gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Structure-function relationship of hammerhead ribozymes as probed by 2'-modifications. (1991)

Hammerhead ribozymes containing 2'-fluoro- or 2'-aminonucleotides were prepared by automated chemical synthesis. Incorporation of 2'-fluorouridines, 2'-fluorocytidines or 2'-aminouridines did not appreciably decrease catalytic activity. The presence of 2'-aminocytidines, however, reduced the activity about 20-fold. No catalytic activity could be measured for ribozymes in which all adenosines were replaced by the 2'-fluoro analogue in presence of MgCl2. No single position could be found responsible for this loss of activity. In an attempt to construct ribozymes to hydrolyse HIV-RNA in the 5'-LTR region several constructs were tested on synthetic substrate as well as on run-off transcripts of about 1000 nucleotides length.
Overexpression of lactate dehydrogenase A attenuates glucose‐induced insulin secretion in stable MIN‐6 β‐cell lines (1998)

Since islet beta-cells express little L-lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity, we have examined the effects on these cells of LDH overexpression. In mock-transfected MIN6 beta-cells, LDH activity was 38 nmol/min/mg protein, and 30 mM glucose stimulated secretion 10.4-fold. In two MIN6 cell clones stably overexpressing human LDH-A cDNA, insulin secretion was stimulated only 2.7- and 2.1-fold by high glucose. K+-stimulated insulin secretion was unaffected, and leucine stimulation enhanced, by LDH-A overexpression. LDH-A-overexpressing clones displayed unaltered activities of hexokinase, glucokinase, and malate dehydrogenase, slightly elevated plasma membrane lactate transport activity, and lowered insulin content. Low LDH activity would therefore appear important in beta-cell glucose sensing.
The Association Between Major Depression and Levels of Soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1, Interleukin-6, and C-Reactive Protein in Patients With Recent Acute Coronary Syndromes (2004)

These results suggest chronic endothelial activation among depressed patients after acute coronary syndromes. Further research is needed to determine whether or not higher levels of sICAM-1 may identify a subgroup of depressed patients at particularly high risk for cardiac events among patients with established coronary artery disease or among those without previous coronary artery disease.
Comparison of the Effects of Intraventricular Taurine, GABA and Homotaurine on Serum Prolactin Levels in Male Rats (1989)

The effects of taurine (2-aminoethanesulphonic acid), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and homotaurine (3-aminopropanesulphonic acid), a structural analogue of both taurine and GABA, on serum prolactin (PRL) levels were compared in conscious, unrestrained male rats. Taurine, injected into the lateral brain ventricles at doses of 6 and 10 mumol per rat, elevated serum PRL level by 52% (P less than 0.01) and 90% (P less than 0.001), respectively. GABA elevated serum PRL level (41%, P less than 0.05) only at the lowest dose (1 mumol) tested. Homotaurine was the most effective compound, eliciting increases of 353% and 449% (P less than 0.001) at 6 and 10 mumol per rat, respectively. The rank order of the three amino acids in elevating serum PRL level bears some similarity to their known rank order of potency in altering cerebral dopamine metabolism.
Inhibiting transthyretin amyloid fibril formation via protein stabilization (1996)

Transthyretin (TTR) amyloid fibril formation is observed systemically in familial amyloid polyneuropathy and senile systemic amyloidosis and appears to be the causative agent in these diseases. Herein, we demonstrate conclusively that thyroxine (10.8 microM) inhibits TTR fibril formation efficiently in vitro and does so by stabilizing the tetramer against dissociation and the subsequent conformational changes required for amyloid fibril formation. In addition, the nonnative ligand 2,4,6-triiodophenol, which binds to TTR with slightly increased affinity also inhibits TTR fibril formation by this mechanism. Sedimentation velocity experiments were employed to show that TTR undergoes dissociation (linked to a conformational change) to form the monomeric amyloidogenic intermediate, which self-assembles into amyloid in the absence, but not in the presence of thyroxine. These results demonstrate the feasibility of using small molecules to stabilize the native fold of a potentially amyloidogenic human protein, thus preventing the conformational changes, which appear to be the common link in several human amyloid diseases. This strategy and the compounds resulting from further development should prove useful for critically evaluating the amyloid hypothesis--i.e., the putative cause-and-effect relationship between TTR amyloid deposition and the onset of familial amyloid polyneuropathy and senile systemic amyloidosis.
Langmuir probe measurements of a radio frequency induction plasma (1993)

