Accumulating evidence suggests that Green tea polyphenolic catechins, especially the (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), can be cross-linked to many proteins, and confer a wide range of anti-bacterial activities possibly by damaging microbial cytoplasmic lipids and proteins. At the doses that conferred protection against lethal polymicrobial infection (induced by cecal ligation and puncture), ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate a set of visible and near-infrared dyes conjugated to a tumor-specific chimeric antibody for high-resolution tumor imaging in orthotopic models of pancreatic cancer. BxPC-3 human pancreatic cancer was orthotopically implanted into pancreata of nude mice. Mice received a single intravenous injection of a chimeric anti-carcinoembryonic antigen antibody conjug...

PURPOSE We investigated the autofluorescence (AF) signature of the microscopic features of retina with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using 488 nm excitation. METHODS The globes of four donors with AMD and four age-matched controls were embedded in paraffin and sectioned through the macula. Sections were excited using a 488 nm argon laser, and the AF emission was captured using a lase...

PURPOSE To characterize the transcytotic passage of albumin through lens epithelial cells. METHODS N/N 1003A rabbit lens epithelial cells were grown to a confluent monolayer on porous filter supports (Transwell Corning, Inc., Corning, NY). Monolayers were exposed apically to Alexa 488-labeled albumin (Alexa 488-BSA) in the absence and presence of endocytic inhibitors (filipin; dansylcadaverin...

Fluorescence spectra of dentine and enamel illuminated with laser light of wavelengths of 337, 488, 515 and 633 nm respectively were recorded. The fluorescence obtained by illumination with UV laser light at 337 nm had a peak at about 400 nm in dentine as well as enamel. Compared to intact enamel the fluorescence from enamel with initial carious lesions was of lower intensity and had a slight r...

Highly crystalline oligopyrene nanowires have been prepared by template-assisted electropolymerization of pyrene in boron trifluoride diethyl etherate medium, which can emit strong blue, green or red fluorescence as excited at 405, 488 or 543 nm, respectively.

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19.4 Examples of Cyanobacterial Habitats with High Exposure ....................................................... 485 19.4.1 Hot Springs ..................................................................... 485 19.4.2 Intertidal Marine and Hypersaline Habitats .................... 486 19.4.3 Benthic Freshwater Habitats ........................................... 487 19.4.4 Marine and Freshwat...

This work analyses the two most diffused technologies for biogas upgrading, namely water scrubbing and membrane separation. In order to carry out such analysis, these are coupled with photovoltaic panels an electric energy storage system. The optimal renewable plant achieves a primary saving of 5.22 GWh/year operating cost 488 k€/year, resulting in best plant. It was compared reference system b...

After a seminal paper by Shekeey (Adv Math Commun 10(3):475-488, 2016), connection between maximum h-scattered $${{\mathbb {F}}}_{q}$$ -subspaces of $$V(r,q^n)$$ and rank distance (MRD) codes has been established in the extremal cases $$h=1$$ $$h=r-1$$ . In this paper, we propose for any $$h\in \{1,\ldots ,r-1\}$$ , extending unifying all previously known ones. As consequence, obtain examples n...