FGF-19, a novel fibroblast growth factor with unique specificity for FGFR4.

abstract：:LIGHT (lymphotoxin-like inducible protein that competes with glycoprotein D for binding herpesvirus entry mediator on T cells) is a recently identified of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) ligand superfamily. We wanted to establish whether the presence of chronic viral hepatitis could be implicated in enhanc...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Pawlak K,Mysliwiec M,Pawlak D

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farnesol, a quorum-sensing molecule, regulates virulence and morphogenesis in Candida albicans and is involved in various human pathologies including oral candidiasis. Oral epithelial cells are involved in innate immunity against Candida infections via Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and inflammatory mediators. We investig...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Décanis N,Savignac K,Rouabhia M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional diversity of the memory T-cell-derived cytokine IL-17 was explored at the receptor level. IL-17 inhibited TNF-induced chemokine Rantes expression in human synovial fibroblasts and mouse lung fibroblasts. This inhibitory activity of IL-17 (IC50=0.2 ng/ml) was 6-fold more potent than its stimulatory activity ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Schnyder B,Schnyder-Candrian S,Pansky A,Schmitz ML,Heim M,Ryffel B,Moser R

更新日期：2005-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Ethiopia, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a growing public health threat. Among the key challenges in VL control in Ethiopia is lack of an effective test of cure. The recommended test of cure is parasite detection. As sterile cure is not expected with the current widely used drugs, the value of parasite de...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Gadisa E,Tasew G,Abera A,Gelaye W,Chanyalew M,Abebe M,Laskay T,Aseffa A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil microparticles (NMs) are scarce in the circulation but are highly enriched at sites of inflammation and exert profound effects on immune cells. In the present study, we addressed whether NMs modulate cytokine-producing capacity of natural killer (NK) cells. NMs inhibited the production of IFN-γ and TNF-α bu...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Pliyev BK,Kalintseva MV,Abdulaeva SV,Yarygin KN,Savchenko VG

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study demonstrates that liposomes coated with synthesized neoglycolipids constructed from mannotriose and dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (Man3-DPPE) activate peritoneal macrophages (PEMs) to up-regulate expression of co-stimulatory molecules and preferentially secrete IL-12. Injection of Man3-DPPE-coa...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Takagi H,Furuya N,Kojima N

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imbalance in the production of cytokines and their inhibitors plays a part in inflammation in chronic destructive diseases. Direct cell-cell contact with stimulated T cells markedly induces the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases in monocytes. This study demonstrates that direct cont...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Vey E,Dayer JM,Burger D

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a novel technique for "real time" quantitative Reverse Transcriptase-PCR which measures PCR-product accumulation during the exponential phase of the PCR reaction using a dual-labelled fluorogenic probe, has been developed. This method allows direct detection of PCR-product formation by measuring the increase...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Overbergh L,Valckx D,Waer M,Mathieu C

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRs) were only discovered little more than a decade ago, yet it has become rapidly clear that they are crucial posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression by decreasing the abundance or translational efficiency of mRNAs [Maroney PA, Yu Y, Nilsen TW. MicroRNAs, mRNAs, and translation. Cold Spring Harb...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Pedersen I,David M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal epithelial cells can be induced to secrete the chemokine interleukin (IL)-8 during inflammation. The PAR-2 receptor is believed to play a proinflammatory role and is expressed in gut epithelial cells. The aim was to investigate PAR-2 signaling in Caco-2 intestinal epithelial cells, with respect to chemokine...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Fyfe M,Bergström M,Aspengren S,Peterson A

更新日期：2005-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) activates endothelial cell NADPH oxidase which catalyzes production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). This activity is required for VCAM-1-dependent lymphocyte migration. The focus of our study was to determine whether these VCAM-1-dependent functions are modulated by cytokin...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Tudor KS,Hess KL,Cook-Mills JM

更新日期：2001-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of GPCR fatty acid sensor/receptor genes in adipocytes is modulated by inflammatory mediators, particularly IL-1β. In this study we examined whether the IL-1 gene superfamily member, IL-33, also regulates expression of the fatty acid receptor genes in adipocytes. Human fat cells, differentiated from preadip...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Zaibi MS,Kępczyńska MA,Harikumar P,Alomar SY,Trayhurn P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraquat (PQ) is a herbicide which is highly pneumotoxic by generating reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI). Pro-inflammatory cytokines, particularly IL-1 and TNF, have been implicated in some ROI-mediated pathologies, including bleomycin toxicity and ischaemia/reperfusion injury. We have studied the effect of PQ on th...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Bianchi M,Fantuzzi G,Bertini R,Perin L,Salmona M,Ghezzi P

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the relationship between hormonal and cytokine responses after surgery. Patients who underwent thoracic oesophagectomy (O group; n = 7), pulmonary lobectomy (P group; n = 5), modified mastectomy (M group; n = 5) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC group; n = 7), were randomly selected. Circulati...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Yamauchi H,Kobayashi E,Yoshida T,Kiyozaki H,Hozumi Y,Kohiyama R,Suminaga Y,Sakurabayashi I,Fujimura A,Miyata M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth related oncogene protein-alpha (GRO-alpha) is a member of C-X-C chemokine and plays an important role in inflammatory responses. Expression of GRO gene family is regulated by a number of factors at both transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. In the present study, we have addressed the possible regulati...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Shibata T,Imaizumi T,Matsumiya T,Tamo W,Hatakeyama M,Yoshida H,Munakata H,Fukuda I,Satoh K

