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Characterization of Lactobacillus fermentum UCO-979C, a probiotic strain with a potent anti-Helicobacter pylori activity

Background: Helicobacter pylori is considered as the main risk factor in the development of gastric cancer. In the present study, we performed a detailed characterization of the probiotic properties and the anti-H. pylori activity of a previously isolated lactobacillus strain — Lactobacillus fermentum ...

Association between the clinical severity of oral lichen planus and anti-TPO level in thyroid patients

Abstract This study considered a possible relationship between the severity of oral lichen planus (OLP), serum anti-TPO autoantibodies (TPOAb) titer and thyroid disease in OLP patients. Forty-six OLP patients with positive TPOAb results (> 35 IU/ml) who had also been diagnosed with thyroid disease wer...

Interleukin 8 (-251 T>A) polymorphism in children and teenagers infected with Helicobacter pylori

Background Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the human stomach and causes a variety of gastric diseases. This study evaluated the correlations between the -251 (T>A) (rs4073) polymorphism of interleukin-8 (IL-8), the etiology of gastric disease, and H. pylori ...

The effects of smoking and smoking cessation on nasal mucociliary clearance, mucus properties and inflammation

Clinics; 71 (6), 2016
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to assess nasal mucociliary clearance, mucus properties and inflammation in smokers and subjects enrolled in a Smoking Cessation Program (referred to as quitters). METHOD: A total of 33 subjects with a median (IQR) smoking history of 34 (20-58) pack years were...

Effects of budlein A on human neutrophils and lymphocytes

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Sesquiterpene lactones (SLs) are the active constituents of a variety of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and other ailments. Objective In this study, we evaluated whether budlein A modulates the activation of innate and adaptive immune c...

Lactobacillus rhamnosus could inhibit Porphyromonas gingivalis derived CXCL8 attenuation

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT An increasing body of evidence suggests that the use of probiotic bacteria is a promising intervention approach for the treatment of inflammatory diseases with a polymicrobial etiology. P. gingivalis has been noted to have a different way of interacting with the innate immune response of the hos...

Chemokines and immunity

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 13 (3), 2015
Chemokines are a large family of small cytokines and generally have low molecular weight ranging from 7 to 15kDa. Chemokines and their receptors are able to control the migration and residence of all immune cells. Some chemokines are considered pro-inflammatory, and their release can be induced during an...

Effects of Er-Miao-San extracts on TNF-alpha-indueed MMP-1 expression in human dermal fibroblasts

Biol. Res; 48 (), 2015
BACKGROUND: Various health benefits have been attributed to Er-Miao-San (EMS), a traditional Chinese herbal formulation that contains equal amounts of cortex phellodendri (Phellodendron amurense Ruprecht) and rhizoma atractylodis (Atractylodes lancea D.C). However, its effect on the anti-inflammatory act...

Influência dos polimorfismos genéticos (IL10/CXCL8/CXCR2/ NF?B) na susceptibilidade das doenças reumatológicas autoimunes

Rev. bras. reumatol; 54 (4), 2014
As doenças reumatológicas autoimunes, na maioria das vezes, possuem uma via genética comum para a autoimunidade. Vários genes foram associados com as doenças reumatológicas, para tanto iremos analisar somente alguns genes nos quais há várias evidências da existência de associação com risco ou...

Valor prognóstico dos polimorfismos funcionais nos genes da mmp-1, mmp-13 e IL-8 no carcinoma epidermóide oral e de orofaringe
Prognostic value of functional polymorphisms in the mmp-1, mmp-13 and IL-8 genes in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Tumores malignos tem a habilidade de invadir tecidos normais e de se espalharem para sítios anatômicos distantes, originando, a metástase o maior fator de mortalidade do câncer. As metaloproteinases de matriz (MMP)-1 e MMP-13 tem sido associada a invasão tumoral e a metástase, pois a MMP-1 degrada ...