Monthly Archives: March 2017

E.M. declares the following potential conflicts of interest (alphabetical order for the past five years): CSL (honoraria), Dynavax (honoraria), GSK (research funding, consultancy, honoraria, clinical trial site), Merck (consultancy, honoraria, clinical research and clinical trial site), Novartis (honoraria), Novavax (consultancy), … Continue reading →

In absence of a convenient and truly representative model of the alveolar epithelium, bronchial systems have been favoured [3] and [4]. Among these, the human bronchial cell line Calu-3 and normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells are gaining in popularity due to … Continue reading →

PCMCs were dissolved at 10 mg/ml in sodium citrate buffer [50 mM sodium citrate, 20 mM Tris, 1 mM EDTA, pH6.8]. The PCMC solution was diluted 1:3 v/v in carbonate coating buffer [15 mM Na2CO3, 30 mM NaHCO3, pH9.5] and serially diluted in a flat-bottom 96-well … Continue reading →

The reduction of 7 percentage points in seroconversion to rubella, when MMR and YFV were given simultaneously, selleck screening library is significant from immunological and public health standpoints. In a cohort of 500 girls vaccinated at age 12 observed for … Continue reading →

We also conducted a three-wave, two-level hierarchical growth model, where PTSD was treated as a time-varying predictor. Measurements were nested within subjects. Due to the multilevel framework using repeated measurement occasions, missing data for PTSD did not result in pairwise … Continue reading →

4). EPEC samples (E2348/69) pre-treated for 3 h with dilutions of serum or fecal extracts obtained from mice immunized with BCG-bfpA, BCG-intimin, Smeg-bfpA or Smeg-intimin, were added to HEp-2 monolayers cultivated on coverslips. As a negative control, EPEC (E2348/69) samples were … Continue reading →

Absorbance of the solution was then measured at 562 nm in which the reaction mixture without sample served as the control. The chelating activity of the sample was evaluated using EDTA with concentration 100 μg/ml as the standard. The percentage of inhibition … Continue reading →

Repeatability was assessed by measuring the lysates six times by one technician on one day. The mean repeatability CV of all laboratories ranged between 8% and 19% for the three lysates (Table 2). The intermediate precision was assessed by measuring … Continue reading →

The compositions of various microcapsules were given in Table 1. The microcapsules prepared were further evaluated for various physical parameters such as angle of repose, compressibility index, particle size, % yield and encapsulation efficiency. The angle of repose values for … Continue reading →

Our GSA procedure indicated PDK1 and PI3K as promising targets to suppress Akt phosphorylation, suggesting that the efficient suppression of pAkt signal can be achieved both with single drugs (a PDK1 or a PI3K inhibitor), and with combinations of each … Continue reading →