更新日期：2003-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic liver injury causes liver regeneration, resulting in fibrosis. The proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is involved in the pathogenesis of many acute and chronic liver diseases. TNF has pleiotropic functions, but its role in liver fibrosis has not been clarified. Chronic repeated injection of C...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Sudo K,Yamada Y,Moriwaki H,Saito K,Seishima M

更新日期：2005-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous work we demonstrated that monoclonal antibody (mAb) 8C2 recognized a human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (hG-CSF) region left unmasked after binding to placenta receptors, whereas mAb 6E3 defined a receptor-buried epitope. Herein we examined the role of these antigenic regions on the proliferativ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Marino VJ,Sterin-Prync AE,Roguin LP

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the vasculature regulated by cytokines. Macrophages play a crucial role at all stages of this disease, including regulation of foam cell formation, the inflammatory response and stability of atherosclerotic plaques. For example, matrix metalloproteinases produced by macrop...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Ashlin TG,Kwan AP,Ramji DP

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human interferon alpha-receptor (IFNAR gene product or IFN alpha R protein) was expressed in hamster CHO cells and in mouse A9 cells. The response of the IFN alpha R cDNA transfectants to human IFNs was studied by measuring induction of (2'-5') A synthetase (2'-5' AS). In the murine cells, the IFN alpha R protein ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Abramovich C,Chebath J,Revel M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-fat-fed C57Bl/6J FABP4/aP2 null mice develop obesity but not the related hyperglycemia or hyperinsulinemia characteristic of type II diabetes. FABP4/aP2 protein's function to bind fatty acids in the adipocytes may promote total body energy homeostasis by linking energy depots to the ability to express signaling m...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Witthuhn BA,Bernlohr DA

更新日期：2001-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term exposure to biomass-burning smoke (BS) is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and other chronic inflammatory lung diseases. BS results from such processes as the burning of wood for indoor cooking and heating, with women and children having the highest exposure rate. This st...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Falfán-Valencia R,Ramírez-Venegas A,Pérez Lara-Albisua JL,Ramírez-Rodriguez SL,Márquez-García JE,Buendía-Roldan I,Gayosso-Gómez LV,Pérez-Padilla R,Ortiz-Quintero B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The initial study has reported the increased level of oncostatin M (OSM) in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of chronic periodontitis patients, and no study has reported its level in gingivitis patients. Therefore, the present study has been carried out to measure the level of OSM in gingival crevicular fluid ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Thorat Manojkumar S,Pradeep AR,Garg G,Raju A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of interleukin 1beta administration on the thymus of adult and old rats were studied in order to study the interactions between the nervous and immune systems and to confirm the important role played by catecholaminergic nerve fibres (CNF) in the regulation of thymic functions. Moreover, chemical sympathec...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Artico M,Cavallotti C,Cameroni M,Cavallotti D

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Published studies on association between IL12B (G/A) rs10045431, (T/C)rs6887695 polymorphisms and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) risk in Caucasian population have yielded conflicting results. The aim of this study was to potentially provide more reliable conclusions by conducting a meta-analysis. METHODS:...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Wu PB,Wu XM,Qian R,Hong C,Yitian G,Zhang G,Yu YJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of the cytokines IFN-alpha, IL-6 and IL-10 present in the serum of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients on the differentiation and maturation of DCs derived from CD34(+) hematopoietic precursor cells (HPCs). CD34(+) HPCs cultured in SLE serum containing...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Zhang R,Xing M,Ji X,Gu L,Yang X,Wang H,Jiang P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported the identification of four novel members of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) family which we designated as IL-1 homologue 1-4 (IL-1H1-4). These proteins exhibit significant sequence homology to other members of the IL-1 family. Of these homologues, only IL-1H4 (renamed IL-1F7b) was predicted to conta...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Kumar S,Hanning CR,Brigham-Burke MR,Rieman DJ,Lehr R,Khandekar S,Kirkpatrick RB,Scott GF,Lee JC,Lynch FJ,Gao W,Gambotto A,Lotze MT

更新日期：2002-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 5 (IL-5) is a T-cell derived cytokine that induces eosinophil growth and differentiation in both mouse and human bone marrow cultures. Elevated levels of IL-5 as well as eosinophils have been detected in the sputum and Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids of asthmatics. Since the recruitment of inflammatory...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Fattah D,Page KR,Bezbaruah S,Priest RC,Horgan CM,Solari R

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) demonstrating pro-angiogenic activity promote new blood vessel formation in psoriatic lesions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum concentrations of VEGF, its soluble receptors (sVEGF R1 and R2) and VEGF content in scales of patients with psoriasis. To analyze poss...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Flisiak I,Zaniewski P,Rogalska M,Myśliwiec H,Jaroszewicz J,Chodynicka B

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is closely associated with increased production of pro-inflammatory adipokines, including interleukin (IL)-6, plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1, and adipose-tissue-derived monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, which contribute to chronic and low-grade inflammation in adipose tissue. Harpagoside, a ma...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Kim TK,Park KS

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of cytokine expression in monocytes/macrophages by bacterial endotoxin or lipopolysaccharide is a critical, highly regulated host defence response. The augmentation of LPS responses by interferon gamma (IFN-gamma), referred to as priming, is well established. However, the mechanism(s) by which priming oc...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Hayes MP,Freeman SL,Donnelly RP

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00