Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare, potentially fatal, autoimmune blistering disease of the skin and mucous membranes. Treatment of this disease is problematic because of a lack of high-grade, evidence-based recommendations, the side-effect profiles of the therapies available, and the extensive supportive care that afflicted patients require. The authors present the unfortunate course of a patient wi...

Microbial syntrophic metabolism has been well accepted as the heart of how methanogenic and other anaerobic microbial communities function. In this work, we applied a single-cell RT-qPCR approach to reveal gene-expression heterogeneity in a model syntrophic system of Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Methanosarcina barkeri, as compared with the D. vulgaris monoculture. Using the optimized primers and ...

Pemphigus vulgaris is a potentially fatal autoimmune mucocutaneous disease associated with production of IgG autoantibodies to desmoglein 3, a 130 kDa epidermal protein. To further characterize the epitope(s) of Pemphigus vulgaris antigen we established two humanhuman hybridomas by fusion of the peripheral blood mononuclear cells with a human and mouse heterohybridoma. These hybridomas designat...

The expression of beta 2 integrin CD11b on granulocytes and monocytes from patients with psoriasis vulgaris and pustular psoriasis was examined by flow cytometry. The amount of CD11b expressed on both granulocytes and monocytes was greater in 4 patients with pustular psoriasis than in 16 patients with psoriasis vulgaris. Its expression correlated with the development of pustules on the skin. No...

Pemphigus vulgaris are autoimmune blistering diseases that may result in significant morbidity and death. Immunosuppressive therapy of pemphigus vulgaris would predispose the patients to infections. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of S. aureus infection and PVL gene in patients with pemphigus admitted to dermatology clinic. Materials and Methods. This descriptive study was co...

From the flowers of meadowsweet and inflorescence of hawthorn the whole set of phenolic acids and flavonoids was analysed by TLC. Phenolic compounds were determined both as free ones and those liberated by hydrolysis. Moreover, ethyl ether and ethyl acetate extracts obtained from the analysed plants before and after alkaline and enzymatic hydrolyses were evaporated under reduced pressure and re...

In this work, the biosorption of Cr and Ni by Sargassum filipendula pre-treated with CaCl2 was studied. Kinetic and equilibrium experiments were carried out for monoand multi-component solutions in a batch reactor at pH 3.0 and 30 oC. The results from the kinetic experiments showed that Cr adsorbs slower than Ni. This behavior was explained by means of a mechanistic analysis, which showed that ...

The residue derived from the alginate extraction S. filipendula was applied for biosorption of aluminum aqueous medium. adsorptive capacity (RES) completely evaluated in batch mode. effect pH, contact time, initial concentration, and temperature assessed through kinetic, equilibrium, thermodynamic studies. biosorbent characterized prior post-Al by N2 physisorption, Hg porosimetry, He pycnometry...

The freshwater microalgae Chlorella sp. and Vulgaris were cultured in a laboratory-scale photobioreactor their growth kinetics total lipid production evaluated. These species grown modified Conway medium, with an 8:16 photoperiod mechanical air ventilation. evaluation time was twenty days, the cell density determined daily using Neubauer chamber by optical spectrophotometry at 685 nm. rate perc...