A complex crystal-chemical investigation based on spectroscopic methods, Electron MicroProbe Analysis (EMPA), and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was made sphalerite samples from the Terézia Rozália veins in Banská Štiavnica ore district. The yellow (sample A) olive-green (C) are association only with quartz; orange (B) is associated quartz chalcopyrite; ...

IN THE MID-1980S, THE PIONEERING work of Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans, and Oliver Smithies (jointly awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007) led to the development of gene knockout mice (e.g., Refs. 8 and 13). The use of gene knockout and transgenic mouse models has added essential information to our understanding of renal physiology, including the molecular mechanisms ...

INTRODUCTION A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) from the TNF family, owing to its role in the generation and survival of plasma cells (PCs), is currently targeted for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment. However, little is known about APRIL expression in RA lesions, hampering our understanding of the way APRIL may modulate this autoimmune disease. METHODS We performed immunological stain...

The vein-type Chomalu polymetallic epithermal deposit, located in the Tarom-Hashtjin Metallogenic Province (THMP), western Alborz, formed two separate mineralized zones controlled by fault within andesite and olivine basalt host rocks. deposit occurs adjacent to Varmarziar quartz monzonite, monzodiorite, monzosyenite intrusions. Ore mineralization consists of three stages; (i) an early stage do...

Abstract We report detailed mineralogy and geochemistry of hydrothermal mounds chimneys in the TA25 West vent field (TA25 WVF), a newly discovered magmatic–hydrothermal system Tonga (Tofua) arc. Chimney samples are classified as sulfate- or sulfide-rich, based on major sulfide, sulfosalt, sulfate minerals. The former type represents simple mineral assemblage predominance anhydrite/gypsum + bari...