Background: Common arterial trunk (CAT) is a rare congenital heart disease, and often leads to the early development of pulmonary hypertension and disability. Among the critical structural heart defects, the frequency of CAT is 3%, which reflects the severe hemodynamic disturbances. The natural course of the disease is characterized by a high mortality rate up to 88% during the first year of li...

α-Catenin (α-cat) is an actin-binding protein required for cell-cell cohesion. Although this adhesive function for α-cat is well appreciated, cells contain a substantial amount of nonjunctional α-cat that may be used for other functions. We show that α-cat is a nuclear protein that can interact with β-catenin (β-cat) and T-cell factor (TCF) and that the nuclear accumulation of α-cat depends on ...

background: the effects of estrogene on central nervous system are still controversial. objective: we aimed to investigate the effects of raloxifene on the antioxidant enzyme [superoxide dismutase (sod) and catalase (cat)] activities and malondialdehyde (mda) levels in brain homogenates of ovariectomized female rats and its effect on cognitive process of learning. materials and methods: female ...

We define and develop a homotopy invariant notion for the topological complexity of map f:X?Y, denoted TC(f), that interacts with TC(X) TC(Y) in same way cat(f) cat(X) cat(Y). Furthermore, TC(f) satisfy inequalities as cat(X). compare it to other invariants defined papers [15], [16], [17], [18], [20]. apply studying group homomorphisms f:H?G.

BACKGROUND Cat exposure during childhood has been shown to increase the risk of developing cat sensitization, while the effect of cat exposure in adulthood has not yet been established. OBJECTIVE To evaluate new-onset sensitization to cat in adulthood in relation to changes in cat keeping. METHODS A total of 6292 European Community Respiratory Health Survey I (ECRHS I) participants aged 20 ...

The transcript levels of six defense genes including pathogenesis-related gene 1 (PR-1), pathogenesis-related gene 2 (PR-2), pathogenesis-related gene 5 (PR-5), lipoxygenase (LOX), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and catalase (CAT) were investigated in tomato plants inoculated with Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli as a non-host pathogen and X. euvesicatoria as a host pathogen. Activation o...

The ability of domestic cat or leopard cat spermatozoa to penetrate zonae pellucidae (ZP) of salt-stored, domestic cat oocytes was examined as an assay for sperm capacitation. Ovarian oocytes were recovered after ovariectomy and matured in vitro for 18-36 h. Following removal of cumulus cells, the oocytes were used fresh, or stored (4°C, 0.5-24 weeks) in a HEPES-buffered hypertonic salt solutio...