Báo cáo y học: " CD8+ T lymphocytes in lung tissue from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis" pot

... wished to investigate by quantitative immunohistochemistry infiltrating macrophages, neutrophils and T lymphocytes (TLs) subpopulations (CD 3+ , CD 4+ and CD 8+ ) in lung tissue of patients with IPF ... pneumonia (NSIP) [42]. Indeed, studies that compared the prognosis of patients with " ;idiopathic& quot; NSIP to that of patients with usual interstitial pneumonia t...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... TLs are known to produce type 2 cytokines such as interleukin-4 and interleukin-5 [27]. Recently, it has been hypothesized that in patients with IPF an excessive recruitment of CD 8+ TLs may ... zdaniil@med.uth.gr * Corresponding author Abstract Background: Recently it was shown that in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) tissue infiltrating CD 8+ T lymphocytes (TLs) are a...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:21

... nutrition, and metabolism of cartilage and other connective tissues within the joint. The purpose of our study was to identify and characterize osteogenic protein 1 (OP-1) in SF from patients with ... among the three groups tested. The SF content of OP-1 tended to correlate positively with HA levels, but negatively with AgKS concentrations. In conclusion, the results of this stu...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... suggest that binge eating symptomatology may play an important role in the initi- ation and maintenance of the WG phenomenon observed in at least part of patients with schizophrenia. Finally, management ... correlate of antipsychotic treatment or schizophrenia but a clinical correlate of high BMI in those patients. We can hypothesise that in certain triggered conditions (WG indu...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... 5'-AAGTGGGCCTTTAATCTCTACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA4 5'-AAGCTCATGATGTTCTCATCCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'-AAGGATGAGAACATCATGAGCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA5 5'-AAGTGTAGCAATCTGTTCACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' ... 5'-AAGTGAACAGATTGCTACACTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' siRNA-GFP 5'-ATGAACTTCAGGGTCAGCTTGCTATAGTGAGTCGTATTA-3' 5'-CGGCAAGCTGACCCTGAAGTTCTATAGTGA...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... needed to establish the safety and efficacy of rFVIIa in patients without hemophilia. We report the first safety data collected in the setting of a ran- domized, controlled study for patients sustaining ... rFVIIa in patients with TBI and polytrauma injuries is similar in nature to that of the entire cohort of 277 polytrauma patients, in whom no safety differences were foun...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... higher than that in matched asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers, but similar to that in matched HAM/TSP controls. HAM/TSP was seen in one-third of the HTLV-1-infected patients with RA or connective tissue ... joint compart- ments [17]. Secondly, HTLV-1 might be transmitted from the infiltrated T lymphocytes to the synoviocytes [23-26], and subsequent Tax expression might induce pro...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... the study was obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committees of all participating insti- tutions. Informed written consent was obtained from patients that were included in the study. Definitions The ... Laboratory, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, respectively), and susceptibility testing using Clinical Standards Laboratory Institutes method- ology [12] (performed in the National Myco...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... population A total of 154 critically ill septic cancer patients were included in the present study, 86 with neutropenia, that represents all neutropenic septic cancer patients admitted in the ICU ... CRP concentration, decreasing acute phase response indepen- dently of the treatment of infection [29-33]. In the present study, we clearly demonstrate that CRP, a major acute phase re...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... selectively recruited to and retained in the rheumatoid joint through interactions involving CXCR4. In line with the hypothesis that CD4 + CD25 + T cells are effectively recruited to sites of ... CD4 T cells derived from anti-TNF-treated patients. Thus, these findings indicate a functional deficit of CD4 + CD25 high T cells from patients with active RA with regard to th...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22