Lupus nephritis improvement after anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha monoclonal antibody (infliximab) treatment for Crohn's disease: a case report.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) has been traditionally used for the treatment of allergy, autoimmune and chronic inflammatory disorders. The present study aims to investigate the suppressive effects of parsley essential oil on mouse splenocytes and macrophages cells. METHODS AND MATERIALS:Parsley essential...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Yousofi A,Daneshmandi S,Soleimani N,Bagheri K,Karimi MH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence has suggested that hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is endogenously generated in many types of mammalian cells. Since H(2)S plays an important role in cardiovascular, central nervous and gastrointestinal systems, it is currently considered to be the third gaseous mediator. Recently, more and more attenti...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Zhang H,Bhatia M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple Drug Allergy Syndrome (MDAS) is a frequent clinical condition characterized by reactions to more than one different class of antibiotics. Even if some studies have previously reported an increased rate of allergic reactions to drugs in patients with a history of antimicrobials and NSAIDs allergy, risk factors...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Nettis E,Colanardi MC,Paola RD,Ferrannini A,Tursi A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of ginsenoside metabolite compound K (CK) on adjuvant-induced arthritis (AA) rats and the partial mechanisms focused on the function of immunocyte (B cell and macrophage) and effectors' cell (fibroblast-like synoviocyte, FLS). METHODS:Animals were divided randomly into nine groups ...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Wu H,Chen J,Wang Q,Jia X,Song S,Yuan P,Liu K,Liu L,Zhang Y,Zhou A,Wei W

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of rapamycin (RAPA) on kidney function and histopathology was assessed in two strains of mice. Male C3H/HeJ mice were treated with RAPA for 4 days at doses of 25, 50, 75, and 100 mg/kg, ip and male C3H/HeJ or female Balb/cJ mice were both treated for 7 days at doses of 75, 150 and 200 mg/kg. Cyclosporine (C...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Di Joseph JF,Sehgal SN

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim pf the present study was to characterize the time course of the synthesis of mRNA encoding interleukin-2 (IL-2) by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from nickel-allergic women and subsequently exposed to nickel sulphate in vitro. The level of this mRNA (determined by employing real-time polym...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Falsafi-Amin H,Holst M,Lundeberg L

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants have been shown to possess a number of beneficial anticancer and immunomodulatory properties. In this study the possible in vitro antitumor activity and immunomodulatory effects of five species of Euphorbia, an important genus of Euphorbiaceae, including E. petiolata, E. hebecarpa, E. osyridea, E. microciadia, ...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Amirghofran Z,Malek-hosseini S,Gholmoghaddam H,Kalalinia F

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is a physiological process essential for maintaining homeostatic mechanisms in human, but however, exaggerated inflammatory responses are closely related to many chronic diseases. Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal with high toxicity when present in food, water and air has the potential of eliciting inflammato...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Hossein-Khannazer N,Azizi G,Eslami S,Alhassan Mohammed H,Fayyaz F,Hosseinzadeh R,Usman AB,Kamali AN,Mohammadi H,Jadidi-Niaragh F,Dehghanifard E,Noorisepehr M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human hepatoma cell line, Hep G2 cells are reliable for the study of alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity. In this study, we investigated the effect of an aqueous extract of Polygala tenuifolia WILLDENOW (Polygalaceae) roots (PTAE) on ethanol (EtOH)-induced cytotoxicity in Hep G2 cells. PTAE (0.01-1 microg/ml) dose-depend...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Koo HN,Jeong HJ,Kim KR,Kim JC,Kim KS,Kang BK,Kim HM,Kim JJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modulatory effect of FK 506 and cyclosporin A (CsA) on the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in macrophages and mechanisms of their action were analysed. Isolated rat peritoneal macrophages were cultured for 12 or 24 h with or without lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (5 microg/ml) and in the absence or ...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Strestíková P,Otová B,Filipec M,Masek K,Farghali H

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of aqueous extract of Stachys riederi var. japonica Miq. (Labiatae) (SRAE) on the mast cell-mediated allergic and inflammatory reactions were investigated. SRAE inhibited systemic allergic reaction induced by compound 48/80. SRAE dose-dependently inhibited passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) activated by an...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Shin TY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunostimulants known to initiate cytokine production were found to inhibit processes of microsomal drug oxidation but to activate arylamine N-acetylation. The present study investigated the effects of immunstimulating doses of rat interferon-gamma (IFN gamma, 670,000 units ip) and streptolysin O (SLO, 100 HU/kg iv f...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Walter R,Siegmund W,Scheuch E

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the safety of two probiotic bacterial strains, Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS) and Bifidobacterium breve strain Yakult (BbY), these probiotics were orally administered to Lewis rats with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the experimental model of human multiple sclerosis. We examine...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Kobayashi T,Kato I,Nanno M,Shida K,Shibuya K,Matsuoka Y,Onoue M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the opioid peptide dynorphin (DYN) on PHA-induced lymphocyte proliferation has been evaluated in the present study. A significant increase in PHA-induced lymphocyte activation was observed when DYN was added to cultures 48 hr after the mitogenic stimulation. This effect occurred at suboptimal (3.12 and 6...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Barreca T,Di Benedetto G,Corsini G,Lenzi G,Puppo F

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engystol-N at the doses of 10(-4) and 10(-8) in isolated human leukocytes stimulates the superoxide anion generation by neutrophils and the cytokine(s) production by T lymphocytes. In whole blood the same concentrations of the drug produce the decrease of the superoxide anion generation of neutrophils, this inhibiting...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Fimiani V,Cavallaro A,Ainis O,Bottari C

