objectives the aim of this study was to examine the effects of interleukin 2 receptor blockers on patient and graft survival in renal-transplanted children. patients and methods one hundred and eighty six children aged 7-13 years who received renal transplantation in university-affiliated hospital between 2003 and 2012 were enrolled in the study. all patients received prednisolone, cyclosporine...

T cell activation requires two distinct signals. The first is delivered through the antigen-specific T cell receptor (TCR), and the second is provided by costimulatory molecule(s) present on the surface of the antigen-presenting cell (APC). Stimulation of T helper type 1 T cell clones through the TCR in the absence of the costimulatory activity results in a lack of interleukin 2 (IL-2) secretio...

The effects of 2% and 4% sevoflurane in oxygen and nitrous oxide for induction of anaesthesia in 60 unpremedicated elderly patients was compared to those obtained during an intravenous Thiopentone induction. Intravenous induction induced anaesthesia in 27 +/- 5 seconds, significantly faster than a 2% or 4% sevoflurane induction (109 +/- 36 and 71 +/- 24 seconds respectively). One patient in bot...

The present study was the first report on somatic embryogenesis of Tunisian chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) particularly supposed to be recalcitrant and difficult manipulate in vitro. An efficient protocol has been developed for inducing indirect derived from immature zygotic embryo axis, young leaflet hypocotylar explants. Callogenesis achieved full-strength Murashige Skoog's (1962) (MS) basal m...

We present two studies that together provide preliminary evidence to challenge the view relationship between adult attachment and mindfulness is bi-directional (Study 1: repeated measures design Study 2: a study examining efficacy of security priming induction). Adult anxiety emerged as significant predictor some facets mindfulness, over time, but reverse was not true. Priming increased state m...

A new solution strategy for the problem of induction has been developed based on a priori advantages regret-weighted meta-induction (RW) in prediction tasks. These seem to contradict no-free lunch (NFL) theorem. In this paper, NFL challenge is dissolved by three novel results: (1) RW enjoys free lunches long run. (2) Yet, theorem applies iterated tasks, because distribution underlying it assign...

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the world’s most important cereal crop. The Doairgura variety (O. a low-yielding, high-quality aromatic rice-producing in Bangladesh. This study was undertaken to develop an vitro regeneration protocol through callus induction. MS media supplemented with different concentrations of 2, 4- D (0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 mg /l) were used for induction from mature dehusked rice ...

We previously showed the involvement of retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR alpha) in the induction of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) synthesis by RA in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). However, the rather slow onset of this induction of t-PA synthesis suggested an indirect role of RAR alpha. Here, we show that the protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide completely bl...