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Effect of Chemical Structure and Network Formation on Physical Properties of Di(Cyanate Ester) Thermosets (2012)

Key physical properties of three dicyanate ester monomers, bisphenol A dicyanate (BADCy), bisphenol E dicyanate (LECy), and the dicyanate of a silicon-containing analogue of bisphenol A (SiMCy) were investigated as a function of cyanurate conversion at conversions ranging from approximately 70% to greater than 90% in order to assess the range of applicability of both traditional and more unusual structure-property-process relationships known for cyanate ester resins. A more complete understanding of these relationships is essential for the continued development of cyanate ester resins and their composites for a wide variety of aerospace applications. The degree of cure in each system was determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The degree of conversion achieved at a given temperature was dependent on the structure of the repeat unit, with SiMCy displaying the highest relative ease of cure. The density at room temperature was found to decrease monotonically with increasing conversion for all monomer types studied. In contrast, the water uptake decreased with increasing cure for all three materials over most or all of the conversion range studied, but leveled off or began to increase with increasing conversion at conversions of approximately 90%. The T(g) decreased after exposure to hot water in resins with greater than 85% conversion, but unexpectedly increased in samples with lower conversions. An investigation of the effect of hot water exposure on network chemistry via infrared spectroscopy indicated that carbamate formation varied with both monomer chemistry and extent of cure, but was greatest for the BADCy polycyanurates. On the other hand, the unreacted cyanate ester band tended to disappear uniformly, suggesting that reactions other than carbamate formation (such as cyclotrimerization) may also take place during exposure to hot water, possibly giving rise to the observed unusual increases in T(g) upon exposure.
Purification and biochemical characterization of a soluble human interferon gamma receptor expressed in Escherichia coli. (1990)

We purified and characterized a soluble human interferon gamma receptor expressed in Escherichia coli. The soluble receptor comprises the amino acids 15-246 of the encoded protein (Aguet, M., Dembic, Z., and Merlin, G. (1988) Cell 55, 273-280) and was purified from large scale fermentations through four chromatographic steps with an overall recovery of 28%. The refolded soluble receptor shows some heterogeneity on nonreducing sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, where it appears as the major band of 27 kDa molecular mass, accompanied by a few minor bands with molecular masses between 26 and 30 kDa. On reducing sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis it appears as a homogeneous protein of 32 kDa molecular mass. The soluble interferon gamma receptor is an active and stable protein and is recognized by specific antibodies raised against the native receptor. When nonreduced it has the capacity to specifically bind interferon gamma and to compete for the binding of interferon gamma to the cell surface receptor. The observed heterogeneity of the soluble interferon gamma receptor under nonreducing electrophoretic conditions is probably due to different conformational forms resulting from the formation of non-native intramolecular disulfide bonds among the 8 cysteine residues present in the soluble interferon gamma receptor molecule.
Capillary zone electrophoresis–mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization of peptides and proteins (1989)

Abstract Capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) coupled with an on‐line mass spectrometric (MS) detection system by an atmospheric pressure electrospray ionization (ESI) interface has been used successfully for Separations of peptide and protein mixtures. For CZE‐MS, ESI produces multiply charged molecular ions and thus allows mas spectrometers with a limited mass‐to‐charge range to analyze proteins having molecular weights greater than 100,000. Various pH buffer systems have been investigated, including buffer systems in which pH &gt; p I (isoelectric point of analytes) and pH « p I are designed to reduce protein adsorption onto silica capillary surfaces and thus improve separation efficiencies. More than 125,000 theoretical plates have been obtained from a CZE‐MS separation of less than 1 pmol per component of leucine enkephalin and horse heart myoglobin. CZE‐MS of other large peptides and proteins are demonstrated.
The Developing Rat Lung Fibroblast and Alveolar Type II Cell Actively Recruit Surfactant Phospholipid Substrate (1995)

