Báo cáo y học: " HLA class II associations with rheumatic heart disease among clinically homogeneous patients in children in Latvia" pptx
... Vol 5 No 6 Stanevicha et al. Research article HLA class II associations with rheumatic heart disease among clinically homogeneous patients in children in Latvia Valda Stanevicha 1 , Jelena Eglite 2 , ... Patarroyo ME, Southwood S, Sette A, Kalil J: T-cell reactivity against streptococcal antigens in the periphery mirrors reactivity of heart- infiltrating T lym...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23
... class II alleles. We hypothesized that HLA class II associations within RHD may be more consistent if analysed amongst patients with a relatively homogeneous clinical outcome. A total of 70 RF patients ... obser- vations, we hypothesized that HLA class II associations with RHD may be more consistent if analyzed in patients with a rel- atively homogeneous...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20
... in clinical disease manifestations in RA patients since their circulating numbers correlate directly with disease activity, and treatment with infliximab corrects mDC count abnormalities in infliximab- responsive ... RA patients with active disease were characterized by a baseline decrease in both circulating pDCs and mDCs. Disease activity markers inversely correlat...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22
Báo cáo y học: "Perceptions of environmental changes and Lethargic Crab Disease among crab harvesters in a Brazilian coastal community" ppt
... name the disease that was infecting the crabs in the region, all of them could identify the major clinical symptoms of LCD. This inability to correctly name the disease is almost certainly due ... Regarding the local knowledge of the LCD disease affecting U. cordatus, most interviewees reported being aware of this disease, although none of them could name it. Interestingly, whil...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22
Báo cáo y học: "HLA-DR regulation and the influence of GM-CSF on transcription, surface expression and shedding
... detected in plasma and synovial fluid in hyperinflammatory states [9] and in vitro experiments have shown that the inflammatory cytokine IFN-γ induced shedding of HLA- DR by human monocytes [10]. ... molecules remains to be investigated with respect to any potential role in sepsis. Serum sHLA-DR has been reported to be increased in infections and in inflammatory diseases or...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:57
Báo cáo y học: "Collagen type II (CII)-specific antibodies induce arthritis in the absence of T or B cells but the arthritis progression is enhanced by CII-reactive T cells" ppsx
... rat CII (mK and rK, respectively), hydroxylated rat CII (rHyK), denatured rat CII (dCII) and mouse and rat galactosylated CII (mGal- HyK and rGalHyK, respectively) peptides were used. Rat CII ... afterwards [3,4]. Finally, severe arthritis is readily induced with anti-CII antibodies [5], whereas transfer with T cells induces only synovitis and not clinical arthritis [6]. However, it is u...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:24
Báo cáo y học: "HLA-DRB1 genes and extraarticular rheumatoid arthritis" potx
... associated with Felty’s syndrome. When considering the influence of DRB1 genotypes, the findings are very similar. Genotypes containing two shared epitope positive DRB1*04 alleles (in most cases, ... controls with the DRB1*0401/0404 genotype), whereas ‘single dose’ genotypes such as DRB1*0401/DR7 carry more limited risks [3]. The Turesson study includes patients with extraarticular R...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20
Báo cáo y học: "HLA-C locus alleles may modulate the clinical expression of psoriatic arthritis" potx
... having oligoar- thritis; those with five or more swollen joints were defined as having polyarthritis; and patients with inflammatory back pain and bilateral grade II or unilateral grade III or ... main haplo- types found in normal and spondylitic patients in Spanish and Jewish populations [13]. Indeed, the spondylitic form of PsA was found in association with the HLA- B27/C...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23
Báo cáo y học: "HLA-G DNA sequence variants and risk of perinatal HIV-1 transmission" pptx
... play a role in the in- utero-HIV infectivity. A study has demonstrated that 14-bp deletion-insertion polymorphisms in the 3' UT region of the HLA- G gene influences HLA- G mRNA stability [19]. ... alone or in combination with exon 8-3'UTR among HIV infected mother/uninfected child pairs that exhibited mismatch- ing in the HLA- G DNA sequence may be associated with...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20
Báo cáo y học: "HLA-Cw*04 allele associated with nevirapine-induced rash in HIV-infected Thai patients" potx
... Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute and the Department of Dis- eases Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. HLA- C Typing Medium-high resolution HLA- C typing was performed with an HLA- C typing ... associated with nevirapine in patients who started highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) containing nevirapine in Thailand. Results: A case-control study was c...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21