Results 31 to 40 of about 10,558,900 (341)

Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis causing spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax in a child

open access: yesThe Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2015
Bilateral pneumothorax is very rare in childhood. Moreover, if it is due to pulmonary involvement of Langerhans cell histiocytosis, it is even rarer in childhood.
Anupam Patra   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis

open access: yesDermatology Online Journal, 2002
Adult onset Langerhans cell histiocytosis is uncommon. A 29 year old man is presented who developed classic cutaneous disease with severe systemic involvement. He responded completely to a two month course of thalidomide.
Mortazavi, Hessein   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Specific Protein Antigen Delivery to Human Langerhans Cells in Intact Skin

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
Immune modulating therapies and vaccines are in high demand, not least to the recent global spread of SARS-CoV2. To achieve efficient activation of the immune system, professional antigen presenting cells have proven to be key coordinators of such ...
Mareike Rentzsch   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Cells of the Islets of Langerhans [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Medicine, 2018
Islets of Langerhans are islands of endocrine cells scattered throughout the pancreas. A number of new studies have pointed to the potential for conversion of non-β islet cells in to insulin-producing β-cells to replenish β-cell mass as a means to treat diabetes.
openaire   +5 more sources

Swelling of bilateral parotid glands: An unusual symptom of multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2014
Objective: Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an unusual disorder of unknown etiology with heterogeneous clinical behaviors and variable outcomes. It can involve one or more organs or systems, but to our best knowledge, parotid glands involvement in ...
Xiaojun Yuan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neurodegenerative central nervous system disease as late sequelae of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Report from the Japan LCH Study Group

open access: yesHaematologica, 2008
Clinical features, brain magnetic resonance imaging findings and EDSS scores of 11 patients with neurodegenerative central nervous system Langerhans cell histiocytosis were analyzed in Japan.
Shinsaku Imashuku   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Common clonal origin of an acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia and a Langerhans’ cell sarcoma: evidence for hematopoietic plasticity

open access: yesHaematologica, 2010
Background The hierarchical organization of hematopoiesis with unidirectional lineage determination has become a questionable tenet in view of the experimental evidence of reprogramming and transdifferentiation of lineage-determined cells.
Richard Ratei   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis with Extensive Spinal and Thyroid Gland Involvement Presenting with Quadriparesis: An Unusual Case in an Adult Patient [PDF]

open access: yesMalaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2011
Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the spine frequently presents as a solitary lesion and rarely results in neurological deficit. Involvement of thyroid tissue is also rare, even in multifocal disease presentations.
Mohd Ariff S   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Origin of Langerhans Cells

open access: yesJournal of Investigative Dermatology, 1980
Langerhans cells constitute a morphologically well-characterized subpopulation (3--8%) of mammalian epidermal cells and, in contrast to the bulk of epidermal cells, bear Fc-IgG and C3 receptors, express immune response associated (Ia) antigens, and function as antigen presenting cells and allogeneic stimulatory cells to primed T lymphocytes.
Kunihiko Tamaki   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the maxillae in a child treated only with chemotherapy: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a sporadic disease caused by an uncontrolled pathogenic clonal proliferation of dendritic cells that have Langerhans cell characteristics.
Angela Pia Cazzolla   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy