shiga toxins (stxs) are bacterial virulence factors produced by shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 and escherichia coli strains. stxs are critical factors for the development of diseases such as severe bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome. additionally, stxs trigger the secretion of pro- inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, particularly in monocytes or macrophages. the inflammatory cyto...

background: prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among men. new gene expressed in prostate (ngep), is a prostate-specific gene expressed only in normal prostate and prostate cancer tissue. because of its selective expression in prostate cancer cell surface, ngep is a potential immunotherapeutic target. to target the ngep in prostate cancer, it is essential to investigat...

Elastic constants, thermal expansion, magnetostriction, and heat capacity measurements were performed with without applied magnetic field on a single crystal of ${\mathrm{UIrSi}}_{3}$. The elastic properties interpreted within the theory strain-exchange effect. exchange-striction model together Ising for behavior localized $5f$ electrons itinerant uranium correctly reproduces main features our ...

We report an investigation on structure and magnetic properties of the $S=3/2$ zigzag spin chain compound BaCoTe$_2$O$_7$. Neutron diffraction measurements reveal BaCoTe$_2$O$_7$ crystallizes in noncentrosymmetric space group $Ama2$ with a canted $\uparrow\uparrow\downarrow\downarrow$ along quasi-one-dimensional moment size $1.89(2)\mu_B$ at 2 K. Magnetic susceptibility specific heat yield anti...

The chiral magnetoelectric compound ${\mathrm{Ni}}_{3}{\mathrm{TeO}}_{6}$ is investigated through temperature-dependent synchrotron-based powder x-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy between 15 300 K. Our work provides direct evidence for the exchange-striction in material around concomitant onset point of collinear antiferromagnetic phases. near edge spectra photoelectron show that sam...