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ASCORBATE ADMINISTRATION TO NORMAL AND CHOLESTEROL-FED RATS INHIBITS IN VITRO TBARS FORMATION IN SERUM AND LIVER HOMOGENATES
INHIBITORS OF RAS FARNESYLATION REVERT THE INCREASED RESISTANCE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS IN Ki-RAS TRANSFORMED NIH 3T3 CELLS
INHIBITORS OF RAS FARNESYLATION REVERT THE INCREASED RESISTANCE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS IN Ki-RAS TRANSFORMED NIH 3T3 CELLS
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Inhibitors of Ras farnesylation revert the increased resistance tooxidative stress in K-Ras transformed NIH 3T3 cells.
Variations on the Author
“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
We provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
In the neuronal cell line SH-SY5Y, oxidative stress-induced free radical overproduction causes cell death without any participation of intracellular Ca(2+) increase
Adding the membrane-permeant oxidant tert-butylhydroperoxide (t-BOOH) to the incubation medium, in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells, induced a marked and progressive concentration-dependent (300, 500 and 1000 microM) increase of free radical production, as evaluated by the fluorescent probe 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (DCFH-DA) and of the intracellular Ca(2+) ion concentrations [Ca(2+)](i). The removal of extracellular Ca(2+) ions did not prevent t-BOOH-induced [Ca(2+)](i) elevation, whereas the intracellular Ca(2+) ion chelator 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy) ethane-N,N, N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) (10 microM) was shown to be effective. Both t-BOOH-induced free radical formation and the [Ca(2+)](i) increase were completely prevented by the peroxyl scavenger alpha-tocopherol (50 microM). t-BOOH induced a time-dependent SH-SY5Y cell injury, monitored by a 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay (approximately 25% at 1 h, 50% at 3 h, 80% at 5 h) and by fluorescein diacetate (FDA)-propidium iodide (PI) fluorescent staining. The entity of t-BOOH-induced cell damage was the same both in the absence and in the presence of the intracellular Ca(2+) ion chelator BAPTA. By contrast, the peroxyl scavenger alpha-tocopherol (50 microM) completely prevented cell injury due to oxidative stress. Finally, superoxide dismutase (SOD) (500 ng/ml) caused a 30% reduction of t-BOOH-induced 2', 7'-dichlorofluorescein (DCF) fluorescence, whereas it did not modify the extent of cell injury produced by the oxidant. Collectively, the results of the present study demonstrated that in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells, the rise of [Ca(2+)](i) which occurs during oxidative stress is not involved in cell injury. Therefore, oxidative stress-induced cell death may be exclusively attributed to free radical overproduction
Inhibitors of Ras farnesylation revert the increased resistance to oxidative stress in K-Ras transformed NIH 3T3 cells.
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