A possible role for immunogenetic factors in myositis developing after vaccination in the pre-covid-19 era [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyIntroductionVaccinations have had a transformative impact on public health, reducing the incidence of many infectious diseases and increasing survival. However, there remains uncertainty about the potential of vaccines to trigger autoimmune diseases such
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The N-Terminal Extension of the Mycobacterium avium Rel Protein Is a Dual Regulator of the Bifunctional Enzyme and Represents a Novel Target [PDF]
AntibioticsBackground: Mycobacterium avium (Mav) is a leading cause of pulmonary disease among non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTMs) due to its extensive antibiotic resistance profile.
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GCN2 enhances host survival and drives eIF2α phosphorylation during mouse adenovirus type 1 infection [PDF]
Journal of VirologyThe integrated stress response (ISR) is a cellular signaling pathway that reduces protein synthesis in the face of cellular stress, including viral infection. Two eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) kinases, protein kinase R (PKR) and general control
Luiza A. Castro Jorge +6 more
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Metformin improves Mycobacterium avium infection by strengthening macrophage antimicrobial functions [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyIntroductionThe incidence and prevalence of infections with non-tuberculous mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium avium (Mav) are increasing. Prolonged drug regimens, inherent antibiotic resistance, and low cure rates underscore the need for improved ...
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Virulence, 2021 Accumulating evidence suggests that two chronic respiratory diseases, nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM)-pulmonary disease (PD) and allergic asthma, are frequently present together and that they likely influence the disease development and progression of
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Immunological characteristics of MAV/06 strain of varicella-zoster virus vaccine in an animal model
BMC Immunology, 2022 Background Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a pathogen that causes chickenpox and shingles in humans. Different types of the varicella vaccines derived from the Oka and MAV/06 strains are commercially available worldwide.
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Interaction between mouse adenovirus type 1 and cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Application of human adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) derived vectors for cancer gene therapy has been limited by the poor cell surface expression, on some tumor cell types, of the primary Ad5 receptor, the coxsackie-adenovirus-receptor (CAR), as well as the ...
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Study on vent spacing of multi-vent module-based adaptive ventilation for reducing contaminant diffusion [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 Infectious respiratory diseases are known to have high levels of airborne transmissibility. However, traditional ventilation methods based on perfect mixing often lead to the diffusion of airborne pathogens.
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Risk-sensitive motion planning for MAVs based on mission-related fault-tolerant analysis
Automatika, 2020 Multirotor Aerial Vehicles may be fault-tolerant by design when rotor-failure is possible to measure or identify, especially when a large number of rotors are used.
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Design of a Mars Ascent Vehicle Using HyImpulse’s Hybrid Propulsion
Aerospace, 2023 The recent growth in maturity of paraffin-based hybrid propulsion systems reassesses the possibility to design an alternative Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) propelled by a European hybrid motor.
Maël Renault, Vaios Lappas
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