Epiphyseal and growth plate cartilages from four cases of Kniest dysplasia have been studied. In each case collagen fibril organization appeared abnormal by electron microscopy compared with age-matched normal cartilages: fibrils were much thinner, of irregular shape and did not exhibit the characteristic banding pattern. This was associated with the absence (compared with normal cartilage) of ...

Various targeting motifs have been identified for plant proteins delivered to the vacuole. For barley (Hordeum vulgare) lectin, a typical Gramineae lectin and defense-related protein, the vacuolar information is contained in a carboxyl-terminal propeptide. In contrast, the vacuolar targeting information of sporamin, a storage protein from the tuberous roots of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)...

The post-translational modifications of conopeptides are the most complicated to date and well-known closely related activity conopeptides. hydroxylation proline in affects folding, structure, biological activity, prolyl 4 hydroxylase has been characterized Conus literatus. However, machinery is still unclear. In order address mechanism μ-PIIIA, three recombinant plasmids encoding different hyb...

a new biological active hexapeptide of c-terminal of nocistatin, contains glu-gln-lys-gln-leu-gln sequence was synthesized according to solid phase peptide synthesis on the surface of 2-chloro tritylchloride resin and using fmoc-protected amino acids in the presence of tbtu (o-(benzotriazol-1-yl)-n,n,n',n'-tetramethyl uranium tetrafluoroborate) as a coupling reagent. then, amidation o...

Among the comorbid conditions that significantly worsen quality of life and expectancy are chronic obstructive pulmonary disease heart failure. Difficulties drug therapy mutually exclusive approaches in treatment concomitant cardiovascular pathology. Aim this study was to provide scientific evidence possible use combined LCZ696 (angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor, ARNI), which contains i...

This 21-week, open-label, phase 2a trial aimed to evaluate the pharmacodynamics and safety of multiple, escalating infusions of BPS804, a neutralizing, anti-sclerostin antibody, in adults with moderate osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Patients received BPS804 (three escalating doses each separated by 2 weeks [5, 10, and 20 mg/kg]) or no treatment (reference group). The primary efficacy endpoints w...

The intracellular bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes secretes a broad-range phospholipase C enzyme called PC-PLC (phosphatidylcholine phospholipase C) whose compartmentalization and enzymatic activity is regulated by a 24-amino-acid propeptide (Cys28-Ser51). During intracytosolic multiplication, bacteria accumulate the proform of PC-PLC at their membrane-cell-wall interface, whereas duri...

  Introduction : The innate immune system as the first line of defense against the pathogens recognizes pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs). Interaction of bacterial PAMPs by TLRs results in activation of innate and acquired immunity. FimH adhesin, a minor component of type 1 fimbriae encoded by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is a PAMP of TLR4 tha...

OBJECTIVE A possible relationship between fibrosis along the route of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow and the subsequent development of hydrocephalus has been indicated in previous studies. These changes in the fibrosis index may reflect the severity of hydrocephalus and could potentially become a diagnostic tool. The object of this study was to analyze the levels of procollagen type I C-termina...