The murine serum amyloid A1 (SAA1), SAA2, and SAA3 genes are expressed in various tissues in response to acute inflammation. Prolonged expression may be accompanied by amyloid deposition in liver, spleen, and kidney. Shortly before and during deposition, an amyloid-enhancing factor (AEF) can be extracted from these tissues which accelerates amyloid formation when administered with an inflammato...

Chemicals typically available in plants have the capability to reduce silver and gold salts and to create silver and gold nanoparticles. We report the preparation of silver nanoparticles with sizes between 10 and 300 nm from silver nitrate using fruit extract collected from pineapples and oranges as reducing agents. The evolvement of a characteristic surface plasmon extinction spectrum in the r...

Silver-Polyaniline (Ag-PANI) nanocomposites were prepared by in-situ oxidative polymerization of aniline monomer in sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) solution as an emulsifier. The synthesis of Silver-Polyaniline nanocomposites was investigated as a function of several parameters such as aniline concentration, concentration of emulsifier (AOT), concentration of oxidation agent and c...

The aim of this study is to assess the acute toxicity of silver nitrate in adult zebra fish and adult guppies and to compare the sensitivity of these species to this compound. Silver is a naturally occurring element in our environment and it combines with other elements such as sulfide, chloride, and nitrate. Silver, in the form of silver nitrate, is one of the most toxic metals affecting fresh...

A comparative study of holocentric chromosomes in the triatomine species Panstrongylus megistus, Rhodnius pallescens and Triatoma infestans was carried out in order to characterize heterochromatin, rDNA active sites and nucleolar proteins. Cytological preparations of seminiferous tubules were stained by silver impregnation, C banding, fluorochromes cma3/da and dapi/da, and fluorescent in situ h...

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conclusions our successful extraction of purified lps from e. coli isolates of uti patients’ urine samples can be an important step to understand the uti disease conditions. results the silver-stained gel demonstrated both smooth and rough type lps by showing trail-like band patterns with the presence and lacking o-antigen region, respectively. coomassie blue staining showed no band assuring th...

the indian riverine buffaloes are more susceptible to variations in the environment. these variations affect seminal plasma proteins, which in turn affect fertility. this study was conducted to evaluate variations in the indian bubalus bubalis seminal plasma protein profile using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2d-page) during winter and summer seasons, and its relation with...

The first continuous silver polyhedra framework containing four kinds of coordination spheres has been successfully prepared by the reaction of silver(I) nitrate and 4(1H)-pyridone-3-sulfonic acid. This polyhedra framework is constructed from four kinds of silver(I) polyhedra by sharing corners, edges and faces.