PURPOSE To establish an animal model for the easy assessment of pressure-dependent damage to retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) using the B6.Cg-TgN(Thy1-CFP)23Jrs/J transgenic mouse strain (CFP mouse), which expresses cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) in RGCs, and to evaluate pressure-dependent RGC death. METHODS In 20 CFP mice, right eyes were selected to receive laser-induced ocular hypertension ey...

344 Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor (CFP) is an unusual benign lesion of the soft tissue. CFP is regarded as related to inflammatory pseudotumor and it may sometimes represent a late stage of inflammatory pseudotumor, in that a CFP appears to be arising within an inflammatory pseudotumor. 1 This entity occurs predominantly in young adult patients and has a good prognosis. 2 CFPs are found mostly...

This study aims to examine intangible assets as mechanisms underlying the direct corporate social responsibility (CSR)-corporate financial performance (CFP) relationship. Based on signalling theory, we developed an integrated model taking image (CIM) and identity (CID) double mediators between relation ship of CSR CFP. Using convenience sampling procedure, dispersed anonymous survey employees c...

Active participation from the corporate sector in designing and implementing social responsibility (CSR) activities is critical for company resilience reliance. It has been suggested that companies need to integrate CSR with talent management strategies. However, extant literature on reporting limited research focusing activities. Therefore, this study examines extent of disclosure (TMD) made b...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The empirical use of antibiotic therapy is widely accepted for patients with fever and neutropenia during cancer chemotherapy. The use of intravenous monotherapy with broad-spectrum antibiotics in patients at high risk for complications is an appropriate alternative. However, few data are available for pediatric patients. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy ...

BACKGROUND Dendritic cells (DCs) play major roles in mediating immune responses to mycobacteria. A crucial aspect of this is the priming of T cells via chemokines and cytokines. In this study we investigated the roles of chemokines RANTES and IP-10 in regulating protective responses from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) 10 kDa Culture Filtrate Protein-10 (CFP-10) differentiated DCs (CFP10-DCs...

Exaggerated CD4(+) T helper 2-specific cytokine producing memory T cell responses developing concomitantly with a T helper 1 response might have a detrimental role in immunity to infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To assess the dynamics of Ag-specific memory T cell compartments in the context of filarial infection, we used multiparameter flow cytometry on PBMCs from 25 microfilarem...