Wyniki wyszukiwania dla: molecular biology
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Adapt or die—Response of large herbivores to environmental changes in Europe during the Holocene
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Analysis of the unique structural and physicochemical properties of the DraD/AfaD invasin in the context of its belonging to the family of chaperone/usher type fimbrial subunits
PublikacjaInwazyna DraD kodowana przez operon dra posiada strukturę charakterystyczną dla białek podjednostkowych fimbrii typu chaperone-usher. Fold-Ig białka DraD posiada dwie charakterystyczne cechy wyróżniające je z pośród rodziny fimbrialnych białek podjednostkowych: 1) zaburzenie struktury beta-beczki w rejonie szczeliny akceptorowej objawiające się układem wiązań wodorowych głównego łańcucha polipeptydowego oraz 2) nietypowo usytuowany...
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Crystal structures of aminotransferases Aro8 and Aro9 from Candida albicans and structural insights into their properties
PublikacjaAminotransferases catalyze reversibly the transamination reaction by a ping-pong bi-bi mechanism with pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) as a cofactor. Various aminotransferases acting on a range of substrates have been reported. Aromatic transaminases are able to catalyze the transamination reaction with both aromatic and acidic substrates. Two aminotransferases from C. albicans, Aro8p and Aro9p, have been identified recently, exhibiting...
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Comparing Phylogenetic Trees by Matching Nodes Using the Transfer Distance Between Partitions
PublikacjaAbility to quantify dissimilarity of different phylogenetic trees describing the relationship between the same group of taxa is required in various types of phylogenetic studies. For example, such metrics are used to assess the quality of phylogeny construction methods, to define optimization criteria in supertree building algorithms, or to find horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events. Among the set of metrics described so far in...
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Modulation of CYP3A4 activity and induction of apoptosis, necrosis and senescence by the antitumor imidazoacridinone C-1311 in human hepatoma cells
PublikacjaThere is increasing evidence that the expression level of drug metabolic enzymes affects the final cellular response following drug treatment. Moreover, anti-tumour agents may modulate enzymatic activity and/or cellular expression of metabolic enzymes in tumour cells. We investigated the influence of CYP3A4 overexpression on the cellular response induced by the anti-tumour agent C-1311 in hepatoma cells. C-1311-mediated CYP3A4...
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A new approach to modeling of selected human respiratory system diseases, directed to computer simulations
PublikacjaThis paper presents a new versatile approach to model severe human respiratory diseases via computer simulation. The proposed approach enables one to predict the time histories of various diseases via information accessible in medical publications. This knowledge is useful to bioengineers involved in the design and construction of medical devices that are employed for monitoring of respiratory condition. The approach provides the...
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Determinants of the primary stability of cementless acetabular cup implants: A 3D finite element study
PublikacjaPrimary stability of cementless implants is crucial for the surgical success and long–term stability. However, primary stability is difficult to quantify in vivo and the biomechanical phenomena occurring during the press–fit insertion of an acetabular cup (AC) implant are still poorly understood. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of the cortical and trabecular bone Young's moduli Ec and Et, the interference...
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Two-step mechanism of J-domain action in driving Hsp70 function
PublikacjaJ-domain proteins (JDPs), obligatory Hsp70 cochaperones, play critical roles in protein homeostasis. They promote key allosteric transitions that stabilize Hsp70 interaction with substrate polypeptides upon hydrolysis of its bound ATP. Although a recent crystal structure revealed the physical mode of interaction between a J-domain and an Hsp70, the structural and dynamic consequences of J-domain action once bound and how Hsp70s...
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Antibiotic-Based Conjugates Containing Antimicrobial HLopt2 Peptide: Design, Synthesis, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activities
PublikacjaRecent studies have shown that modified human lactoferrin 20−31 fragment, named HLopt2, possesses antibacterial and antifungal activity. Thus, we decided to synthesize and evaluate the biological activity of a series of conjugates based on this peptide and one of the antimicrobials with proven antibacterial (ciprofloxacin, CIP, and levofloxacin, LVX) or antifungal (fluconazole, FLC) activity. The drugs were covalently connected...
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Generalization of Phylogenetic Matching Metrics with Experimental Tests of Practical Advantages
PublikacjaThe ability to quantify a dissimilarity of different phylogenetic trees is required in various types of phylogenetic studies, for example, such metrics are used to assess the quality of phylogeny construction methods and to define optimization criteria in supertree building algorithms. In this article, starting from the already described concept of matching metrics, we define three new metrics for rooted phylogenetic trees. One...
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Ensembling noisy segmentation masks of blurred sperm images
PublikacjaBackground: Sperm tail morphology and motility have been demonstrated to be important factors in determining sperm quality for in vitro fertilization. However, many existing computer-aided sperm analysis systems leave the sperm tail out of the analysis, as detecting a few tail pixels is challenging. Moreover, some publicly available datasets for classifying morphological defects contain images limited only to the sperm head. This...
