Pepsinogen C: A Possible Biological Marker of Epithelial Differentiation in Barrett's Esophagus

Biological marker geochemistry of selected oils and possible source rocks from central Alborz Basin

Surface oil seeps from Alasht, Lapur and Jenesem share many compositional affinities including distributions and concentrations ofnormal alkanes, terpanes and steranes. These oils also show many similarities with that of Jurassic sediments (Shemshak Group, KlarizFormation) systematically sampled from the Galandrud Coal Mine. Recent geochemical studies in this area indicated that theShemshak Gro...

Radioimmunoassay of human pepsinogen A and pepsinogen C.

We describe the development of radioimmunoassays to measure both human pepsinogen A and pepsinogen C concentrations in serum. The antibodies were raised in goats by immunization with purified pepsinogen A or C. The affinity constants of the respective antibodies were 20.10(10) l/mol and 7.10(10) l/mol. Pepsinogens A and C were labeled with Na 125I by the chloramine T method. The binding between...

Nucleostemin as a possible progenitor marker of corneal epithelial cells

PURPOSE Nucleostemin, a nuclear protein involved in the regulation of cell cycle and proliferation, is a candidate marker for various stem cells. We examined the expression of nucleostemin as a marker of differentiation and senescence in corneal epithelial progenitor cells. METHODS Nucleostemin expression in normal mouse corneal epithelium was examined by RT-PCR, as well as in cultured mouse ...

Serum pepsinogen, a genetic marker in duodenal ulcer.

Allelic Polymorphism of Calpastatin Gene (CAST) in Khalkhali Goats: A Possible Marker for Meat Tenderness

Calpastatin (CAST) is a specific inhibiter of Calpains, playing a role in meat tenderization and myogenesis. In the present study the polymorphism of the CAST gene ofKhalkhali goat in Azerbaijan province in Iran was investigated by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism technique (PCR-RFLP). Genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood samples collected from 200 Kh...