In this work a planar, radio frequency induction plasma source is characterized in terms of ion density, electron temperature, and plasma potential using a single Langmuir probe in oxygen and noble gases. Probe measurements of density were also verified using microwave interferometry. Measured argon ion densities increase nearly linearly with power from 1×1011 cm−3 at 300 W rf power to 6×1011 cm−3 at 1.2 kW at 1×10−3 Torr. Krypton ion densities are also linear with power but saturate above 1 kW at a density of 2×1012 cm−3 at 1×10−3 Torr. Electron temperatures increase with decreasing pressure from 3 eV at 26×10−3 Torr to 7 eV at 0.3×10−3 Torr. Plasma potentials are typically 15–30 V and increase with decreasing pressure. Ion saturation current in oxygen at 5×10−3 Torr is 2.5% uniform over diagonals of 20 cm when a magnetic multipole bucket is used to confine the plasma. Ion generation energy cost in argon is 100–250 W/A.
The invasion‐associated type III system of Salmonella typhimurium directs the translocation of Sip proteins into the host cell (1997)

The ability of Salmonella typhimurium to interact with host cells is largely dependent on the function of a type III protein-secretion system encoded at centisome 63 of its chromosome. We have shown here that two targets of this protein-secretion system, SipB and SipC, are translocated into cultured intestinal Henle-407 cells. Translocation required the function of the type III secretion apparatus, as an S. typhimurium strain carrying a mutation in invA, which encodes an essential component of this system, failed to translocate the Sip proteins. Null mutations in the genes encoding SipB, SipC or SipD, prevented protein translocation, indicating that these proteins are involved in the translocation process. In contrast, mutations in sipA and sptP, which also encode secreted proteins, did not interfere with the translocation of SipC, indicating that only a subset of targets of the type III secretion system act as translocases. Externally or internally localized bacteria could direct protein translocation into Henle-407 cells as this process occurred in the presence of cytochalasin D at a concentration that prevented bacterial entry, or in the presence of gentamicin added shortly after bacterial internalization at a concentration that killed extracellular Salmonella. These results indicate that protein translocation into host cells may be a universal function of all type III secretion systems.
Chemical sympathectomy alters the development of hypertension in miniature swine. (1991)

To determine if the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine could be used to chemically sympathectomize neonatal miniature swine, eight newborn swine were treated with 6-hydroxydopamine beginning on the first day after birth and continuing at regular intervals for the next 6 months. Six littermates served as controls and received vehicle injections. A significant reduction in the pressor response to intravenous tyramine (95%) and in the tissue norepinephrine content of the kidneys, left ventricle, and gastrocnemius muscle (more than 93%) provided evidence for an effective long-term sympathectomy in the 6-hydroxydopamine-treated animals. In addition, the blood pressure response of these young, chemically sympathectomized swine to chronic deoxycorticosterone acetate treatment was evaluated. Mean arterial pressure before deoxycorticosterone was similar in the 6-hydroxydopamine-treated (116 +/- 2 mm Hg) and control (125 +/- 5 mm Hg) groups. One week after deoxycorticosterone, mean arterial pressure had risen significantly by 20-22 mm Hg in both groups. Blood pressure continued to increase in the control group, reaching a value of 163 +/- 6 mm Hg by the third week after treatment. In contrast, mean arterial pressure in the 6-hydroxydopamine group did not increase further during weeks 2 and 3 after deoxycorticosterone. In conclusion, chronic treatment of neonatal swine with 6-hydroxydopamine produced an animal model with an effective, general, peripheral sympathectomy. The significant attenuation of the hypertensive response in these sympathectomized animals lends further support to the hypothesis that an intact sympathetic nervous system is necessary for the full expression of deoxycorticosterone hypertension in miniature swine.
Characterization of a modified, stroma-free hemoglobin solution as an oxygen-carrying plasma substitute. (1985)

