Ways of accelerating recovery of the mucous membrane immune system in lethally irradiated mice following syngeneic bone marrow transplantation were studied over a 35-day period by quantification of jejunal intraepithelial lymphocytes (lEis) and lamina propria plasma cells. Recovery after a low bone marrow dose allowing 1 00% animal survival (IBM) was compared with a high (five times minimal) do...

A single-stage disposable channel and seal that provides for leukocyte and granulocyte collection by continuous-flow cell separation (CFCS) has been designed by the IBM Corporation. This paper describes (1) the separation characteristics of whole blood as it responds to varying gravitational (G) forces and flow rates through the channel; (2) the mechanism by which the buffy coat accumulates and...

this study was conducted to determine the prevalence and effect of parasitic infection on erythrocyte indices in trade camels slaughtered in maiduguri, nigeria. two hundred adult one humped camels comprised of 87 (43.5 %) males and 113 (56.5 %) females were examined for helminths and hemoparasites at their slaughter time according to the standard procedures. an overall prevalence of 79 % for si...

The etiology of Alzheimer disease (AD) is unknown. To investigate the transmissibility of AD, the buffy coat of the blood from 11 relatives of AD patients, including 2 with suspicious or early signs of AD, was inoculated intracerebrally into hamsters. In these pilot experiments, 5 individuals produced histologically documented spongiform encephalopathy on primary passage in recipient hamsters. ...

Two patients developed thrombocytopenia associated with an in vitro platelet to leukocyte adherence phenomenon (PLAP). In one patient, whole serum, intact plasma, and the IgG fraction of the serum could induce the PLAP of normal platelets in normal whole blood or buffy coat preparations. Passage of serum over a Sepharose column coupled with antihuman IgG resulted in the loss of all the PLAP act...

Background: Recent genome-wide association studies demonstrated the between prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and rs11959928, rs626277, rs7805747 polymorphisms. Materials Methods: In this study, we investigated CKD these polymorphisms in patients controls according to gender. High-resolution melting analysis was performed detect DAB2 DACH1 PRKAG2 single nucleotide Genomic DNA extracted...