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Retention Of Cellular Viability And Growth Potential In Cryopreserved Bovine Arterial Tissue: Implications For Clinical Use Of Cryopreserved Vascular Allografts, Kip G. Gardner
Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations
Segments of bovine calf aortas and pulmonary arteries were cryopreserved at -196° C for two weeks to 18 months and subsequently thawed. Cellular morphology, viability, and growth potential in these segments were then compared with the same attributes in segments from fresh (control) arteries. Scanning electron microscopy revealed no disruption of intimal surfaces attributable to cryopreservation. Endothelial cells were successfully cultured from all cryopreserved arterial segments. Endothelial monolayers grown from cryopreserved arteries had a cobblestone appearance and expressed Factor VIII antigen but not smooth muscle alpha-actin. Plating efficiency in primary cultures of endothelial cells was lower for cryopreserved arteries than …
Characterization Of A Novel Prostate Tumor-Associated Antigen, Grayson B. Lipford
Characterization Of A Novel Prostate Tumor-Associated Antigen, Grayson B. Lipford
Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences
The murine monoclonal antibodies (MAb) TURP-27 and HNK-1 have been shown to detect antigens that are heavily expressed by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and carcinoma of the prostate (CaP). Western blot analysis of prostate extracts, showed that MAb TURP-27 and MAb HNK-1 bound glycoproteins of 180, 140, 120, 100, 90 and 69 kDa. Studies have shown that the HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope may be involved in cell adhesion and that it is a component of several characterized adhesion proteins. TURP-27 was found to bind at least three of these adhesion proteins: neural cell adhesion molecules (N-CAM), myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and a …
Magnesium Regulation Of Calcium In Essential Hypertension, Elaine Pringle Gordon
Magnesium Regulation Of Calcium In Essential Hypertension, Elaine Pringle Gordon
Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences
Essential hypertension is a complex disease which is treated by palliative methods, since the causal factors are as yet unknown. A variety of both genetic and environmental factors probably combine to produce chronic high blood pressure. A genetic model of essential hypertension, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and its control strain Wistar Kyoto (WKY) were used to investigate a possible environmental causal factor, cellular magnesium deficit, and its impact on the functional ability of the calcium ATPase. Rats were fed either a magnesium-deficient or a magnesium-sufficient diet for 10 weeks, after which the calcium ATPase activity was measured in intact red …