(1) Retinae of Abyssinian cats homozygous for a retinal degeneration gene, and normal controls, have been investigated using antibodies directed against opsin, transducin alpha (TD-alpha), S-antigen (48K protein), interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP), and cone outer segments.
(2) Hereditary progressive retinal atrophy in Abyssinian cats in England is recorded.
(3) Eight cases of hereditary progressive retinal atrophy in Abyssinian cats in Denmark are reported.
(4) GABA (gamma-amino butyric acid) and its synthesizing enzyme, GAD (glutamate decarboxylase; EC 4.1.1.15) were localized in the retina of Abyssinian cats homozygous for a recessively inherited retinal degenerative disorder which in several respects is similar to the human disease, retinitis pigmentosa.
(5) Secondary prediction plots showed less potential for amyloidogenicity (i.e., less beta-sheet conformation) in protein AA of the DSH cat as compared to the Abyssinian cat and other animal species.
(6) The Abyssinian is incompletely dominant to the striped and blotched alleles, whereas striped is completely dominant to the blotched.
(7) Congenital hypothyroidism was diagnosed in related Abyssinian cats.
(8) Familial amyloidosis in the Abyssinian cat may represent a valuable spontaneous animal model for the study of Familial Mediterranean Fever in man and the pathogenesis of reactive amyloidosis in general.
(9) Serum amyloid A (SAA) protein concentration was determined by use of radial immunodiffusion (RID) in 4 groups of cats: Abyssinian cats with amyloidosis, healthy Abyssinian cats without clinical evidence of amyloidosis, hospitalized non-Abyssinian cats, and clinically normal non-Abyssinian cats.
(10) The results of a series of log intensity-amplitude studies in a group of young affected Abyssinian cats were fitted to the Naka-Rushton relationship by means of a mathematical package on the University of London mainframe.
(11) Three alleles of the tabby locus (T) have been identified, namely, Abyssinian (Ta), striped (T), and blotched (tb).
(12) Ophthalmoscopic and electroretinographic (ERG) findings were correlated in a group of Abyssinian cats affected by a slowly progressive and hereditary retinal degenerative disease.
(13) Electroretinography was performed in 10 Abyssinian cats, homozygous for a hereditary retinal degenerative disease but still with an ophthalmoscopically normal retina, and in 11 mixed-breed controls, all between the ages of 8 and 104 weeks.
(14) Ninety-four cases of a hereditary retinal degeneration in household Abyssinian cats were found in Sweden, mainly during a 3-year period.
(15) Clinically normal mongrel cats and heterozygous Abyssinian cats were studied for comparison.
(16) The retinal disease found in this strain of Abyssinian cats is a heritable disorder, primarily affecting the photoreceptors.
(17) Mean SAA concentration in clinically normal non-Abyssinian cats was significantly (P = 0.05) lower than mean SAA concentration in healthy Abyssinian cats without clinical evidence of amyloidosis and in hospitalized non-Abyssinian cats.
(18) Pedigrees of 62 Abyssinian cats with familial amyloidosis were compared with those of 100 Abyssinian cats registered with the Cat Fanciers Association.
(19) Abyssinian cats with different stages of a slowly progressive autosomal recessively-inherited retinal degeneration were studied with imaging fundus reflectometry (IFR) and electroretinography (ERG).
(20) This strain of Abyssinian cats, affected by the presently described retinal disease, therefore has the potential of becoming a new animal model in the study of hereditary visual cell disease processes.
Ancient
Definition:
(a.) Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
(a.) Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.
(a.) Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.
(a.) Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
(a.) Experienced; versed.
(a.) Former; sometime.
(n.) Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
(n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
(n.) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
(n.) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
(n.) An ensign or flag.
(n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bobbing in warming waters, this ancient ice fossil will be gone in a couple of weeks.
(2) This is the first archaeological evidence of operative dentistry in ancient Israel, as well as the earliest date for this specific treatment in the world.
(3) And that ancient Basque cultural gem – the mysterious language with its odd Xs, Ks and Ts – will be honoured at every turn in a city where it was forbidden by Franco.
(4) Audiences were disappointed that the love scenes between Taylor and Burton that had been the talk of modern Rome were not repeated with so much passion in those of ancient Rome.
(5) The exact purpose of the complex is a mystery, though it is clearly ancient.
(6) Last week Isis bulldozed the ancient city of Nimrud , also near Mosul, which the militant group conquered in a lightning advance last summer.
(7) Stonehenge stood at the heart of a sprawling landscape of chapels, burial mounds, massive pits and ritual shrines, according to an unprecedented survey of the ancient grounds.
(8) Then there are the divisions of ethnicity, faith and caste, the ancient social hierarchy prevalent in much of south Asia.
(9) Further south is Ghadames, one of the most ancient settlements in north Africa , which Unesco calls “the pearl of the desert”.
(10) The rich ethnopharmacological descriptions in the ancient books of herbal remedy and those scattered in the folklore medicine contribute the possibility of this approach.
(11) A radiologic-pathologic correlative investigation of the normal age-related alterations in the spinous processes and intervening soft tissues was performed using cadaveric spines and both ancient and modern macerated vertebral specimens.
(12) In a ruling rejecting any claims to the "spoils of war," New York's highest court concluded Thursday that an ancient gold tablet must be returned to the German museum that lost it in the Second world war .
(13) The country’s other attractions include a burning pit at “the door to hell” in the Darvaza crater, and rarely seen stretches of the silk road, the region’s ancient trade route.
(14) Furthermore, it also witnesses the great resistance of the organism of ancient people in Latvia in cases of surgical intervention.
(15) The centre of an ancient Greek city state was its agora – a place of assembly, for the exchange of ideas among the free-born as well as of goods.
(16) A treasure trove of more than £1.7bn-worth of old masters paintings, Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities, ancient weapons and prehistoric archaeological items were allowed to be sold overseas in the year to May 2013, according to official statistics issued by the government .
(17) In ancient Rome and during the Renaissance compression by means of leaden plates was a well-known treatment of cancer.
(18) In the ancient specimens, 70% or less was extractable.
(19) The food of an ancient person requires a special attention: it must be soft and easily chewed.
(20) Throughout ancient Egyptian history, rulers changed capitals to enforce a sense of national renewal or unity – a trend that began with the first purpose-built capital of a united Egypt , some 5,000 years ago.