Báo cáo y học: " Review of "Witches, Westerners, and HIV: AIDS and Cultures of Blame in Africa" by Alexander Rodlac" pdf

... 1 of 2 (page number not for citation purposes) AIDS Research and Therapy Open Access Book review Review of "Witches, Westerners, and HIV: AIDS and Cultures of Blame in Africa" by Alexander ... explana- tory models of the AIDS epidemic and offers a convincing and fine-grained analysis of the African quest to explain and account for personal...

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... per drinking day, percentage of heavy drinking day, percentage of day abstinent) and plasma gamma-glutamyl transferase as an objective index of alcohol consumption. The secondary efficacy variable was ... encour- aging considering the rather disappointing success rates of efficacious prevention programs [110] and have potential implications in reversing increased body weight an...

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... interferon-γ producing cells, which are known to be involved in the induction and maintenance of the proinflammatory cytokine cascade. Role played by B cells as antigen-presenting cells in rheumatoid ... binding protein, both of which are found in early RA and pre-disease sera [29]. Antibody and T-cell reponses to heavy chain binding protein have been identified both in pa...

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... antigen-presenting and antigen- priming cells of the immune system. We review the antigen- presenting and proinflammatory roles played by dendritic cells in the initiation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ... proteins such as vimentin may be acquired by ingestion of apoptotic macrophages. Effector function, including cytokine production and B-cell and monocyte help, o...

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... cytokines are produced in the inflamed synovium as a result of the influx of inflammatory cells from the circulation and synovial cell hyperplasia. The upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines ... high expression of the inhibitor of Wnt/β-catenin signaling, DKK-1, in the inflamed synovium, especially in the synoviocytes and synovial microvessels, and in cartilage adja...

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... antigen presentation in monocytes and inhibits the production of pro- inflammatory cytokines, GM-CSF, and Fc-γ receptors by synovial Mφ. Consistently with cytokine and chemokine downregulation, IL-10 clearly suppresses ... post-injury tissue remodelling (reviewed in [2]) Lipid metabolism Mφ synthesis of prostaglandins (PGs) E 2 and I 2 Pro-inflammatory activity of PGE 2 a...

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... results in a frame work, a model was proposed in which the drug inhibits the final Gag cleavage step by binding to a pocket formed by oligomerization of Gag during particle assembly, thereby blocking ... immunity It is becoming increasingly evident that the innate immune system plays a critical role in the control of infec- tious diseases. Harvesting the potential of this syst...

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... of its class to enter clinical trials. The chapter on RNAi is a nice summary of the state of the art in this rapidly emerging field. As was pointed out by the authors, given the specificity of ... Central yours — you keep the copyright Submit your manuscript here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp BioMedcentral AIDS Research and Therapy 2006, 3:7 http://www...

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... since the Black Plague of the 14 th century. And Africa: cradle of humankind, burdened by colonization, famine, poverty and civil war. In what ways do ethics, AIDS and Africa go together, and ... impact of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and take on some of the key ethical issues raised by HIV /AIDS research, policy and clinical practice in the region. Although...

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... association of a lysotropic agent (hydroxychloroquine) to doxycycline tends to reduce the acidity of the vacuole in which Tropheryma whipplei is located and thus improves the efficacy of doxycycline inactive ... clear. Concerning treatment, our patient was initially treated by ceftriaxone then with a combination of sulfamethoxa- zole/trimethoprim, hydroxychloroquine and doxycy...

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