Most studies regarding the marrow-derived equine mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have mainly focusedon the cell transplantation without considering the capacity of differentiation and in vitro requirements of thecells. These concerns were investigated in the present study. Equine MSCs were isolated from the sternalmarrow aspirates and expanded through two successive subcultures. Passage-2 equine ...

Equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) is characterized by hyperplasia of the pars intermedia (PI) melanotrophs of the pituitary gland (PG), and increased production of proopiomelanocortin (POMC). POMC is cleaved by prohormone convertase 1 (PC1) to produce adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and further processing of ACTH by PC2 to produce alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MS...

Two lines of evidence in the current study indicate that antigen processing is a major factor, in addition to MHC binding and T cell repertoire, that determines Ir gene responsiveness and epitope immunodominance. First, immunization with synthetic peptides of myoglobin sequences revealed new reactivities that had not appeared after priming with native myoglobin. For example, B10.S mice (H-2S) i...

Ch. M. Glasgow A. W. Kay, F.R.C.S., and others ............ 112 Anaesthetic Contamination L. Strnmin, F.F.A.R.C.S ................... 113 Serum Alkaline Phosphatase and Rickets T. C. B. Stamp, M.R.C.P., and Joan M. Round, B.SC . .......................... 113 Hyperactive Children W. C. M. Scott, L.M.S.S.A., D.P.M ........... 113 Calcitonin in Osteogenesis Imperfecta R. Smith, M.D., and others ....

Equine piroplasmosis is the most important tick-borne disease to affect horses in Brazil. Theileria equi one of causative agents equine piroplasmosis. Chronic cases are expected, which animals show no apparent signs infection and remain asymptomatic but constitute a source infectious agent that ticks can spread. This study was conducted across 81 ranches located municipality Sinop, State Mato G...

conclusions: premature stop codon in the s gene was observed in all countries with evaluable hbv genome sequences. co-existence of detectable hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) and s gene premature stop codon was inconsistent with other studies. investigations on yield truncated hbsag are suggested to determine if they can affect elisa hbsag results. background: we have previously reported on ...

Equine mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) phylogeny reconstruction reveals a complex pattern of variation unlike that seen in other large domesticates. It is likely that this pattern reflects a process of multiple and repeated, although not necessarily independent, domestication events. Until now, no clear geographic affiliation of clades has been apparent. In this study, amova analyses have revealed a ...

The objective of this study was to define the normal gross anatomic appearance of the adult equine tarsus on a low-field magnetic resonance (MR) image. Six radiographically normal, adult, equine tarsal cadavers were utilized. Using a scanner with a 0.064 Tesla magnet, images were acquired in the sagittal, transverse and dorsal planes for T1-weighted and the sagittal plane for T2-weighted imagin...