Poly(trimethylene carbonate-co-2, 2′-dimethyltrimethylene carbonate) [P(TMC-co-DTC)] with a molecular weight of about 150 kDa and different copolymer composition were synthesized by ring opening copolymerization of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) and 2, 2′-dimethyltrimethylene carbonate (DTC), us...

The preparations of a number of new thiocyanato-, acetato- and fluoborato-complexes of zinc(II), cadmium(II) and mercury(II) with thiomorpholin-3-one tm and thiazolidine-2-thione ttz are described and the i.r. and far i.r. spectra are reported. A correlation between the frequencies of the MNCS...

Solid thiourea complexes of zinc, cadmium and mercuric perchlorates, fluoborates and trifluoroacetates were prepared from water or ethanol media. The metal: thiourea ratio in the complexes was determined by titration using a high frequency method. The solid complexes, to which an equivalent amou...

Double deprotonation of either (E,E)-3-methyl-2,4-hexadienoic acid 2, or 4,6-dimethyldihydro-2-pyrone 3 generates apparently the same lithium trienediolate, which affords ω-hydroxy acids 9 on reaction with ketones 7. Hydroxy acids 9 are easily dehydrated to octatrienoic acids 5, which are struc...

Silkworm larva has a lot of advantages as a “biofactory” to produce recombinant protein. A recombinant baculovirus, carrying cDNA encoding the 165 amino-acid long isoform of human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was successfully constructed for the large-scale production of this prot...

The mechanisms of vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (VEGF165) on electrical properties of cardiomyocytes have not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that VEGF165, an angiogenesis-initiating factor, affects L-type calcium currents (ICa,L) and cell membrane...

In this work, we have developed a sensitive and selective chemiluminescence (CL) assay for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF165) quantitative detection based on two specific VEGF165 binding aptamers (Apt). VEGF is a predominant biomarker in cancer angiogenesis, and sensitive detection met...

BackgroundPrognosis of peripheral artery disease (PAD), especially critical limb ischemia (CLI), is very poor despite the development of endovascular therapy and bypass surgery. Many patients result in having leg amputation. We decided to investigate the safety and efficacy of plasmid of interna...

Neuroplin 1 (NRP1), a transmembrane protein interacting with Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor VEGF-A165 (called here VEGF165) and the tyrosine kinase Receptor 2 (VEGFR2) promote angiogenesis and vascular homeostasis. In a pathophysiological context, several studies suggested that VEGFR2 and NR...

1.1. Blocking activities of α- and β-adrenoceptors by 4-(2-hydroxy-3-[(1-methyl-3-phenylpropyl)amino]propoxy)benzeneacetamide (KF4317) were tested on the isolated muscles, compared with the action of labetalol.2.2. In blocking the β1-adrenoceptor, KF4317 was almost as active as labetalol.3.3....

PurposeTo evaluate cancer incidence among Minnesota taconite mining workers.