Is the polymorphism of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 associated with the renal disease of SLE?
These results suggest that a genetic polymorphism in the 5' flanking region of the MCP-1 gene would be associated with nephritis in lupus through modulating MCP-1 expression.
The amount of S-crystallin present in the octopus retina is significantly greater in dark-adapted retinas and it binds to F-actin. In the light, the level of S-crystallin is greatly reduced and there is no apparent F-actin binding. No other studies, to our knowledge, show that S-crystallin binds to the actin cytoskeleton or that its expression is regulated by light. Arginine kinase may provide energy for cytoskeletal remodeling as it may in other neural tissues.