gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Prospective controlled trial of effect of medical emergency team on postoperative morbidity and mortality rates* (2004)

The introduction of an intensive care unit-based medical emergency team in a teaching hospital was associated with a reduced incidence of postoperative adverse outcomes, postoperative mortality rate, and mean duration of hospital stay.
Generation of T Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells. (2008)

Abstract Background: Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) are derived from early stage blastocysts and are characterized by the ability to both self-renew and to generate differentiated functional cell types. One of the major challenges in the field of hESC research, is to set up a culture system that drives hESC down a particular lineage fate. To date, studies reporting hematopoietic development have not provided evidence on the differentiation capacity of hESC into T lineage cells in vitro. Material and Methods: hESC line H1 (National Institutes of Health [NIH] code: WA01), Wisconson, Madison, USA) was used (Passage 30–60) in all experiments. The hESC line was kept in an undifferentiated state on MEFs as previously described. OP9 cells and OP9 cells that express high levels of the Notch ligand Delta-like 1 (OP9-DLL1, a gift from J. C. Zuniga-Pflücker, University of Toronto, Canada) were cultured as previously described in MEM-α with 20 % FCS. Results: Our data show that T cells can be generated in vitro from hESC in a robust and highly reproducible manner using the sequential exposure of hESC to the murine OP9 cell line and OP9-DLL1. On OP9 stromal layers, a CD34highCD43dim hematopoietic precursor population is generated that is confined to vascular-like structures, reminiscent of blood islands that emerge during in vivo embryonic development. This precursor population becomes T lineage committed when exposed to OP9-DLL1 monolayers, passing sequentially through a CD34+CD7+ phenotype, a CD4+CD8+ double positive intermediate stage and eventually differentiates into a mature T cells. Polyclonal T cells are generated, cell receptor (TCR) alpha-beta and TCRgamma-delta which are functional based on proliferative capacity and production of cytokines after TCR crosslinking. Conclusion: We show that mature and functional T cells can be generated from hESC using well defined in vitro conditions. This protocol in combination with the recently described induced pluripotent cells may find clinical applicability in tumor immunology.
T20/DP178, an Ectodomain Peptide of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp41, Is an Activator of Human Phagocyte N-Formyl Peptide Receptor (1999)

Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope protein gp41 mediates viral fusion with human host cells. The peptide segment T20/DP178, located in the C-terminus of the ectodomain of gp41, interacts with the N-terminal leucine zipper-like domain on gp41 to establish the fusogenic conformation of the virus. Synthetic T20/DP178 peptide is highly efficacious in inhibiting HIV-1 infection in vitro by disrupting the transformation of fusogenic status of viral gp41; thus, it has been proposed for clinical trial. We report that synthetic T20/DP178 is a chemoattractant and activator of human peripheral blood phagocytes but not of T lymphocytes. We further demonstrate that T20/DP178 specifically activates a seven-transmembrane, G-protein–coupled phagocyte receptor for N-formylated chemotactic peptides, formyl peptide receptor (FPR). Moreover, synthetic T20/DP178 analogs lacking N-terminal amino acids acted as FPR antagonists. Our results suggest that gp41 peptides regulate phagocyte function via FPR and identify a novel mechanism by which HIV-1 may modulate innate immunity.
Angiogenic Growth Factors in Cardiac Allograft Rejection (2006)

Normal adult vasculature is in a quiescent state. In transplanted hearts, peri- and postoperative ischemic and alloimmune stimuli may be interpreted as inadequate tissue perfusion leading to activation of angiogenic signaling. Although this may have protective functions, improper activation of cardiac allograft endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells may actually result in impaired survival of cardiac allografts. In this paper, we review the current knowledge on angiogenic growth factors, vascular endothelial growth factor, angiopoietins, and platelet-derived growth factor in cardiac allografts. We also discuss the potential for therapies aimed at angiogenic growth factors in preventing and treating cardiac allograft rejection and transplant coronary artery disease.
Increment of Tal positive cells in peripheral blood from patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (1989)

