Mature dendritic cells (DCs), in addition to providing costimulation, can define the Th1, in contrast to the Th2, nature of a T-cell response through the production of cytokines and chemokines. Because calcium signaling alone causes rapid DC maturation of both normal and transformed myeloid cells, it was evaluated whether calcium-mobilized DCs polarize T cells toward a Th1 or a Th2 phenotype. A...

Th2-biased immune responses characterizing neonates may influence the later onset of allergic disease. The contribution of regulatory T cell populations in the prevention of Th2-driven pathologies in early life is poorly documented. We investigated the potential of CD8(+) T cells stimulated at birth with alloantigens to modulate the development of allergic airway inflammation. Newborn mice were...

The study focused on investigating the contribution of reclamation strategies saline-sodic soils and their impacts soil fertility characteristics. In this study, treatments were denoted as: SG1 SG2 (23.8 47.7 ton/ha spent grain); TC1 TC2 47.6 compost); Azospirillium in inoculation with seed (Az); Az + (Az+SG1); (Az+TC1); mineral fertilizers (NPK); control (CK). All mixed pots 30 kg soil. result...

OBJECTIVE Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system with marked heterogeneity in several aspects including pathological processes. Based on infiltrating immune cells, deposition of humoral factors and loss of oligodendrocytes and/or myelin proteins, four lesion patterns have been described. Pattern II is characterized by antibody and complement deposition in addition to...

γγ → Π0t is the major production mechanism of neutral top-pion at the linear colliders. In this paper, we calculate the cross section of the process γγ → Π0t and discuss the potential to observe the neutral top-pion via its various decay modes at the planned ILC. The study show that, among the various neutral top-pion production processes at the linear colliders, the cross section of γγ → Π0t i...