Bridges between nervous and immune systems: their disconnection and clinical consequences.

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：CONTEXT:Velvet antler (VA) is recognized as one of the most important Chinese traditional medical herbs. To date, the immunoactivity of the single component of VA is rarely studied though its compound extracts have been well analyzed. OBJECTIVE:The current study was designed to evaluate the immunomodulatory effects of...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Zha E,Dandan L,Bai X,Zhou T,Li Y,Shenyang G,Yue X

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:N-Acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), a marker of renal tubular dysfunction, is increased in patients with lupus nephritis. In addition to the toxic effects of proteinuria, patients with lupus nephritis may exhibit other factors that contribute to tubular dysfunction, such as pathogenic antitubular ...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Gluhovschi C,Velciov S,Kaycsa A,Gluhovschi G,Petrica L,Marian R,Bozdog G,Gadalean F,Bob F,Cioca D,Vernic C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer deaths and more than one million lung cancer patients will die every year worldwide. Radiotherapy (RT) plays an important role in lung cancer treatment, but the side effects of RT are pneumonitis and pulmonary fibrosis. RT-induced lung injury causes damage to alv...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： S N SG,Raviraj R,Nagarajan D,Zhao W

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective effects of baicalin (BA), a major flavone from Scutellaria radix, on acetaminophen (AP)-induced hepatotoxicity and the possible mechanism(s) of its protective action were investigated in mice. Treatment with BA (300 mg/kg, p.o.) 0.5 h after AP administration significantly prevented an increase in plasma...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Jang SI,Kim HJ,Hwang KM,Jekal SJ,Pae HO,Choi BM,Yun YG,Kwon TO,Chung HT,Kim YC

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many flavonoids were demonstrated to possess the antiallergic effect. Here we detected whether apigenin, a flavonoid, can attenuate allergen-induced airway inflammation and what is the possible mechanism in a murine model of asthma. Apigenin decreased the degree of the inflammatory cell infiltration, airway hyperrespo...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Li RR,Pang LL,Du Q,Shi Y,Dai WJ,Yin KS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metals administered to animals, at doses which appear relatively innoxious by themselves, enhance susceptibility to endotoxin. The mechanisms which underly this phenomenon are not yet fully understood. In this study we investigated the role of the cytokine Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF), an important mediator of t...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Dentener MA,Greve JW,Maessen JG,Buurman WA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboxymethylglucan (CMG) in two different degrees of substitution of carboxymethyl groups (0.56 and 0.89) was administered to cyclophosphamide (CY) treated (200 mg/kg) C57B1/6 mice in three doses (10, 50, and 100 mg/kg) 24 h after CY. The influence of CMG administration on the cell suppression caused by CY was observ...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Wagnerová J,Lísková A,Navarová J,Kristofová A,Trnovec T,Ferencík M

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthohumol (XN), a prenylated chalcone present in hops (Humulus lupus L.) and beer, exhibits anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antiproliferative activity, but has not been studied for effects on T cell-mediated immune responses. Here we demonstrate that XN has profound immunosuppressive effects on T cell proliferati...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Gao X,Deeb D,Liu Y,Gautam S,Dulchavsky SA,Gautam SC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Context: Tamoxifen (TAM) ameliorates D-galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide (Gal/LPS)-induced acute liver failure (ALF) through its antioxidative effect; thus, this study was designed to determine whether the effectiveness of TAM is related to nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) reactivation. Materials and methods: Experimental mic...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Liu L,Zhao Y,Lin Y,Zhang R,Luo S,Ye P,Luo M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying the regulatory T cells (Tregs) and Th17 cells led to breaking the dichotomy of Th1/Th2 cells axis in immune responses involved in several autoimmune diseases. It is now well known that Tregs and Th17 cells are main orchestra leaders in pathogenesis symphony of autoimmunity. While Tregs are protective cells...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Jadidi-Niaragh F,Mirshafiey A

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Arecoline, a major alkaloid of arecanut was screened to explore its modulatory influence on cell-mediated immune response in a murine model system. The in vivo and in vitro effects were evaluated at subtoxic concentrations of arecoline. Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) reactions to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) were...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Selvan RS,Selvakumaran M,Rao AR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cimetidine upon suppressor cell effector function in a well-studied murine model of contact hypersensitivity were examined. Intravenous inoculation of BALB/c mice with DNP-coupled syngeneic spleen cells induced the production of DNP-specific suppressor cells which was demonstrated by a reduction in ear ...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Kumar A,Cleveland RP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-2 toxin, a fungal metabolite shown previously to exert potent immunosuppressive effects, was examined for its effects on activation and interleukin 2 (IL 2) production by murine and rat splenocytes. Splenocytes (1 X 10(6) cells/well) were incubated with 1 microgram Concanavalin A (Con A) for 48 h at which time cellu...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Holt PS,Corrier DE,DeLoach JR

