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Martin JN, Brooks JC, Thompson LD, Savell JW, Harris KB, May LL, Haneklaus AN, Schutz JL, Belk KE, Engle T, Woerner DR, Legako JF, Luna AM, Douglass LW, Douglass SE, Howe J, Duvall M, Patterson KY, Leheska JL. Nutrient database improvement project: the influence of U.S.D.A. Quality and Yield Grade on the separable components and proximate composition of raw and cooked retail cuts from the beef rib and plate. Meat Sci 2013; 95:486-94. [PMID: 23793084 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Revised: 05/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Beef nutrition is important to the worldwide beef industry. The objective of this study was to analyze proximate composition of eight beef rib and plate cuts to update the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR). Furthermore, this study aimed to determine the influence of USDA Quality Grade on the separable components and proximate composition of the examined retail cuts. Carcasses (n=72) representing a composite of Yield Grade, Quality Grade, gender and genetic type were identified from six regions across the U.S. Beef plates and ribs (IMPS #109 and 121C and D) were collected from the selected carcasses and shipped to three university meat laboratories for storage, retail fabrication, cooking, and dissection and analysis of proximate composition. These data provide updated information regarding the nutrient content of beef and emphasize the influence of common classification systems (Yield Grade and Quality Grade) on the separable components, cooking yield, and proximate composition of retail beef cuts.
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- J N Martin
- Texas Tech University, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Lubbock, TX 79409, United States
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Borazjani RN, May LL, Noble JA, Avery SV, Ahearn DG. Flow cytometry for determination of the efficacy of contact lens disinfecting solutions against Acanthamoeba spp. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:1057-61. [PMID: 10698771 PMCID: PMC91942 DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.3.1057-1061.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Flow cytometric analyses of cellular staining with fluorescent viability dyes and direct microscopic observations of methylene blue exclusion were compared for evaluation of the effects of a chlorhexidine gluconate-based contact lens disinfectant solution and a polyhexamethylene biguanide solution against cysts and trophozoites of Acanthamoeba castellanii and Acanthamoeba polyphaga. The flow cytometric procedure with propidium iodide (used to stain dead cells) indicated that more than 90% of trophozoites of both species (inocula of 10(5) to 10(6)/ml) at 22 degrees C lost their viability after 4 h of exposure to chlorhexidine. When propidium iodide was used in combination with fluorescein diacetate (for live cells), the apparent number of propidium iodide-stained cells was reduced, but the relative efficacies of the two biguanide solutions appeared unchanged from those evident with the single dyes; the chlorhexidine solution was more effective than the polyhexamethylene biguanide solution. Similar data were obtained with the more cumbersome methylene blue exclusion procedure. Flow cytometric analyses provided a statistically reproducible and rapid procedure for determining the relative antiamoebal efficacies of the disinfecting solutions.
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- R N Borazjani
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
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Kablar B, Asakura A, Krastel K, Ying C, May LL, Goldhamer DJ, Rudnicki MA. MyoD and Myf-5 define the specification of musculature of distinct embryonic origin. Biochem Cell Biol 1999; 76:1079-91. [PMID: 10392718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023] Open
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Mounting evidence supports the notion that Myf-5 and MyoD play unique roles in the development of epaxial (originating in the dorso-medial half of the somite, e.g. back muscles) and hypaxial (originating in the ventro-lateral half of the somite, e.g. limb and body wall muscles) musculature. To further understand how Myf-5 and MyoD genes cooperate during skeletal muscle specification, we examined and compared the expression pattern of MyoD-lacZ (258/2.5lacZ and MD6.0-lacZ) transgenes in wild-type, Myf-5, and MyoD mutant embryos. We found that the delayed onset of muscle differentiation in the branchial arches, tongue, limbs, and diaphragm of MyoD-/- embryos was a consequence of a reduced ability of myogenic precursor cells to progress through their normal developmental program and not because of a defect in migration of muscle progenitor cells into these regions. We also found that myogenic precursor cells for back, intercostal, and abdominal wall musculature in Myf-54-/- embryos failed to undergo normal translocation or differentiation. By contrast, the myogenic precursors of intercostal and abdominal wall musculature in MyoD-/- embryos underwent normal translocation but failed to undergo timely differentiation. In conclusion, these observations strongly support the hypothesis that Myf-5 plays a unique role in the development of muscles arising after translocation of epithelial dermamyotome cells along the medial edge of the somite to the subjacent myotome (e.g., back or epaxial muscle) and that MyoD plays a unique role in the development of muscles arising from migratory precursor cells (e.g., limb and branchial arch muscles, tongue, and diaphragm). In addition, the expression pattern of MyoD-lacZ transgenes in the intercostal and abdominal wall muscles of Myf-5-/- and MyoD-/- embryos suggests that appropriate development of these muscles is dependent on both genes and, therefore, these muscles have a dual embryonic origin (epaxial and hypaxial).
