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Glutaraldehyde crosslinking of red blood cells by using a hemodialyzer
Human red blood cells (RBC) were crosslinked with glutaraldehyde (GA) by using a hemodialyzer which is used as an artificial kidney. Human RBC, which was in a flow of 2 ml/min, was extensively crosslinked with...
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Open AccessActive adenosine transporter-mediated adenosine entrance into HL-60 cells leads to the induction of apoptosis through down-regulation of c-Myc
Although adenosine (Ado) is being recently recognized as a potent inducer of apoptosis, molecular mechanism of apoptosis by Ado remains to be elucidated. In this study we observed that c-Myc was rapidly down-r...
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QoS Support for Real-Time Applications Using the Integration of RSVP/Intserv and Diffserv: A Testbed Experiment
The Integrated Services (Intserv) architecture with a resource reservation protocol such as RSVP is able to provide end-to-end quality of service (QoS) to real-time applications. However, it seems that this en...
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Open AccessInduction of apoptosis in human leukemia cells by 3-deazaadenosine is mediated by caspase-3-like activity
3-Deazaadenosine (DZA), one of the potent inhibitors of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase, is known to possess several biological properties including an induction of apoptosis. To evaluate a possibility that D...
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Open AccessActivation of caspase-8 in 3-deazaadenosine-induced apoptosis of U-937 cells occurs downstream of caspase-3 and caspase-9 without Fas receptor-ligand interaction
3-Deazaadenosine (DZA), a cellular methylation blocker was reported to induce the caspase-3-like activities-dependent apoptosis in U-937 cells. In this study, we analyzed the activation pathway of the caspase ...
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Cross-sectional phase analysis of single crystalline silicon indented by Rockwell indenter
This study of the indentation behavior of Si has revealed a complex process of mechanical deformation. As loading time increased, Si-XII and Si-III disappeared and only a-Si appeared in (111) samples. As loadi...
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Phase Analysis for Single Crystalline Silicon Scratched by Spherical Diamond TIP
The mechanical properties of silicon crystals are important from the viewpoint of wafer and device fabrication processes. It is now widely recognized that silicon undergoes a series of phase transformations wh...
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Performance Analysis of AAL2 Trunking/Switching for Digital Telephone Switching Systems
To satisfy the market need for voice over ATM (VoATM), ATM Adaptation Layer Type 2 (AAL2) has been defined in the ITU-T Recommendation I.363.2. AAL2 is designed with the capabilities to support multiple voice ...
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Open AccessSox-4 is a positive regulator of Hep3B and HepG2 cells' apoptosis induced by prostaglandin (PG)A2 and Δ12-PGJ2
We reported earlier that expression of Sox-4 was found to be elevated during prostaglandin (PG) A2 and Δ12-PGJ2 induced apoptosis in human hepatocarcinoma Hep3B cells. In this study, the role of Sox-4 was examine...
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Alterations in mRNA Expression of Ribosomal Protein S9 in Hydrogen Peroxide-Treated Neurotumor Cells and in Rat Hippocampus After Transient Ischemia
This study was designed to isolate new genes related to apoptosis in rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells treated with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and to characterize the roles of the genes using both in vitro and in ...
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Open AccessCytochrome C-dependent Fas-independent apoptotic pathway in HeLa cells induced by Δ12-prostaglandin J2
Cyclopentenone prostaglandins (PGs) have antiproliferative activity on various tumor cell growth in vitro. Particularly, 9-deoxy-(9,12)-13,14-dihydro PGD2( Δ12-PGJ2) was reported for its antineoplastic and apo...
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Inactivating mutations of CASPASE-7 gene in human cancers
Caspase-7 is a caspase involved in the execution phase of apoptosis. To explore the possibility that the genetic alterations of CASPASE-7 might be involved in the development of human cancers, we analysed the ent...
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Objective: One of the most powerful medications that have very broad aspects of clinical application are the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). We use SSRI as a first choice agents in tr...
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Virtual Routing and Management Algorithm for QoS and Security in Internet
The motivation for simultaneous providing QoS and security in the network will accelerate an introduction of new services, and is able to provide safe, secure access to the network resources, while allowing th...
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Safety and beneficial effect on body core temperature of a prewarmed plasma substitute—hydroxyethyl starch—during anesthesia
We investigated, first, the safety of use and stability of a plasma substitute—hydroxyethyl starch (HES)—kept in a warming cabinet for a long period, and then the effect on body core temperature of the prewarm...
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Open AccessInvolvement of Sox-4 in the cytochrome c-dependent AIF-independent apoptotic pathway in HeLa cells induced by Δ12-prostaglandin J2
Δ12-Prostaglandin (PG) J2 is known to elicit an anti-neoplastic effects via apoptosis induction. Previous study showed Δ12-PGJ2-induced apoptosis utilized caspase cascade through cytochrome c-dependent pathways i...
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Inactivating mutations of the Siah-1 gene in gastric cancer
Siah-1 is the mammalian homolog of Drosophila seven in absentia (sina) and has been identified as a p53-inducible gene. Siah-1 can induce cell cycle arrests, tumor suppression, and apoptosis through a novel β-cat...
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Automatic Segmentation Technique Without User Modification for 3D Visualization in Medical Images
It is necessary to analyze an image from CT or MR and then to segment an image of a certain organ from that of other tissues for 3D (Three-Dimensional) visualization. There are many ways for segmentation, but ...
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Silver nitrate and aminoethoxyvinylglycine affect Agrobacterium-mediated apple transformation
In Fuji, the production of ethylene was increased with the addition of AgNO3 and inhibited with the addition of 10 μM aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG). The addition of 80 μM AgNO3 to transformed explants of ‘Fuji’ ...
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Variation of “pulse amplitude ” measured by a pulse oximeter may help predict intravascular volume
