Understanding Dexamethasone and Other Steroids
... Adrenal glands produce hormones and steroids. The steroids influence many actions of the body’s systems. They are involved in regulation of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. They also inhibit inflammatory, allergic, and normal immune responses. Synthetic versions can imitate the actions of the natu ...
... Adrenal glands produce hormones and steroids. The steroids influence many actions of the body’s systems. They are involved in regulation of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. They also inhibit inflammatory, allergic, and normal immune responses. Synthetic versions can imitate the actions of the natu ...
The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics
... With the sequencing of the human genome in 2001 (Lander et al. 2001, Venter et al. 2001), and the rapid, ongoing development of new technologies for measuring and analyzing the genome, the study of genetics has been transformed. Until recently, almost no information was available about genetic varia ...
... With the sequencing of the human genome in 2001 (Lander et al. 2001, Venter et al. 2001), and the rapid, ongoing development of new technologies for measuring and analyzing the genome, the study of genetics has been transformed. Until recently, almost no information was available about genetic varia ...
the effects of thyroxine monotherapy treatment
... this study is to determine if the metamorphic changes associated with Xenopus laevis can suggest which therapy option is most effective at treating hypothyroid patients. Tadpoles (n=6 in each group) were exposed to either thyroxine, thyroxine and triiodothyronine, or the vehicle for eight days, and ...
... this study is to determine if the metamorphic changes associated with Xenopus laevis can suggest which therapy option is most effective at treating hypothyroid patients. Tadpoles (n=6 in each group) were exposed to either thyroxine, thyroxine and triiodothyronine, or the vehicle for eight days, and ...
Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation in Age
... drugs target to adjust the epigenome instead of changing the underlining DNA sequences in patients.56,57 Therefore, much attention has been given to studies of epigenetic regulations in AMD. Currently, molecular epigenetics studies the modifications of DNA and associated chromatin structures that can ...
... drugs target to adjust the epigenome instead of changing the underlining DNA sequences in patients.56,57 Therefore, much attention has been given to studies of epigenetic regulations in AMD. Currently, molecular epigenetics studies the modifications of DNA and associated chromatin structures that can ...
thesis - Tel Archives ouvertes
... efforts on azoospermia and severe oligozoospermia. The first four chapters describe the background, methods and literature, while following three chapters present an analysis of datas and results. The first chapter gives an overview of male reproductive system with a detail explanation of testicular ...
... efforts on azoospermia and severe oligozoospermia. The first four chapters describe the background, methods and literature, while following three chapters present an analysis of datas and results. The first chapter gives an overview of male reproductive system with a detail explanation of testicular ...
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... delayed treatment has shown high mortality and morbidity. A high index of clinical suspicion is vital. Various diagnostic algorithms have been published to aid clinical diagnosis of TB meningitis, however their use is not recommended in HIV positive patients. At present, these algorithms have not be ...
... delayed treatment has shown high mortality and morbidity. A high index of clinical suspicion is vital. Various diagnostic algorithms have been published to aid clinical diagnosis of TB meningitis, however their use is not recommended in HIV positive patients. At present, these algorithms have not be ...
Factors Affecting synonymous codon Usage Bias in chloroplast
... 8 protein-coding, transfer RNA, and ribosomal RNA genes, respectively. Initially we observe the Nc-plot distribution, which ENC and GC3s values were calculated (Fig. 1). ENC values vary from 37.39 to 57.34 with a mean of 47.05 and standard deviation of 4.49. The heterogeneity of codon usage was fur ...
... 8 protein-coding, transfer RNA, and ribosomal RNA genes, respectively. Initially we observe the Nc-plot distribution, which ENC and GC3s values were calculated (Fig. 1). ENC values vary from 37.39 to 57.34 with a mean of 47.05 and standard deviation of 4.49. The heterogeneity of codon usage was fur ...
... has grown over the last 10 years as well, reflecting both a growth in research using standardized materials as well as the development of new materials through molecular genetic technology. This growth is not limited to newly deposited materials, however, and includes renewed interest in particular ...
Role of tumor necrosis factor alpha gene polymorphism in childhood
... Bronchial asthma is a common disease with multiple determinants that include genetic variation, environmental exposures, and gene–environment interactions. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) has a role in asthma and wheezing pathophysiology. Single nucleotide gene polymorphisms, may be important as ...
... Bronchial asthma is a common disease with multiple determinants that include genetic variation, environmental exposures, and gene–environment interactions. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) has a role in asthma and wheezing pathophysiology. Single nucleotide gene polymorphisms, may be important as ...
Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits
... cases explained by the Mendelian factor. An important example is the work of Newman et al. and other researchers (35, 36) who showed that the degree of familial clustering for breast cancer observed in 1579 nuclear families was consistent with a dominantly acting rare allele (frequency = 0.06%), acc ...
