gebhart/patrepeval huggingface dataset:
Breast Reconstruction Using an Inflatable Breast Implant with Detachable Reservoir (1984)

An inflatable breast implant having a detachable filling reservoir is described. Once in position, the implant can be filled under controlled conditions postoperatively. The implant functions either as a tissue expander or as a delayed-filling implant in the initial stages of the procedure. Once the desired breast size is achieved, the reservoir is removed, leaving the filled implant in position. This implant has been used successfully in various types of breast reconstructive procedures, including both primary and secondary reconstruction following modified mastectomy, immediate reconstruction following subcutaneous mastectomy, secondary reconstruction following radical mastectomy combined with the latissimus dorsi flap, and following the removal of silicone gel implants with associated capsular contracture. A total of 23 patients, representing 34 breasts, are reported on. The results have been encouraging over a period of 20 months of follow-up.
Automatically generating procedure code and database maintenance scripts (1994)

Over the past couple of years the Information Technology Department at Sandia Laboratories has developed software to automatically generate database/4gl procedure code and database maintenance scripts based on database table information. With this software developers simply enter table and referential integrity information and the software generates code and scripts as required. The generated procedure code includes simple insert/delete/update procedures, transaction logging procedures as well as referential integrity procedures. The generated database maintenance scripts include scripts to modify structures, update remote databases, create views, and create indexes. Additionally, the software can generate EPSI representations of Binder diagrams for the tables. This paper will discuss the software application and use of it in real world applications. The automated generation of procedure code and maintenance scripts allows the developers to concentrate on the development of user interface code. The technique involves generating database/4 gl procedure code and maintenance scripts automatically from the database table information. The database/4gl procedure code provides standard insert/update/delete interfaces for upper level code as well as enforces the data constraints defined in the information model. The maintenance scripts provide maintenance scripts and migration scripts. This has resulted in fully updated database applications with complete rules enforcement and database maintenance scripts within days of a database modification.
Comparison of Single- versus Double-Tunnel Tendon-to-Bone Healing in an Ovine Model (2009)

The double-tunnel technique may provide better fixation and healing in human ligament reconstruction.
Poor CD4 T cell restoration after suppression of HIV-1 replication may reflect lower thymic function (2001)

Poor CD4 T cell increases observed in some patients with good virologic response to HAART may be caused by failure of thymic T cell production.
Leukotrienes: Mediators of Immediate Hypersensitivity Reactions and Inflammation (1983)

Arachidonic acid plays a central role in a biological control system where such oxygenated derivatives as prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes are mediators. The leukotrienes are formed by transformation of arachidonic acid into an unstable epoxide intermediate, leukotriene A4, which can be converted enzymatically by hydration to leukotriene B4, and by addition of glutathione to leukotriene C4. This last compound is metabolized to leukotrienes D4 and E4 by successive elimination of a gamma-glutamyl residue and glycine. Slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis consists of leukotrienes C4, D4, and E4. The cysteinyl-containing leukotrienes are potent bronchoconstrictors, increase vascular permeability in postcapillary venules, and stimulate mucus secretion. Leukotriene B4 causes adhesion and chemotactic movement of leukocytes and stimulates aggregation, enzyme release, and generation of superoxide in neutrophils. Leukotrienes C4, D4, and E4, which are released from the lung tissue of asthmatic subjects exposed to specific allergens, seem to play a pathophysiological role in immediate hypersensitivity reactions. These leukotrienes, as well as leukotriene B4, have pro-inflammatory effects.
Optical biosensor differentiates signaling of endogenous PAR1 and PAR2 in A431 cells (2007)

