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Evaluation of local trace element status and 8-Iso-prostaglandin F_2α concentrations in patients with Tinea pedis

Tinea pedis (TP) is an infection of the feet caused by fungi. The infectious diseases caused by dermatophytes are mainly related to the enzymes produced by these fungi. Up to the now, the local 8-iso-prostagla...

Authors: Meral Miraloglu, Ergul Belge Kurutas, Perihan Ozturk and Ozer Arican

Predicting Crystallization Propensity of Proteins from Arabidopsis Thaliana

Many studies have correlated characteristics of amino acids with crystallization propensity, as part of the effort to determine the factors that affect the propensity of protein crystallization. However, these...

Authors: Shaomin Yan and Guang Wu

A Medium-Throughput Single Cell CRISPR-Cas9 Assay to Assess Gene Essentiality

Target selection for oncology is a crucial step in the successful development of therapeutics. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 editing of specific loci offers an alterna...

Authors: A. R. Grassian, T. M. E. Scales, S. K. Knutson, K. W. Kuntz, N. J. McCarthy, C. E. Lowe, J. D. Moore, R. A. Copeland, H. Keilhack, J. J. Smith, J. A. Wickenden and S. Ribich

Detection of genetic variation using dual-labeled peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probe-based melting point analysis

Thermal denaturation of probe-target hybrid is highly reproducible, and which makes probe melting point analysis reliable in the detection of mutations, polymorphisms and epigenetic differences in DNA. To impr...

Authors: Deokhwe Hur, Myoung Sug Kim, Minsik Song, Jinwook Jung and Heekyung Park

Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase (MPK) Interacts With Auxin Influx Carrier (OsAux/LAX1) Involved in Auxin Signaling in Plant

Mitogen activated protein kinases (MPKs) are serine/threonine protein kinases that contain characteristic T-x-Y motif in the activation loop region. MPKs are important signaling molecules involved in diverse s...

Authors: Tapan Kumar Mohanta, Nibedita Mohanta, Pratap Parida and Hanhong Bae

A High-Throughput Assay for Screening of Natural Products that Enhanced Tumoricidal Activity of NK Cells

Recently, immunotherapy has shown a lot of promise in cancer treatment and different immune cell types are involved in this endeavor. Among different immune cell populations, NK cells are also an important com...

Authors: Chenyuan Gong, Zhongya Ni, Chao Yao, Xiaowen Zhu, Lulu Ni, Lixin Wang and Shiguo Zhu

CellProfiler: Novel Automated Image Segmentation Procedure for Super-Resolution Microscopy

Super resolution (SR) microscopy enabled cell biologists to visualize subcellular details up to 20 nm in resolution. This breakthrough in spatial resolution made image analysis a challenging procedure. Direct ...

Authors: Kareem Soliman

Chicken chorioallantoic membrane as a reliable model to evaluate osteosarcoma—an experimental approach using SaOS2 cell line

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary tumor that affects usually children. Due to its cellular complex and osteoid formation it is very difficult to understand the mechanism behind the progressiveness of ost...

Authors: Reji Manjunathan and Malathi Ragunathan

Erratum to: Model of Cation Transportation Mediated by High-Affinity Potassium Transporters (HKTs) in Higher Plants

Authors: Yi Su, Weigui Luo, Wanhuang Lin, Liying Ma and Mohammed Humayun Kabir

The diversity of fungal genome

The genome size of an organism varies from species to species. The C-value paradox enigma is a very complex puzzle with regards to vast diversity in genome sizes in eukaryotes. Here we reported the detailed ge...

Authors: Tapan Kumar Mohanta and Hanhong Bae

Evaluation of Epic® label-free technology to quantify functional recombinant hemagglutinin

Alternative methods are being sought to measure the potency of influenza vaccines. Label-free technologies that do not require the use of hemagglutinin (HA)-specific antisera are particularly attractive as the...

Authors: Lianlian Jiang and Maryna C Eichelberger

Recombinase-mediated cassette exchange (RMCE) system for functional genomics studies in Mycoplasma mycoides

We have previously established technologies enabling us to engineer the Mycoplasma mycoides genome while cloned in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, followed by genome transplantation into Mycoplasma capricolum

Authors: Vladimir N Noskov, Li Ma, Stephen Chen and Ray-Yuan Chuang

cDNA synthesis for BCR-ABL1 detection at the MMR level: the importance of using the appropriate kit

The synthesis of complementary DNA (cDNA) for use in the detection of BCR-ABL1 at the Major Molecular Response (MMR) level is a well-established method used by clinical laboratories world-wide. However, the quali...

