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  • 1
    Publication Date: 1996-08-16
    Description: Small synthetic molecules termed growth hormone secretagogues (GHSs) act on the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus to stimulate and amplify pulsatile growth hormone (GH) release. A heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptor (GPC-R) of the pituitary and arcuate ventro-medial and infundibular hypothalamus of swine and humans was cloned and was shown to be the target of the GHSs. On the basis of its pharmacological and molecular characterization, this GPC-R defines a neuroendocrine pathway for the control of pulsatile GH release and supports the notion that the GHSs mimic an undiscovered hormone.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Howard, A D -- Feighner, S D -- Cully, D F -- Arena, J P -- Liberator, P A -- Rosenblum, C I -- Hamelin, M -- Hreniuk, D L -- Palyha, O C -- Anderson, J -- Paress, P S -- Diaz, C -- Chou, M -- Liu, K K -- McKee, K K -- Pong, S S -- Chaung, L Y -- Elbrecht, A -- Dashkevicz, M -- Heavens, R -- Rigby, M -- Sirinathsinghji, D J -- Dean, D C -- Melillo, D G -- Patchett, A A -- Nargund, R -- Griffin, P R -- DeMartino, J A -- Gupta, S K -- Schaeffer, J M -- Smith, R G -- Van der Ploeg, L H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1996 Aug 16;273(5277):974-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8688086" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Codon ; DNA, Complementary/genetics ; GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Growth Hormone/*secretion ; Hormones/*metabolism ; Humans ; Hypothalamus, Middle/chemistry ; Indoles/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Macaca mulatta ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligopeptides/*metabolism ; Pituitary Gland/chemistry ; RNA, Complementary/genetics ; Rats ; Receptors, Cell Surface/analysis/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; *Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled ; Receptors, Ghrelin ; Spiro Compounds/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Swine
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 2
    ISSN: 0021-9304
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine , Technology
    Notes: Titanium (Ti) surface roughness affects proliferation, differentiation, and matrix production of MG-63 osteoblast-like cells. Cytokines and growth factors produced in the milieu surrounding an implant may also be influenced by its surface, thereby modulating the healing process. This study examined the effect of surface roughness on the production of two factors known to have potent effects on bone, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1). MG-63 cells were cultured on Ti disks of varying roughness. The surfaces were ranked from smoothest to roughest: electropolished (EP), pretreated with hydrofluoric acid-nitric acid (PT), fine sand-blasted, etched with HCl and H2SO4, and washed (EA), coarse sand-blasted, etched with HCl and H2SO4, and washed (CA), and Ti plasma-sprayed (TPS). Cells were cultured in 24-well polystyrene (plastic) dishes as controls and to determine when confluence was achieved. Media were collected and cell number determined 24 h postconfluence. PGE2 and TGF-β1 levels in the conditioned media were determined using commercial radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits, respectively. There was an inverse relationship between cell number and Ti surface roughness. Total PGE2 content in the media of cultures grown on the three roughest surfaces (FA, CA, and TPS) was significantly increased 1.5-4.0 times over that found in media of cultures grown on plastic or smooth surfaces. When PGE2 production was expressed per cell number, CA and TPS cultures exhibited six- to eightfold increases compared to cultures on plastic and smooth surfaces. There was a direct relationship between TGF-β1 production and surface roughness, both in terms of total TGF-β1 per culture and when normalized for cell number. TGF-β1 production on rough surfaces (CA and TPS) was three to five times higher than on plastic. These studies indicate that substrate surface roughness affects cytokine and growth factor production by MG-63 cells, suggesting that surface roughness may modulate the activity of cells interacting with an implant, and thereby affect tissue healing and implant success. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 0021-9304
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine , Technology