Timely, adequate production of pulmonary surfactant is critical for survival at birth. This process is dependent on both maternal nutrition and glucocorticoids. Fetal rat lung lipofibroblast triglyceride accumulation is saturable, temperature-dependent and stimulated by glucocorticoids and cyclic AMP in primary cell culture. Spontaneous triglyceride uptake by fibroblasts increases ninefold between 17 and 21 days (= term) gestation and is stimulated 30-80% by exogenous glucocorticoid treatment. Coculture of Type II cells with fibroblasts preloaded with 3H-trioleate and increasing amounts of triglyceride results in a concomitant increase in saturated phosphatidylcholine (SPC) synthesized by Type II cells. Dexamethasone stimulates mobilization of fibroblast triglyceride incorporation into Type II cell-SPC by 36-40%. The hormonally regulated uptake and mobilization of triglyceride suggest active recruitment of surfactant phospholipid substrate by both alveolar connective tissue and epithelial cells.
Regulation by dexamethasone and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 of the 75 kD-type A tumor necrosis factor receptor surface expression and mRNA level in human U937 cells. (1992)

1. Dexamethasone selectively reduced the number of the type A (75 kD) receptors whereas 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 reduced the number of both A (75 kD) and B (55 kD) receptors, without any change of their dissociation constants (3-4 x 10(-10) M and 1-2 x 10(-9) M respectively). The level of the type A (75 kD) TNF receptor mRNA was increased following treatment with either steroid. 2. Other agonists which either down-regulated (phorbol dibutyrate) or up-regulated (dibutyryl cAMP and recombinant GM-CSF) rTNF alpha binding also increased the level of this mRNA species. 3. The data suggest that these steroids might alter post-transcriptional event(s).
Scaling up music playlist generation (2003)

The issue of generating automatically sequences of music titles that satisfy arbitrary criteria such as user preferences has gained interest recently, because of the numerous applications in the field of electronic music distribution. All the approaches proposed so far suffer from two main drawbacks: reduced expressiveness and incapacity to handle large music catalogues. We present in this paper a system that is able to produce automatically music playlists out of large, real catalogues (up to 200000 titles), and that can handle arbitrarily complex criteria. We describe the basic algorithm and its adaptation to playlist generation, and report on experiments performed in the context of the European project Cuidado.
Some computer science issues in ubiquitous computing (1993)

article Free Access Share on Some computer science issues in ubiquitous computing Author: Mark Weiser Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CAView Profile Authors Info & Claims Communications of the ACMVolume 36Issue 7July 1993 pp 75–84https://doi.org/10.1145/159544.159617Published:01 July 1993Publication History 1,500citation17,779DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations1,500Total Downloads17,779Last 12 Months736Last 6 weeks162 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my Alerts New Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF
Field Experiments on Control of the “Potato-Sickness” associated with the Nematode, Heterodera schachtii (1937)

Although the “potato-sickness” associated with the nematode Heterodera schachtii has been the subject of a good deal of investigation in Britain during the past twelve years, the only practical method of control so far devised is the adoption of a well-planned crop rotation in which potatoes are omitted for several years. The limitation of a general application of this method to the thousands of acres of land infected with this eelworm disease but otherwise admirably suited for the growing of potatoes has led to insistent demands for further study into chemical treatment of affected soil. In the present investigation, comparative control trials of soil treatment by certain chemical substances were carried out on land known to be thoroughly “potato-sick” and the last potato crop grown in it had been a failure. Most of the experimental treatments had already shown in other field experiments some measure of protection from “potato-sickness,” at least, judging by the healthier appearance of the foliage and increase in yield of crop. Although the results of previous experience indicated that there was a positive association between application of these various soil dressings and intensity of disease, it was felt that a more accurate computation of the latter, by measuring the eelworm cyst content of the soil, was desirable before any definite conclusion might be drawn.
Expression of proteins encoded by the Escherichia coli cyn operon: carbon dioxide-enhanced degradation of carbonic anhydrase (1994)

