The mechanism(s) responsible for autoimmunity to DNA and nucleosomes in SLE is largely unknown. We have demonstrated that nucleosome-polyomavirus T-Ag complexes, formed in context of productive polyomavirus infection, activate dsDNA-specific B cells and nucleosome-specific CD4(+) T cells. To investigate whether de novo expressed T-Ag is able to terminate nucleosome-specific T cell tolerance and...

Green chemistry - also called sustainable chemistry - as the cost-effective and environmentally friendly techniques have been gaining more attention recent years. Here, we introduced a fast, non-toxic and sustainable method to synthesize Ag nanoparticles. Various parameters are involved in the bio-synthesis of Ag nanoparticles/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Ag/MWf-CNT) composites, including...

For the first time the extract of the plant of Tilia platyphyllos was used to green synthesis of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) supported on Ziziphus jujuba kernel as an environmentally benign support. Ag NPs/ Ziziphus  jujuba  kernelas  an  effective  catalyst  was  prepared  through reduction  of Ag+ions using Tilia  platyphyllos extractas  the  reducing  and capping agent  and Ag  NPs immobilization...

[Ag(2)(NH(3))(2)(salH)(2)] (salH(2)=salicylic acid) was synthesised from salicylic acid and Ag(2)O in concentrated aqueous NH(3) and the dimeric Ag(I) complex was characterised using X-ray crystallography. The complex is centrosymmetric with each metal coordinated to a salicylate carboxylate oxygen and to an ammonia nitrogen atom in an almost linear fashion. The two [Ag(NH(3))(salH)] units in t...

chitosan (chito) as a biopolymer with high antibacterial, biocompatibility and biodegradability and polyaniline (pani) as a conductive polymer and silver (ag) nanoparticles to enhance antibacterial property were used to prepare polyanilin-chitosan-silver (pani-chito-ag) nanocomposites. the synthesis of panichito composite and pani-chito-ag nanocomposite was performed through aniline polymerizat...

Two silver-contaminated diets were prepared by exposing juvenile rainbow trout for 8 d to waterborne silver thiosulfate as Ag at either 0.1 microg/L (low-Ag diet) or 80 mg/L (high-Ag diet). The level of total Ag accumulated in whole low-Ag fish was below the detection limit of analysis. Whole high-Ag fish accumulated Ag at 21.3 nmol/g. The livers of the low- and high-Ag fish accumulated Ag at 0...

We consider of the antimicrobial activity on the Ag nanoparticles(Ag NPs) aqueous solutions, which was prepared using a stabilizer, such as poly(N vinyl 2 pyrrolidone PVP , for Staphylococcus aureus) S aureus and Escherichia coli E coli by measuring the minimum inhibitory concentration MIC . Antimicrobial effect of Ag NPs for S aureus and E coli was investigated using disk diffusion method Also...

AGAMOUS (AG) is an Arabidopsis MADS box gene required for normal development of the third and fourth whorls of the flower. In previously described ag mutants, the third whorl stamens are replaced by petals, and the fourth whorl is replaced by another (mutant) flower. We describe two new ag alleles, ag-4 and AG-Met205, retaining partial AG activity. Both produce flowers with stamens in the third...