PDGF-BB Deficiency in the Blood Serum from Aplastic Anemia Patients Affects Bone Marrow-Derived Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.

Aplastic anemia (AA) is characterized by bone marrow (BM) aplasia and pancytopenia. BM stromal microenvironment is closely intertwined with hematopoietic cells by reciprocal regulation. It is still unclear how hematopoietic deficiency affects the bone marrow stroma of the AA patients.

Transplantation of Cultured Mononuclear Fraction of Bone Marrow Cells in the Treatment of Heymann Nephritis in Rats.

In an experiment on Wistar rats, a Heymann's active nephritis model was reproduced. After the chronic course of the disease was confirmed, we compared the effectiveness of single systemic and local transplantation of allogeneic cultured stromal cells of the mononuclear fraction of the bone marrow. Both methods of cell therapy reduced clinical manifestations of active Heymann's nephritis: proteinuria decreased and glomerular filtration rate increased 30 days after cell administration.

Characterization of intermediate states in the fibrillogenesis of odorant-binding proteins.

The transition of β-barrel proteins from a soluble to an amyloid form is biologically significant in some cases but may lead to functional activity loss. In particular, odorant-binding proteins' (OBPs) fibrils are unable to bind odorant molecules potentially contributing to olfactory dysfunction. As shown previously, OBPs' fibrillogenesis is initiated by uncoupling of protein C-terminal fragment from the β-barrel and exposing amyloidogenic sites.

Antibody to Endogenous Cardiotonic Steroid Reverses Vascular Fibrosis and Restores Vasorelaxation in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Marinobufagenin (MBG) is implicated in chronic kidney disease, where it removes Fli1-induced inhibition of the collagen-1. We hypothesized that (i) in nephrectomized rats, aortic fibrosis develops due to elevated plasma MBG and inhibited Fli1, and (ii) that the antibody to MBG reduces collagen-1 and improves vasodilatation. A partial nephrectomy was performed in male Sprague-Dawley rats.