Authors: Jianxiang Chi, Chryso Pierides, Andrie Mitsidou, Andri Miltiadou, Petroula Gerasimou and Paul Costeas

Evaluation of method performance for oxidative stress biomarkers in urine and biological variations in urine of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic nephropathy

Oxidative stress biomarkers such as superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD), catalase (CAT) and malondialdehyde (MDA) play an important role in the pathogenesis or progression of numerous diseases. Data regarding the b...

Authors: Ergul Belge Kurutas, Yakup Gumusalan, Ali Cetinkaya and Ekrem Dogan

Thanks to all those who reviewed for Biological Procedures Online in 2014

A peer-reviewed journal would not survive without the generous time and insightful comments of the reviewers, whose efforts often go unrecognized. Although final decisions are always editorial, they are greatl...

Authors: Shulin Li

Comparison of Vibratome and Compresstome sectioning of fresh primate lymphoid and genital tissues for in situ MHC-tetramer and immunofluorescence staining

For decades, the Vibratome served as a standard laboratory resource for sectioning fresh and fixed tissues. In skilled hands, high quality and consistent fresh unfixed tissue sections can be produced using a V...

Authors: Hadia M Abdelaal, Hyeon O Kim, Reece Wagstaff, Ryoko Sawahata, Peter J Southern and Pamela J Skinner

Model of Cation Transportation Mediated by High-Affinity Potassium Transporters (HKTs) in Higher Plants

Trk/Ktr/HKT transporters probably were evolved from simple K⁺ channels KcsA. HKT transporters, which mediate Na⁺-uniport or Na⁺/K⁺-symport, maintain K⁺/Na⁺ homeostasis and increase salinity tolerance, can be clas...

Authors: Yi Su, Weigui Luo, Wanhuang Lin, Liying Ma and Mohammed Hunayun Kabir

The functional role of long non-coding RNAs and epigenetics

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are non-protein coding transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides. The post-transcriptional regulation is influenced by these lncRNAs by interfering with the microRNA pathways, invo...

Authors: Jinneng Cao

A novel model of appendicitis and appendectomy to investigate inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis and remediation

The appendix contains copious lymphoid tissue and is constantly exposed to gut flora. Appendicitis and appendectomy (AA) has been shown to prevent or significantly ameliorate ulcerative colitis. In our novel m...

Authors: Rajkumar Cheluvappa

A convenient, optimized pipeline for isolation, fluorescence microscopy and molecular analysis of live single cells

Heterogeneity within cell populations is relevant to the onset and progression of disease, as well as development and maintenance of homeostasis. Analysis and understanding of the roles of heterogeneity in bio...

Authors: Jordan R Yaron, Colleen P Ziegler, Thai H Tran, Honor L Glenn and Deirdre R Meldrum

Integration of bioinformatics to biodegradation

Bioinformatics and biodegradation are two primary scientific fields in applied microbiology and biotechnology. The present review describes development of various bioinformatics tools that may be applied in th...

Authors: Pankaj Kumar Arora and Hanhong Bae

A novel recombinant baculovirus overexpressing a Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin enhances insecticidal activity

Baculoviruses have been genetically modified to express foreign genes under powerful promoters in order to accelerate their speed of killing. In this study a truncated form of cry1Ab gene derived from Bacillus th...

Authors: Wael El-Menofy, Gamal Osman, Abdulrahman Assaeedi and Mohamed Salama

Real-time vascular mechanosensation through ex vivo artery perfusion

Cell-based perfusion studies have provided great insight into fluid-sensing mechanisms, such as primary cilia in the renal and vascular systems. However, the intrinsic limitations of in vitro cell culture, such a...

Authors: Rahul M Prasad, Xingjian Jin, Wissam A AbouAlaiwi and Surya M Nauli

Detection and quantification of extracellular microRNAs in murine biofluids

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short RNA molecules which regulate gene expression in eukaryotic cells, and are abundant and stable in biofluids such as blood serum and plasma. As such, there has been heightened intere...

Authors: Thomas C Roberts, Anna M L Coenen-Stass, Corinne A Betts and Matthew J A Wood

Isolation of T cells from mouse oral tissues

Utilizing mouse models provides excellent immunological and experimental tools to study oral immune responses. However for functional assays, isolating T lymphocytes from the oral tissues has proved to be chal...

Authors: Pushpa Pandiyan, Natarajan Bhaskaran, Yifan Zhang and Aaron Weinberg

Generation of a monoclonal antibody against the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked protein Rae-1 using genetically engineered tumor cells

Although genetically engineered cells have been used to generate monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against numerous proteins, no study has used them to generate mAbs against glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-ancho...