Cyanase catalyzes the reaction of cyanate with bicarbonate to give 2CO2. The cynS gene encoding cyanase, together with the cynT gene for carbonic anhydrase, is part of the cyn operon, the expression of which is induced in Escherichia coli by cyanate. The physiological role of carbonic anhydrase is to prevent depletion of cellular bicarbonate during cyanate decomposition due to loss of CO2 (M.B. Guilloton, A.F. Lamblin, E. I. Kozliak, M. Gerami-Nejad, C. Tu, D. Silverman, P.M. Anderson, and J.A. Fuchs, J. Bacteriol. 175:1443-1451, 1993). A delta cynT mutant strain was extremely sensitive to inhibition of growth by cyanate and did not catalyze decomposition of cyanate (even though an active cyanase was expressed) when grown at a low pCO2 (in air) but had a Cyn+ phenotype at a high pCO2. Here the expression of these two enzymes in this unusual system for cyanate degradation was characterized in more detail. Both enzymes were found to be located in the cytosol and to be present at approximately equal levels in the presence of cyanate. A delta cynT mutant strain could be complemented with high levels of expressed human carbonic anhydrase II; however, the mutant defect was not completely abolished, perhaps because the E. coli carbonic anhydrase is significantly less susceptible to inhibition by cyanate than mammalian carbonic anhydrases. The induced E. coli carbonic anhydrase appears to be particularly adapted to its function in cyanate degradation. Active cyanase remained in cells grown in the presence of either low or high pCO2 after the inducer cyanate was depleted; in contrast, carbonic anhydrase protein was degraded very rapidly (minutes) at a high pCO2 but much more slowly (hours) at a low pCO2. A physiological significance of these observations is suggested by the observation that expression of carbonic anhydrase at a high pCO2 decreased the growth rate.
The influence of fatty acid unsaturation and physical properties of microsomal membrane phospholipids on UDP-glucuronyltransferase activity (1989)

The relationship between lipid composition, the physical properties of microsomal phospholipids and the kinetics of liver UDP-glucuronyltransferase was studied in microsomes from guinea pigs supplied with a normal or a fat-free diet for 28 days. Fatty acid deficiency did not modify either the cholesterol/phospholipid molar ratio or the polar head group composition, but exclusively redistributed the unsaturated fatty acid pattern, by partially exchanging oleic for linoleic acid. This phenomenon accounts for the decrease of both rotational and translational mobilities of the fluorescent probes 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) and pyrene respectively. When the thermotropic behaviour of the different systems was assessed, no transition temperature (gel-liquid-crystalline) between 10 and 40 degrees C was seen as a consequence of the lower degree of unsaturation, either in the microsomal membranes or in the total lipid or total phospholipid extracts from the treated animals. In spite of this, the polarization ratio of trans-parinaric acid and the fluorescence intensity of merocyanine 540 revealed that a significant lateral phase separation occurred at 20-22 degrees C in the extracted phospholipids, which was smoother in the total lipid fractions and in the native microsomal membranes. Fatty acid deficiency caused an upward shift of the midpoint temperature of the lateral phase separation. Furthermore, the phosphatidylcholine extracted from the 'normal' microsomes showed a lateral phase separation centred at a lower temperature than that extracted from 'fat-deficient' microsomes. In contrast, the Arrhenius plot of UDP-glucuronyltransferase from 'normal' microsomes exhibited a change in slope at a higher temperature than that from treated microsomes. These results would suggest that fatty acid deficiency in guinea-pig liver microsomes, while rigidizing the bulk lipids, would segregate the most unsaturated phosphatidylcholine molecules towards the UDP-glucuronyltransferase microenvironment, in accordance with our previous results with cholesterol incorporation [Castuma & Brenner (1986) Biochemistry 25, 4733-4738].
Original Article : Generation of Insulin Producing Cells from the Mouse Primary Hepatocytes (2011)

