Heparanase is a heparan sulfate degrading endoglycosidase participating in extracellular matrix degradation and remodeling. Heparanase is synthesized as a 65 kDa non-active precursor that subsequently undergoes proteolytic cleavage, yielding 8 kDa and 50 kDa protein subunits that heterodimerize to form an active enzyme. The protease responsible for heparanase processing is currently unknown, as...

The solute concentration in the subsoil beneath the root zone is an important parameter for leaching assessment. Drainage centrifugation is considered a simple and straightforward method of determining soil solution chemistry. Although several studies have been carried out to determine whether this method is robust, hardly any results are available for loess subsoils. To study the effect of cen...

Eleven types of nuts and seeds were analyzed to determine their energy (326-733 mg), moisture (1.6-18.3 mg), carbohydrate (8.8-70.9 mg), protein (4.9-30.5 mg), lipid (2.5-69.8 mg), and ash (1.2-5.5 mg) contents per 100 g of sample. Energy content was highest in pine nuts (733 mg/100 g), carbohydrate level was highest in dried figs (70.9 mg/100 g) and protein was highest in peanuts (30.5 mg/100 ...

Gastric biopsy specimens were taken from 737 patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and assessed for Helicobacter pylori infection. The diagnostic utilities of H. pylori culture (733 patients), detection of urease production (724 patients) and histopathological examination (469 patients) were compared. Since each of these techniques may fail to diagnose patients infected with H. p...

Limas CJ, Cohn JN (1974) Stimulation of vascular smooth muscle Na-K ATPase by vasodilators. Circ Res 35: 601-607 Messina EJ, Weiner R, Kaley G (1976) Prostaglandins and local circulatory control. Fed Proc 35: 2367-2375 Schwartz A, Lindenmeyer GE, Allen JC (1975) The sodiumpotassium adenosine triphosphatase: Pharmacological, physiological, and biochemical aspects. Pharmacol Rev 27: 3-134 Somlyo ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism increases the risk of subsequent breast cancer in an Asian population. DESIGN Nationwide population-based case-control study. SETTING All healthcare facilities in Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS A total of 103 466 women (mean age 53.3 years) were enrolled. METHODS 51 733 adult women with newly diagnosed primary breast cancer without a...

Limas CJ, Cohn JN (1974) Stimulation of vascular smooth muscle Na-K ATPase by vasodilators. Circ Res 35: 601-607 Messina EJ, Weiner R, Kaley G (1976) Prostaglandins and local circulatory control. Fed Proc 35: 2367-2375 Schwartz A, Lindenmeyer GE, Allen JC (1975) The sodiumpotassium adenosine triphosphatase: Pharmacological, physiological, and biochemical aspects. Pharmacol Rev 27: 3-134 Somlyo ...

In this work the spectroscopic properties of the special low-energy absorption bands of the outer antenna complexes of higher plant Photosystem I have been investigated by means of low-temperature absorption, fluorescence, and fluorescence line-narrowing experiments. It was found that the red-most absorption bands of Lhca3, Lhca4, and Lhca1-4 peak, respectively, at 704, 708, and 709 nm and are ...