Metabolism of 3β-hydroxycholest-5-en-26-oic acid in hamsters

Summary Metabolism of 26-hydroxycholesterol to 3-hydroxychol-5-en-24-oic acid and other C24-bile acids has been expected to occur by way of 3-hydroxycholest-5-en-26-oic acid in studies in vitro. 3-Hydroxycholest-5-en-26-oic acid was infused intravenously into bile fistula hamsters and the following C24-bile acids were identified: 3-hydroxychol-5-en-24-oic acid, lithocholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, and a small amount of cholic acid.     

Bovine microvascular endothelial cells of separate morphology differ in growth and response to the action of interferon-γ

Five cell types recently isolated from the bovine corpus luteum differed in their epithelioid morphology and their cytoskeleton, but shared common criteria of microvascular endothelial cells^1,2. To give strong evidence for the separate entity, the growth rate of the 5 phenotypically different cells was studied. They were seeded at low density on day 0. Most of these cells were treated with 200 to 1000 U recombinant bovine interferon- (IFN-) for 3 days. The untreated remainder served as controls. Cell counts were made for all cultures on days 4, 7, 10 and 13. morphology: 13 d after treatment with IFN- senescent cells as well as intact cells occurred in cultures of cell types 1 to 4. Cultures of cell type 5 were apparently unchanged and resembled their untreated counterparts. Desminpositive cells in cultures of cell type 2 developed cell processes. Growth rate: In the absence of IFN-, the growth rate was high for cell types 3 and 4, moderate for cell type 1, and low for cell types 2 and 5. The presence of IFN- caused anti-proliferative effects. These were higher for cell types 3 and 4 than for cell types 1 and 2. IFN- could be cytotoxic on cell type 3. In contrast, the cytokine tended to support the cell growth of cell type 5. These findings substantiate the postulate that endothelial cells exhibiting separate morphology in culture also function differently.     

Energy flow and community structure in freshwater ecosystems

The goal of this article is twofold: 1) It aims at providing an overview on some major results obtained from energy flow studies in individuals, populations, and communities, and 2) it will also focus on major mechanisms explaining community structures. The basis for any biological community to survive and establish a certain population density is on the one hand energy fixation by primary producers together with adequate nutrient supply and the transfer of energy between trophic levels (bottom-up effect). On the other hand, predator pressures may strongly control prey population densities one or more trophic levels below (top-down effect). Other interpopulation effects include competition, chemical interactions and evolutionary genetic processes, which further interact and result in the specific structuring of any community with respect to species composition and population sizes.     

正规BCI-代数的“拟-广结并”构造

本文进一步讨论BCI—代数的拟结合部分的特征性质,引入正规BCI—代数的概念。同时给出一种构造正规BCI—代数的“拟—广结合并”方法。     

The realization and structure of complete Lie algebras whose nilpotent radicals are Heisenberg algebras

The realization and siructure of complete Lie algebras whose nilpotent radicals are Heisenberg algebras over the complex field C are given.     

整（0,m）插值的推广

引进了一类新的指数型整函数插值,推广了（０,ｍ）插值,同时也考虑了该插值算子的收敛性。     

Hopf模代数结构

引进Ｈｏｐｆ模代数的概念,研究了Ｈｏｐｆ模代数的结构,证明了Ｈｏｐｆ模代数等价于Ｓｍａｓｈ积,从而给出了Ｓｍａｓｈ积的一种新的刻划。     

广义smash积

引入了广义ｓｍａｓｈ积的概念,讨论了它的性质,推广了Ｙ．Ｄｏｉ有关方面所作的工作,改进了Ｙ．Ｄｏｉ的一个同构定理。     

C^＊—代数中的正逼近

讨论了Ｃ＊－代数中的正元逼近问题,研究了逼近度的一系列性质;应用Ｃ＊－代数的万有表示和Ｈａｌｍｏｓ关于正算子逼近的结果,证明了Ｃ＊－代数中的任一元都存在最佳正逼近并且给出了最佳正逼近的表达式。     

离散交换群上的万有Toeplitz算子代数

设G为一离散交换群,（G,G＋）为一拟偏序群．相应于这样的一个拟偏序群（G,G＋）,构造了一个万有Toeplitz算子代数．