... cases explained by the Mendelian factor. An important example is the work of Newman et al. and other researchers (35, 36) who showed that the degree of familial clustering for breast cancer observed in 1579 nuclear families was consistent with a dominantly acting rare allele (frequency = 0.06%), acc ...
Gene Section NQO1 (NAD(P)H dehydrogenase, quinone 1) Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics
... NQO1 *2 allele represents a C609T change in the cDNA coding for a Pro187Ser change in the enzyme. The NQO1 *3 allele is a C465T change in the cDNA coding for an Arg139Trp change. The NQO1 * 2 allele is much more frequent than the *3 allele and has profound consequences for phenotype. The NQO1 *2 pro ...
... NQO1 *2 allele represents a C609T change in the cDNA coding for a Pro187Ser change in the enzyme. The NQO1 *3 allele is a C465T change in the cDNA coding for an Arg139Trp change. The NQO1 * 2 allele is much more frequent than the *3 allele and has profound consequences for phenotype. The NQO1 *2 pro ...
HEMOPHILIA
... that time- was an hemophilic carrier bled to death after circumcision. Hence he made a ruling that excepted newborn Jewish boys of this ritual if two previous brothers had had bleeding problems with it. • Then Rabbi and physician Maimonides in the XII century noted that the mothers were the carriers ...
... that time- was an hemophilic carrier bled to death after circumcision. Hence he made a ruling that excepted newborn Jewish boys of this ritual if two previous brothers had had bleeding problems with it. • Then Rabbi and physician Maimonides in the XII century noted that the mothers were the carriers ...
Scientific background report AMFLORA potato
... In normal circumstances, night frost will kill off quite some of the potatoes unintentionally left behind on the field (by falling off the wagon, for example). Potatoes cannot withstand temperatures below -3 oC. Only a limited fraction of the potatoes left behind emerge in the next crop as volunteer ...
... In normal circumstances, night frost will kill off quite some of the potatoes unintentionally left behind on the field (by falling off the wagon, for example). Potatoes cannot withstand temperatures below -3 oC. Only a limited fraction of the potatoes left behind emerge in the next crop as volunteer ...
lecture
... largely asymptomatic (sickle cell trait), because concentration of hemoglobin S is not high enough for the erythrocytes to sickle. In areas with high incidence of malaria, the fitness of heterozygotes is greater than of noncarriers or affected individuals (overdominance) because carriers are relativ ...
... largely asymptomatic (sickle cell trait), because concentration of hemoglobin S is not high enough for the erythrocytes to sickle. In areas with high incidence of malaria, the fitness of heterozygotes is greater than of noncarriers or affected individuals (overdominance) because carriers are relativ ...
ALPHANATE Prescribing Information
... intravascular hemolysis and decreasing hematocrit when large and/or frequent doses of Antihemophilic Factor/von Willebrand Factor Complexes are required in patients of blood groups A, B, or AB, as cases of acute hemolytic anemia, increased bleeding tendency or hyperfibrinogenemia have been reported. ...
... intravascular hemolysis and decreasing hematocrit when large and/or frequent doses of Antihemophilic Factor/von Willebrand Factor Complexes are required in patients of blood groups A, B, or AB, as cases of acute hemolytic anemia, increased bleeding tendency or hyperfibrinogenemia have been reported. ...
Obtaining genetic testing in pediatric epilepsy
... sequencing (Sanger sequencing) is time consuming and targets one gene at a time but is highly accurate and generally less expensive per test ordered than newer alternatives. Next generation, or massively parallel, sequencing (NGS) allows for rapid sequencing of large numbers of DNA segments that are ...
... sequencing (Sanger sequencing) is time consuming and targets one gene at a time but is highly accurate and generally less expensive per test ordered than newer alternatives. Next generation, or massively parallel, sequencing (NGS) allows for rapid sequencing of large numbers of DNA segments that are ...
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... pathological ectopic ossification of this ligament at the cervical and thoracic spine, causing myeloradiculopathy as a result of chronic pressure on the spinal cord and nerve roots [1, 2]. OPLL of the spine was first reported in Japan and has even been called “a Japanese disease,” because many more ...
... pathological ectopic ossification of this ligament at the cervical and thoracic spine, causing myeloradiculopathy as a result of chronic pressure on the spinal cord and nerve roots [1, 2]. OPLL of the spine was first reported in Japan and has even been called “a Japanese disease,” because many more ...
Ichthyosis with confetti - Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
... homologous chromosomes with wild-type (wt) and mutant (mut) genotypes (a). Following a crossover event proximal to the KRT10 locus both homologous chromosomes will have one chromatid carrying each genotype (b). Then, daughter cells receiving the same allele will be homozygous at that locus for eithe ...
... homologous chromosomes with wild-type (wt) and mutant (mut) genotypes (a). Following a crossover event proximal to the KRT10 locus both homologous chromosomes will have one chromatid carrying each genotype (b). Then, daughter cells receiving the same allele will be homozygous at that locus for eithe ...
