CD1d-restricted NKT cells use structurally conserved TCRs and recognize both self and foreign glycolipids, but the TCR features that determine these Ag specificities remain unclear. We investigated the TCR structures and lipid Ag recognition properties of five novel Valpha24-negative and 13 canonical Valpha24-positive/Vbeta11-positive human NKT cell clones generated using alpha-galactosylcerami...

Organic nanoparticles (ONPs) of lipoic acid and its doped derivatives ONPs/Ag and ONPs/Au were prepared and characterized by UV-Visible, EDS, and TEM analysis. The antibacterial properties of the ONPs ONPs/Ag and ONPs/Au were tested against bacterial strains (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi). Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and bacterial grow...

We have previously demonstrated that rat thyrocytes express MHC class II Ag (RT1.B&D) in response to IFN-gamma. To determine whether MHC class II-positive thyrocytes can be recognized by MHC-restricted T cells, we used our clone of rat thyroid cells (1B-6) derived from the Fisher rat thyroid cell line (FRTL-5) and known to express MHC class II Ag in response to recombinant rat IFN-gamma. CD4+ a...

Ag is used as a useful alloying element in brazing filler metals. It clear that the addition of has positive effect on melting temperature, wettability, conductivity and mechanical property For this reason, although very expensive, it still widely many research production. In study, was focused obtaining both high strength cost-effective joints by using metals containing different levels Ag. Me...

In this cross sectional anonymous study, blood samples of 285 dentists and Physicians were tested for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs Ag), hepatitis B envelope Ag (HBe Ag), antibodies to: hepatitis B suface (anti-HBs), hepatitis B core Ag (anti-HBc) and hepatitis B envelope Ag (anti-HBe) by ELISA-3 and antibody to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) by ELISA-3 and immunoblotting tests. The results su...

BACKGROUND Detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genomes without detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs-Ag) is termed occult HBV infection (OHBV) that may be transmitted by blood transfusion or organ transplantation and has acute reactivation when an immunosuppressive status like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection occurs. We aimed to evaluate OHBV in HIV-infected patients with iso...

In this study, the influence of dyeing on the antibacterial efficiency of polyamide and polyester fabrics loaded with colloidal Ag nanoparticles and the influence of the presence of Ag nanoparticles on the color change of dyed fabrics were investigated. Dyes C.I. acid green 25 and C.I. disperse blue 3 were used for dyeing of polyamide fabrics, while dye C.I. disperse violet 8 was used for dyein...

Functionalize nano-architecture CaO/Ag-chitosan bio-nanoparticles were prepared by the acetic acid sol-gel process and loaded into chitosan nanocomposite. The so bioactive nano-CaO/Ag-chitosan nanocomposite was characterized using XRD, TEM, FE-SEM, optical, antimicrobial activity evaluated. antibacterial evaluations implied that chitosan, nano-CaO, are exhibited subtle activities against both G...

A new class of biologically active nanocomposites and modified polymers based on poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with some organic compounds [II, IV, V VI] were synthesized using silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs). All nucleophilic substitution interactions characterized by FTIR, DSC TGA. The biological activity the was evaluated against: gram (+) (staphylococcus aureus) (-): (Es cherichia coli bacteria)...