The aim of the present study was to identify the sites of the inhibitory action of TNFalpha (tumor necrosis factor alpha) on LH/hCG-stimulated testosterone formation. By using cultured porcine Leydig cells as a model, TNFalpha was shown to inhibit testosterone secretion when testicular cells were stimulated with hCG but not when incubated with 22R-hydroxycholesterol (a cholesterol substrate der...

IL-24, a member of the IL-10 family of cytokines, is produced by monocytes and Th2 cells. Interestingly, immune cells do not appear to express specific IL-24 receptor chains (IL-20R1/IL-20R2 and IL-22R/IL-20R2), it is therefore unlikely that IL-24 has classical immune-modulating properties. Skin, on the other hand, seems to represent a major target tissue for IL-24 and related cytokines such as...

Abstract The Cenozoic Çankırı-Çorum basin, with sedimentary facies of varying thickness and distribution, contains raw matters such as coal deposits, oil shales evaporate. Source rock environment characteristics the shale sequence have been evaluated. studied high organic matter content (from 2.97 to 15.14%) show excellent source characteristics. Oil are represented by very hydrogen index (532–...

The recently described cytokines IL-19, IL-20, and IL-24 share structural homology with IL-10 and are therefore classified as members of the IL-10 family of cytokines. Although it has long been speculated that signaling by their heterodimeric receptor complexes (IL-20R1/IL-20R2 and IL-22R/IL-20R2) influences immunological processes, the target cells for this group of cytokines are still unclear...

Feeding experiments with [U-13C3]- and (2R)-[1-2H2]glycerol showed that glycerol is incorporated intact into carbon atoms 22, 23 and 24 of the aglycone of chlorothricin. C-1 of glycerol gives rise to C-22 with retention of one atom of deuterium, which occupies the H-22R position. A mechanism for the assembly of the aglycone is proposed which invokes phosphoenolpyruvate as the direct precursor o...

From a whole plant of a fern, Diplazium subsinuatum, three new hopane-triterpene lactone glycosides, diplaziosides V-VII (1-3), were isolated, together with a new monoacetyl derivative (4) of diplazioside VII (3). Compounds 1-3 were defined as the respective 3-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)]-beta-D-glucopyranosides of 3beta,24-dihydroxyhopan-28,22-olide (1), of 3beta,17,24-trihydroxyhopan-28,...