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- Choularton, T. W., et al.
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The Great Dun Fell Cloud Experiment 1993 : An overview
- 1997
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Ingår i: Atmospheric Environment. - 1352-2310. ; 31:16, s. 2393-2405
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The 1993 Ground-based Cloud Experiment on Great Dun Fell used a wide range of measurements of trace gases, aerosol particles and cloud droplets at five sites to study their sources and sinks especially those in cloud. These measurements have been interpreted using a variety of models. The conclusions add to our knowledge of air pollution, acidification of the atmosphere and the ground, eutrophication and climate change. The experiment is designed to use the hill cap cloud as a flow-through reactor, and was conducted in varying levels of pollution typical of much of the rural temperate continental northern hemisphere in spring-time.
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- Csende, F., et al.
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Preparation and antiarrhythmic activity of hexahydroisoindol-1-one derivatives
- 1999
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Ingår i: Scientia pharmaceutica. - : MDPI. - 0036-8709 .- 2218-0532. ; 67:2, s. 149-158
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The synthesis of a series of partially saturated isoindol-1-one from 2- p-toluoyl-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid is described. The compounds were evaluated for their ability to protect against chloroform-induced fibrillation in mice.
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- Frank, D, et al.
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A novel pleckstrin homology-related gene family defined by Ipl/Tssc3, TDAG51, and Tih1 : tissue-specific expression, chromosomal location, and parental imprinting.
- 1999
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Ingår i: Mamm Genome. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0938-8990. ; 10:12, s. 1150-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We previously described a gene, Ipl (Tssc3), that is expressed selectively from the maternal allele in placenta, yolk sac, and fetal liver and that maps within the imprinted domain of mouse distal Chromosome (Chr) 7/human Chr 11p15.5 (Hum Mol Genet 6, 2021, 1997). Ipl is similar to TDAG51, a gene that is involved in FAS/CD95 expression. Here we describe another gene, Tih1 (TDAG/Ipl homologue 1), with equivalent sequence similarity to Ipl. Structural prediction indicates that the products of these three genes share a central motif resembling a pleckstrin-homology (PH) domain, and TIH1 protein has weak sequence similarity to the PH-domain protein SEC7/CYTOHESIN. Like Ipl, Tih1 is a small gene with a single small intron. Tih1 maps to distal mouse Chr 1 and human Chr 1q31, chromosomal regions that have not shown evidence for imprinting and, in contrast to Ipl, Tih1 is expressed equally from both parental alleles. Ipl, Tih1, and TDAG51 have overlapping but distinct patterns of expression. Tih1 and TDAG51 are expressed in multiple fetal and adult tissues. In contrast, during early mouse development Ipl mRNA and protein are highly specific for two tissues involved in maternal/fetal exchange: visceral endoderm of the yolk sac and labyrinthine trophoblast of the placenta. These findings highlight the dominance of chromosomal context over gene structure in some examples of parental imprinting and extend previous evidence for placenta-specific expression of imprinted genes. The data also define a new subfamily of PH domain genes.
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- Fundin, Bengt, et al.
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Differential dependency of developing mechanoreceptors on neurotrophins, trk receptors, and p75LNGFR
- 1997
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Ingår i: Developmental Biology. - 0012-1606 .- 1095-564X. ; 190:1, s. 94-116
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The impact of null mutations of the genes for the NGF family of neurotrophins and their receptors was examined among the wide variety of medium to large caliber myelinated mechanoreceptors which have a highly specific predictable organization in the mystacial pad of mice. Immunofluorescence with anti-protein gene product 9.5, anti-200-kDa neurofilament protein (RT97), and anti-calcitonin gene-related product was used to label innervation in mystacial pads from mice with homozygous null mutations for nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), neurotrophin-4 (NT-4), the three tyrosine kinase receptors (trkA, trkB, trkC), and the low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor p75. Specimens were sacrificed at birth and at 1, 2, and 4 weeks for each type of mutation as well as at 11 weeks and 1 year for p75 and trkC mutations, respectively. Our results demonstrate several major concepts about the role of neurotrophins in the development of cutaneous mechanoreceptors that are supplied by medium to large caliber myelinated afferents. First, each of the high-affinity tyrosine kinase receptors, trkA, trkB, and trkC, as well as the low-affinity p75 receptor has an impact on at least one type of mechanoreceptor. Second, consistent with the various affinities for particular trk receptors, the elimination of NGF, BDNF, and NT-3 has an impact comparable to or more complex than the absence of their most specific high-affinity receptors: trkA, trkB, and trkC, respectively. These complexities include potential NT-3 signaling through trkA and trkB to support some neuronal survival. Third, most types of afferents are dependent on a different combination of neurotrophins and receptors for their survival: reticular and transverse lanceolate afferents are dependent upon NT-3, NGF, and trkA; Ruffini afferents upon BDNF and trkB; longitudinal lanceolate afferents upon NGF, trkA, BDNF, and trkB; and Merkel afferents on NGF, trkA, NT-3, trkC, and p75. NT-4 has no obvious detrimental impact on the mechanoreceptor development in the presence of BDNF. Fourth, NT-4 and BDNF signaling through trkB may suppress Merkel innervation and NT-3 signaling through trkC may suppress Ruffini innervation. Finally, regardless of the neurotrophin/receptor dependency for afferent survival and neurite outgrowth, NT-3 has an impact on the formation of all the sensory endings. In the context of these findings, indications of competitive and suppressive interactions that appear to regulate the balance of innervation density among the various sets of innervation were evident.
