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Moreover, in vitro overexpression of MnDpp protein in HEK293T cells further demonstrated that it exerted antibacterial immune response by activation of NF-κB signaling cascade. In summary, these results indicated that MnDpp played an important role in the innate immunity in M. nipponense by modulating NF-κB signaling pathway, which might provide new insights about Dpp in crustaceans and paved the way for a better understanding of the crustacean innate immune system.p70S6K is involved in cellular response, such as tumor metastases, the immune response and tissue repair in vertebrates. The role of p70S6K in these physiological processes in crustaceans remains, however, unknown. In this study, the Lvp70S6K was identified, containing a 5' UTR of 294 bp, an ORF of 1494 bp ad a 3' UTR of 211 bp, encoding 497 amino acids with a theoretical molecular weight of 70 kDa and an estimated isoelectric point of (pI) of 5.16. The multiple alignment found that Lvp70S6K was highly homologous with other invertebrates. Lvp70S6K mRNA was detected in all the tested tissues and the Lvp70S6K expression levels was significantly down-regulated and reached the lowest level (0.44-fold, p less then 0.01) at 1.5 h after low temperature stress. The subcellular localization of Lvp70S6K could be detected in cytoplasm. ROS production was significantly up-regulation (1.19-fold, p less then 0.01), total hemocyte count (THC) was significantly down-regulation (0.22-fold, p less then 0.01), apoptosis rate was markedly increased (1.09-fold, p less then 0.01), apoptosis-related genes of LvPDCD4 (1.61-fold, p less then 0.01) and LvCyt.C (1.23-fold, p less then 0.01) were up-regulated, and anti-apoptotic gene of LvBcl-2 (0.69-fold, p less then 0.01), LvIAP1 (0.68-fold, p less then 0.01) and LvIAP2 (0.45-fold, p less then 0.01) were decreased after low temperature stress in hemolymph of Lvp70S6K-silenced shrimp at 1.5 h. Silencing of LvPTEN significantly increased Lvp70S6K, LvPI3K, LvAKT and LvmTOR expression. In summary, these results indicated that Lvp70S6K play a crucial role in oxidative and apoptosis, which was able to negatively regulate by PTEN.

Flow dephasing artifacts within intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) have been problematic for 3D time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (3D-TOF-MRA). This study aimed to evaluate pointwise encoding time reduction with radial acquisition subtraction-based MR angiography (PETRA-MRA) for decreasing flow dephasing artifacts compared to 3D-TOF-MRA in intracranial segments of ICA at 3 T.

Sixty healthy participants and seven patients with intracranial ICA aneurysms were enrolled to undergo 3D-TOF-MRA and PETRA-MRA. Two radiologists each evaluated the image quality of healthy participants using a 4-point scale (1 the best and 4 the worst). Quantitative analysis of the extent of homogeneity in signal intensity within the ICA and intracranial aneurysms was conducted using a parameter d the higher the d value, the greater the signal homogeneity. Wilcoxon signed rank test, Chi-square test and the weighted kappa (κ) statistic were used for statistical analyses.

The image quality of PETRA-MRA with an overall score of 1.35±0.53 was significantly better than that obtained with 3D-TOF-MRA, with an overall score of 3.50±0.62 (Z=-9.56, p<0.001). The parameter d of PETRA-MRA was higher than that of 3D-TOF-MRA for both 60 healthy participants (0.97±0.05, 0.87±0.11; z= -13.21, p<0.001) and 7 patients with intracranial aneurysms (0.81±0.18, 0.74±0.16; z= -2.37, p=0.018).

Compared with conventional 3D-TOF-MRA, PETRA-MRA remarkably improved the image quality with reduced flow dephasing artifacts in segments of intracranial ICA.

Compared with conventional 3D-TOF-MRA, PETRA-MRA remarkably improved the image quality with reduced flow dephasing artifacts in segments of intracranial ICA.

The MRI tissue characterization of vertebral bone marrow includes the measurement of proton density fat fraction (PDFF), T

and T

* relaxation times of the water and fat components (T

, T

, T

*

, T

*

), IVIM diffusion D, perfusion fraction f and pseudo-diffusion coefficient D*. However, the measurement of these vertebral bone marrow biomarkers (VBMBs) is affected with several confounding factors. In the current study, we investigated these confounding factors including the regional variation taking the example of variation between the anterior and posterior area in lumbar vertebrae, B

inhomogeneity and the effect of fat suppression on f.

A fat suppressed diffusion-weighted sequence and two 3D gradient multi-echo sequences were used for the measurements of the seven VBMBs. A turbo flash B

map sequence was used to estimate B

inhomogeneities and thus, to correct flip angle for T

quantification. We introduced a correction to perfusion fraction f measured with fat suppression, namely f

.

A stebrae. Selleckchem Elamipretide The regional variation of VBMBs shows that care should be taken in reproducing the same region-of-interest location along a longitudinal study. The same attention should be taken while measuring f in fatty environment, and measuring T1. Furthermore, the MRI-protocol presented here allows for measurements of seven VBMBs in less than 6 min and is of interest for longitudinal studies of bone marrow diseases.

To evaluate the influence of cholecystectomy on the flow dynamic pattern of bile in the extrahepatic bile duct by using cine-dynamic MRCP with spatially-selective inversion-recovery (IR) pulse non-invasively.

56 patients with cholecystectomy and 48 control subjects without cholecystectomy who underwent cine-dynamic MRCP with spatially-selective IR pulse at 1.5T or 3T (TR/TE, 4000msec/500msec; echo train spacing, 6.5msec; echo train length, 172; section thickness, 50mm; matrix, 320×320; field of view, 320×320mm; bandwidth, 488Hz; and inversion time, 2200msec). In cine-dynamic MRCP, IR pulse with 20mm width was placed on the common bile duct (CBD) to evaluate the movement of bile (antegrade and reversed bile flow). Cine-dynamic MRCP imaging was scanned every 15s (imaging, 4s; rest, 11s) during 5min to acquire a series of single-shot images (a total of 20 images). The frequency that antegrade or reversed bile flow was observed in the extrahepatic bile duct, and 5-point grading score based on the moving distance of antegrade or reversed bile flow were compared between the groups.