Mg deficiency is considered as a risk factor of cardiovascular disorders like hypertension and atherosclerosis. MGH and MGL mice, selected for high and low Mg status, are animal models which present variations of Mg metabolism of genetic origin. The cardiovascular functions of these mice have never been studied. In this study, the arterial blood pressure of MGH and MGL strains was measured by p...

Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent APCs of the immune system that seed the peripheral tissues and lymphoid organs. In an immature state, DCs sample their surroundings for incoming pathogens. Upon Ag encounter, DCs mature and migrate to the lymph node to induce adaptive immune responses. The C-type macrophage galactose-type lectin (MGL), expressed in immature DCs, mediates binding to glyc...

sugar type and growth regulators are essential fundamental components of tissue culture media. in this study, different concentrations of some carbohydrate and growth regulators during anther culture and producing somatic embryo of datura stramonium l. was investigated in ms medium. the ms medium supplemented with 0.5 mgl-1 kinetin and 2 mgl-1 2,4-d, and also the medium supplemented with 0.25 m...

plant regeneration was achieved in verbascum speciosum schard. via organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis by culture of mature embryo explants. two types of calli, embryogenic and non-embryogenic, were induced from mature embryo explants on murashige and skoog (ms) medium supplemented with different concentrations of benzyl adenine (ba) and α-naphthalene acetic acid (naa). in order to further ...

Carbohydrate-protein interactions govern many crucial processes in biological systems including cell recognition events. We have used the sensitive force probe optical tweezers to quantify the interactions occurring between MGL lectins and MUC1 carrying the cancer-associated glycan antigens mucins Tn and STn. Unbinding forces of 7.6 pN and 7.1 pN were determined for the MUC1(Tn)-MGL and MUC1(ST...