The complement system is part of the innate immune response and as such defends against invading pathogens, removes immune complexes and damaged self-cells, aids organ regeneration, confers neuroprotection, and engages with the adaptive immune response via T and B cells. Complement activation can either benefit or harm the host organism; thus, the complement system must maintain a balance betwe...

It is well known that the bioavailability of artifical radionuclides such as Sr, Cs and Pu in contaminated soils depends on the source term origin of the contamination. Altough the behaviour of the mentioned radionuclides in the soil is also influenced by the time passed from the contamination event and the characteristics of the contamination receiving soils. The objective of the present work ...

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Fetal bovine ligamentum nuchae fibroblasts maintained in culture synthesized soluble elastin but were unable to form the insoluble elastic fiber. Secreted elastin precursors accumulated in culture medium and were measured using a radioimmunoassay for elastin. When elastin production was examined in ligament tissue from fetal calves of various gestational ages, cells from tissue taken during the...

Three of 16 rabbits injected (intravenously) daily with crystalline bovine serum albumin (BSA) for periods in excess of 10 wk developed chronic glomerulonephritis. In vivo, animals with chronic proteinuria formed variable quantities of soluble complex after injection of antigen while animals without proteinuria exhibited rapid removal of the injected BSA. In vitro studies demonstrated that a ma...

Adult females of the wltite-back planthopper, SagateUa .fZtrcifera, showed characteristic behavior of stylet skeath deposit on a paTafilrn membraBe when fed on a 2% aqueous crude rice leaf and stem extract containing 15% sucrose. Subsequent bioassays revealed that the butanol-soluble fraction of the extract was highly active against the insects. When the butallol fraction was chromatographed on...

sorkheh-dizaj apatite-iron oxide deposit is located 32 km southeast of zanjan. the area is situated within the tarom subzone of western alborz-azarbaijan structural zone. the oldest units at the sorkheh-dizaj area are eocene trachyte, trachyandesite, olivine basalt and volcanoclastic brecciate tuff and lapilli tuff which intruded by a quartz-monzonite, monzonite and granite subvolcanic pluton o...

Tailings disposal in the form of diluted slurries has a tendency for particle size segregation, where coarse particles settle near discharge point, and finer are carried by water flux to more distant regions. This causes loss reservoir capacity due voids between coarser increased content deposit. work aimed evaluate feasibility reaching non-segregable high-density with fine tailings from niobiu...

the leaf nitrogen content is generally accepted as an indicator of food quality and as a factor affecting host selection by phytophagous insects. the alate pea aphids (acyrthosiphon pisum harris, aphididae) were given a choice among non-nodulated pea plants (pisum sativum l.) supplied with one of four nitrate-n levels (0, 3, 15 and 30 mm). when whole plants were exposed to aphids for 7 days, th...