beta 2-Microglobulin (beta 2-m) is a low-molecular-weight protein which has been suggested to play an important role in immune functions. The aim of this study was to determine beta 2-m levels in serum and saliva from patients with juvenile periodontitis (JP) and to compare them with those of periodontally healthy subjects. The study was performed on 11 patients with JP and 10 periodontally hea...

The heavy chain (HC) of the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) for IgG is non-convalently associated with beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)m). In beta(2)m(-/-) mice, FcRn functions are greatly impaired. We sought to determine how FcRn HC, particularly its structure and biogenesis, is affected by the absence of beta(2)m. Human FcRn HC, expressed from the beta(2)m-null cell line FO-1(FcRn), was present as ...

The well-known spherical-deformed-transitional nucleus and potential $0\ensuremath{\nu}\ensuremath{\beta}\ensuremath{\beta}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}$emitter $^{150}\mathrm{Nd}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}$and its daughter $^{150}\mathrm{Sm}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}$were investigated in nuclear resonance fluorescence experiments using quasimonoenergetic, linearly polarized $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray ...

The irreversible mu-opioid antagonists beta-funaltrexamine (beta-FNA) and beta-chlornaltrexamine (beta-CNA) are important pharmacological tools but have a kappa-agonist activity and, in the latter case, low selectivity. This work examines whether clocinnamox (C-CAM) and the newer analog, methocinnamox (M-CAM), represent improved long-lasting antagonists for examining mu-opioid-mediated effects ...

We study the following nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a forth order dispersion term \[ \Delta^2u-\beta\Delta u=g(u) \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^N \] in positive and zero mass regimes: former, $N\geq 2$ $\beta > -2\sqrt{m}$, where $m>0$ depends on $g$; latter, 3$ $\beta>0$. In either regimes, we find an infinite sequence of solutions under rather generic assumptions about if $N=2$ case, o...

To understand the development of cadmium (Cd)-induced renal tubular dysfunction, cross-sectional assessment of renal function in the inhabitants of the Cd-polluted Jinzu River basin in Toyama, Japan, was carried out. Sixty-seven men and 78 women, aged 56 to 71 years whose urinary beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2-m) exceeded 1,000 micrograms/g creatinine, were examined and divided into five groups a...

CTX-M-19 is a recently identified ceftazidime-hydrolyzing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, which differs from the majority of CTX-M-type beta-lactamases that preferentially hydrolyze cefotaxime but not ceftazidime. To elucidate the mechanism of ceftazidime hydrolysis by CTX-M-19, the beta-lactam MICs of a CTX-M-19 producer, and the kinetic parameters of the enzyme were confirmed. We reconfirme...

One of the generalizations supplemented modules is Goldie*-supplemented module, defined by Birkenmeier et al. using $\beta^{\ast}$ relation. In this work, we deal with concept cofinitely as a version module. A left $R$-module $M$ called module if there supplement submodule $S$ $C\beta^{\ast}S$, for each cofinite $C$ $M$. Evidently, are Goldie*-supplemented. Further, Goldie*-supplemented, then $...