Leishmania spp. are obligate intracellular parasites, requiring a suitable microenvironment for their growth within host cells. We previously reported that the growth of Leishmania amazonensis amastigotes in murine macrophages (Mphis) was enhanced in the presence of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), a Th1 cytokine normally associated with classical Mphi activation and killing of intracellular patho...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have well-documented roles in plant-plant communication and directing animal behavior. In this study, we examine the less understood roles of VOCs in plant-fungal relationships. Phylogenetically and ecologically diverse strains of Fusarium oxysporum, a fungal species complex that often resides in the rhizosphere of assorted plants, produce volatile compounds th...

Cellular communication has a tremendous growth in recent years. Capacity enhancement becomes an important topic of discussion. Both researchers and academicians have been recognized the need of capacity enhancement of cellular system in a sustained manner. In this paper, various techniques to enhance the capacity of cellular system have been discussed. The various performance metrics like cell ...

background evaluation of the craniofacial bones is the oldest method to measure the facial proportion ratio in orthodontics. objectives the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of emboss enhancement on the reliability of landmark identification in digital lateral cephalometric images. materials and methods ten digital lateral cephalograms were selected from the archive of an oral an...

introduction: sox9 is a transcriptional activator which is necessary for chondrogenesis. sox6 are closely related to dna-binding proteins that critically enhance its function. therefore, to carry out the growth plate chondrocyte differentiation program, sox9 and sox6 collaborate genomewide. chondrocyte differentiation is also known to be promoted by glucocorticoids through unknown molecular mec...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Intravascular and parenchymal enhancement have been detected with contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MR imaging in patients with ischemic stroke. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging depicts infarct within minutes after the onset of symptoms. The aims of this study were to study the different MR enhancement findings during the first week after stroke and to ascertain whether the pres...

Au nanoparticles are efficient catalysts for the vapour–solid–liquid (VLS) growth of semiconductor nanowires, but Au poses fundamental reliability concerns for applications in Si semiconductor technology. In this work we show that the choice of catalysts for Si nanowire growth can be broadened when the need for catalytic precursor dissociation is eliminated through the use of plasma enhancement...

the aim of this study was to evaluate antitumour activity of the roots of hibiscus tiliaceus linn. against dalton’s ascitic lymphoma (dal) in swiss albino mice. a significant enhancement of mean survival time (mst) of h. tiliaceus treated tumour bearing mice was found with respect to control group. h. tiliaceus treatment was found to enhance peritoneal cell counts. when these h. tiliaceus treat...