Probing the Performance Limits of the Escherichia
... *Modifications based on information by Karp et al. (1999). ...
... *Modifications based on information by Karp et al. (1999). ...
Osteogenesis imperfecta
... attention. Bone pain responds well to bisphosphonate therapy (24,26,29). Other causes of pain include deformities and degenerative lesions, both of which are common: in this situation, the treatment is symptomatic. Cell and gene therapies as potential treatments for OI are currently actively investi ...
... attention. Bone pain responds well to bisphosphonate therapy (24,26,29). Other causes of pain include deformities and degenerative lesions, both of which are common: in this situation, the treatment is symptomatic. Cell and gene therapies as potential treatments for OI are currently actively investi ...
cesium protocol - Wycoff Wellness
... Warburg discovered that a cancer cell is anaerobic (meaning without oxygen) – it has somehow manipulated its membrane to keep the oxygen out. In the absence of oxygen the glucose cannot “burn”; thus the cell reverts to a more primitive state and generates energy through a process called “fermentatio ...
... Warburg discovered that a cancer cell is anaerobic (meaning without oxygen) – it has somehow manipulated its membrane to keep the oxygen out. In the absence of oxygen the glucose cannot “burn”; thus the cell reverts to a more primitive state and generates energy through a process called “fermentatio ...
13 Patterns of Inheritance Concept Outline 13.1 Mendel solved the mystery of heredity.
... gametes produced by the male and female parts of the same flower, unlike those of many flowering plants, can fuse to form viable offspring. Fertilization takes place automatically within an individual flower if it is not disturbed, resulting in offspring that are the progeny from a single individual ...
... gametes produced by the male and female parts of the same flower, unlike those of many flowering plants, can fuse to form viable offspring. Fertilization takes place automatically within an individual flower if it is not disturbed, resulting in offspring that are the progeny from a single individual ...
Point Mutation Analysis of PMP22 in Patients Referred for Hereditary
... causality (loss of PMP22 function) for the three unclassified amino acid substitutions (c.328G>A p.(Val110Met), c.392C>G p.(Ser131Cys) and c.395A>G p.(Tyr132Cys)), while the c.320-1_320delGGinsTA (destruction of splice site) and c.434delT (protein reading frame shift) mutations are clearly deleterio ...
... causality (loss of PMP22 function) for the three unclassified amino acid substitutions (c.328G>A p.(Val110Met), c.392C>G p.(Ser131Cys) and c.395A>G p.(Tyr132Cys)), while the c.320-1_320delGGinsTA (destruction of splice site) and c.434delT (protein reading frame shift) mutations are clearly deleterio ...
Site-Directed Mutagenesis Using Oligonucleotide
... Methods enabling mutational analysis of distinct chromosomal locations, like site-directed mutagenesis, insertion of foreign sequences or in-frame deletions, have become of fast growing interest since complete bacterial genome sequences became available. Various approaches have been described to mod ...
... Methods enabling mutational analysis of distinct chromosomal locations, like site-directed mutagenesis, insertion of foreign sequences or in-frame deletions, have become of fast growing interest since complete bacterial genome sequences became available. Various approaches have been described to mod ...
Gene therapy
Gene therapy is the therapeutic delivery of nucleic acid polymers into a patient's cells as a drug to treat disease. Gene therapy could be a way to fix a genetic problem at its source. The polymers are either expressed as proteins, interfere with protein expression, or possibly correct genetic mutations.The most common form uses DNA that encodes a functional, therapeutic gene to replace a mutated gene. The polymer molecule is packaged within a ""vector"", which carries the molecule inside cells.Gene therapy was conceptualized in 1972, by authors who urged caution before commencing human gene therapy studies. By the late 1980s the technology had already been extensively used on animals, and the first genetic modification of a living human occurred on a trial basis in May 1989 , and the first gene therapy experiment approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) occurred on September 14, 1990, when Ashanti DeSilva was treated for ADA-SCID. By January 2014, some 2,000 clinical trials had been conducted or approved.Early clinical failures led to dismissals of gene therapy. Clinical successes since 2006 regained researchers' attention, although as of 2014, it was still largely an experimental technique. These include treatment of retinal disease Leber's congenital amaurosis, X-linked SCID, ADA-SCID, adrenoleukodystrophy, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), multiple myeloma, haemophilia and Parkinson's disease. Between 2013 and April 2014, US companies invested over $600 million in the field.The first commercial gene therapy, Gendicine, was approved in China in 2003 for the treatment of certain cancers. In 2011 Neovasculgen was registered in Russia as the first-in-class gene-therapy drug for treatment of peripheral artery disease, including critical limb ischemia.In 2012 Glybera, a treatment for a rare inherited disorder, became the first treatment to be approved for clinical use in either Europe or the United States after its endorsement by the European Commission.