Macrophages are located around hair follicles in normal skin and typically peak density during the mid-telogen stage of cycle. Hair chemotactically attract macrophages T cells range to regulate follicle stem (HFSCs) quiescence, proliferation, differentiation physiologic injured states. The expression fractalkine receptor CX3CR1 has been identified as a key regulator macrophage cell migration fu...

1 microarray to interpret systemic perturbations in Northern bobwhite 2 3 Authors: Arun Rawat, Kurt A. Gust*, Youping Deng, Natàlia Garcia-Reyero, Michael J. 4 Quinn Jr., Mark S. Johnson, Karl Indest, Mohamed O. Elasri and Edward J. Perkins 5 6 7 Author Affiliations: 8 1 University of Southern Mississippi, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Hattiesburg 9 2 U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development...

This paper develops a dynamic model for the timing and terms of mergers and acquisitions. Differently from previous models, we show that the firms agree about the timing, independently from how the merger surplus is shared. Firms always agree on the timing and discuss the sharing rule of the merger surplus according to their bargaining power or some other exogenous factor. We also show that, un...

An artificial liver support system for plasma exchange and plasma perfusion through BR-601 resin using a membrane separator was applied to 5 patients with postoperative liver failure. Percent absorption of total and direct bilirubin, and of bile acids were 77.1 +/- 6.4, 78.4 +/- 6.1, and 93.4 +/- 3.6%, respectively, when 250 ml of plasma was treated. Percent reductions in total and direct bilir...

Ms #H-00117-2012 Revision #2 1 A Model of Pre-eclampsia in Rats: The Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure 2 (RUPP) Model 3 4 5 Jing Li , Babbette LaMarca , and Jane F. Reckelhoff 1,2 6 1 Women’s Health Research Center 7 And 8 Department of Physiology and Biophysics 9 and 10 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 11 University of Mississippi Medical Center 12 Jackson, MS 13 14 Running Head: Rat M...

Factor H Binding to PspC of Streptococcus pneumoniae Increases Adherence to Human 1 Cells Lines In Vitro and Enhances Invasion of Mouse Lungs In Vivo. 2 Running title: Complement FH enhances pneumococcal adherence. 3 4 Lisa R. Quin 1 , Chinwendu Onwubiko 1 , Quincy C. Moore 1 , Megumi Fujioka Mills 1 , Larry S. 5 McDaniel 123* , and Stephanie Carmicle 1† 6 Departments of Microbiology 1 , Surger...