Protease activated receptors (PARs) consist of a family of four G protein-coupled receptors. Many types of cells express several PARs, whose physiological significance is mostly unknown. Here, we show that non-invasive resonant waveguide grating (RWG) biosensor differentiates signaling of endogenous protease activated receptor subtype 1 (PAR1) and 2 (PAR2) in human epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells. The biosensor directly measures dynamic mass redistribution (DMR) resulted from ligand-induced receptor activation in adherent cells. In A431, both PAR1 and PAR2 agonists, but neither PAR3 nor PAR4 agonists, trigger dose-dependent Ca2+ mobilization as well as Gq-type DMR signals. Both Ca2+ flux and DMR signals display comparable desensitization patterns upon repeated stimulation with different combinations of agonists. However, PAR1 and PAR2 exhibit distinct kinetics of receptor re-sensitization. Furthermore, both trypsin- and thrombin-induced Ca2+ flux signals show almost identical dependence on cell surface cholesterol level, but their corresponding DMR signals present different sensitivities. Optical biosensor provides an alternative readout for examining receptor activation under physiologically relevant conditions, and differentiates the signaling of endogenous PAR1 and PAR2 in A431.
Characterization of murine monoclonal antibodies reactive to either the human epidermal growth factor receptor or HER2/neu gene product. (1990)

High levels of expression of either the epidermal growth factor receptor or the receptor-like HER2/neu gene product p185HER2 have been observed in a variety of human malignancies. Because of the association of this high level expression with certain human tumors, we have generated a panel of monoclonal antibodies specific for either the epidermal growth factor receptor or p185HER2 to study their structure, function, and antigenic domains in the normal and neoplastic states. We used the epidermoid carcinoma line A431 to generate five monoclonal antibodies which immunoprecipitate the epidermal growth factor receptor. These monoclonal antibodies bind to the extracellular domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor and demonstrate variable effects on epidermal growth factor binding. We used a stably transfected NIH 3T3 cell line expressing the HER2/neu gene to produce and characterize 10 monoclonal antibodies which immunoprecipitate p185HER2. These monoclonal antibodies bind to the extracellular domain of p185HER2 and do not cross-react with the epidermal growth factor receptor. The characteristics and potential applications of these monoclonal antibodies will be discussed.
Immune evasion properties of herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein gC (1996)

Herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1) glycoprotein gC binds complement component C3b, and purified gC inhibits complement activation. Two HSV strains carrying mutations in the gC gene which rendered them unable to bind C3b were compared with wild-type and marker-rescued viruses to evaluate the role of gC on the virion in protecting HSV-1 from complement-mediated neutralization. The gC mutant viruses were markedly susceptible to neutralization by nonimmune human serum, showing up to a 5,000-fold decline in titer after 1 h of incubation with serum. In contrast, wild-type or marker-rescued viruses showed a twofold reduction in titer. Studies with hypogammaglobulinemic and immunoglobulin G-depleted serum supported the observation that neutralization occurred in the absence of antibody. Neutralization of gC mutant strains by nonimmune serum was rapid; their half-life was 2 to 2.5 min, compared with 1 h for wild-type virus. Ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA)-treated human serum or C4-deficient guinea pig serum failed to neutralize gC mutant strains, indicating a role for components of the classical complement pathway. gC had little additional effect on neutralization by the combination of antibody plus complement compared with complement alone. The results indicate that the magnitude of the protection offered by gC-1 is larger than previously recognized; that in the absence of gC-1, complement neutralization is rapid and is mediated by components of the classical complement pathway; and that gC mainly protects against antibody-independent complement neutralization, suggesting a probable role for gC early in infection, before antibodies develop.
Pharmacological inhibition of the chemokine C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (monocyte chemoattractant protein 1) accelerates liver fibrosis regression by suppressing Ly-6C+ macrophage infiltration in mice (2014)

Transient CCL2-dependent recruitment of infiltrating Ly-6C(+) monocytes during fibrosis regression counteracts scar resolution by perpetuating inflammatory reactions through release of proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF. Pharmacological inhibition of Ly-6C(+) monocyte recruitment using the CCL2-inhibitor, mNOX-E36, accelerates regression from toxic and metabolic liver fibrosis in two independent experimental models.
A class of digital filters for decimation and interpolation (2005)

