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Gao B, Flores SC, Bose SK, McCord JM. A novel Escherichia coli vector for oxygen-inducible high level expression of foreign genes. Gene 1996; 176:269-70. [PMID: 8918266 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00246-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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By utilizing the oxygen-sensitive Escherichia coli Mn-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) promoter, we have developed a vector system that expresses high levels of cloned foreign genes. The promoter for the bacterial Mn-SOD, as well as both 5'-untranslated and transcriptional termination sequences were ligated to a synthetic linker containing two restriction enzyme cloning sites. The vector also contained the gene for beta-lactamase, which confers ampicillin resistance to the host bacterium and provides a selectable marker. After screening and selection, high level of expression was achieved by exposure to the superoxide-generating agent paraquat (methyl viologen) as the inducer. To test the vector, both native and mutated human Mn-SOD cDNAs were cloned and expressed, respectively. To determine the optimal concentration of inducer necessary for maximal expression, recombinant bacteria were exposed to increasing concentrations of paraquat and subsequently assayed for superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. The highest expression was induced by 20 microM paraquat, and approached 50% of total soluble protein.
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Reid RW, Bose SK, Mitrovic B. Spin-glass behavior of frustrated two-dimensional Penrose lattice in the classical planar model. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 54:R740-R743. [PMID: 9985423 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.54.r740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Medical management of vitiligo usually gives complete repigmentation in up to 60 to 90% of cases (4, 7). Modified Thiersh grafting, in which psoralen without UVA or solar radiation was used successfully, is described.
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Bose SK. Pentoxiphylline in contact hypersensitivity reactions. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1996; 62:135-137. [PMID: 20948015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Hamed F, Razavi FS, Bose SK, Startseva T. Spin fluctuations in metallic glasses Zr75(NixFe1-x)25 at ambient and higher pressures. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1995; 52:9674-9678. [PMID: 9980017 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.52.9674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Alexanian M, Bose SK. Unitary transformation and the dynamics of a three-level atom interacting with two quantized field modes. PHYSICAL REVIEW. A, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 1995; 52:2218-2224. [PMID: 9912482 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.52.2218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Bose SK. Sneddon-wilkinson disease and arthritis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1995; 61:231-232. [PMID: 20952966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Sneddon-Wilkinson disease (subcorneal pustular dermatosis) is an uncommon disorder. An unusual association with seronegative arthritis is reported with review of literature.
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Bose SK. Is micropigmentation surgery an answer to stable bindi-induced depigmentation? J Dermatol 1995; 22:533-4. [PMID: 7560450 DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1995.tb03441.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Bose SK. Ciprofloxacin-induced bullous fixed drug eruption. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1995; 61:238-239. [PMID: 20952970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Sabiryanov RF, Bose SK, Mryasov ON. Effect of topological disorder on the itinerant magnetism of Fe and Co. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1995; 51:8958-8973. [PMID: 9977535 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.8958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Bose SK. Probable mechanism of varicella-induced koebnerization in psoriasis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1995; 61:70-71. [PMID: 20952895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Vitiligo is frequently associated with segmental involvement. It spares paralyzed limbs in transverse myelitis. There is spontaneous repigmentation of vitiligo lesional skin (VL) in diabetic neuropathy. Increased neuropeptide in VL and adjacent normal skin of vitiligo (ANS) along with thickened nerve fibers showing ultrastructural abnormalities all indicate a neural pathogenesis (1). Loss of Merkel cells has been observed in early vitiligo lesional skin (2). Recently, catecholamines have been found to play a major role in initiating the cascade of events leading to loss of melanocytes (1, 3, 4). To investigate the presence of Merkel cells in the completely depigmented skin of stable vitiligo (SV), a study was undertaken using TROMA 1, a monoclonal antibody specific for adult Merkel cells. No TROMA 1-positive cells were observed in SV, whereas normal numbers of these cells were seen in ANS. This new finding further supports the hypothesis of neural involvement in vitiligo.
