Colloidal clay (montmorillonite) strongly inhibited the conjugal transfer of R-plasmid R1drd-19 in Escherichia coli. This finding is discussed in the context of the feasibility of plasmid transfer in environmental waters.

Knowing that adenoviral vectors could initiate innate immunity, the ability of E1-deleted recombinant adenovirus (Ad-E1Δ) in induction of B7.1 and IL-2 molecules was studied. Methods: The expression of green fluorescent protein in C1498 cells following transfection of these cells with adenovirus green fluorescent protein vector confirmed the ability of adenovirus vectors in infecting the cells ...

Background & Aims: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is associated with peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. Polymorphisms of the genes coding Toll-like receptors (TLRs) may influence the innate and adaptive immune responses and affect the susceptibility to H. pylori or the disease outcomes. But the details and association to different polymorphis...

conclusions these results suggest that polymorphisms in interleukin-10 gene promoter influence clinical outcome of hbv infection and susceptibility to hbv infection. results persistent hbv infection was associated with il-10-1082 ag (p = 0.001) and gg (p = 0.004) genotypes and g (p = 0.000) allele. il-10-819 t/c and -592 a/c genotype and allele frequencies did not show any correlation with the ...