A class of digital Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters for decimation (sampling rate decrease) and interpolation (sampling rate increase) are presented. They require no multipliers and limited storage, thus making them an economical alternative to conventional implementations for certain applications. A digital filter in this class consists of cascaded ideal integrator stages operating at a high sampling rate and an equal number of comb stages operating at a low sampling rate. Together, a single integrator-comb pair produces a uniform FIR. The number of cascaded integrator-comb pairs is chosen to meet design requirements for stopband attenuation, passband falloff and transition width.
A source subspace tracking array of microphones for double talk situations (2002)

We propose in this paper an array of microphones which achieves good performance in double talk situations. By a subspace tracking procedure, we jointly identify the acoustic paths from the speech and echo sources. With an adaptive beamformer constrained over these paths, we properly recover the original speech, cancel the echo and reduce the background noise. Simulations made with real data confirm the efficiency of this array.
The effect of human adipose-derived stem cells on lipopolysaccharide-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome in mice (2019)

ASC therapy can inhibit neutrophil recruitment, which shows trend of reducing short term lung injury (day 2) and affecting fibrosis in long term (day 7). Further studies are warranted to understand the mechanism and improve the therapeutic effect of ASCs.
Gastrointestinal pH measurement in rats: influence of the microbial flora, diet and fasting (1987)

The pH of the rat intestinal tract was decreased by the presence of a microbial flora, but its influence in the forestomach is less clear. Stomach pH values varied according to the amount of food present at the time of measurement. Fasting increased the pH of the gastrointestinal tract in conventional rats but had little effect in germfree rats. In the conventional rat, feeding a purified diet compared with a commercial diet resulted in a lower pH in the forestomach and a higher pH in the caecal contents. Magnesium trisilicate promoted gastric emptying in conventional rats and its antacid effect was observed only in the caecum and colon.
Abstract 4318: Development of a novel SurrobodyTM that simultaneously activates both death receptors DR4 and DR5 and induces cancer cell death with high potency. (2013)

Abstract Death receptors of the Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) family are found on surface of most cancer cells and their activation typically kills cancer cells through the stimulation of the extrinsic apoptotic pathway. The endogenous ligand for death receptors-4 and -5 (DR4 and DR5) is tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand, TRAIL (Apo2L). TRAIL is expressed by many cell types, including Natural Killer (NK) cells that are involved in the immune surveillance and elimination of cells in vivo. Given that most normal untransformed cells are not susceptible to TRAIL-induced apoptosis, activators of death receptors have emerged as promising cancer therapeutic agents. One strategy to stimulate death receptors in cancer patients has been to use soluble human recombinant TRAIL protein, but this agent has limitations of a short half-life and decoy receptor sequestration. An alternative strategy to evade decoy receptor sequestration and to have improved pharmacokinetic properties is to generate DR4 or DR5 agonist antibodies. To this end, several agonistic monoclonal antibodies have been reported that overcome the limitations of short half-life, but exhibited the limitation of activating only one of the two death receptors. The SurrobodyTM binding protein is a novel therapeutic protein structure based upon the pre-B cell antigen receptor common chain that is capable of being engineered to bind a diversity of targets with high affinity and specificity. We exploited a previously discovered SurrobodyTM that potently activates both DR4 and DR5 in vitro and in vivo. Here we show experimental results for a dual agonist SurrobodyTM that offers a powerful and likely more reliable strategy for cancer therapeutics based on simultaneous stimulation of both TRAIL receptors, DR4 and DR5. Citation Format: Snezana Milutinovic, Sihong Zhou, Carina Wimer, Paul W. Diaz, Arun K. Kashyap, Ramesh R. Bhatt, John C. Reed. Development of a novel SurrobodyTM that simultaneously activates both death receptors DR4 and DR5 and induces cancer cell death with high potency. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2013 Apr 6-10; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2013;73(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 4318. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2013-4318
Study of cryostructuration of polymer systems. XII. Poly(vinyl alcohol) cryogels: Influence of low-molecular electrolytes (1996)

