SIGNATURE AROUND LUNAR IMPACT CRATERS. F. T. Freund, H. H. Jones, B. W. S. Lau, A. Takeuchi, NASA Ames Research Center, MS 242-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035, [email protected], Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, 515 N Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA 94043, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 553, Greenbelt, MD 20771, [email protected], Department of Chemistry, Niigata University, ...

Ferryl (Fe—O) Termination of the Hematite -Fe2O3 0001 Surface C. Lemire, S. Bertarione, A. Zecchina, D. Scarano, A. Chaka, S. Shaikhutdinov,* and H.-J. Freund Departmernt of Chemical Physics, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany Università Dipartimento Chimica IFM, Via Pietro Giuria 7, Torino, Italy 10125 National Institute of Standards and Tech...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of bizhongxiao decoction (BZXD) which is a Traditional Chinese medicine for RA including, on the plasma TNF-α and IL-1β in rats with CII-induced arthritis (CIA) and explore the protective mechanism of BZXD in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS 75 SD rats were divided into four groups randomly. Normal control group (n=5) not be treated any mor...

Fabry disease is an X-linked inherited lysosomal storage disorder with intracellular accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) due to α-galactosidase A (α-Gal A) deficiency. Fabry patients frequently report of anxiety, depression, and impaired cognitive function. We characterized affective and cognitive phenotype of male mice with α-Gal A deficiency (Fabry KO) and compared results with those ...

Prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) is both an inflammatory mediator released at the site of tissue inflammation and a neuromodulator that alters neuronal excitability and synaptic processing. The effects of PGE(2) are mediated by four G-protein-coupled EP receptors (EP1-EP4). Here we show that the EP4 receptor subtype is expressed by a subset of primary sensory dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, and ...

AIM:To observe the effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on the expression of IL-1beta and IL-6 mRNA in ulcerative colitis rats.METHODS:The SD rat ulcerative colitis model was created by immunological method associated with local stimulation. Colonic mucosa was prepared from human fresh surgical colonic specimens, homogenized by adding appropriate amount of normal saline and centrifuged at 3000...

despite the establishment of extensive and successful control programmes in some countries or regions, echinococcus granulosus still has a very wide geographical distribution. mature e. granulosus (n = 120) obtained from parasitology department, school of veterinary medicine, ferdowsi university of mashhad (iran). soluble protein of whole body of parasite was prepared by freeze-thawing in liqui...

We conducted studies with mice, rats, and monkeys which demonstrated the ability of glucan to induce either nonspecific or specific enhancement of host resistance to infectious diseases. Intravenous pretreatment of mice with glucan significantly enhanced the survival of mice challenged with either Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) virus or Rift Valley fever virus. Pretreatment was benef...

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is known to play a major role in the pathogenesis of pain syndromes, in particular migraine pain. Here we focus on its implication in a rat pain model of inflammation, induced by injection of complete Freund adjuvant (CFA). The nonpeptide CGRP receptor antagonist BIBN4096BS reduces migraine pain and trigeminal neuronal activity. Here we demonstrate that th...