gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Vaccinia Virus Morphogenesis: A13 Phosphoprotein Is Required for Assembly of Mature Virions (2004)

The 70-amino-acid A13L protein is a component of the vaccinia virus membrane. We demonstrate here that the protein is expressed at late times of infection, undergoes phosphorylation at a serine residue(s), and becomes encapsidated in a monomeric form. Phosphorylation is dependent on Ser40, which lies within the proline-rich motif SPPP. Because phosphorylation of the A13 protein is only minimally affected by disruption of the viral F10 kinase or H1 phosphatase, a cellular kinase is likely to be involved. We generated an inducible recombinant in which A13 protein expression is dependent upon the inclusion of tetracycline in the culture medium. Repression of the A13L protein spares the biochemical progression of the viral life cycle but arrests virion morphogenesis. Virion assembly progresses through the formation of immature virions (IVs); however, these virions do not acquire nucleoids, and DNA crystalloids accumulate in the cytoplasm. Further development into intracellular mature virions is blocked, causing a 1,000-fold decrease in the infectious virus yield relative to that obtained in the presence of the inducer. We also determined that the temperature-sensitive phenotype of the viral mutant Cts40 is due to a nucleotide transition within the A13L gene that causes a Thr(48)-->Ile substitution. This substitution disrupts the function of the A13 protein but does not cause thermolability of the protein; at the nonpermissive temperature, virion morphogenesis arrests at the stage of IV formation. The A13L protein, therefore, is part of a newly recognized group of membrane proteins that are dispensable for the early biogenesis of the virion membrane but are essential for virion maturation.
Laser wakefield acceleration and relativistic optical guiding (1988)

An electron acceleration method is investigated which employs a short (τL ∼2πωω−1p ∼1 ps), high-power (P≥1015 W), single frequency laser pulse to generate large amplitude (E≥1 GeV/m) plasma waves (wakefields). At sufficiently high laser powers [P≥17(ω/ωp )2 GW], relativistic optical guiding may be used to prevent the pulse from diffracting within the plasma.
Degradation of type IX collagen by matrix metalloproteinase 3 (stromelysin) from human rheumatoid synovial cells (1989)

The degradation of type IX collagen, a minor collagen in cartilage, was examined by treatment with three different types of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) purified from the culture medium of rheumatoid synovial cells. Neither MMP-1 (collagenase) nor MMP-2 (so-called 'gelatinase') could digest type IX collagen, but MMP-3 (stromelysin) readily degraded it into smaller fragments. This suggests that MMP-3 may be responsible for the pathological degradation and/or normal turnover of type IX collagen.
Effect of Sputtering Power on Nano-mechanical Properties of SiCO Film (2014)

In this study, unbalanced magnetron sputtering approach was used to prepare SiC film by using high-purity Si target. SiCO films were synthesized by reactive radio-frequency sputtering from a SiC target with oxygen gas. Nano-indentation and scratch test were used to study the mechanical properties of SiCO film at different sputtering power. According to the experimental results, optimums of Young's modulus, surface roughness and adhesion strength present at an optimal sputtering power.
Cloze as a Measure of Intersentential Comprehension (1982)

CLOZE TESTS ARE FREQUENTLY USED to measure reading comprehension. Although cloze is generally accepted as a global measure of reading comprehension, and cloze test results are reportedly well correlated with those of traditional comprehension tests, the question of which specific components of reading comprehension are measured by cloze tests has not been adequately explored. This study assessed the sensitivity of cloze passages as measures of the ability to use information across sentence boundaries. Three experiments were carried out. Standard cloze passages were administered to subjects; these same passages, with scrambled sentence sequences, were administered to other subjects; still other passages were used which were constructed by embedding single sentences from the original passages in other, non-supportive text. No performance differences due to sentence order or to the presence of supportive text were found, even with a timed cloze test, suggesting an important limitation on cloze as a measure of this aspect of reading comprehension. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Islet Autotransplantation to Preserve Beta Cell Mass in Selected Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis and Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy (2012)

These findings provide proof of concept that significant islet mass can be isolated in patients with chronic pancreatitis and C-peptide-positive diabetes mellitus undergoing TP-IAT. Stimulated C-peptide may be a useful marker of islet mass before transplantation in these patients.
A small-molecule IAP inhibitor overcomes resistance to cytotoxic therapies in malignant gliomas in vitro and in vivo (2011)

