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Experimental Evaluation of An Adaptive Staggered Sleep Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks (2009)
Monica Castronuovo, Marco Conti, Mario Di Francesco
In the last years wireless sensor networks (WSN) have emerged as an enabling technology for a wide range of applications. The main challenge in the deployment and actual utilization of WSNs is the...
Data Collection in Sensor Networks with Data Mules: an Integrated Simulation Analysis (2009)
Marco Conti, Mario Di Francesco
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have emerged as the enabling technology for a wide range of applications. In the context of environmental monitoring, especially in urban scenarios, a mobile data...
Marco Conti, Mario Di Francesco
Abstract. Sparse wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are emerging as an effective solution for a wide range of applications, especially for environmental monitoring. In this context, special mobile...
Energy conservation in wireless sensor networks: A survey (2009)
Giuseppe Anastasi, Marco Conti, Mario Di Francesco, Andrea Passarella
In the last years, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained increasing attention from both the research community and actual users. As sensor nodes are generally battery-powered devices, the...
Design and Performance Evaluation of a Transport Protocol for Ad hoc Networks (2009)
Anastasi, Giuseppe, Ancillotti, Emilio, Conti, Marco, Passarella, Andrea
Providing efficient transport services over multi-hop ad hoc networks is a fundamental building block for this wireless technology. The typical approach is modifying transmission control protocol...
Cross-Layer Support for Group-Communication Applications in MANETs ∗ (2008)
P2P systems are a natural way of supporting groupcommunication applications in MANETs. In this paper we discuss our experiences in developing such an application in the real world. We highlight...
Marco Conti, Gaia Maselli, Mobile Ad Hoc
To overcome network performance problems, the MobileMan cross-layer design lets protocols that belong to different layers cooperate in sharing network-status information while still maintaining the...
Encoding for Efficient Data Distribution in Multihop Ad hoc Networks (2008)
Luciana Pelusi, Andrea Passarella, Marco Conti
The diffusion of pervasive, sensor-rich, network-interconnected devices embedded in the environment is
Daniel Peter, Marco Conti, Armin Hatzelmann, Christof Zitt
Type 4 phosphodiesterases (PDE4) are critical regulators in TCR signaling by attenuating the negative constraint of cAMP. In this study, we show that anti-CD3/CD28 stimulation of human primary CD4...
Céline Méhats, Jan Wahlstrom, Evelyn Law, Dale T. Umetsu, Marco Conti
plays a critical role in the control of airway
Quality of Service in Internet Web Services: Issues and Solutions (2008)
Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori, Willy Lapenna
Several techniques have been developed to meet the demand for faster and more efficient access to the Internet. Among them a main role is acquired by the replication of the Web services. Replication...
MANET perspective: current and forthcoming technologies (2008)
Eleonora Borgia, Marco Conti, Franca Delmastro, Enrico Gregori, Andrea Passarella
Abstract — In this paper we present experimental results of an innovative testbed on a 23 nodes MANET with particular attention to routing and middleware performance. Specifically, a proactive and...
Abstract Opportunistic Networking: Data Forwarding in Disconnected Mobile Ad hoc Networks • (2008)
Luciana Pelusi, Andrea Passarella, Marco Conti
Opportunistic networks are one of the most interesting evolutions of MANETs. In opportunistic networks, mobile nodes are enabled to communicate with each other even if a route connecting them never...
ABSTRACT A Cross-Layer Optimization of Gnutella (2008)
Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori, Giovanni Turi
In recent years, the Internet has witnessed the introduction of many peer-to-peer systems designed to realize large-scale data sharing. These platforms exhibit interesting features like...
Design, Implementation and Measurements of a Transport Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks (2008)
Emilio Ancillotti, Marco Conti, Andrea Passarella
Many previous papers have pointed out that TCP performance in multi-hop ad hoc networks is not optimal. This is due to several TCP design principles that reflect the characteristics of wired networks...
Marco Conti, Jon Crowcroft, Franca Delmastro, Andrea Passarella
Abstract — P2P systems are a natural way of supporting Group-Communication (GC) applications. Furthermore, their core characteristics (e.g., self-organisation, self-recovery, decentralisation)...
Experimental Analysis of P2P Shared-Tree Multicast on MANETs: the Case of Scribe (2008)
Franca Delmastro, Andrea Passarella, Marco Conti
Abstract — Group-Communication (GC) applications are a promising class for real-world MANETs. To understand their practical viability, we have implemented a fullstack prototype in a real MANET...