The influence of the presence of low-molecular electrolytes in initial solutions of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) on the results of cryotropic gelation of the polymer (gelation caused by the freezing thawing) and on the swelling characteristics of PVA cryogels prepared in a salt-free medium were studied. The reinforcing ability of the electrolytes with respect to the gel strength for both alkaline element cations and simple low-molecular anions has been shown to be in agreement with the positions of these ions in corresponding lyotropic (Hofmeister) series. Namely, the ions (chaotropic ones), which are capable to interfere the H-bonding, disturbed somewhat the cryotropic gel-formation of PVA and facilitated the marked additional swelling of cryogels preliminary prepared in pure water medium, whereas the ions (antichaotropic ones), which are capable to promote the H-bonding, caused the formation of reinforced cryogels and resulted in the shrinking of cryogels prepared without salt additives. More pronounced effects were observed for anions as compared with cations. Some anomalous swelling behavior of PVA cryogel in Cs+-containing solutions was supposed to be associated with the formation of weak chelates. In addition to antichaotropic inorganic salts like NaF, rather high salting-out effects in respect to PVA were exhibited by wellsoluble amino acid salts: glycine zwitter-ions, lysine monochlorohydrate, and monosodium aspartate. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Mono- and Bivalent Ligands Bearing Mannose 6-Phosphate (M6P) Surrogates:  Targeting the M6P/Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Receptor (2004)

[reaction: see text] Mannose 6-phosphate mimics locked into the alpha-configuration and bearing hydrolase-resistant phosphate surrogates were synthesized and evaluated for binding affinity to the mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor II receptor (M6P/IGF2R). Affinity increases as the phosphate surrogate is varied in the order malonyl ether < malonate < phosphonate. An alkene cross-metathesis approach to sought-after bivalent M6P-bearing ligands is also described. These compounds were designed to map onto biantennary sectors of high-mannose-type oligosaccharides carried by glycoprotein M6P/IGF2R ligands.
Mass and Energy Transport in Conjugated Polymer Langmuir−Blodgett Films:  Conductivity, Fluorescence, and UV−Vis Studies (2001)

We have investigated a model thin film sensory system in which analytes diffuse into multilayers of a fluorescent conjugated polymer. The film thickness is precisely controlled by depositing discrete monolayers by the Langmuir−Blodgett technique. The effects of analyte mass transport and energy migration on the photophysical properties of the films were investigated by conducting UV−vis, fluorescence, and electrical conductivity measurements. Thin films show different properties when compared to relatively thick films due to prevailing surface phenomena. The diffusion constant of the analyte through the films is estimated to be ∼7 × 10-14 cm2/s from an analysis of a phenomenological model. A bilayer LB film exposed to the analyte implies higher sensitivity in fluorescence quenching compared to a solution system due to a fast interpolymer energy migration in the condensed phase. However, as the number of layer increases, the efficiency of fluorescence quenching decreases. The difference between a sensory system with emissive surface traps and one with bulk distributed quenching traps is discussed.
Stimulation of Bone Matrix Appositionin Vitroby Local Growth Factors: A Comparison between Insulin-like Growth Factor I, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, and Transforming Growth Factor β* (1990)

Many recent in vitro studies have shown effects of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) on the proliferation and differential functions of bone-forming osteoblasts; however, the question whether these factors might ultimately lead to a net increase or decrease in bone formation has been difficult to assess. In this study, we have used an autoradiographic method based on the incorporation of [3H]proline into freshly synthesized bone matrix to determine the overall effects of these factors on bone matrix apposition in 21-day-old fetal rat calvariae. IGF I, PDGF, and TGF beta increased bone matrix apposition in a dose-dependent manner up to 2-fold within 48 h. In addition, they partially or completely reversed the inhibition of bone matrix apposition observed with PTH. Exogenously added TGF beta was significantly more potent than equimolar concentrations of PDGF or IGF I in stimulating bone formation. Matrix apposition was greatest when IGF I, PDGF, and TGF beta were added simultaneously to the culture medium, indicating that these factors can enhance each other in stimulating bone formation. In conclusion, our results provide direct evidence that IGF I, PDGF, and TGF beta are capable of stimulating bone formation in vitro.
Benzotriazole maleimide as a bifunctional reactant for SERS (2001)