Recently it was demonstrated that the Tal antigen is a marker for activated T cells and the population of Tal+ cells includes memory T cells. Our study was undertaken to analyze Tal+ cells in peripheral blood from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and examine the correlation between the proportion of Tal+ cells and disease activity. Using a dual immunofluorescent method, T cell subsets were analyzed in peripheral blood from 46 patients with RA, 10 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and 10 healthy subjects. Patients with RA had a significantly higher percentage of T cells bearing the Tal antigen than patients with OA and healthy subjects. Furthermore, the percentage of CD3+Tal+ cells in peripheral blood from patients with RA was significantly correlated with disease activity including erythrocyte sedimentation rate, morning stiffness and the Lansbury index, whereas CD3+ HLA-DR+ cells did not correlate. In serial observations in patients with RA, the percentage of CD3+ Tal+ cells decreased in accordance with the improvement of disease activity. Thus, we suggest that the percentage of Tal+ cells may be a marker of the disease activity in patients with RA.
Human erythropoietin gene: high level expression in stably transfected mammalian cells and chromosome localization. (1986)

The glycoprotein hormone erythropoietin plays a major role in regulating erythropoiesis and deficiencies of erythropoietin result in anemia. Detailed studies of the hormone and attempts at replacement therapy have been difficult due to the scarcity of purified material. We used a cloned human erythropoietin gene to develop stably transfected mammalian cell lines that secrete large amounts of the hormone with potent biological activity. These cell lines were produced by cotransfection of mammalian cells with a plasmid containing a selectable marker and plasmid constructions containing a cloned human erythropoietin gene inserted next to a strong promoter. The protein secreted by these cells stimulated the proliferation and differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells and, with increased selection, several of these cell lines secrete up to 80 mg of the protein per liter of supernatant. Hybridization analysis of DNA from human chromosomes isolated by high resolution dual laser sorting provides evidence that the gene for human erythropoietin is located on human chromosome 7.
The Mode of Action of UK-2A and UK-3A, Novel Antifungal Antibiotics from Streptomyces sp. 517-02. (1997)

UK-2A and UK-3A are structural relatives of antimycins, which were isolated as antifungal antibiotics with little cytotoxicity that demonstrated inhibition of respiratory activity. They halve the cellular respiration of yeast within 4-5 minutes and the intracellular ATP content within 2-5 minutes. Moreover, they inhibited the yeast mitochondrial respiration using beta-hydroxybutyrate and succinate as a respiratory substrate, but no inhibition was observed using ascorbate-reduced tetramethyl p-phenylenediamine as the substrate. The site of respiratory inhibition of UK-2A and UK-3A was thought to be the cytochrome bc1 complex in the mitochondrial electron transport chain of yeast cells. They also inhibited the mitochondrial respiration of rat liver. It has been suggested that intact animal cells might have some system to defend themselves from the actions of UK-2A and UK-3A.
Safety and Immunogenicity of a Fully Glycosylated Recombinant gp160 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Vaccine in Subjects at Low Risk of Infection (1993)

Recombinant gp160 derived from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)IIIB and produced in mammalian tissue culture cells using a vaccinia virus expression system (rgp160-mam) was evaluated as a vaccine in combination with alum and deoxycholate adjuvant. Sixty low-risk, uninfected subjects received 12.5 micrograms, 50.0 micrograms, or adjuvant control at 0, 1, 6, and 12 months in a randomized, double-blind dose-escalation study. A single injection of 200 micrograms of vaccine was given at 18 months in an open study to 9 vaccines who had received 50 micrograms. The vaccine was safe. Six of 16 subjects receiving 50 micrograms developed neutralizing antibody to HIV-1IIIB. Seven of the 9 boosted with 200 micrograms of vaccine at 18 months developed neutralizing antibodies. Lymphocyte proliferation to rgp160-mam and baculovirus-derived rgp160 and rgp120 was induced in both groups (12.5 and 50.0 micrograms) and appeared after the first dose. Further studies with higher doses of rgp160-mam and vaccines derived from other strains of HIV-1 are warranted.
Direct and inverse techniques of guided-mode resonance filters designs (2002)

