Contributed by Lique M. Coolen, University of Michigan Introduction from Dr. Lappi: An article by Lique Coolen’s group[5] was the 1000th article in PubMed in response to the search word ‘saporin.’ Dr. Coolen has graciously agreed to describe the latest in her fascinating work. Male sexual behavior consists of many different aspects, with ejaculation being […]
Contributed by Naomi E. Rance, Melinda. A. Mittelman-Smith and Sally J. Krajewski-Hall Department of Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine This year, our two posters shared the ATS Poster of the Year Award at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting. These posters documented the use of NK3-SAP, a custom conjugate of saporin (Cat. #IT-63) with
Contributed by Megan St. Peters and Martin Sarter Departments of Psychology at Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Increasing attentional “effort” as a result of challenging circumstances, and as a function to maintain or recover attentional performance, is pervasive in our daily lives.[1] Attentional effort is more than a function
Contributed by Tamara King and Frank Porreca Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA A common symptom of patients with neuropathic pain is spontaneous pain, often described as burning. Some patients also suffer from pain elicited by normally non-noxious stimuli, such as touch, referred to as allodynia. Preclinical studies have
by Leonardo R. Ancheta and Douglas A. Lappi, American Association of Cancer Research abstract #5218 Basigin-2 (EMMPRIN) is a marker for prognosis of several tumor types. With the identification of the internalization of basigin-2 in response to antibody binding, we now further explore the possibility of its use as a dynamic portal of entry for
Contributed by L.S. Sorkin, J.-I. Choi, and F.J. Koehrn, Univ. California San Diego, La Jolla, CA Paw inflammation with carrageenan elicits phosphorylation of Akt in spinal cord neurons with an unusual time course (Choi et al., 2010). Activation of Akt is seen first in neurons of the superficial dorsal horn and in α-motor neurons, followed
Contributed by Lisa E. Goehler and Ronald P.A. Gaykema Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies, University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, VA 22908 Fatigue, experienced as reduced motivation and motor activity, is common in acute and chronic disease, including heart disease, cancer and cancer chemotherapy. Fatigue is part of a constellation
Contributed by Heidi L. Lujan and Stephen E. DiCarloDepartment of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201 Excessive sympathetic activity is responsible for, and/or contributes to, the morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular diseases (e.g. hypertension, stroke, heart failure, ischemic heart disease, ventricular arrhythmias). For example, myocardial ischemia provokes a powerful reflex
At this year’s AACR meeting, Leonardo Ancheta, scientist and Product Manager from ATS, presented a poster on our new monoclonal antibody to Basigin-2 (Cat. #AB-42). The poster describes our work with the antibody and the immunotoxin made from it (Cat. #IT-54). Basigin-2 (EMMPRIN, CD147) is widely expressed on the surface of numerous tumor types and
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Contributed by Rosario Gulino, Vincenzo Perciavalle and Massimo Gulisan Dept of Physiological Sciences, Univ of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria, 6-I95125 Catania ITALY A promising approach for central nervous system (CNS) repair consists in the activation of endogenous neural precursor cells (NPCs), but this process is less efficient in the spinal cord (SC) following a spinal