    Notes: Although it is well accepted that implant success is dependent on various surface properties, little is known about the effect of surface roughness on cell metabolism or differentiation, or whether the effects vary with the maturational state of the cells interacting with the implant. In the current study, we examined the effect of titanium (Ti) surface roughness on chondrocyte proliferation, differentiation, and matrix synthesis using cells derived from known stages of endochondral development. Chondrocytes derived from the resting zone (RCs) and growth zone (GCs) of rat costochondral cartilage were cultured on Ti disks that were prepared as follows: HF-HNO3-treated and washed (PT); PT-treated and electropolished (EP); fine sand-blasted, HCl-H2SO4-etched, and washed (FA); coarse sand-blasted, HCl-H2SO4-etched, and washed (CA); or Ti plasma-sprayed (TPS). Based on surface analysis, the Ti surfaces were ranked from smoothest to roughest: EP, PT, FA, CA, and TPS. Cell proliferation was assessed by cell number and [3H]-thymidine incorporation, and RNA synthesis was assessed by [3H]-uridine incorporation. Differentiation was determined by alkaline phosphatase specific activity (AL-Pase). Matrix production was measured by [3H]-proline incorporation into collagenase-digestible (CDP) and noncollagenase-digestible (NCP) protein and by [35S]-sulfate incorporation into proteoglycan. GCs required two trypsinizations for complete removal from the culture disks; the number of cells released by the first trypsinization was generally decreased with increasing surface roughness while that released by the second trypsinization was increased. In RC cultures, cell number was similarly decreased on the rougher surfaces; only minimal numbers of RCs were released by a second trypsinization. [3H]-thymidine incorporation by RCs decreased with increasing surface roughness while that by GCs was increased. [3H]-Uridine incorporation by both GCs and RCs was greater on rough surfaces. Conversely, ALPase in the cell layer and isolated cells of both cell types was significantly decreased. GC CDP and NCP production was significantly decreased on rough surfaces while CDP production by RC cells was significantly decreased on smooth surfaces. [35S]-sulfate incorporation by RCs and GCs was decreased on all surfaces compared to tissue culture plastic. The results of this study indicate that surface roughness affects chondrocyte proliferation, differentiation, and matrix synthesis, and that this regulation is cell maturation dependent. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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  • 4
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 62 (1996), S. 1819-1833 
    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Multiblock copolymers offer the possibility to combine the properties of different polymers. Thus, new materials with tailor-made unique properties are available by coupling of different suitable polymeric segments. The goal of the work discussed in this paper was to combine advantageous properties of liquid-crystalline polymers (LCP) with those of polysulfone (PSU). Therefore, liquid crystalline poly(ethylene terephthalate-co-1,4-oxybenzoates) were connected with PSU oligomers. Chemically homogeneous multiblock copolymers with high molecular weight were obtained by a melt transesterification procedure. It was demonstrated by wide angle x-ray scattering (WAXS), polarizing microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) that the properties of the multiblock copolymers (solid phase structure, phase behavior, morphology, glass transition, and melting behavior) can be balanced by the segment length of the incorporated blocks. The investigations clearly reveal the existence of a two-phase structure. However, a change of properties compared to the corresponding homopolymers refers to certain interactions between the phase due to the chemical connection of the LCP and PSU segments. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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  • 5
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    Chichester [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Surface and Interface Analysis 24 (1996), S. 204-210 
    ISSN: 0142-2421
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Atomic force microscopy (AFM) shows that PTFE-on-silicon wafer tribological transfer films consist of narrow ribbons of PTFE, 〈1 μm wide and 〈10 nm high, aligned with the film draw direction. Within the ribbons the PTFE molecular chains are also aligned with the draw direction. Such materials are of interest as substrates for the epitaxial crystallization of polymers and small molecules. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrates that the amount of PTFE put down increases with deposition temperature and pressure. The XPS azimuthal angle dependence at low electron take-off angle is consistent with the aligned ribbon morphology. Azimuthal and polar angle dependence and charging studies show that hydrocarbon contamination observed in the XPS spectrum is located on top of the silicon wafer substrate, in the channels between the PTFE ribbons. Imaging XPS confirms the pressure dependence of PTFE coverage, and at low deposition pressure reveals tracks of PTFE ∽100 μm wide, aligned with the film draw direction. Together with the AFM data this leads to a description of PTFE transfer films as fractal materials.
