SUMMARY: The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of inflammation in the placenta on the pro-apoptotic development after severe preeclampsia. Placenta tissue samples of 15 HELLP syndrome and 15 healthy 35-38th week-pregnant women were involved in the study. Tissue samples were taken only from t...
Abstract Background: Psoriasis is a skin-articular disease with unclear etiopathogenesis. It has been suggested that the disease is immune-mediated by T-lymphocytes, predominantly Th17 cells. Similar to psoriasis, geographic tongue is an inflammatory disease with participation of Th17 cells and direct c...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Immunological control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is dependent on the cellular immune response, mediated predominantly by Th1 type CD4+ T cells. Polarization of the immune response to Th2 can inhibit the host immune protection against pathogens. Patients with tubercul...
Abstract Objectives: The objective of the present study is to evaluate whether IL-6, TNF-α, IL-10 are associated with nutritional status in patients with cirrhosis secondary to biliary atresia and compare to healthy controls. Methods: The parameters used for nutritional assessment were the standar...
Las enfermedades autoinflamatorias monogénicas son desórdenes raros que resultan en defectos del sistema inmune innato, originando excesiva respuesta a señales de peligro, activación espontánea de vías inflamatorias o pérdida de reguladores inhibitorios. En los últimos 15 años un creciente núme...
Se produjeron y caracterizaron 11 anticuerpos monoclonales de hibridomas murinos anti factor von Willebrand humano. Todos mostraron afinidad específica por el factor von Willebrand humano y pertenecen a los isotipos IgG1, IgG2a e IgG2b. Se estudió el efecto de los anticuerpos sobre la actividad Cofacto...