Mobile-relay Forwarding in Opportunistic Networks (2008)
Marco Conti, Andrea Passarella, Luciana Pelusi
Opportunistic networks are one of the most interesting extensions of the legacy Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) concept. Legacy MANETs are composed by mobile nodes that collaboratively setup a...
Power Saving Policies for Wireless Access to TCP/IP Networks (2008)
A mobile computer operates on a finite battery power that represents one of the greatest limitation to the utility of portable computers [2,6]. Projections on progress in battery technology show that...
Analytical Modeling of TCP Clients in Wi-Fi Hot Spot Networks (2008)
Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
The channel utilization of 802.11-based wireless local area networks has been studied extensively from an analytical perspective.
A Novel Fair Medium Access Control for 802.11-based Multi-Hop Ad hoc Networks (2008)
Raffaele Bruno, Claude Chaudet, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
This paper proposes a distributed and topologyindependent contention control mechanism for IEEE 802.11- based multi-hop ad hoc networks, which aims at ensuring perstation fairness without degrading...
Nedo Cel, Marco Conti, Erina Ferro, Enrico Gregori, Francesco Potort
Variable Bit Rate (VBR) video is currently by far the most interesting and challenging real-time application. A VBR encoder attempts to keep the quality of video output constant, and at the same time...
Nedo Cel, Marco Conti, Erina Ferro, Enrico Gregori, Francesco Potortì
Variable Bit Rate (VBR) video is currently by far the most interesting and challenging real-time application. A VBR encoder attempts to keep the quality of video output constant, and at the same time...
An Adaptive Data-transfer Protocol for Sensor Networks with Data Mules (2007)
Marco Conti, Emmanuele Monaldi, Andrea Passarella
In this paper we deal with energy-efficient data collection in sparse sensor networks with data mules. We analyze the problem of optimal data transfer from sensors to data mules, and derive an upper...
HiBOp: a History Based Routing Protocol for Opportunistic Networks (2007)
Chiara Boldrini, Marco Conti, Iacopo Iacopini, Andrea Passarella
In opportunistic networks the existence of a simultaneous path between a sender and a receiver is not assumed. This model (which fits well to pervasive networking environments) completely breaks the...
Sonya M. Schuh, Anne E. Carlson, G. Stanley McKnight, Marco Conti, Bertil Hille, Donner F. Babcock
Capacitation of mammalian sperm, including alterations in flagellar motility, is presumably modulated by chemical signals encountered in the female reproductive tract. This work investigates...
AKAP3 Selectively Binds PDE4A Isoforms in Bovine Spermatozoa1 (2006)
Malini Bajpai, Sarah E. Fiedler, Zaohua Huang, Srinivasan Vijayaraghavan, Gary E. Olson, Gabriel Livera, ...
Cyclic AMP plays an important role in regulating sperm motility and acrosome reaction through activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA). Phosphodiesterases (PDEs) modulate the levels of...
A Layer-2 Architecture for Interconnecting Multi-hop Hybrid Ad Hoc Networks to the Internet (2006)
Ancillotti, Emilio, Bruno, Raffaele, Conti, Marco, Gregori, Enrico, Pinizzotto, Antonio
Recently, the research on mobile ad hoc networks is departing from the view of stand-alone networks, to focus on hybrid self-organized network environments interconnected to the Internet. This type...
A Layer-2 Architecture for Interconnecting Multi-hop Hybrid Ad Hoc Networks to the Internet (2006)
Ancillotti, Emilio, Bruno, Raffaele, Conti, Marco, Gregori, Enrico, Pinizzotto, Antonio
Recently, the research on mobile ad hoc networks is departing from the view of stand-alone networks, to focus on hybrid self-organized network environments interconnected to the Internet. This type...
Rochais, Francesca, Abi-Gerges, Aniella, Horner, Kathleen, Lefebvre, Florence, Cooper, Dermot, Conti, Marco, ...
Compartmentation of cAMP is thought to generate the specificity of Gs-coupled receptor action in cardiac myocytes, with phosphodiesterases (PDEs) playing a major role in this process by preventing...
Rochais, Francesca, Abi-Gerges, Aniella, Horner, Kathleen, Lefebvre, Florence, Cooper, Dermot, Conti, Marco, ...
