Compensatory growth (CG) is a period of accelerated growth that occurs following the alleviation of growth-stunting conditions during which an organism can make up for lost growth opportunity and potentially catch up in size with non-stunted cohorts. Fish show a particularly robust capacity for the response and have been the focus of numerous studies that demonstrate their ability to compensate...

The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS)-dependent proteolysis plays a major role in the muscle catabolic action of glucocorticoids (GCs). Atrogin-1 and muscle-specific RING finger protein 1 (MuRF1), two E3 ubiquitin ligases, are uniquely expressed in muscle. It has been previously demonstrated that GC treatment induced MuRF1 and atrogin-1 overexpression. However, it is yet unclear whether the hig...

The spray-dried porcine plasma (SDPP) is an abattoir by-product used in animal nutrition with beneficial effects reported livestock and commercial aquatic species. Previous results have found that the dietary inclusion of SDPP gilthead sea bream ( Sparus aurata ) increased density intestinal goblet cells, it did not result significant changes autochthonous microbiota. However, there no comprehe...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A linkage between the neurotransmitter alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide (alpha-CGRP) and particle-induced osteolysis has been shown previously. The suggested osteoprotective influence of alpha-CGRP on the catabolic effects of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) particles is analyzed in this study in primary human osteoblasts. METHODS Primary human ost...

Title of Document: ARCHAEAL TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF CATABOLIC CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE IN METHANOSARCINA SPECIES Kimberly Lynn Anderson, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Directed By: Professor Kevin R. Sowers, Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences In Archaea, the basal transcription machinery is eukaryotic-like, but some components, such as activator and repressor proteins, are bacteria-...

In chronic renal failure (CRF) patients with a reduced protein intake, if the patients' energy intake could be estimated on the basis of biochemical data together with protein intake, it would be easier to provide them with adequate dietary treatment. Thus, from the relationship among the normalized protein catabolic rate (nPCR) and the intrinsic creatinine generation rate (%GCr) both calculate...

Skeletal muscle atrophy is often caused by catabolic conditions including fasting, disuse, aging and chronic diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Atrophy occurs when the protein degradation rate exceeds the rate of protein synthesis. Therefore, maintaining a balance between the synthesis and degradation of protein in muscle cells is a major way to prevent skeletal muscle atr...

introdouction: squamous cell carcinoma is the most common oral cancer and the prognosis because of a late diagnosis remains poor despite numerous treatments. therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate the relationships between survival rate(sr) of oral squamous cell carcinoma (oscc) and clinical,demographic, pathological, and molecular factors in yazd city during 1998– 2008....