A new infusion solution prepared from stroma-free, crosslinked and pyridoxalated hemoglobin is described. The characteristics of which have been adapted to the functions of native, intra-erythrocyte hemoglobin. The solution contains 8.5 per cent weight per volume of glutardialdehyde modified hemoglobin with a mean molecular weight (Mn) of 200,000 Dalton. The non-crosslinked fraction constitutes 15 per cent of the total hemoglobin. The p50 of 27 torr at pH 7.4 (plasma pH) corresponds to the value for the intra-erythrocyte hemoglobin at pH 7.25. The oncotic pressure is adjusted to 28 torr by the addition of 2.5 per cent weight per volume of human albumin. The methemoglobin content is less than 5 per cent of the total hemoglobin and remains constant for one year. The relative viscosity of the 8.5 per cent hemoglobin solution is 3.0 and, thus, is lower than the viscosity of blood. The intravascular half-life was determined in chimpanzees as about 16 hours. On the basis of available data, this hemoglobin solution may be suitable for clinical use as oxygen carrying plasma substitute.
High Mobility Group 1 Protein Is Not Stably Associated with the Chromosomes of Somatic Cells (1997)

High mobility group 1 (HMG1) protein is an abundant and conserved component of vertebrate nuclei and has been proposed to play a structural role in chromatin organization, possibly similar to that of histone H1. However, a high abundance of HMG1 had also been reported in the cytoplasm and on the surface of mammalian cells. We conclusively show that HMG1 is a nuclear protein, since several different anti-HMG1 antibodies stain the nucleoplasm of cultured cells, and epitope-tagged HMG1 is localized in the nucleus only. The protein is excluded from nucleoli and is not associated to specific nuclear structures but rather appears to be uniformly distributed. HMG1 can bind in vitro to reconstituted core nucleosomes but is not stably associated to chromatin in live cells. At metaphase, HMG1 is detached from condensed chromosomes, contrary to histone H1. During interphase, HMG1 readily diffuses out of nuclei after permeabilization of the nuclear membranes with detergents, whereas histone H1 remains associated to chromatin. These properties exclude a shared function for HMG1 and H1 in differentiated cells, in spite of their similar biochemical properties. HMG1 may be stably associated only to a very minor population of nucleosomes or may interact transiently with nucleosomes during dynamic processes of chromatin remodeling.
Combination of irinotecan and etoposide for treatment of refractory or relapsed small-cell lung cancer. (1998)

A combination of CPT-11 and etoposide with rhG-CSF support is an active therapy against refractory or relapsed SCLC and deserves to be studied more extensively in a phase III trial.
Zur Existenz niedergliedriger Cycloalkine, I (1961)

Abstract Während  wie bereits bekannt – Cyclononin und Cyclooctin isolierbare Kohlenwasserstoffe sind, ließen sich trotz vielfacher Bemühungen anderer Autoren die niederhomologen Cycloalkine nicht in substantia fassen. Eigene Versuche an Bishydrazonen der zugehörigen Cycloalkan‐dione, die mit Quecksilberoxyd behandelt wurden, bestätigten das. — Daß diese Cycloalkine kurzlebig auftreten, konnte bei Wiederholung der Oxydationsreaktionen in Gegenwart von 2.5‐Diphenyl‐3.4‐benzofuran sowie Phenylazid festgestellt werden. Die zu erwartenden Addukte wurden isoliert und in ihrer Struktur aufgeklärt. Die sinkenden Ausbeuten an Abfangprodukten legen den Schluß nahe, daß die Stabilitäten des Cycloheptins, Cyclohexins und Cyclopentins infolge der mit fallender Ringgröße wachsenden Spannung abnehmen.
An algebra of geometric shapes (1993)

A simple algebra of shapes with 2D planar regions is developed. The fact that a 2D region can be completely described by a one-dimensional, closed-boundary curve if it is homogeneous is used in the presented approach, which first converts the spatial description of the closed curve into an equivalent Fourier series description and then uses the Fourier-description to define binary composition operations that combine two planar shapes to form another planar shape. It is shown how the geometric system comprising the set of all planar shapes and the composition operations can be mapped onto the algebraic system of linear/vector space.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
The voltage-gated Kv1.3 K+ channel in effector memory T cells as new target for MS (2003)