Compartmentation of cAMP is thought to generate the specificity of Gs-coupled receptor action in cardiac myocytes, with phosphodiesterases (PDEs) playing a major role in this process by preventing...
An Adaptive and Low-latency Power Management Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks (2006)
Marco Conti, Mario Di Francesco, Andrea Passarella
Energy conservation in wireless sensor networks is a critical issue. An efficient method to reduce power consumption consists in powering off the nodes ’ wireless transceiver when communication is...
Motes Sensor Networks in Dynamic Scenarios (2006)
Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori, Carlo Spagoni
Abstract — Recent works have shown that using mobile elements (or data MULEs) to collect and carry data from sensor networks to a collection point may have significant advantages over traditional...
Rochais, Francesca, Abi-Gerges, Aniella, Horner, Kathleen, Lefebvre, Florence, Cooper, Dermot, Conti, Marco, ...
Compartmentation of cAMP is thought to generate the specificity of Gs-coupled receptor action in cardiac myocytes, with phosphodiesterases (PDEs) playing a major role in this process by preventing...
Mesh Networks: Commodity Multihop . . . (2005)
Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
In spite of the massive efforts in researching and developing mobile ad hoc networks in the last decade, this type of network has not yet witnessed mass market deployment. The low commercial...
Throughput Analysis of UDP and TCP Flows in IEEE 802.11b WLANs: (2005)
Simple Model And, Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
In this paper we present a simple analytical model to estimate the throughput performance in IEEE 802.11 WLANs, in which inelastic traffic competes with elastic traffic. In the considered wireless...
IEEE 802.11b Ad Hoc Networks: Performance Measurements (2005)
Eleonora Borgia, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
Abstract. In this paper we investigate the performance of IEEE 802.11b ad hoc networks by means of an experimental study. An extensive literature, based on simulation studies, there exists on the...
Experimental Analysis of TCP Performance in Static Multi-hop Ad Hoc Networks (2005)
Emilio Ancillotti, Marco Conti, Andrea Passarella
Many previous papers have pointed out that TCP performance in multi-hop ad hoc networks (MANETs) is sub-optimal. This is due to several TCP design principles that reflect the characteristics of wired...
Proceedings of the First Working Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems (WONS 2004) (2004)
Runtime optimization of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs performance (2004)
Luciano Bononi, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
Electronics Engineers. Wireless technologies in the LAN environment are becoming increasingly important and the IEEE 802.11 is the most mature technology to date. Previous works have pointed out that...
Throughput Evaluation and Enhancement of TCP Clients in Wi-Fi Hot Spots (2004)
Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
In this paper we consider a Wi-Fi hot spot were M users are performing TCP downloads from Internet remote servers. Our study focuses on characterizing the way the TCP flow control mechanisms a#ect...
Eleonora Borgia, Marco Conti, Franca Delmastro, Luciana Pelusi
Although MANET research has been ongoing for some time, there are relatively few experiences with real ad hoc networks. Instead, a large portion of protocol development is done in (often unrealistic)...
Price-based Congestion-Control in Wi-Fi Hot Spots (2003)
Roberto Battiti, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori, Mikalai Sabel
ABSTRACT. Wireless networks are now proliferating due to the success of the IEEE 802.11b protocol, also known as “Wi-Fi ” (Wireless Fidelity). A Wi-Fi network is characterized by a set of base...
Optimal Capacity of p-Persistent CSMA Protocols (2003)
Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
In this letter we deal with the characterization and computation of the value, say opt , corresponding to the maximum protocol capacity in-persistent carrier-sense multiaccess (CSMA) protocols. The...
A Power Saving Network Architecture for Accessing the Internet from Mobile Computers (2003)
Abstract In this paper we propose a power-saving architecture for accessing the Internet from a mobile computer. Firstly, we measure the power consumption of a mobile computer that uses a TCP...
Towards reliable forwarding for ad hoc networks (2003)
Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori, Gaia Maselli
Abstract. Ad hoc networking is a new paradigm of wireless communications for mobile nodes. Mobile ad hoc networks work properly only if the partecipating nodes cooperate to network protocols....
Anastasi, Giuseppe, Conti, Marco, Lapenna, Willy
In this paper we propose a power-saving strategy for accessing the Internet from a mobile computer. Firstly, we measure the power consumption of a mobile computer that uses a TCP connection to...
