To examine the immune environment of chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection in the brain, the characteristics of infection-immunity (premunition) in infection with T. gondii strain ME49 were investigated for 12 weeks postinfection (PI). The results showed that neuronal cell death, microglia infiltration and activation, inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine expression, Stat1 phosphorylation, ...

Using molecular dynamics simulations with a many-body force field, we studied the deformation of metal alloy nanowires subjected to various strain rates. For all strain rates, the Ni nanowire is elastic up to of 7.5% strain with a yield stress of 5.5 GPa, far above that of bulk Ni. At high strain rates, the crystalline phase transforms continuously to an amorphous phase, exhibiting a dramatic c...

conclusions the results showed that, compared to participants with normal weights, physiological and thermal perceptual responses were higher in overweight participants. therefore, overweight individuals should avoid hot/dry weather conditions to decrease the amount of heat strain. results in both groups, oral temperature, heart rate, and thermal perceptual responses increased during heat expos...

Background: Toxoplasma gondii is a neurotropic parasite with lifelong persistence in the host brain. Many researchers suggested toxoplasmosis as risk factor for development of Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, link between them has not been fully elucidated. Objectives: The present study was designed to investigate effects chronic infection Types I (RH), II (PRU), and III (VEG) strains alone c...

Concentration and time course dependence of two structurally related plant flavonoids naringenin and quercetin on the nodABC gene transcriptional activity (as reporter gene nodC-lacZ activity) in Rh. leguminiosarum bv. vicae strain D923 and respective growth, nodulation and nitrogen fixing responses of plant host (garden pea) to inoculation with pre-induced strains were studied. Naringenin was ...

METHODS. Rat retinal cells, retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, and retinal Müller glial (RMG) cells were in vitro infected with T. gondii RH strain tachyzoites. Cultured cells were stimulated with various concentrations of TNFand IFN. The effect of TNFand IFNin T. gondii invasion and replication between retinal cells was determined through two different methods: measuring [H]-uracil incorp...

WE HAVE previously reported that Silver King (SK), Autosexing King (AK), and White Carneau (WC) pigeons of the Palmetto Strain* spontaneously develop atherosclerosis on grain diets, while Racing Homers (RH) and Show Racers (SR) are resistant to the disease. Biochemical studies showed a lack of correlation between "atherosclerotic index"f and the level's of serum lipids, and no differences in th...

The effect of temperature and humidity on the survival and water loss of the tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus (F.), was studied using two field-collected strains. Insects were exposed to temperatures ranging from 20 to 45 degrees C and relative humidities (RHs) of 33, 75, and 100%. C. hemipterus survived longest under the interaction of low temperature (20 degrees C) and high RH (75-100%). Su...