Virulence traits in Escherichia coli strains isolated from outpatients with urinary tract infections.

abstract：:This update on treatment of asthma exacerbations in children is the result of an Italian Pediatric Society Task-force, made up of a panel of experts working in 2007-2008. The aim is to give clear indications on the use of the drugs most employed in children, grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommen...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Indinnimeo L,Bertuola F,Cutrera R,De Benedictis FM,Di Pietro P,Duse M,Gianiorio P,Indirli G,La Grutta S,La Rosa M,Longhi R,Miceli Sopo S,Miglioranzi P,Miraglia Del Giudice M,Monaco F,Radzik D,Renna S,Snijders D,Zampog

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment with infliximab is employed successfully in Crohn's disease (CD) but predictors of efficacy are lacking. Activation of the transcription factor NF-kB has been demonstrated in CD and its inhibition is one of the mechanisms by which anti-inflammatory agents exert their effects. We evaluated the production ...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Guidi L,Costanzo M,Ciarniello M,De Vitis I,Pioli C,Gatta L,Pace L,Tricerri A,Bartoloni C,Coppola L,Balistreri P,Doria G,Fedeli G,Gasbarrini GB

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraneoplastic sensitive neuropathy is one of the most common presentations among a group of cancer-related disorders known as Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes (PNS). PNS likely have an autoimmune etiology since they have been associated with the presence of antibodies against neuronal antigens expressed by tumor...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Nappi L,Formisano L,Damiano V,Matano E,Bianco R,Tortora G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a severe chronic bilateral inflammation of the ocular surface characterized by seasonal exacerbations. Long-term prognosis is generally good; however, 6% develop sequelae responsible for permanent visual impairment. Corneal involvement is almost always present, consisting of puncta...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Caputo R,Pucci N,Mori F,De Libero C,Di Grande L,Bacci GM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum-like Papillary Dermal Elastolysis (PXE-PDE) is a peculiar idiopathic elastolytic disorder that clinically resembles Psudoxanthoma elasticum(PXE). It is histologically characterized by a total or partial loss of elastic fibers in the papillary dermis. It more often affects elderly women and is ...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Pranteda G,Muscianese M,Marmo G,Fidanza L,Pranteda G,Tamburi F,Bottoni U,Nisticò S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a syndrome consisting of severe refractory bladder symptoms of unknown etiology. The disease tends to affect Caucasian women with a mean age of 40 years, with 25% of patients under the age of 30. Few population based epidemiological studies of IC have been performed. We analyzed a case of...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Fioriti D,Penta M,Mischitelli M,Degener AM,Pierangeli A,Gentile V,Nicosia R,Gallinelli C,Chiarini F,Pietropaolo V

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies (rheumatoid factor, RF; anti-citrullinated-protein antibodies, ACPA) and complement system are involved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ACPA and anti-TNF agents are capable of in vitro modulating complement activity. We investigated the relationships between complement, autoantibodies, and anti-TNF treatm...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Di Muzio G,Perricone C,Ballanti E,Kroegler B,Greco E,Novelli L,Conigliaro P,Cipriani P,Giacomelli R,Perricone R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the immunomodulatory activity on human monocyte derived dendritic cells (MDDCs) of a vaccine preparation shown to be effective against an HPV16-related tumour in an animal model. The vaccine is composed of extract from Nicotiana benthamiana leaves containing HPV16 E7 protein expressed by a potato vi...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Di Bonito P,Grasso F,Mangino G,Massa S,Illiano E,Franconi R,Fanales-Belasio E,Falchi M,Affabris E,Giorgi C

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress (OS) is well documented in asthma, but so far, little data has been reported in nonasthmatic patients with Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (SAR). The aim of this study is to investigate the degree of OS and airway inflammation in patients with SAR, with and without concomitant asthma (SAR+A), using breath ...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Gratziou C,Rovina N,Makris M,Simoes DC,Papapetropoulos A,Roussos C