Specificity of the Cyclic Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate Signal in Granulosa Cell Function (2002)
Cyclic AMP signaling is involved in most aspects of differentiation and maturation of the granulosa cells in the ovarian follicle. As the genetic programs activated at different stages of follicle...
IEEE 802.11 optimal performances: RTS/CTS mechanism vs. basic access (2002)
Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
Abstract- In this paper we address the throughput analysis of high-speed IEEE 802.11b WLANs from both an analytical and simulative perspective. Specifically, we derive the throughput formula for the...
Optimization of Efficiency and Energy Consumption in p-Persistent CSMA-Based Wireless LANs (2002)
Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
this paper, we deeply investigate the efficiency and the energy consumption of MAC protocols that can be described with a ############ CSMA model. As already shown in the literature, the IEEE 802.11...
Traffic Integration in Personal, Local, and Geographical Wireless Networks (2002)
Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
INTRODUCTION Currently, users identify wireless networks with first- and second-generation cellular telephony networks. Although voice and short messaging have driven the success of these networks so...
Bluetooth: Architecture, Protocols and Scheduling Algorithms (2002)
Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
The paper focuses on one of the emerging technologies for constructing a Mobile ad hoc network: Bluetooth. Bluetooth can be exploited on small scales, to build ad hoc wireless Personal Area Networks...
A power saving architecture for web access from mobile computers (2002)
Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori, Andrea Passarella
Abstract. This work proposes new power-saving strategies for mobile access to the Web. User mobility is a key factor in the evolution of Web services. Unfortunately, the legacy approach for Web...
Deliverable D, Eleonora Borgia, Marco Conti, Franca Delmastro, Gaia Maselli, ...
(*) new schedule accepted by the Project Officer Abstract: The aim of this deliverable is to present the consolidated architecture, protocols and services designed for the MobileMAN project. First,...
Mobileman Technical Evaluation, Deliverable D, Emilio Ancillotti, Eleonora Borgia, Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, ...
Abstract: The aim of this deliverable is to present the validation results of the architecture, protocols and services designed for the MobileMAN project. This deliverable therefore represents the...
A Distributed Mechanism for Power Saving in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs (2001)
Luciano Bononi, Marco Conti, Lorenzo Donatiello
The finite battery power of mobile computers represents one of the greatest limitations to the utility of portable computers. Furthermore, portable computers often need to perform power consuming...
Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori, Consiglio Nazionale
Bluetooth is an emerging technology for constructing adhoc wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs). In this paper we analyze an innovative scheduling algorithm for asynchronous data traffic...
Mobile Metropolitan Ad hoc Networks MOBILEMAN (2001)
Mobileman Technical Evaluation, Deliverable D, Emilio Ancillotti, Eleonora Borgia, Raffaele Bruno, Marco Conti, ...
Abstract: The aim of this deliverable is to present the validation results of the architecture, protocols and services designed for the MobileMAN project. This deliverable therefore represents the...
Mobile Metropolitan Ad hoc Networks MOBILEMAN Architecture, protocols and services (2001)
Deliverable D, Marco Conti, Giovanni Turi, Gaia Maselli (cnr, Jon Crowcroft, Sven Ostring, ...
Abstract: The aim of this deliverable is to provide the overview of the architecture, protocols and services designed for the MobileMAN paradigm as emerging at the end of the first year of the...
Dynamic Tuning of the IEEE 802.11 Protocol to Achieve a Theoretical Throughput Limit (2000)
Frederico Calì, Marco Conti, Associate Member, Enrico Gregori, Associate Member
Abstract—In wireless LANs (WLANs), the medium access control (MAC) protocol is the main element that determines the efficiency in sharing the limited communication bandwidth of the wireless...
Design and Analysis of RT-Ring: a protocol for supporting real-time communications (2000)
Marco Conti, Lorenzo Donatiello, Marco Furini, Gorrieri R
S. All local authors can be reached via e-mail at the address last-name@cs.unibo.it. Questions and comments should be addressed to tr-admin@cs.unibo.it. Recent Titles from the UBLCS Technical Report...
Load distribution among replicated Web servers: A QoS-based approach (1999)
Marco Conti, Consiglio Nazionale
A dominant factor for the success of an Internet based Web service is the Quality of Service (QoS) perceived by its users. The principal QoS attributes these users perceive include those related to...
