survival in patients with HCC in two independent cohorts, and the mechanism was associated with low VEGFR-1 expression levels in HCC. Grant support: This research was supported by grants from the National Scientific Council (NSC 100-2314-B-075-051, NSC 101-2321-B075-004) and Taipei Veterans General Hospital (V101B-005, V102E2005 and V102E2-006) to YF Hu, (NSC99-3112-B-010-005-CC1, NSC1002627-B-...

Background. Major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A (MICA) is a ligand for the activating NKG2D receptor expressed on natural killer (NK) cells. We aimed to assess the association of MICA polymorphism with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) in Korean children. Methods. Eighty-one patients with AITD were recruited. We analyzed MICA polymorphisms by PCR-SSP and compared the r...

The title compound, ammonium potassium iron(III) phosphate fluoride, (NH(4))(0.875)K(0.125)FePO(4)F, is built from zigzag chains (∞) (1){[FeO(4)F(2)](7-)}, with Fe(3+) in a distorted octahedral coordination, extending along both the [011] and [01] directions. These chains are made up of alternating trans-[FeO(4)F(2)] and cis-[FeO(4)F(2)] octa-hedra via shared F-atom corners, and are linked by P...

The poly-phosphate Li2Mn(PO3)4 was synthesized and its structure characterized from powder diffraction data by Averbuch-Pouchot & Durif [J. Appl. Cryst. (1972), 5, 307-308]. These authors showed that the structure of this phosphate is isotypic to that of Li2Cd(PO3)4, as confirmed by the present work. The structure is built from infinite zigzag polyphosphate chains, [(PO3)(-)] n , extending alon...

We modified the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) glycoprotein of the virulent Newcastle disease virus (NDV) strain Banjarmasin/010/10 (Ban/010) by adding C-terminal extensions similar to those found in certain avirulent NDV strains. Extension of the 571 aa wt Ban/010 HN protein to 577 and 616 aa by removal of one or two translational stop codons moderately reduced HN function and viral pathoge...

Atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction have been used to characterize the structural evolution of the MoO3(010) surface during gas phase reactions with nitrogen-alcohol (methanol, ethanol, and 2-propanol) mixtures between 200 and 400◦C. Our results demonstrate that MoO3 intercalates H during these reactions (T≥ 300◦C) and that protonation leads to the precipitation of a well known hydrog...

Bu çalışmada, sol-jel spin kaplama yöntemi kullanılarak mikroskop cam altlıklar üzerine TiO2, TiO2/CoPc ve CoPc filmleri hazırlanmış katkı konsantrasyonunun filmlerin optik yapısal özellikleri etkisi araştırılmıştır. İnce geçirgenliğini ölçmek için 300-1100 nm dalgaboyu aralığında bir spektrofotometre kullanılmıştır. Uv-Vis çalışmaları, B Q bandı absorpsiyon bölgelerine karşılık gelen aralıklar...

Amanda M. Franklin,a Matthew B. Applegate,b,c Sara M. Lewis,a and Fiorenzo G. Omenettob,c,d,e aDepartment of Biology, Tufts University, 163 Packard Ave, Medford, MA 02155, USA, bDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby St, Medford, MA 02155, USA, cSilklab, Tufts University, 200 Boston Ave, Medford, MA 02155, USA, dDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Tufts University, 16...

Objectives Swas Kas Chintamani Ras (SKC) is an ayurvedic preparation indicated for respiratory diseases. Our study was aimed to determine the psychopharmacological and neurosafety profile of SKC. Materials and Methods Psychopharmacological effects and neurosafety profile of this drug were determined by nine complementary test methods namely, open field, locomotor activity, hole cross, hole bo...