Essays about: "MHC"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the word MHC.

1. 1. Feeding Live or Dried Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens) to laying hens – Effects on Immune Traits, Egg Quality, Feather Condition, Body and Organ Weights

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

   Author : Adnan Aslam; [2023]
   Keywords : Black soldier fly; live larvae; dried larvae; immune response; egg quality; body weight; feather condition scoring;

   Abstract : Due to increasing prices and potential scarcity of soybean meal (SBM), there is growing demand for alternative and sustainable protein sources in poultry production. Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) have proven to be a suitable alternative based on nutritional value and sustainable production. READ MORE

3. 2. Identification of Immunological Targets for Brain Cancer Immunotherapy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi

   Author : Zhenda Wang; [2022]
   Keywords : Cancer immunotherapy; brain cancer; neoantigen; MHC HLA; TCR;

   Abstract : Background Cancer immunotherapy has yielded many successes. Yet to some hard-to-treat brain tumors, such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), it still lacks substantial improvement. Neoantigens resulting from mutations in malignant cells are the key targets for employing adoptive cell therapies. READ MORE

4. 3. Structural features underlying antigen presentation by the non-classical MHC class Ib molecule Qa-1b

   University essay from KTH/Proteinvetenskap

   Author : Lejla AI-Tamimi; [2022]
   Keywords : immune checkpoint; NKG2A; MHC class Ib; Qdm; antibody; crystal structure;

   Abstract : Blockering av NKG2A receptorn på NK - och CD8+ T celler med en anti-NKG2A antikropp, medför en aktivering av cytolytisk aktivitet, och är en lovande immunkontrollpunkt i immunterapi mot cancer. Nyligen har en TCR-liknande antikropp, EXX1, som binder till liganden för NKG2A receptorn, Qa-1b - en icke-klassisk MHC klass Ib molekyl i möss -studerats i tumör modeller in vitro. READ MORE

5. 4. Peer relationships and Mental Healthin Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Disorders : A Quantitative analysis

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, CHILD

   Author : Estrella Torres Cabo; [2022]
   Keywords : Well-being; floursihing; Mental health; fPRC; Adolescence; NDD; Neurodevelopmental disorders; friendship; peer relations;

   Abstract : Adolescence is a time of change where maturational milestones lead to the prioritization of peerinput, and the social context becomes crucial in its influence of those milestones. Adolescents socialcontext requires adapting to complex social norms through self-regulation, a process which adolescents having neurodevelopmental disorders struggle with, bounding them to a certain incompetencein dealing with the peer group and friendships. READ MORE

6. 5. Genetics of complement proteins among Swedish newborns

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Author : Xinyao Sun; [2022]
   Keywords : genetics; complement protein; newborns; haplotype analysis;

   Abstract : Complement proteins play an important role in the body's immune processes and involve in the pathology of many diseases in human, such as major depressive disorder and schizophrenia. Understanding the genetics of those proteins is an important step toward unraveling their effects on psychiatric disorders. READ MORE