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Clinical encounters with different illness realities : qualitative studies of illness and restructuring of illness meaning among two cultural groups of female patients in a multicultural area of Stockholm
(2003-09-19)
Background: Mental health care in Sweden encounters a multicultural population. Meaning given to illness may differ between patient, family and caregiver and this affects the clinical encounter and outcome of treatment.
The ...
When the bear lost its tail : targeting the GRK/β-arrestins downstream IGF1R in non-epithelial malignancies
(2022-11-25)
Plasma membrane receptors are highly specialized cell surface structures that receive extracellular information and process them into biological responses. Among them, this thesis focuses on two major receptor families: ...
Influence of Ly49 inhibitory receptors and MHC class I on T cell and NK cell function
(2005-04-08)
Natural Killer cells (NK) can kill virus infected cells and tumor cells but do not harm normal surrounding cells. The function of Ly49 receptors on NK cells is important in maintaining selftolerance since they transmit ...
On the role of dendritic cells in HIV-1 infection
(2004-11-26)
Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells with the capacity to initiate primary T cell responses against pathogens such as HIV-1. In addition, DCs express the receptors required for HIV-1 infection and as DCs are ...