We tested the use of the small-molecule Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein (IAP) inhibitor LBW242 in combination with the standard-of-care therapies of irradiation and temozolomide for malignant gliomas. In vitro assays demonstrated that LBW242 enhanced the cytotoxic activity of radiotherapy, and clonogenic assays showed that the combination therapy led to a synergistic anti-glioma effect in multiple cell lines. Neurosphere assays revealed that the combination of radiation and LBW242 led to a pro-apoptotic effect in these glioma-initiating cell-enriched assays, with a corresponding inhibition of primary tumor cell growth. Athymic mice bearing established human malignant glioma tumor xenografts treated with LBW242 plus radiation and temozolomide demonstrated a synergistic suppression of tumor growth. Taken together, these experiments show that the pro-apoptotic and anti-glioma effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy can be enhanced by the addition of a small-molecule IAP inhibitor. These results are readily translatable to clinical trial and offer the potential for improved treatment outcomes for patients with glioma.
Neutralizing antibody to VEGF reduces intravitreous neovascularization and may not interfere with ongoing intraretinal vascularization in a rat model of retinopathy of prematurity. (2008)

Neutralizing antibody to VEGF at a 50 ng dose caused a significant and sustained reduction in IVNV without interfering with ongoing retinal vascularization in a rat model of ROP, whereas a lower dose of antibody did not. These data also suggest that compensatory regulatory mechanisms may lead to increased VEGF concentration after intravitreous injection of a neutralizing antibody to VEGF. Further study is necessary for safety and for determination of drug dose of VEGF antibody, since dose of treatment appears important and may vary among infants with severe ROP. In this study, survival of already developed retinal capillaries did not appear affected. Neutralizing VEGF by an intravitreous injection of antibody may offer a treatment consideration for severe ROP, which fails current standard of care management.
Epidemiology ofVibrio parahaemolyticusOutbreaks, Southern Chile (2009)

Disease outbreaks caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Puerto Montt, Chile, began in 2004 and reached a peak in 2005 at 3,600 clinical cases. Until 2006, every analyzed case was caused by the serovar O3:K6 pandemic strain. In the summer of 2007, only 475 cases were reported; 73% corresponded to the pandemic strain. This decrease was associated with a change in serotype of many pandemic isolates to O3:K59 and the emergence of new clinical strains. One of these strains, associated with 11% of the cases, was genotypically different from the pandemic strain but contained genes that were identical to those found on its pathogenicity island. These findings suggest that pathogenicity-related genes were laterally transferred from the pandemic strain to one of the different V. parahaemolyticus groups comprising the diverse and shifting bacterial population in shellfish in this region.
Thermal and ambient-induced deflections of scanning force microscope cantilevers (1994)

The deflection of scanning force microscope cantilevers, metal coated on one side, is significantly influenced by both thermal heating and variations in relative humidity. For constant relative humidity, the deflection of the cantilever drifts due to laser heating and eventually reaches a steady-state value. For a thermally stabilized cantilever, the deflection varies linearly with relative humidity. Exposure to other vapors, such as mercury, changes the inherent deflection of the cantilever. Relative amounts of adsorbates on the cantilever can be estimated from shifts in the cantilever resonance frequency with picogram mass resolution. The cantilever deflection as well as changes in resonance frequency due to vapor adsorption can be used as basis for novel chemical sensors.
Superfine Thermoplastic Fibers (1956)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTSuperfine Thermoplastic FibersVan A. WenteCite this: Ind. Eng. Chem. 1956, 48, 8, 1342–1346Publication Date (Print):August 1, 1956Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 August 1956https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ie50560a034https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50560a034research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views563Altmetric-Citations87LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts
Interference of tenascin-C with syndecan-4 binding to fibronectin blocks cell adhesion and stimulates tumor cell proliferation. (2001)

Tenascin-C is an adhesion-modulatory extracellular matrix molecule that is highly expressed in tumors. To investigate the effect of tenascin-C on tumor cells, we analyzed its antiadhesive nature and effect on tumor cell proliferation in a fibronectin context. Glioblastoma and breast carcinoma cell adhesion was compromised by a mixed fibronectin/tenascin-C substratum, which concomitantly caused increased tumor-cell proliferation. We identified the antiadhesive mechanism as a specific interference of tenascin-C with cell binding to the HepII/syndecan-4 site in fibronectin through direct binding of tenascin-C to the 13th fibronectin type III repeat (FNIII13). Cell adhesion and proliferation levels were restored by the addition of FNIII13. Overexpression of syndecan-4, but not syndecan-1 or -2, reverted the cell adhesion defect of tenascin-C. We characterized FNIII13 as the binding site for syndecan-4. Thus we describe a novel mechanism by which tenascin-C impairs the adhesive function of fibronectin through binding to FNIII13, thereby inhibiting the coreceptor function of syndecan-4 in fibronectin-induced integrin signaling.
Scalable delivery of Web pages using cyclic best-effort multicast (2002)

