Immunomodulation of RAW 264.7 murine macrophage functions and antioxidant activities of 11 plant extracts.

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease is characterized by dysregulated inflammatory response in the airways. CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells play a crucial role in maintaining the immune homeostasis. However their role in the disease pathogenesis of CF remains unexplored. AIM:To determine the percentage of cir...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Anil N,Singh M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A. actinomycetemcomitans is a facultative Gram-negative coccobacillus which has been implicated in the etiology and pathogenesis of localized juvenile periodontitis and has also been recognized for its potential to cause serious extraoral infections, particularly endocarditis. The polymorphonuclear neutrophil has been...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Wilson ME,Genco RJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible association of IL12B gene polymorphisms with serum levels of IL-12p40, IL-23 and genetic susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the Bulgarian population. Genotyping for IL12Bpro (rs17860508) and IL12B A/C - 3' UTR (rs3212227) polymorphisms was performed by pol...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Manolova I,Ivanova M,Vasilev G,Stoilov R,Miteva L,Stanilova S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the main mediators for mouse anaphylactic shock, the suppression of active anaphylactic shock by cyproheptadine, an antagonist of histamine/serotonin, and CV-6209, an antagonist of platelet-activating factor (PAF), was systematically evaluated using various mouse strains. The suppression was quite heterog...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kimura S,Watanabe A,Nagata M,Niinomi Y,Harada M

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inoculation of metallic tin powder into Lewis rats resulted in marked enlargement of the draining lymph nodes. Plasma cells were the major contributors to the increase in cell mass. Certain immunologic aspects of this plasma cell lymphadenopathy were investigated. Immunoglobulin isotypes were distinguished and quantit...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Levine S,Saad A,Rappaport I

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphotoxin beta receptor (LTBR) is essential for development and organization of the secondary lymphoid tissues. To investigate whether LTBR polymorphisms are associated with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) in Korean children, One hundred ninety nine patients with IgAN and 289 controls were recruited. Two promoter single nucl...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kim SK,Lee JY,Jeong Park H,Chung JH,Suh JS,Hahn WH,Cho BS,Kim MJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat small intestinal epithelial cell (enterocyte) has an average life span of 48h. Undifferentiated stem cells in the lower crypt region undergo division and differentiation into enterocytes as the cell moves on a basement membrane up the villus to reach the tip and be extruded into the lumen. The mechanism of thi...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Weiser MM,Ryzowicz S,Soroka CJ,Albini B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that suppress natural killer (NK) cell activity were examined in a random sample of 73 schizophrenic patients. NK activity in these patients were compared with 25 healthy age, sex and race matched controls. The mean percent of NK activity was 21% in the schizophrenic group compared with 30% percent in the cont...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Abdeljaber MH,Nair MP,Schork MA,Schwartz SA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-2 production by the phytohemaglutinin (PHA)-stimulated mononuclear cells (MNC) of peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), other arthritic diseases (OAD) and age-matched normal controls were studied, and the activity of IL-2 inhibitor in sera of studied subject was...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Wu CH,Jeng KC,Lan JL

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjuvant interleukin (IL)-2 immunotherapy has been used in the treatment of different malignant dieseases. However, clinical results have been rather disappointing. Therefore, further investigations on IL-2-induced mediators of cytotoxicity seem to be necessary in order to possibly create cytokine cocktails which coul...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Mauz-Körholz C,Banning U,Körholz D

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-IgM stimulation of B cells is decreased in the presence of maternal serum as compared to control media. This inhibiting influence of maternal serum is observed during the priming of the B cells. The progression of B cells into cellular proliferation was not influenced by maternal serum. At the level of the immuno...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Vanderbeeken YE,Duchateau J,Gregoire M,Vandermeersch B,Collet H,Lucas A

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IL-23/Th17 signaling pathway plays a crucial role in the cell-mediated immune response against bacterial infections and also in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Recent studies indicate that Th17 cell-associated cytokines are involved in the progression and maintenance of valvular les...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Poomarimuthu M,Elango S,Solomon PR,Soundrapandian S,Mariakuttikan J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disintegrin and metalloproteinases (ADAMs) are believed to be involved in the pathogenesis of many fibrosis-related diseases. However, little is known regarding the significance of ADAM17 as a biomarker for interstitial lung disease (ILD). In this study, by using the RT-PCR, western blotting and ELISA, we detected t...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Ge J,Tang L,Mu P,Zhu F,Xie L,Tang Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannan binding lectin (MBL) deficiency has been associated with increased susceptibility to vaginitis in humans due to Candida albicans. In these studies we assessed the utility of recombinant human MBL (rhMBL) as a therapeutic against experimental C. albicans vaginitis. After intravenous treatment of uninfected mice ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Clemons KV,Martinez M,Axelsen M,Thiel S,Stevens DA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between polymorphisms in pro-inflammatory cytokines and the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remain discrepant. Therefore, the authors conducted a meta-analysis to robustly explore relationships between polymorphisms in pro-inflammatory cytokines and the risk of IBD by integrating the results...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Liu W,Wang C,Tang L,Yang H

