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Water washed manganese nodule leached residue (WMNLR) calcined at different temperatures was characterized by XRD, FTIR, TG-DTA, surface area, surface oxygen, and surface acid sites. Surface area, surface oxygen, surface hydroxyl group, and surface acid sites increase up to 400 degrees C and then decrease with further rise in calcination temperature up to 700 degrees C. The catalytic activity of the calcined samples was tested for single-step oxidation of benzene to phenol using hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant and acetic acid as the solvent at room temperature. The influence of various reaction parameters such as solvent, concentration of solvent, oxidant amount, time, temperature, and catalyst amount was studied to optimize the reaction conditions. WMNLR calcined at 400 degrees C showed the highest catalytic activity towards oxidation of benzene with 12.7% conversion and 98% selectivity.
J Colloid Interface Sci 2007 Dec 15
PMID:Surface characterization and catalytic evaluation of manganese nodule leached residue toward oxidation of benzene to phenol. 1790 63

Glucocorticoid-induced TNF receptor family related protein (GITR) is a member of the TNFR superfamily. Previous studies have shown that in vivo administration of a GITR agonistic Ab (DTA-1) is able to overcome tolerance and induce tumor rejection in several murine syngeneic tumor models. However, little is known about the in vivo targets and the mechanisms of how this tolerance is overcome in a tumor-bearing host, nor is much known about how the immune network is regulated to achieve this antitumor response. In this study, we demonstrate that the in vivo ligation of GITR on CD4(+) effector T cells renders them refractory to suppression by regulatory T (T(reg)) cells in the CT26 tumor-bearing mouse. GITR engagement on T(reg) cells does not appear to directly abrogate their suppressive function; rather, it increases the expansion of T(reg) cells and promotes IL-10 production, a cytokine important for their suppressive function. Moreover, CD4(+) effector T cells play a crucial role in mediating DTA-1-induced immune activation and expansion of CD8(+), NK, and B cells in the tumor-draining lymph nodes. This includes increased CD69 expression on all of these subsets. In addition, NK and tumor-specific CD8(+) T cells are generated that are cytolytic, which show increased intracellular IFN-gamma production and CD107a mobilization, the latter a hallmark of cytolytic activities that lead to tumor killing.
J Immunol 2007 Dec 01
PMID:Pivotal roles of CD4+ effector T cells in mediating agonistic anti-GITR mAb-induced-immune activation and tumor immunity in CT26 tumors. 1802 80

The action of anthrax toxin relies in part upon the ability of the protective antigen (PA) moiety to form a heptameric pore in the endosomal membrane, providing a portal for entry of the enzymic moieties of the toxin into the cytosol. Pore formation is dependent on a conformational change in the heptameric prepore that occurs in the neutral to mildly acidic pH range, and it has been hypothesized that protonation of one or more histidine residues triggers this transition. To test this hypothesis, we used biosynthetic methods to incorporate the unnatural amino acid analogue 2-fluorohistidine (2-FHis) into PA. 2-FHis is isosteric with histidine but resists protonation at physiological pH values due to a dramatically reduced side-chain pKa ( approximately 1). We found that 2-FHis-labeled PA was biologically inactive, as judged by its inability to deliver a model intracellular effector, LFN-DTA, to the cytosol of CHO-K1 cells. However, whereas 2-FHis blocked a conformational transition in the full-length PA83 protein in the pH 5-6 range, the pH dependence of prepore-to-pore conversion of (PA63)7 was unchanged from the wild-type protein, implying that this conversion is not dependent on His protonation. Consistent with this result, the labeled, trypsin-activated PA was able to permeabilize liposomes to K+ and retained pore-forming activity in planar phospholipid bilayers. The pores in planar bilayers were incapable, however, of translocating a model ligand in response to a transmembrane pH gradient or elevated voltage. The results indicate that protonation of residues other than His, presumably Glu and/or Asp side chains, triggers pore formation in vitro, but His residues are nonetheless important for PA functioning in vivo.
Biochemistry 2007 Dec 25
PMID:Effect of 2-fluorohistidine labeling of the anthrax protective antigen on stability, pore formation, and translocation. 1804 73

Langerhans cells (LCs) are antigen-presenting cells that reside in the epidermis of the skin and traffic to lymph nodes (LNs). The general role of these cells in skin immune responses is not clear because distinct models of LC depletion resulted in opposite conclusions about their role in contact hypersensitivity (CHS) responses. While comparing these models, we discovered a novel population of LCs that resides in the dermis and does not represent migrating epidermal LCs, as previously thought. Unlike epidermal LCs, dermal Langerin(+) dendritic cells (DCs) were radiosensitive and displayed a distinct cell surface phenotype. Dermal Langerin(+) DCs migrate from the skin to the LNs after inflammation and in the steady state, and represent the majority of Langerin(+) DCs in skin draining LNs. Both epidermal and dermal Langerin(+) DCs were depleted by treatment with diphtheria toxin in Lang-DTREGFP knock-in mice. In contrast, transgenic hLang-DTA mice lack epidermal LCs, but have normal numbers of dermal Langerin(+) DCs. CHS responses were abrogated upon depletion of both epidermal and dermal LCs, but were unaffected in the absence of only epidermal LCs. This suggests that dermal LCs can mediate CHS and provides an explanation for previous differences observed in the two-model systems.
J Exp Med 2007 Dec 24
PMID:Identification of a novel population of Langerin+ dendritic cells. 1808 65

