PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF PROCALCITONIN, SOLUBLE TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS-1 AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN FEBRILE PATIENTS WITH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES.

BACKGROUND:Both procalcitonin (PCT) and soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) have been investigated separately as indicators of infection in patients with autoimmune diseases.Our study simultaneously evaluated both PCT and sTREM-1 along with C-reactive protein (CRP) in febrile patients with autoimmune diseases.METHODS:

CRISPR-Cas has revolutionized genetics and extensive efforts have been made to enhance its editing efficiency by developing increasingly more elaborate tools.Here, we evaluate the CRISPR-Cas9 system in Drosophila melanogaster to assess its ability to induce stem cell-derived tumors in the intestine.We generated conditional tissue-specific CRISPR kn

While insect predators need high-quality food to reach sexual maturity and reproduce, starvation following adult eclosion may occur when prey are missing in agroecosystems.This study explores whether the type of diet available at eclosion determines the future fecundity of newly emerged adult predators.In a laboratory experiment, three different di