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Bioessays. 2003 Aug;25(8):759-66.
Left/right, up/down: the role of endogenous electrical fields as directional signals in development, repair and invasion.
Robinson KR, Messerli MA.
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA. U keideo.bio.purdue.edu
A fundamental aspect of biological systems is their spatial organization. In development, regeneration and repair, directional signals are necessary for the proper placement of the components of the organism. Likewise, pathogens that invade other organisms rely on directional signals to target vulnerable areas. It is widely understood that chemical gradients are important directional signals in living systems. Less well recognized are electrical fields, which can also provide directional information. Small, steady electrical fields can directly guide cell movement and growth and can generate chemical gradients of charged macromolecules against the leveling action of diffusion. At the site of a lesion in an ion-transporting epithelium, for example, a substantial electrical field is instantly generated and may extend over many cell diameters. There are numerous other situations in which relatively long-range electrical fields have been shown to exist naturally. Recently, there has been substantial progress in identifying specific processes that are controlled, to some extent, by these endogenous electrical fields. This review highlights these recent data and discusses possible mechanisms by which the fields might affect biological processes. 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12879446&dopt=Abstract [PubMed - in process]
Bioessays. 2003 Aug;25(8):767-80.
Distinctions between c-Rel and other NF-kappaB proteins in immunity and disease.
Liou HC, Hsia CY.
Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 515 East 71 Street, S-210, New York, NY 10021, USA. hclioed.cornell.edu
c-Rel is a proto-oncogene first identified as the cellular counterpart of the v-Rel oncogene derived from the avian reticuloendotheliosis retrovirus (REV-T). It was subsequently discovered that c-Rel belongs to the NF-kappaB/Rel transcription factor family whose members share a common DNA recognition motif and similar signaling pathways. Despite the similarities, however, each NF-kappaB/Rel member possesses unique properties with regard to tissue expression pattern, response to receptor signals and target gene specificity. These differences are fairly evident from the non-redundant phenotypes exhibited by individual NF-kappaB/Rel knockout mice. Hence the work described in this review will compare and contrast the various physiological functions of c-Rel to those of other NF-kappaB members, particularly with respect to the regulation of proliferation, survival and effector functions in multiple hematopoietic and immunological cell types. The study of c-Rel knockout mice in several disease models will also be discussed as they reveal an important role for c-Rel in response to allergens, auto-antigens, allo-antigens and pathogenic infection. 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12879447&dopt=Abstract [PubMed - in process]
Cancer. 2003 Aug 1;98(3):529-34.
The clinical and pathogenetic significance of estrogen receptor-beta expression in chronic liver diseases and liver carcinoma.
Iavarone M, Lampertico P, Seletti C, Francesca Donato M, Ronchi G, del Ninno E, Colombo M.
A.M. and A. Migliavacca Center, Division of Hepatology and FIRC Liver Cancer Unit, IRCCS Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. massimo.colombnimi.it
BACKGROUND: Estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) is variably expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and is believed to be correlated with prognosis and survival. Recently, another estrogen receptor (ERbeta) has been identified, but its relevance in liver diseases is unknown. METHODS: The expression of ERbeta in the liver of 42 patients with HCC (10 with paired extratumoral tissues) and 26 with chronic liver disease without HCC was studied by a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction method, and correlated with the expression of ERalpha and severity of the liver disease. RESULTS: Both ERbeta and wild-type ERalpha were found to be expressed more often in patients with chronic liver disease compared with those with HCC (69% vs. 45% [P = 0.046] and 46% vs. 10% [P = 0.0008], respectively). ERs were similarly expressed in HCC and in the paired extratumoral tissue. Wild-type receptors, either alone or together with the deleted mutants ERdelta5, were more often coexpressed in chronic liver disease (58%) than in HCC (29%); in 13 tumors (31%), either ERdelta5 or no receptors at all were detected (P = 0.006). Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related tumors either did not appear to express ERs or expressed ERdelta5 more often than hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related tumors (67% vs. 15%; P = 0.007). The same was true for multinodular compared with single nodular tumors (50% vs. 19%; P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Both receptors were expressed in chronic liver disease and neoplastic livers demonstrating different patterns in relation to the etiology and clinical presentation of the tumor. These differences might underscore different pathogenetic mechanisms in HBV-related and HCV-related HCC and a different evolutionary course for the tumor. 2003 American Cancer Society.DOI 10.1002/cncr.11528
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12879470&dopt=Abstract
Biopolymers. 2003 Aug;69(4):421-31.