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- B Kablar
- Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Cancer Research Group, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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LeCouter JE, Kablar B, Hardy WR, Ying C, Megeney LA, May LL, Rudnicki MA. Strain-dependent myeloid hyperplasia, growth deficiency, and accelerated cell cycle in mice lacking the Rb-related p107 gene. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:7455-65. [PMID: 9819431 PMCID: PMC109326 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.12.7455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/1998] [Accepted: 08/28/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To investigate the function of the Rb-related p107 gene, a null mutation in p107 was introduced into the germ line of mice and bred into a BALB/cJ genetic background. Mice lacking p107 were viable and fertile but displayed impaired growth, reaching about 50% of normal weight by 21 days of age. Mutant mice exhibited a diathetic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by ectopic myeloid hyperplasia in the spleen and liver. Embryonic p107(-/-) fibroblasts and primary myoblasts isolated from adult p107(-/-) mice displayed a striking twofold acceleration in doubling time. However, cell sort analysis indicated that the fraction of cells in G1, S, and G2 was unaltered, suggesting that the different phases of the cell cycle in p107(-/-) cells was uniformly reduced by a factor of 2. Western analysis of cyclin expression in synchronized p107(-/-) fibroblasts revealed that expression of cyclins E and A preceded that of D1. Mutant embryos expressed approximately twice the normal level of Rb, whereas p130 levels were unaltered. Lastly, mutant mice reverted to a wild-type phenotype following a single backcross with C57BL/6J mice, suggesting the existence of modifier genes that have potentially epistatic relationships with p107. Therefore, we conclude that p107 is an important player in negatively regulating the rate of progression of the cell cycle, but in a strain-dependent manner.
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- J E LeCouter
- Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1
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Maxson-Sage A, Parente EJ, Beech J, Lindborg S, May LL, Teleis DC. Effect of high-intensity exercise on arterial blood gas tensions and upper airway and cardiac function in clinically normal quarter horses and horses heterozygous and homozygous for hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. Am J Vet Res 1998; 59:615-8. [PMID: 9582966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of exercise on arterial blood gas tensions and upper airway and cardiac function in clinically normal Quarter Horses and horses heterozygous and homozygous for hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP). ANIMALS AND PROCEDURE: 5 clinically normal Quarter Horses, and 5 heterozygous and 2 homozygous HYPP-affected horses were examined before, during, and after exercise on a high-speed treadmill. Arterial blood gas tensions, ECG, and echocardiogram were obtained prior to exercise. Upper airway endoscopy, collection of arterial blood samples, and continuous electrocardiography were performed during a high-intensity stepwise exercise test. An ECG was obtained within 1-minute after completion of the final step. RESULTS None of the horses homozygous or heterozygous for HYPP had signs of weakness or muscle fasciculations before, during, or after exercise. Horses homozygous for HYPP had intermittent laryngospasm, dynamic pharyngeal collapse, and appreciable hypoxemia, hypercapnia, and ventricular premature contractions during exercise. Heterozygous and clinically normal horses did not have any abnormalities. Potassium concentration increased significantly above the baseline reference range during exercise in all groups of horses. CONCLUSIONS Horses homozygous for HYPP had laryngospasm and dynamic pharyngeal collapse associated with exercise, most likely secondary to increase in potassium concentration. Upper airway dysfunction is the most likely cause of hypoxemia and hypercapnia. Cardiac arrhythmias were most likely caused by a combination of hypoxemia and hyperkalemia.
