The complement system is important for host resistance to hematogenously disseminated candidiasis. However, modulation of complement activation by cell wall components of Candida albicans has not been characterized. Although intact yeast display mannan on the surface, glucan, typically located in the interior, becomes exposed during C. albicans infection. We show here the distinct effects of ma...

Introduction: One of the concerns about using of high energy photons in radiotherapy is neutron contamination production. The threshold energy of photoneutron production in most materials with high atomic number is about 7MeV. Therefore, it seems to be logical that the main components with high atomic number elements used in the LINAC head have a large contribution to the neutr...

Objective: To develop silver nanoparticles stabilized in the hydroalcoholic extract of Mentha Piperita L. for adjuvant treatment depression. Methodology: In synthesis a solution, 25 mL nitrate (1.0 mmol/L) and 75 sodium borohydride (2.0 were used. These two substances mixed at room temperature under magnetic stirring. Another solution used 100 until boiling was reached 5 citrate (1%) added The ...

Reduction of reconstituted native type collagen fibrils with sodium borohydride produced a firmly cross-linked polymer as determined by solubility, thermal shrinkage and dissolution, and renaturation studies, and by examination of the denatured protein by ultracentrifugation, gel filtration, polyacrylamide electrophoresis, and carboxymethyl cellulose chromatography. Maximum reduction occurred w...

Although the synthesis of borohydride nanostructures is sufficiently established for advancement of hydrogen storage, obtaining ultrasmall (sub-10 nm) metal borohydride nanocrystals with excellent dispersibility is extremely challenging because of their high surface energy, exceedingly strong reducibility/hydrophilicity and complicated composition. Here, we demonstrate a mechanical-force-driven...