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The Intestinal Nuclear Receptor Signature With Epithelial Localization Patterns and Expression Modulation in Tumors

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The WNT-adenomatous polyposis coli system controls cell fate in the intestinal epithelium, where compartment-specific genes tightly regulate proliferation, migration, and differentiation. Nuclear receptors are transcription factors funct ...

2010

Role of Neurogenin3 in migration of pancreatic endocrine cells during development

Mathieu Gouzi

The pancreas is one of the major organs of the digestive tract. Its endocrine function, mainly regulating glucose blood level, is achieved by endocrine cells. These cells are organized in clusters, the so-called islets of Langerhans. During development, th ...

EPFL2010

Direct electric stimulation using a battery-operated device for induction and modulation of colonic contractions in pigs

Jean-Marc Vesin, Vincent Schlageter, Pavel Kucera, Mattia Bertschi

Direct electrical stimulation of the colon offers a promising approach for the induction of propulsive colonic contractions by using an implantable device. The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility to induce colonic contractions using a com ...

Springer Verlag2010

A new non-toxic chemically cross-linked ELP hydrogel for in situ protein delivery

Karine Ciapala

Proteins play an essential role in all biological processes and have been attracting more and more attention as drug candidates due to their high specificity and activity. However, their use as therapeutics has been seriously held back given that their abi ...

2009

Comparative bioaccumulation of trace elements between Nautilus pompilius and Nautilus macromphalus (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea) from Vanuatu and New Caledonia

Julien Boucher

The concentrations of 16 trace elements were investigated and compared for the first time in the digestive and excreting tissues of two Nautilus species (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea) from two geologically contrasted areas: (1) N. macromphalus from New Caledon ...

2009

Macroporous Materials as Novel Catalysts for Efficient and Controllable Proteolysis

Liang Qiao, Jingjing Wan, Jiawei Tang

A novel nanopore based digestion strategy has been developed by directly adding a macroporous material as catalyst to the conventional in-solution reaction system. Without increasing the enzyme or protein concentrations, this simple digestion approach exhi ...

American Chemical Society2009

A Phospho-Directed Macroporous Alumina-Silica Nanoreactor with Multi-Functions

Hubert Girault, Fang Liu, Jingjing Wan

A phospho-directed nanoreactor with multiple functions is reported. Alumina-functionalized macroporous ordered silica foams (Al-MOSF) have been developed with large pore size, high pore volume (1.6 cm(3)/g), and a surface area of 186 m(2)/g rich in coordin ...

American Chemical Society2009

TGR5-mediated bile acid sensing controls glucose homeostasis

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Chikage Mataki, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Lilia Noriega Lopez

TGR5 is a G protein-coupled receptor expressed in brown adipose tissue and muscle, where its activation by bile acids triggers an increase in energy expenditure and attenuates diet-induced obesity. Using a combination of pharmacological and genetic gain- a ...

2009

Combinatorial Chemical Vapor Deposition of Lithium Niobate Thin Films

Patrik Willi Hoffmann, Silviu Cosmin Sandu, Ali Dabirian, Yury Kuzminykh, Estelle Wagner, Giacomo Benvenuti

Combinatorial lithium niobate deposition on 150 mm naturally oxidized silicon (100) wafers in a high-vacuum chemical vapor deposition reactor using Li(OBut) and Nb(OEt)4(dmae) is presented. The novel precursor supply system allows individual spatial contro ...

ECS - The Electrochemical Society2009

IL-13 attenuates gastrointestinal candidiasis in normal and immunodeficient RAG-2(-/-) mice via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma activation

Johan Auwerx

We recently demonstrated that in vitro peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) activation of mouse peritoneal macrophages by IL-13 or PPARgamma ligands promotes uptake and killing of Candida albicans through mannose receptor overexpres ...

2008

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