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Comprehensive methodology for Staphylococcus aureus lipidomics by liquid chromatography and quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry
PublikacjaStaphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen known to cause relatively minor infections as well as severe disorders in humans. Although there is fair amount of published data concerning various aspects of its biology, epidemiology, genetics, etc., there is still a scarce amount of data presenting reliable and thorough investigations regarding high-throughput analysis of total S. aureus lipid content. Therefore, the aim of this study...
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KNOWING WHEN TO SAY NO / SAPERE QUANDO DIRE NO
PublikacjaEver since we began illuminating the exterior of the slender skyscrapers built during the of 20s and 30s in XX century, urban lighting has been considered a way to beautify cities, and make them more visually prominent and safe. At that time, we knew so little about the impact of lighting on humans, flora and fauna, so it never occurred to lighting designers then, that their actions would have harmful consequences. In those days,...
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The comparison of antioxidant properties and nutrigenomic redox-related activities of vitamin C, C-vitamers, and other common ascorbic acid derivatives
PublikacjaThe term ‘vitamin C’ describes a group of compounds with antiscorbutic activity of L-ascorbic acid (AA). Despite AA’s omnipresence in plant-derived foods, its derivatives have also been successfully implemented in the food industry as antioxidants, including the D-isomers, which lack vitamin C activity. This study aimed to determine the relationship between redox-related activities for five derivatives of AA using electrochemical,...
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Lipid peroxidation in the onset of neuroborreliosis
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Liver antioxidant defense after FAAH inhibitor - URB-597 administration to DOCA-salt-induced hypertension in rats
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The cross-talk between oxidative stress and endocannabinoid system in keratinocytes after UV irradiation
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Tick-borne encephalitis - lipid peroxidation and its consequences
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Antioxidants and HNE in redox homeostasis
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Peroxidative metabolism of fatty acids in the course of tick-borne encephalitis
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The cross talk between redox and endocannabinoids systems in the kidney of hypertensive rats after inhibitor FAAH - URB597 administration
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Antioxidants and HNE in the regulation of redox homeostasis
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Lipid peroxidation as a consequence of diabetes: effects of different treatment
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Lipid peroxidation in the pathogenesis of neuroborreliosis
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Investigating the disease‐modifying properties of sclerotiorin in Alzheimer's therapy using acetylcholinesterase inhibition
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Current state of a dual behaviour of antimicrobial peptides-Therapeutic agents and promising delivery vectors
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Preliminary antifungal activity assay of selected chlorine-containing derivatives of xanthone and phenoxyethyl amines
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Simplified, serine‐rich theta‐defensin analogues as antitumour peptides
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Nucleotide excision repair of oxidised genomic DNA is not a source of urinary 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine
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Supplementation with antioxidant vitamins prevents oxidative modification of DNA in lymphocytes of HIV-infected patients
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Further evidence that oxidative stress may be a risk factor responsible for the development of atherosclerosis
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Aberrant repair of etheno–DNA adducts in leukocytes and colon tissue of colon cancer patients
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Vitamin C enhances substantially formation of 5-hydroxymethyluracil in cellular DNA
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Oxidative DNA damage: assessment of the role in carcinogenesis, atherosclerosis, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome1 1This article is part of a series of reviews on “Oxidative DNA Damage and Repair.” The full list of papers may be found on the homepage of the journal.
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ERCC1-deficient cells and mice are hypersensitive to lipid peroxidation
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Progress in upscalingMiscanthusbiomass production for the European bio-economy with seed-based hybrids
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Ontology groups representing angiogenesis and blood vessels development are highly up-regulated during porcine oviductal epithelial cells long-term real-time proliferation – a primary cell culture approach
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Characteristic of factors influencing the proper course of folliculogenesis in mammals
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Expression Changes in Fatty acid Metabolic Processrelated Genes in Porcine Oocytes During in Vitro Maturation
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Does migrative and proliferative capability of epithelial cells reflect cellular developmental competence?
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Response to abiotic and organic substances stimulation belongs to ontologic groups significantly up-regulated in porcine immature oocytes
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Genes involved in angiogenesis and circulatory system development are differentially expressed in porcine epithelial oviductal cells during long-term primary in vitro culture – a transcriptomic study
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The differentiation and transdifferentiation of epithelial cells in vitro – is it a new strategy in regenerative biomedicine?
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Cation homeostasis and transport related gene markers are differentially expressed in porcine buccal pouch mucosal cells during long-term cells primary culture in vitro
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Ion homeostasis and transport are regulated by genes differentially expressed in porcine buccal pouch mucosal cells during long-term culture in vitro – a microarray approach
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Cytoplasmic and nuclear maturation of oocytes in mammals – living in the shadow of cells developmental capability
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Amino acids metabolism and degradation is regulated during porcine oviductal epithelial cells (OECs) primary culture in vitro – a signaling pathways activation approach
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Ultrastructural variability of macrophages in the wall of selected aorto-coronary bypass grafts
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Genes regulating programmed cell death are significantly upregulated in porcine immature oocytes
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Genes regulating biochemical pathways of oxygen metabolism in porcine oviductal epithelial cells during long-term IVC
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