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether phospholipase D1 (PLD1) is involved in autoimmune damage to the eyes, we used Western blotting and immunohistochemistry to examine the expression and distribution of PLD1 in the retinas of Lewis rats with experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU). Western blot analysis showed that the level of...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kang J,Ahn M,Moon C,Min DS,Matsumoto Y,Shin T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study determined whether tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and Interleukin-10 (IL-10) polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to dengue. METHODS:a systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted of the associations between the TNF-α (-308G/A) and IL-10 (-819C/T) polymorphisms and dengue. ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Santos AC,de Moura EL,Ferreira JM,Santos BR,Alves VM,de Farias KF,de Souza Figueiredo EV

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research was undertaken to test the in vitro anti-inflammatory action of 5,7,4'-trimethoxy-4-phenylcoumarin and 5,7-dimethoxy-4-phenylcoumarin produced by Streptomyces aureofaciens CMUAc130. The effects of the two coumarins were investigated on the formation of NO, PGE2, and TNF-alpha and also on inducible nitric...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Taechowisan T,Tuntiwachwuttikul P,Lu C,Shen Y,Lumyong S,Taylor WC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder with multisystem involvement caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene which encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase. The aims of this study were to investigate c...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Amirifar P,Mozdarani H,Yazdani R,Kiaei F,Moeini Shad T,Shahkarami S,Abolhassani H,Delavari S,Sohani M,Rezaei A,Hassanpour G,Akrami SM,Aghamohammadi A

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells have an important role in allergic reactions secreting histamine and other mediators of immediate hypersensitivity. In the present study we evaluated major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen expression in mast cells and their possible role in antigen presentation. In rats, 10% of mast cells i...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Banovac K,Neylan D,Leone J,Ghandur-Mnaymneh L,Rabinovitch A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmin activity induced by different concentrations of added urokinase (UK) in serum from 20 patients with AIDS (P) and 10 healthy control (HC) subjects was measured using the fibrin plate assay. 125I-fibrin coated 24 well plates were exposed to UK (0.34-6.8 ng/ml) or to trypsin (T) (2.5 micrograms/ml) in the presenc...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Auci DL,Durkin HG,Murali MR

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Th17 cells of the intestine and colon can produce several important cytokines during mucosal inflammation. However, few studies have focused on the role of IL-26 in intestinal inflammations. Colonic epithelial cells express receptors for IL-26, and this cytokine has been shown to induce the HT-29 colonic epithelial ce...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Weishaar IM,Young RS,Wiles BM,McGee DW

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loading of dendritic cells (DCs) with whole tumor cell lysates may circumvent the facts that few tumor-specific antigens have been identified in human solid tumors. The present study was designed to investigate whether ovarian cancer cells lysate-pulsed DCs activate T cell responses against autologous ovarian tumo...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Zhao X,Wei YQ,Peng ZL

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections are a major cause of illness and death amongst elderly people. Peripheral blood CD8+ T lymphocytes --which play a crucial role in host defence against viral infections--, are divided in subsets based upon the expression of several cell and activation markers. In senescence changes and variations in peripher...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Esparza B,Rodriguez A,Puente M,Sabino E,Merino F

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we reported the preparation and antigen-presenting properties of hybridoma B-cell clones obtained after fusing non-secreting, non-antigen presenting Balb/c 653-myeloma cells with non-immune SJL spleen cells. It was found that antigen presentation at the clonal level can be specific or non-specific, depending...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Cohly HH,Morrison DR,Atassi MZ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the immunodiagnosis of Chagas' disease is described. The ELISA was standardized with the Falcon assay screening test (F.A.S.T.) system using a purified Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote fraction (PEF) obtained by ion exchange chromatography. The ELISA te...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Partel CD,Rossi CL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a dramatic increase recently in the number of reports of septic episodes associated with both red cell and platelet concentrate transfusions. These reports suggest that transfusion-associated septic reactions may occur as often as 1 per 4000 platelet transfusions, however, the true incidence of the bact...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Blajchman MA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron microscopy (EM) is a valuable tool in diagnostic medicine, and in some cases, can be enhanced by immunological methods. A major medical application of EM, diagnostic virology, can frequently be augmented by employment of immunological reagents. Three immunoelectron microscopy (IEM) methods, aggregation, coati...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Miller SE,Howell DN

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotaviruses were first recognized about 15 years ago in association with diarrhea in children and animals. Since then, rotaviruses have been determined to be the most important viral agent that causes clinically significant diarrhea in children and a need for an effective vaccination program has been recognized. This ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Estes MK,Conner ME,Gilger MA,Graham DY

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely distributed and relocated in the environment as a result of the incomplete combustion of organic matter. Many PAHs and their epoxides are highly toxic, mutagenic and/or carcinogenic to microorganisms as well as to higher systems including humans. BP is one of the most...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Ustinov VA,Studennikov AE,Vavilov VA,Tyumentseva MA,Morozova VV,Tikunova NV,Glushkov AN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00