Rates of Hg methylation and demethylation were measured in anoxic hypolimnetic waters of two pristine Wisconsin lakes using stable isotopes of Hg as tracers. One of the lakes is a clear-water seepage lake situated in sandy terrain with minimal wetland influence. The other is a dark-water lake receiving channelized inputs from a relatively large terrestrial wetland. Methyl mercury (MeHg) accumul...

La question des ressources en eau est devenue au XXIème siècle un enjeu majeur pour toutes les nations. L’objectif global de cette étude d'analyser implications socio-économiques et culturelles la Gestion Intégrée Ressources Eau dans Commune d’Abomey-Calavi.L’approche méthodologique utilisée s’articule autour recherche documentaire travaux terrain. Elle a permis collecter données, traiter afin ...

1 Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54701, USA, [email protected], 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA, [email protected], 3 Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA, [email protected], 4 Department of Mathematics, The University of Georgia, Athens,...

Current immunotherapy of posterior uveitis is non-specific and limited by drug toxicity and unpredictable relapses on therapy. Alternative modes of therapy being investigated using the rat model of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) have included the induction of tolerance with oral administration of milligram quantities of retinal antigens. In this preliminary report we demonstrate th...

Department of Biology and Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, 1001 E Third Street, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54701, USA Providence College, Providence RI 02918, USA, Premier Research, A Division of SCP Communications, Philadelphia PA 19103, USA Department of Zoology, Washington State ...

Accumulating evidence shows that extracellular vesicles (EVs) produced by mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) exert their therapeutic effects in several disease models. We previously demonstrated that MSCs suppress autoimmunity in models of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU). Therefore, here, we investigated the therapeutic potential of MSC-derived EVs using...

We report here identification of novel mimicry epitopes for interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) 201-216, a candidate ocular antigen that causes experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) in A/J mice. One mimicry epitope from Ehrlichia canis (EHC), designated EHC 44-59, induced cross-reactive T cells for IRBP 201-216 capable of producing T helper (Th)1 and Th17 cytokines, but fai...

Experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) in Lewis rats is a well-established model for human uveitis. During the last years we used this model to demonstrate extraocular induction of uveitis by antigenic mimicry of environmental antigens with retinal autoantigen and investigated the migration and intraocular reactivation of autoreactive green fluorescent protein (GFP)+ T cells. We could also elabo...

The EAU Annual Congress 2012 in Paris began with a special ICUD-EAU session: the 5 International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI). The International Consultation on Urological Diseases (ICUD) organised the 2012 International Consultation on Incontinence (held every 4 years) this time jointly with the EAU as a special session and not as a separate conference as in the past. Professor Paul Abra...