Towards decolonising research methods training: the development of a locally responsive online learning course on research methods for mental health in war and conflict for researchers and practitioners in the Gaza Strip.

Background: Concerns exist that online learning directed at non-Western settings to strengthen research capacity imposes Western-centric epistemology, provides unidirectional transfer of knowledge, and neglects local paradigms and expertise. We argue that a plurality of voices, histories and epistemologies are essential to strengthen research capacity. We share our experience developing and teaching an online course for mental health professionals and researchers in the Gaza Strip.

Avian models with spontaneous autoimmune diseases.

Autoimmune diseases in human patients only become clinically manifest when the disease process has developed to a stage where functional compensation by the afflicted organ or system is not possible anymore. In order to understand the initial etiologic and pathogenic events that are generally not yet accessible in humans, appropriate animal models are required. In this respect, spontaneously developing models--albeit rare--reflect the situation in humans much more closely than experimentally induced models, including knockout and transgenic mice.

Causes of acute thrombotic microangiopathy in patients receiving kidney transplantation.

Objectives: Thrombotic microangiopathy is a well-known problem in patients following renal transplantation. In postrenal transplantation, thrombotic microangiopathy is often a reflection of hemolytic uremic syndrome. We aimed to determine the causes of thrombotic microangiopathy in a population of renal transplantation recipients and discuss the literature.

2004 Nomenclature for the chicken major histocompatibility (B and Y) complex.

The first standard nomenclature for the chicken (Gallus gallus) major histocompatibility (B) complex published in 1982 describing chicken major histocompatibility complex (MHC) variability is being revised to include subsequent findings. Considerable progress has been made in identifying the genes that define this polymorphic region. Allelic sequences for MHC genes are accumulating at an increasing rate without a standard system of nomenclature in place.

v-src oncogene-specific carboxy-terminal peptide is immunoprotective against Rous sarcoma growth in chickens with MHC class I allele B-F12.

B(12) haplotype of the inbred chicken line CB (B12/B12) contains, like the bulk of chicken MHC(B) haplotypes, only a single dominantly expressed class I molecule (B-F). The peptide binding motifs for this major B-F12 molecule in chickens of Rous sarcoma regressor line CB (B12/B12) have been determined. Using stringent and relaxed motifs, several peptides were found in the v-src molecule of the PR-RSV-C, but most of these peptides are identical with that of endogenous c-src.