Methods: We performed molecular screening of HNF-1 beta in a 13-year-old patient and his affected father, and analyzed polycystic kidney disease 2 (PKD2) gene and suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) expression in lymphoblastoid cell lines and lymphocytes
from both patients.
Results: We found a novel HNF-1 beta frameshift mutation (c. C1304del) that results in a truncated protein (p. I434IfsX1). The genetic change is localized in the transactivated protein domain.
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“Microstructural studies show that manganites La1-xBaxMnO3 (0.33 <= x <= 0.95) begin structural phase separation into La0.67Ba0.33MnO3 and BaMnO3 for x > 0.33. These composites form a cellularlike structure when the volume faction of La0.67Ba0.33MnO3
(f(LBMO)) is near the percolation threshold (f(C)). The percolation threshold (f(C)) for our composites is 0.18. This result is not consistent with the previous results, which prefer smaller percolation threshold value. This could be attributed to the contribution of grain boundaries. This grain-boundary contribution also induces the large low-temperature bump in electrical transport. The critical exponents t gained from the good fitting for the C59 in vitro experimental data are 1.6 at 150 VX-689 K and 1.7 at 300 K, which are in good agreement with the previous universal result: t=1.6-2.0 for the three dimensional space. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [DOI:10.1063/1.3054337]“
“Background: Hyperphosphatemia is associated with up-regulation of the extracellular matrix formation in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. In the present study, the role of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) in the production of fibronectin (FN) in vascular smooth muscle cells in high-phosphate environments
was evaluated.
Methods: Rat VSMCs were stimulated by high levels of phosphate or TGF-beta 1 in vitro. Levels of FN, TGF-beta 1, and TGF-beta 1 type I receptor (T beta RI) proteins were measured by Western blot and immunostaining. Levels of active TGF-beta 1 in the supernatant of the culture medium were detected by ELISA.
Results: Production of FN was increased after VSMCs were incubated under high-phosphate conditions (2.5 mmol/L) for 12 hours. TGF-beta 1 (1 ng/mL) increased FN levels in cells as early as 3 hours after the start of treatment. Both TGF-beta 1 and T beta RI were significantly up-regulated after 3-6 hours of stimulation with high phosphate. When VSMCs were pretreated with TGF-beta 1 neutralization antibody (10 mu g/mL) for 30 minutes, induction of FN stimulated by high levels of phosphate was largely attenuated.