Miniature swine
Alloxan induced diabetes exacerbates coronary atherosclerosis and calcification in Ossabaw miniature swine with metabolic syndrome
... All experimental procedures involving animals were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Com- mittee at Indiana University School of Medicine with the recommendations outlined by the National Research Council ...
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Identification of Novel Porcine Endogenous Betaretrovirus Sequences in Miniature Swine
... As discussed above, while the pol genes of betaretroviruses are highly similar (22, 42), the viruses diverge into two cate- gories, with env genes resembling either betaretroviruses or the murine leukemia virus ...
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Genomic presence of recombinant porcine endogenous retrovirus in transmitting miniature swine
... The replication of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) in human cell lines suggests a potential infectious risk in xenotransplantation. PERV isolated from human cells following cocultivation with porcine peripheral ...
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Development of transplantable B-cell lymphomas in the MHC-defined miniature swine model
... iature swine in association with PLHV-1 and PLHV-3 infections [11, ...DD swine herd, when coupled with a mildly immunosuppressive condi- tioning protocol previously described for the induction of solid ...
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Identification of a Full-Length cDNA for an Endogenous Retrovirus of Miniature Swine
... MHC-inbred miniature swine and from PK15 cells (4, ...MHC-inbred miniature swine and from normal and PHA- activated PBMC by the LiCl-urea procedure ...
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Length tension relationships of masseter and digastric muscles of miniature swine during ontogeny
... At any body mass, masseter exceeds digastric in the ratio of optimum length that length at which maximum tetanic tension is produced to in situ muscle length that length which correspond[r] ...
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Morbid obesity and metabolic syndrome in Ossabaw miniature swine are associated with increased platelet reactivity
... Ossabaw swine with MetS were more sensitive to lower doses of ADP as defined by a lower EC50 concentration and showed evidence of faster initial platelet aggregation in response to submaximal concentrations of ...
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Effects of cocaine on epicardial coronary artery reactivity in miniature swine after endothelial injury and high cholesterol feeding In vivo and in vitro analysis
... the swine model. Eight miniature pigs underwent regional endothelial denudation of the left anterior descending coronary artery and were then fed a high cholesterol ...
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Stable mixed chimerism and tolerance using a nonmyeloablative preparative regimen in a large animal model
... ture swine unless doses of whole-body irradiation (WBI) exceeded 1000 cGy ...a swine CD3 immunotox- in, pCD3-CRM9, which is extremely effective at deplet- ing mature T cells from the peripheral blood (PB), ...
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Cellular immune response to hog cholera virus (HCV): T cells of immune pigs proliferate in vitro upon stimulation with live HCV, but the E1 envelope glycoprotein is not a major T-cell antigen.
... To examine the kinetics of the lymphoproliferative response upon vaccination and infection with HCV in more detail, six 6-month-old miniature swine that are homozygous for the swine majo[r] ...
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Analysis and characterization of the swine major histocompatibility complex
... In conclusion, using SLA inbred and recombinant miniature swine as animal models, this dissertation reports data on mapping of class III complement genes and the Glo enzyme locus to the [r] ...
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An avirulent Brachyspira hyodysenteriae strain elicits intestinal IgA and slows down spread of swine dysentery
... Swine dysentery (SD) caused by Brachyspira hyodysente- riae (B. hyodysenteriae), results in substantial economic losses in swine producing countries worldwide. Major costs associated with SD comprise ...
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Design And Develop Miniature Tesla Coil
... Ordinarily, Tesla Coil gives some of barrier and difficulties to the users as the result of the size of common Tesla Coil which is bulky and heavy. In order to make it more reliable, rugged, and user friendly compare to ...
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Discovering up-regulated VEGF–C expression in swine umbilical vein endothelial cells by classical swine fever virus Shimen
... domestic swine with the highly virulent Shimen strain of classical swine fever virus causes hemorrhagic lymphadenitis and diffuse hemorrhaging in infected ...in swine umbilical vein endothelial cells ...
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African swine fever: an unprecedented disaster and challenge to China
... A safe and effective vaccine is a priority for the cost-effective control of ASF in countries with a large swine population. Joint efforts on vaccine development should be made among international laboratories, ...
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Pandemic Swine H1N1 Influenza Viruses with Almost Undetectable Neuraminidase Activity Are Not Transmitted via Aerosols in Ferrets and Are Inhibited by Human Mucus but Not Swine Mucus
... from swine that exhibit a high degree of functional mismatching between HA and ...in swine, human-to-human spread is highly un- likely without further adaptation, possibly by reducing HA activ- ity or ...
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Characterization of a Novel Influenza Virus in Cattle and Swine: Proposal for a New Genus in the Orthomyxoviridae Family
... and swine sera found that approximately 1 and 10%, respectively, were positive for antibodies to C/OK, with low titers (HI range of 10 to ...that swine is the primary host of C/OK ...
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Towards a miniature wobbe index meter
... Table 4.4: The operation process of experiment three after adjustment There were two most possible explanations for why there was almost no combustion in this case: • The amount of metha[r] ...
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SwarMAV: A Swarm of Miniature Aerial Vehicles
... or Miniature Aerial Vehicles) field matures, we expect to see that the platform's degree of autonomy, the information exchange, and the coordination with other manned and unmanned actors, will become at least as ...
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Characterization of H1N1 Swine Influenza Viruses Circulating in Canadian Pigs in 2009
... U.S. swine vi- ruses have an internal gene combination comprised of the PB1 of human influenza A origin, PB2 and PA of avian influenza A origin, and NP, M, and NS of swine influenza A origin ...in ...
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