Abstract Background Several inflammatory molecules participate in the immune response to malaria.Interleukin (IL)-18 is an inflammatory cytokine activated by NLRP3 inflammasomes.In clinical falciparum malaria, with and without HIV co-infection, data on IL-18 and in particular on its binding protein, IL-18bp, is scarce.Methods Clinical data and bloo
The effects of maternal deprivation on the somatotrophic axis and neuropeptide Y (NPY) neuronal system in the hypothalamus of female lambs were evaluated.Twelve-week-old lambs were divided into two groups: the control (lambs stayed with Milk - Non Dairy mothers) and maternally deprived (MD; lambs separated for 3 days from mothers).The expression of
The probe-type and substrate-type ultrasonic micro/nano manipulation systems have proven to be two kinds of powerful tools for manipulating micro/nanoscale materials.Numerical simulations of acoustofluidic fields in these two kinds of systems can not only be used COCONUT NECTAR to explain and analyze the physical mechanisms of experimental phenomen