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- Edström, Anneli M L, et al.
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The major bactericidal activity of human seminal plasma is zinc-dependent and derived from fragmentation of the semenogelins.
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of immunology. - 1550-6606. ; 181:5, s. 3413-3421
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- One of the major roles of seminal plasma is to provide antimicrobial protection for the spermatozoa in the female reproductive tract. We found that the bactericidal activity of seminal plasma was highest after resolution of the seminal clot and that this antibacterial activity subsequently became greatly diminished. The antibacterial activity was derived from peptides generated by fragmentation of the semenogelins while the semenogelin holoproteins displayed no antibacterial activity. After ejaculation the semenogelin-derived peptides were fragmented to smaller and smaller fragments over time and thereby lost antibacterial activity. This paralleled the loss of antibacterial activity of whole seminal plasma both in vitro and after sexual intercourse. Moreover, the antibacterial activity of the semenogelin-derived peptides generated in seminal plasma was strictly zinc-dependent both at neutral and low pH. These data provide novel roles for the resolution of seminal clots and for the high zinc concentration in human seminal plasma.
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- Häggström, Lennart, et al.
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Structural transformations in lithiated Mn2Sb electrodes probed by Mossbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction
- 2006
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Ingår i: Hyperfine Interactions. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0304-3843 .- 1572-9540. ; 167:1-3, s. 759-765
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The electrochemical reactions of Li with Mn2Sb and small amounts of MnSb have been investigated by Mossbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The lithiation transforms initially the MnSb part and later the Mn2Sb part into amorphous LiMnSb. On further lithiation the LiMnSb phase transforms to rather well crystallized Li3Sb. In the X-ray diffraction pattern for the fully lithiated sample extruded nanocrystalline Mn is seen for the first time in these type of electrodes. The first delithiation of Li3Sb results in a mixture of three phases Mn2Sb, MnSb and LiMnSb. After several cycles (charges and discharges) of the electrode the Mn2Sb phase disappears completely.
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