Could the desmin mutation in myofibrillar myopathy be caused by an infection?

A patient with desminopathy (mutation Thr341Pro DES in a heterozygous state) with the progression of the disease has a decrease in taste and smell, immunosuppression, and an increase in IgA in the...

02 November 2020 5,886 6 View

How can we explain the decrease in taste in a patient with desminopathy (myofibrillar myopathy)?

A patient with hereditary desminopathy (mutation Thr341Pro DES in a heterozygous state) with disease progression has a significant decrease in taste. How can this fact be explained?

15 September 2020 3,742 4 View

Can Protein A tag interact directly with secondary antibodies on western blotting?

Hi, everyone! Does anybody have experience with WB of ProtA tagged proteins? Can it give a non-specific signal when you probe the membrane with control ab to different size protein?

29 November 2017 5,953 1 View

Can antibidy react with loading buffer?

Hi, I'm trying to perform some blotting with yeast Trf4 protein, but each time get strange result with nonspecific spots. It appear even in control wells, filled with water+loading dye, but not in...

26 June 2017 3,477 2 View

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05 June 2016 8,332 8 View

Is it necessary to reduce the level of uric acid in the blood of a patient with desminopathy (myofibrillary myopathy)?

01 January 1970 422 3 View

How can I reduce the level of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (Il-6) in myofibrillar myopathy?

Over the past six months, a patient with hereditary desminopathy (Thr341Pro DES mutation in the heterozygous state) has a 1.6-fold increase in the level of the pro-inflammatory cytokine...

01 January 1970 3,273 6 View

How can I reduce the level of C4 complement components for desminopathy?

Within three years, a patient with a desminopathy (Thr341Pro DES mutation) was found to have a 17% increase in the level of C4 complement components to 0.41 g / l (Norm 0.1-0.4 g / l).

01 January 1970 9,949 2 View

How to explain the increase in strength and muscle mass in a patient with desminopathy (myofibrillar myopathy) after refusing toothpaste?

A patient with hereditary desminopathy (Thr341Pro DES mutation in a heterozygous state) was recommended to refuse toothpaste. He continued to brush his teeth twice a day with a toothbrush with...

01 January 1970 2,158 10 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

How does the gut microbiome affect the fibrotic process within the liver?

and Can the gut microbe be used for the treatment or diagnosis of liver fibrosis?

02 March 2021 557 2 View

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test Fluorescent Compounds Other Than Fluorescence Spectrometers ??

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test The Efficiency Of Fluorescent Compounds Other Than UV Spectrometers ? Suggestions Would Be Appreciated !

02 March 2021 5,785 3 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Do anyone here can help us in the field of molecular docking?

We have synthesized various metal complexes with different environment around the metals. Now to see the application of synthesized complexes we need this study also. we are also interested in...

01 March 2021 1,899 2 View

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 View

Samples to study circular dichroism (chirality)?

I want to build a low-cost polarimeter to study circular dichroism (chirality). What type of samples can I use? I am looking for samples that can be found outside the laboratory.

01 March 2021 9,101 3 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View