Two Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria, strains EF212 T and PS125
T , were isolated from the octocorals Eunicea fusca and Plexaura sp., respectively. EF212 …

Kinase inhibitors are efficient in reducing cancer cell viability in cases where malignant cells
present a dependency or addiction to the targeted kinase [1]. Genetic alterations can cause …

Assessment and feedback are common sources of student dissatisfaction within higher
education, and employers have shown dissatisfaction with graduates’ communication skills. …

Background Some COPD patients are more susceptible to exacerbations than others.
Mechanisms underlying these differences in susceptibility are not well understood. We …

A key challenge in the field of T-cell immunotherapy for cancer is creating a suitable
platform for promoting differentiation of effector cells while at the same time enabling self-renewal …

Declines are a distinctive category of tree disease, complex to define and quantify and
challenging to mitigate due to their multiple causes and heterogeneous tree response patterns. In …

We tested whether multi-parameter immune phenotyping before or after renal transplantation
can predict the risk of rejection episodes. Blood samples collected before and weekly for 3 …

Retroviruses can establish persistent infection despite induction of a multipartite antiviral
immune response. Whether collective failure of all parts of the immune response or selective …

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) accessory protein Vpr enhances viral
replication in both macrophages and, to a lesser extent, cycling T cells. Virion-packaged Vpr is …

The mechanisms whereby different vaccines may expand distinct Ag-specific T cell clonotypes
or induce disparate degrees of protection are incompletely understood. We found that …