Spider dragline silk (SDS), the main structural web silk regarded as the “spider’s lifeline", exhibits a fascinating combination of high tensile strength and high extensibility (1). Its toughness is over 10 times that of Kevlar, the material for making bullet-proof suits (2). In addition, SDS has a unconventional sigmoidal shaped stress-strain curve and shape memory capability after the tension...

A green deposition method of zinc oxide nanoparticles using coffee leaf extraction was successfully prepared. The use these preparation techniques is accepted by many researchers because it nonexpensive and simple has no environmental impact during the operation. determination reduction Zn ions to ZnO NPs were characterized a UV-visible spectroscope. spectroscopy result reveals that large band ...

Orange is a member of the Rutaceae family which known as one horticultural crops that widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions southern Asia. Citrus plants such fruit peels are used source essential oil-producing ingredients have antioxidant antimicrobial activity. This study aims to determine potential kaffir lime, calamansi orange peel oils antioxidants antibacterials. Scoping re...

To our knowledge, no studies have examined the role of IL-17 production by neutrophils in immune defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection and the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) caused by MTB infection. Here, we determined that neutrophils express IL-17 in an autocrine IL-6- and IL-23-dependent manner during MTB infection. MTB H37Rv-induced IL-6 production was depend...

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF- α ) was reported as anticancer therapy due to its cytotoxic effect against an array of tumor cells. However, its undesirable responses of TNF- α on activating NF- κ B signaling and pro-metastatic property limit its clinical application in treating cancers. Therefore, sensitizing agents capable of overcoming this undesirable effect must be valuable for facilitat...