The asilid genus Laphyctis Loew, 1858 is revised.The genus is restricted to the Afrotropical Region where it has been confused with the more widely distributed Laphystia Loew, 1847, which currently has no bg tuley Afrotropical representatives.Three previously described species are recognised: Laphyctis gigantella (Loew, 1852), type of the genus, La
The contributions of cytokines to the development and progression of disease in a mouse model of retrovirus-induced immunodeficiency (MAIDS) are controversial.Some studies have indicated an etiologic role for type 2 cytokines, while others have emphasized the importance of type 1 cytokines.We have used mice deficient in expression of IL-4, IL-10, I
A severe outbreak of wildfire across the US Pacific Coast during August 2020 led to persistent fire activity through the end of summer.In late September, Fire Weather Outlooks predicted higher than usual fire activity into the winter in parts of California, with concomitant elevated fire danger in the Southeastern US.To help inform the regional and
In this study veins that constituted the portal vein were investigated in eight adult Van cats.The portal vein of the Van cat was composed of five peripheral branches which supplied the abdominal organs and two intrahepatic branches at the hepatic porta.The peripheral branches were cranial mesenteric, splenic, gastroduodenal, right gastric and cyst
Background: Melanocortinergic system represents a known system involved in the central regulation of body weight with the central proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons forming a potent anorexigenic network.Polymorphisms in the POMC gene locus are associated with obesity phenotypes.Aim: To assess the contribution of the POMC gene 9-bp insertional polym