National Institute for Medical Research

..This study investigated the effects of inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) during the first postpartum cycle in marmosets housed with a fertile male where a 90% fertility rate is normal...

..There is therefore a mechanism in females that actively promotes the underlying L-R asymmetry initiated by Pitx2 and the degeneration of the right gonad, and a mechanism in males that allows it to be ignored or overridden...

..Furthermore, the role of pathogens and pathogen-derived molecules in influencing effector T-cell polarization needs to be re-evaluated in the light of the differentiation conditions that favor Th17 T-cell responses...

..To evaluate the longer-term utility of genotypic resistance testing in HIV-1-infected children with virological failure...

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..There is evidence that this may also be so for thyroid hormone regulated transcription during amphibian metamorphosis...

..Elevated homocysteine levels during embryonic development can result in neural tube and cardiovascular defects. The mechanisms that underlie the toxic effect of homocysteine are largely unknown...

..It is concluded that in the future functional imaging will provide a valuable adjunct to clinical assessment when judging the efficacy of putative neuroprotective approaches to PD...

..These data provide evidence that lineage-specific developmental programs are established early during the transition from the DP to the single positive stage...

..These results suggest that patients with schizophrenia who have predominantly positive symptoms may not show neuroimaging-based signs compatible with the membrane phospholipid hypothesis of schizophrenia...

..Increasingly, these elements are being combined...

..This suggests that coronary microvascular dysfunction can be reversed by treatment with these drugs and might contribute to the prevention of ischaemic heart disease in these patients...

..The effects of the myosin twofold symmetry and the restriction of an attached cargo were also tested. These results provide the basis for the development of a dynamic model of processive motion...

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..Some of the pathological processes which occur in Achilles tendinopathy can be identified by ultrasound, which may also be used to direct local treatment...

..Finally, some comments are offered on aspects that lie outside the current paradigm...

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..Our results contribute to the growing body of work that shows that SEP at multiple points in the life-course, and at the individual and neighborhood level, contributes to the development of atherosclerosis...

..Overall, these analyses have shown the potential utility of pattern recognition tools in the classification of psychiatric patients based upon molecular imaging of a single target...

..These findings show that treatment with ethyl-EPA is associated with significant reduction in brain atrophy, particularly in the caudate and thalamus. No other drug tested in Huntington's disease has shown this effect...

..Non-inferiority pivotal trials require that, as far as practicable, the same techniques are used as were employed when the trials assessing the standard regimen were conducted...

..We evaluated the marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) as a model by comparing perinatal germ cell differentiation with that in humans...

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..Future studies aiming to elucidate the pathophysiology of IGEs may benefit from the use of subtype-specific opioid ligands, available now, and GABAB ligands, if and when they become available...

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..Thus considerable research is still required to identify a combination of ZP epitopes that will induce reversible infertility in the absence of any ovarian dysfunction...

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..In this review we outline what is known about the Polycomb and trithorax group of proteins as candidate genes for the memory process, both in terms of basic functions and the roles of abnormalities in these genes resulting in cancer...

..Interpretation of this data is suggestive that for these pedigrees at least, the mutation has arisen on a single ancestral or predisposing chromosome...

..By inference it is applicable to the purification of large inserts from other single-copy plasmid vectors such as bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs)...

..The SRK malformations were very like but not identical to those seen in the mouse reeler mutant, suggesting similar underlying developmental mechanisms...

..Despite the unusual nature of two of these mutations, in particular the double missense mutation, the phenotypes of the affected individuals in these 4 families were entirely typical of BCIE...

..Our findings have identified the cis-components that allow Hoxa2 to be regulated independently in rhombomeres and cranial neural crest cells...

..This is the third report of a human disease mutation that creates a splice site and activates an antisense Alu-cassette; the question rises as to how these apparently strong cryptic exons are generally excluded from coding sequences...

..MMPs can function in an environment containing large amounts of TIMP-1, as they have a different cellular localization...

..The example of cystic fibrosis illustrates this potential very well, demonstrating the usefulness of mouse models for gaining an improved understanding of the disease in humans and for the testing of new treatments...

..We describe an animal model of facial nerve lesion, repair, and regeneration that demonstrates abnormal organization of the facial nucleus; this model may be used to study synkinesis...

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..3-Xp11.23 interval and provides a powerful integrated resource for functional characterization of this clonally unstable, yet gene-rich and clinically significant region of proximal Xp...

..To our knowledge, this is the first time such a centralized approach has been employed with (18)F-DOPA PET and this descriptive basic science article outlines the methods used...

..In this review, the relationship between fish species is examined along with the role of different fish models in a wide range of biological disciplines...

..AMPK could provide a link in human diseases of which the underlying cause is due to defects in energy metabolism...

..Adjunctive high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin may be a useful therapeutic approach in adults with severe treatment-resistant atopic dermatitis, but it will require further assessment in randomized controlled trials to establish this...

..By targeting its action at specific stages of the luteal phase in vivo by antagonists, profound inhibitory effects on luteal angiogenesis and function are observed...

..Our findings may provide novel insights into the mechanisms that allow inactive chromatin structure to be propagated through DNA replication...

..Recent advances have identified that both signalling through the T-cell receptor and a variety of cytokines are essential for the regulation of these responses...

..This work demonstrates the value of using Fugu in comparative genomics, which has allowed identification of new putative regulatory elements, as well as corroborating enhancers identified by the more traditional deletion mapping method...

..Ways in which current knowledge of auditory cortical organisation and different data analysis approaches may benefit future functional neuroimaging studies which seek to link auditory cortical structure and function are discussed...

..Here in particular we review Stickler syndrome, and discuss the differential diagnosis of Stickler, Wagner and Marshall syndromes. Other rare inherited disorders associated with RRD are also briefly reviewed...

..This concept persisted for 30 years and has distorted our understanding of the true nature of the molecule...

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..This finding implies that all subregions within an LCR are necessary to ensure the establishment of an open chromatin configuration of a gene even when the latter is located in a highly heterochromatic region...

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..These models will be used to explore which protein properties are likely to be inherent, and to understand how much information can be derived for proteins based on information about known homologs. ..

..This work will thus provide an integrated molecular and morphological description of GU development as a platform for modeling the processes of development, disease, and therapy. ..

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