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| Heiman, Amir; Ofir, Chezy. |
| This paper analyzes the effect of competition on product demonstration decisions. Pre-purchase product demonstration enables marketers to differentiate products that are ex-post differentiated but are judged according to perceived fit, rather than actual fit, due to pre-purchase consumer uncertainty. Imbalanced competition accompanied by fit uncertainty motivates the follower to offer demonstrations to avoid a price war. This paper explores the conditions that lead the leader to retaliate. In addition to effects on quantity, competition may increase the quality of demonstrations offered by the leader. We analyze a business case, showing that competition may increase the demonstration intensity and that the leading manufacturer’s response to changes in... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Imbalanced competition; Product demonstration; Differentiation; Test-drive; Price war; Political Economy; Production Economics. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93131 |
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| FELMER,RICARDO N; CLARK,JOHN A. |
| The feasibility of ablating differentiated adipocytes and the mechanism of cell ablation with a suitable prodrug activating system is described. The system is based on the use of E. coli nitroreductase (NTR) enzyme that activates certain nitro compounds, such as the antitumor drug CB1954, into cytotoxic DNA interstrand cross-linking agents. Differentiated preadipocyte cells (3T3L1) transfected with an aP2 driven nitroreductase construct were efficiently killed after incubation with medium containing the prodrug CB1954, while untransfected cells were not affected. It was demonstrated that the mechanism of cell ablation is apoptosis and that the system has a bystander effect mediated by a toxic metabolite of the prodrug. The described system should provide a... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Genetic ablation; NTR/CB1954; Adipocytes; Differentiation. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602004000300009 |
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| Trentin,A.G.; Alvarez-Silva,M.. |
| Thyroid hormone (T3) is essential to normal brain development. Previously, we have shown that T3 induces cerebellar astrocyte proliferation. This effect is accompanied by alteration in glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and fibronectin organization. In the present study, we report that the C6 glioma cell line, which expresses GFAP and is classified as an undifferentiated astrocytic cell type, is a target for T3 action. The C6 monolayers were treated with 50 nM T3 for 3 days, after which the cells were maintained for 2 days without medium changes. In C6 cells, T3 induced the expression of proteins of 107, 73 and 62 kDa. The hormone also up-regulated protein bands of 100 (+50%), 37 (+50%) and 25.5 kDa (+50%) and down-regulated proteins of 94 (-100%),... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Thyroid hormone; Glioma; Protein synthesis; GFAP; Vimentin; Differentiation. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1998001000008 |
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| Yin,Xiaoxue; Chen,Zhongqiang; Liu,Zhongjun; Song,Chunli. |
| Tissue transglutaminase (type II, TG2) has long been postulated to directly promote skeletal matrix calcification and play an important role in ossification. However, limited information is available on the expression, function and modulating mechanism of TG2 during osteoblast differentiation and mineralization. To address these issues, we cultured the well-established human osteosarcoma cell line SAOS-2 with osteo-inductive conditioned medium and set up three time points (culture days 4, 7, and 14) to represent different stages of SAOS-2 differentiation. Osteoblast markers, mineralization, as well as TG2 expression and activity, were then assayed in each stage. Furthermore, we inhibited TG activity with cystamine and then checked SAOS-2 differentiation... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Transglutaminase; Osteoblast; Differentiation; Mineralization; Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2). |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000800002 |
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| Wu, Chuan-fen; Delsert, Claude; Faure, Sandrine; Traverso, Edwin E.; Kloc, Malgorzata; Kuang, Jian; Etkin, Laurence D.; Morin, Nathalie. |
| Tumorhead (TH) regulates neural plate cell proliferation during Xenopus early development, and gain or loss of function prevents neural differentiation. TH shuttles between the nuclear and cytoplasmic/cortical cell compartments in embryonic cells. In this study, we show that subcellular distribution of TH is important for its functions. Targeting TH to the cell cortex/membrane potentiates a TH gain of function phenotype and results in neural plate expansion and inhibition of neuronal differentiation. We have found that TH subcellular localization is regulated, and that its shuttling between the nucleus and the cell cortex/cytoplasm is controlled by the catalytic activity of p21-activated kinase, X-PAK1. The phenotypes of embryos that lack, or have excess,... |
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Palavras-chave: Actin cytoskeleton; Differentiation; Proliferation; Neural plate; P21 activated kinase; Tumorhead. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2996.pdf |
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