background: during antigen capture and processing, mature dendritic cells (dc) express large amounts of peptide-mhc complexes and accessory molecules on their surface. dc are antigen-presenting cells that have an important role in tolerance and autoimmunity. the transforming growth factor-beta1 (tgf-β1) cytokine has a regulatory role on the immune and non-immune cells. the aim of this study is ...

Background: The diagnosis of toxocariasis heavily depends on immunological tests because the number of parasites is usually few in infected tissues, unless they migrate into an organ such as eye. In general, patients with ocular toxocariasis have serum anti- T canis antibody titres that are significantly lower than those with visceral toxocariasis. Objective: To diagnose the asymptomatic toxoca...

Multi-sample microarray experiments have become a standard experimental method for studying biological systems. A frequent goal in such studies is to unravel the regulatory relationships between genes. During the last few years, regression models have been proposed for the de novo discovery of cis-acting regulatory sequences using gene expression data. However, when applied to multi-sample expe...

Fruit formation and early development involve a range of physiological and morphological transformations of the various constituent tissues of the ovary. These developmental changes vary considerably according to tissue type, but molecular analyses at an organ-wide level inevitably obscure many tissue-specific phenomena. We used laser-capture microdissection coupled to high-throughput RNA seque...

Multi-sample microarray experiments have become a standard experimental method for studying biological systems. A frequent goal in such studies is to unravel the regulatory relationships between genes. During the last few years, regression models have been proposed for the de novo discovery of cis-acting regulatory sequences using gene expression data. However, when applied to multi-sample expe...

t regulatory cells play a crucial role in immunological unresponsiveness to self- antigens and in suppressing excessive immune responses deleterious to the host. t regulatory cells are produced in the thymus as a functionally mature subpopulation of t cells. they can be induced from naive t cells in the periphery and express their marker as a forkhead/winged helix transcription factor called fo...

This paper analyzes the optimal design of banking regulation when three layers of agency conflicts between society and banks, society and supervisors, and bank owners and managers are present. We argue that regulatory rules, supervisory incentives, and managerial compensation form an interdependent nexus. Since managerial incentives reveal information about banks’ operating policies comprehensi...

Natural CD4CD25 regulatory T lymphocytes are key protagonists in induction and maintenance of peripheral T cell tolerance. Their thymic origin and biased repertoire continue to raise important questions on the signals that mediate their development. We validated analysis of MHC class II-capture by developing thymocytes from thymic stroma as a tool to study quantitative and qualitative aspects o...

This paper examines whether and how firms influence regulatory decisions through media capture. Using the unique Chinese regulation setting, we find that higher public relations expenditure reduces a negative pre-IPO tone this relationship is weaker when both outlets face legal punishment risks. By linking incentives for capture to decisions, further less associated with likelihood of IPO appro...

background: the diagnosis of toxocariasis heavily depends on immunological tests because the number of parasites is usually few in infected tissues, unless they migrate into an organ such as eye. in general, patients with ocular toxocariasis have serum anti- t canis antibody titres that are significantly lower than those with visceral toxocariasis. objective: to diagnose the asymptomatic toxoca...