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Bioinformatics. 2000 Jul;16(7):652-3.
DNAssist: the integrated editing and analysis of molecular biology sequences in windows.
Patterton HG, Graves S.
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cape Town, University Private Bag, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa.
MOTIVATION: The programs currently available for the analysis of nucleic acid and protein sequences suffer from a variety of problems: Web-based programs often require inconvenient reformatting of sequences when proceeding from one analysis to the next, and commercial-console-based programs are cost prohibitive. Here, we report the development of DNASSIST:, an inexpensive, multiple-document, interface program for the fully integrated editing and analysis of nucleic acid and protein sequences in the familiar environment of Microsoft Windows.
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1997 Jun;22(6):364-7, back inside cover.
[Antilipid peroxidation and antiradiative action of glycosides in herba Cistanches]
[Article in Chinese]
Li L, Wang X, Wang X, Muhuyati, Du N.
Xinjiang Medical College, Urumqi.
The results showed that oral administration of GCs could markedly increase the activity of SOD in red blood cells as well as the contents of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) in liver and kidney, decrease the contents of MDA in serum, markedly increase the activity of SOD in red blood cells as well as the contents of nucleic acid in the spleen of mice radio-induced by 60Co, and also lower the contents of MDA in liver. The results suggest that the protective effect of GCs on nucleic acid and antiradiative action may be related to its antilipid peroxidation.
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In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 2000 Jul-Aug;36(7):465-75.
Reciprocal control of apoptosis and proliferation in cultured rat hepatoma arl-6 cells: roles of nutrient supply, serum, and oxidative stress.
Qiao L, Farrell GC.
Department of Medicine, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia.
In order to understand how cancer cells accumulate, rat hepatoma ARL-6 cells were cultured for 8 d to identify factors involved in spontaneous cell proliferation and apoptosis. With increasing time in culture, the proportion of cells in the proliferative phases of the cell cycle and the rate of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis decreased. The waning of proliferation was associated with a gradual reduction of cell viability, and this was temporally related to the appearance of typical apoptotic morphology and DNA laddering. Medium replacement or supplementation with fetal calf serum (FCS) suppressed apoptosis, while medium change, but not fetal calf serum alone, enhanced cell proliferation. Apoptosis was also suppressed by dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), but supplementary glutathione was without effect. Expression of poly(adenosine diphosphate[ADP]-ribose)polymerase peaked on days 34 of culture, and was followed by a progressive decrease thereafter, consistent with proteolytic cleavage. This decrease was prevented to varying extents by complete medium replacement, FCS and DMSO, indicating a close temporal relationship between poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase activation and apoptosis. Expression of Fas and Bcl-2 did not change appreciably over the 8-d culture, but there was a gradual increase in Bax expression; medium change, FCS and DMSO all partly inhibited Bax expression. These data indicate that spontaneous apoptosis in cultured ARL-6 cells is inversely related to cell proliferation, and that nutrient supply, and to a lesser extent, serum-derived factors and oxidative stress modulate apoptosis in this system. Proteolytic cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase and expression of Bax are likely to be mechanistically involved with the control of spontaneous apoptosis in ARL-6 cells, whereas changes in the levels of Fas and Bcl-2 do not play a role.
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Clin Orthop. 2000 Oct;(379 Suppl):S55-8.
Gene therapy: clinical considerations.
Scully SP.
Division of Orthopaedics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Gene therapy can be defined as the introduction of nucleic acid into cells to ameliorate a disease process. To date there have been more than 313 trials with more than 2000 patients enrolled. The majority of these trials are Phase I or Phase II and have target diseases of either cancer or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome using retroviral and retroviral vectors. The choice of molecular target and the means of delivery have varied and chosen on the basis of the specific indication. Until recently the risks associated with treatment had been under appreciated. The first fatality associated with gene therapy occurred in September 1999 in which an adenoviral vector was used in the treatment of a patient with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. Subsequent to this report, other reports have surfaced suggesting that reporting of previous non-fatal reactions may have been minimized. Safety must be considered in relation to the disease process and to alternative treatments available. It may be easier to rationalize placing patients at risk who are facing a fatal disease process without effective alternative therapies. The ultimate goal of gene therapy will be the injection of a vector that has a specific target cell and that will be regulated by physiologic signals. Such a goal will require major improvements in the currently available delivery systems or the development of novel vectors.
