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CD4+ T cell exhaustion revealed by high PD-1 and LAG-3 expression and the loss of helper T cell function in chronic hepatitis B

BMC Immunology, 2019
Background Immune inhibitory receptors play an important role in chronic infections. However, little is known about their role in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
Yuejiao Dong, Xuefen Li, Lu Zhang, Qiaoyun Zhu, Chunlei Chen, Jiaqi Bao, Yu Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Streptococcus mutans adherence to conventional and self-ligating brackets: an in vitro study

Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics, 2021
Introduction: Although self-ligating brackets presumably provide better hygiene conditions, no consensus has been reached so far. Objective: Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate, in an in vitro experimental design, the adherence of ...
Murilo Fernando Neuppmann FERES, Fernanda VICIONI-MARQUES, Fábio Lourenço ROMANO, Marina Guimarães ROSCOE, Vinícius Matsuzaki de SOUZA, Aline Lira TORNERI, Bruno BUENO-SILVA   +6 more
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On the Calibration of a Size-Structured Population Model from Experimental Data [PDF]

, 2009
The aim of this work is twofold. First, we survey the techniques developed in (Perthame, Zubelli, 2007) and (Doumic, Perthame, Zubelli, 2008) to reconstruct the division (birth) rate from the cell volume distribution data in certain structured population
AL Koch, B Perthame, B Perthame, C Hatzis, HE Kubitschek, HW Engl, J Mitchison, Jorge P. Zubelli, Marie Doumic, P Michel, P Michel, Pedro Maia, RJ Harvey, S Cooper   +13 more
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Protoscolicidal Effects of the Garlic Chloroformic Extract on the Protoscolices of Hydatid Cyst at a Short Exposure Time, up to Five Minutes [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019
Background: The treatment of choice for hydatidosis as an important zoonotic disease is surgery. Different agents are injected into the cyst to prevent secondary hydatidosis.
Zahra Barzin, Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi, Mohammad Reza Panjehshahin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by a multidrug-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain belonging to a novel single locus variant of ST23: first case report in China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Endogenous endophthalmitis caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (HVKP) is an emerging infectious disease commonly with a devastating visual outcome. Most HVKP strains display a wild-type susceptibility profile to antibiotics. However,
Min Xu, Ang Li, Haishen Kong, Weili Zhang, Hongchao Chen, Yajie Fu, Yiqi Fu   +6 more
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The effect of different cementation techniques on the amount of remaining excess cement depending on the crown-abutment margin level [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2023
Background/Aim. One of the disadvantages of the cement-retained fixed implant-supported restorations is the residual cement, which is found on the superstructure after the cementation procedure and has been identified as a risk factor for the occurrence ...
Đorđević Aleksandar, Todić Jelena, Simić Sanja, Lazić Dragoslav, Vlahović Zoran, Šubarić Ljiljana   +5 more
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Prevalence and genetic diversity of human diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolates by multilocus sequence typing

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background: The population structure of human diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) isolates derived from worldwide collections remains undefined. Methods: A total of 1196 clinical isolates were obtained from a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) database ...
Fei Yu, Xiao Chen, Shufa Zheng, Dongsheng Han, Yiyin Wang, Ruonan Wang, Baohong Wang, Yu Chen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phenotypes of peripheral CD4+ T helper cell subsets in pregnant women with HBeAg-negative chronic asymptomatic HBV carriers

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
BackgroundChronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health problem worldwide, and mother-to-child transmission is the key mode of HBV infection.
Guofang Feng, Yu Sun, Shifen Wang, Yan Lv, Cuilin Yan, Cuilin Yan, Yimin Zhu, Yongsheng Zheng, Dawei Cui, Dawei Cui   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Three-dimensional in vitro culture models in oncology research

Cell & Bioscience, 2022
Cancer is a multifactorial disease that is responsible for 10 million deaths per year. The intra- and inter-heterogeneity of malignant tumors make it difficult to develop single targeted approaches.
Camille Jubelin, J. Muñoz-García, L. Griscom, Denis Cochonneau, Emilie Ollivier, M. Heymann, F. Vallette, L. Oliver, D. Heymann   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Astroglial-axonal interactions during early stages of myelination in mixed cultures using in vitro and ex vivo imaging techniques [PDF]

, 2014
<b>Background</b><p></p> Myelination is a very complex process that requires the cross talk between various neural cell types.
Anderson, Kurt I, Barnett, Susan C, Edgar, Julia M, Ioannidou, Kalliopi, Strachan, David   +4 more
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