Preservation of living tissue and organs are very important to ensure successful transplantation. The storage of living tissue, from the time of removal of the donor tissue until transplantation, is one of the most important factors for successful tissue transplantation. The purpose of living tissue storage is to maintain the viability of the mammalian cells, and various methods have been devel...

The two commercially important fruiting cherries in North America are Prunus cerasus L. (sour) and P. avium L. (sweet). Carbon partitioning between individual organs, reproductive and vegetative, is dependent upon photoassimilate supply from photosynthesis and storage carbohydrate, as well as the ability of the translocation system to deliver these resources to sinks (Layne and Flore, 1995). Si...

The storage of triglyceride (TG) droplets in nonadipose tissues is called ectopic fat storage. Ectopic fat is associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Not the triglycerides per se but the accumulation of intermediates of lipid metabolism in organs, such as the liver, skeletal muscle, and heart seem to disrupt metabolic processes and impair organ function. We descr...

Background: The post-harvesting process of medicinal plants such as drying operation and storage conditions has great influence on their quality and quantity of the active ingredients. Objective: The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of pre-drying operation and also storage conditions and duration on the essential oil content and composition of Thymus daenensis. Methods: A ...

BACKGROUND Sperm have but one purpose, to fertilize an egg. In various species including Drosophila melanogaster female sperm storage is a necessary step in the reproductive process. Amo is a homolog of the human transient receptor potential channel TRPP2 (also known as PKD2), which is mutated in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. In flies Amo is required for sperm storage. Drosophil...

Quercus seedlings have hypogeal cotyledons and tap roots, both of which act as storage organs. The importance of the storage function in the two organs may change as the seedling develops. Therefore, changes in carbohydrate reserves in cotyledons and roots of Q. crispula grown under 40 % and 3 % of full light from shoot emergence to the completion of the first leaf flush were monitored. In addi...

Plants assimilate carbon dioxide during photosynthesis in chloroplasts. Assimilated carbon is subsequently allocated throughout the plant. Generally, two types of organs can be distinguished, mature green source leaves as net photoassimilate exporters, and net importers, the sinks, e.g., roots, flowers, small leaves, and storage organs like tubers. Within these organs, different tissue types de...

Background Fabry disease is a rare X-linked condition that results in storage of sphingolipids in multiple organs including the heart. The cardiac phenotype consists mainly of conduction abnormalities, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and disease progression (fibrosis, arrhythmias and heart failure). CMR LGE classically shows basal inferolateral LGE. Native T1 mapping has recently shown a low...

BACKGROUND Lysosomal storage diseases are characterized by intracellular accumulation of metabolites within lysosomes. Recent evidence suggests that lysosomal storage impairs autophagy resulting in accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins and dysfunctional mitochondria, ultimately leading to apoptosis. We studied the relationship between lysosome storage and impairment of different intracellu...