In contrast to the former assumption that pyroptosis may be a pro-microbial mechanism employed by bacteria to destroy host phagocytes via induction of suicide in host cells, current data suggest, that pyroptosis rather functions as a host defense mechanism used to clear intracellular pathogens (Miao et al, 2010a).
In conclusion, rTl-GAL may function like a host galectin, thus functioning as a regulatory molecule in the host immune system; rTl-GAL may prove useful in the design of novel therapeutic intervention strategies for the treatment of allergic and immune diseases.
These suggest that the disordered cubic structure in some cases may function as a good host structure for intercalation/deintercalation of Li+.
The neutral metallacyclic structures are unique in their well-defined forms and would be expected to function as a macrocycle host with a large internal cavity shapes generated by the tailored ligands.
The fact that this finding in C. elegans also proved relevant in the mammalian cell culture system demonstrates that C. elegans can function as a useful host model system to study the pathogenesis of LF82.
Extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) mediates the germicidal activity of macrophages by activation of the P2X7 receptor resulting in apoptosis of the macrophage, which functions as a crucial host defense mechanism against MTB infection [ 26].
It is possible that the two domains of CrSPI-1 are products of a gene duplication event that generated a dual specificity inhibitor with one of the domains functioning as an inhibitor of host proprotein-converting subtilisin-like enzyme, CrFurin, and another domain functioning as a pathogen-specific protease (subtilisin) inhibitor.
Ag2S nanoparticles function as a source-host and provide S2− ions that reduce excess Ag+ ions.
Unlike The Black Lady Theatre, Andrew Freedman's home is still active today functioning as an emerging art space that hosts a number of artists-in-residence, rather than as a business magnate's permanent residence.
DNA-A viral strand encodes for the coat protein (CP) (AV1 ORF), and AV2 which functions as a suppressor of host RNA silencing, thereby modulating symptoms, or may also be involved in host specificity.
The AND functioned herein as a host, while DSA-ph was the dopant.
