Expression of MDC/CCL22 and its receptor CCR4 in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and osteoarthritis.

abstract：:Pro-inflammatory cytokines are important mediators of cutaneous cellular activities during many skin diseases. In the present study, we investigated the production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), IL-6 and IL-10 by UVB-irradiated human keratinocytes NCTC 2544 cell line in the presence of cAMP-elevating agen...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Grandjean-Laquerriere A,Le Naour R,Gangloff SC,Guenounou M

更新日期：2003-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-1 family members regulate innate immune responses, are produced by gestation-associated tissues, and have a role in healthy and adverse pregnancy outcomes. To better understand their role at the materno-fetal interface we used a human tissue explant model to map lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated production of IL-...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Scott LM,Bryant AH,Rees A,Down B,Jones RH,Thornton CA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin-deficient ob/ob mice exhibit several metabolic and immune abnormalities, including thymus atrophy and markedly reduced inflammatory responses. We evaluated whether transplantation of wild-type (WT) white adipose tissue (WAT) into ob/ob mice could mimic the effect of recombinant leptin administration in normaliz...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Sennello JA,Fayad R,Pini M,Gove ME,Fantuzzi G

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：:Preeclampsia is a complex disease of pregnancy with both feto-placental and maternal factors contributing to its pathogenesis. Although the cause of this disease is uncertain, imbalance between pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines has been implicated in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Increased levels of the inflamma...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Xiao JP,Yin YX,Gao YF,Lau S,Shen F,Zhao M,Chen Q

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genetic basis of complex diseases like ischemic stroke probably consists of several predisposing risk factors, such as genes involved in inflammation and thrombotic pathways. On this basis the aim of our study was to evaluate the role of SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) of some pro-inflammatory/ant...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Tuttolomondo A,Di Raimondo D,Forte GI,Casuccio A,Vaccarino L,Scola L,Pecoraro R,Serio A,Clemente G,Arnao V,Palmeri M,Misiano G,Lio D,Pinto A,Licata G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have implicated leptin as a "stress" hormone and highlighted its association with increases in inflammatory cytokines, C-reactive protein and cortisol. In order to investigate the exact temporal leptin response to stress we undertook a detailed longitudinal study of circulating leptin concentrations dur...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Wallace AM,Sattar N,Mcmillan DC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Three tear supplements were compared for their effects on the signs, symptoms and inflammatory status of subjects with dry eye disease. Assessments were made before and after both 2 and 4 weeks of treatment. METHODS:In this masked, randomized, 3-way crossover trial, eighteen dry eye subjects were recruited. At...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Martin E,Oliver KM,Pearce EI,Tomlinson A,Simmons P,Hagan S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-7 is a potent proliferation, activation, and survival cytokine for CD8+ T cells to improve viral and tumor specific CD8+ T cell responses. However, the role of IL-7 in regulation of dysfunctional hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD8+ T cells was not fully elucidated. Thus, a total of 53 patients with ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Hou H,Kang Y,Zeng Y,Li Y,Shang J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV infection is associated with chronic inflammation in both non-treated and treated patients. TLR-dependent mechanisms are strongly involved in the maintenance of this inflammation. Indeed, the residual replication of HIV, the potential viral co-infections, or the products issued from microbial translocation provide...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Leite Pereira A,Tchitchek N,Marcos Lopez E,Lambotte O,Le Grand R,Cosma A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroviruses are associated with chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases in humans. In these conditions, the cytokine network is supposed to have an important role in inflammation and modulation of the (auto)immune response. In the present study, we demonstrate that coxsackie virus B4 and poliovirus type 1 induc...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Vreugdenhil GR,Wijnands PG,Netea MG,van der Meer JW,Melchers WJ,Galama JM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among New Mexican Hispanic women, breast cancer is detected at a more advanced stage than compared to Non-Hispanic White women. One central factor that has been little studied is the role of critical cytokines. We genotyped incident breast cancer cases and their age-, gender- and smoking-matched controls (N=40 matched...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Erdei E,Kang H,Meisner A,White K,Pickett G,Baca C,Royce M,Berwick M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraarticular injection of zymosan (1 mg) into the knee joints of male Wistar rats led to infiltration of neutrophils and monocytes, joint swelling and elevation of tumour necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) in joint lavage fluids. Neutrophil infiltration was maximal at 5 h after induction of arthritis but had declined by 24...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Pettipher ER,Salter ED

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an immune disease in which the pathological immune reaction is thought to be initiated by the presentation of an (auto) antigen or superantigen by MHC class II positive cells to CD4 T cells. These successive immunological events can be studied by the cytokines produced at the different sta...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Zangerle PF,De Groote D,Lopez M,Meuleman RJ,Vrindts Y,Fauchet F,Dehart I,Jadoul M,Radoux D,Franchimont P

