Genetic polymorphisms and asthma: findings from a case-control study in the Madeira island population.

abstract：:Renal response to atrial natriuretic peptide in chronic cholestasis was studied in anaesthetized rats and in their isolated perfused kidneys. Cholestasis was induced by bile duct section after ligature, while controls were sham operated. Three weeks after surgery, cholestatic rats showed moderate arterial hypotension,...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Valdivieso A,Boric MP,Riquelme A,Roblero J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conjunctival filtering bleb scar formation is the main reason for the failure of glaucoma filtration surgery. Cytoglobin (Cygb) has been reported to play an important role in extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling, fibrosis and tissue damage repairing. This study aimed to investigate the role of Cygb in anti-...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Wei H,Lin L,Zhang X,Feng Z,Wang Y,You Y,Wang X,Hou Y

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiobiocomplexes labeled with technetium-99m (Tc-99m) have been widely used in nuclear medicine in single photon emission computed tomography and in basic research. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of a Nectandra membranacea extract on the bioavailability of the sodium pertechnetate (Na(99m)TcO(4...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Moreno SR,Arnobio A,De Carvalho JJ,Nascimento L,Oliveira Timoteo M,Olej B,Rocha EK,Pereira M,Bernardo-Filho M,Caldas LQ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A peptide from hindguts of the Triatoma infestans, the hematophagous Chagas' insect vector, activates adenylyl cyclase activity in Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote membranes and stimulates the in vitro differentiation of epimastigotes (proliferative and non-infectious forms) to metacyclic trypomastigotes (non-proliferat...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Fraidenraich D,Peña C,Isola EL,Lammel EM,Coso O,Añel AD,Baralle F,Torres HN,Flawia MM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Hawthorn (Crateagus sp.) mostly occurs around the temperate region of the world with a high number of species, producing a fruit with numerous beneficial effects for human health. The aim of the study was to determine organic acid and sugar contents in the fruit of a number of hawthorn species grown in E...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Gundogdu M,Ozrenk K,Ercisli S,Kan T,Kodad O,Hegedus A

更新日期：2014-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limonoids are highly oxygenated compounds with a prototypical structure. Their occurrence in the plant kingdom is mainly confined to plant families of Meliaceae and Rutaceae. Owing to their wide range of pharmacological and therapeutic properties, this study was aimed at investigating the potential nitric ox...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Dzoyem JP,Tsamo AT,Melong R,Mkounga P,Nkengfack AE,McGaw LJ,Eloff JN

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants of Agave spp. perform Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) and are highly drought-tolerant, but little is known concerning seed germination under low water availability. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of substrate water potential (ΨW) on seed germination and contrast hydrotime parameters...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ramírez-Tobías HM,Peña-Valdivia CB,Trejo C,Aguirre R JR,Vaquera H H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella flexneri causes bacillary dysentery in humans. Essential to the establishment of the disease is the invasion of the colonic epithelial cells. Here we investigated the role of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O antigen in the ability of S. flexneri to adhere to and invade polarized Caco-2 cells. The S. flexneri 2a...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Hoare A,Bravo D,Martinić M,Valvano MA,Contreras I,Álvarez SA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although evidence is accumulating that prenatal testosterone (T) compromises reproductive function in the female, the effects of excess T in utero on the postnatal development of male reproductive function has not been studied. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of prenatal T excess on age-related chang...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Recabarren SE,Lobos A,Figueroa Y,Padmanabhan V,Foster DL,Sir-Petermann T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of estrogen supplementation on markers of neutrophil infiltration and damage in skeletal muscle of rats following ischemia. Male and female gonad-intact rats, with or without 14 days of estrogen supplementation were subjected to two hours of hind-limb ischemia and sacrificed at 24, 48 o...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Tiidus PM,Deller M,Bombardier E,Gül M,Liu XL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, a continuous growth of interest has been observed in antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in the light of an alarming increase in resistance of bacteria and fungi against antibiotics. AMPs are used as biomarkers in diagnosis and monitoring of oral cavity pathologies. Therefore, the determination of specif...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Jurczak A,Kościelniak D,Papież M,Vyhouskaya P,Krzyściak W

更新日期：2015-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we focus on the fundamental role of vitamin C transporters for the normal delivery of vitamin C to germ cells in the adluminal compartment of seminiferous tubules. We argue that the redox status within spermatozoa or in semen is partly responsible for the etiology of infertility. In this context, anti...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Angulo C,Maldonado R,Pulgar E,Mancilla H,Córdova A,Villarroel F,Castro MA,Concha II

