… A more potent version, C16Y (DFKLFAVYIKYR) with a T to Y substitution was defined and
found to be 5-fold more active in blocking C16 induced angiogenesis in the chick CAM than …

Kidney disease affects over 20 million people in the United States alone. Although the
causes of renal failure are diverse, the glomerular filtration barrier is often the target of injury. …

The miscibility and phase behavior of two stereoisomer forms of poly(lactide) (PLA: poly (l-lactide)
(PLLA) and poly(dl-lactide) (PDLLA)) blends with poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-poly(…

Usher syndrome type I (USH1) is the most frequent cause of hereditary deaf–blindness in
humans. Seven genetic loci (USH1A-G) have been implicated in this disease to date, and four …

To determine the compensatory reserve capacity of the ventricular myocardium following
infarction, the left coronary artery in rats was ligated, and the animals were killed 40 days later. …

Defects in myosin VIIa, harmonin (a PDZ domain protein), cadherin 23, protocadherin 15
and sans (a putative scaffolding protein), underlie five forms of Usher syndrome type I (USH1). …

Laminin-10/11, the laminin isoforms containing the α5 chain, are major components of
basement membranes of many fetal and adult tissues. Laminin-10/11 purified from the …

Regime transitions of poly[(S)-lactide] (PLA) crystal growth from the melt were investigated
by studying the morphological changes and carrying out kinetic analysis using microscopic …

Ghrelin, a gastric-derived peptide, has recently been identified as an endogenous natural
ligand for the growth hormone (GH) secretagogue receptor. However, secretory characteristics …

Aims/hypothesis Based on mouse study findings, pancreatic islet cells are supposed to lack
basement membrane (BM) and interact directly with vascular endothelial BM. Until now, the …