Protective Role of NS1-Specific Antibodies in the Immune Response to Dengue Virus Through Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity.

Background: Dengue virus (DENV) nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) has multiple functions within infected cells, on the cell surface, and in secreted form, and is highly immunogenic. Immunity from previous DENV infections is known to exert both positive and negative effects on subsequent DENV infections, but the contribution of NS1-specific antibodies to these effects is incompletely understood.

Methods: We investigated the functions of NS1-specific antibodies and their significance in DENV infection.

Celiac disease seroprevalence in patients with infertility. A case-control study.

Background: Although most patients with celiac disease (CD) have digestive manifestations, in some of them they may be of extraintestinal (atypical) nature, such as chronic anemia, ataxia, and fertility disorders.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of CD-related antibodies in Mexican women with fertility disorders.

Material And Methods: Case-control study of women who attended evaluation for fertility disorders in a specialized center.

Antibiofilm properties of silver nanoparticles incorporated into polymethyl methacrylate used for dental applications.

Background: Acrylic resins used in dental and biomedical applications do not have antimicrobial properties, their surface is susceptible to colonization of microorganisms.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibiofilm properties of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) deposited in a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) surface against a Staphylococcus aureus biofilm.

Methods: The PMMA was impregnated with AgNPs by using the in-situ polymerization method.

Effect of microwave polymerization on the thermomechanical and surface properties of ocular prosthetic acrylic resins.

Background: Polymerization conditions affect the physical-mechanical properties of acrylic resins used for craniofacial prostheses.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of microwave polymerization on the thermomechanical properties and surface morphology of ocular prostheses fabricated with polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).

Methods: PMMA discs were polymerized with microwave energy and with conventional heat polymerization (CHP) method.

as Anticandidal and Anti-HIV Agent: An HIV Oral Cavity Potential Drug.

The oral cavity is crucial from diagnosis to adherence to HAART therapy in the HIV/AIDS population; consequently, drugs that can maintain healthy conditions in the oral cavity are necessary for patients with HIV/AIDS. (pomegranate) is a tree that has been employed extensively for centuries in the traditional medicine of ancient cultures for the treatment of a wide range of diseases, including oral and dental diseases. In recent decades, its potent anticandidal properties have been shown, especially on , the cause of the most common clinical manifestation in HIV patients.