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：: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：:Modulation of immune response to alleviate diseases has long since been of interest. Plant extracts have been widely investigated for their possible immunomodulatory properties. We have evaluated the immunomodulatory activity of aqueous extract of Rhodiola rhizome in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) an...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Mishra KP,Padwad YS,Jain M,Karan D,Ganju L,Sawhney RC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol has been recognized as an immunosuppressive agent for many years. Effects of high levels of ethanol consumption on immune functions have been extensively studied, but little is known about the effects of low levels (scuh as 5% ethanol) of ethanol consumption. Herein we report that exposure of mice to 5% ethano...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Guo TL,Zhang LX,Chen JP,Nguyen VA,White KL Jr,Gao B

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disodium cromoglycate (DSCG) has been shown to inhibit the release of mediators from mast cells. In the present study, the effect of DSCG on active anaphylactic reaction was studied in mice. DSCG dose-dependently inhibited the active systemic anaphylactic reaction and serum immunoglobulin (Ig)E production induced by i...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Seo SB,Park SJ,Park ST,Cho CC,Park BH,Lee SJ,Kim HM,Kajiuchi T,Shin TY

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:T regulatory (Treg) cells play an important role in the modulation of the immune response, and are implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Many people is exposed to fluoride (F), mainly through drinking water. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this work was to assess the possible effect of F exposure on diff...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Hernández-Castro B,Vigna-Pérez M,Doníz-Padilla L,Ortiz-Pérez MD,Jiménez-Capdeville E,González-Amaro R,Baranda L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-subunits of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) share a high homology, just like the ectodomains of their receptors, do. As a consequence, hCG was shown to exert a thyrotropic action in humans and hamsters. This study aimed to investigate whether hCG, used to induce ovulat...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Rizzo A,Mutinati M,Spedicato M,Minoia G,Trisolini C,Punzi S,Roscino MT,Jirillo F,Sciorsci R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Several studies demonstrated the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory role of melatonin and celecoxib. This study is designed to explore the underlying mechanism of hepatoprotective effects of melatonin and celecoxib against ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity by morphological, and biochemical approaches.Materials...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Ullah U,Badshah H,Malik Z,Uddin Z,Alam M,Sarwar S,Aman A,Khan AU,Shah FA

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：: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：:Mercuric sulfide (HgS) is a major component of cinnabar, which has been used as a sedative drug in China for more than 2000 years. Because its toxicological effects are still unclear, we attempted to verify the toxic effects of HgS, focused on liver and immune organs such as the spleen and thymus. Male ICR mice were a...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Son HY,Lee S,Park SB,Kim MS,Choi EJ,Singh TS,Bae Y,Kwack SJ,Kang TS,Shin HI,Baek MC,Kim SH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF) levels in 33 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were measured by using a sensitive enzyme immunoassay. Four of five Crohn's diseases (CD) and nine of twenty eight ulcerative colitis (UC) had elevated levels of serum TNF. In active CD or UC, a greater fraction of patients s...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Maeda M,Watanabe N,Neda H,Yamauchi N,Okamoto T,Sasaki H,Tsuji Y,Akiyama S,Tsuji N,Niitsu Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Capsaicin is a chili pepper extract with multiple therapeutic properties including anti-liver fibrosis. However, the paucity of its underlying mechanisms limited its widely clinical application. METHODS:In the present study, carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) was used to induce liver fibrosis in mice, and transfor...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Sheng J,Zhang B,Chen Y,Yu F

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide and its derived active oxygen species are responsible for the polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN)-mediated tumoricidal activity which is typically shown in the intraperitoneal administration of OK-432, a biological response modifier, for cancer ascites. We examined the effects of intraperitoneal administratio...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Yoshikawa T,Takano H,Yoshida N,Kondo M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we introduce a new class of organometallic compound, the Biphosphinic Palladacycle Complex [Pd (C2, N-S(-)(dmpa)(dppf)] Cl (BPC), as an angiotensin-I converting-enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) with hematological regulation properties. When BPC was assayed as a competitive inhibitor over the hydrolysis of...

journal_title：Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

authors： Caires AC,Oliveira CR,Smith MC,Hemerly JP,Juliano MA,Bincoletto C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00