Fatty liver (ie, hepatic lipidosis) is a major metabolic disorder of many dairy cows in early
lactation and is associated with decreased health status and reproductive performance. In�…

Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of dendritic cells (DCs). Dendritic
cells were first identified in the epidermis and were termed “Langerhans cells.” DCs are now�…

Dendritic cells (DCs) are specialized, bone marrow-derived leukocytes that are critical to the
development of immunity. Investigators have emphasized the role of DCs in initiating�…

During B lymphocyte development, antibodies are assembled by random gene segment
reassortment to produce a vast number of specificities. A potential disadvantage of this�…

Knowledge of the weight, volume, and center of mass of segments of the human body is of
significance to research in such diverse fields as physical educa-tion, prosthetics, and space�…

The quantitative relation between transcription factor concentrations and the rate of protein
production from downstream genes is central to the function of genetic networks. Here we�…

Background Lymphoma associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a complication of bone
marrow transplantation that responds poorly to standard forms of therapy. The lymphoma is�…

Bone marrow and peripheral blood leukocytes from 19 leukemia patients were found to
contain telomerase activity detectable by a PCR-based assay. Telomerase was also�…

Knowledge of the anthropometric parameters of the human body is essential for
understanding of human kinetics and particularly for the design and testing of impact�…

To avoid having to restart a job from the beginning in case of random failure, it is standard
practice to save periodically sufficient information to enable the job to be restarted at the�…