Search for dissertations about: "role of donors"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 175 swedish dissertations containing the words role of donors.

  2. 16. Functional role of T-cell activation in viral hepatitis

    Author : Jessica Nyström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : HBV; HCV; HBcAg; NS3 4A; HBsAg; T-cells;

    Abstract : Hepatitis B and C (HBV, HCV) constitute global health problems and there are approximately 350 million chronically HBV infected people around the world, most of them are found in East and South East Asia and Africa. Worldwide there are 170 million HCV infected individuals with the highest prevalence seen in Egypt. READ MORE

  4. 17. From Slaves to Princes : The role of NGOs in the construction of race and ethnicity in Salvador, Brazil

    Author : Örjan Bartholdson; Gudrun Dahl; Dorothea Hilhorst; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social movements; NGOs; Afro-Brazilian; race; ethnicity; foreign activists; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

    Abstract : Global forms and changes affect all spheres of human life-worlds; not least how we interpret and create systems of meaning in our respective habitats. A merging of global and local reflections and actions often causes ideological transformations and discursive shifts. READ MORE

  5. 18. Studies of Enterovirus Infection and Induction of Innate Immunity in Human Pancreatic Cells

    Author : Mahesh Anagandula; Magnus Essand; Didier Hober; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Type 1 Diabetes; Enterovirus; Innate Immunity; Pancreas;

    Abstract : Several epidemiological and clinical studies have indicated a possible role of Enterovirus (EV) infection in type 1 diabetes (T1D) development. However, the exact casual mechanism of these viruses in T1D development is not known. READ MORE

  6. 19. Role of innate cellular immunity in the immunopathogenesis of HIV-1 infection in Uganda

    Author : Proscovia Naluyima Sekiziyivu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The global epidemic of HIV has resulted in more than 34 million deaths and currently 36.9 million HIV-infected people worldwide. Uganda has an HIV prevalence of 7.3%, equating to about 1. READ MORE

  7. 20. Antibody repertoires : Exploration of their role in allergic disease and facilitation of reliable analyses thereof

    Author : Linnea Thörnqvist; Institutionen för immunteknologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; allergen; allergic disease; antibody bioinformatics; antibody repertoire; B cells; epitope; immunogloblulin; immunogloblulin germline gene; IgE; specific immunotherapy; stereotyped antibody;

    Abstract : Allergic disease affects millions of individuals worldwide and leads to both impaired life quality of the affected individuals and large economic costs for the society. Allergen-specific antibodies of IgE type act as one of the key players in the disease, by activating effector cells upon binding of its allergen. READ MORE