Luciano Bononi, Marco Conti, Lorenzo Donatiello
Abstract- The power consumption of mobile computers connected to wireless networks is negatively affected by the congestion level of the channel, and significantly depends on the Medium Access...
Load distribution among replicated Web servers: A QoS-based approach (1999)
Marco Conti, Consiglio Nazionale, Enrico Gregori, Fabio Panzieri
A dominant factor for the success of an Internet based Web service is the Quality of Service (QoS) perceived by its users. The principal QoS attributes these users perceive include those related to...
Design and Performance Evaluation of a Distributed Contention Control (DCC) Mechanism for (1998)
Luciano Bononi, Marco Conti, Lorenzo Donatiello
This paper focuses on the design and the performance evaluation of a new mechanism, named Distributed Contention Control (DCC), for the adaptive contention reduction in LAN networks that utilize...
Analysis of MetaRing: a real-time protocol for Metropolitan Area Network (1998)
S. All local authors can be reached via e-mail at the address last-name@cs.unibo.it. Questions and comments should be addressed to tr-admin@cs.unibo.it. Recent Titles from the UBLCS Technical Report...
Design of a Flexible Cross-Layer Interface for Ad Hoc Networks (1970)
Marco Conti, Gaia Maselli, Giovanni Turi
Cross layering has recently emerged as a new trend to cope with performance issues of mobile ad hoc networks. The concept behind this technique is to exploit local information produced by other...
Impaired growth and fertility of cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase PDE4D-deficient mice
Jin, S.-L. Catherine, Richard, François J., Kuo, Wie-Peng, D’Ercole, A. Joseph, Conti, Marco
In eukaryotic cells, the inactivation of the cyclic nucleotide signal depends on a complex array of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs). Although it has been established that multiple PDE...
Hansen, Gesine, Jin, S.-L. Catherine, Umetsu, Dale T., Conti, Marco
Muscarinic cholinergic signaling plays an essential role in the control of the normal airway functions and in the development of pulmonary pathologies including asthma. In this paper we demonstrate...
Involvement of Type 4 cAMP-Phosphodiesterase in the Myogenic Differentiation of L6 Cells
Naro, Fabio, Sette, Claudio, Vicini, Elena, De Arcangelis, Vania, Grange, Muriel, Conti, Marco, ...
Myogenic cell differentiation is induced by Arg8-vasopressin, whereas high cAMP levels and protein kinase A (PKA) activity inhibit myogenesis. We investigated the role of type 4 phosphodiesterase...
Jin, S.-L. Catherine, Conti, Marco
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation of the innate immune response requires the activation of signaling cascades that culminate in the synthesis and secretion of proinflammatory cytokines. Given the...
Paruthiyil, Sreenivasan, Majdoubi, Mohammed El, Conti, Marco, Weiner, Richard I.
Experiments in the GT1 gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) cell line have shown that the cAMP signaling pathway plays a central role in regulating the excitability of the cells. Lowering cAMP...
Firestein, Ron, Nagy, Peter L., Daly, Megan, Huie, Phil, Conti, Marco, Cleary, Michael L.
Pseudophosphatases display extensive sequence similarities to phosphatases but harbor amino acid alterations in their active-site consensus motifs that render them catalytically inactive. A potential...
Robichaud, Annette, Stamatiou, Panagiota B., Jin, S.-L.Catherine, Lachance, Nicholas, MacDonald, Dwight, Laliberté, France, ...
A combination of pharmacological and genetic approaches was used to determine the role of type 4 cAMP-specific cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) in reversing α2-adrenoceptor–mediated...
IGF-I–induced Differentiation of L6 Myogenic Cells Requires the Activity of cAMP-Phosphodiesterase
De Arcangelis, Vania, Coletti, Dario, Conti, Marco, Lagarde, Michel, Molinaro, Mario, Adamo, Sergio, ...
Inhibition of type 4 cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE4) activity in L6-C5 and L6-E9 abolished myogenic differentiation induced by low-serum medium and IGF-I. L6-C5 cells cultured in low-serum...
Calcium regulation of the soluble adenylyl cyclase expressed in mammalian spermatozoa
Jaiswal, Bijay S., Conti, Marco
In mammals, Ca2+ and \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs}...
