(MP02-13) HSP70 is not required for normal mouse development, viability or fertility.
Hunt, Clayton^*,1, Funk, Margo¹, Parsian, Azemat¹, Dix, David², ¹ Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO² US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
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(MP02-14) Identification of Functional Domains of Grp170 by Use of Targeted Deletions.
Park, Juneui^*,1, Chen, Xing¹, Subjeck, John¹, ¹ Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Buffalo, NY
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(MP02-15) Requirement for double stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) for expression of heat shock proteins during stress involves mRNA stabilization.
Tang, Dan^*,1, Zhao, Meijuan¹, Stevenson, Mary Ann², Asea, Alexzander¹, Calderwood, Stuart¹, ¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA² Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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(MP02-16) Hsp72 via activation of JNK suppresses Bid-dependent pathway in TNF-induced apoptosis.
Sherman, Michael^*,1, Gabai, Vladimir¹, Meriin, Anatoli¹, Yaglom, Julia¹, ¹ Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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(MP02-17) The roles of HSP110 and HSP70 in enhancing antigen-specific immune responses.
Li, Ying^*,1, Subjeck, John², Repasky, Elizabeth¹, ¹ Department of Immunology, Buffalo, NY² Department of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Buffalo, NY
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(MP02-18) Increased Resistance of Tumor Cells to Hyperthermia Mediated By Integrin-Linked Kinase.
Zhang, Xiuwu^*,1, Li, Yongping¹, Yan, Bin¹, Huang, Qian¹, Dewhirst, Mark¹, Li, Chuan-Yuan¹, ¹ Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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(MP02-19) Effect of tobacco smoke exposure on human airway epithelial cell stress responses.
Di, Yuan-Pu^*,1,2,3, Harper, Richart^1,2,3, Chemiel, Ken¹, Yoneda, Ken^1,2,3, ¹ Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine, Davis, Ca² Department of Internal Medicine, Sacramento, CA³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sacramento, CA
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(MP02-20) CNCn combined with an acute 0.2 unit decrease in extracellular pH (pHe) selectively reduces intracellular pH (pHi), 42°-induced HSP levels and survival of melanoma cells grown at low pHe .
Storck, Christopher¹, Nixon, Jenel³, Zahaczewsky, Michael², Berd, David⁴, Wahl, Miriam², Coss, Ronald^*,1, ¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, PA³ Delaware State University, Dover, DE² Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Philadelphia, PA⁴ Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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(MP02-21) NMR study of heat-induced changes in intracellular sodium, pH and bioenergetics in RIF-1 tumor cells.
Babsky, Andriy^*,1, Hekmatyar, Shahryar¹, Wehrli, Suzanne², Nelson, David¹, Bansal, Navin¹, ¹ Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA² Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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(MP02-22) Nitric Oxide-mediated Inhibition of NF-kB Regulates Hyperthermia-induced Apoptosis.
Natarajan, Mohan^*,1, Aravindan, Natarajan¹, Herman, Terence¹, ¹ Molecular & Therapeutic Radiation oncology, San Antonio, Texas
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(MP02-23) Hyperthermia inhibits 26s proteasome function and abrogates androgen-receptor expression in LNCaP prostate cancer cells.
Pajonk, Frank^*,1, Riess, Katrin¹, Sommer, Alfred¹, McBride, William², ¹ Department of Radiation Therapy, Freiburg, Germany² Department of Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, CA
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