Major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain A (MICA) is located at 46 kb centromeric of HLA-B. It is highly polymorphic and interacts with NKG2D, its receptor on the surface of NK, Tgammadelta and T CD8 lymphocytes. Data on MICA polymorphism in different populations are still limited. Our aim was to establish allelic diversity of MICA gene and linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B in our...

Objetivo: Determinar la relación entre depresión, ansiedad y función cognitiva con dependencia en adultos mayores.Material Método: Estudio descriptivo correlacional de corte transversal 98 mayores hospitalizados. Se aplicó Escala Hospitalaria Ansiedad Depresión, el test evaluación Montreal e Índice Barthel.Resultados: La edad, género, explican 33% funcional. Las variables que influyen sobre las...

Results The study group comprised 221 FMF patients (116F, 105M) with a mean age of 12.7±5.3 years. Mean duration of colchicine use was 58.9±45.3 months. Patients were divided into two groups according to their colchicine response; Group I (n=131) included patients with no attacks after colchicine and Group II (n=90) patients with partial or no response to colchicine. Mean age, sex, age at disea...

Methods The case records of patients with auto inflammatory syndrome were studied to assess history and site of VTE. Subtype of auto inflammatory disease was noted along with risk factors for VTE and therapy for auto inflammatory disease. In addition it was assessed if auto inflammatory disease had been clinically active at the time of VTE and whether inflammatory markers were elevated in the 6...

The effect of light on the partitioning of resources between photosynthesis and chemical defence was studied in Eucalyptus cladocalyx F. Muell. This species allocates up to 15% of leaf nitrogen to the constitutive cyanogenic glycoside, prunasin, making it an ideal system for studying resource allocation. By controlling the level of leaf nitrogen we were able to test the hypothesis that light li...

NB-002 is an oil-in-water emulsion designed for use for the treatment of skin, hair, and nail infections. The activity of NB-002 was compared to the activities of the available antifungal drugs against the major dermatophytes responsible for cutaneous infections, Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Epidermophyton floccosum, and Microsporum spp., as well as 12 other genera of filam...