This article investigates the exomorphic characteristics of the achenes which are achene size, color, and surface pattern, and pappus length, and colour. All these characteristics in seven taxa of Asteraceae namely, C. aggregata Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex DC. subsp. aggregata, C. sivasica Wagenitz, C. polypodiifolia Boiss. var. polypodiifolia, C. polypodiifolia Boiss. var. szowitziana (Boiss.) Wagen...

Although Ca-signaling processes are thought to underlie many dendritic cell (DC) functions, the Ca entry pathways are unknown. Therefore, we investigated Ca-signaling in mouse myeloid DC using Ca imaging and electrophysiological techniques. Neither Ca currents nor changes in intracellular Ca were detected following membrane depolarization, ruling out the presence of functional voltage-dependent...

The genus Anthemis L., assigned by Bremer (1994) to the tribe Anthemideae (subtribe Anthemidinae) of the Asteraceae, comprises ca. 210 species. The Anthemidinae consist of the genus Anthemis with provisional addition of the monotypic genus NanantheaDC (Bremer, 1994). Anthemis wiedemanniana Fisch. & C.A. Mey. (section Cota) is an endemic species distributed in the Mediterranean, the Middle and t...

Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that infects the oculogenital mucosae. C. trachomatis infection of the eye causes trachoma, the leading cause of preventable blindness. Infections of the genital mucosae are a leading cause of sexually transmitted diseases. A vaccine to prevent chlamydial infection is needed but has proven difficult to produce by using conventional va...

Korge, Paavo, Henry M. Honda, and James N. Weiss. Regulation of the mitochondrial permeability transition by matrix Ca and voltage during anoxia/reoxygenation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 280: C517–C526, 2001.—We studied the interplay between matrix Ca concentration ([Ca]) and mitochondrial membrane potential (Dc) in regulation of the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) during anoxia and ...

Targeting dendritic cells (DC) is key to driving effective immune responses. Lymphatic cannulation provides access to the heterogeneous populations of DC draining peripheral sites in rodents and ruminants. Afferent lymph DEC-205(+) CD11c(+) SIRPα(+) DC were preferentially infected ex vivo with three vaccine viral vectors: recombinant human replication-defective human adenovirus 5 (rhuAdV5), rec...

Dendritic cells (DCs) are highly versatile antigen-presenting cells critically involved in both innate and adaptive immunity as well as maintenance of self-tolerance. DC function is governed by Ca(2+) signaling, which directs the DC responses to diverse antigens, including Toll-like receptor ligands, intact bacteria, and microbial toxins. Ca(2+)-sensitive DC functions include DC activation, mat...

Dosad su u Glasniku Hrvatskog botaničkog društva objavljena tri priloga koja popis flore Hrvatske i bazu podataka Flora Croatica (http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd) dopunjuju s novoopisanim novootkrivenim biljnim svojtama te se provode nomenklaturne preinake već postojećih svojti. Kako bi taj niz dalje nastavio, ovaj prilog je četvrti nizu dodano sedam novih biljnih svojti (Glaux maritima L., Cystopte...