Utilisation et Modification de la b-cyclodextrine et de système mono-osidique en angiogenèse

La croissance tumorale et le développement des métastases sont dépendants de l'angiogenèse et reposent sur un switch angiogénique . Dès lors, inhiber l'angiogenèse apparaît très naturellement comme une nouvelle stratégie thérapeutique anti-cancéreuse qui consiste tout simplement à affamer une tumeur en la privant de sa vascularisation. L'angiogenèse est un processus physiologique qui fait intervenir de nombreux récepteurs, dont le récepteur du mannose-6-Phosphate ou Insulin Growth Factor II (RM6P/IGF-II). Des travaux antérieurs effectués au laboratoire ont montré que des molécules analogues du M6P sont des effecteurs d'angiogenèse mais qu'au cours de leur administration, ces composés sont facilement éliminés car trop hydrophiles. Afin d'obtenir des analogues du M6P plus lipophiles, nous avons remplacé le méthyle en position anomère par un pentyle. Par ailleurs, pour étudier l'effet cluster et la protection par une molécule enveloppante, une nouvelle famille de composés dérivant de la b-Cyclodextrine a été préparée. Des dérivés originaux, présentant des fonctions phosphates et azido, ainsi qu'une couronne de mannose ont été synthétisés.Tumor growth and development of metastasis are dependent on angiogenesis and based on an angiogenic switch . Therefore, to inhibit angiogenesis appears quite evidently as a new anticancer strategy which corresponds simply to starve a tumor by depriving its vascularisation. Angiogenesis is a physiological process that involves many receptors, including the RM6P/IGF-2. Previous work conducted in the laboratory has shown that analogues of M6P are effectors of angiogenesis but during administration, these compounds are easily removed due to their hydrophilicity. To increase the lipophilicity of the M6P analogues, we have replaced the methyl group at the anomeric position by a pentyl group. Also to study the cluster effect and the protective transport of molecules, a new family of compounds derived from b-cyclodextrin were prepared. Original derivatives, having azido and phosphate functions, and a crown made of mannose were synthesised.MONTPELLIER-Ecole Nat.Chimie (341722204) / SudocSudocFranceF

Synthesis of rhodamine B ?€" benzenesulfonamide conjugates and their inhibitory activity against human ?- and bacterial/fungal ?-carbonic anhydrases

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Electric sampling of soot particles in spreading non-premixed flames: methodology and influence of gravity

Finer strategies of spacecraft fire mitigation require more experimental data related to fire detection. Fire detection systems developed on Earth rely massively on the optical detection of soot particles, which are present in the smoke. To detect the fire correctly, it is thus important to know how the optical properties of these particles are affected in reduced gravity. With different transport processes and increased residence time, soot in reduced gravity can be different from those produced at normal gravity. As their optical properties are related to their morphological properties, a better understanding about the evolution of soot particle morphology in flames under microgravity conditions is required. Within this context, a novel technique of soot sampling using electric field is applied to a spreading non-premixed flame at normal and micro-gravity. The soot particles sampled are observed subsequently under Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Density, soot particle projected area, radius of gyration, fractal dimension, and primary particle size are extracted and the influence of gravity is investigated with the evolution of these morphological properties within the flame. Though the present study cannot be conclusive in itself, the similarity between the evolution of the optical density measured throughout the flame just before the electric perturbation required by the sampling technique and the evolution of the amount of soot deposited due to the electric perturbation along the sampling plates supports the future works that need to be devoted to further assess the consistency of the technique

An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

The high species richness of tropical forests has long been recognized, yet there remains substantial uncertainty regarding the actual number of tropical tree species. Using a pantropical tree inventory database from closed canopy forests, consisting of 657,630 trees belonging to 11,371 species, we use a fitted value of Fisher’s alpha and an approximate pantropical stem total to estimate the minimum number of tropical forest tree species to fall between ∼40,000 and ∼53,000, i.e. at the high end of previous estimates. Contrary to common assumption, the Indo-Pacific region was found to be as species-rich as the Neotropics, with both regions having a minimum of ∼19,000–25,000 tree species. Continental Africa is relatively depauperate with a minimum of ∼4,500–6,000 tree species. Very few species are shared among the African, American, and the Indo-Pacific regions. We provide a methodological framework for estimating species richness in trees that may help refine species richness estimates of tree-dependent taxa

Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species

Estimates of extinction risk for Amazonian plant and animal species are rare and not often incorporated into land-use policy and conservation planning. We overlay spatial distribution models with historical and projected deforestation to show that at least 36% and up to 57% of all Amazonian tree species are likely to qualify as globally threatened under International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List criteria. If confirmed, these results would increase the number of threatened plant species on Earth by 22%. We show that the trends observed in Amazonia apply to trees throughout the tropics, and we predict thatmost of the world’s >40,000 tropical tree species now qualify as globally threatened. A gap analysis suggests that existing Amazonian protected areas and indigenous territories will protect viable populations of most threatened species if these areas suffer no further degradation, highlighting the key roles that protected areas, indigenous peoples, and improved governance can play in preventing large-scale extinctions in the tropics in this century

Management of intra-abdominal infections : recommendations by the WSES 2016 consensus conference

This paper reports on the consensus conference on the management of intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) which was held on July 23, 2016, in Dublin, Ireland, as a part of the annual World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) meeting. This document covers all aspects of the management of IAIs. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation recommendation is used, and this document represents the executive summary of the consensus conference findings.Peer reviewe

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008

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