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- A Maxson-Sage
- Department of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square 19348, USA
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Skidmore RA, May LL, Stahr BJ, Resnick SD. An acute generalized bullous eruption in a young girl. Pediatr Dermatol 1996; 13:509-12. [PMID: 8987065 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1996.tb00736.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- R A Skidmore
- Department of Dermatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599, USA
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Bacteria commonly associated with nosocomial urinary tract infections were examined in vitro for their relative adherence to latex, 100% silicone-, hydrogel-coated latex-, and hydrogel/silver-coated latex urinary catheters. Degrees of adherence within 2 h were determined with cells radiolabeled with leucine. Adherence was greatest and equivalent on silicone and latex catheters. Adherence of four strains of Escherichia coli to the hydrogel/silver-coated catheter was decreased by 50% to 99% in comparison with the other catheters. Repeat testing with strains of E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa with over 50 catheters demonstrated a consistency in the inhibition. The hydrophilic coating of the catheter appeared to be primary in the decreased adherence phenomenon followed by a secondary biocidal effect of the silver ion.
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- M M Gabriel
- Biology Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30302-4010, USA
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May LL, Gabriel MM, Simmons RB, Wilson LA, Ahearn DG. Resistance of adhered bacteria to rigid gas permeable contact lens solutions. CLAO J 1995; 21:242-246. [PMID: 8565193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We examined eight conditioning or disinfecting solutions recommended for use with rigid gas permeable (RGP) or hard contact lenses for their efficacy against planktonic and attached cells of bacteria and Candida albicans. Most solutions, particularly those containing phenylmercuric nitrate and polyaminopropyl biguanide, gave marked inhibition (99.99% reduction within 4 hours) of planktonic cells of bacteria. Planktonic cells of Serratia marcescens and C. albicans survived in certain solutions containing chlorhexidine and benzalkonium chloride. In contrast, cells of all test microorganisms adhered to wells of polyethylene contact lens cases showed various degrees of survival after 4, 6, and 12 hours of exposure to most contact lens solutions. Drying of the lens case with adhered cells for 10 hours prior to addition of the lens solution usually reduced the incidence of recovery. Studies demonstrated that biofilms developed in cases with solutions of low and high efficacy. The enhanced resistance of adhered cells requires the periodic disinfection or replacement of lens cases used with RGP lenses.
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- L L May
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30303, USA
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Pure silver-, silver oxide- and silver chloride-treated surfaces in comparison to polypropylene inhibited both growth and adherence from saline of Serratia marcescens, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans. These same organisms demonstrated enhanced adherence to an Ion-Beam-Assisted-Deposited silver surface followed by loss of viability. This type of surface in contrast to the other silver surfaces did not produce zones of inhibition in agar diffusion tests.
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- D G Ahearn
- Georgia State University, Biology Department, Atlanta 30302-4010, USA
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Maxson AD, Soma LR, May LL, Martini JA. Effects of furosemide, exercise, and atropine on tracheal mucus transport rate in horses. Am J Vet Res 1995; 56:908-12. [PMID: 7574159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Effects of furosemide, exercise, and atropine on tracheal mucus transport rate (TMTR) in horses were investigated. Atropine (0.02 mg/kg of body weight) administered IV or by aerosolization significantly (P < 0.05) decreased TMTR at 60, but not at 30 minutes after its administration in standing horses. Furosemide (1.10 mg/kg, IV) did not have any significant effect on TMTR when measured at 2 or 4 hours after its administration in standing horses. Exercise alone or furosemide (1.10 mg/kg, IV) administration followed 4 hours later by exercise did not alter TMTR, compared with values for standing control or exercised horses administered saline solution. Atropine (0.02 mg/kg, IV) administered after exercise significantly (P < 0.05) decreased TMTR, compared with values for no exercise standing controls, for exercise after administration of saline solution, and for furosemide and exercise.
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- A D Maxson
- New Bolton Center, Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, 19348-1692, USA
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