University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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HMGB1, an alarmin promoting HIV dissemination and latency in dendritic cells.
(University of Nairobischool of public health, 2012-01)Dendritic cells (DCs) initiate immune responses by transporting antigens and migrating to lymphoid tissues to initiate T-cell responses. DCs are located in the mucosal surfaces that are involved in human immunodeficiency ... -
Varsity to open next year - Moi
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What are Patients' Concerns about Medical Errors in an Emergency Department?
(University of Nairobischool of public health, 2012-02)OBJECTIVES: Concerns about medical errors have recently increased. An understanding of how patients conceptualise medical error would help health care providers to allay safety concerns and increase patient satisfaction. ... -
Varsity to reopen July 15
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Single-stranded DNA oligonucleotides inhibit TLR3-mediated responses in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells and in vivo in cynomolgus macaques.
(University of Nairobischool of public health, 2012-07)TLR3 is a key receptor for recognition of double-stranded RNA and initiation of immune responses against viral infections. However, hyperactive responses can have adverse effects, such as virus-induced asthma. Strategies ... -
Varsity's decision opposed
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Effects of hyperbaric oxygenation on survival time of aluminum phosphide intoxicated rats
(University of Nairobischool of public health, 2011-10)BACKGROUND: Aluminium phosphide (AlP) is used as a fumigant. It produces phosphine gas which is a mitochondrial poison. Although this poisoning has been repeatedly reported in literature with a high mortality rate, there ... -
University of Nairobi students filling their readmission forms in Taifa Hall
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Scanning and transmission electron microscopic study of the tracheal air sac system in a grasshopper Chrotogonus senegalensis (Kraus)--Orthoptera: Acrididae: Pyrgomorphinae
(University of Nairobi,Veterinary Anatomy, 1989)The morphology of the trachea-air sac system in a species of grasshopper Chrotogonus senegalensis has been studied by using scanning and transmission electron microscopes. Capacious air sacs were formed as dilatations along ... -
In vitro activity of azithromycin in Salmonella isolates from Pakistan.
(University of Nairobischool of public health, 2011-05)INTRODUCTION: Enteric fever is caused by Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A, B and C. It is a significant public health issue in Pakistan, which is exacerbated by a high level of resistance some isolates ... -
University News
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A pilot study assessing the prognostic value of CK18 and nDNA biomarkers in severe sepsis patients.
(University of Nairobischool of public health, 2012-03)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Severe sepsis and septic shock have posed significant treatment challenges for many years. Recently, a number of circulating apoptosis biomarkers have emerged, such as full-length and caspase-cleaved ... -
B15 heterogeneity in East African Blacks
(University of Nairobi,School of Nairobi,, 1980-10)One-hundred-forty-one Blacks (135 unrelated) from Kenya and Tanzania have been tissue-typed (HLA-A, B and C loci) as part of a study of host factors involved in Burkitt's lymphoma and naso-pharyngeal carcinoma. Evidence ... -
HLA antigens in East African Black patients with Burkitt's lymphoma or nasopharyngeal carcinoma and in controls: a pilot study
(University of Nairobi,School of Medicine, 1982-10)A pilot study is reported of HLA-A, B, and C antigens in 141 East African Blacks comprising patients with Burkitt's lymphoma or nasopharyngeal carcinoma, either with active disease or in long-term remission, together with ... -
Lymphocyte enzyme activities in East African blacks: decrease in 5'nucleotidase and possible relation to immunosuppression
(University of Nairobi,School of Medicine, 1983)Microanalysis of subcellular organelle marker enzymes was applied to cryopreserved lymphocytes (obtained and processed in the field) from East African blacks with moderate to severe malnutrition and subject to locally ... -
Stripping at the box; the salient facts
(University of Nairobi,School of Journalism, 20-06-97) -
"Petrified ears" with idiopathic adult-onset pituitary insufficiency.
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)"Petrified ears" or calcification of auricular cartilage is an uncommonly reported condition. The most common causes of this phenomenon are local trauma, frost bite, and inflammation. Adrenal insufficiency is the most ... -
Ethnicity rife at campus
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C. elegans Dynamin mediates the signaling of phagocytic receptor CED-1 for the engulfment and degradation of apoptotic cells
(C. elegans Dynamin mediates the signaling of phagocytic receptor CED-1 for the engulfment and degradation of apoptotic cellsCollege of Health Sciences, 2006)Dynamins are large GTPases that act in multiple vesicular trafficking events. We identified 14 loss-of-function alleles of the C. elegans dynamin gene, dyn-1, that are defective in the removal of apoptotic cells. dyn-1 ... -
Students, lecturer set for parliament
(University of Nairobi,School of Journalism, 20-06-97)
