lipoprotein- a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood HDL cholesterol- the cholesterol in high-density lipoproteins; the `good' cholesterol; a high level in the blood is thought to lower the risk of coronary artery disease ...
Performance characteristics and clinical predictive value of the string test for detection of hepato-virulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from blood cultures. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014;78:127–8. 65. Russo TA, Olson R, Fang C-T, Stoesser N, Miller M, MacDonald U et al. ...
First, we set out to compare the FluoroDOT assay with standard ELISpot and FluoroSPOT assays. We usedhealthy adulthumanperipheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMCs) and treated them with stimulants (phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate [PMA] and ionomycin) to trigger secretion of IFN-γ. To compare the...
Several animal models have been developed replicating these mechanisms either separately (i) using the Rice–Vannucci model on very immature animals (13), (ii) by exposing the fetus to intrauterine infection (14), or (iii) by lipopolysaccha- ride (LPS) administration alone (15) or in ...