Which Antibody Functions are Important for an HIV Vaccine?

Which Antibody Functions are Important for an HIV Vaccine?

HIV antibody (Ab) functions capable of preventing mucosal cell-free or cell-to-cell HIV transmission are critical for the development of effective prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. In addition to CD4(+) T cells, other potential HIV-target cell types including antigen-presenting cells (APCs) (dendritic cells, macrophages) residing at mucosal sites are infected. Moreover, the interactions be...

Which Parasites Are Important for Humans?

(a) Protists/protozoa Unicellular organism and reduced specimens of different origins (b) Helminths Worms, which belong to the animal phyla: Platyhelminthes (flatworms), Nemathelminthes, Aschelminthes (roundworms), Acanthocephala (thornyheaded worms), Annelida (e.g. leeches) or Pentastomida (tongue worms). The members of these different worms range in a size from a few millimetres up to 30 m. (...

Aspergillus antigens: which are important?

Aspergillus fumigatus is a ubiquitous fungus that causes a variety of diseases in man and animals. A number of protein, carbohydrate, and glycoprotein antigens have been identified from A. fumigatus. The diseases are diverse, and therefore are the antigens and their roles in causing or modulating the diseases. The induction and binding of antibodies and the interaction of antigen and various im...

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MRS Shimming: An Important Point Which Should not be Ignored

Introduction: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a well-known device for analyzing the biological fluids metabolically. Obtaining accurate and reliable information via MRS needs a homogeneous magnetic field in order to provide well-defined peaks and uniform water suppression. There are lots of reasons which can disturb the magnetic field homogeneity which can be corrected by a proc...