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Influence Of Env And Long Terminal Repeat Sequences On The Tissue Tropism Of Avian Leukosis Viruses, David Brown, Harriet Robinson
Influence Of Env And Long Terminal Repeat Sequences On The Tissue Tropism Of Avian Leukosis Viruses, David Brown, Harriet Robinson
David C. Brown
Adsorption and penetration of retroviruses into eucaryotic cells is mediated by retroviral envelope glycoproteins interacting with host receptors. Recombinant avian leukosis viruses (ALVs) differing only in envelope determinants that interact with host receptors for subgroup A or E ALVs have been found to have unexpectedly distinctive patterns of tissue-specific replication. Recombinants of both subgroups were highly expressed in bursal lymphocytes as well as in cultured chicken embryo fibroblasts. In contrast, the subgroup A but not subgroup E host range allowed high levels of expression in skeletal muscle, while subgroup E but not subgroup A envelope glycoproteins permitted efficient replication in …
Differential Effects Of Egf And Tgf-Beta1 On Fibroblast Activity In Fibrin-Based Tissue Equivalents, Jaime Grouf, Angela Throm, Jenna Balestrini, Katie Bush, Kristen Billiar
Differential Effects Of Egf And Tgf-Beta1 On Fibroblast Activity In Fibrin-Based Tissue Equivalents, Jaime Grouf, Angela Throm, Jenna Balestrini, Katie Bush, Kristen Billiar
Kristen L. Billiar
Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) is commonly used to promote matrix production for engineered tissues in vitro, yet it also enhances fibroblast contractility. For applications where contraction is undesirable, we hypothesized that epidermal growth factor (EGF) would yield equivalent mechanical properties without enhancing contractility. In this study, the response of human dermal fibroblasts to EGF (5 ng/mL) and TGF-beta1 (5 ng/mL) was determined within hemispheric fibrin-based gels by assessing matrix compaction and strength, cell number, collagen production, and contractility. After 3 weeks, both cytokines enhanced compaction relative to controls, and EGF roughly doubled matrix strength over controls and TGF-beta1-treated samples. TGF-beta1 …
Argonaute Protein Identity And Pairing Geometry Determine Cooperativity In Mammalian Rna Silencing, Jennifer Broderick, William Salomon, Sean Ryder, Neil Aronin, Phillip Zamore
Argonaute Protein Identity And Pairing Geometry Determine Cooperativity In Mammalian Rna Silencing, Jennifer Broderick, William Salomon, Sean Ryder, Neil Aronin, Phillip Zamore
Sean P. Ryder
Small RNAs loaded into Argonaute proteins direct silencing of complementary target mRNAs. It has been proposed that multiple, imperfectly complementary small interfering RNAs or microRNAs, when bound to the 3' untranslated region of a target mRNA, function cooperatively to silence target expression. We report that, in cultured human HeLa cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts, Argonaute1 (Ago1), Ago3, and Ago4 act cooperatively to silence both perfectly and partially complementary target RNAs bearing multiple small RNA-binding sites. Our data suggest that for Ago1, Ago3, and Ago4, multiple, adjacent small RNA-binding sites facilitate cooperative interactions that stabilize Argonaute binding. In contrast, small RNAs …