Complement C4 deficiency--a plausible risk factor for non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection in apparently immunocompetent patients. [PDF]
BackgroundNon-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous in the environment and they infect mainly persons with underlying pulmonary diseases but also previously healthy elderly women.
Hannele Kotilainen +9 more
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On Locality of Schmidt-Correlated States
We review some results on the equivalence of quantum states under local unitary transformations (LUT). In particular, the classification of two-qubit Schmidt correlated (SC) states under LUT is investigated.
Fei, Shao-Ming, Zhao, Ming-Jing
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B\"acklund Transformations of the Sixth Painlev\'e Equation in Terms of Riemann-Hilbert Correspondence [PDF]
It is well known that the sixth Painlev\'e equation $\PVI$ admits a group of B\"acklund transformations which is isomorphic to the affine Weyl group of type $\mathrm{D}_4^{(1)}$.
Inaba, Michi-aki +2 more
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BackgroundClostridioides difficile is a major cause of healthcare-associated and community-acquired diarrhea. Host genetic susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile infection has not been studied on a large-scale.MethodsA total of 1,160 Clostridioides ...
Jiang Li +11 more
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Novel potential interacting partners of fibronectin in spontaneous animal model of interstitial cystitis [PDF]
Feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC) is the only spontaneous animal model for human interstitial cystitis (IC), as both possess a distinctive chronical and relapsing character. Underlying pathomechanisms of both diseases are not clearly established yet.
Amann, Barbara +6 more
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Navigating adverse immunostimulation: A practical guide for clinical researchers
Problem Setting As drug development moves towards more complex products, early clinical development programmes are increasingly hampered by unwanted and/or unexpected activation of the immune system (adverse immune stimulation, AIS). Solution At the Centre for Human Drug Research, we have introduced standardized procedures to make AIS manageable, while
Juliette A. van den Noort +3 more
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A finite presentation for the twist subgroup of the mapping class group of a nonorientable surface
Let $N_{g,s}$ denote the nonorientable surface of genus g with s boundary components. Recently Paris and Szepietowski obtained an explicit finite presentation for the mapping class group $M(N_{g,s})$ of the surface $N_{g,s}$, where $s\in{0,1}$ and $g+s>3$
Stukow, Michal
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Problem setting The emergence of therapeutic proteins has coincided with an increase of acute adverse immunostimulation (AIS). AIS has occured in clinical trials despite compliance with regulatory guidelines on preclinical evaluation and its incidence is anticipated to increase even further.
Juliette A. van den Noort +8 more
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The four-loop DRED gauge beta-function and fermion mass anomalous dimension for general gauge groups
We present four-loop results for the gauge beta-function and the fermion mass anomalous dimension for a gauge theory with a general gauge group and a multiplet of fermions transforming according to an arbitrary representation, calculated using the ...
D.R. Timothy Jones +9 more
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Polymorphism of the tumor necrosis factor beta gene in systemic lupus erythematosus [PDF]
We investigated the Nco I restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the tumor necrosis factor beta (TNFB) gene in 173 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 192 unrelated healthy controls, and eleven panel families, all of German ...
Albert, E. D. +6 more
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