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- Fundin, Bengt T., et al.
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A comprehensive immunofluorescence and lectin binding analysis of intervibrissal fur innervation in the mystacial pad of the rat
- 1997
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Ingår i: Journal of Comparative Neurology. - 0021-9967 .- 1096-9861. ; 385:2, s. 185-206
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The innervation of the intervibrissal fur in the mystacial pad of the rat and mouse wasexamined by immunofluorescence with a wide variety of antibodies for neuronal relatedstructural proteins, enzymes, and peptides as well as for lectin binding histofluorescence with Griffonia simplicifolia (GSA). Anti-protein gene product 9.5 (PGP) immunofluorescencelabeled all sets of axons and endings. The innervation in the upper dermis and epidermis wasdistributed through a four tiered dermal plexus. From deep to superficial, the second tier wasthe source of all apparent myelinated mechanorceptors, the third tier of nearly all thepeptidergic and GSA binding innervation, and the fourth tier of nonpeptidergic GSA negativeinnervation (peptide-/GSA-). Three types of mechanoreceptors—Merkel, transverse lanceolate,and longitudinal lanceolate endings—innervated guard hair follicles. All had similarlabeling characteristics for 160 kDa and 200 kDa neurofilament subunits, peripherin,carbonic anhydrase, synaptophysin, and S100. Palisades of longitudinal lanceolate endingswere part of piloneural complexes along circumferentially oriented sets of transverselanceolate endings, peptidergic free nerve endings (FNEs), and peptide-/GSA- FNEs. Thelongitudinal lanceolate endings were the only mechanoreceptors in the mystacial pad that haddetectable calcitonin gene-related peptide. The epidermis contained four types of unmyelinatedendings: simple free nerve endings (FNEs), penicillate endings, cluster endings and bushendings. Only the simple FNEs were clearly peptidergic. Virtually all others were peptide-/GSA-. Each bush ending was actually an intermingled cluster of endings formed by severalunmyelinated axons and occasionally anAd axon. In contrast to the other unmyelinated innervationto the epidermis, bush endings labeled with an antibody against the Schwann cell protein S100. Thenecks and mouths of follicles, as well as superficial vasculature, were innervated by a mixture of unmyelinated peptidergic and/or GSA labeled sensory and sympathetic axons. Small presumptivesweat glands were innervated by three sets of peptidergic axons of which one was immunoreactivefor somatostatin. Potential functions of the various sets of innervation are discussed.
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- Rice, Frank L, et al.
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A comprehensive immunofluorescence and lectin binding analysis of vibrissal follicle sinus complex innervation in the mystacial pad of the rat
- 1997
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Ingår i: Journal of Comparative Neurology. - 0021-9967 .- 1096-9861. ; 385:2, s. 149-184
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The innervation of the vibrissal follicle sinus complexes (FSCs) in the mystacial pad of the rat was examined by lectin binding histofluorescence with the B subunit of Griffonia simplicifolia (GSA) and by immunofluorescence with a wide variety of antibodies for neuronal related structural proteins, enzymes, and peptides. Only anti-protein gene product 9.5 labeled all sets of innervation. Several types of mechanoreceptors were distributed to specific different targets by medium to large caliber myelinated axons. All were positive for 200 kDa neurofilament subunit, peripherin, and carbonic anhydrase. Their endings expressed synaptophysin. Labeling for the 160 kDa neurofilament subunit, calbindin, and parvalbumin varied. Anti-Schwann cell protein S100 was completely co-extensive with the axons, terminal arbors, and endings of the mechanoreceptor afferents including Merkel innervation. At least 15 different sets of unmyelinated innervation were evident based upon distribution and labeling characteristics. They consisted of four basic types: 1) peptidergic; 2) GSA binding; 3) peptidergic and GSA binding; and 4) nonpeptidergic and GSA negative (peptide-/GSA-). Previous studies had not revealed that several major sets of unmyelinated innervation were peptide-/GSA-. The unmyelinated innervation had detectable peripherin but not 160 kDa or 200 kDa neurofilament subunits. GSA-positive axons uniquely lacked anti-S100 immunoreactivity. The dense circumferentially oriented unmyelinated innervation of the inner conical body contained major sets of peptide-/GSA- and GSA innervation as well as a smaller peptidergic GSA component. A small contingent of sympathetic and possibly parasympathetic innervation was affiliated with microvasculature in the FSCs. This study confirms and refutes some previous hypotheses about biochemical and morphological relationships between peripheral innervation and sensory ganglion cells.
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