The development of human genome project calls for more rapid and accurate protein structure prediction method to assign the structure and function of gene products. Threading has been proved to be successful in protei...The development of human genome project calls for more rapid and accurate protein structure prediction method to assign the structure and function of gene products. Threading has been proved to be successful in protein fold assignment,although difficulties remain for low homologous sequences. We have developed a method for solving the sequence rearrangement problem in threading. By reshuffling secondary elements,protein structures with the same spatial arrangement of secondary structures but different connections can be predicted. This method has been proved to be useful in fold recognition for proteins of different evolutionary origin and converge to the same fold.展开更多
Angiopoietin-1/tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin and epidermal growth factor homology domains 2 （Tie-2） is a newly discovered signaling pathway of angiogenesis. Angiogenesis benefits recovery of neurological funct...Angiopoietin-1/tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin and epidermal growth factor homology domains 2 （Tie-2） is a newly discovered signaling pathway of angiogenesis. Angiogenesis benefits recovery of neurological functions such as swallowing. In the present study, a rat model of dysphagia following stroke was induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion to investigate the influence of low frequency electrical stimulus with bidirectional square waves and triangular waves on angiopoietin-1/-13e-2 mRNA expression. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction results showed that low frequency electrical stimulus significantly improved the neurological scores of the model rats, and increased angiopoietin-1/＇13e-2 mRNA expression. This demonstrates that low frequency electrical stimulation can ameliorate neurological function in rats with focal brain ischemia, potentially through regulation of angiopoietin-1/-13e-2 expression in the angiogenesis pathway.展开更多
文摘The development of human genome project calls for more rapid and accurate protein structure prediction method to assign the structure and function of gene products. Threading has been proved to be successful in protein fold assignment,although difficulties remain for low homologous sequences. We have developed a method for solving the sequence rearrangement problem in threading. By reshuffling secondary elements,protein structures with the same spatial arrangement of secondary structures but different connections can be predicted. This method has been proved to be useful in fold recognition for proteins of different evolutionary origin and converge to the same fold.
基金the National High-Tech R&D Program of China (863 Program), No.2007AA022Z482
文摘Angiopoietin-1/tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin and epidermal growth factor homology domains 2 （Tie-2） is a newly discovered signaling pathway of angiogenesis. Angiogenesis benefits recovery of neurological functions such as swallowing. In the present study, a rat model of dysphagia following stroke was induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion to investigate the influence of low frequency electrical stimulus with bidirectional square waves and triangular waves on angiopoietin-1/-13e-2 mRNA expression. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction results showed that low frequency electrical stimulus significantly improved the neurological scores of the model rats, and increased angiopoietin-1/＇13e-2 mRNA expression. This demonstrates that low frequency electrical stimulation can ameliorate neurological function in rats with focal brain ischemia, potentially through regulation of angiopoietin-1/-13e-2 expression in the angiogenesis pathway.
