Foamy Virus Vectors
Pharmacological Modulation of D ...
Members of the classic type of transient receptor potential channels (TRPC) represent important molecules involved in hormonal signal transduction. T ...
The Expanding Universe of .. .. ...
.... T cells which express the V..9 and V..2 gene products are unique to primates and represent only a minor population of peripheral blood T lymphoc ...
IgG4-Related Disease (IgG4+MOLP ...
Since the first report on patients with elevated serum IgG4 in sclerosing pancreatitis in 2001, various systemic disorders, described by many names, ...
Immunological Aspects of Adult ...
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a distinct disease caused by the first discovered human oncogenic retrovirus, human T-cell leukemia virus ty ...
Immunobiology of Herpes Simplex ...
Immunologic “immaturity” is often blamed for the increased susceptibility of newborn humans to infection, but the precise mechanisms and details of i ...
Joint Diseases and Matrix Metal ...
The role of matrix metalloproteinases in disease has been investigated over the last two decades. A focus on this family of proteases is particularly ...
Use of Lactobacilli and their P ...
Lactobacilli are common microorganisms in diverse vegetables and meat products and several of these are also indigenous inhabitants in the gastro-int ...
Negative Regulation of TCR Sign ...
To prevent the occurrence and expansion of autoreactive T cell clones, and hence the development of autoimmune disease (such as multiple sclerosis, r ...
Fluorescence Molecule Counting ...
We present a new approach to distinguish between non-ergodic and ergodic behavior. Performing ensemble averaging in a subpopulation of individual mol ...
Bacterial Infections of the Cen ...
While bacterial infections of the central nervous system (CNS) constitute a group of serious and often life threatening diseases, the pathophysiology ...
Advantages of Multidetector CT ...
Cancer of the urinary bladder is one of the most common urothelial neoplasms. Conventional cystoscopy is the mainstay in the diagnosis of urinary bla ...
Monoclonal Antibodies as Innova ...
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) comprise the majority of protein candidates currently in clinical development because of their versatility as therapeuti ...
Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes ...
Targeted pancreatic ..-cell destruction by activated immune cells is a hallmark of type 1 diabetes in human beings and rodents. Activated T-lymphocyt ...
Microencapsulation of Vaccine A ...
Delivery of vaccine antigens that can trigger potent mucosal immune response is one of the effective strategies to overcome a wide array of infectiou ...
The Database dbEST Correctly Pr ...
This study aims to test the predictive power of gene expression data derived from NIH’s database dbEST, which collects gene expression results from a ...
Hepatocytes as Cytotoxic Effect ...
The liver is increasingly recognized as an immune competent organ wherein aberrant T cell responses to dietary or autoantigens are suppressed, thereb ...
Engineering of Therapeutic Prot ...
Low cost and simplicity of cultivating bacteria make the E. coli expression system a preferable choice for production of therapeutic proteins both on ...
Antigenic Peptide Vaccination: ...
Recent immunotherapy depends largely on understanding of the molecular interactions between T cell receptors (TCR) on cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) a ...
AIDS Vaccines and Reproductive ...
It may appear that problems of reproductive immunology have little in common with issues of treatment and prevention of AIDS. However, the certain as ...
TLR3 Sensing of Viral Infection
Viral infection is detected by the innate immune system which mounts a rapid semi-selective defence involving inflammation and production of type 1 i ...
Foamy Virus Vectors
Human foamy virus (HFV) is a retrovirus of the spumavirus family. We have constructed vectors based on HFV that encode neomycin phosphotransferase an ...
Lipid-Specific Immune Responses ...
Mycobacteria are unique in that their thick cell wall contains a variety of lipid and glycolipid components that are critical for survival and virule ...
Platelets as Potential Immunomo ...
Platelets are anucleated cells that are fragments of megacaryocytes, and they play a unique role in primary haemostasis. As they also contain numerou ...
Role of Leptin in the Immune Sy ...
Adipose tissue is no longer considered mere energy storage, but an important endocrine organ that produces many signals in a tightly regulated manner ...
Modeling of a Bio-Thermo-Electr ...
This work is a part of an on-going research effort to fabricate a device consisting of an array of micro thermoelectric coolers (..TECs) for highly l ...