Search results for "TERMINATION"

IAPs and Resistance to Death Receptors in Cancer

2017

Since their identification in mammal cells, IAPs emerged have as potent regulators of death receptor signalling pathways, determining the cell fate in response to receptor stimulation. Among IAPs, cIAP1 and cIAP2 are active components of receptor-associated signalling complexes able to promote the activation of ubiquitin-dependent survival signalling pathways. For its part, XIAP is an important regulator of caspase activity, determining the apoptotic signalling pathway engaged after death receptor stimulation. The use of IAP antagonists is a promising strategy in order to overcome the resistance of tumor cells to death receptor stimulation.

Cardiovascular outcomes and achieved blood pressure in patients with and without diabetes at high cardiovascular risk

2019

Abstract Aims Studies have shown a non-linear relationship between systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and outcomes, with increased risk observed at both low and high blood pressure (BP) levels. We hypothesized that the BP-risk association is different in individuals with and without diabetes at high cardiovascular risk. Methods and results We identified patients with (N = 11 487) or without diabetes (N = 19 450), from 30 937 patients, from 133 centres in 44 countries with a median follow-up of 56 months in the ONTARGET/TRANSCEND studies. Patients had a prior history of stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), peripheral artery disease, or were high-risk diabetics. P…

Ein modell zur beschreibung bimolekularer reaktionen zwischen reaktiven gruppen, die in zwei polymerknäuel eingebaut sind

1968

Die Beobachtung, das die Geschwindigkeitskonstante des Kettenabbruchs bel der radikalischen Polymerisation des Methylmethacrylats umgekehrt proportional der Viskositat des Losungsmittels und vollig unabhangig vom Molekulargewicht ist, wird durch folgendes Modell erklart: 1. Die Polymerknauel behindern nicht ihre gegenseitigen Bewegungen und konnen sich bei einer Begegnung vollstandig durchdringen (Unabhangigkeit der Selbstdiffusionskonstante von der Konzentration). 2. Die Reaktion findet im Uberlappungsraum zweier sich begegnender Polymerradikale wahrend der Begegnungsdauer τ statt. Eine statistische Rechnung zeigt, das unter dieser Annahme die gemessene bimolekulare Geschwindigkeitskonstan…

The differentiation of the serotonergic neurons in the Drosophila ventral nerve cord depends on the combined function of the zinc finger proteins Eag…

1997

ABSTRACT The Drosophila ventral nerve cord (vNC) derives from a stereotyped population of neural stem cells, neuroblasts (NBs), each of which gives rise to a characteristic cell lineage. The mechanisms leading to the specification and differentiation of these lineages are largely unknown. Here we analyse mechanisms leading to cell differentiation within the NB 7-3 lineage. Analogous to the grasshopper, NB 7-3 is the progenitor of the Drosophila vNC serotonergic neurons. The zinc finger protein Eagle (Eg) is expressed in NB 7-3 just after delamination and is present in all NB 7-3 progeny until late stage 17. DiI cell lineage tracing and immunocytochemistry reveal that eg is required for norm…

Polarographische Untersuchungen an monomeren und polymeren N-Chlorcarbonamiden

1979

The polarographic reduction of low molecular and high molecular N-chlorocarboxamides at the dropping mercury electrode proceeds in two one-electron-transfer steps, which are highly irreversible. In the case of the low molecular models 1 and 2 the reaction is diffusion-controlled, whereas in the case of the poly(N-chloroamide) 3 the reaction is adsorption-controlled. Reduction of several poly(N-chloroamide)s shows always two reduction waves with a distance of 0,5 V. There is, however, no relation between the polyamide-type and the position of the half-wave potentials. The polarographic reduction can be used as an analytical method for quantitative determination of N-chlorocarboxamide groups …

Chemical separation and MC-ICPMS analysis of U, Th, Pa and Ra isotope ratios of carbonates

2018

Diagenetic alteration of fossil reef corals may have severe effects on the reliability of 230Th/U-ages. The widely applied criteria introduced to test for the reliability of coral 230Th/U-ages are often not sufficient to identify all altered ages. The combination of 230Th/U- with 231Pa/U-dating has been suggested as a promising method to identify altered ages. Furthermore, 226Ra/230Th ratios can provide information about the diagenetic history during the last 10 000 years. Here we present a method to chemically separate U, Th, Pa and Ra from the same aliquot of a carbonate sample. The isotope ratios of our mixed U–Th–Pa–Ra spike are calibrated using a secular equilibrium material treated in…

Limited Usefulness of Capture Procedure and Capture Percentage for Evaluating Reproducibility in Psychological Science

2018

In psychological science, there is an increasing concern regarding the reproducibility of scientific findings. For instance, Replication Project: Psychology (Open Science Collaboration, 2015) found that the proportion of successful replication in psychology was 41%. This proportion was calculated based on Cumming and Maillardet’s (2006) widely employed capture procedure (CPro) and capture percentage (CPer). Despite the popularity of CPro and CPer, we believe that using them may lead to an incorrect conclusion of (a) successful replication when the population effect sizes in the original and replicated studies are different; and (b) unsuccessful replication when the population effect sizes i…

On the Difference between a-priori and observed statistical power - A comment on "statistical power and sample size calculations: A primer for pediat…

2019

Meaningfulness as a Resource to Mitigate Work Stress

2014

SEQUENTIALLY ADJUSTED RANDOMIZATION TO FORCE BALANCE IN CONTROLLED TRIALS WITH UNKNOWN PREVALENCE OF COVARIATES: APPLICATION TO ALCOHOLISM RESEARCH

2005

In treatment outcome studies with small to medium sample sizes (n200), the balance of groups with regard to important factors, which sometimes occur at low prevalence, is indispensable for adequate interpretation. This study tested a method for use in clinical alcoholism research, an uncomplicated procedure for satisfactory randomization of patients to different treatments, taking into account relevant background variables.An easily applicable modification of Efron's biased coin method for the randomization of treatments within strata of unknown but low prevalence was compared with the original approach and alternative methods by computer simulation (10,000 runs). An application example for…