Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and human glandular kallikrein 2 (hK2) are secreted by the prostate into seminal plasma and through leakage into blood. This leakage increases rapidly in prostate disease, and PSA is used worldwide as a marker of prostate cancer. PSA is activated in vitro by hK2, and ...
Tachylectin-2, isolated from large granules of the hemocytes of the Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus), is a 236 amino acid protein belonging to the lectins. It binds specifically to N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine and is a part of the innate immunity host defense system ...
The formation of the flavivirus prM-E complex is an important step for the biogenesis of immature virions, which is followed by a subsequent cleavage of prM to M protein through cellular protease to result in the production and release of mature virions. In this study, the intracellular formation of...
2006-01-01
Further polymorphism of the MICA gene
The MHC class I chain-related (MIC) gene family constitutes an interesting genetic group that is related to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes and is located within the MHC. The MIC gene products, MICA and MICB, have similar structures to HLA class I molecules. So far over 50 MICA ...
Further polymorphism of the MICA gene
The MHC class I chain-related (MIC) gene family constitutes an interesting genetic group that is related to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes and is located within the MHC. The MIC gene products, MICA and MICB, have similar structures to HLA class I molecules. So far over 50 MICA ...
Der Zusammenhang zwischen einer erhöhten Herzfrequenz (HF) und kardialer Morbiditäten und Mortalität ist belegt. Durch die Entwicklung der If-Inhibitoren ergibt sich eine Möglichkeit, zur direkten Einflußnahme auf die HF. Mit Ivabradin (Iva) ist seit 2005 der erste Vertreter dieser Substanzklasse au...
cDNA and genomic clones encoding guanylate cyclase activating proteins (GCAP1 and GCAP2) in the Japanese puffer fish (Fugu rubripes) were identified by probing, respectively, a retinal cDNA library and a whole genomic cosmid library with human GCAP1 and GCAP2 cDNA probes. Clones were identified as G...
Bone turnover markers and prediction of bone loss in elderly women
Around 70,000 osteoporosis-related fractures occur in Sweden annually and approximately half of the women in western world will sustain a fragility fracture after the age of 50 years. Fracture preventive efforts require the identification of individuals who are at high risk. Biochemical markers of b...
Antimicrobial activity of human seminal plasma and seminal plasma proteins
Seminal plasma is semen without the spermatozoa. Human seminal plasma is a complex mixture of secretions from the sex accessory glands, mainly the seminal vesicles and the prostate. Seminal plasma has high protein content and it also contains ions, sugars and low molecular weight components. Immedia...
2006-01-01
The envelope (E) protein of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is associated with viral binding to cellular receptors, membrane fusion, and the induction of protective neutralizing-antibody responses in hosts. Most previous studies have not provided detailed molecular information about the spatial co...