The Effect of Compression Stockings on Physiological and Psychological Responses after 5-km Performance in Recreationally Active Females.

Treseler, C, Bixby, WR, and Nepocatych, S. The effect of compression stockings on physiological and psychological responses after 5-Km performance in recreationally active females. J Strength Cond Res 30(7): 1985-1991, 2016-The purpose of the study was to examine the physiological and perceptual responses to wearing below-the-knee compression stockings (CS) after a 5-km running performance in recreationally active women.

Effect of mannose-binding protein on binding of Cryptococcus neoformans to human phagocytes.

The capacity of human peripheral blood monocytes, neutrophils, and monocyte-derived macrophages to bind the yeast Cryptococcus neoformans was increased when the phagocytes were cultured on surfaces containing recombinant human mannose-binding protein. In contrast, soluble mannose-binding protein had no effect on cryptococcal binding by phagocytes.

Biological activity of interleukin-2 bound to Candida albicans.

The lymphokine interleukin-2 (IL-2), which is necessary for the generation of an optimal cell-mediated immune response, has recently been shown to have lectinlike properties, with specificity for high-mannose groups. Therefore, the ability of IL-2 to bind to the mannose-rich fungus Candida albicans was examined. Heat-killed fungi preincubated with IL-2 stimulated, in a dose-dependent manner, proliferation of the IL-2-dependent cell line CTLL20.

Fungal meningitis.

Fungal meningitis tends to be a subacute or chronic process; however, it may be just as lethal as bacterial meningitis if untreated. There are many similarities between the pathogenic fungi. Most of the fungi are aerosolized and inhaled, and initiate a primary pulmonary infection which is usually self-limited.

Cellular immunity to heterotopic corneal allografts in the rat.

Although the immune nature of corneal allograft rejection has been recognized for over thirty years, the specific mechanisms involved in such reactions remain obscure. We investigated the cellular immune responses of PVG (RT1c) rats that were grafted with fully allogeneic ACI (RT1a) skin, ACI cornea, or PVG cornea to the chest wall or given sham grafts. Cell-mediated lymphocytotoxicity (CML) was tested at 10 days posttransplant by placing recipient spleen cells in culture with irradiated ACI stimulator cells, and six days later measuring specific lysis of 51Cr-labeled target lymphoblasts at several effector-to-target ratios.