OBJECTIVES HLA-C*07:66 is a low-incidence HLA-C allele. The aim of the study is to report the Taiwanese and mainland Chinese ethnicities of individuals with C*07:66, together with its uniqueness and polymorphism. MATERIALS AND METHODS A sequence-based typing method was employed to confirm this low-incidence allele. Polymerase chain reaction was performed to amplify exons 2, 3, and 4 of the HL...

Objective: To study the antianaphylactic, antihistaminic and mast cell stabilization activity of Bresol (HK-07) in experimental animals. Materials and Methods: Experimental studies of Bresol (HK-07) were evaluated using Wistar rats and Duncan Hartley guinea pigs. The antianaphylactic activity of Bresol (HK-07) was investigated in rats using active anaphylaxis model. The effect of Bresol (HK-07)...

Analyses of the effects of extreme climate periods have been used as a tool to predict ecosystem functioning and processes in a warmer world. The winter half-year 2006/2007 (w06/07) has been extremely warm and was estimated to be a half-amillennium event in central Europe. Here we analyse the consequences of w06/07 for the temperatures, mixing dynamics, phenologies and population developments o...

Caucasian woman with a 3.5 cm residual polyp embedded in tissue scar, as a result of three endoscopic piecemeal resection sessions of a 10 cm sessile polyp of the lower rectum, previously diagnosed from biopsy as tubulous−villous adenoma with high−grade dysplasia. The patient was then submitted to en bloc resection with endoscopic submuco− sal dissection (ESD) according to the tech− nique of Ya...

Prof. Chul-Hee Choi, PhD, Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology and Research Institute of Biomimetic Sensory Control, College of Medical Sciences, Catholic University of Daegu, 5 Gumgokri, Hayangup, Kyungsansi, Kyungsangbukdo, Korea e-mail: [email protected] tel.: +82 53 850 3185 Background & Objectives: Acute acoustic trauma (AAT) results in oxidative stress exceeding the capacity...

In a systematic effort to develop a microbicide contraceptive capable of preventing transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as providing fertility control, we have previously identified novel phenyl phosphate derivatives of zidovudine (ZDV) with 5-halo 6-alkoxy substitutions in the thymine ring and halo substitution in the phenyl moiety respectively. Here, we describe the sy...