99 datasets found for "immunization"
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Federal
Use of complementary/alternative therapies by women with advanced-stage breast cancer
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
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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Staphylococcal peptidoglycans induce arthritis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important pathogens in septic arthritis. To analyse the arthritogenic properties of staphylococcal peptidoglycan (PGN),... -
Federal
Cell fate decision: T-helper 1 and 2 subsets in immune responses
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
After activation CD4+ helper T cells differentiate into T-helper (Th) 1 or Th2 effector cells. These two subsets are characterized by their distinct cytokine... -
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Early immune development, atopy and asthma: insights from ATS 2001, May 18-23, San Francisco
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
There is rising evidence that the initiation of atopy and asthma may occur in early life or even during fetal life. At the American Thoracic Society meeting 2001 in... -
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Assessment of Equine Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia (EAT) by flow cytometry
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Rationale Thrombocytopenia is a platelet associated process that occurs in human and animals as result of i) decreased production; ii) increased utilization; iii)... -
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The evaluation of yeast derivatives as adjuvants for the immune response to the Bm86 antigen in cattle
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The Gavac™ vaccine against the cattle tick Boophilus microplus has proven its efficacy in a large number of controlled and field experiments. However, this... -
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Decreased insulin binding to mononuclear leucocytes and erythrocytes from dogs after S-Nitroso-N-Acetypenicillamine administration
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Nitric oxide (NO) and oxygen free-radicals play an important part in the destruction of beta-cells in auto- immune diabetes although the precise mechanism... -
Federal
Janus kinases and signal transducers and activators of transcription: their roles in cytokine signaling, development and immunoregulation
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Cytokines play a critical role in the normal development and function of the immune system. On the other hand, many rheumatologic diseases are characterized by poorly... -
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Catecholamine-induced interleukin-10 release: a key mechanism in systemic immunodepression after brain injury
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: Infections after severe brain injury or polytrauma are still a problem, and may be the result of a brain-mediated disturbed systemic immunoreactivity. The... -
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Research Article: Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
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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HIV infection and aging: enhanced Interferon- and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha production by the CD8
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background T cells from HIV+ and aged individuals show parallels in terms of suppressed proliferative activity and interleukin-2 (I1-2) production and an increased... -
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The average cost of measles cases and adverse events following vaccination in industrialised countries
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Even though the annual incidence rate of measles has dramatically decreased in industrialised countries since the implementation of universal immunisation... -
Federal
Lyme disease and current aspects of immunization
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Lyme disease is a tick-borne multisystem disease that affects primarily the skin, nervous system, heart and joints. At least three species of Borrelia burgdorferi... -
Federal
Phylogenetic variation and polymorphism at the Toll-like receptor 4 locus (
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: Differences in responses to bacterial surface lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are apparent between and within mammalian species. It has been shown in mice that... -
Federal
Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Ethnomedicines are used by hunters for themselves and their hunting dogs in Trinidad. Plants are used for snakebites, scorpion stings, for injuries and... -
Federal
Flow cytometric assessment of the reactivity of a panel of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) against two populations of human dendritic cells (DC)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The identification of antigens on human DC has been a very difficult and elusive task because of the lack of appropriate reagents. Therefore, we evaluated... -
Federal
Humoral immune response to an allogenic foetus in normal fertile women and recurrent aborters
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Several humoral immune factors are responsible for a successful pregnancy. There are a few studies, which demonstrate the role of antipaternal cytotoxic... -
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Are the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines effective? Meta-analysis of the prospective trials
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The objective was to review the evidence of effectiveness of the polyvalent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine from prospective properly randomised controlled trials... -
Federal
Increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and enhanced T cell responses after activation of human dendritic cells with IL-1 and CD40 ligand
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Various microbial, inflammatory and immune signals regulate the activation of dendritic cells (DC), determining their ability to interact with naïve T... -
Federal
B cells in rheumatoid arthritis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Normally the immune response is restricted to the peripheral secondary lymphoid organs. However, additional ectopic lymphoid tissue may develop at chronic sites of...
99 datasets found for "immunization"