inflammation of blood vessels is a characteristic feature of kawasaki disease. neutrophils play a key role in the inflammatory responses where movement of neutrophils toward the site of inflammation depends on cd11b/cd18 expression as adhesion molecules on these cells. the purpose of this study was to investigate cd11b/cd18 expression in patients with kawasaki disease upon diagnosis and after t...

objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the possible associations between co-stimulatory molecule gene polymorphisms and viral infections in kidney transplant patients. results cmv active infection was found in 31 of 172 (18.02%) kidney transplant patients. hcv infection was only found in two of the 172 (1.16%) studied patients. significant associations were found between tt and tc ...

receptors and proteins are overexpressed in many human cancer cell membranes rather than normal tissues and are considered as the main molecular targets. specific tumor- targeting molecules which have high affinity for these receptors can be valuable tools as carrier molecules for targeted cancer therapy and imaging. pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of diagnostic and therapeutic agents are ...

the insertion of an olefinic c=c bond into a metal-carbon bond is of potential interest as a preparativeroute to new products and as results of c-c coupling reactions to organic compounds. the allyl compoundsof mg, react with an olefin by inversion of the allyl group via a six center transition state. these precyclicreactions may be one of the most important classes of organic reactions. the re...

objective(s): staphylococcus aureus is an important bacterial pathogen responsible for a variety numbers of nosocomial and community acquired infections. biofilm formation is regarded as an important factor in the establishment of s. aureus infection. the contribution of the genetic background of s. aureus to biofilm formation is poorly understood. the aim of the present work was to genotype s....

ab initio calculation at hf/6-31g* level of theory for geometry optimization and mp2/6-31g*//hf/6-31g* for a single point total energy calculation are reported for the important energyminimumconformations and transition-state geometries of of cyclodeca-1,2,3-triene (1). the mostfavorable conformation of 1 is a unsymmetrical twist-chair (1-tc) structure. degenerateinterconversion of 1-tc with it...

aptamers define a new interesting class of receptor molecules with capability of binding to potentially any kind of molecules of interest. structurally, they are composed of nucleic acids (rna, dna or a mixture of both) with high specificity and affinity to amino acids, drugs, proteins and other molecules. apatmers are isolated from complex libraries of synthetic nucleic acids against the desir...

in this work, a molecular dynamics simulation of the transport of water - methanol mixture through the single wall carbon nanotube (swcnt) is reported. methanol and water are selected as fluid molecules since water represents a strongly polar molecule while methanol is as an intermediate between polar and strongly polar molecules. some physical properties of the methanol-water mixture such as r...