A5038732273- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Global Health and Surgery
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- South African History and Culture
- Mast cells and histamine
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
- Urticaria and Related Conditions
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Ear and Head Tumors
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Legal Issues in South Africa
- Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
- Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
- Human Rights and Development
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2017-2024
University of Ottawa
2005-2019
University of Illinois Chicago
2018
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2012
Jewish General Hospital
2006
McGill University
2006
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
2005
Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO(2)) are increasing in the atmosphere, affecting soybean (Glycine max L.) phytohormone signaling and herbivore resistance. Whether impact elevated CO(2) on phytohormones induced defenses is a generalized response within this species an open question. We examined jasmonic acid (JA) salicylic (SA) under ambient concentrations with without Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newman) damage artificial across six cultivars (HS93-4118, Pana, IA 3010, Loda,...
Summary Fungal phytopathogens can suppress plant immune mechanisms in order to colonize living host cells. Identifying all the molecular components involved is critical for elaborating a detailed systems‐level model of infection probing pathogen weaknesses; yet, hierarchy events controlling fungal responses cell not clear. Here we show how, blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae , terminating rice innate immunity requires dynamic network redox‐responsive E3 ubiquitin ligases targeting sirtuin 2...
Omalizumab (Xolair®) is an anti‐IgE monoclonal antibody, which may benefit adults with systemic mastocytosis. We report effective treatment omalizumab in two toddlers severe diffuse cutaneous Our cases offer preliminary evidence to support the safe use of paediatric patients
Following leaf cuticle penetration by specialized appressorial cells, the devastating blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae grows as invasive hyphae (IH) in living rice cells. IH are separated from host cytoplasm plant-derived membranes forming an apoplastic compartment and a punctate biotrophic interfacial complex (BIC) that mediate molecular host-pathogen interaction. What cellular processes determine temperature range for this growth stage is unanswered question pertinent to broader...
Abstract The Old Fort Prison was Johannesburg's main place of incarceration prisoners for eight decades, including during the apartheid era. Virtually every important political leader in South African history, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Winnie and Fatima Meer, as well scores ordinary Africans caught web colonial repression, were imprisoned there. Today, this prison complex is home to Africa's Constitutional Court. Constitution Hill has brought former “map” their memories site. They also...
<i>Background:</i> There is considerable interest in using continuous venovenous hemofiltration machines for plasma exchange therapy children. <i>Methods:</i> Retrospective study of 7 patients and 61 treatments the Baxter/Edwards Lifesciences BM25 machine with commercially available filters (mostly Asahi Plasmaflo). <i>Results:</i> The average total volume was 1.5 times volume, achieved at a blood flow rate 100 ml/m<sup>2</sup> (3.5 ml/kg/min)...
A 29-year-old woman was found lying unconscious in the shower. There a two-day history of headache and dizziness. In emergency room, she initially stuporous (Glasgow Coma Scale 10/15), afebrile, bradycardic hypertensive. She exhibited roving, conjugate eye movements, left facial paresis (including frontalis), ptosis, diffuse hypotonia, extensor plantar responses bilaterally 1.5 cm warm, fluctuant mass with surrounding erythema behind ear (Figure 1). Otoscopy revealed bulge posterior wall...