The author found that a wide variety of reflection and transmission filters based on guided-mode resonance effect can be designed utilizing direct and inverse methods that include diffraction theory, waveguide theory and electromagnetic interference concepts as well as genetic algorithms to solve inverse problems. These filters might be useful in microwave communication applications due to their attractive features that include high-efficiency, low loss, low cost, and flexibility in obtaining the desired filter-response specifications.
A prospective randomised study of local versus general anaesthesia for cataract surgery (1993)

One hundred and sixty-nine patients (aged 65-98 years) were randomised to receive either local or general anaesthesia for cataract surgery. Cognitive function was assessed using a battery of psychometric tests performed pre-operatively, and at 24 h, 2 weeks and 3 months postoperatively. Oxygen saturation, blood pressure and heart rate were monitored and the results recorded throughout the anaesthetic and immediate recovery period. In the general anaesthetic group, 19% of patients experienced at least one episode of oxygen desaturation during the procedure compared with none in the local anaesthetic group. Pulse rate and blood pressure were stable in the local anaesthetic group compared with the general anaesthetic group where marked fluctuations were noted; 61% of patients in the general anaesthetic group experienced falls in systolic blood pressure greater than 30% of the pre-induction value. No evidence of long-term postoperative cognitive dysfunction was detected and there was no significant difference between the performances of the two groups.
Tissue-nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase Promotes the Neurotoxicity Effect of Extracellular Tau (2010)

There is solid evidence indicating that hyperphosphorylated tau protein, the main component of intracellular neurofibrillary tangles present in the brain of Alzheimer disease patients, plays a key role in progression of this disease. However, it has been recently reported that extracellular unmodified tau protein may also induce a neurotoxic effect on hippocampal neurons by activation of M1 and M3 muscarinic receptors. In the present work we show an essential component that links both effects, which is tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP). This enzyme is abundant in the central nervous system and is mainly required to keep control of extracellular levels of phosphorylated compounds. TNAP dephosphorylates the hyperphosphorylated tau protein once it is released upon neuronal death. Only the dephosphorylated tau protein behaves as an agonist of muscarinic M1 and M3 receptors, provoking a robust and sustained intracellular calcium increase finally triggering neuronal death. Interestingly, activation of muscarinic receptors by dephosphorylated tau increases the expression of TNAP in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. An increase in TNAP activity together with increases in protein and transcript levels were detected in Alzheimer disease patients when they were compared with healthy controls.
A Peptidic Unconjugated GRP78/BiP Ligand Modulates the Unfolded Protein Response and Induces Prostate Cancer Cell Death (2012)

The molecular chaperone GRP78/BiP is a key regulator of protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum, and it plays a pivotal role in cancer cell survival and chemoresistance. Inhibition of its function has therefore been an important strategy for inhibiting tumor cell growth in cancer therapy. Previous efforts to achieve this goal have used peptides that bind to GRP78/BiP conjugated to pro-drugs or cell-death-inducing sequences. Here, we describe a peptide that induces prostate tumor cell death without the need of any conjugating sequences. This peptide is a sequence derived from the cochaperone Bag-1. We have shown that this sequence interacts with and inhibits the refolding activity of GRP78/BiP. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that it modulates the unfolded protein response in ER stress resulting in PARP and caspase-4 cleavage. Prostate cancer cells stably expressing this peptide showed reduced growth and increased apoptosis in in vivo xenograft tumor models. Amino acid substitutions that destroyed binding of the Bag-1 peptide to GRP78/BiP or downregulation of the expression of GRP78 compromised the inhibitory effect of this peptide. This sequence therefore represents a candidate lead peptide for anti-tumor therapy.
Effects of Natural Eggshell Membrane (NEM) on Cytokine Production in Cultures of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells: Increased Suppression of Tumor Necrosis Factor- α Levels After In Vitro Digestion (2011)

Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) plays an important role in inflammatory processes. This study examined the effects of natural eggshell membrane (NEM(®)) (ESM Technologies, LLC, Carthage, MO, USA) on interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, interferon-γ (IFN-γ), and TNF-α cytokine production by 4-day peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cultures exposed to serial dilutions of either an aqueous extract of natural eggshell membrane (NEM-AQ) or NEM subjected to in vitro digestion (NEM-IVD). The effects on cytokine production were also assessed in the presence of phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) where exposure to NEM-AQ resulted in reduced levels of proliferation and statistically significant effects on IL-6, IL-10, IFN-γ, and TNF-α cytokine production. NEM-AQ reduced levels of IL-6, IL-10, IFN-γ, and TNF-α in cultures exposed to PHA. In cultures containing PWM, NEM-AQ reduced production of IL-10 and at the highest dose tested increased IL-6 and decreased TNF-α cytokine levels. NEM-IVD, at the two lowest concentrations of product, significantly reduced TNF-α production by PBMC cultures exposed to PWM compared with the in vitro digest control or native NEM. Taken together, these results suggest that NEM-AQ can influence signaling events in response to the T cell-specific mitogen PHA as well as to the mitogen PWM that require cellular cross-talk and that these effects may be partially mediated through a reduction in level of the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-α. The suppression of TNF-α production in the presence of NEM-IVD is promising for the use of NEM as a consumable anti-inflammatory product.
STRIPPING DOWN AN AV ENGINE (2000)

The complexity of anti-virus software has grown enormously over the last five years. The methods used to detect viruses have evolved from dumb-grunt scanning of the whole file from top to bottom for a specific search string to very intelligent methods based on a combination of heuristic and specific detection methods. This paper discusses this evolution in detail: from old-fashioned methods to the most complex contemporary ones. When speaking to the people not directly involved in the AV business I found it rather amusing that they are usually surprised to find that these days we do not use scan strings as such any more. In fact, we do, but not frequently, because for contemporary malware better methods can be used. What are they? The definitions and examples of various detection methods are given including: search string detection, checksumming or CRCing, X-raying elimination, static heuristic analysis, dynamic heuristic analysis, etc. The advantages and disadvantages of these individual methods and their combinations are presented. A theoretical battle is constantly going on. Which is better: specific, precise detection or generic ways of handling viruses?
Surface segregation of arsenic and phosphorus from buried layers during Si molecular beam epitaxy (1996)

Unintentional doping of silicon films grown on heavily doped buried layers of arsenic and phosphorus during silicon molecular beam epitaxy has been studied by spreading resistance profiling and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The measurements indicate that dopant surface segregation during growth is responsible for the unintentional doping. The segregation phenomenon has been characterized over a growth temperature range of 450–750 °C. The growth on heavily doped buried layers has implications for device applications such as Si/SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors. Epitaxial processes to circumvent this effect and create abrupt doping profiles are explored.
Inhibition of experimental cancer cachexia by anti-cytokine and anti-cytokine-receptor therapy. (1995)

Cachexia consists of a constellation of metabolic changes that occur in cancer patients, including the reduction of muscle and fat tissue, asthenia, anorexia, hypoglycemia and hypercalcemia. These syndromes complicate therapeutic intervention and decrease the quality of life of the patient. This review discusses the involvement of cytokines in cancer cachexia and describes the contribution of IL-6 and other cytokines to the wasting of C-26-bearing mice. The neutralization of IL-6 by antibody, or IL-6 receptor antagonism by suramin, significantly reduce the severity of key parameters of cachexia. The participation of several other factors (PGE2, IL-1, IL-10 and TNF-alpha) in the cellular communication between the C-26 tumor cell and tumor-infiltrating macrophages is also described.
Using HyTime for modeling publishing workflows (1995)

Workflow Management is seen as the key for improving overall businesseffectiveness. However, today's solutions are very specific and isolated. Recently emerged international standards in the publishing sector providethe means for enabling standardized descriptions and thus allow theinterchange and reuse of workflow information. This paper describes howHyTime can be used as a modeling language to describe publishing workflows. We present relevant parts of the HyTime model and reflect on pros and consof the chosen approach.
Establishment of conditionally immortalized epithelial cell lines from both colon and small intestine of adult H-2Kb-tsA58 transgenic mice. (1993)

