C5A ENHANCES DYSREGULATED INFLAMMATORY AND ANGIOGENIC RESPONSES TO MALARIA IN VITRO: POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR PLACENTAL MALARIA.

C5a enhances dysregulated inflammatory and angiogenic responses to malaria in vitro: potential implications for placental malaria.

Placental malaria (PM) is a leading cause of maternal and infant mortality.Although the accumulation of parasitized erythrocytes (PEs) and monocytes within the placenta is thought to contribute to the pathophysiology of PM, the molecular mechanisms underlying JADE PEARL RICE RAMEN PM remain unclear.Based on the hypothesis that excessive complement

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Ecological Risk Assessment Is a Living Science: A Study on Heavy Metal(loid) Contamination in Typical Greenhouse Production Systems in Central China

To clarify the heavy metal(loid) contamination characteristics and health risk in nine typical greenhouse production areas in Jingmen, Central China, the total concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn in 176 soils and 332 vegetables were analyzed.Cadmium (100%) and Ni (4/44) exceeded the Chinese standard limits, while As (36/44), Cd (36

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What practice can learn from theory: The potential impact of disposition decision factors on organisational performance

Background: Effective disposition decisions can lead to a number of value-adding benefits including economic, environmental and marketing benefits.Despite this, many organisations are not aware of the importance of disposition decisions and the impact they can have on organisational performance.Objectives: The aim of this study was to demonstrate t

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Clusters of ancestrally related genes that show paralogy in whole or in part are a major feature of the genomes of humans and other species.

Arrangements of genes along chromosomes are a product of evolutionary processes, and we can expect that preferable arrangements will prevail over the span of evolutionary time, Refill Ombretto often being reflected in the non-random clustering of structurally and/or functionally related genes.Such non-random arrangements can arise by two distinct e

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