The World Wide Web (WWW) has gained tremendously in popularity. In this work we explore the use of UDP, best-effort multicast as a delivery option. Reliability is achieved through repetitive, cyclic transmission of a requested page. This solution is expected to be most efficient when used for highly requested pages. We view this cyclic multicast technique as a delivery option that can be integrated with the traditional reliable unicast and reliable multicast options. We first describe the architecture of an integrated Web server employing all three delivery options. We then describe the cyclic multicast technique and consider the various procedures needed for its successful operation. We characterize the gains in performance achieved by our proposal through an extensive performance analysis and simulation of our technique by itself, and when integrated with the other delivery options. We also describe our experience with an implementation of a prototype cyclic multicast server and its performance over the multicast backbone (MBone).
New Synthetic Reactions Based on the Onium Salts of Aza‐Arenes [New synthetic methods (29)] (1979)

Abstract Effective syntheses employing 2‐halogenated pyridinium, benzoxazolium, benzothiazolium, and pyridinium salts have been accomplished in the absence of strong acids and bases. Activation of carboxylic acids or alcohols with these onium salts leads to 2‐acyloxy and 2‐alkoxy intermediates which can be transformed into esters, amides, thiol esters, (macrocyclic) lactones, acid fluorides, olefins, allenes, carbodiimides isocyanates, isothiocyanates, nitriles, and isocyanates. The possibility of performing stereospecific syntheses (involving configurational inversion) with onium salts deserves attention.
Long-term in vivo expression of retrovirus-mediated gene transfer in mouse fibroblast implants. (1991)

Toward the goal of gene therapy, we have been attempting to establish model somatic cell systems with the potential of sustained expression of the foreign gene. We report here that long-term expression of foreign genes in mouse embryo fibroblast implants can be achieved if a housekeeping gene promoter is used to drive transcription. Specifically, we have shown that in implants containing a beta-galactosidase gene linked to either an immediate early promoter of cytomegalovirus or a dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) gene promoter, only the DHFR promoter allows long-term expression. We propose that choice of the promoter manifests significant influence on the long-term expression of genes introduced in fibroblast implants by retroviral vectors.
Vanilloid Derivatives as Tyrosinase Inhibitors Driven by Virtual Screening‐Based QSAR Models (2010)

A number of vanilloids have been tested as tyrosinase inhibitors using Ligand-Based Virtual Screening (LBVS) driven by QSAR (Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship) models as the multi-agent classification system. A total of 81 models were used to screen this family. Then, a preliminary cluster analysis of the selected chemicals was carried out based on their bioactivity to detect possible similar substructural features among these compounds and the active database used in the QSAR model construction. The compounds identified were tested in vitro to corroborate the results obtained in silico. Among them, two chemicals, isovanillin (K(M) (app) = 1.08 mM) near to kojic acid (reference drug) in one cluster and isovanillyl alcohol (K(M) (app) = 0.88 mM) at the same distance as hydroquinone (reference drug) in another cluster showed inhibitory activity against tyrosinase. The algorithm proposed here could result in a suitable approach for faster and more effective identification of hit and/or lead compounds with tyrosinase inhibitory activity, helping to shorten the long pipeline in the research of novel depigmenting agents to treat skin disorders.
Emerging treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (2006)

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life-threatening disease characterised by a progressive pulmonary vasculopathy with ensuing right heart failure if left untreated. In the 1980s, prior to the current treatment era, idiopathic PAH carried a very poor prognosis, with a median survival of 2.8 years from the time of diagnosis. Since then, continuous intravenous epoprostenol has been used for the treatment of severe PAH with tremendous success, improving haemodynamics, quality of life, exercise capacity, functional class and even survival. In addition, in the past 5 years there have been several new advances in the treatment of PAH; however, there is still no cure. A better understanding of how the currently available agents work together is essential to optimise the long-term care of patients with PAH. Ultimately, additional agents that target the underlying pulmonary vasculopathy and endothelial abnormalities are necessary to cure this fatal disease. This comprehensive review of the currently available and emerging novel therapies provides insight into future management of PAH patients.
Cyclophosphamide Enhances the Antitumor Efficacy of Adoptively Transferred Immune Cells through the Induction of Cytokine Expression, B-Cell and T-Cell Homeostatic Proliferation, and Specific Tumor Infiltration (2007)

