Comparative study of CXC chemokines modulation in brown trout (Salmo trutta) following infection with a bacterial or viral pathogen [PDF]
, 2017 Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge Richard Paley, Tom Hill and Georgina Rimmer for their collaboration during brown trout infection challenges in CEFAS-Weymouth biosecurity facilities. Bartolomeo Gorgoglione, Stephen W. Feist and Nick G.
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Open Life SciencesThis study evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of the gastrointestinal health anti-diarrheal mixture (GHAM) on diarrhea induced by spleen deficiency, focusing on its modulation of gut microbiota.
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Bystander B cells rapidly acquire antigen receptors from activated B cells by membrane transfer: a novel mechanism for enhancing specific antigen presentation [PDF]
, 2007 The B cell antigen receptor (BCR) efficiently facilitates the capture and processing of a specific antigen for presentation on MHC class II molecules to antigen specific CD4+ T cells (1).
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Splenomegaly Segmentation using Global Convolutional Kernels and Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 Spleen volume estimation using automated image segmentation technique may be used to detect splenomegaly (abnormally enlarged spleen) on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans. In recent years, Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNN) segmentation methods have demonstrated advantages for abdominal organ segmentation.
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Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundThe incidence of NAFLD is increasing. Preclinical evidences indicate that modulation of the gut microbiome could be a promising target in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.MethodA systematic review and network meta-analysis was conducted to ...
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Spatial heterogeneity and peptide availability determine CTL killing efficiency in vivo [PDF]
, 2014 The rate at which a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) can survey for infected cells is a key ingredient of models of vertebrate immune responses to intracellular pathogens. Estimates have been obtained using in vivo cytotoxicity assays in which peptide-pulsed
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An Uncertainty-Driven GCN Refinement Strategy for Organ Segmentation [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Organ segmentation in CT volumes is an important pre-processing step in many computer assisted intervention and diagnosis methods. In recent years, convolutional neural networks have dominated the state of the art in this task. However, since this problem presents a challenging environment due to high variability in the organ's shape and similarity ...
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Synthetic phospholipid vesicles containing a purified viral antigen and cell membrane proteins stimulate the development of cytotoxic T lymphocytes [PDF]
, 1979 Synthetic phospholipid vesicles (liposomes) containing the purified glycoprotein (G) of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and solubilized membrane proteins from cells of the appropriate H-2 haplotype elicited H-2-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL ...
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In vivo ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Ultrasound-switchable fluorescence (USF) imaging was recently developed to overcome the limitation of the poor spatial resolution of the conventional fluorescence imaging in centimeter-deep tissue. However, in vivo USF imaging has not been achieved so far because of the lack of stable near-infrared contrast agents in a biological environment and the ...
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Morphometric alterations to the rat spleen following formaldehyde exposure [PDF]
, 2008 Formaldehyde is commonly used in the production of various industrial and medical products. At room temperature formaldehyde easily evaporates. Exposure to formaldehyde can be hazardous to human health.
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