Cosmeceutical Properties of Two Cultivars of Red Raspberry Grown under Different Conditions
Cosmetics, 2018 Plant selection, input, and field management are proven strategies that produce high yields of crops bearing selected desirable characteristics for the nutraceutical and cosmeceutical industry.
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Visceral leishmaniasis patients display altered composition and maturity of neutrophils as well as impaired neutrophil effector functions [PDF]
, 2016 Immunologically, active visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is characterised by profound immunosuppression, severe systemic inflammatory responses and an impaired capacity to control parasite replication.
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Cell Reports MedicineSummary: Recent clinical studies highlight the effectiveness of combining cytotoxic agents with immunotherapies, emphasizing the need for next-generation treatments that integrate both therapeutic approaches.
Ravindra Gujar +8 more
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin is markedly decreased following pulmonary F. tularensis challenge
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2011 Alpha-1 antitrypsin, a small glycoprotein clade A serpine serine protease inhibitor of neutrophil elastase has been shown to increase in humans following bacterial and viral infection.
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Journal of Education, Health and SportAim. A method for determining in vivo antielastase activity in rat bone tissue after stress has been proposed. Methods. Stress was reproduced in rats by exposing the animals to −20 °C for 30 minutes.
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Menelloides C and D, New Sesquiterpenoids from the Gorgonian Coral Menella sp.
Marine Drugs, 2011 Two new metabolites, including a lindenane-type sesquiterpenoid, menelloide C (1), and a germacrane-type sesquiterpenoid, menelloide D (2), were isolated from a Formosan gorgonian coral identified as Menella sp. The structures of 1 and 2 were established
Zhi-Hong Wen +6 more
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Processing of Factor XII during Inflammatory Reactions
Frontiers in Medicine, 2016 The contact system was originally identified as an obsolete part of the coagulation system, but it has been repeatedly implicated in inflammatory states, such as infection, as well as in allergic- and chronic inflammatory disease. Under these conditions,
Bernard Nico Jukema +2 more
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Inhibition of MAPK-Erk pathway in vivo attenuates aortic valve disease processes in Emilin1-deficient mouse model [PDF]
, 2017 Aortic valve disease (AVD) is a common condition with a progressive natural history, and presently, there are no pharmacologic treatment strategies. Elastic fiber fragmentation (EFF) is a hallmark of AVD, and increasing evidence implicates developmental ...
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Characterization, cloning and immunogenicity of antigens released by transforming cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni [PDF]
, 2000 A schistosome infection is initiated when the parasite penetrates the skin of a susceptible host. Relatively large quantities of protein are released by transforming cercariae compared to later larval stages.
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Enhanced release of elastase is not concomitant with increased secretion of granulocyte-activating cytokines in whole blood from patients with sepsis [PDF]
, 1994 Die Diskussion am Ende des Artikels wurde gelöscht (§137l UrhG).Background The proteolytic enzyme elastase released by granulocytes (polymorphonuclear leukocytes [PMN]) in high concentrations during sepsis causes degradation of essential plasma proteins,
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