Results: 58

Periodontal disease and inflammatory blood cytokines in patients with stable coronary artery disease

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Periodontal disease has been associated with elevations of blood cytokines involved in atherosclerosis in systemically healthy individuals, but little is known about this association in stable cardiovascular patients. The aim of this study was to assess the association between periodontal diseas...

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...

Functional disruption of human leukocyte antigen II in human embryonic stem cell

Biol. Res; 48 (), 2015
BACKGROUND: Theoretically human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) have the capacity to self-renew and differentiate into all human cell types. Therefore, the greatest promise of hESCs-based therapy is to replace the damaged tissues of patients suffering from traumatic or degenerative diseases by the exact sam...

Immune enhancement activities of silk lutein extract from Bombyx mori cocoons

Biol. Res; 47 (), 2014
BACKGROUND: Declining immune function poses an important clinical challenge worldwide and supplementation with natural products that possessing immune enhancing properties is a promising approach for preventing or delaying immune function decline. Cocoons from yellow silkworms are a significant source of...

Role of interleukin-6, gamma interferon and adenosine deaminase markers in management of pleural effusion patients

West Indian med. j; 62 (9), 2013
OBJECTIVE: Pleural effusion is a common diagnostic and clinical problem. Neoplasms and tuberculosis are the most frequent diagnostic causes of such effusions. Conventional laboratory methods for diagnosis of such effusion are inefficient because tubercle bacilli are rarely seen in direct examinations of ...

Parameter estimation and use of gamma interferon assay for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in Brazil

Pesqui. vet. bras; 32 (4), 2012
This study aimed to evaluate the interference of tuberculin test on the gamma-interferon (INFg) assay, to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of the INFg assay in Brazilian conditions, and to simulate multiple testing using the comparative tuberculin test and the INFg assay. Three hundred-fifty catt...

Nuevas terapias inmunomoduladoras para la hepatitis C crónica

Recent clinical trials have shown that combination therapy with pegylated interferon and ribavirin can achieve a sustained virological response in the majority of patients with chronic hepatitis C who qualify for treatment. However, because many patients are unable to be treated (or choose not to due to ...

Efecto del estrés ocasionado por las pruebas académicas sobre los niveles de cortisol y prolactina en un grupo de estudiantes de medicina

Introducción: La relación entre el sistema inmune y el estrés ha sido motivo de debate en los últimos años. Los cambios neurohormonales generan variaciones en la respuesta inmunológica, con cambios importantes en los niveles de citoquinas lo que causa a su vez, en algunos casos, depresión de la re...

Morphometric Analysis of Granulomas Induced by Mycobacterium bovis Suggests an Influence of IFN-Gamma on the Generation and Modulation upon Granulomatous Inflammatory Response in the Different Tissues

Int. j. morphol; 23 (4), 2005
There is evidence in both human and experimental infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that immunologic factors influence susceptibility to infection and the progress of the disease. The present study aims to evaluate the role of IFN- g upon inflammatory granulomatous response against M. bovis....

Evolution of hepatitis C virus-specific T cell responses and cytokine production in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with high doses of interferon-alpha

Rev. invest. clín; 54 (1), 2002
OBJECTIVE: To assess the evolution of in vitro T cell response to hepatitis C virus (HCV) Core, E1, E2 and NS3 antigens in 10 patients with chronic hepatitis C, before, during and after a high dose interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) therapy, and to evaluate the influence of IFN-alpha on the in vivo and in vitr...