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7-ketocholesterol (7-KC) differs from cholesterol by a functional ketone group at C7. It is an oxygenated cholesterol derivative (oxysterol), commonly present in oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL). Oxysterols are generated and participate in several physiologic and pathophysiologic processes. For instance, the cyt...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Favero GM,Maranhão RC,Maria DA,Levy D,Bydlowski SP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the development of our knowledge and interpretations of the intermediary metabolism of Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi. Already in the 1950's it was clearly established that when this organism was exposed to large external concentrations of carbohydrates it was unable to catabolize them completely, even i...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Urbina JA,Machin I,Jurado L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral brain damage which includes the hippocampus leads to memory impairments consistent with hemispheric specialization on the same side. Damage to the corpus callosum, the major connecting pathway between the left and right hemispheres, also leads to memory impairments. This suggests both hemispheric specializa...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Zaidel DW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro cytotoxic activity of total extract of MeOH (70%) and partition fractions of hexan, chloroform (CHCL3), ethylacetate (EtOAc) and MeOH-H2O of brown algae species (Sargassum swartzii, Cystoseira myrica, Colpomenia sinuosa) found in the Persian Gulf against in differe...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Khanavi M,Nabavi M,Sadati N,Shams Ardekani M,Sohrabipour J,Nabavi SM,Ghaeli P,Ostad SN

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major cysteine proteinase from Trypanosoma cruzi, cruzipain, can be obtained essentially homogeneous, starting from crude epimastigote extracts, in one step, by affinity chromatography on Cystatin-Sepharose (specific for cysteine proteinases) or ConA-Sepharose (specific for high mannose N-linked glycoproteins). Th...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Labriola C,Sousa M,Cazzulo JJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease. Keratinocytes hyperproliferation and excessive inflammatory response contribute to psoriasis pathogenesis. The agents able to attenuate keratinocytes hyperproliferation and excessive inflammatory response are considered to be potentially useful for pso...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Gao J,Chen F,Fang H,Mi J,Qi Q,Yang M

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prunella vulgaris L. is a medical plant cultivated in sloping, sun-shaded areas in China. Recently, owing to air-environmental stress, especially drought stress strongly inhibits plant growth and development, the appropriate fertilizer supply can alleviate these effects. However, these is little information ...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Chen Y,Liu L,Guo Q,Zhu Z,Zhang L

更新日期：2016-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of tumor-bearing mice with LD12.5 values of iodoacetate; IAA (1.84 mg/100 g b.w.) and/or dimethylsulphoxide; DMSO (350 mg/100 g b.w.) significantly increased the cumulative mean survival time and percentage of survivors and reduced the mean tumor weight, compared to tumor-bearing controls, however, a more pr...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Fahim FA,Esmat AY,Mady EA,Ibrahim EK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regeneration of natural tetraploid T. pratense, originated from Erzurum-Turkey, is reported in this study. This plant has low seed setting and hard seed problems due to polyploidy. Hypocotyl, cotyledon, apical meristems, epicotyl and young primary leaves were inoculated on MS and PC-L2 media containing different c...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Cölgeçen H,Toker MC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work was intended to evaluate the preparation of antigens, as well as the production and characterization of anti cAMP and cGMP antibodies. Such antibodies were obtained from rabbits, and we used 2'O-succinyl cyclic nucleotide derivate, conjugated with human serum albumin, as antigen. The characterization ...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Defagot C,Zubin P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacteria display a large diversity of cellular forms ranging from unicellular to complex multicellular filaments or aggregates. Species in the group present a wide range of metabolic characteristics including the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, resistance to extreme environments, production of hydrogen, seconda...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Stucken K,Koch R,Dagan T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IcarisideII (ICAII) could promote the differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSCs) to Schwann cells (SCs), leading to improvement of erectile function (EF) and providing a realistic therapeutic option for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ge P,Guo Y,Shen J

更新日期：2019-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepcidin (Hepc) is a 25 amino acid cationic peptide with broad antibacterial and antifungal actions. A likely role for Hepc in iron metabolism was suggested by the observation that mice having disruption of the gene encoding the transcription factor USF2 failed to produce Hepc mRNA and developed spontaneous visceral i...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Mena NP,Esparza AL,Núñez MT

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-Ray diffraction is the only method currently available for the determination of the detailed three-dimensional structure of macromolecules. In this article, the principles behind the use of X-ray crystallography in the study of protein structure are presented. The results obtained in its application to several enzym...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Cid H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of plant transformation in the mid-1980s and of many new tools for cell biology, molecular genetics, and biochemistry has resulted in enormous progress in plant biology in the past decade. With the completion of the genome sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana just around the corner, we can expect even fast...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Chrispeels MJ,Holuigue L,Latorre R,Luan S,Orellana A,Peña-Cortes H,Raikhel NV,Ronald PC,Trewavas A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caffeic acid, rosmarinic acid and oligomers of caffeic acid with multiple catechol groups are all constituents of Salvia officinalis. Their antioxidant potential was investigated with regard to their radical scavenging activity and the stability and structure of the intermediate radicals. Pulse-radiolytic studies reve...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Bors W,Michel C,Stettmaier K,Lu Y,Foo LY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Santiago de Chile has a high level of air pollution with ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO) and particles equal or smaller than 10 microns (PM10) usually exceeding the accepted standards. This situation should be noxious for the exposed population and particularly--in the case of O3 and PM10--for the respiratory system....

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Oyarzún M,Pino P,Ortiz J,Olaeta I

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to carry out a bibliometric analysis of the articles published in Chile during 1987-2006 that were categorized into the Plant Science discipline by ISI. The data was extracted from the Web of Science datábase, obtaining a total of 911 articles for analysis. Almost half of the articles wer...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Krauskopf E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00