Colony stimulating factor-1 receptor as a treatment for cognitive deficits postfractionated whole-brain irradiation. [PDF]
, 2017 Whole-brain irradiation (WBI) is commonly used to treat primary tumors of the central nervous systems tumors as well as brain metastases. While this technique has increased survival among brain tumor patients, the side effects of including a decline in ...
Rosi, Susanna
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Biosynthesis of DNA for disease detection.
Jurnal Mangifera EduAn aquatic plant breathes through pores in the atmosphere, creating a bacterial loop cycle. Harmful toxins and pathogens invade the foreign substrate and recessive genes.
Nur Aifiah Binti Ibrahim
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Tamm-Horsfall Protein Regulates Mononuclear Phagocytes in the Kidney [PDF]
, 2017 Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP), also known as uromodulin, is a kidney-specific protein produced by cells of the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle. Although predominantly secreted apically into the urine, where it becomes highly polymerized, THP is ...
Dagher, Pierre C. +12 more
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Targeting Frequent Efferocytosis in Tumor Microenvironment is a New Direction for Cancer Treatment
Small ScienceA variety of factors, such as dietary habits, the external environment, and individual genetic differences, can lead to the development of cancer. While chemotherapy and radiotherapy are commonly used for cancer treatment, drug resistance and side ...
Gangxing Zhu +9 more
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Phagocyte Escape of Leptospira: The Role of TLRs and NLRs
Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 The spirochetal bacteria Leptospira spp. are causative agents of leptospirosis, a globally neglected and reemerging zoonotic disease. Infection with these pathogens may lead to an acute and potentially fatal disease but also to chronic asymptomatic renal
Ignacio Santecchia +8 more
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Characterization of avirulent mutant Legionella pneumophila that survive but do not multiply within human monocytes. [PDF]
, 1987 Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, is a Gram-negative bacterium and a facultative intracellular parasite that multiplies in human monocytes and alveolar macrophages. In this paper, mutants of L.
Horwitz, MA
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Structure-functional activity relationship of β-glucans from the perspective of immunomodulation : a mini-review [PDF]
, 2020 β-Glucans are a heterogeneous group of glucose polymers with a common structure comprising a main chain of β-(1,3) and/or β-(1,4)-glucopyranosyl units, along with side chains with various branches and lengths.
Baruah, Sri Kartik +4 more
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Dysregulation of of phospholipid-specific phagocytosis by B1 B cells in diet-induced obese mice [PDF]
, 2016 B1 B cells have received increasing attention recently due to their newly discovered phagocytic and microbicidal capabilities. Several studies have demonstrated that B1 cells can phagocytize polystyrene fluorescent particles, bacteria (Staphylococcus ...
Vo, Hung
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Possible role of the phagocytic proteinases, cathepsin B and elastas, in orthotopic liver transplantation [PDF]
, 1991 Kein ...
Himmelreich, G. +5 more
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Immune modulation by fish kinetoplastid parasites : a role for nitric oxide [PDF]
, 2002 Trypanoplasma borreli and Trypanosoma carassii are kinetoplastid parasites infecting cyprinid fish. We investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in immune modulation during T. borreli and T. carassii infection of carp.
Groeneveld, A. +3 more
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