Mice deficient for soluble adenylyl cyclase are infertile because of a severe sperm-motility defect
Esposito, Gloria, Jaiswal, Byjay S., Xie, Fang, Strik, Ankie M., ...
To acquire the ability to fertilize, spermatozoa undergo complex, but at present poorly understood, activation processes. The intracellular rise of cAMP produced by the bicarbonate-dependent soluble...
Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 3A–deficient mice as a model of female infertility
Masciarelli, Silvia, Horner, Kathleen, Liu, Chengyu, Park, Sun Hee, Hinckley, Mary, Hockman, Steven, ...
Since cAMP blocks meiotic maturation of mammalian and amphibian oocytes in vitro and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase 3A (PDE3A) is primarily responsible for oocyte cAMP hydrolysis, we generated...
Phosphodiesterase 4D is required for β2 adrenoceptor subtype-specific signaling in cardiac myocytes
Xiang, Yang, Naro, Fabio, Zoudilova, Maria, Jin, S.-L. Catherine, Conti, Marco, Kobilka, Brian
β adrenoceptor (βAR) signaling is finely regulated to mediate the sympathetic nervous system control of cardiovascular function. In neonatal cardiac myocytes, β1AR activates the conventional...
Richter, Wito, Jin, S.-L. Catherine, Conti, Marco
Cyclic nucleotide PDE4 (phosphodiesterase 4) inhibitors are being developed as potent anti-inflammatory drugs for use in chronic lung diseases, but the complexity of the PDE4 family has hampered this...
Andersen, Carsten B, Sakaue, Hiroshi, Nedachi, Taku, Kovacina, Kristina S, Clayberger, Carol, Conti, Marco, ...
In the present study, we have characterized the Xenopus Akt expressed in oocytes from the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis and tested whether its activity is required for the insulin- and...
Hsieh, Minnie, Lee, Daekee, Panigone, Sara, Horner, Kathleen, Chen, Ruby, Theologis, Alekos, ...
In the preovulatory ovarian follicle, mammalian oocytes are maintained in prophase meiotic arrest until the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge induces reentry into the first meiotic division. Dramatic...
Protein kinase B/Akt phosphorylation of PDE3A and its role in mammalian oocyte maturation
Han, Seung Jin, Vaccari, Sergio, Nedachi, Taku, Andersen, Carsten B, Kovacina, Kristina S, Roth, Richard A, ...
cGMP-inhibited cAMP phosphodiesterase 3A (PDE3A) is expressed in mouse oocytes, and its function is indispensable for meiotic maturation as demonstrated by genetic ablation. Moreover, PDE3 activity...
The Mouse Polyubiquitin Gene Ubb Is Essential for Meiotic Progression▿ †
Ryu, Kwon-Yul, Sinnar, Shamim A., Reinholdt, Laura G., Vaccari, Sergio, Hall, Susan, Garcia, Manuel A., ...
Ubiquitin is encoded in mice by two polyubiquitin genes, Ubb and Ubc, that are considered to be stress inducible and two constitutively expressed monoubiquitin (Uba) genes. Here we report that...
Signaling from β1- and β2-adrenergic receptors is defined by differential interactions with PDE4
Richter, Wito, Day, Peter, Agrawal, Rani, Bruss, Matthew D, Granier, Sébastien, Wang, Yvonne L, ...
β1- and β2-adrenergic receptors (βARs) are highly homologous, yet they play clearly distinct roles in cardiac physiology and pathology. Myocyte contraction, for instance, is readily stimulated by...
Distributed Contention Control in Heterogeneous 802.11b WLANs
Raffaele Bruno Marco, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori
Several feedback-based mechanisms have been proposed to maximize the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol efficiency by guaranteeing an optimal time-spreading of users' channel accesses. However, these...
Panigone, Sara, Hsieh, Minnie, Fu, Maoyong, Persani, Luca, Conti, Marco
LH activates a cascade of signaling events that are propagated throughout the ovarian preovulatory follicle to promote ovulation of a mature egg. Critical to LH-induced ovulation is the induction of...
Critical Role of PDE4D in β2-Adrenoceptor-dependent cAMP Signaling in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts*S⃞
Bruss, Matthew D., Richter, Wito, Horner, Kathleen, Jin, S.-L. Catherine, Conti, Marco
One of the defining properties of β2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR) signaling is the transient and rapidly reversed accumulation of cAMP. Here we have investigated the contribution of different PDE4...