The GH receptor 1A mRNA (GHR 1A mRNA) is one of the major GHR mRNA variants that differ in the 5'-untranslated region. The GHR 1A mRNA is unique because it is exclusively expressed in liver. The objective of the present study was to understand the mechanism for the liver-specific expression of the GHR 1A mRNA in the bovine. Twenty-six kilobases of 5'-flanking region of the bovine GHR gene was c...

A growing amount of evidence suggests the involvement of ER (endoplasmic reticulum) stress in lipid metabolism and in the development of some liver diseases such as steatosis. The transcription factor SREBP-1 (sterol-regulatory-element-binding protein 1) modulates the expression of several enzymes involved in lipid synthesis. Previously, we showed that ER stress increased the SREBP-1a protein l...

To investigate the genetic changes in hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal, we compared the 412 nt sequence within open reading frame 2 of HEV among HEV isolates recovered from 16 patients in 1999, 14 patients in 2000 and 38 patients in 2002, and additional isolates recovered from 48 patients in 1997 whose nucleotide sequences have been previously published. All 116 ...

BACKGROUND Intramuscular interferon beta-1a (IFNβ-1a), a multiple sclerosis (MS) therapy that has been commercially available for over a decade, provides a unique opportunity to retrospectively assess postmarketing data for evidence of malignancy risk, compared with relatively limited data available for more recently approved therapies. Postmarketing and claims data were analyzed to determine t...

In Drosophila melanogaster, hybrid dysgenesis occurs in progeny from crosses between females lacking P elements and males carrying P elements scattered throughout the genome. We have genetically isolated a naturally occurring P insertion at cytological location 1A, from a Tunisian population. The Nasr'Allah-P(1A) element [NA-P(1A)] has a deletion of the first 871 bp including the P promoter. It...

Objectives: To use health economic modeling techniques to quantify and compare the clinical and economic outcomes associated with the use of subcutaneous interferon beta-1a (scIFNβ 1a) vs. intramuscular interferon beta-1a (imIFNβ 1a) over 2 years in the management of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) from a US health care payer perspective. MethOds: The 2-year decision analytic model w...

Brome mosaic virus (BMV) protein 1a has multiple key roles in viral RNA replication. 1a localizes to perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes as a peripheral membrane protein, induces ER membrane invaginations in which RNA replication complexes form, and recruits and stabilizes BMV 2a polymerase (2a(Pol)) and RNA replication templates at these sites to establish active replication compl...

Blockade of ANG II type 1A receptor (AT(1A)) is known to attenuate postinfarction [postmyocardial infarction (post-MI)] heart failure, accompanying reduction in fibrosis of the noninfarcted area. In the present study, we investigated the influence of AT(1A) blockade on the infarcted tissue itself. Consistent with earlier reports, AT(1A) knockout (AT(1A)KO) mice showed significantly attenuated l...

The serotonin receptor subtype 1A (5-HT(1A)R) has been implicated in several neurological conditions, and potent 5-HT(1A)R agonists have therapeutic potential for the treatment of depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and Parkinson's disease. In the present study, a homology model of 5-HT(1A)R was built based on the latest released high-resolution crystal structure of the β₂AR in its active state...

To determine whether nuclear factor (NF)-kB is necessary to confer endothelial cell responsiveness to interferon (INF)-g in terms of vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 expression and leukocyte adhesion, human endothelial cells were treated with IFN-g in the presence of low concentrations (LCs) of interleukin (IL)-1a (#100 pg/mL), which activates NF-kB but does not induce VCAM-1 expression...