Through a combination of fluorescence microscopy and patch-clamp analysis we have identified a striking alteration in K + channel expression in terminally differentiated human CCR7 -CD45RA - effector memory T lymphocytes (T EM ).Following activation, T EM cells expressed significantly higher levels of the voltage-gated K + channel Kv1.3 and lower levels of the calcium-activated K + channel IKCa1 than naive and central memory T cells (T CM ).Upon repeated in vitro antigenic stimulation, naive cells differentiated into Kv1.3 high IKCa1 low T EM cells, and the potent Kv1.3-blocking sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus peptide (ShK) suppressed proliferation of T EM cells without affecting naive or T CM lymphocytes.Thus, the Kv1.3 high IKCa1 low phenotype is a functional marker of activated T EM lymphocytes.Activated myelin-reactive T cells from patients with MS exhibited the Kv1.3 high IKCa1 low T EM phenotype, suggesting that they have undergone repeated stimulation during the course of disease; these cells may contribute to disease pathogenesis due to their ability to home to inflamed tissues and exhibit immediate effector function.The Kv1.3 high IKCa1 low phenotype was not seen in glutamic acid decarboxylase, insulin-peptide or ovalbumin-specific and mitogen-activated T cells from MS patients, or in myelin-specific T cells from healthy controls.Selective targeting of Kv1.3 in T EM cells may therefore hold therapeutic promise for MS and other T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases.
A simplified high-performance liquid chromatographic method for determination of vitamin D3, 25-hydroxyvitamin D2and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3in human serum (1992)

Measurement of the serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D is the most useful parameter in evaluating vitamin D status. The serum level of vitamin D is a useful parameter in studying short time effects after exposure to ultraviolet light and absorption of the vitamin after oral administration. A method for simultaneous determinations of vitamin D3 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 is described. Serum or plasma was extracted by methanol-isopropanol (90:10, v/v) and hexane. The hexane layer was injected in to a reversed-phase (C18) high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) system. 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 were eluted by methanol-water (85:15, v/v), and vitamin D3 by a linear gradient of methanol-water (85:15) and methanol-isopropanol-water (87.5:10:2.5), and detected by u.v. absorption. This method gave separate determinations of the D2 and D3 forms of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, but owing to an interfering peak the method does not measure vitamin D2. The assay was very sensitive with a detection limit of 5 nmol l-1 for 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and D3 and vitamin D3 by using 0.5 ml serum or plasma for analysis, so that for low vitamin D3 levels more than 1 ml of serum is desirable.
Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in the Pathogenesis and Therapy of Head and Neck Cancer (2017)

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is one of the most prevalent human malignancies worldwide, with a high morbidity and mortality. Implementation of interdisciplinary treatment modalities has improved the quality of life, but only minor changes in overall survival have been achieved over the past decades. Main causes for treatment failure are an aggressive and invasive tumor growth in combination with a high degree of intrinsic or acquired treatment resistance. A subset of tumor cells gain these properties during malignant progression by reactivating a complex program of epithelia-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which is integral in embryonic development, wound healing, and stem cell behavior. EMT is mediated by a core set of key transcription factors, which are under the control of a large range of developmental signals and extracellular cues. Unraveling molecular principles that drive EMT provides new concepts to better understand tumor cell plasticity and response to established as well as new treatment modalities, and has the potential to identify new drug targets for a more effective, less toxic, and individualized therapy of HNC patients. Here, we review the most recent findings on the clinical relevance of a mesenchymal-like phenotype for HNC patients, including more rare cases of mucosal melanoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma.
Optical injection locking and phase-lock loop combined systems (1994)

Optical injection locking and optical phase-lock loops have been used for laser synchronization. The use of a combined optical injection locking and phase-lock loop system is proposed here. We have taken into account the modification of the slave laser phase response induced by the injection locking to calculated the phase-error signal spectrum and the phase-error variance for an optical injection locking and phase-lock system. They show that this system presents both a wide locking range, given by the optical injection locking action, and a low phase error for low frequencies, given by the optical phase-lock loop action. These results can improve the system tracking capability and decrease the final phase-error variance compared with those in isolated systems.
Efficient joint compensation of speech for the effects of additive noise and linear filtering (1992)

