Recognition of specific pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) is mediated primarily by members of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family. Stimulation through these receptors results in quantitative and qualitative changes in antigen presentation and cellular activation, thereby linking innate and adaptive immunity. Consequently, the incorporation of TLR-ligands into vaccines could result ...

in this paper we investigate a new notion of bases in hilbert spaces and similarto fusion frame theory we introduce fusion bases theory in hilbert spaces. we also introducea new denition of fusion dual sequence associated with a fusion basis and show that theoperators of a fusion dual sequence are continuous projections. next we dene the fusionbiorthogonal sequence, bessel fusion basis, hilbe...

background: the aim of present study was to evaluate the protective efficacy of live recombinant l. tarentolae expressing kmp11-ntgp96-gfp fusion as candidates for live engineered recombinant vaccine against visceral leishmaniasis in balb/c mice. methods: kmp-11 and nt-gp96 genes cloned into the pjet1.2/blunt cloning vector and then into pegfp-n1 expression vector. the kmp-11, nt-gp96 and gfp f...

objective(s): hepatitis c is a major cause of liver failure worldwide. current therapies applied for this disease are not fully effective and produce side effects in most cases. non-structural protein 3 helicase (ns3) of hcv is one of the key enzymes in viral replication and infection. therefore, this region is a promising target to design new drugs and therapies against hcv infection. the aim ...

The production of recombinant antigens in Escherichia coli and specific polyclonal antibodies for diagnosis and therapy is still a challenge for world-wide researchers. Several different strategies have been explored to improve both antigen and antibody production, all of them depending on a successful expression and immunogenicity of the antigen. Gene fusion technology attempted to address the...

N-terminal stable in frame fusion of ubiquitin (Ub) has been shown to target the fusion protein for proteasomal degradation. This pathway, called the Ub fusion degradation (UFD), might also elevate MHC class I (MHC-I) antigen presentation of specific antigens. The UFD, mainly studied on cytosolic proteins, has been described to be mediated by polyubiquitination of specific lysine residues withi...

background bovine viral diarrhea (bvd) is an economically important disease of cattle with a worldwide distribution. diagnosis of bvd relies on laboratory-based detections of its viral causing agent or virus specific antibodies. the most common laboratory method used for this purpose is the elisa. bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv) nonstructural protein 3 (ns3) is one of the most highly conserv...