The human double minute (HDM)-2 E3 ubiquitin ligase plays a key role in p53 turnover and has been validated preclinically as a target in multiple myeloma (MM) and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). HDM-2 inhibitors are entering clinical trials, andwe therefore sought to understandpotentialmechanisms of resistance in lymphoid models. Wild-type p53 H929 MM and Granta-519 MCL cells resistant to MI-63 or ...

Results In 16 patients (42.1%) with negative serum specific IgE tests for both fungi and HDM, total IgE ( 76.1 + 64.7 KU/L) was significantly lower than in 14(36.8%) patients with positive serum specific IgE tests for fungi (730.1 + 948.41 KU/L) and in 16 patients (42.1%). with positive serum specific IgE tests for HDM (783.5 + 854.1 KU/L), respectively. In patients with negative serum specific...

The cysteine protease caspase-1 (Casp-1) contributes to innate immunity through the assembly of NLRP3, NLRC4, AIM2, and NLRP6 inflammasomes. Here we ask whether caspase-1 activation plays a regulatory role in house dust mite (HDM)-induced experimental allergic airway inflammation. We report enhanced airway inflammation in caspase-1-deficient mice exposed to HDM with a marked eosinophil recruitme...

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125 The Association betweenMast Cells andRemodelling of the Small Airways in Chronic Asthma Kenneth Snibson, PhD, and Joanne Van der Velden,. Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia. Background: Repeated airway challenges with House Dust Mite (HDM) allergen results in marked remodelling and mast cell hyperplasia in the small airways of allergic sheep. We now examine ma...

INTRODUCTION Ceramide is the central substrate of sphingolipid metabolism and plays a key role in cellular signal transduction pathways, regulating apoptosis, differentiation, and chemotaxis. Alterations in airway ceramide levels are observed in multiple pulmonary diseases and recent human genetic association studies have linked dysregulation of sphingolipid regulatory genes with asthma pathoge...

High-density monolayers (HDMs) of single-strand (ss) DNA are important nanoscale platforms for the fabrication of sensors and for mechanistic studies of enzymes on surfaces. Such systems can be used, for example, to monitor gene expression, and for the construction of more complex nanodevices via selective hybridization with the complementary oligos dissolved in solution. In this framework, con...

BACKGROUND The murine polyp model was developed previously using ovalbumin and Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (SEB). Here, we established a model mimicking key aspects of chronic eosinophilic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps using the house dust mite (HDM), a clinically relevant aeroallergen, co-administered with SEB. We assessed the inflammatory response and formation of nasal polypoid le...

BACKGROUND Exposure to allergens plays a role in the development of bronchial hyperresponsiveness and in the chronic inflammatory response seen in asthmatic patients. House dust mites (HDMs) are an important source of allergen. Reduction of these allergens might lead to better lung function and reduction of asthma symptoms. OBJECTIVE The effect of HDM-impermeable covers on HDM allergen levels...

We present in this paper an overview of the Hidden Dynamic Model (HDM) paradigm, exemplifying parametric construction of structure-based speech models that can be used for recognition purposes. We explore a general class of the HDM that uses recursive, autoregression functions to represent the hidden speech dynamics, and uses neural networks to represent the functional relationship between the ...