In this research, a new magnetic nanocatalyst CuFe2O4@Si-Imid-PMo containing acidic ionic liquid based on imidazolium cation and phosphomolybdic acid anion immobilized on CuFe2O4@SiO2 magnetic nanoparticles was prepared and characterized using FT-IR, EDX, SEM, and VSM techniques. Then, the catalytic activity of CuFe2O4@Si-Imid-PMo was evaluated in the synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazole...

Infections with cardiotrophic viruses and immune-mediated responses against the heart have been suggested to play a dominant role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Furthermore, immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) may result in DCM. It has not previously been assessed whether DCM patients with and without an IMID have different prevalences and quantities o...

BACKGROUND Integrated Infectious Diseases Capacity Building Evaluation (IDCAP) teams designed and implemented two health worker in-service training approaches: 1) an off-site classroom-based integrated management of infectious diseases (IMID) course with distance learning aspects, and 2) on-site support (OSS), an educational outreach intervention. We tested the effects of OSS on workload and 12...

Phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMO) are neutrally charged, sequence-specific antisense agents that interfere with targeted gene expression. PMO have been shown to be highly specific and potent therapies after cellular uptake, yet methods to detect PMO in tissue and inside the cell are limited. We offer in this report novel methods for the detection of cellular resident PMO using flow ...

B2 Lack of experienced project managers and PMO leadership Many PMO initiatives do not have experienced project managers and leaders who understand the challenges of a PMO implementation and who are aware of the political terrain in the organization. B3 Lack of dedicated resources in the PMO implementation team In most PMO projects, the team members are shared resources, often pulled into other...

We have recently reported that cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) and novel chimeric peptides containing CPP (referred as B peptide) and muscle-targeting peptide (referred as MSP) motifs significantly improve the systemic exon-skipping activity of morpholino phosphorodiamidate oligomers (PMOs) in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice. In the present study, the general mechanistic significance of the chim...

A series of amphiphilic peptides modified PMO (Pt-PMO) were prepared, and their antisense effect and toxicity were evaluated both in vitro and in mdx mice. The results showed that the exon-skipping performance of Pt-PMO are relative to the structure of the conjugated peptide: the Pt3/Pt4 composed of six/seven arginines and one myristoylation modified PMO showed more efficacy and with less toxic...

OBJECTIVES Antisense phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMOs) are synthetic DNA mimics that specifically inhibit gene expression in pure cultures of Escherichia coli. Previously, an 11 base PMO targeted to an essential gene (acpP) for phospholipid biosynthesis was shown to inhibit growth of a pure culture of E. coli AS19, which has an abnormally permeable outer membrane. The objectives of...

Given the popularity of PMO and international projects, and the difficulties experienced by PMO, it is important and necessary to study PMO in a global context. This paper raises a challenge for a PMO who uses traditional approaches to supervise international projects characterized with external embeddedness. Would such a character demand this PMO be operated differently to adapt to environment...

Immunomodulatory derivatives of thalidomide (IMiD compounds), such as pomalidomide and lenalidomide, are highly active in multiple myeloma (MM) treatment. However, the precise mechanisms of action and resistance in MM are unresolved. Here we show that IMiD compounds down-regulate CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-β (C/EBPβ) resulting in abrogation of cell proliferation. Overexpression of C/EBPβ re...