Forming the inner layer of the vascular system, endothelial cells (ECs) facilitate a multitude of crucial physiological processes throughout the body.Vascular ECs enable the vessel wall passage of nutrients and diffusion of oxygen from the blood into adjacent cellular structures.ECs regulate vascular tone and blood coagulation as well as adhesion a
BACKGROUND: Prefabricated expression microarrays are currently available for only a few species but Cart - Jinker methods have been proposed to extend their application to comparisons between divergent genomes.METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here we demonstrate that the hybridization intensity of genomic DNA is a poor basis on which to select unbia
Extrahepatic bile duct cancer is an uncommon disease, and few cases are curable by surgery.We report a case of extrahepatic biliary cystadenocarcinoma (BCAC) associated with atrophy of the left hepatic lobe.A 54-year old male was admitted with painless obstructive jaundice and a hepatic palpable mass noticed one month before presentation.Liver func
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is increasingly being used as a reverse genetics tool to study functions of specific plant genes.It is especially useful for plants, such as soybean, that are recalcitrant to transformation.Previously, Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) was shown to be an effective Nasal Aspirators VIGS vector for soybean.However, the