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Background Peritoneal carcinomatosis is an advanced stage of cancer in which the disease has spread to the peritoneal cavity. In order to restore antitumor immunity subverted by tumor cells in this location, we evaluated intraperitoneal administrations ...
Pedro Berraondo +17 more
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Peritoneal cavity is dominated by IFNγ-secreting CXCR3+ Th1 cells. [PDF]
The chemokine receptor CXCR3, which was shown to take part in many inflammatory processes, is considered as a Th1 specific marker. Here, we show in a mouse model that CXCR3 expressing CD4(+) cells preferentially migrate to the peritoneal cavity under ...
Beata M Zygmunt +2 more
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Mouse Tissue‐Resident Peritoneal Macrophages in Homeostasis, Repair, Infection, and Tumor Metastasis
Large peritoneal macrophages (LPMs) are long‐lived, tissue‐resident macrophages, formed during embryonic life, developmentally and functionally confined to the peritoneal cavity. LPMs provide the first line of defense against life‐threatening pathologies
Carlos Ardavín +4 more
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Infectious complications of peritoneal dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis is one of three basic methods of renal replacement therapy. Others include hemodialysis and kidney transplantation. In peritoneal dialysis, the peritoneal cavity is used to clean the blood of excess unnecessary substances and water ...
Paweł Polski +4 more
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Tuberculosis of the peritoneal cavity
Abstract The clinical presentation and management of 30 consecutive patients with tuberculous pertonitis are reviewed. Seventy per cent of the patients were aged 40 years or less and 80 per cent were immigrants. The main clinical features of abdominal pain, loss of weight, vomiting and sweating at night had been present in a large number
G A, Khoury, C R, Payne, D R, Harvey
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Pimaradienoic Acid Inhibits Carrageenan-Induced Inflammatory Leukocyte Recruitment and Edema in Mice: Inhibition of Oxidative Stress, Nitric Oxide and Cytokine Production. [PDF]
Pimaradienoic acid (PA; ent-pimara-8(14),15-dien-19-oic acid) is a pimarane diterpene found in plants such as Vigueira arenaria Baker (Asteraceae) in the Brazilian savannas.
Sandra S Mizokami +10 more
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Background Mast cells have recently gained new importance as immunoregulatory cells that are involved in numerous pathological processes. One result of these processes is an increase in mast cell numbers at peripheral sites.
Pastor Maria +8 more
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Peritoneal dissemination is a disease that is difficult to treat surgically because it is widely scattered and proliferates in the abdominal cavity. It is a challenge that even if the drug is administered directly into the abdominal cavity, it rapidly ...
Ikumi Sugiyama +2 more
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Isolation of Mononuclear Cell Populations from Ovarian Carcinoma Ascites
Ovarian cancer is one of the most fatal tumors in women. Due to a lack of symptoms and adequate screening methods, patients are diagnosed at advanced stages with extensive tumor burden (Jelovac and Armstrong, 2011).
Christina Wefers +6 more
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It is becoming increasingly clear that environment factors during early life play a pivotal role in the development of allergic asthma. Among these, a traditional farm is one of the strongest protective environments, and the protective effects have been,
Liuchuang Gao +9 more
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