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BACKGROUND In vitiligo, other than loss of melanocytes and melanin pigment in the lesional skin, keratinocytes are also involved. Human fetal Merkel cells are now generally considered to be derived from the epidermis. To date, no observations on Merkel cells in lesional skin of active vitiligo have been reported. METHODS Merkel cells were identified by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy using the monoclonal antibody TROMA 1. RESULTS No TROMA 1-positive cells were observed in the vitiliginous skin lesions in any of the specimens examined, whereas normal numbers of these cells were seen in the adjacent pigmented skin. CONCLUSIONS This finding suggests that the processes that lead to damage of keratinocytes in vitiligo also involve other keratin-expressing cells such as the Merkel cells.
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Bose SK, Ortonne JP. Focal gaps in the basement membrane of involved and uninvolved skin of vitiligo: are they normal? J Dermatol 1994; 21:152-9. [PMID: 8014268 DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1994.tb01713.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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It has been suggested that, in vitiligo, the structural abnormalities may not be restricted to melanocytes alone, but also to keratinocytes of involved and uninvolved skin. Focal gaps in the vitiligo epidermal basement membrane have been furthermore interpreted as evidence of extramelanocyte alterations. To understand the occurrence of the gaps we undertook a study to establish which cells are related to them. Immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase techniques were used to visualize, in involved, uninvolved, and control skin, the basement membrane, melanocytes, and Merkel cells. Double staining was performed with fluorescein-coupled anti-collagen IV antibodies and rhodamin-coupled antibodies against Nicein (GB3), a hemidesmosome component. Propidium iodide staining was used to detect infiltrating lymphocytes. The basement membrane structure was always found to be intact and unaltered. Absence of staining in areas of uninvolved skin was related to the presence of Merkel cells, melanocytes, and infiltrating lymphocytes. Gaps in the epidermal basement membrane are thus due to lack of staining caused by the presence of immigrant cells.
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Nelson SK, Bose SK, McCord JM. The toxicity of high-dose superoxide dismutase suggests that superoxide can both initiate and terminate lipid peroxidation in the reperfused heart. Free Radic Biol Med 1994; 16:195-200. [PMID: 8005514 DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(94)90143-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Recently, we described an anomalous bell-shaped dose-response curve for the protection of the reoxygenated isolated myocardium by superoxide dismutase (SOD). SOD is dramatically protective up to a point (5 micrograms/ml in the perfusate) beyond which it loses its ability to protect and, at very high doses (50 micrograms/ml), exacerbates the injury. We proposed that O2-. may serve as both initiator and terminator of lipid peroxidation, such that over scavenging the radical may increase net lipid peroxidation via increased chain length. We examined the ability of U74389F, a lipid peroxidation inhibitor, to ameliorate the toxicity of high-dose SOD in the isolated perfused rabbit heart preparation. The results show a significant improvement in the percent recovery of developed tension of hearts treated with U74389F and overdosed with MnSOD, as well as a decrease in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances.
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Bose SK, Lacour JP, Bodokh I, Ortonne JP. Malignant lymphoma and dermatitis herpetiformis. Dermatology 1994; 188:177-81. [PMID: 8186505 DOI: 10.1159/000247134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We report 2 cases of dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) with lymphoma: a non-Hodgkin's malignant histiocytic lymphoma and a rare phenotype of Hodgkin's disease. With these 2 cases, 32 cases of DH complicated by lymphoma have now been documented. Reviewing the literature we show that the majority of lymphomas (78.1%) arises from the gastro-intestinal tract and that almost all cases of DH with lymphoma are associated with coeliac disease. The possible preventive role of a gluten-free diet is discussed.
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Hendler RW, Bose SK, Shrager RI. Multiwavelength analysis of the kinetics of reduction of cytochrome aa3 by cytochrome c. Biophys J 1993; 65:1307-17. [PMID: 8241410 PMCID: PMC1225850 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(93)81170-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Some new approaches to the kinetic study of the reduction of cytochrome aa3 by cytochrome c are presented. The primary innovations are the use of a spectrometer which can acquire multiwavelength data as fast as every 10 microseconds, and the application of a variety of analytical methods which can utilize simultaneously all of the time-resolved spectral data. These techniques include singular value decomposition (SVD), deconvolutions based on pure Gaussian models for absorption peaks, deconvolutions based on isolated absorption spectra for the pure components, and simulations of SVD-deduced and actual experimental difference spectra. The reduction characteristics of the anaerobic resting enzyme can be distinguished from those of pulsed forms. In the former case, only two electrons can be bound by cytochrome aa3, whereas in the latter case complete reduction of the enzyme is achieved.