Surrogate β-cells derived from available adult stem cells are urgently needed for the treatment of insulindeficient diabetes, and hepatocytes constitute an attractive alternative. Herein, we attempted to generate insulin-producing cells from adult mouse primary hepatocytes (HCs) using triple adenoviruses harboring PDX-1/VP-16, BETA2, and MafA. We noted characteristic changes in the transduced HCs into pancreatic β-cells, including reduced albumin gene and increased insulin, insulin content, and the expression of a variety of pancreatic genes. Glucose tolerance and survival are improved by the renal capsular transplantation. These data demonstrated that the transdifferentiation of HCs into insulin-producing cells could be achieved under both in vitro and in vivo conditions. Further, these data suggest that induction of insulin-producing cells from liver provides a potential cell-replacement therapy for the treatment of patients with diabetes using alternative transplantable cell source.
A novel small-molecule MRCK inhibitor blocks cancer cell invasion (2014)

The myotonic dystrophy kinase-related CDC42-binding kinases MRCKβ and MRCKβ regulate actin-myosin contractility and have been implicated in cancer metastasis. Along with the related ROCK1 and ROCK2 kinases, the MRCK proteins initiate signalling events that lead to contractile force generation which powers cancer cell motility and invasion. A potential strategy for cancer therapy is to reduce metastasis by blocking MRCK activity, either alone or in combination with ROCK inhibition. However, to date no potent small molecule inhibitors have been developed with selectivity towards MRCK. Screening a kinase-focused small molecule chemical library resulted in the identification of compounds with inhibitory activity towards MRCK. Medicinal chemistry combined with in vitro enzyme profiling led to the discovery of 4-chloro-1-(4-piperidyl)-N-[5-(2-pyridyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]pyrazole-3-carboxamide (BDP00005290; abbreviated as BDP5290) as a potent MRCK inhibitor. X-ray crystallography of the MRCKβ kinase domain in complex with BDP5290 revealed how this ligand interacts with the nucleotide binding pocket. BDP5290 demonstrated marked selectivity for MRCKβ over ROCK1 or ROCK2 for inhibition of myosin II light chain (MLC) phosphorylation in cells. While BDP5290 was able to block MLC phosphorylation at both cytoplasmic actin stress fibres and peripheral cortical actin bundles, the ROCK selective inhibitor Y27632 primarily reduced MLC phosphorylation on stress fibres. BDP5290 was also more effective at reducing MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell invasion through Matrigel than Y27632. Finally, the ability of human SCC12 squamous cell carcinoma cells to invade a three-dimensional collagen matrix was strongly inhibited by 2 μM BDP5290 but not the identical concentration of Y27632, despite equivalent inhibition of MLC phosphorylation. BDP5290 is a potent MRCK inhibitor with activity in cells, resulting in reduced MLC phosphorylation, cell motility and tumour cell invasion. The discovery of this compound will enable further investigations into the biological activities of MRCK proteins and their contributions to cancer progression.
Integrated Interconnect Technologies for 3D Nanoelectronic Systems (2008)

This cutting-edge book on off-chip technologies puts the hottest breakthroughs in high-density compliant electrical interconnects, nanophotonics, and microfluidics at your fingertips, integrating the full range of mathematics, physics, and technology issues together in a single comprehensive source.
Integrated Pressure Sensor With Remote Power Source And Remote Readout (2005)

This paper describes a micromachined pressure sensor with an on-chip Hartley oscillator circuit. The self contained microsensor is powered through a pickup loop by magnetic induction and does not conintain any battery. An integrated high-aspect-ratio electroformed inductor provides the necessary high Q-factor to make this circuit practical. The pressure readings are obtained remotely by a lock-in synchronization technique of frequency scanning.
Single molecule transcription profiling with AFM (2006)

Established techniques for global gene expression profiling, such as microarrays, face fundamental sensitivity constraints. Due to greatly increasing interest in examining minute samples from micro-dissected tissues, including single cells, unorthodox approaches, including molecular nanotechnologies, are being explored in this application. Here, we examine the use of single molecule, ordered restriction mapping, combined with AFM, to measure gene transcription levels from very low abundance samples. We frame the problem mathematically, using coding theory, and present an analysis of the critical error sources that may serve as a guide to designing future studies. We follow with experiments detailing the construction of high density, single molecule, ordered restriction maps from plasmids and from cDNA molecules, using two different enzymes, a result not previously reported. We discuss these results in the context of our calculations.
Terpene Biosynthesis: Modularity Rules (2011)

