Thèse de doctorat : Pharmacologie : Nancy 1 : 2008. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 1999. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 74 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-71).

Thèse de doctorat : Chimie organique : Lille 1 : 2002. / N° d'ordre (Lille) : 3249. Résumé en français et en anglais. Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Glossaire.

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Diabetes can be considered to be one of the main health epidemics of the 21st century. Studies conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicate that the number of people with diabetes in the year 2000 was 171 million and this is projected to increase to 366 million by 2030 (Wild et al. 2004). The increasing incidence of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is due to population growth, aging, urbanisation, obesity and physical inactivity. The current treatment by insulin injections for individuals with Type 1 diabetes fails to overcome the long term microvascular and macrovascular complications associated with the disease. A major challenge in the treatment of diabetes is to provide patients with an insulin source that is capable of regulating blood glucose levels (BGL) on a minute to minute basis. Advances in medical research have enabled the investigation of a variety of potential alternative therapies that may provide Type 1 diabetic patients with a more superior control of BGL and consequently minimise complications. The utilisation of pancreases obtained from fetal pigs offers potential therapeutic value in the treatment of Type 1 diabetes. Islet-like cell clusters (ICCs) are obtained from such tissue following partial mechanical and enzymatic digestive procedures. ICCs are primarily composed of immature duct cells which, when transplanted, will mainly differentiate into insulin producing ?? cells. Such cells are able to normalise BGL in immunodeficient diabetic recipients and in immunocompetent recipients when anti-rejection drugs are administered. This study investigates microencapsulation as an immunoprotective strategy that has the potential to remove the need for immunosuppression when such cells are transplanted. A review of the literature related to current medical research in the field of diabetes is presented in Chapter 1. In order to achieve the aims of the study, an understanding of how fetal pig ICCs behave when placed within a barium alginate microcapsule both in vitro and in vivo is essential and this data is presented in Chapter 3. This chapter demonstrates that ICCs will survive and differentiate in their typical manner when enclosed within microcapsules and transplanted. Such encapsulated cells will function to normalise BGL when transplanted into diabetic immunodeficent mice for at least 25 weeks and the animals exhibit increased bodyweight. Microcapsules retrieved at this time point were observed to be intact with no breakages or evidence of cellular overgrowth. Transplantation of encapsulated insulin-producing cells into immunocompetent mice are described in Chapter 4. Allotransplantation of a microencapsulated mouse insulin-producing cell line into these diabetic mice also exhibited graft function, resulting in normal BGL in recipients. Large animal experiments are described in Chapter 5. Allotransplantation of microencapsulated fetal pig ICCs into diabetic pig recipients displayed evidence of transient graft function in terms of lower BGL and reduced exogenous insulin requirements. The xenotransplantion of encapsulated fetal pIg ICCs into diabetic immunocompetent mice described in Chapter 4 proved to be more challenging. The transplantation of such cells in this environment did not yield particularly positive results. BGL remained elevated in these recipients and the animals lost bodyweight post transplantation. This area of research warrants further investigation as it is likely that further measures such as transient immunosuppression in combination with microencapsulation will allow fetal pig ICCs to function in a xenograft setting.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2009. / "Graduate Program in Food Science." Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-130).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Chemistry and Chemical Biology." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Missouri State University, 2008. / "August 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53). Also available online.

Resumo: A mosca-dos-chifres Haematobia irritans é um dos principais ectoparasitos associados a bovinos em pastagens. O presente trabalho objetivou analisar a ação patogênica dos isolados E9, IBCB425 e IBCB159 do fungo Metarhizium anisopliae, JAB06, JAB07 e AM09 de Beauveria bassiana, IBCB133 e CB75 de Isaria fumosorosea (=Paecilomyces fumosoroseus) e CG189 e CG195 de Isaria farinosa (=Paecilomyces farinosus) para a mosca-dos-chifres H. irritans em laboratório e campo. Avaliou-se em laboratório, a ação de todos os isolados dos fungos sobre ovos, larvas, pupas e adultos. Grupos de 30 ovos foram inoculados com suspensões fúngicas, e colocados sobre papel de filtro esterilizado, em 5 g de fezes bovinas frescas, acondicionadas em tubos de plástico. No ensaio com larvas, pedaços de papel filtro esterilizado contendo na superfície grupos de 30 ovos foram colocados sobre 5 g de fezes bovinas frescas, contidas em tubos de plástico, às quais incorporaram-se diversas concentrações de conídios mg fezes-1. No ensaio com ovos e larvas, o término do experimento ocorreu com a emergência dos adultos. Grupos de 20 pupas foram imersas por 60 segundos em suspensão do fungo, e colocadas em placas de Petri. Após a emergência, os adultos foram transferidos para gaiolas de isopor pequenas. Para o ensaio com adultos, grupos de 30 adultos foram separados e pulverizados com 0,3 mL das suspensões de conídios. Doze horas após, as moscas foram transferidas para gaiolas de isopor e avaliadas diariamente até o 15o dia. Para todos os ensaios, foram utilizadas suspensões contendo 106, 107 e 108 conídios mL-1. O isolado que promoveu os melhores resultados nos ensaios anteriores, foi usado em um experimento de campo para avaliar a ação fúngica em larvas e adultos de H. irritans em bovinos naturalmente infestados. Para o controle de larvas, foi oferecido aos bovinos conídios de M. anisopliae isolado... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Horn fly Haematobia irritans is one of the main ectoparasites associated to cattle on pastures. The present work had the objective of analyzing the pathogenic action of the isolates E9, IBCB425 and IBCB159 of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae, JAB06, JAB07 and AM09 of Beauveria bassiana, IBCB133 and CB75 of Isaria fumosorosea (=Paecilomyces fumosoroseus) and CG189 and CG195 of Isaria farinosa (=Paecilomyces farinosus) for horn fly H. irritans, in laboratory and field conditions. The action of all the fungi isolates over the eggs, larvae, pupae and adults were evaluated in laboratory. Groups of 30 eggs were inoculated with fungal suspensions and placed over sterilized filter paper on top of 5 g of fresh bovine feces, put in plastic tubes. In the larvae assay, peaces of sterilized filter paper, containing groups of 30 eggs on the surface, were placed over 5 g of fresh bovine feces, contained in plastic tubes, in which different concentrations of conidia mg feces-1 were incorporated. In the eggs and larvae assay, the end of the experiment matched the emergence of the adults. Groups of 20 pupae were immersed for 60 seconds in the fungus suspension and placed on Petri dishes. After the emergence, the adults were transferred to small Styrofoam cages. In the adults assay, groups of 30 adults were separated and pulverized with 0,3 ml of the conidia suspensions. After twelve hours, the adults were transferred to Styrofoam cages and the evaluations were done daily until the 15th day. Suspensions containing 106, 107 and 108 conidia ml-1 were used for all the assays. The isolate that promoted best results on the previous assays was used in a field experiment, where the fungal action on larvae and adults of H. irritans, on naturally infested bovines, was evaluated. For the larvae control conidia of the E9 isolate of M. anisopliae, microencapsulated... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Orientador: Antonio Carlos Monteiro / Coorientador: Alexandre Amstalden Moraes Sampaio / Banca: Gilson Pereira de Oliveira / Banca: Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani / Banca: Antonio Batista Filho / Banca: Luis Francisco Angeli Alves / Doutor

Kyoto University (京都大学) / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第16406号 / 工博第3487号 / 新制||工||1527(附属図書館) / 29037 / 京都大学大学院工学研究科高分子化学専攻 / (主査)教授 岩田 博夫, 教授 田畑 泰彦, 教授 秋吉 一成 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当