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Flores SC, Marecki JC, Harper KP, Bose SK, Nelson SK, McCord JM. Tat protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 represses expression of manganese superoxide dismutase in HeLa cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:7632-6. [PMID: 8395050 PMCID: PMC47196 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.16.7632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Using a HeLa cell line stably transfected with the tat gene from human immunodeficiency virus type 1, we have found that the expression of the regulatory Tat protein suppresses the expression of cellular Mn-containing superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD). This enzyme is one of the cell's primary defenses against oxygen-derived free radicals and is vital for maintaining a healthy balance between oxidants and antioxidants. The parental HeLa cells expressed nearly equivalent amounts of Cu,Zn- and Mn-SOD isozymes. Those cells expressing the Tat protein, however, contained 52% less Mn-SOD activity than parental cells, whereas that of the Cu,Zn enzyme was essentially unchanged. The steady-state levels of Mn-SOD-specific RNAs were also lower in the HeLa-tat cell line than in the parental line. No difference was seen in the steady-state levels of Cu,Zn-SOD-specific RNAs. In addition to the decreased Mn-SOD-activity, HeLa-tat cell showed evidence of increased oxidative stress. Carbonyl proteins were markedly higher, and total cellular sulfhydryl content decreased in cell extracts at a faster rate, probably reflecting ongoing lipid peroxidation. HeLa and HeLa-tat extracts were incubated with radiolabeled Mn-SOD transcripts, and the reaction products were subjected to UV crosslinking, digestion with ribonuclease A, and electrophoretic analysis. The results suggest a direct interaction between Tat protein and Mn-SOD gene transcripts.
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Bose SK, Jepsen O, Andersen OK. Real-space calculation of the electrical resistivity of liquid 3d transition metals using tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbitals. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1993; 48:4265-4275. [PMID: 10008897 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.48.4265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Kudrnovsk J, Turek I, Drchal V, Weinberger P, Bose SK, Pasturel A. Self-consistent Green's-function method for surfaces of random alloys. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1993; 47:16525-16531. [PMID: 10006089 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.47.16525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Vitiligo is a puzzling disorder characterized by a disappearance of epidermal and/or follicular melanocytes by unknown mechanisms. This very common disorder involving 1-4% of the world population is thus of great importance for the practicing dermatologist. The cellular and molecular mechanisms leading to the destruction of melanocytes in this disorder have not yet been elucidated, making it of major interest for the cell biologist involved in melanocyte research. Recent advances in this field, due largely to the availability of techniques for culturing normal human melanocytes, opened new perspectives in the understanding of vitiligo. Although vitiligo has long been considered a disorder confined to the skin, there is now good evidence that it also involves the extracutaneous compartment of the "melanocyte organ." It is also clear that vitiligo is not only a melanocyte disorder, but that it also involves cells, such as keratinocytes and Langerhans cells, found in the epidermis and follicular epithelium. The three prevailing theories of the pathogenesis of vitiligo are the immune hypothesis, the neural hypothesis, and the self-destruct hypothesis. New hypotheses suggest that vitiligo may be due to (1) a deficiency in an unidentified melanocyte growth factor, (2) an intrinsic defect of the structure and function of the rough endoplasmic reticulum in vitiligo melanocytes, (3) abnormalities in a putative melatonin receptor on melanocytes and (4) a breakdown in free radical defense in the epidermis. None of these hypotheses has been demonstrated, and according to the available data, it is likely that the loss of epidermal and follicular melanocytes in vitiligo may be the result of several different pathogenetic mechanisms.
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Bose SK, Satpathy S, Jepsen O. Semiconducting CsSnBr3. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1993; 47:4276-4280. [PMID: 10006572 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.47.4276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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