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Genetic epidemiology: Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Systemic lupus erythematosus is the prototype multisystem autoimmune disease. A strong genetic component of susceptibility to the disease is well established. Studies... -
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Research Article: Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
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An intense suppression of T cell proliferation to mitogens and to antigens is observed in a large number of parasitic infections. The impairment of T cell... -
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Patent AT-E401406-T1: [Translated] CHICKEN ANAEMIA VIRUS MUTANT, VACCINES, AND USES BASED ON VIRUS PROTEIN VP3, OR VIRUS SEQUENCES ENCODING THEREOF
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Novel proteins of the Chicken Anemia Virus are described and compositions for preventing or treating infections with that virus (CAV), in particular vaccines less... -
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What is the optimal prophylaxis for treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy?
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Coronary artery disease in the transplanted heart, also known as cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), is one of the major causes of mortality late after... -
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Medical immunology: a new journal for a new subspecialty
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Clinical review: Immunodepression in the surgical patient and increased susceptibility to infection
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Several studies indicate that organ failure is the leading cause of death in surgical patients. An excessive inflammatory response followed by a dramatic paralysis of... -
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Monoclonal antibodies against the iron regulated outer membrane Proteins of
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Background Iron is an important nutrient required by all forms of life.In the case of human hosts,the free iron availability is 10-18M,which is far less than what is... -
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Alterations induced by chronic stress in lymphocyte subsets of blood and primary and secondary immune organs of mice
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Background The immune system is particularly sensitive to stress. Although acute stress generally has positive effects, chronic stress typically provokes... -
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Clonal expansion is a characteristic feature of the B-cell repertoire of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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The present study was designed to analyze the level of B-cell clonal diversity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by using HCDR3 (third complementarity determining... -
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Phylogenetic variation and polymorphism at the Toll-like receptor 4 locus (
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Background: Differences in responses to bacterial surface lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are apparent between and within mammalian species. It has been shown in mice that... -
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Use of complementary/alternative therapies by women with advanced-stage breast cancer
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Background This study sought to describe the pattern of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) use among a group of patients with advanced breast cancer, to examine... -
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Are the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines effective? Meta-analysis of the prospective trials
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The objective was to review the evidence of effectiveness of the polyvalent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine from prospective properly randomised controlled trials... -
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Immune modulation in the treatment of respiratory infection
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The limitations of currently available treatment for severe respiratory infection are demonstrated by the relatively fixed mortality associated with these infections... -
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Neurotrophins in bronchial asthma
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Allergic bronchial asthma (BA) is characterized by chronic airway inflammation, development of airway hyperreactivity and recurrent reversible airway obstruction.... -
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Cell-cell interactions in synovitis: Antigen presenting cells and T cell interaction in rheumatoid arthritis
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The synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is enriched with mature antigen presenting cells (APCs) and many T lymphocytes. Interactions between APCs... -
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Immune ablation and stem-cell therapy in autoimmune disease: Immunological reconstitution after high-dose immunosuppression and haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation
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Studies on immunological reconstitution after immune ablation and stem-cell therapy may yield important clues to our understanding of the pathogenesis of human... -
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Immune ablation and stem-cell therapy in autoimmune disease: Clinical experience
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In the past 5 years, around 350 patients have received haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation for an autoimmune disease, with 275 of these registered in an... -
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Differences in time of virus appearance in the blood and virus-specific immune responses in intravenous and intrarectal primary SIV
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Background HIV-I can be transmitted by intravenous inoculation of contaminated blood or blood product or sexually through mucosal surfaces. Here we performed a pilot... -
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Patent AT-E401339-T1: [Translated] MIXTURES OF CYCLOSPORINE ANALOGUES AND THEIR USE AS IMMUNE MODULATORS
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Chemical patent from PubChem database. Patent Number: AT-E401339-T1. Title: Novel Drug Delivery System. Filing Date: 2007-06-25. Inventors: Chen, Wei, Kumar, Raj,... -
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Patent AT-E400278-T1: [Translated] IMMUNOMODULATING OLIGOSACCHARIDES
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The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the immune system and the treatment and/or prevention of immune system related disorders in a mammal,...