Mutants of the necrotic (nec) gene in Drosophila melanogaster die in the late pupal stage as pharate adults, or hatch as weak, but relatively normal-looking, flies. Adults develop black melanized spots on the body and leg joints, the abdomen swells with hemolymph, and flies die within 3 or 4 days of eclosion. The TOLL-mediated immune response to fungal infections is constitutively activated in ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the associations between measures of adiposity and sex hormone- binding globulin (SHBG) and to evaluate whether such associations differ by race. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Adiposity was measured by anthropometry and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry among women (146 white, 50 black, and 25 Asian) aged 18-44 years in the BioCycle study. SHBG was repeatedly measured over on...

Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevi (GCMN) is a nevus which present at birth or arise within the first few weeks of life. Incidence GCMN estimated below 1:20.000 newborns. Lesion usually appears with black brownish plaque and may have abnormal borders, flat protruding surface hypertrichosis. associated malignant melanoma neurocutaneous melanocytosis. A male newborn baby reported to giant hairy pl...

Background: Major leg wound complications after coronary artery bypass graft procedures are infrequent and few are reported in the litrature.We present our experience in treating 30 patients with major leg wound complications after coronary revascularization procedures. Materials and Methods: A retrospective review of 2100 bypass procedures with saphenous veingraft performed over a 5-years p...

This study was aimed at examining the gender and age-related differences of dynamic balance based on four stepping tests for the elderly. One hundred and eleven healthy subjects aged 60-85 were classified into four age groups (60-64, 65-69, 70-74, and 75-85) to examine age-related differences. They conducted stepping motions lasting 20-sec, including both-leg stepping right/left, both-leg stepp...

Campylobacter jejuni is the major human food-borne pathogen. Its bipolar flagella are heavily O-glycosylated with microbial sialic acids and essential for its motility pathogenicity. However, both glycosylation of exact contribution legionaminic acid (Leg) to flagellar activity poorly understood. Herein, we report development a metabolic labeling method Leg on bacterial probes based azide-modif...

Background: Post-activation potentiation refers to the acute and temporary enhancement of performance in explosive movements after performing a conditioning activity, such as plyometrics. The current study aimed investigate effects horizontal leg bounding on 30 m acceleration performance, 5 split times, sprint kinematics (step frequency length, flight contact time). Methods: Fourteen young spri...