Study of degradation pathways of Amadori compounds obtained by glycation of opioid pentapeptide and related smaller fragments: stability, reactions, and spectroscopic properties.
Jakas A, Horvat S.
Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, P. O. B. 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia.
Reactions between biological amines and reducing sugars (the Maillard reaction) are among the most important of the chemical and oxidative changes occurring in biological systems that contribute to the formation of a complex family of rearranged and dehydrated covalent adducts that have been implicated in the pathogenesis of human diseases. In this study, chemistry of the Maillard reactions was studied in four model systems containing fructosamines (Amadori compounds) obtained from the endogenous opioid pentapeptide leucine-enkephalin (Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu), leucine-enkephalin methyl ester, structurally related tripeptide (Tyr-Gly-Gly), or from amino acid (Tyr). The degradation of model compounds as well as their ability to develop Maillard fluorescence was investigated under oxidative conditions in methanol and phosphate buffer pH 7.4 at two different temperatures (37 and 70 degrees C). At 37 degrees C, glycated leucine-enkephalin degraded slowly in methanol (t(1/2) approximately 13 days) and phosphate buffer (t(1/2) approximately 9 days), producing a parent peptide compound as a major product throughout a three-week incubation period. Whereas fluorescence slowly increased over time at 37 degrees C, incubations off all studied Amadori compounds at 70 degrees C resulted in a rapid appearance of a brown color and sharp increase in AGE (advanced glycation end products)-associated fluorescence (excitation 320 nm/emmision 420 nm) as well as in distinctly higher amounts of fragmentation products. The obtained data indicated that the shorter the peptide chain the more degradation products were formed. These studies have also helped to identify a new chemical transformation of the peptide backbone in the Maillard reaction that lead to beta-scission of N-terminal tyrosine side chain and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde formation under both aqueous and nonaqueous conditions. 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 69: 421-431, 2003
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12879488&dopt=Abstract [PubMed - in process]
J Environ Health. 2003 Jul-Aug;66(1):17-22.
Defining and managing biohazardous waste in U.S. research-oriented universities: a survey of environmental health and safety professionals.
Mecklem RL, Neumann CM.
Department of Public Health, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-6406, USA. Cathy.Neumanrst.edu
A survey was conducted of environmental health and safety professionals responsible for biohazardous waste management at 122 institutions. The overall response rate was 82.6 percent (100 out of 122). Results indicate that university policies for biohazardous waste are heavily influenced by state environmental regulations, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, and the biosafety guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. With respect to definition of waste, 84 percent of the universities treat non-infectious human-cell-culture waste as biohazardous. Sharp items, including hypodermic needles, syringes with needles, and scalpel blades, are commonly treated (by 85 percent of universities) as biohazardous sharps regardless of contamination status. Importantly, while 90 percent of universities use autoclave sterilization for waste treatment, only 52 percent use a biological indicator to validate the process. On-site incineration is currently used by 42 percent of universities. Twenty-two of 42 incinerators are hospital/medical/infectious-waste incinerators, and 10 of these will continue to operate under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's revised incinerator regulations. Eighty-seven percent of the respondents indicated that some portion of their university's biohazardous waste is treated and disposed of through a licensed medical waste hauler (MWH). To ensure compliance with institutional policy, most universities segregate and package waste, train waste generators, and conduct inspections.
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12879576&dopt=Abstract [PubMed - in process]
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