We report on the electromagnetic response of digital ferromagnetic heterostructures sDFHd: systems with d-doped MnAs layers separated by GaAs spacers of variable thickness syd. The gross features of the infrared conductivity of DFH samples are consistent with the notion that these digital structures are GaAs/Ga1−xMnxAs superlattices. This conclusion is supported by a combination of spectral wei...

introduction: gap junctions are intercellular membrane channels that provide direct cytoplasmic continuity between adjacent cells. this communication can be affected by changes in expression of gap junctional subunits called connexins (cx). changes in the expression and function of connexins are associated with number of brain neurodegenerative diseases. neuroinflammation is a hallmark of vario...

Prostaglandin (PG) E2 plays a crucial role in the endocrine network of canine parturition and we hypothesized that PGE2, 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (HPGD) PG-transporter (PGT) might be involved development primary uterine inertia (PUI). We investigated PTGE synthase (PTGES), receptors 2/4 (PTGER2/4), HPGD PGT expression on mRNA- protein-level interplacental (IP) uteroplacental (UP) t...

introduction: recent studies have shown that astrocytes play major roles in normal and disease condition of the central nervous system including multiple sclerosis (ms). molecular target therapy studies in ms have revealed that connexin-43 (cx43) and aquaporin-4 (aqp4) contents of astrocytes undergo expression alteration. fluoxetine had some effects in ms patients unrelated to its known antidep...

BACKGROUND The underlying basis for the seasonality of influenza A viruses is still uncertain. Phylogenetic studies investigated this phenomenon but have lacked sequences from more subtropical and tropical regions, particularly from Southeast Asia. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS 281 complete hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) sequences were obtained from influenza A(H3N2) viruses, coll...

How organisms control organ size is not fully understood. We found that Syd/JIP3 required for proper wing in Drosophila. JIP3 mutations are associated with defects mammals. The underlying mechanisms well discovered inhibition results a downregulation of the inhibitor apoptosis protein 1 (Diap1) Drosophila wing. Correspondingly, deficient tissues exhibit ectopic cell death and yield smaller wing...

Background: There is no follicular development during pregnancy in the rat comparable to the changes of the estrous cycle. RFamide-related peptide-3 (RFRP-3) and kisspeptin were recognized as regulator of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion in several species, including the rat. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relative expression of RFRP...

Objective(s): Kisspeptin and opioids are important factors for controlling GnRH/LH secretion. In present study, influences of kisspeptin or morphine were investigated on 5α- reductase or aromatase (CYP19) genes expression in the hypothalamus, testis and liver. It aimed to investigate whether kisspeptin pathway may control morphine effects on plasma concentration of tes...

Background: The Endothelial PAS domain-containing protein 1 (EPSA1) is the key transcriptional regulator of hypoxic response and Vascular Permeability Factor (VPF) is an important growth factor for vascular development and angiogenesis. OBJECTIVES: In the present study, the levels of the EPSA1 coding gene and VPF transcripts were evaluated during Larval development of Beluga, Huso huso. METHODS...