BACKGROUND Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) have been demonstrated to be expressed on pleural mesothelial cells (PMCs), and to mediate leukocyte adhesion and migration; however, little is known about whether adhesion molecule-dependent mechanisms are involved in the regulation of CD4(+) T cells by PMCs in tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE...

Oxidants such as superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, and myeloperoxidase from activated inflammatory cells in the lower respiratory tract contribute to inflammation and injury. Etiologic agents include inorganic particulates such as asbestos, silica, or coal mine dust or mixtures of inorganic dust and combustion materials found in World Trade Center dust and smoke. These etiologic agents are p...

The Portuguese Ministry of Education has intervened in the Technologies and Information Systems (TIS) of the educational system with a Technological Plan for Education (TPE). The TPE is the Portuguese initiative for ICT in education, and is an intervention in three axis Technology axis,

Objective To describe the safety, tolerability, and response to TPE in patients with SPSD. Background Stiff person syndrome spectrum disorders (SPSD) are a rare group of disabling neuroimmunological disorders. SPSD often require immune therapies especially setting inadequate symptomatic treatments. The safety efficacy therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is unclear. Design/Methods A retrospective ...

• First AIE@MOF system and it possesses turn-on type mechanofluorochromism. Nanoconfinement effect under pressure restricts intramolecular vibrations of TPE. TPE@ZIF-71 shows real engineering applications potential. Mechanofluorochromic materials are great significance for the fabrication innovative sensors optoelectronics. However, efficient mechanofluorochromic rarely explored due to deficien...

A technique that combines two-photon excitation (TPE), planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF) and optical connectivity (OC) has been applied to capture the instantaneous geometry of a cross-section normal main direction core liquid jet exposed crossflow air during atomisation. This paper demonstrates nanosecond pulse can excite in an atomising Rhodamine B-dyed water jet. It shows TPE-PLIF on ...

a 7 year-old male presented with recurrent fever, cough and respiratory distress for over last 2 years. based on extremely high eosinophil count, high immunoglobulin e, increase in eosinophilic precursors in bone marrow, and positive antigen test for wuchereria bancrofti, a diagnosis of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia with eosinophilic leukemoid reaction was made. complete recovery was achieved...

ObjectivesThe diagnosis of tuberculosis pleural effusion (TPE) remains challenging, traditional diagnostic tests have limited efficacy. This study aimed to assess the performance fluid (PF) lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in TPE.MethodsA method for PF LAM (LAM-PF) was established using LEDBIO's AIMLAM kit. The LAM-PF evaluated 162 HIV-negative patients with suspected TPE.ResultsThe this exhibited good ...

Article history: Received 17 August 2016 Accepted 18 August 2016 Available online 20 August 2016 fected baboons' tissues using immunohistochemistry and showed with molecular techniques that the spirochetal agent is very closely related to TPE. Although humans can be experimentally infected with a baboon TP strain (i.e., Fribourg-Blanc) (Smith et al., 1971) that is highly similar to TPE, it is u...