Mannose-binding lectin polymorphisms in common variable immunodeficiency.

abstract：:TNF-α plays a key role in the inflammatory cytokine cascade involved in the pathogenesis of chronic arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. Systemic inflammation and the increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in these patients may favor the onset of metab...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Maruotti N,d'Onofrio F,Cantatore FP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginase activity was measured in serum and biopsy from healthy individuals and colorectal cancer patients. Arginase activity in tumor samples (87 +/- 7.7 U/g tissue) was significantly higher than in controls (40.7 +/- 3.3 U/g tissue). However, serum arginase activity did not show any significant change in both groups...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： del Ara RM,González-Polo RA,Caro A,del Amo E,Palomo L,Hernández E,Soler G,Fuentes JM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish a serological classification tree model for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), protein/peptide profiles of serum were detected by matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) combined with weak cationic exchange (WCX) from Cohort 1, including 65 patients with RA and ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Yan Z,Chaojun H,Chuiwen D,Xiaomei L,Xin Z,Yongzhe L,Fengchun Z

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has been reported to associate with increased cancer risk in several cancers. However, the role of MIF in breast cancer (BC) susceptibility remains unknown. For the first time, we conducted a case-control study to assess the potential association of three common MIF gene va...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Lin S,Wang M,Liu X,Zhu W,Guo Y,Dai Z,Yang P,Tian T,Dai C,Zheng Y,Hu C,Wei L,Dai Z

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to investigate the presence of the RHD gene in fetal cells obtained from amniotic fluid. We studied 65 samples of amniotic fluid, 11 from RhD-negative mothers sensitized with anti-D alloantibodies. The fetal origin of the DNA was confirmed with the analysis of 1 VNTR locus and 3 STR loci in DN...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Cotorruelo C,Biondi C,García Borrás S,Di Mónaco R,Racca A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a very common head and neck cancer in southern china. Despite advances in surgical and chemotherapeutic approaches, its prognosis is still not promising. Hedgehog signaling pathway was reported to be involved in a number of cancers including head and neck. However, it remains unclear ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Yue Y,Zhong W,Pei G,Xiao B,Zhang G,Jiang F,Zhang J,Chen C,Yang P,Dang H,Chang H

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased expression of progranulin (PGRN) has been reported in some hematological cancers, but limited information regarding its significance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is available. This study involved 60 subjects (40 de novo adult ALL patients and 20 controls). Serum PGRN level was measured by enzyme-lin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： El-Ghammaz AMS,Azzazi MO,Mostafa N,Hegab HM,Mahmoud AA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SOCS3 as an important negative regulator of IL6/JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway may be early critical determinants of carcinogenesis. This study aimed to explore the aberrant promoter methylation of SOCS3 gene in circulating DNA as a noninvasive biomarker for screening hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) high-risk individuals ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Wei L,Huang Y,Zhao R,Zhang J,Liu Q,Liang W,Ding X,Gao B,Li B,Sun C,He J,Yu X,Liu Z,Sun A,Qin Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is one of the most common and challenging health problems. Studies in several nations show that polymorphisms within the transcription factor 7-like 2 genes could be associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Therefore, a case-control study was conducted to find the association between SNP rs7903146 and T2D in ou...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Palizban A,Nikpour M,Salehi R,Maracy MR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have implicated protective effects of vitamin D on insulin secretion and pancreas beta cell function. The goal of the present study is to determine if a combination therapy of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and insulin had any advantage over insulin therapy alone on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activity i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Noyan T,Balaharoğlu R,Kömüroğlu U

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, it was discovered that high mobility group box chromosomal protein 1 (HMGB1) acts as a potent pro-inflammatory cytokine that is released into the extracellular milieu. Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) proteins play an important role in cytokine signaling. Some investigators have report...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Guo HF,Liu SX,Zhang YJ,Liu QJ,Hao J,Gao LX

