Caractérisation de l'inactivation du chromosome X chez l'humain à la naissance : distribution et transmission des ratios d'inactivation

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Stimulation de la survie et de la régénération des cellules ganglionnaires de la rétine par inactivation de la GTPase Rho après lésion du nerf optique du rat adulte

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Le locus EED de la partie amino-terminale de l'hélice AID confère des cinétiques d'inactivation lentes au canal calcique Caᵥ1.2

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Le rôle du motif hydrophobe VAVIM situé au niveau de IVS6 dans les mécanismes d'activation et d'inactivation du canal calcique Caᵥ2.3

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Stérilisation à basse température et à pression réduite en post-décharge de plasma : Étude et analyse du rôle des UV dans l'inactivation de spores bactériennes

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Genetic-epidemiologic analysis of X-inactivation skewing in human females : suggestive evidence for two distinct traits

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Inactivation de la MAP kinase atypique ERK4 via la délétion du gène Mapk4 murin

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Caractérisation de l'inactivation du chromosome X chez l'humain à la naissance : distribution et transmission des ratios d'inactivation

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Stimulation de la survie et de la régénération des cellules ganglionnaires de la rétine par inactivation de la GTPase Rho après lésion du nerf optique du rat adulte

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Le locus EED de la partie amino-terminale de l'hélice AID confère des cinétiques d'inactivation lentes au canal calcique Ca�1.2

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Le rôle du motif hydrophobe VAVIM situé au niveau de IVS6 dans les mécanismes d'activation et d'inactivation du canal calcique Ca�2.3

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Biallelic ATM inactivation significantly reduces survival in patients treated on the United Kingdom Leukemia Research Fund Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 4 trial.

PURPOSE: The prognostic significance of ATM mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is unclear. We assessed their impact in the context of a prospective randomized trial. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed the ATM gene in 224 patients treated on the Leukemia Research Fund Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 4 (LRF-CLL4) trial with chlorambucil or fludarabine with and without cyclophosphamide. ATM status was analyzed by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and was related to treatment response, survival, and the impact of TP53 alterations for the same patient cohort. RESULTS: We identified 36 ATM mutations in 33 tumors, 16 with and 17 without 11q deletion. Mutations were associated with advanced disease stage and involvement of multiple lymphoid sites. Patients with both ATM mutation and 11q deletion showed significantly reduced progression-free survival (median, 7.4 months) compared with those with ATM wild type (28.6 months), 11q deletion alone (17.1 months), or ATM mutation alone (30.8 months), but survival was similar to that in patients with monoallelic (6.7 months) or biallelic (3.4 months) TP53 alterations. This effect was independent of treatment, immunoglobulin heavy chain variable gene (IGHV) status, age, sex, or disease stage. Overall survival for patients with biallelic ATM alterations was also significantly reduced compared with those with ATM wild type or ATM mutation alone (median, 42.2 v 85.5 v 77.6 months, respectively). CONCLUSION: The combination of 11q deletion and ATM mutation in CLL is associated with significantly shorter progression-free and overall survival following first-line treatment with alkylating agents and purine analogs. Assessment of ATM mutation status in patients with 11q deletion may influence the choice of subsequent therapy.

Time-resolved fluorescence observation of di-tyrosine formation in horseradish peroxidase upon ultrasound treatment leading to enzyme inactivation

The application of ultrasound to a solution can induce cavitional phenomena and generate high localised temperatures and pressures. These are dependent of the frequency used and have enabled ultrasound application in areas such as synthetic, green and food chemistry. High frequency (100 kHz to 1 MHz) in particular is promising in food chemistry as a means to inactivate enzymes, replacing the need to use periods of high temperature. A plant enzyme, horseradish peroxidase, was studied using time-resolved fluorescence techniques as a means to assess the effect of high frequency (378 kHz and 583 kHz) ultrasound treatment at equivalent acoustic powers. This uncovered the fluorescence emission from a newly formed species, attributed to the formation of di-tyrosine within the horseradish peroxidase structure caused by auto-oxidation, and linked to enzyme inactivation.

Ultra high pressure homogenization (UHPH) inactivation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens spores in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) and milk

Ultra high pressure homogenization (UHPH) opens up new areas for dynamic high pressure assisted thermal sterilization of liquids. Bacillus amyloliquefaciens spores are resistant to high isostatic pressure and temperature and were suggested as potential surrogate for high pressure thermal sterilization validation. B. amyloliquefaciens spores suspended in PBS buffer (0.01 M, pH 7.0), low fat milk (1.5%, pH 6.7), and whole milk (3.5%, pH 6.7) at initial concentration of similar to 10(6) CFU/mL were subjected to UHPH treatments at 200, 300, and 350 MPa with an inlet temperature at similar to 80 degrees C. Thermal inactivation kinetics of B. amyloliquefaciens spores in PBS and milk were assessed with thin wall glass capillaries and modeled using first-order and Weibull models. The residence time during UHPH treatments was estimated to determine the contribution of temperature to spore inactivation by UHPH. No sublethal injury was detected after UHPH treatments using sodium chloride as selective component in the nutrient agar medium. The inactivation profiles of spores in PBS buffer and milk were compared and fat provided no clear protective effect for spores against treatments. Treatment at 200 MPa with valve temperatures lower than 125 degrees C caused no reduction of spores. A reduction of 3.5 log(10)CFU/mL of B. amyloliquefaciens spores was achieved by treatment at 350 MPa with a valve temperature higher than 150 degrees C. The modeled thermal inactivation and observed inactivation during UHPH treatments suggest that temperature could be the main lethal effect driving inactivation.