Background: During pregnancy, the maternal immune system is in close contact with cells and tissue from the semiallogenic fetus .The Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) class Ib molecules, HLA-E, -F and -G, are expressed at the materno-fetal interface. Because of the apparent immunoregulatory functions of these proteins, they may be involved in successful acceptance of the semi-allogenic fetus during...

Abstract Introduction Testicular torsion is a condition requiring immediate attention and the golden time period for its management 6 hours at which rate of salvageability testes 90 percent (NICE). This decreases considerably with passing time. Imaging has minimal value. Method The electronic data 36 patients from June 2020 to May 2021 were reviewed analysed. Majority between age 11–20 i.e., 21...

Abstract Objective To determine the extent to which memory can predict reading abilities after controlling for gender, age, and education. Method The participants were drawn from a de-identified adult clinical database. Two hierarchical multiple regressions (n = 246, Mage 33.5, Medu 13.8, 56% Caucasian, 58% Female) tested ability of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) Wor...

Previously, human hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutant 164, which has a truncation at the C terminus of the HBV core antigen (HBcAg), was speculated to secrete immature genomes. For this study, we further characterized mutant 164 by different approaches. In addition to the 3.5-kb pregenomic RNA (pgRNA), the mutant preferentially encapsidated the 2.2-kb or shorter species of spliced RNA, which can be ...