… Mammary sensitivity to prolactin as a potentially impor tant factor in mammary tumorigenesis
was recently investi gated by Nagasawa et a!. (178). Prolactin-induced mammary growth …

Thirty-two cases of sarcomas involving the oral and maxillofacial region over a period of 25
years were reviewed. The age range was from 5 months to 77 years with a mean age of 42. …

… Perlustrin, which was isolated from the acetic acid soluble fraction of the nacreous layer
in H. laevigata, has a molecular mass of 9.3 kDa (Weiss et al. 2000, 2001). Using ion-exchange …

… Colcemid (0.2 Mg/ml)was added to the cul ture for 4 h prior to fixation. Air drying and the
differential staining of SCE were carried out by the fluorescence plus Giemsa technique (3). The …

We describe a new focal ischemia model consisting of unilateral middle cerebral artery
occlusion with a silicone rubber cylinder attached to a nylon surgical thread inserted through the …

Partition coefficients for+ 1,+ 2,+ 3 and+ 4 valent trace ions between alkaline olivine basalt
lava and the coexisting ortho-and clinopyroxene phenocrysts from Takashima, North Kyushu, …

The mollusk shell is a hard tissue consisting of calcium carbonate crystals and an organic
matrix. The nacre of the shell is characterized by a stacked compartment structure with a …

A critical event in the pathogenesis of invasive and metastatic cancer is E-cadherin loss of
function. Renal clear cell carcinoma (RCC) is characterized by loss of function of the von …

To obtain free amino acids for protein synthesis, trophozoite stage malaria parasites feed on
the cytoplasm of host erythrocytes and degrade hemoglobin within an acid food vacuole. …

… h, submitted to treatment for 2 h with 3, 10, or 30 μg/ml of Artepillin C or MG132 (10 μM), a
specific inhibitor of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB). Subsequently, the cells were stimulated for 6 h …