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    QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SERUM BONE ALP (ALP Ⅲ) IN AFFlNITY ELECTROPHORESIS AND THE PRECIPITATION METHOD CONTAINING LECTIN

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    For decades, ALP had been interpreted as a marker enzyme of metabolic bone diseases and an isoenzyme specific for the osteoblast been widely known as ALP Ⅲ, too. Moreover, current tremendous advances in dialysis technology project an impact for the clinical significance of ALP Ⅲ, because of the advent of a new characteristic clinical entity formed renal osteodystrophy (ROD) which had been one of the inevitable complications in long term hemodialysis patients. So far, however, many conventional methods failed to separate clearly ALP Ⅲ from the liver specific ALP (ALP Ⅱ) and present determination of ALP Ⅲ by no means satisfied the clinical demand due to the lack of a direct quantitative method. On the other hand, lectin method, reported originally in 1984 by Rosalki, proved it to be possible to measure ALP Ⅲ directly as well as quantatively. So, the author performed this study to confirm more precisely several conditions of procedure of the lectin method, using established osteoblastic cell line ROS 17/2 as a marker, as well as the availability of its clinical application, and obtained the following results ; 1) The optimum concentration of Wheat-Germ lectin binded fully to ALP Ⅲ was 139 μmol/ml in distilled water. 2) The concentration of Triton X-100 preventing biliary ALP from ALP-lectin complex was 20%. 3) ALP Ⅲ activity incubated with lectin overnight at 4℃ after incubation for 30 min. at 37℃ was higher (mean±S.D, 24.0±15.2%) than that incubated with lectin for 30 min. at 37℃. 4) ALP Ⅲ was clearly separated from the liver fraction using affinity electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel disc and isoelectric focusing on agarose gel. 5) ALP Ⅲ activity in precipitate showed good correlation (r=0.998) with the differential between total ALP activity and ALP Ⅱ activity in supernate

    Factions in the ALP

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    This record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/317496Article or speech, unidentified author and audience, mostly likely created in 2001 owing to statements in text about the Labor Party's 100 year anniversary.280917 item: [2010.0053.01109] "Factions in the ALP

    Advances in small bowel transplantation

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    Treatment with cucurbitacin B alone and in combination with gefitinib induces cell cycle inhibition and apoptosis via EGFR and JAK/STAT pathway in human colorectal cancer cell lines

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    Bayram, Cem/0000-0001-8717-4668; Elmazoglu, Zubeyir/0000-0003-4527-8834WOS: 000375574200007PubMed: 26183715The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) associated with signaling pathways, such as Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT), plays an important role in colorectal cancers (CRCs). Gefitinib (Gef) is an orally active inhibitor targeting the adenosine tri phosphate-binding domain of EGFR, and cucurbitacin B (CuB) is a selective inhibitor of JAK/STAT signaling with potent antitumor activity via suppression of STAT3 phosphorylation, but the underlying mechanism is not clear. We aimed to investigate the apoptotic and antiproliferative effects of CuB as a single agent and in combination with Gef on both HT-29 and HCT-116 cell lines. Cell proliferation, cell cycle distribution, and apoptosis were evaluated using viability assay, fluorescent microscopy, cytotoxicity assay, proliferation, DNA fragmentation, and cleaved caspase 3 levels. Real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analyses were performed to determine the expression of relevant genes and proteins including antiapoptotic, proapoptotic, and cell cycle regulation. EGFR, phosphorylated EGFR (pEGFR), STAT3, and pSTAT3 proteins were evalutaed with Western blot analysis. Our results showed that, compared to CuB alone, CuB plus Gef treatment caused a significant growth and cell cycle inhibition and induced apoptosis in both cell lines. Also CuB plus Gef treatment decreased DNA synthesis rate more effectively than CuB alone. Treatment with CuB alone and in combination with Gef decreased the expression levels of B-Cell CLL/Lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), BCL2-like 1 (BCL2L1), cyclin D1, pSTAT3, and pEGFR and increased the expression levels of Bcl-2-like protein 4, Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer, Bcl-2-associated death promoter, Bcl-2-like protein 11, and p27kip1 levels. Our results suggest that treatment with CuB alone and more likely in combination with Gef may be a considerable alternative therapeutic approach for CRC, at least in vitro.Gazi University Research FoundationGazi University [01/2011-56]The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by Gazi University Research Foundation, with the project code number 01/2011-56