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to clone and characterize the bovine IL-1rII. Using a human IL-1rII probe, three putative exons of the bovine IL-1rII were identified from a bovine genomic library. The full length cDNA for bovine IL-1rII was cloned from a bovine endometrial cDNA library using oligonucleotides designed fr...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Yu PW,Chen HT,Czuprynski CJ,Schuler LA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Why severity varies in blastomycosis outbreaks remains unresolved. In experimental pulmonary blastomycosis, susceptibility varied in mouse strains. In susceptible BALB/c the response is Th-2, in immunized, resistance is associated with Th-1. Can susceptibility be redirected by IL-12? Methods, results: BALB/c...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Brummer E,Vinoda V,Stevens DA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The balance of several cytokines likely influences the resolution of glomerulonephritis. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1(MCP-1) is a chemokine that promotes renal inflammation whereas epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulates protective responses. Previously, high urine MCP-1(MCP-1) and low urine EGF (EGF)...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Chanrat E,Worawichawong S,Radinahamed P,Sathirapongsasuti N,Nongnuch A,Assanatham M,Udomsubpayakul U,Kitiyakara C

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:We aimed to investigate the use of novel serum biomarkers for predicting the recurrence and survival of patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after hepatic resection or radiofrequency ablation (RFA). METHODS:One hundred and five patients with HBV-related HCC, who...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Cho HJ,Kim SS,Ahn SJ,Park SY,Park JH,Kim JK,Wang HJ,Cheong JY,Cho SW

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon (IFN)-alpha and -beta are important antiviral mediators. IFN-alpha is widely used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. In our previous studies, a subtype of woodchuck IFN-alpha (wIFN-alpha) was characterized and has been shown to be active in suppressing the replication of woodchuck hepatitis virus (WH...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Lu Y,Xu Y,Yang D,Kemper T,Roggendorf M,Lu M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor alpha(TNF-alpha) is one of the most important pro-inflammatory cytokines, which plays an important role in host defense and acute inflammation related to tissue injury. The major source of TNF-alpha has been shown to be immune cells such as macrophages and neutrophils. In the present study, we d...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： McRitchie DI,Isowa N,Edelson JD,Xavier AM,Cai L,Man HY,Wang YT,Keshavjee SH,Slutsky AS,Liu M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle wasting is a decline in skeletal muscle mass and function that is associated with aging, obesity, and a spectrum of pathologies including cancer. Cancer-associated wasting not only reduces quality of life, but also directly impacts cancer mortality, chemotherapeutic efficacy, and surgical outcomes. There is an ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Hogan KA,Cho DS,Arneson PC,Samani A,Palines P,Yang Y,Doles JD

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a molecule with plethora of functions such as regulation of immune response, hormone-like, enzymatic and chaperone-like activity. Further, MIF is a major participant in glucose homeostasis since it is an autocrine stimulator of insulin secretion. MIF absence in male knoc...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Vujicic M,Senerovic L,Nikolic I,Saksida T,Stosic-Grujicic S,Stojanovic I

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-10 are viewed mainly as anti-inflammatory cytokines. Yet, high concentrations have also been associated with inflammation-related diseases in newborns. METHODS:We measured the concentrations of IL-4 and IL-10, as well as IL-8 and ICAM-1 in blood specimens collected on postnatal day...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Leviton A,Joseph RM,Allred EN,Fichorova RN,O'Shea TM,Kuban KKC,Dammann O

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies assessed the associations of interleukin-10 (IL-10) polymorphisms with asthma in different populations. However, the results were inconclusive. The aim of the present study was to further assess the associations by the method of meta-analysis. Pubmed, EMBASE, Wanfang Database, China National Knowledge ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Nie W,Fang Z,Li B,Xiu QY

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that interferon (IFN)-gamma plays a critical role in protection against brucellosis. In this study we have investigated several cytokines and chemokines that are associated with IFN-gamma for potential in vitro correlates of protection. We cultured spleen cells in vitro from mice immunized orally with a li...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Paranavitana C,Zelazowska E,Izadjoo M,Hoover D

更新日期：2005-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:BAFF is associated with various immunological diseases. Previously, we have reported that mouse B cell activating factor (mBAFF) expression was dependent on nuclear localization of co-activator, p300 and the activation of transcription factors including NF-κB and CREB. Here, we investigated whether transcription facto...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Lee GH,Lee MH,Yoon YD,Kang JS,Pyo S,Moon EY

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-reactive protein (CRP) has been demonstrated to induce blood-brain barrier disruption (BBB) involving NAD(P)H-oxidase dependent oxidative stress. It is unclear why CRP affects the BBB and not other vascular beds following stroke. Therefore we examined CRP receptor and NAD(P)H-oxidase expression levels in bovine brai...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Closhen D,Bender B,Luhmann HJ,Kuhlmann CR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00