Anti-CA14 (N-terminal) polyclonal antibody

Introduction: Asthma is an etiologically complex disease and develops by the interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors. Previous studies suggested a linkage between the interferon-gamma (INFG) gene cluster in the chromosome 12q region and susceptibility to asthma. Methods: This meta-analysis was undertaken to examine the relationship between +874A/T and CA-repeat polymorphisms in INFG gene and asthma. Eligible articles were accumulated via online databases in October 2013. A total of nine articles were included that were associated with the +874A/T polymorphism, involving 470 cases and 574 controls, as well as articles involving CA-repeat polymorphisms, which included 365 cases and 517 controls. The meta-analysis was performed for heterogeneity and calculation of pooled odds ratio and evaluation of publication bias by Egger's linear regression test. Results: The differences between IFNG polymorphism and the susceptibility to asthma may vary across ethnicities and ages, and also that the allelic frequencies of the AA genotypes in IFNG at +874 is associated with an increased risk of asthma in the Chinese Han adult population; additionally, CA14 occurrence in the first intron can increase the risk of asthma in the Japanese population. Conclusion: Our findings suggested that some polymorphisms in the IFNG gene could act as high prevalence-susceptibility markers of asthma. Larger scale studies are warranted to address these associations among different ethnic populations, ages and the severity of asthma prognosis.

For plant-growth lighting, novel deep-red emission phosphors with high brightness were obtained by co-doping Ti4+ and Mn4+ into a Ca14Al10Zn6O35 substrate through a conventional solid-state reaction strategy. The nominal Ca14-(x+y)/2Al10-x-yZn6O35:xTi(4+),yMn(4+) (CAZO:Ti4+,Mn4+) phosphors could be excited by both near-ultraviolet (NUV) and blue-light-emitting diode (LED) chips efficiently and exhibited a strong deep-red emission band ranging from 650 nm to 750 nm, which should be the result of the E-2 (4)A(2) transition inside the [MnO6](8-) octahedral. Multiple energy transfer from Ti4+ to Mn4+ was detected in this CAZO; whereby Ti4+ and Mn4+ phosphors were verified to be a result of the dipole-dipole interaction under excitation at 270 nm. LED plant-growth lights were fabricated using the as-prepared nominal Ca13.825Al9.65Zn6O35:0.15Mn(4+),0.2Ti(4+),0.005H(3)BO(3) (CAZO:Mn4+,Ti4+,H3BO3) phosphors pumped by a 460 nm blue-chip; this luminaire could be used to greatly promote the cultivation of succulent plants. Combined with the attractive thermal stability as well as high quantum efficiency (QE) of this phosphor, it was demonstrated that these novel phosphors may be candidate deep-red luminescent materials for LED plant lighting.