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Quantum mechanical methods have been applied to thecis-ONOO−-H2O,cis-ONOO−-(H2O)2 andtrans- ONOO−-H2O complexes. Equilibrium geometries, binding energies, net atomic charges and vibrational frequencies are presen...
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Inhibitory effect of phorbol ester on carbachol-induced signal transduction in cultured canine tracheal smooth muscle cells
Regulation of the increases in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) production and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) by activation of protein kinase C (PKC) was investigated in cultured canine tracheal smo...
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The management and applications of teleaction objects
Teleaction objects (TAOs) possess private knowledge specific to the object instances. The user can create and modify the private knowledge of a TAO, so that it automatically reacts to certain events to preperf...
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Technique of Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for the Spine: New Approach
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Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Spontaneous Hemopneumothorax
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Influence of casting size and graphite nodule refinement on fracture toughness of austempered ductile iron
Casting size affects the solidification cooling rate and microstructure of casting materials. Graphite nodules existing in the structure of ductile iron are an inherent and inert second phase that cannot be mo...
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Management of Murine Lupus by Correction of Fas and Fas Ligand-Induced Apoptosis
Identification of mutations of fas and fas ligand (fasL) genes in murine models of autoimmune disease has provided an important experimental tool for the analysis of tolerance and autoimmune disease. Mutations of...
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Lupus and lupus-like syndromes
The pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is multifactorial and multi-genetic. Chronic inflammation associated with lupus is thought to be due to loss of self-tolerance due to molecular mimicry, e...
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Gene therapy for management of lupus: Correction of Fas and Fas ligand-induced apoptosis in murine disease — therapeutic rationale and strategies
Identification of mutations of fas and fas ligand (fasL) in murine models of autoimmune disease have provided an important experimental tools for the analysis of tolerance and autoimmune disease. Mutations of fas...
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Apoptosis
Apoptosis is a physiologic process that mediates the death of selected cells. In contrast to necrosis, which results from a strong nonspecific or toxic cell injury, apoptosis is initiated by ligand—receptor in...
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Clinical Assisted Reproduction: Prolonged Culture of Human Cryopreserved Embryos with Recombinant Human Leukemia Inhibitory Factor
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High-level expression of Trigonopsis variabilis D-amino acid oxidase in Escherichia coli using lactose as inducer
The use of lactose as inducer for the expression of Trigonopsis variabilis d-amino acid oxidase gene (daao) was investigated in Escherichia coli regulated by T7 or T5 promoter. The daao gene was prepared by rever...
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Effect of Different Concentrations of Recombinant Leukemia Inhibitory Factor on Different Development Stage of Mouse Embryo In Vitro
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The Fas Signaling Connection Between Autoimmunity and Embryonic Lethality
The first gene to cause systemic autoimmune disease in mice was identified as the fas gene, which is mutated in lymphoproliferative (lpr) mice. These mice exhibited a defect in activation-inducted cell death o...
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The effect of testing temperature on fracture toughness of austempered ductile iron
The effect of testing temperature (− 150 °C, 25 °C, and + 150 °C) on the fracture toughness of austempered ductile iron (ADI) was studied. Specimens were first austenitized at 900 °C for 1.5 hours and then sal...
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Apoptosis and rheumatoid arthritis: Past, present, and future directions
The current studies of apoptosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) suggest that molecules (Fas-related or TNF-related), pathways (activation of pro-apoptosis or anti-apoptosis pathway), cell types (lymphocytes or s...
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Intensive postremission chemotherapy in Taiwanese adults with acute myelogenous leukemia
Intensive postremission chemotherapy has produced disease-free survival comparable to that of bone marrow transplantation in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), but its efficacy was unknown in Taiw...
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Sequencing and Amplified Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Ribonucleotide Reductase Large Subunit Gene of the White Spot Syndrome Virus in Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) from American Coastal Waters
In the present study, the existence of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) collected from 3 different American coastal waters (New York, New Jersey, and Texas) was confirmed by 2-...
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Pure red cell aplasia after ABO-incompatible allogeneic stem cell transplantation in severe aplastic anemia with response to steroids: a case report and literature review
Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is a rare complication after ABO-incompatible allogeneic stem cell transplantation, but its mechanism is still unknown. Here we report on a patient with severe aplastic anemia who...
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Identification of two down-regulated genes in rat liver allografts by mRNA differential display
Total RNA differential display (DD) using random primers was performed for rat orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) models. DA (RT1a) donor livers were transplanted into DA, PVG (RT1c), and LEW (RT1l) recipien...