    レクチン処理による骨性アルカリフォスファターゼ(ALP Ⅲ)の分離定量法

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    For decades, ALP had been interpreted as a marker enzyme of metabolic bone diseases and an isoenzyme specific for the osteoblast been widely known as ALP Ⅲ, too. Moreover, current tremendous advances in dialysis technology project an impact for the clinical significance of ALP Ⅲ, because of the advent of a new characteristic clinical entity formed renal osteodystrophy (ROD) which had been one of the inevitable complications in long term hemodialysis patients. So far, however, many conventional methods failed to separate clearly ALP Ⅲ from the liver specific ALP (ALP Ⅱ) and present determination of ALP Ⅲ by no means satisfied the clinical demand due to the lack of a direct quantitative method. On the other hand, lectin method, reported originally in 1984 by Rosalki, proved it to be possible to measure ALP Ⅲ directly as well as quantatively. So, the author performed this study to confirm more precisely several conditions of procedure of the lectin method, using established osteoblastic cell line ROS 17/2 as a marker, as well as the availability of its clinical application, and obtained the following results ; 1) The optimum concentration of Wheat-Germ lectin binded fully to ALP Ⅲ was 139 μmol/ml in distilled water. 2) The concentration of Triton X-100 preventing biliary ALP from ALP-lectin complex was 20%. 3) ALP Ⅲ activity incubated with lectin overnight at 4℃ after incubation for 30 min. at 37℃ was higher (mean±S.D, 24.0±15.2%) than that incubated with lectin for 30 min. at 37℃. 4) ALP Ⅲ was clearly separated from the liver fraction using affinity electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel disc and isoelectric focusing on agarose gel. 5) ALP Ⅲ activity in precipitate showed good correlation (r=0.998) with the differential between total ALP activity and ALP Ⅱ activity in supernate.identifier:奈良医学雑誌 Vol.40 No.2 p.202-217identifier:04695550identifier:13450069identifier:http://ginmu.naramed-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10564/2281identifier:奈良医学雑誌, 40(2): 202-21

    Balancing Diophantine triples with distance 1

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    For a positive real number let the Balancing distance be the distance from to the closest Balancing number. The Balancing sequence is defined by the initial values , and by the binary recurrence relation , . In this paper, we show that there exist only one positive integer triple such that the Balancing distances , and all are exactly 1.TUBITAK-BIDEBThis research is supported by TUBITAK-BIDEB. The paper was essentially prepared when the third author visited Department of Mathematics, Nigde University in August, 2013. The third author is grateful for the support of TUBITAK-BIDEB, and for the hospitality of Department of Mathematics, especially he is greatly indebted to Professor Murat Alp, Tarik Atay and Nurettin Irmak

    The Return of Local Democracy: The CHP and the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality

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    This article looks into the historical watershed of the 2019 local elections in Turkey and examines to what extent local government can empower opposition parties under the conditions of autocratic consolidation. The author looks into the case of the Metropolitan Municipality in Istanbul and argues that the administrative capacity-building and the cadre development, which the main opposition accomplished once in power can reinvigorate opposition politics and allow for the emergence of alternative power centres that may eventually challenge the incumbent

    Ventilation and climatization in poultry houses.

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    Available from STL Prague, CZ / NTK - National Technical LibrarySIGLECZCzech Republi

    CAT1-POLYGROUPS AND PULLBACK CAT1-POLYGROUPS

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    In this paper, we give the notions of crossed polymodule and cat(1)-polygroup as a generalization of Loday's definition. Then, we define the pullback cat(1)-polygroup and we obtain some results in this respect. Specially, we prove that by a pullback cat(1)-polygroup we can obtain a cat(1)-group.TUBITAK-BIDEBThis research is supported by TUBITAK-BIDEB. The paper was essentially prepared during the first author's stay at the Department of Mathematics, Nigde University in 2012. The first author is greatly indebted to Professor Murat Alp for his hospitality and TUBITAK-BIDEB. Also, the authors are highly grateful to the referees for their valuable comments and suggestions for improving the paper
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