PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM-MEDIATED INDUCTION OF HUMAN CD25FOXP3 CD4 T CELLS IS INDEPENDENT OF DIRECT TCR STIMULATION AND REQUIRES IL-2, IL-10 AND TGFBETA.

Plasmodium falciparum-mediated induction of human CD25Foxp3 CD4 T cells is independent of direct TCR stimulation and requires IL-2, IL-10 and TGFbeta.

CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) regulate disease-associated immunity and excessive inflammatory responses, and numbers of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) Tregs are increased during malaria infection.The mechanisms governing their generation, however, remain to be elucidated.In this study we investigated the role of commonly accepted factors

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Songs as a Medium for Embedded Reproductive Messages

Research shows that sensational news Hand Grips stories as well as popular romance novels often feature themes related to important topics in evolutionary psychology.In the first of four studies described in this paper we examined the song lyrics from three Billboard charts: Country, Pop, and R&B.A content analysis of the lyrics revealed 18 reprodu

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Applied Research Note: Evaluation of head removal following euthanasia by cervical dislocation on latency insensibility and death on broiler welfare

SUMMARY: The impact of head removal during cervical dislocation on bird welfare is currently unknown.In this study, broilers (n = 180; 35, 44, and 50 d of age) were assigned either euthanasia by cervical dislocation with a head removal (HR) or cervical dislocation only (CDO) treatment to evaluate their behavioral and reflexive response.The HR treat

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A singular spectrum analysis: problems and solutions

The paper has examined various aspects of the singular spectrum analysis (SSA) method.The original purpose of the method is to optimize harmonic (spectral) analysis of time series.A theoretical justification based on integral equations was given for the SSA.A solution to the problem of large dimensionality of the autocovariance matrix (AM) was prop

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