The synthesis of a benzotriazole maleimide is reported and its use as a bifunctional compound demonstrated. The triazole moiety of the compound complexes strongly with metals such as copper and silver and can be used to form monolayers on metal surfaces. The maleimide acts as a dienophile and reacts with dienes to produce cycloadducts. We report the selective reaction of the benzotriazole maleimide with seven different dienes to produce a range of cycloadducts. These cycloadducts were then adsorbed onto a metal surface via the triazole group. The presence on the metal surface was confirmed by surface enhanced Raman scattering, SERS. SERS is a vibrational spectroscopy and as such provides a fingerprint of each compound examined. The cycloadducts all gave different spectra that allowed identification of each diene that had cyclised. The dienes did not produce SERS on their own and had to be reacted with the bifunctional benzotriazole maleimide prior to examination. This provides an illustration of the use of bifunctional reactants specifically designed to produce SERS active products and also provides an example of an efficient derivatisation chemistry for copper and silver metal surfaces.
Synergy between the NF-E1 erythroid-specific transcription factor and the CACCC factor in the erythroid-specific promoter of the human porphobilinogen deaminase gene. (1990)

A 114-base-pair promoter fragment of the human porphobilinogen deaminase gene functioned in an erythroid-specific manner in transient transfection experiments. Site-directed mutagenesis of the binding site for the erythroid-specific transcription factor (NF-E1) or an adjacent CACCC motif abolished the promoter activity. Increasing the spacing between these sites progressively reduced promoter activity, but there was no evidence that a critical alignment of the two factors on the DNA helix was required.
Norepinephrine represses the expression oftoxAand the siderophore genes inPseudomonas aeruginosa (2009)

Among the different extracellular virulence factors produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa are exotoxin A (ETA) and the pyoverdine and pyochelin siderophores. Production of ETA and the siderophores requires the function of the iron-starvation sigma factor PvdS, the transcriptional activator RegA, and the AraC-activator PchR. Iron represses the production of ETA and the siderophores by repressing the expression of pvdS, regA, and pchR. PvdS regulates the expression of the ETA gene, toxA, regA, and the pyoverdine synthesis genes. The catecholamine norepinephrine enhances the growth of pathogenic bacteria by transferring iron from host-binding proteins. In this study, we elucidated the mechanism by which norepinephrine and other catecholamines induce P. aeruginosa growth. We also investigated whether norepinephrine regulates the expression of toxA and the siderophore genes, and the mechanism of this regulation. Norepinephrine enhanced the growth of P. aeruginosa by supplying iron from transferrin. This provision of iron repressed the expression of toxA, the pyoverdine genes pvdD and pvdE, and their regulators, pvdS, regA, and pchR, suggesting that norepinephrine accomplishes this repression through PvdS and PchR. Additionally, norepinephrine bypassed PvdS and supported the growth of a pvdS deletion mutant, indicating that norepinephrine transfers iron to P. aeruginosa independent of pyoverdine. Thus, norepinephrine apparently influences the pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa by affecting its pattern of growth and the production of virulence factors.
Recognition of Pneumocystis carinii Antigens by Local Antibody-Secreting Cells following Resolution of P. carinii Pneumonia in Mice (1998)

To examine the repertoire of Pneumocystis carinii antigens recognized by antibody-secreting B cells from tracheobronchial lymph nodes isolated immediately following recovery from P. carinii pneumonia, monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were produced from these cells. In contrast to previous studies of systemic immunity, P. carinii gpA was not the immunodominant antigen recognized by these B cells. Forty-nine (91%) of 54 P. carinii-specific hybridoma culture supernatants reacted with P. carinii antigens other than gpA. Many of the resulting MAbs recognized a previously uncharacterized antigen expressed on the surface of both cysts and trophozoites. Western blotting using one of the cloned MAbs revealed reactivity with a broad range of antigenic material, with the most intense reactivity in the 50- to 65-kDa region of the blot. The antigens identified by these MAbs merit further investigation regarding protective immunity to P. carinii because they were recognized by B cells in the context of recovery from P. carinii pneumonia.