The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a multisystemic disease, characterized by venous or arterial thromboses, or certain obstetric complications, and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (APAs)(1-4). APAs are a heterogeneous group of autoantibodies that bind to negatively charged phospholipids, phospholipid-binding protein, or a combination of the two. Lupus anticoagulant (LA), anticar...

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) are a functionally and structurally diverse family of post-translationally modified membrane proteins found mostly in the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane in a variety of eukaryotic cells. Although the general role of GPI-APs remains unclear, they have attracted attention because they act as enzymes and receptors in cell adhesion, dif...

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease caused by antiphospholipid antibodies. At our institution, APS is diagnosed on the basis of the Sapporo criteria, which consist of thrombosis and recurrent pregnancy-related complications and the following laboratory findings: the presence of lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibody, or anti-β2 glycoprotein 1 antibody. However, we so...

BACKGROUND Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is an acquired syndrome characterised by formation of microthrombi and fibrin deposition in the microvasculature. The catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterised by multiorgan thrombosis, mainly involving small vessels. A broad spectrum of disorders may develop DIC features; however, the catastrophic APS has not previousl...

Mesh networking employs Cisco Aironet 1500 Series outdoor mesh access points (APs) and indoor mesh APs (Cisco Aironet 1040, 1130, 1140, 1240, 1250, 1260, 2600, 3500e, 3500i, 3600e, and 3600i series APs) along with the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC), and Cisco Prime Infrastructure to provide scalable, central management and mobility between indoor and outdoor deployments. Control and Provis...

Incorporation of 35SO42- into adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (APS), 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS), and chondroitin sulfate was simultaneously assessed with extracts prepared from epiphyseal cartilage of neonatal normal or homozygous brachymorphic mice. Radioactivity measured in APS, PAPS, and chondroitin sulfate of extracts from brachymorphic cartilage was approximately 300%, 9%, an...

OBJECTIVE The antidiabetes drug astragalus polysaccharide (APS) is capable of increasing insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle and improving whole-body glucose homeostasis. Recent studies suggest that skeletal muscle secreted growth factor myostatin plays an important role in regulating insulin signaling and insulin resistance. We hypothesized that regulation of skeletal muscle myostatin expre...

In this paper, we studied the fate of endocytosed glycosylphosphatidyl inositol anchored proteins (GPI- APs) in mammalian cells, using aerolysin, a bacterial toxin that binds to the GPI anchor, as a probe. We find that GPI-APs are transported down the endocytic pathway to reducing late endosomes in BHK cells, using biochemical, morphological and functional approaches. We also find that this tra...

OBJECTIVE Beta-2-glycoprotein I (β2 GPI) constitutes the major autoantigen in the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), a common acquired cause of arterial and venous thrombosis. We recently described the novel observation that β2 GPI may exist in healthy individuals in a free thiol (biochemically reduced) form. The present study was undertaken to quantify the levels of total, reduced, and posttrans...

Bacterial sulfate assimilation pathways provide for activation of inorganic sulfur for the biosynthesis of cysteine and methionine, through either adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (APS) or 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) as intermediates. PAPS is also the substrate for sulfotransferases that produce sulfolipids, putative virulence factors, in Mycobacterium tuberculosis such as SL-1. In ...