Protein Tyrosin Kinase 7 (PTK7) is upregulated in several human cancers; however, its clinical implication in breast cancer (BC) and lymph node (LN) is still unclear. In order to investigate the function of PTK7 in mediating BC cell motility and invasivity, PTK7 expression in BC cell lines was determined. PTK7 signaling in highly invasive breast cancer cells was inhibited by a dominant-negative...

The two heavy quarks in a baryon which contains two heavy quarks and a light one, can constitute a scalar or axial vector diquark. We study electromagnetic radiations of such baryons, (i) Ξ(bc)1 → Ξ(bc)0 + γ, (ii) Ξ∗(bc)1 → Ξ(bc)0 + γ, (iii) Ξ ∗∗ (bc)0 (1/2, l = 1) → Ξ(bc)0 + γ, (iv) Ξ∗∗ (bc)0(3/2, l = 1) → Ξ(bc)0 + γ and (v) Ξ ∗∗ (bc)0 (3/2, l = 2) → Ξ(bc)0 + γ, where Ξ(bc)0(1) ,Ξ ∗ (bc)1 are ...

The black carbon (BC) burden of the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere (UTLS) is investigated with the general circulation model (GCM) ECHAM4. The special focus is the contribution of aircraft emissions to the UTLS BC loading. Previous studies on the role of aircraft emissions in the global BC cycle either neglect BC sources located at the Earth’s surface or simplify the BC cycle by a...

We investigated the associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the testis-specific Y-encoded-like protein 6 (TSPYL6) gene and breast cancer (BC) susceptibility in the Han Chinese population. A total of 183 BC patients and 195 healthy women were included in the study. Six SNPs in TSPYL6 were genotyped and the association with BC risk analyzed. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confid...

Increasing wildfire activity in the Alaskan Arctic may result in new sources of black carbon (BC) to arctic watersheds. Black carbon, primarily comprised of condensed aromatics, is one of the most chemically recalcitrant fractions of organic carbon. However, lateral transfer of particulate and dissolved BC from soils to sunlit surface waters is increasingly suggested to result in the photochemi...

this article presents the application of two algorithms: heuristic big bang-big crunch (hbb-bc) and a heuristic particle swarm ant colony optimization (hpsaco) to discrete optimization of reinforced concrete planar frames subject to combinations of gravity and lateral loads based on aci 318-08 code. the objective function is the total cost of the frame which includes the cost of concrete, formw...

granymeh is a functional cytotoxic serine protease of nk cell granules,which expands the cell death-inducing repertoire of innate immune system.the purpose of this study was to determine granymeh(gzmh)level in breast cancer(bc) and healty women.this study was performed on 30 patients with bc and 30 healty woman.gzmh and estrogen levels were measured in cancer patients  and healty women subseque...

Measurements of black carbon (BC) concentration have long been uncertain. Neither a BC standard or a technique that provides a reliable measurement of BC exist, which precludes the evaluation and optimization of BC measurement methods. In this manuscript, we describe the generation of BC particles (mass absorption efficiency 8.5m g 1 and single scattering albedo 0.2 at 530 nm) using an inverted...

Optically transparent membranes from bacterial cellulose (BC)/polycaprolactone (PCL) have been prepared by impregnation of PCL acetone solution into dried BC membranes. UV-Vis measurements showed an increase on transparency in BC/PCL membrane when compared with pristine BC. The good transparency of the BC/PCL can be related to the presence of BC nanofibers associated with deposit of PCL nano-si...