Escalated Dose Donor Lymphocyte Infusion Treatment in Patients with Primary Immune Deficiencies After HSCT with Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Regimen.

Objective/background: Mixed chimerism is a major concern after allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) using a reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimen in primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs). A donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) escalating dose regimen has been developed with the aim of reducing toxicity while preserving efficacy. However, the graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) development remains the most common and adverse effect of DLI and continues to be a limiting factor in its application, especially nonmalignant diseases such as PIDs.

Impact of Q139R substitution of MEB4-Cry2Aa toxin on its stability, accessibility and toxicity against Ephestia kuehniella.

The Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain MEB4 was previously found to be highly toxic to Ephestia kuehniella. SDS-PAGE analysis of the recombinant strain DH5α (pBS-cry2Aa-MEB4) showed that Cry2Aa-MEB4 delta-endotoxins were forming inclusion bodies, and were 2.

Relationship of the lumbar lordosis angle to the level of termination of the conus medullaris and thecal sac.

The level of termination of the conus medullaris (CM) and thecal sac (TS) is subject to variations. We try to correlate in this study these variations with the lumbar lordosis angle (LLA) using MRI scans. A retrospective study was conducted using available MRI scans of the lumbar spine.