Mother-to-child transmission: a model to identify correlates of protection Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1 is currently the principal cause of HIV infections in children. Whereas access of HIV pregnant women to antiretroviral therapy has increased significantly, HIV infection in children...
HLA-I in Type 1 Diabetes While evidence of aberrant HLA class II expression in the pancreatic islets of patients with type 1 diabetes is increasing [15], hyperexpression of HLA-I antigens in insulin-containing islets (ICIs) is now widely accepted as a defining hallmark of the disease. HLA...
Furthermore, SE cycles can be induced with ecdysone in the flagellates of intermolt Cryptocercus nymphs as well as in adults, both of which have normal, wood-and fluid-filled guts [45]. The relevant question, then, is why does a rising titer of the molting hormone ecdysone trigger a ...