Authors: Jiemiao Hu, Long T Vien, Xueqing Xia, Laura Bover and Shulin Li

Reviewer acknowledgement 2013

A peer-reviewed journal would not survive without the generous time and insightful comments of the reviewers, whose efforts often go unrecognized. Biological Procedures Online has been blessed by the support of h...

Authors: Daniel Shanahan

Improved reduced representation bisulfite sequencing for epigenomic profiling of clinical samples

DNA methylation plays crucial roles in epigenetic gene regulation in normal development and disease pathogenesis. Efficient and accurate quantification of DNA methylation at single base resolution can greatly ...

Authors: Yew Kok Lee, Shengnan Jin, Shiwei Duan, Yen Ching Lim, Desmond PY Ng, Xueqin Michelle Lin, George SH Yeo and Chunming Ding

Fast automated yeast cell counting algorithm using bright-field and fluorescence microscopic images

The faithful determination of the concentration and viability of yeast cells is important for biological research as well as industry. To this end, it is important to develop an automated cell counting algorit...

Authors: Dongpyo Hong, Gwanghee Lee, Neon Cheol Jung and Moongu Jeon

Exploration of two methods for quantitative Mitomycin C measurement in tumor tissue in vitro and in vivo

Two methods of quantifying Mitomycin C in tumor tissue are explored. A method of ultraviolet-visible absorption microscopy is developed and applied to measure the concentration of Mitomycin C in preserved mous...

Authors: Lee MacKenzie Fischer, Juan Luis Vásquez, Julie Gehl, Gregers G Hermann and Niels B Larsen

Solution casting of chitosan membranes for in vitro evaluation of bioactivity

Considerable research is focusing on the surface modification of titanium implants for the treatment of orthopaedic tissue injuries to increase the success of orthopaedic fixations. Chitosan is one of the natu...

Authors: Ramona Lieder, Mariam Darai, Gissur Örlygsson and Olafur E Sigurjonsson

Expression, purification and molecular analysis of the human ZNF706 protein

The ZNF706 gene encodes a protein that belongs to the zinc finger family of proteins and was found to be highly expressed in laryngeal cancer, making the structure and function of ZNF706 worthy of investigation. ...

Authors: Jucimara Colombo, Paola Jocelan Scarin Provazzi, Marilia Freitas Calmon, Lilian Campos Pires, Nathália Campos Rodrigues, Paulo Petl Jr, Marcelo Andrés Fossey, Fátima Pereira de Souza, Fernanda Canduri and Paula Rahal

Simultaneous splicing of multiple DNA fragments in one PCR reaction

Rapid and simultaneous splicing of multiple DNA fragments is frequently required in many recombinant DNA projects. However, former overlap extension PCRs, the most common methods for splicing DNA fragments, ar...

Authors: Wei-Gui Luo, Hui-Zhen Liu, Wan-Huang Lin, Mohammed Humayun Kabir and Yi Su

Quantification of bone changes in a collagen-induced arthritis mouse model by reconstructed three dimensional micro-CT

Inflammatory arthritis is a chronic disease, resulting in synovitis and subchondral and bone area destruction, which can severely affect a patient’s quality of life. The most common form of inflammatory arthri...

Authors: Shu Yang, Anne M Hollister, Elysse A Orchard, Shubnum I Chaudhery, Dmitry V Ostanin, Stephen J Lokitz and J Michael Mathis

Increasing the library size in cDNA display by optimizing purification procedures

The library size is critical for selection in evolutionary molecular engineering (directed evolution). Although cDNA display has become a promising in vitro display technology by overcoming the instability of mRN...

Authors: Yuki Mochizuki, Shigefumi Kumachi, Koichi Nishigaki and Naoto Nemoto

An evaluation of the reliability of muscle fiber cross-sectional area and fiber number measurements in rat skeletal muscle

The reliability of estimating muscle fiber cross-sectional area (measure of muscle fiber size) and fiber number from only a subset of fibers in rat hindlimb muscle cross-sections has not been systematically ev...

Authors: Lisa Ceglia, Sathit Niramitmahapanya, Lori L Price, Susan S Harris, Roger A Fielding and Bess Dawson-Hughes

Next generation sequencing in cancer research and clinical application

The wide application of next-generation sequencing (NGS), mainly through whole genome, exome and transcriptome sequencing, provides a high-resolution and global view of the cancer genome. Coupled with powerful...

Authors: Derek Shyr and Qi Liu

Fragmentation of DNA affects the accuracy of the DNA quantitation by the commonly used methods

Specific applications and modern technologies, like non-invasive prenatal testing, non-invasive cancer diagnostic and next generation sequencing, are currently in the focus of researchers worldwide. These have...