Intestinal mucosal cells have proved difficult to culture in vitro. Many attempts have been made to develop long-term cultures of these cells either by direct culturing or by attempting to immortalize these cells by using a range of transforming viral genes, but with little success. The recent development of a transgenic mouse bearing a temperature-sensitive mutation of the simian virus 40 large tumor antigen gene (tsA58) has enabled us to initiate conditionally immortalized cultures of epithelial cells from both small intestinal and colonic mucosa of adult mice. Crypts were isolated from either the small intestines or colons of young adult mice and cultured at the permissive temperature (33 degrees C) in medium containing conditioned medium from a human colon carcinoma cell line, LIM1863. Crypts from both tissues yielded cultures of epithelial cells that have now been in culture for more than 12 months with regular passaging. The epithelial nature of the cells has been confirmed by staining with anti-keratin antibodies. The intestinal origin of the cells was demonstrated by the ability of the cells to synthesize low levels of both brush border peptidases and a disaccharidase. The levels of expression of these enzymes were modulated by the addition of sodium butyrate or phorbol myristate acetate to the medium, which resulted in an increase in the synthesis of the peptidases and a decrease in the synthesis of the disaccharidase. The cells proliferate continuously at the permissive temperature (33 degrees C), but proliferation ceases at the nonpermissive temperature (39.5 degrees C). To our knowledge, this is the first description of the establishment of epithelial cell lines from both small intestine and colon of the same mouse strain. The success reported here indicates that this transgenic mouse will be a useful source of tissue for the study of the mechanisms that control the proliferation and eventual differentiation and senescence of the cells of the intestinal mucosa. These mice will also be a useful source of cells for attempts to culture cells from other tissues that have proved difficult to culture in vitro.
Virus-Like Sensitivity of the Scrapie Agent to Heat Inactivation (1984)

The resistance of the infectious agent of scrapie disease to sterilization at 100 degrees or 121 degrees C is reputed to be inconsistent with the structure of conventional viruses. However, in kinetic studies the majority of hamster scrapie strain 263K infectivity was (like that of previously characterized viruses) rapidly inactivated at temperatures of 100 degrees C or greater. Small resistant subpopulations remained. Similar heat-resistant subpopulations were observed at 60 degrees C for phage lambda but only in the presence of brain homogenate. Brain homogenate may also confer stability to small subfractions of scrapie infectivity. Such refractory subpopulations cannot be used to make structural inferences that are properly obtained from the behavior of the majority population as revealed in the initial inactivation.
Effects of protein quality on appetite and energy metabolism in normal weight subjects (2010)

These results suggest that the consumption of different protein types leads to distinct effects on satiety (casein), DIT (soy protein), and/or RQ (whey protein).
Adherence of cell surface mutants of Candida albicans to buccal epithelial cells and analyses of the cell surface proteins of the mutants (1991)

Strains of Candida albicans, selected on the basis of their reduced agglutination with a polyclonal anti-Candida antiserum, were tested for their adherence to human buccal epithelial cells (BEC). Of four strains, one (A9V2) had reduced binding to BEC in vitro. Adherence of wild type (wt) yeast cells (A9), as measured by the percentage of BEC with adhering Candida cells, was 73.4% +/- 3.8% compared with 49.3% +/- 3.1% for A9V2 (P less than 0.01). From yeast cells of A9 and A9V2, whole-cell extracts and dithiothreitol-, Zymolyase-, or beta-mercaptoethanol-solubilized cell extracts were compared by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting (immunoblotting). From dithiothreitol-solubilized cell extracts, proteins with molecular masses of 55 to 60, 80 to 84, 115, and 165 kDa were observed from wt (A9) cells but were highly reduced in amount or absent from A9V2 cells. Western blot profiles of Zymolyase-solubilized extracts from both A9 and A9V2 were similar in appearance, while 55-, 80- to 84-, 115-, and 165-kDa proteins were observed only in A9 cells extracted with beta-mercaptoethanol. Strain A9V4, also selected by reduced agglutination but which adhered as well as strain A9, lacked the 80- to 84-kDa and 115-kDa proteins but otherwise was similar to strain A9. These results indicate that the 55- to 60- and 165-kDa proteins may be related to an adhesin function in C. albicans. The differences observed in the protein profiles of the wt adhering strain and its derived nonadhering mutant are similar to those described for another matched pair of C. albicans strains.