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of chromosome 1 translocations and deletions is a rare and poorly investigated event in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Nevertheless, the identification of novel additional molecular alterations is of great interest, opening to new prognostic and therapeutic strategies for such heterogeneous hem...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Daniele G,L'Abbate A,Turchiano A,Palumbo O,Carella M,Lo Cunsolo C,Iuzzolino P,Lonoce A,Hernández-Sánchez M,Minoia C,Leone P,Hernandez-Rivas JM,Storlazzi CT

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predominance of the effector mechanisms by CD4 + T cells is a characteristic of inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The CD40/CD40L costimulatory pathway contributes to these pathogenic mechanisms by promoting autoantibody production and inflammation. Aberrant expression of CD40 and ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Román-Fernández IV,García-Chagollán M,Cerpa-Cruz S,Jave-Suárez LF,Palafox-Sánchez CA,García-Arellano S,Sánchez-Zuno GA,Muñoz-Valle JF

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Thalassemia is a significant public health problem in Egypt. Infectious complications represent the second most common cause of mortality and the major cause of morbidity in β-thalassemia major (BTM). The increased susceptibility of these patients to infectious diseases has been attributed to the abnormalities of th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Elsayh KI,Mohammed WS,Zahran AM,Saad K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common cause of malignancy and mortality in women worldwide. This study aimed at localising homologous recombination repair (HR) genes and their chromosomal loci and correlating their nucleotide variants with susceptibility to breast cancer. In this study, authors analysed the association bet...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Romanowicz H,Strapagiel D,Słomka M,Sobalska-Kwapis M,Kępka E,Siewierska-Górska A,Zadrożny M,Bieńkiewicz J,Smolarz B

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis of the acinar and ductal epithelial cells of the salivary glands has been proposed as a mechanism possibly responsible for the impairment of the secretory function in Sjögren's syndrome, an organ-specific autoimmune disorder characterized by destruction of these glandular structures. The presence of serum au...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Lisi S,Sisto M,Lofrumento D,Frassanito MA,Caprio S,Romano ML,Mitolo V,D'Amore M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously found that ex vivo expanded human CD4+CD25+Treg cells suppress proliferation of lymphoma B-cell lines. Here we demonstrate that the immunomodulatory drug lenalidomide potentiates suppression of lymphoma B-cell proliferation by freshly isolated CD4+CD25+Tregs, as well as suppression by Tregs expanded...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Grygorowicz MA,Borycka IS,Nowak E,Paszkiewicz-Kozik E,Rymkiewicz G,Błachnio K,Biernacka M,Bujko M,Walewski J,Markowicz S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most important mutation associated with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2B (MEN 2B) is the change of thymine to cytosine in codon 918 of exon 16 in the RET oncogene (ATG → ACG). The aim of this work was to develop a single oligoarray by using tandem hybridization to detect the T918C/RET mutation for MEN 2B patie...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Pacheco-Rivera RA,Hernández-Zamora E,González-Yebra B,Beattie K,Maldonado-Rodríguez R,Santiago-Hernández JC,Medrano-Ortiz de Zárate ME,Salcedo M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental, epidemiologic, and clinical trial data indicate the antineoplastic effects of calcium and vitamin D in large-bowel neoplasia. The aim of this study was to determine serum levels of vitamin D metabolites and parathormone (PTH) in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) and to extract conclusions comparing t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Charalampopoulos A,Charalabopoulos A,Batistatou A,Golias C,Anogeianaki A,Peschos D,Iliadis I,Macheras A,Charalabopoulos K

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a leading cause of cancer death worldwide, especially in Western societies. Its aggressive nature and poor prognosis increase the need for identifying new and more accurate diagnostic and prognostic tools. We studied 41 patients who had undergone radical surgical resection for PC, investigate...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Tsiaousidou A,Tsaroucha AK,Lambropoulou M,Pitiakoudis M,Polychronidis A,Chatzitheoklitos E,Romanidis K,Simopoulos C

