Changben Li

TL;DR: Transgenic mice produced in which the synthesis of murine TNF-alpha was directed by the rat insulin II promoter resulted in an overwhelming insulitis, suggesting that additional stimuli are necessary to initiate the process of islet destruction.

TL;DR: The expression of TNF-beta in the pancreas of transgenic mice resulted in a leukocytic inflammatory infiltrate consisting primarily of B220+ IgM+ B cells and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, reminiscent of the early stages of diabetes, though the mice did not progress to diabetes.

TL;DR: The tsetse thrombin inhibitor was identified from salivary gland extracts of Glossina morsitans morsitan (Diptera: Glossinidae) by using degenerate oligonucleotide probes as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The segregation of Wolbachia from superinfected L. striatellus was observed during the spreading process, which suggests that WolbachIA could adapt to a phylogenetically distant host with increased infection frequency in the new host population; however, it would take a long time to establish a high-frequency superinfection line.

TL;DR: It is found that overexpression of the ADAM 22 cytoplasmic tail in human SGH44 cells inhibited cell adhesion and spreading and that deletion or mutation of the binding site for 14-3-3zeta within theADAM 22 Cytoplasmsic tail abolished the ability of the overexpressed cytopLasmic Tail to alter cell ad cohesion and spreading.