The novel nonlinear optical single crystal of glycine barium chloride has been successfully synthesized by taking the appropriate amount of glycine and barium dichloride and single crystals have been grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique at room temperature. The grown single crystals have been analyzed with XRD, FT-IR, TG/DTA measurements. Its mechanical behavior has been assessed by Vickers Microhardness measurements. Its nonlinear optical property has been tested by Kurtz powder technique. Its optical behavior was examined by UV-vis, and found that the crystal is transparent in the region between 250 and 1200 nm.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2008 Dec 15
PMID:Growth and characterization studies on glycine barium dichloride single crystals for NLO applications. 1844 Aug 58

Single crystals of bisthiourea cadmium bromide (BTCB), a new metallorganic material crystallizing in orthorhombic system were grown from slow evaporation solution growth. The grown crystals were characterized by X-ray diffraction, FTIR and FT-Raman spectral studies. The crystals were also subjected to TGA/DTA analysis and second harmonic generation test. The transmission characteristics of the crystal was also studied.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2008 Dec 15
PMID:Growth, characterization, vibrational spectroscopic and thermal studies of a new metallorganic non-linear optical crystal-Bisthiourea cadmium bromide. 1848 82

A self-assembled right handed helical ribbon of bone mineral, hydroxyapatite (HAp) was crystallized in sodium meta silicate gel matrix at 27 degrees C and the physiological pH (7.4). At temperatures 37 and 47 degrees C, helical structures were followed by many Liesegang rings. The samples were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, SEM, ICP-OES and TG-DTA techniques. The helical ribbon consisted of platy Ca-deficient apatite crystals of size 2.8 microm. Liesegang ring had a continuous network of fibers with interconnected pores. The samples exhibited bioactivity when soaked in SBF.
J Mater Sci Mater Med 2009 Dec
PMID:Self-assembled right handed helical ribbons of the bone mineral hydroxyapatite. 1856 88

The bulk single crystals of sodium pentaborate [Na(H4B5O10)] were grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique using deionized water as solvent. The grown crystal was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The structural perfection of the grown crystals has been analyzed by high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) studies by recording rocking curve. The photoluminescence (PL), UV-vis spectral studies were performed and the optical bandgap of the material was calculated. The presence of the functional groups was identified by FT-IR measurement. The factor group analysis was done on Na(H4B5O10) to reveal the vibrational optical modes. The thermal and mechanical properties of the grown crystal were studied by TG-DTA and Vickers microhardness tester, respectively. The dielectric behavior of Na(H4B5O10) was investigated with different frequencies and temperatures.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2008 Dec 15
PMID:Growth and characterization of sodium pentaborate [Na(H4B5O10)] single crystals. 1861 37

Sewage sludges are frequently used as soil amendments due to their high contents of organic matter and nutrients, particularly N and P. However, their effects upon the chemistry of soil humic acids, one of the main components of the soil organic matter, need to be more deeply studied in order to understand the relation between organic matter structure and beneficial soil properties. Two sewage sludges subjected to different types of pre-treatment (composted and thermally dried) with very different chemical compositions were applied for three consecutive years to an agricultural soil under long-term field study. Thermal analysis (TG-DTG-DTA) and solid-state (13)C NMR spectroscopy were used to compare molecular and structural properties of humic acids isolated from sewage sludges, and to determine changes in amended soils. Thermally dried sewage sludge humic acids showed an important presence of alkyl and O/N-alkyl compounds (70%) while composted sludge humic acids comprised 50% aromatic and carbonyl carbon. In spite of important differences in the initial chemical and thermal properties of the two types of sewage sludges, the chemical and thermal properties of the soil humic acids were quite similar to one another after 3 years of amendment. Long-term application of both sewage sludges resulted in 80-90% enrichment in alkyl carbon and organic nitrogen contents of the soil humic acid fraction.
Chemosphere 2008 Dec
PMID:Effects of long-term soil amendment with sewage sludges on soil humic acid thermal and molecular properties. 1880 67

Differential thermal analysis-effluent gas analysis (DTA-EGA) techniques have been applied to the determination of specific metal carbides in residues which are isolated from steels by chemical methods. In this method, a weighed portion of sample residue is transferred to the DTA sample-holder and subjected to programmed heating in a dynamic oxygen atmosphere. When combustion of the carbide occurs, a differential temperature response is recorded over a specific temperature range. The temperature range is used as an aid in identifying the specific carbide present. The thermal conductivity of the effluent gas is recorded and the signal resulting from the presence of carbon dioxide in the effluent gas is then used for the quantitative determination of the carbide. The DTA-EGA method has been applied to several experimental steels for determination of the carbides of zirconium, vanadium or titanium individually and for the determination of vanadium and zirconium carbides in mixtures of the two. Results for these metal carbides obtained by DTA-EGA agreed within 15% with those obtained by the lengthy chemical methods. The lower limits of detection, based on the original steel sample weight, were 0.02% for the vanadium and titanium carbides and 0.01% for zirconium carbide.
Talanta 1966 Dec
PMID:DTA-EGA determination of carbides chemically extracted from steel. 1896 56


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