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slit2 glycoprotein has been described to regulate the inflammatory response and be involved in autoimmune diseases. Here, we investigated the expression of Slit2 and its potential significance in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A total of 103 patients with SLE participated in our study. The levels of serum Slit2 w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Hu L,Li X,Chen L,Yang X

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase 2 (ROCK2) has been known as an effector for the small GTPase Rho and plays an important role in tumor progression and metastasis. However, the effect of ROCK2 in gastric cancer (GC) has not been identified. This study showed that ROCK2 expression significantly incre...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Li M,Ke J,Wang Q,Qian H,Yang L,Zhang X,Xiao J,Ding H,Shan X,Liu Q,Xiao Y,Bao B,Huang H

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a useful procedure for differential diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) and for identification of granulomatous lung diseases. We investigated a panel of biomarkers from BAL fluid of ILD patients to evaluate their utility in differentiating ILDs. Bronchoscopy with BAL was per...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： d'Alessandro M,Carleo A,Cameli P,Bergantini L,Perrone A,Vietri L,Lanzarone N,Vagaggini C,Sestini P,Bargagli E

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe combined immunodeficiencies (SCID) comprise a spectrum of genetic defects that involve both humoral and cellular immunities. Defects in recombinating activating gene 1 (RAG1), RAG2, Artemis, or LIG4 can disrupt V(D)J recombination. Defective V(D)J recombination of the T and B cell receptors is responsible for T...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Karaca NE,Aksu G,Genel F,Gulez N,Can S,Aydinok Y,Aksoylar S,Karaca E,Altuglu I,Kutukculer N

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of preimmunisation with cancer procoagulant (CP) on the growth of Walker 256 carcinosarcoma cells in Wistar Lew/Han/IMP rats in vivo has been analysed. One group of rats was immunised with CP purified from human amnion-chorion membranes. The rest of the animals (control groups) were injected with 0.9% NaCl ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Kamocka M,Kaplinska K,Mielicki WP

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of the alkaline comet assay for the evaluation of baseline and treatment-induced DNA damage in white blood cells of breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy according to three conventional anthracycline- and cyclophosphamide-containing protocols was investigated. Additionally, baseline DN...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Kopjar N,Milas I,Garaj-Vrhovac V,Gamulin M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins contain both apolipoproteins E (ApoE) and C-III (ApoC-III), which show opposite functional properties. The relationships between the ApoE (epsilon2/epsilon3/epsilon4) gene polymorphism and ApoC-III/ApoE ratio has never been investigated. A large population (n=552) of cardiovascular patie...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Olivieri O,Martinelli N,Bassi A,Trabetti E,Girelli D,Pizzolo F,Friso S,Pignatti PF,Corrocher R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor markers were used for disease monitoring in small-cell lung cancer patients. The aim of this study was to improve diagnostic efficiency in the detection of tumor progression in small-cell lung cancer patients by using fuzzy logic modeling in combination with a tumor marker panel (NSE, ProGRP, Tumor M2-PK, CYFRA ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Schneider J,Peltri G,Bitterlich N,Philipp M,Velcovsky HG,Morr H,Katz N,Eigenbrodt E

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic islet transplantation has remained an effective therapy for type 1 diabetes since 2000. Its widespread use has been prohibited by the shortage of suitable donors. It is critical to explore an applicable alternative for β-cell replacement. This study was performed to generate insulin-producing cells (IPCs) f...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Guo XR,Wang XL,Li MC,Yuan YH,Chen Y,Zou DD,Bian LJ,Li DS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The background of this article is as follows: Few data are available about the persistence of serum-specific IgG antibodies to L. infantum after acute VL. The objective of this article is to evaluate the persistence of antibodies against L. infantum in patients healed from acute VL, and the kinetic of the same antibod...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental medicine

authors： Mansueto P,Pepe I,Seidita A,Scozzari F,Vitale G,Arcoleo F,Elvira I,Cillari E,Rini GB,Napoli N,Di Rosa S,Mansueto S,Di Fede G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00