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to define the antigenic mechanism that contributes to beneficial therapeutic outcome in patients with polycythemia vera (PV), we screened a human testis cDNA library with serological cloning derived from sera of three PV patients who had undergone therapeutic-induced remission. As a result, we identified ...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Xiong Z,Liu E,Yan Y,Silver RT,Yang F,Chen IH,Hodge I,Verstovsek S,Segura FJ,Wang H,Prchal J,Yang XF

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone resection is the choice treatment of malignant bone tumors. Tumor prosthesis is one of the most common solutions of reconstruction following resection of bone tumor located to the metaphysis of long bones. Periprosthetic infections are a frequent complication of limb-salvage surgery which is largely due to prolon...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Graci C,Maccauro G,Muratori F,Spinelli MS,Rosa MA,Fabbriciani C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematide is a synthetic PEGylated peptidic erythropoiesis stimulating agent (ESA) that is presently being developed for the correction of anemia in patients with chronic renal failure. Unlike currently marketed ESAs, Hematide does not possess any sequence homology to erythropoietin (EPO) and has not elicited moribund ...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Woodburn KW,Schatz PJ,Fong KL,Beaumier P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells are vital mediators of drug allergy and, therefore, studying the relationship between drug allergy and mast cells is essential. Sinomenine is the principal active component of Sinomenium acutum, which has anti-inflammatory and anti-immune effects, and is used to treat various rheumatoid diseases. However, al...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Wang N,Liu R,Liu Y,Zhang R,He L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overstrain tendonitis are common pathologies in the sport horses. Therapeutic approaches to tendon healing do not always result in a satisfactory anatomical and functional repair, and healed tendon is often characterized by functional impairment and high risk of reinjury. Recently, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and pl...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Ricco S,Renzi S,Del Bue M,Conti V,Merli E,Ramoni R,Lucarelli E,Gnudi G,Ferrari M,Grolli S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this report is to present a new investigative approach to implant dentistry based on the correlation of qualitative and quantitative data reported on the same figure by overlapping different images collected on the specimen with different investigative systems. Six unloaded titanium dental implants retrieve...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Traini T,Degidi M,Murmura G,Piattelli A,Caputi S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic airway inflammatory disease associated with airway hyperresponsiveness which affects subjects with genetic predisposition. An association has been reported between some polymorphisms in various cytokine genes and asthma. Most of them are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). These polymorphisms a...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Ricciardolo FL,Sorbello V,Silvestri M,Giacomelli M,Debenedetti VM,Malerba M,Ciprandi G,Rossi GA,Rossi A,Bontempelli M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of the non-parenteral Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) transmission is supported by the demonstration that the actual virus is present in several body fluids, including saliva. From a review of the literature many investigators have found the presence of HCV-RNA in saliva, however, widely contrasting results em...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Pastore L,Fiore JR,Tateo M,De Benedittis M,Petruzzi M,Casalino C,Genchi C,Lo Muzio L,Angarano G,Serpico R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand the immunogenicity of a tumor-associated antigen (TAA), Ras family small GTP binding protein (Ra1A) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), autoantibody responses to RalA were evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western blotting and indirect immunofluorescence assay in sera from p...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Wang K,Chen Y,Liu S,Qiu S,Gao S,Huang X,Zhang J,Peng X,Qiani W,Zhang JY

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic abuse for treating rhinopharyngitis induces the occurrence of resistant bacteria. As topical drugs might reduce this phenomenon, the aims of our study are to evaluate inhaled thiamphenicol associated with acetylcysteine in children with acute bacterial rhinopharyngitis and to compare it with the use of sali...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Varricchio A,Capasso M,Di Gioacchino M,Ciprandi G

