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Expression of cytokine and chemokine mRNA and secretion of tumor necrosis factor-α by gallbladder epithelial cells: Response to bacterial lipopolysaccharides
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Background In addition to immune cells, many other cell types are known to produce cytokines. Cultured normal mouse gallbladder epithelial cells, used as a model... -
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Dietary antioxidants protect gut epithelial cells from oxidant-induced apoptosis
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Background The potential of ascorbic acid and two botanical decoctions, green tea and cat's claw, to limit cell death in response to oxidants were evaluated in vitro.... -
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Interaction of the Yersinia pestis type III regulatory proteins LcrG and LcrV occurs at a hydrophobic interface: correction
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Interaction of the Yersinia pestis type III regulatory proteins LcrG and LcrV occurs at a hydrophobic interface: correction -
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Cellophane based mini-prep method for DNA extraction from the filamentous fungus
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Background Methods for the extraction of DNA from filamentous fungi are frequently laborious and time consuming because most of the available protocols include... -
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Interaction of the
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Background Secretion of anti-host proteins by Yersinia pestis via a type III mechanism is not constitutive. The process is tightly regulated and secretion occurs only... -
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Rheumatoid arthritis viewed using a headache paradigm
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Results and new hypotheses in animal models often stimulate development of new paradigms in how we view rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The complexity of RA does, however,... -
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Cellular responses to
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Background Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1, a variant antigen of the malaria parasite, is potentially a target for the immune response. It would... -
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The pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member tBid localizes to mitochondrial contact sites
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Background Following cleavage by caspase 8, the C-terminus of Bid translocates from the cytosol to the mitochondria that is dependent upon structures formed by the... -
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The evaluation of yeast derivatives as adjuvant of the immune response to the Bm86 antigen in cattle: Correction
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The evaluation of yeast derivatives as adjuvant of the immune response to the Bm86 antigen in cattle: Correction -
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Serological evidence of herpesvirus infection in gibbons
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Background Herpesviruses are not only infectious agents of worldwide distribution in humans, but have also been demonstrated in various non-human primates as well.... -
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The CRASH trial protocol (Corticosteroid randomisation after significant head injury) [ISRCTN74459797]
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Background Worldwide, millions of people are treated each year for significant head injury. A substantial proportion die, and many more are disabled. If short term... -
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Percutaneous treatment of chronic MRSA osteomyelitis with a novel plant-derived antiseptic
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Background Antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE, are an increasing... -
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Adenosine preconditioning attenuates hepatic reperfusion injury in the rat by preventing the down-regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase
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Background Previous work has suggested that in the liver, adenosine preconditioning is mediated by nitric oxide. Whether the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide... -
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Re-HEDP : pharmacokinetic characterization, clinical and dosimetric evaluation in osseous metastatic patients with two levels of radiopharmaceutical dose
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Background A study for pain relief therapy with 188Re-HEDP was done in patients with bone metastases secondary to breast and prostate cancer. Materials and Methods... -
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Estrogen receptor alpha dinucleotide repeat polymorphism in Japanese patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases
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Background The autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs), comprising Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), appear to develop as a result of complex... -
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Quantitation of the distribution and flux of myosin-II during cytokinesis
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Background During cytokinesis, the cell's equator contracts against the cell's global stiffness. Identifying the biochemical basis for these mechanical parameters is... -
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Pervasive influence of large-scale climate in the dynamics of a terrestrial vertebrate community
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Background Large-scale climatic variability has been implicated in the population dynamics of many vertebrates throughout the Northern Hemisphere, but has not been... -
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Cell density related gene expression: SV40 large T antigen levels in immortalized astrocyte lines
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Background Gene expression is affected by population density. Cell density is a potent negative regulator of cell cycle time during exponential growth. Here, we asked... -
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Construction and high cytoplasmic expression of a tumoricidal single-chain antibody against hepatocellular carcinoma
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Background Hep27 monoclonal (Hep27 Mab) is an antibody against hepatocellular carcinoma. Hep27 Mab itself can inhibit the growth of a hepatocellular carcinoma cell... -
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The emerging periplasm-localized subclass of AroQ chorismate mutases, exemplified by those from
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Background Chorismate mutases of the AroQ homology class are widespread in the Bacteria and the Archaea. Many of these exist as domains that are fused with other...