BACKGROUND Prenatal malnutrition can affect the phenotype of offspring by changing epigenetic regulation of specific genes. Several lines of evidence demonstrate that calcium (Ca) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance syndrome. We hypothesized that pregnant female rats fed a Ca-deficient diet would have offspring with altered hepatic glucocorticoid-related gene expre...

M. A. Vogelsong, E. Staroswiecki, B. A. Hargreaves, E. Han, J. A. Fattor, A. L. Friedlander, O. Shah, J. M. Beaubien, and G. E. Gold Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, GE Healthcare Global Applied Sciences Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, Stanford Center on Longevity, St...

Dendritic cells (DC) are bone marrow derived professional antigen presenting cells (APC). Since the recognition of DC in lymphoid organs in 1973 [1] remarkable progress has been made in the understanding of their origin and their important role in the immune system. DC comprise a heterogeneous population, with different properties and characteristics. Langerhans cells, the ¢rst DC described, ar...

In order to determine calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) content and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) of seminal plasma in buffalo and to study their associations with the semen characteristics, 54 semen samples were collected from 10 buffalo bulls; semen quality was evaluated, seminal plasma was then harvested by centrifugation and its Ca and Mg content were estimated and its TAC determined. The Ca ...

The furanoeremophilanes 6 beta-angeloyloxy-1,10-dehydrofuranoeremophilan-9-one (1), 6 beta-hydroxy-1,10-dehydrofuranoeremophilan-9-one (2) and 6 beta-propionyloxy-1,10-dehydrofuranoeremophilan-9-one (3) were isolated from Senecio otites, their structures elucidated by spectral analyses, and their insecticidal and phytotoxic properties evaluated. Compounds 1-3 proved to be effective aphid antife...

in order to determine calcium (ca), magnesium (mg) content and total antioxidant capacity (tac) of seminal plasma in buffalo and to study their associations with the semen characteristics, 54 semen samples were collected from 10 buffalo bulls; semen quality was evaluated, seminal plasma was then harvested by centrifugation and its ca and mg content were estimated and its tac determined. the ca ...

Elemental (C, N, Pb) and isotopic (dC, dN) measurements of cored sediment from a small bog in northern New Mexico reveal changes in climate during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. Abrupt increases in Pb concentration and dC values ca. 14 420 cal. YBP indicate significant runoff to the shallow lake that existed at that time. Weathering and transport of local volcanic rocks resulted in the deli...