Sentence examples for capable of blocking infection from inspiring English sources
[TCR alpha beta + and TCR gamma delta + refer to the chains of the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR), and CD4hi refers to a strong rightward shift (greater than 30 linear channels) of the CD4 curve on flow cytometric analysis compared with control.] Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to CD4 (T4a epitope) but not to CD3 (T3) were capable of blocking infection of mature and immature CD4hi+ thymocytes.
For example, a single compound that inhibits the function of the conserved HBGA-binding interface may be capable of blocking infection of all strains with the same type of HBGA binding interface.
That 'late' variants of GL8 should be sensitive to inhibition by anti-CD134 antibody is intriguing and may be significant, given that autoantibodies against CD134 have been detected in a proportion of FIV-infected cats [ 24 ] and these autoantibodies were capable of blocking infection with the CRD2-independent PPR strain of FIV [ 24 ].
Van Pelt Koops et al. demonstrated that the spiroindolones are capable of blocking transmission to mosquitoes.
In the current work, we characterized a mAb against human SCARB2, called JL2, which is capable of blocking EV71 infection in vitro.
(3) Adhesin probability was considered an important factor since the first step in bacterial invasion is the contact with host molecules through adhesion structures, making adhesions good vaccine candidates capable of improving the immune response that results in blocking infection.
Under certain cellular conditions, the presence of TNF-alpha triggers cells to switch on genes that help fight infection, but TNF-alpha also is capable of blocking tumor growth and halting viral replication.
The proposed mechanism may be that helminth infections induce polyclonal nonspecific IgE antibodies capable of blocking allergic hypersensitivity (10).
Drugs that target this stage could be capable of blocking the dissemination and thus prevent rapid life threatening progression of the infection.
