Sentence examples for qualitative deficiencies from inspiring English sources

Quantitative and/or qualitative deficiencies of Treg have been suggested to contribute to the development of autoimmune diseases [ 2- 8].

In a Swiss study, 89 of 264 (34%) discharge prescriptions contained qualitative deficiencies and 72 (27%) showed DRPs.

Quantitative and/or qualitative deficiencies of Treg cells are considered responsible for a situation where the sum of autoreactive effector T-cell responses overwhelms the capacity of a weakened Treg compartment, thereby triggering overt autoimmune disease [ 14].

These actions have the value of addressing emergency care in a comprehensive manner, but fail to overcome the lack of beds for emergency care in Brazil and the management issues, another weakness of the SUS, as illustrated by one State Coordinator: "In relation to doctors, we have two problems, quantitative and qualitative deficiencies"[ 15].

The quantitative and qualitative deficiencies of iNKT from cancer patients is covered in Chapter 8, which once again opens with another introduction to type I and type II NKT and their role in initiation of conventional T-cell responses, which is highly repetitive.

In addition, CD4+CD25highFoxP3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs), which are pivotal in the maintenance of T-cell homeostasis and are critical regulators of immune tolerance [ 7, 8], exhibit quantitative and/or qualitative deficiencies in SLE that may contribute to the development of lupus pathogenesis [ 9, 10].

The hallmark of HIV disease is a profound immunodeficiency resulting from a progressive quantitative and qualitative deficiency of CD4+ T cells.

Moreover, including these qualitative changes, deficiency of IL-15 led to reduced cycle and impairment of Bcl-2 expression by secondary memory CD8 T cells which is indicative of a definite role of IL-15 in basal proliferation and survival of the memory cell pool.

Finally one of the most frequently cited limitations of in vitro tests is qualitative and quantitative deficiencies in the biotransformation of chemicals used in experimental models [ 158].

It appears that this difference in the MA is associated with qualitative and quantitative deficiencies of muscle tissue, especially related to a sedentary lifestyle [ 14].

Secondly, though qualitative methods identify deficiencies in post-conflict zones, these methods cannot quantitatively measure the scope of the lack of equipment, supplies, support personnel and facilities in post-conflict zones.