The ensemble of these data provides a new rationale for combining immunotherapy and chemotherapy to induce an effective antitumor response in cancer patients.
DPH5, a Methyltransferase Gene Required for Diphthamide Biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1992)

A mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae defective in the S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent methyltransferase step of diphthamide biosynthesis was selected by intracellular expression of the F2 fragment of diphtheria toxin (DT) and shown to belong to complementation group DPH5. The DPH5 gene was cloned, sequenced, and found to encode a 300-residue protein with sequence similarity to bacterial AdoMet:uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferases, enzymes involved in cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthesis. Both DPH5 and AdoMet:uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferases lack sequence motifs commonly found in other methyltransferases and may represent a new family of AdoMet:methyltransferases. The DPH5 protein was produced in Escherichia coli and shown to be active in methylation of elongation factor 2 partially purified from the dph5 mutant. A null mutation of the chromosomal DPH5 gene did not affect cell viability, in agreement with other studies indicating that diphthamide is not required for cell survival. The dph5 null mutant survived expression of three enzymically attenuated DT fragments but was killed by expression of fully active DT fragment A. Consistent with these results, elongation factor 2 from the dph5 null mutant was found to have weak ADP-ribosyl acceptor activity, which was detectable only in the presence of high concentrations of fragment A.
RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF SELECTION BASED ON PART LACTATION MILK YIELD IN SAHIWAL CATrLE (1993)

Data on part production records of first lactation of 259 Sahiwal cows maintained at the Livestock Production Research Institute, Bahadurnagar (Okara), during 1979-89 were collected and analysed. The relative efficiency of selection based on 61-90 days milk yield or first 90 days cumulative yield was high i,e, 1.211 and 1.278 as compared to that of selection using total lactation milk yield. Thus the selection of cows can be made earlier, after third month of lactation.
Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (2010)

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating vascular complication of a number of connective tissue diseases, including systemic sclerosis (SSc), where it has a dramatic impact on the clinical course and overall survival and is the single most common cause of death in patients afflicted with this syndrome. Although remarkable advances have been achieved in elucidating the pathogenesis of PAH over the past 2 decades, leading to the development of disease-targeted therapies for the idiopathic form of this condition (IPAH), the response to therapy is suboptimal in SSc-related PAH (SSc-PAH), and survival remains very poor. Factors accounting for striking clinical and prognostic differences between these two syndromes are unclear but may include a more pronounced autoimmune, cellular, and inflammatory response, and a higher prevalence of comorbidities in SSc-PAH, including cardiac and pulmonary venous and parenchymal involvement. Furthermore, currently available markers of disease severity and clinical tools to assess response to therapy, which may be reliable in IPAH, are either limited or lacking in SSc-PAH. Thus, a more focused approach, including a better understanding of the pathogenesis and genetic factors underlying the development of SSc-PAH, a search for more specific and reliable tools to adequately assess functional impairment and monitor therapy, as well as the design of novel targeted therapies, are all urgently required to alter the dismal course of this syndrome.
Tissue Destruction by Neutrophils (1989)

WITH increasing frequency, the human neutrophil is being implicated as a mediator of tissue-destructive events in inflammatory diseases ranging from rheumatoid arthritis and myocardial reperfusion injury to respiratory distress syndromes, blistering skin disorders, and ulcerative colitis.1 , 2 In each of these diseases, as well as a variety of other acute inflammatory disorders, important components of these pathologic processes are being linked to the neutrophil's ability to release a complex assortment of agents that can destroy normal cells and dissolve connective tissues. Although these toxins normally defend the host against invading microbes, the neutrophil has little intrinsic ability to differentiate between foreign . . .
Silver-Mediated Fluorination of Functionalized Aryl Stannanes (2009)

We report a regiospecific silver-mediated fluorination of aryl stannanes. The presented reaction can afford complex fluoroarenes from readily available phenols in three steps. The operational simplicity and the broad substrate scope of the fluorination should render this reaction a useful tool for the synthesis of milligram to gram quantities of functionalized aryl fluorides. Silver-mediated oxidative transformations of aryl nucleophiles that proceed via bimetallic redox processes are a new avenue to develop carbon-heteroatom bond formations.