Terpenes are the largest class of small-molecule natural products on earth, and the most abundant by mass. Here, we summarize recent developments in elucidating the structure and function of the proteins involved in their biosynthesis. There are six main building blocks or modules (α, β, γ, δ, ε, and ζ) that make up the structures of these enzymes: the αα and αδ head-to-tail trans-prenyl transferases that produce trans-isoprenoid diphosphates from C(5) precursors; the ε head-to-head prenyl transferases that convert these diphosphates into the tri- and tetraterpene precursors of sterols, hopanoids, and carotenoids; the βγ di- and triterpene synthases; the ζ head-to-tail cis-prenyl transferases that produce the cis-isoprenoid diphosphates involved in bacterial cell wall biosynthesis; and finally the α, αβ, and αβγ terpene synthases that produce plant terpenes, with many of these modular enzymes having originated from ancestral α and β domain proteins. We also review progress in determining the structure and function of the two 4Fe-4S reductases involved in formation of the C(5) diphosphates in many bacteria, where again, highly modular structures are found.
Signal Transduction and Transcriptional Regulation by Glucocorticoid Receptor-LexA Fusion Proteins (1988)

The glucocorticoid receptor regulates transcriptional initiation upon binding to its cognate hormone. A series of fusion genes was constructed to examine the mechanism of hormone-regulated transcriptional enhancement. The DNA binding domain of the bacterial LexA repressor was fused to receptor derivatives lacking the region that is necessary and sufficient for specific DNA binding and transcriptional enhancement at glucocorticoid response elements (GRE's). The resultant hybrid proteins activated transcription from promoters linked to the lex operator. Enhancement still required hormone binding by the hybrid receptor regardless of the exact positioning of the LexA binding domain within the protein. Thus, the unliganded hormone binding domain of the receptor acts as a strong but reversible inhibitor of receptor activity in a manner that is independent of the means by which the receptor recognizes DNA. The results also show directly that the receptor contains at least one "enhancement domain" other than that overlapping the GRE binding region; the second domain, enh2, occupies a region near the receptor amino terminus.
Identification of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 binding heptapeptide in vitronectin (1993)

We have shown that a heptapeptide which resides in the middle part of vitronectin (VN) is responsible for binding to plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). A single PAI-1 binding peptide was isolated from human VN after limited proteolysis with protease V8. The amino acid sequence of the fragment corresponded to residues Gly-115-Glu-121 of VN. A murine monoclonal antibody (JYV-1) raised against human VN bond to the same fragment and inhibited binding of PAI-1 to VN. A synthetic peptide (V-115), comprising residues Gly-115-Glu-121 of human VN, competed with VN for both PAI-1 and JYV-1 in a dose-dependent manner. Synthetic peptide V-111 (Ser-111-Glu-121) had a stronger inhibitory effect than V-115 on binding of PAI-1 or JYV-1 to VN. V-111 also inhibited the binding of human PAI-1 to mouse and rabbit VN. The functional half-life of PAI-1 activity was prolonged approximately 2-fold in the presence of V-111 (1 mM). This stabilizing effect of V-111 was equivalent to intact VN, although a 1000-fold higher molar concentration of V-111 over VN was required. These data indicated that VN residues Gly-115-Glu-121 contain a PAI-1 binding site.
Role of CD47 as a Marker of Self on Red Blood Cells (2000)

The immune system recognizes invaders as foreign because they express determinants that are absent on host cells or because they lack "markers of self" that are normally present. Here we show that CD47 (integrin-associated protein) functions as a marker of self on murine red blood cells. Red blood cells that lacked CD47 were rapidly cleared from the bloodstream by splenic red pulp macrophages. CD47 on normal red blood cells prevented this elimination by binding to the inhibitory receptor signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPalpha). Thus, macrophages may use a number of nonspecific activating receptors and rely on the presence or absence of CD47 to distinguish self from foreign. CD47-SIRPalpha may represent a potential pathway for the control of hemolytic anemia.