Las masculinidades de los hombres homosexuales en Plata quemada, de Ricardo Piglia

El artículo propone un análisis de la novela Plata quemada (1997) de RicardoPiglia desde los postulados de los Estudios de varones y masculinidades. Apartir de estos, se revisa la función que cumple el imaginario en torno al rol degénero masculino, específicamente en lo que concierne al origen y desarrollo de la violencia. También se examina la influencia del falogocentrismo en el hombre homosexual y la influencia de la mujer en la construcción y disputa de los roles de género en estos individuos. El objetivo central es ver la manera en que la cultura patriarcal y heterosexista está presente en el varón homosexual como en el resto de la sociedad, proyectándose tanto en su visión del mundo como en sus dinámicas de comportamiento, y también como un factor coercitivo en su relación con los individuos y colectivos que lo circundan

The role of T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase in epithelial carcinogenesis

T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase (TC-PTP, encoded by PTPN2) is a non-receptor PTP that is mostly highly expressed in hematopoietic tissues. TC-PTP modulates a variety of physiological functions including cell cycle progression, cell survival and proliferation, and hematopoiesis through tyrosine dephosphorylation of its target substrates, such as EGFR, JAK1, JAK3, STAT1, and STAT3. Studies with whole or tissue-specific loss of TC-PTP function transgenic mice have shown that TC-PTP has crucial roles in the regulation of the immune response, insulin signaling, and oncogenic signaling. More recently, generation of epidermal-specific TC-PTP-deficient mice for use in multistage skin carcinogenesis bioassays demonstrated that TC-PTP suppresses skin tumor formation by negatively regulating STAT3 and AKT signaling. Further investigation showed that TC-PTP also minimizes UVB-induced epidermal cell damage by promoting apoptosis through the negative regulation of Flk-1/JNK signaling. These findings provide major evidence for a tumor suppressive function for TC-PTP against environment-induced skin cancer. Here, we will discuss TC-PTP, its substrates, and its functions with an emphasis on its role in skin carcinogenesis

Free volume, molecular grains, self-organisation, and anisotropic entropy : machining materials

In this article, the relationship between molecular architecture and the formation of twist-bend phases is reviewed under the context of shape dependency. We conclude that the twist-bend phase is a universal phenomenon, which occurs in a wide variety of materials, for dimers through to main chain polymers. In the process, the chemical information on molecular design is effectively lost or irrelevant, and molecular topology takes precedence over electrostatic interactions in mesophase formation. As a consequence of this macro-scale material, engineering by shape alone becomes a possibility, potentially more phases may be realised, and entropy is anisotropic

New toothcarp from Arizona

2 p. ; 24 cm

Conformational landscapes of bimesogenic compounds and their implications for the formation of modulated nematic phases

The twist-bend phase (NTB) is most commonly observed in materials with a gross-bent shape: dimers; bent-cores; bent-oligomers. We had suggested previously that the bend-angle of such systems effectively dictates the relative thermal stability of the NTB phase. However, our earlier paper relied on the use of a single energy-minimum conformer and so failed to capture any information about flexibility and conformational distribution. In the present work, we revisit our hypothesis and examine a second set of dimers with varying linking groups and spacer composition. We have improved on our earlier work by studying the conformational landscape of each material, allowing average bend-angles to be determined as well as the conformer distribution. We observe that the stability of the NTB phase exhibits a strong dependence not only on the Boltzmann-weighted average bend-angle (rather than just a static conformer), but also on the distribution of conformers. To a lesser extent, the flexibility of the spacer appears important. Ultimately, this work satisfies both theoretical treatments and our initial experimental study and demonstrates the importance of molecular bend to the NTB phase

New fishes (Percesoces) from New Guinea

4 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Includes 1 bibliographical reference (p. 4)

New gobies from New Guinea

8 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Includes bibliographical references

Natural micropolymorphism in human leukocyte antigens provides a basis for genetic control of antigen recognition

Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene polymorphism plays a critical role in protective immunity, disease susceptibility, autoimmunity, and drug hypersensitivity, yet the basis of how HLA polymorphism influences T cell receptor (TCR) recognition is unclear. We examined how a natural micropolymorphism in HLA-B44, an important and large HLA allelic family, affected antigen recognition. T cell–mediated immunity to an Epstein-Barr virus determinant (EENLLDFVRF) is enhanced when HLA-B*4405 was the presenting allotype compared with HLA-B*4402 or HLA-B*4403, each of which differ by just one amino acid. The micropolymorphism in these HLA-B44 allotypes altered the mode of binding and dynamics of the bound viral epitope. The structure of the TCR–HLA-B*4405EENLLDFVRF complex revealed that peptide flexibility was a critical parameter in enabling preferential engagement with HLA-B*4405 in comparison to HLA-B*4402/03. Accordingly, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) polymorphism can alter the dynamics of the peptide-MHC landscape, resulting in fine-tuning of T cell responses between closely related allotypes