INTRODUCTION Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency (Gd-) contributes to morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa but recent data on the interaction between Gd- and malaria among children is scarce. We hypothesised that, being a haemolytic factor, Gd- makes severe malarial anaemia (SMA) more common and even more severe. METHODOLOGY We selected 930 children aged 0.5-12 years ...

Uterine natural killer (uNK) cells remarkably increase in number after implantation. NK cells or their precursors migrate from the blood stream and contribute to the increase. However, the contribution of uNK cells present in the virgin uterus has been unclear. To elucidate this issue, we examined uterine leukocyte subsets during pregnancy in BALB/c mice. The most dramatic change was the massiv...

hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection has been associated with a plethora of immune and autoimmune perturbations. a variety of conditions ranging from endocrinopathies to different skin diseases has been described in hcv infection. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of hcv infection in patients with graves’ disease (gd). a total of 55 patients with gd ...

The large carboxy-terminal globular domain (G domain; residues 2,110-3,060) of the A chain of murine-derived laminin has been shown to promote heparin binding, cell adhesion, and neurite outgrowth. This study was conducted to define the potential sequence(s) originating from the G domain of laminin with any of these functional activities. A series of peptides were synthesized from the G domain,...

Multi-frequency EPR spectroscopy at 9.5, 35, 94, and 249GHz has been employed to investigate the zero ® eld splitting (ZFS) of high spin ions in liquids. In particular, experiments are reported on aqueous solutions of DTPA and DOTA chelates of Gd(III), and on the uncomplexed ion, which are relevant to the e€ ectiveness of paramagnetic contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The ® ...

We have employed Gd55Co30NixAl15−x (x = 10, 5 and 0) amorphous microwires as a model system to unravel the impact of multiple magnetic interactions on magnetism magnetocaloric behavior in Gd-alloy microwire systems. Our study shows that addition RKKY ferromagnetic (FM) interaction (Gd-Gd), antiferromagnetic (AFM) (Gd-Co, Gd-Ni) coexist contribute response system. The dilution effect Al element ...

Cotton plant is an important crop cultivated under biotic and abiotic stress conditions worldwide. The best way to avoid the harmful effects of chemicals used combat these stresses develop tolerant or resistant varieties in breeding programs. In present study, some Upland cotton varietieswerescreened with 20 polymorphic SSR primers, their population structure genetic diversity analysis were exa...

The mechanisms controlling the recombination process of the g genes that encode the g chain of the antigen receptor of the gd T lymphocytes are unclear. Based on experimental data on the recombination status of the two major TCR g genes expressed in V g4þ and V g1þ thymocytes, we tested the plausibility of three possible rearrangement mechanisms: (1) a time window mechanism according to which t...

PURPOSE To evaluate the biliary enhancement dynamics of the two gadolinium chelates Gd-BOPTA (MultiHance) and Gd-EOB-DTPA (Primovist) in normal healthy subjects. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ten healthy volunteers were evaluated with both agents by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging at 1.5T using a breath-hold gradient-echo T1-weighted VIBE sequence. The relative signal intensity (SI) differences betwee...