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 1996-07-19
    Description: Vaccination with naked DNA elicits cellular and humoral immune responses that have a T helper cell type 1 bias. However, plasmid vectors expressing large amounts of gene product do not necessarily induce immune responses to the encoded antigens. Instead, the immunogenicity of plasmid DNA (pDNA) requires short immunostimulatory DNA sequences (ISS) that contain a CpG dinucleotide in a particular base context. Human monocytes transfected with pDNA or double-stranded oligonucleotides containing the ISS, but not those transfected with ISS-deficient pDNA or oligonucleotides, transcribed large amounts of interferon-alpha, interferon-beta, and interleukin-12. Although ISS are necessary for gene vaccination, they down-regulate gene expression and thus may interfere with gene replacement therapy by inducing proinflammatory cytokines.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sato, Y -- Roman, M -- Tighe, H -- Lee, D -- Corr, M -- Nguyen, M D -- Silverman, G J -- Lotz, M -- Carson, D A -- Raz, E -- AI36214/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI37305/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AR41897/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1996 Jul 19;273(5273):352-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine and The Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0663, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8662521" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Ampicillin Resistance/*genetics ; Animals ; *Antibody Formation ; Base Sequence ; CpG Islands ; Cytokines/*biosynthesis ; DNA/chemistry/genetics/*immunology ; Female ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Genetic Vectors ; Humans ; Injections, Intradermal ; Interferons/biosynthesis ; Interleukin-12/biosynthesis ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Monocytes/immunology ; Plasmids/genetics/*immunology ; Th1 Cells/immunology ; Transfection ; *Vaccination ; beta-Galactosidase/*immunology
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 1996-08-23
    Description: The complete 1.66-megabase pair genome sequence of an autotrophic archaeon, Methanococcus jannaschii, and its 58- and 16-kilobase pair extrachromosomal elements have been determined by whole-genome random sequencing. A total of 1738 predicted protein-coding genes were identified; however, only a minority of these (38 percent) could be assigned a putative cellular role with high confidence. Although the majority of genes related to energy production, cell division, and metabolism in M. jannaschii are most similar to those found in Bacteria, most of the genes involved in transcription, translation, and replication in M. jannaschii are more similar to those found in Eukaryotes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bult, C J -- White, O -- Olsen, G J -- Zhou, L -- Fleischmann, R D -- Sutton, G G -- Blake, J A -- FitzGerald, L M -- Clayton, R A -- Gocayne, J D -- Kerlavage, A R -- Dougherty, B A -- Tomb, J F -- Adams, M D -- Reich, C I -- Overbeek, R -- Kirkness, E F -- Weinstock, K G -- Merrick, J M -- Glodek, A -- Scott, J L -- Geoghagen, N S -- Venter, J C -- GM00783/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1996 Aug 23;273(5278):1058-73.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Microbiology Department, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL 61801, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8688087" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/*genetics ; Base Composition ; Base Sequence ; Biological Transport/genetics ; Carbon Dioxide/metabolism ; Chromosome Mapping ; Chromosomes, Bacterial/genetics ; DNA Replication ; DNA, Bacterial/*genetics ; Databases, Factual ; Energy Metabolism/genetics ; Genes, Bacterial ; *Genome, Bacterial ; Hydrogen/metabolism ; Methane/metabolism ; Methanococcus/*genetics/physiology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Biosynthesis ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Transcription, Genetic
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  • 8
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    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 34 (1996), S. 801-809 
    ISSN: 0887-624X
    Keywords: zwitterion ; hydroxide inner salt ; polymerization ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The zwitterion, 1-[4-[(4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)thio]butyl]quinuclidinium hydroxide inner salt, was synthesized from tetrahydro-1-(4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)thiophenium hydrochloride and quinuclidine and characterized by NMR and IR spectroscopy. Polymerization of the zwitterion was studied over the temperature range 175-225°C. The polymer was identified as poly(1,4-piperidinediylethyleneoxy-1,4-naphthylenethiotetramethylene) based on NMR and IR spectroscopy. The polymer was found to contain 3-butenylthio and 4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl end groups. Based on the signal area of the olefinic end group, the polymer M⊼n varied between 8500 and 13,000. The highest molecular weight was achieved at the lowest temperature, indicating that termination became more favored at higher temperature. A mechanism is proposed to describe the polymerization. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 34 (1996), S. 1747-1751 
    ISSN: 0887-624X
    Keywords: emulsion polymerization ; particle nucleation ; radical desorption ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: A simple procedure was developed to account for the contribution of freshly nucleated particles to the total polymerization rate during micellar nucleation. It has been shown that the polymerization rate of the freshly nucleated particles cannot be described by a steady-state solution for a radical population balance over the particle size distribution, i.e., the classical Smith-Ewart recursion relation. Once nucleated, the particles grow for a significant period of time with one radical before either radical desorption or radical absorption, followed by instantaneous bimolecular termination, occur. For most emulsion polymerizations, radical desorption is the dominant process for radical loss of the freshly nucleated particles. A relation for the mean time that the freshly nucleated particles grow with one radical was derived. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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  • 10
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    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik 27 (1996), S. 531-539 
    ISSN: 0933-5137
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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