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Ehrlichia chaffeensis Co-Opts Phagocytic Hemocytes for Systemic Dissemination in the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum

open access: yesJournal of Innate Immunity, 2023
Introduction: Hematophagous arthropods can acquire and transmit several pathogens of medical importance. In ticks, the innate immune system is crucial in the outcome between vector-pathogen interaction and overall vector competence. However, the specific
Abdulsalam Adegoke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Apoptosis of Eosinophil Granulocytes [PDF]

open access: yesBiology, 2020
In the past 10 years, the number of people in the Czech Republic with allergies has doubled to over three million. Allergic pollen catarrh, constitutional dermatitis and asthma are the allergic disorders most often diagnosed. Genuine food allergies today affect 6–8% of nursing infants, 3–5% of small children, and 2–4% of adults.
Martina Zustakova   +2 more
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The effect of lipopolysaccharide extracted from Escherichia coli on total WBCs, granulocytes and on phagocytic activity in female rats [PDF]

open access: yesIraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2022
The present study was conducted to compare the total white blood cells count, granulocytes and phagocytic activity in female rats immunized with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) extracted from two different isolates of Escherichia coli, one normal isolate from ...
Aziz T. Koro, Adeba Y. Sharif
doaj   +1 more source

Hematological Changes in Women and Infants Exposed to an AZT-Containing Regimen for Prevention of Mother-to-child-transmission of HIV in Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Tanzanian guidelines for prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV (PMTCT) recommend an antiretroviral combination regimen involving zidovudine (AZT) during pregnancy, single-dosed nevirapine at labor onset, AZT plus Lamivudine (3TC) during ...
A Alioum   +31 more
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Lipocalin-2 Functions as Inhibitor of Innate Resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2018
Lipocalin-2 is a constituent of the neutrophil secondary granules and is expressed de novo by macrophages and epithelium in response to inflammation. Lipocalin-2 acts in a bacteriostatic fashion by binding iron-loaded siderophores required for bacterial ...
Sara Louise Dahl   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bivalve Haemocyte Subpopulations: A Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2022
Bivalve molluscs stand out for their ecological success and their key role in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, while also constituting a very valuable commercial resource. Both ecological success and production of bivalves depend on their effective
Nuria R. de la Ballina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differential effects of steroids and retinoids on bovine myelopoiesis in vitro [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Pregnancy and parturition are associated with physiological changes caused by steroid hormones. Alterations in number, maturity, and function of polymorphonuclear leukocytes observed in dairy cows at parturition suggest a common causative relationship ...
Burvenich, Christian   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Efficient presentation of soluble antigen by cultured human dendritic cells is maintained by granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor plus interleukin 4 and downregulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Medicine, 1994
Using granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin 4 we have established dendritic cell (DC) lines from blood mononuclear cells that maintain the antigen capturing and processing capacity characteristic of immature dendritic ...
F. Sallusto, A. Lanzavecchia
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inhibition of Arginase 1 Liberates Potent T Cell Immunostimulatory Activity of Human Neutrophil Granulocytes

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
Myeloid cell arginase-mediated arginine depletion with consecutive inhibition of T cell functions is a key component of tumor immune escape. Both, granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (G-MDSC) and conventional mature human polymorphonuclear ...
Verena Vonwirth   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Neutralize the Anti-tumor Effect of CSF1 Receptor Blockade by Inducing PMN-MDSC Infiltration of Tumors. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) contribute to all aspects of tumor progression. Use of CSF1R inhibitors to target TAM is therapeutically appealing, but has had very limited anti-tumor effects.
Albert Lo   +90 more
core   +2 more sources

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