THE INHIBITORY EFFECT OF PROPOLIS AND CAFFEIC ACID PHENETHYLESTER ON CYCLOOXYGENASE ACTIVITY IN J774 MACROPHAGES. [PDF]
, 2002 The effect of an ethanolic extract of propolis, with and without CAPE, and some of its components on cyclooxygenase (COX-1 and COX-2) activity in J774 macrophages has been investigated.
BORRELLI, FRANCESCA +5 more
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Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2018 Introduction Free-living amoebae, ubiquitous in outer environments, in predisposing circumstances may exist as parasites, infectious agents of Acanthamoeba keratitis.
Marcin Padzik +4 more
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Acanthamoeba castellanii (genotype T4) stimulates the production of interleukin-10 as well as pro-inflammatory cytokines in THP-1 cells, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and human monocyte-derived macrophages [PDF]
, 2016 Free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba can cause severe and chronic infections in humans, mainly localized in immune privileged sites, as the brain and the eye.
Cano, Antonella +8 more
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Comparative cardiac pathological changes of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) affected with heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI), cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) and pancreas disease (PD) [PDF]
, 2015 Author's accepted version (post-print)
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Evaluation of amoebicidal potential of Paneth cell cryptdin-2 against Entamoeba histolytica.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 BackgroundAmoebiasis is a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. Currently, metronidazole is the gold choice medication for the treatment of this disease.
Simran Preet +4 more
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In vitro evaluation of the amoebicidal activity of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) and cloves (Syzygium aromaticum L. Merr. & Perry) essential oils against Acanthamoeba polyphaga trophozoites [PDF]
, 2019 Several species of the genus Acanthamoeba cause human diseases. Treatment of infections involves various problems, emphasising the need to develop alternative antiprotozoal agents.
Anacarso, Immacolata +6 more
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Progress in Microbes and Molecular BiologyNaegleria fowleri (N. fowleri) is a thermophilic, free-living amoeba that causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rapidly fatal brain infection with a mortality rate exceeding 97%.
Kavitha Rajendran +14 more
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ANTI-MICROBIAL AND ANTI-AMOEBIC ACTIVITY SOME AZOMETHINES - POTENTIAL TEXTILE DYESTUFFS [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherwork, 2016 In this paper, new synthesized three azomethine derivatives applied in dyeing textiles checking the anti-microbial properties of active components, at the same time [1-3].
DJORDJEVIC Dragan +4 more
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Modulus‐Switchable Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications: A Review
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Materials, robot designs, proof‐of‐concept functions, and biomedical applications of modulus‐switchable miniature robots. Miniature soft robots have shown great potential in biomedical applications due to their excellent controllability and suitable mechanical properties in biological environments.
Chunyun Wei, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: amoebicidal effects of clinically approved drugs against Naegleria fowleri [PDF]
, 2014 Here we tested the effects of clinically approved drugs targeting vital cellular receptors and biochemical pathways against Naegleria fowleri. For the first time, our findings revealed that digoxin and procyclidine showed potent amoebicidal effects as no
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