Authors: Tatiana Sedlackova, Gabriela Repiska, Peter Celec, Tomas Szemes and Gabriel Minarik

Determine the quality of human embryonic stem colonies with laser light scattering patterns

With the prompt developments of regenerative medicine, the potential clinical applications of human embryonic stem cells have attracted intense attention. However, the labor-intensive and complex manual cell s...

Authors: Chi-Shuo Chen, Matthew Biasca, Catherine Le, Eric Y-T Chen, E Daniel Hirleman and Wei-Chun Chin

A do-it-yourself protocol for simple transcription activator-like effector assembly

TALEs (transcription activator-like effectors) are powerful molecules that have broad applications in genetic and epigenetic manipulations. The simple design of TALEs, coupled with high binding predictability ...

Authors: Claudia Uhde-Stone, Nilang Gor, Tiffany Chin, Joseph Huang and Biao Lu

A new method of kidney biopsy using low dose CT-guidance with coaxial trocar and bard biopsy gun

To explore a new method of kidney biopsy with coaxial trocar and bard biopsy gun under low dose computed tomography (CT)-guidance and evaluate its accuracy, safety, and efficacy.

Authors: Xiao-ling Pi, Zhen Tang, Li-qian Fu, Mei-hua Guo, Mei-hua Shi, Lan Chen and Zheng-ying Wan

Spontaneous arthritis and ankylosis in male DBA/1 mice: further evidence for a role of behavioral factors in “stress-induced arthritis”

Ageing male DBA/1 mice spontaneously develop arthritis in the hind paws. We and others have demonstrated that this model shares striking features with human spondyloarthritis, in particular entheseal involveme...

Authors: Kirsten Braem, Shea Carter and Rik J Lories

Modified protocol for in vivo imaging of wild-type mouse retina with customized miniature spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) device

This protocol outlines and evaluates a modified scanning procedure for a customized spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging apparatus within the wild-type C57Bl/6 mouse posterior segment....

Authors: Lee R Ferguson, Sankarathi Balaiya, Sandeep Grover and Kakarla V Chalam

A robust dual reporter system to visualize and quantify gene expression mediated by transcription activator-like effectors

Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) are a class of naturally occurring transcription effectors that recognize specific DNA sequences and modulate gene expression. The modularity of TALEs DNA binding...

Authors: Claudia Uhde-Stone, Joseph Huang and Biao Lu

Competitive DNA transfection formulation via electroporation for human adipose stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells

Adipose stem cells have a strong potential for use in cell-based therapy, but the current nucleofection technique, which relies on unknown buffers, prevents their use.

Authors: Michael Flanagan, Jeffrey M Gimble, Gang Yu, Xueqing Xia, Bruce A Bunnell and Shulin Li

Novel mouse mammary cell lines for in vivo bioluminescence imaging (BLI) of bone metastasis

Tumor cell lines that can be tracked in vivo during tumorigenesis and metastasis provide vital tools for studying the specific cellular mechanisms that mediate these processes as well as investigating therapeutic...

Authors: Celeste Bolin, Caleb Sutherland, Ken Tawara, Jim Moselhy and Cheryl L Jorcyk

A reinvestigation of somatic hypermethylation at the PTEN CpG island in cancer cell lines

PTEN is an important tumour suppressor gene that is mutated in Cowden syndrome as well as various sporadic cancers. CpG island hypermethylation is another route to tumour suppressor gene inactivation, however, th...

Authors: Luke B Hesson, Deborah Packham, Emily Pontzer, Pauline Funchain, Charis Eng and Robyn L Ward

A microplate technique to simultaneously assay calcium accumulation in endoplasmic reticulum and SERCA release of inorganic phosphate

Traditional analyses of calcium homeostasis have separately quantified either calcium accumulation or release mechanisms. To define the system as a whole, however, requires multiple experimental techniques to ...

Authors: David C McMullen, William S Kean, Ajay Verma, Jeffrey T Cole and William D Watson

An improved competitive inhibition enzymatic immunoassay method for tetrodotoxin quantification

Quantifying tetrodotoxin (TTX) has been a challenge in both ecological and medical research due to the cost, time and training required of most quantification techniques. Here we present a modified Competitive...

Authors: Amber N Stokes, Becky L Williams and Susannah S French

Enhancement of anti-murine colon cancer immunity by fusion of a SARS fragment to a low-immunogenic carcinoembryonic antigen

It is widely understood that tumor cells express tumor-associated antigens (TAAs), of which many are usually in low immunogenicity; for example, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is specifically expressed on huma...

Authors: Chen-Si Lin, Shih-Han Kao, Yu-Cheng Chen, Chi-Han Li, Yuan-Ting Hsieh, Shang-Chih Yang, Chang-Jer Wu, Ru-Ping Lee and Kuang-Wen Liao