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of anti-thyroid drug, methimazole (MMI), on haematopoiesis in inbred C57BL/6 mice were studied. The in vitro proliferative response of bone marrow (BM) cells to interleukin-3 (IL-3) was significantly increased when mice were provided with 0.1% MMI in water (w/v) ad librium for 4 to 6 weeks. Using soft agar...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Mak NK,Lai WH,Liu WK,Leung KN,Fung MC

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels of human polymorphonuclear elastase (PMN-E) are considered a marker of granulocyte activation and can potentially complement the peripheral neutrophil count in laboratory and pathophysiological settings. Neutrophilic leukocytosis is a well known effect of lithium therapy, but there is no information abou...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Capodicasa E,Russano AM,Ciurnella E,De Bellis F,Rossi R,Scuteri A,Biondi R

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both pregnancy and cyclosporin A (CsA) are known to inhibit T-cell mediated immune response and to activate phagocytes against microbial infections as a compensatory mechanism. Pregnant women, either with organ transplantation or suffering from autoimmune diseases, are commonly managed with CsA therapy. This investiga...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Khan HA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial body of research exists to support the production of growth hormone by cells of the immune system. However, the function and mechanism of action of lymphocyte-derived growth hormone remain largely unelucidated. Since, it has been found that exogenous growth hormone (GH) primes neutrophils for the product...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Arnold RE,Weigent DA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:To develop a personalized peptide vaccine (PPV) for recurrent ovarian cancer patients and evaluate its efficacy from the point of view of overall survival (OS), Phase II study of PPV was performed. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty-two patients, 17 with platinum-sensitive and 25 with platinum-resistant recurrent ovar...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Kawano K,Tsuda N,Matsueda S,Sasada T,Watanabe N,Ushijima K,Yamaguchi T,Yokomine M,Itoh K,Yamada A,Kamura T

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taraxasterol, a pentacyclic-triterpene, was isolated from the Chinese medicinal herb Taraxacum officinale. In the present study, we investigated the protective effect of taraxasterol on murine model of endotoxic shock and the mechanism of its action. Mice were treated with 2.5, 5 and 10 mg/kg of taraxasterol prior to ...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Zhang X,Xiong H,Li H,Cheng Y

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Alum is thought to induce inflammation resulting in the release of danger signals such as uric acid (UA) which in turn enhances the immune response to an antigen. Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) is produced as a byproduct in the purine catabolic pathway that leads to the production of UA. In addition, serum nitric...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Al-Akl NS,Ismail M,Khaliefeh F,Usta J,Abdelnoor AM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that immunosuppression in birds that is caused by exposure to antiandrogenic chemicals occurs mainly through disruption of the development of the androgen-sensitive avian lymphoid organ, the bursa of Fabricius. Injections of 20.0 or 40.0 mug of p,p'-DDE [ethylene, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)],...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Quinn MJ,Summitt CL,Ottinger MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purple bamboo salt is a specially processed salt according to the traditional recipe using normal salt and bamboo. It has been used for the purpose of prevention and treatment of various diseases in Korea. We investigated the anti-inflammatory activity of purple bamboo salt by using human mast cell line (HMC-1). Purpl...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Shin HY,Lee EH,Kim CY,Shin TY,Kim SD,Song YS,Lee KN,Hong SH,Kim HM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Fingolimod (FIN) is used for multiple sclerosis treatment and has potential antiapoptotic and anti-inflammatory effects. We aimed at expanding our knowledge on various immunohistochemical markers for elucidating the possible mechanisms of action of fingolimod in the placenta and fetal lung and brain. METHOD...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Yavuz A,Sezik M,Eris Yalcin S,Asci H,Ozmen O

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine how estrogen exacerbates allergies, the effects of 17beta-estradiol (E2) on lymphocyte proliferation were investigated. BALB/c mice were ovariectomized, administered 3.2 microg E2, and sensitized with 50 microL 4-ethoxymethylene-2-phenyl-2-oxazolin-5-one. After 7 days, their spleens were excised and flow ...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Sakazaki F,Ueno H,Nakamuro K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that either cocaine or aging alone can alter the immune system. Our objective was to study if the immune system of aging mice was more susceptible to the effect of cocaine than the immune system of young mice. We used a short term (20 days) cocaine daily administration protocol. Cocaine only decrease...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Colombo LL,López MC,Chen GJ,Watson RR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To probe into the mechanism of immunosuppression of FTY720, the authors study the cell cycle arrest effects of large-dose FTY720 on lymphocytes in mouse skin transplantation models and the expression of cell cycle-related factors in cell cycle regulation system in mouse skin allograft models using flow cytometry, Immu...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Li QY,Chi YY,Liu SQ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-nitrozodimethyloamine (NDMA) is a carcinogenic compound that can be formed in vivo. NDMA is synthesized from precursors-amines and nitrosating agents. Nitrosating agents are formed through the reaction of oxide, reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide (NO). Human neutrophils (PMN) are an important source of the mos...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Jabłoński J,Jabłońska E,Iwanowska J,Marcińczyk M,Moniuszko-Jakoniuk J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of Cordyceps militaris culture broth (CMB) on melanogenesis in B16F0 melanoma cells was evaluated by measurement of the melanin concentration after 3 days of incubation. The B16F0 melanoma cells were treated with various concentrations of CMB 10-100 μg/mL and arbutin of 200 μM. Phenolic content and antioxid...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Cha JY,Yang HJ,Park MY,Choi ST,Moon HI,Cho YS

更新日期：2011-10-13 00:00:00