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The Role of Immune Cells in Post-Stroke Angiogenesis and Neuronal Remodeling: The Known and the Unknown

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
Following a cerebral ischemic event, substantial alterations in both cellular and molecular activities occur due to ischemia-induced cerebral pathology.
Yinzhong Ma, Shilun Yang, Qianyan He, Dianhui Zhang, Junlei Chang   +4 more
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Assessment of the immunomodulatory properties of the probiotic strain Lactobacillus paracasei K5 in vitro and in vivo [PDF]

, 2020
Lactobacillus paracasei K5 is a lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strain that has been isolated from dairy products. Previous studies have established its probiotic potential in a series of in vitro tests, including molecular characterization, safety profiling,
Alexopoulos, Athanasios, Bezirtzoglou, Eugenia, Botaitis, Sotiris, Chondrou, Pelagia, Galanis, Alex, Karapetsas, Athanasios, Kiousi, Despoina Eugenia, Plessas, Stavros, Vasileiadis, Stavros, Ypsilantis, Petros   +9 more
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Allergen Immunotherapy and Tolerance

Allergology International, 2013
Successful allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) is associated with a marked decrease in symptoms on allergen exposure, a reduced requirement for 'rescue' anti-allergic drugs and improvement in patients' quality of life.
Tomokazu Matsuoka, Mohamed H Shamji, Stephen R Durham   +2 more
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Ethical and practical considerations arising from community consultation on implementing controlled human infection studies using Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda

Global Bioethics, 2022
Issues related to controlled human infection studies using Schistosoma mansoni (CHI-S) were explored to ensure the ethical and voluntary participation of potential CHI-S volunteers in an endemic setting in Uganda.
Moses Egesa, Agnes Ssali, Edward Tumwesige, Moses Kizza, Emmanuella Driciru, Fiona Luboga, Meta Roestenberg, Janet Seeley, Alison M. Elliott   +8 more
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Dissecting the role of CSF2RB expression in human regulatory T cells

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Colony stimulating factor 2 receptor subunit beta (CSF2RB; CD131) is the common subunit of the type I cytokine receptors for granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin (IL)-3 and IL-5. Interestingly, FOXP3+ regulatory T cells (
Beatriz F. Côrte-Real, Beatriz F. Côrte-Real, Rebeca Arroyo Hornero, Rebeca Arroyo Hornero, Aleksandra Dyczko, Aleksandra Dyczko, Ibrahim Hamad, Ibrahim Hamad, Markus Kleinewietfeld, Markus Kleinewietfeld, Markus Kleinewietfeld   +10 more
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Phages and Immunomodulation [PDF]

Future Microbiology, 2017
In the past years, the microbiome and its role in the pathophysiology of diseases have gained great interest. The progress of our knowledge in this field opens completely novel prospects for treating disorders, including those which are most challenging to medicine today.
Andrzej, Górski, Krystyna, Dąbrowska, Ryszard, Międzybrodzki, Beata, Weber-Dąbrowska, Marzanna, Łusiak-Szelachowska, Ewa, Jończyk-Matysiak, Jan, Borysowski   +6 more
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Unsupervised title and abstract screening for systematic review: a retrospective case-study using topic modelling methodology

Systematic Reviews, 2023
Background The importance of systematic reviews in collating and summarising available research output on a particular topic cannot be over-emphasized.
Agnes Natukunda, Leacky K. Muchene
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Anti-COVID-19 drug candidates: A review on potential biological activities of natural products in the management of new coronavirus infection

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2021
Background and aim: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is now become a worldwide pandemic bringing over 71 million confirmed cases, while the specific drugs and vaccines ...
Anchalee Prasansuklab, Atsadang Theerasri, Panthakarn Rangsinth, Chanin Sillapachaiyaporn, Siriporn Chuchawankul, Tewin Tencomnao   +5 more
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Effect of birth weight, exclusive breastfeeding and growth in infancy on fat mass and fat free mass indices in early adolescence: an analysis of the Entebbe Mother and Baby Study (EMaBs) cohort [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

AAS Open Research, 2019
Background: There is limited data from Africa on the effect of pre- and post-natal growth and infant feeding on later body composition. This study's aim was to investigate the effect of birth weight, exclusive breastfeeding and infant growth on ...
Jonathan Nsamba, Swaib A. Lule, Benigna Namara, Christopher Zziwa, Hellen Akurut, Lawrence Lubyayi, Florence Akello, Josephine Tumusiime, Alison M. Elliott, Emily L. Webb   +9 more
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Maternal Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Does Not Affect the Infant Immune Response Following BCG at Birth: An Observational Longitudinal Study in Uganda

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Background: BCG has low efficacy in tropical countries. We hypothesized that maternal latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection (LTBI) results in fetal tolerance to mycobacterial antigens and impaired responses to BCG immunization.Methods: We ...
Lawrence Lubyayi, Lawrence Lubyayi, Patrice A. Mawa, Patrice A. Mawa, Grace Nabakooza, Marjorie Nakibuule, John Vianney Tushabe, Joel Serubanja, Dorothy Aibo, Hellen Akurut, Josephine Tumusiime, Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz, Pontiano Kaleebu, Pontiano Kaleebu, Jonathan Levin, Hazel M. Dockrell, Steven Smith, Emily L. Webb, Alison M. Elliott, Alison M. Elliott, Stephen Cose, Stephen Cose   +21 more
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