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjects with rhinitis but without asthma may have coexisting bronchial hyperresponsiveness, although the reasons for this are uncertain. To evaluate the factors that determine BHR in rhinitis we examined 410 patients with symptomatic rhinitis with forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity ...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Di Lorenzo G,Pacor ML,Mansueto P,Esposito Pellitteri M,Lo Bianco C,Ditta V,Leto-Barone MS,Napoli N,Di Fede G,Rini GB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titanium (Ti) is widely used in dentistry. Fluorides at acid pH could destabilize Ti oxide and make it susceptible to corrosion. The behaviour of IV grade machined Ti disks in 5 electrolytic solutions: Fusayama artificial saliva (Fas), ammine fluoride-stannous fluoride (Am-SnF2), 0.2 percent Chlorexidine (CHX) 0.20 pe...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Quaranta A,Ronconi LF,Di Carlo F,Vozza I,Quaranta M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most dangerous possible complications in joint replacement is infection due to bacteria adhere to prosthesis surface making biofilm difficult to erase. The gold standard treatment consists in prosthesis removal, placement of antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer and systemic antibiotics therapy. When the inf...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Zoccali C,Contestabile M,Di Segni S,Nuvoli B,Prencipe U,Erba F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the expression of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and composition of differentiated T cells in the peripheral blood to understand the characteristics of the immune changes in patients with adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD). This study enrolled patients with AOSD (n = 14), patients with rheumatoid arthritis ...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Jung JY,Choi B,Sayeed HM,Suh CH,Kim YW,Kim HA,Sohn S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG4 have been hypothesized to act as blocking antibodies capable of preventing IgE-mediated effector cell triggering. This study aims to evaluate the changes in IgG4 in children during a period of natural antigen avoidance. Serum IgE and IgG4 were evaluated in a group of asthmatic children, aged between 7 and 17 year...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Piacentini GL,Guerresi S,Kantar A,Lubrano L,Olivieri F,Boner AL,Peroni DG

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a preliminary study a reduction in natural killer (NK) cell activity in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) was observed in a group of workers exposed to levels of extremely low frequency-magnetic fields (ELF-MF) exceeding 1 microT. This study was performed to confirm the results. In 121 workers engaged in various o...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Gobba F,Bargellini A,Bravo G,Scaringi M,Cauteruccio L,Borella P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beneficial effects of hot springs have been known for centuries and treatments with sulphurous thermal waters are recommended in a number of chronic pathologies as well as acute recurrent infections. However, the positive effects of the therapy are often evaluated in terms of subjective sense of wellbeing and symp...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Prandelli C,Parola C,Buizza L,Delbarba A,Marziano M,Salvi V,Zacchi V,Memo M,Sozzani S,Calza S,Uberti D,Bosisio D

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of inhaled corticosteroids in asthma exacerbation is debated. We compared high doses of nebulized budesonide versus high doses of nebulized flunisolide, in association with a short-acting beta-2-agonist, in the treatment of moderate asthma exacerbation in preschool children. In this randomized, parallel group...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Decimo F,Maiello N,Miraglia Del Giudice M,Amelio R,Capristo C,Capristo AF

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Betamethasone is an anti-inflammatory steroid drug used in cases of anaphylactic and allergic reactions, of Alzheimer and Addison diseases and in soft tissue injuries. It modulates gene expression for anti-inflammatory activity suppressing the immune system response. This latter effect might decrease the effectiveness...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Artini M,Papa R,Cellini A,Tilotta M,Barbato G,Koverech A,Selan L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and growth of the rat heart implies hyperplasia, which stops at birth, and hypertrophy, allowing cardiac mass to grow in response to programmed genetic events along with to haemodynamic overload. Moreover, hypertrophy is accomplished to apoptosis which controls the final number of myocardial cells, del...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Centurione L,Di Giulio C,Santavenere E,Cacchio M,Sabatini N,Rapino C,Bianchi G,Rapino M,Bosco D,Antonucci A,Cataldi A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent decades, the role played by the immune response to bacteria in the pathogenesis of chronic periodontal disease (PD) has long been studied. Although from the clinical point of view, adequate oral hygiene is essential to ensure a satisfactory response of the host to infections, modulation of the reaction of im...

journal_title：International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

authors： Luca S,Francesco C,Damiano M,Alessandro N,Silvia C,Diego R,Michele R,Marco S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00