The authors describe two algorithms that provide robustness for automatic speech recognition systems in a fashion that is suitable for real-time environmental normalization for workstations of moderate size. The first algorithm is a modification of the SNR-dependent cepstral normalization (SDCN) and the fixed code-word dependent cepstral normalization (FCDCN) algorithms given by Acero and Stern (1990), except that unlike these algorithms it provides computationally-efficient environment normalization without prior knowledge of the acoustical characteristics of the environment in which the system will be operated. The second algorithm is a modification of the more complex CDCN algorithm that enables it to perform environmental compensation in better than real time. The authors compare the recognition accuracy, computational complexity, and amount of training data needed to adapt to new acoustical environments using these algorithms with several different types of headset-mounted and desktop microphones.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>
Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Causes Necrotizing Pneumonia (2007)

The Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is a pore-forming toxin secreted by strains epidemiologically associated with the current outbreak of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) and with the often-lethal necrotizing pneumonia. To investigate the role of PVL in pulmonary disease, we tested the pathogenicity of clinical isolates, isogenic PVL-negative and PVL-positive S. aureus strains, as well as purified PVL, in a mouse acute pneumonia model. Here we show that PVL is sufficient to cause pneumonia and that the expression of this leukotoxin induces global changes in transcriptional levels of genes encoding secreted and cell wall-anchored staphylococcal proteins, including the lung inflammatory factor staphylococcal protein A (Spa).
Aligned Carbon Nanotube−Polymer Hybrid Architectures for Diverse Flexible Electronic Applications (2006)

We present the fabrication and electrical characterization of a flexible hybrid composite structure using aligned multiwall carbon nanotube arrays in a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) matrix. Using lithographically patterned nanotube arrays, one can make these structures at any length scale from submicrometer levels to bulk quantities. The PDMS matrix undergoes excellent conformal filling within the dense nanotube network, giving rise to extremely flexible conducting structures with unique electromechanical properties. We demonstrate its robustness against high stress conditions, under which the composite is found to retain its conducting nature. We also demonstrate that these structures can be utilized directly as flexible field-emission devices. Our devices show some of the best field-enhancement factors and turn-on electric fields reported so far.
Magnetic resonance angiography of the human middle meningeal artery: Implications for migraine (2006)

MRA in combination with a 47-mm microscopy coil is a novel, noninvasive method to measure changes in the diameter of human meningeal vessels, with potential applications for migraine and other fields of neurovascular research.
Group V allergens in grass pollens. II. Investigation of group V allergens in pollens from 10 grasses (1991)

In an earlier study an allergen from Phleum pratense (timothy) pollen, Phl p V, has been isolated and physicochemically characterized. In this study Phl p V and immunochemically similar components from other grass pollens (group V allergens) have been investigated using immunoelectrophoretic techniques. To study the allergenic importance of the group V allergens, the allergenic compositions of 10 grass pollen extracts were investigated in crossed radioimmunoelectrophoresis (CRIE) using 20 sera from grass pollen-allergic donors. Group V allergens were identified using monospecific rabbit antibodies raised against Phl p V, anti-Phl p V, which react with other group V allergens usually producing dense precipitates in immunoelectrophoresis. In this way group V allergens were identified in eight extracts, and when present the precipitate corresponding to the group V allergen was the dominant IgE binding precipitate. All identified group V allergens bound IgE in at least 17 of the 20 investigated sera. Monospecific rabbit antibodies raised against the group I allergen of Lolium perenne (rye grass), anti-Lol p I, do not precipitate group V allergens, indicating that there are no immunochemical similarities between group I and group V allergens. In SDS-PAGE anti-Phl p V identifies IgE-binding components with molecular weights between 26 and 33 kD. In contrast, anti-Lol p I binds to components of slightly higher molecular weight. Apparently, the group V components are allergens that are physicochemically and immunochemically distinct from group I allergens.