Search Results for "Chitin Particles Morphology"
Original Source: Chitin Particles are Multifaceted Immune Adjuvants.
RATIONALE: Chitin is a ubiquitous polysaccharide in fungi, insects, allergens and parasites that is released at sites of infection. Its role in the generation of tissue inflammation, however, is not fully understood. OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that chitin is an important adjuvant for adaptive immunity. METHODS: Mice were injected with a solution of ovalbumin and chitin. MEASUREMENTS: We used in vivo and ex vivo/in vitro approaches to characterize the ability of chitin fragments to foster adaptive immune re...
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Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein (CETP)
The Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein (CETP) facilitates the transfer of cholesterol from HDL to other lipoproteins including LDL, in exchange for triglycerides. The CETP mediated transfer of chole...
uniQure has developed Glybera as a therapy for patients with the genetic disorder lipoprotein lipase deficiency. LPLD is an orphan disease for which no treatment exists today. The disease is caused...
A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Virus particles (known as virions) consist of two or three parts: the genetic material made from eit...
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Fractal morphology, imaging and mass spectrometry of single aerosol particles in flight
The morphology of micrometre-size particulate matter is of critical importance in fields ranging from toxicology to climate science, yet these properties are surprisingly difficult to measure in the p...
Erratum: Fractal morphology, imaging and mass spectrometry of single aerosol particles in flight
Type: Original PaperPurposeβ-chitin hydrogel/nZnO composite bandage was fabricated and evaluated in detail as an alternative to existing bandages.Methodsβ-chitin hydrogel was synthesized by dissolvi...
Genetic engineering of Pyrococcus furiosus to use chitin as a carbon source
Background: Bioinformatic analysis of the genes coding for the chitinase in Pyrococcus furiosus and Thermococcus kodakarensis revealed that most likely a one nucleotide insertion in Pyrococcus caused...
Type: Original PaperPurposeTo show for the first time the superior dry powder inhaler (DPI) performance of freeze dried mannitol in comparison to spray dried mannitol and commercial mannitol.MethodsDi...
New model predicts movement of charged particles in complex media
Picture two charged particles in a vacuum. Thanks to laws of elementary electrostatics, we can easily calculate the force these particles exert upon one another, and therefore predict their movements...
Chitin-glucan fiber effects on oxidized low-density lipoprotein: a randomized controlled trial
Unique Neandertal arm morphology due to scraping, not spearing
Unique arm morphology in Neandertals was likely caused by scraping activities such as hide preparation, not spear thrusting as previously theorized, according to research published July 18 in the open...
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Morphology engineering of Penicillium chrysogenum by RNA silencing of chitin synthase gene.
Chitin synthases, that catalyze the formation of chitin the major component of cell walls in most filamentous fungi, play crucial roles in the growth and morphogenesis. To investigate the roles of chi...
Chitin hydrolysate stimulates VEGF-C synthesis by MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells.
Upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C), a most potent lymphangiogenic factor, is associated with inflammation and cancer metastasis. Identification of stimuli contributing to th...
Synthesis of chitin cycloalkyl ester derivatives and their physical properties.
A series of acylated chitin derivatives was prepared by reacting chitin in a solution of trifluoroacetic anhydride and each of the cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, and cyclohexyl carboxylic acids...
A new method for the quantification of chitin and chitosan in edible mushrooms.
Along with β-glucans, chitin is the dominant component of the fungal cell wall. Chitosan, the deacetylated form of chitin, has found quite a number of biomedical and biotechnological applications rec...
The Importance of Chitin in the Marine Environment.
Chitin is the most abundant renewable polymer in the oceans and is an important source of carbon and nitrogen for marine organisms. The process of chitin degradation is a key step in the cycling of nu...
