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Gonadotropin stimulated apolipoprotein A-IV gene expression in human ovarian granulosa cells in vitro
(2010)
Background. There is increasing evidence that high density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism is important to mammalian female fertility. HDL is the sole lipoprotein in human ovarian follicular fluid (FF) and FF-HDL levels have ...
Development and evaluation of a new radiographic and fluoroscopic imager based on electron-multiplying CCDs: The solid state x-ray image intensifier
(2010)
A new dual detector system was developed which utilizes a low resolution, large field-of-view x-ray image intensifier (II) and a high resolution, region-of-interest microangiographic (MA) detector on the same c-arm gantry. ...
Acetylcholine receptor-channel gating
(2010)
The probability that muscle type acetylcholine receptors become conductive to ions increases in response to binding of two ligand molecules. The mechanism of this gating reaction is not yet fully understood. A wide range ...
Characterizing a new role of TRAP in the transcription attenuation mechanism of the Bacillus subtilis Trp operon
(2010)
In Bacillus subtilis, the trpEDCFBA operon is regulated by a transcription attenuation mechanism controlled by the trp RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP). When TRAP is activated by tryptophan, it binds to 11 (G/U)AG ...
Contributions of amino-terminal domains to NMDA receptor functions
(2010)
Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in mammalian brain, and it controls excitatory synaptic transmission by binding to post-synaptic ion channels like NMDA receptors. NMDA receptor activity is important for ...
Increased expression of Alzheimer's disease related genes in obesity
(2010)
Many epidemiological studies have demonstrated that obesity is associated with an increased incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) which is characterized by plaques of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides formed from its ...
Taurodeoxycholic acid stimulates cholangiocyte potassium channels
(2010)
Liver bile duct epithelial cells (cholangiocytes) are responsible for producing the HCO 3 -rich solution which alkalinizes bile and promotes bile flow to the duodenum. Basolateral membrane K + channels found in cholangiocytes ...
A granulosa cell culture model of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism associated gene expression
(2010)
High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) is the sole lipoprotein present within the preovulatory ovarian follicular fluid (FF) and there is increasing evidence that FF-HDL plays an important role in mammalian female fertility. ...
In-vitro ultrasound evaluation of flow in a saccular aneurysm treated with a stent
(2010)
The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate blood flow and density inside intravascular stenting in the straight-vessel and curved-vessel aneurysm models and to investigate the effect of treatment with intravascular stenting. ...
Heme as an iron source and as a target for manganese-mediated regulation of iron metabolism in Bradyrhizobium japonicum
(2010)
Iron is required for a wide variety of biological functions but can be a limiting nutrient in most bacterial niches. Many bacteria can utilize heme as an alternative source of nutritional iron. However heme degrading enzymes ...