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Clin Orthop. 2000 Oct;(379 Suppl):S120-5.
Potential role of direct adenoviral gene transfer in enhancing fracture repair.
Baltzer AW, Lattermann C, Whalen JD, Ghivizzani S, Wooley P, Krauspe R, Robbins PD, Evans CH.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
Gene therapy has much to offer in the treatment of conditions in which it is necessary to increase the formation of bone. Nonunions, segmental defects, and aseptic loosening are examples of conditions where the local expression of genes that inhibit osteolysis and promote osteogenesis might be helpful. Studies in which one such possibility has been evaluated experimentally are described. These investigations used a surgically produced segmental defect in the femurs of New Zealand White rabbits as the model system. Adjacent muscle was fashioned around the defect to form a chamber into which adenoviral vectors were injected. High levels of transgene expression were found in the muscle surrounding the defect after injection of vectors carrying marker genes. Transgene expression also was seen in the cut ends of the bone and the scar tissue within the gap. No transgene expression was seen in the contralateral limb, spleen, or lung; transient, low levels of expression were found in the liver. Transgene expression declined with time, disappearing from all tissue but bone by Day 26; expression persisted in bone for at least 6 weeks. The control defects did not heal spontaneously. Injection of adenovirus carrying a human bone morphogenetic protein-2 complementary deoxyribonucleic acid led to healing of the segmental defect within 12 weeks, as judged by radiographic, histologic, and biomechanical criteria. Adenovirus carrying a human transforming growth factor-beta 1 complementary deoxyribonucleic acid showed signs of improved healing, but not to the extent seen with the bone morphogenetic protein-2 complementary deoxyribonucleic acid. This approach to therapy holds much promise as a novel means of promoting osteogenesis.
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11039760&dopt=Abstract
The average human scalp is covered by approximatey 100,000 hair follicles. Each hair undergoes
hair cycle and normally 50-100 hairs randomly fall out a day, which is unnoticeable because lost hair is replaced by as many new hairs springing up daily. Hair loss results from the fall out of hair from the hair follicle. Alopecia or excessive, premature hair loss is the condition caused by many factors.
Loss of hair itself does not pose critical health problems because biological role of human hair is relatively marginal. Hair on our scalp protects the head from mechanical shock, heat loss, and exposure to UV-light. The eyelashes and eyebrowes protect the eyes, and hair in the ear canal or the nasal passages help filter out particles and pathogens, thus protecting our internal organs.
However, hair does play important social role: it is one of the major determinants of our appearance and identity in daily life. Fullness of hair also implicates or manifests physical integrity and youthfulness of the person. Losing hair could have more than just emotional impacts on individuals.
The hair is a unique organ that goes through a characteristic cycle consisting of an immature phase, a growing phase called anagen, a transitional phase between the growing phase and the resting phase called catagen, and finally a resting phase called telogen in which the hair stops growing, waiting to fall out. 85-90% of hairs on our body are in anagen phase or growing phase, which lasts anywhere from two to five years. This phase is followed by a short regression phase, or catagen, which lasts 2-3 weeks. Approximately 1% of hair follicles are in catagen. Approximately 10-15% of hair follicles are in the resting phase, the telogen, which lasts about 3-5 months. Hair follicles typically goes through 10-20 asynchronous cycles during the lifetime.
Persistent loss of more than 150 hairs would consist a state of hair loss, or alopecia, albeit it could be temporary.
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