... food
can be delayed, from hours to a day after inges-
tion. Also, symptoms can vary, from severe symp-
toms in FPIES patients to subtle reactions in EE
patients, with gradual worsening of dysphagia
over ... opposed to the imme-
diateness of IgE-mediated reactions, the onset of
the symptoms of FPIES is delayed from 1 to 10
hours, with a median of 2 hours after the inges-
tion of foo...
... cytokine assay was used to analyse the cytokine profile of three T-cell line supernatants. (b) An excess of Th1 over Th2 cytokines was
detected. PE, phycoerythrin; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.
Open ... al. [12].
To confirm our findings, we also analysed intracellular cytokine
production by flow cytometry, using fluorochrome-conjugated
antibodies to IFN-γ and IL-4 as representative cyto...
... obesity are reported to
be caused by genetic factors [17], leaving western-type
diet and sedentary lifestyle, physical inactivity and
imbalance in caloric load as the most common contrib-
utors to ... wild-type C57BL/6
mice in response to western-type diet. Gavage adminis-
tration of olive oil containing the nonhydrolyzable
[
3
H]cholesteryl-hexadecyl-ether to mice suggested that
defic...
... effector function through costimulatory receptor/ligands.
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and their receptors serve as ‘lenses’ to ... Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 accumu-
lation in the immunological synapse is regulated by TCR
signal strength. Immunity 2002, 16:23-35.
5. Kuhns MS, Epshteyn V, Sobel RA, Allison JP: Cytotoxi...
... had previously been shown to exhibit a pronounced inhib-
itory activity.
To analyse the influence of clinical parameters of disease
activity on the inhibitory activity exhibited by the sera from
patients ... indicating that inhibitory factors
do indeed bind to monocyte surfaces, which might represent a
regulatory counter-action of the immune system to the long-
standing and consumin...
... using apoptotic
cell injection may be a useful tool to prevent and treat
inflammatory autoimmune responses.
Introduction
The most salient feature of apoptosis is the lack of inflamma-
tory responses ... also favor an immunomodulatory environ-
ment by the release of anti-inflammatory cytokines during
apoptotic cell uptake. Such immunomodulatory milieu consists
mainly of TGFβ and IL-10 [5-7]....
... are
unclear, but it appears that the anatomical site of the
injury, the severity of the injury, and the milieu of pro- or
anti-inflammatory cytokines are all critical factors in
determining whether a wound ... tissue
injury [22,26], we hypothesized that the activation of spe-
cific cell types and the production of cytokines and other
wound healing reparative mediators may be detrimental
to...
... 2 of 9
induced organ injuries appear to be caused by toxic
inflammatory mediators produced by infiltrating acti-
vated neutrophils early after thermal injury that are asso-
ciated with increased ... are
unclear, but it appears that the anatomical site of the
injury, the severity of the injury, and the milieu of pro- or
anti-inflammatory cytokines are all critical factors in
determining whet...
... Sweeney [6] described their use
of edited videotapes to teach child psychiatry to medical
students. They employed videos to present an interview
as a whole, to show the interviewer’s reaction to ... 26
Collaboration
Adult psychiatry 24 73
Pediatrics 16 48
Psychosomatic medicine 13 39
Neurology 515
Social medicine 26
Psychology 26
Forensic psychiatry, internal medicine, gynecology, p...
... from Tuscany and from
Ligury, and Po river flows through its territory. The
territory of Parma Province presents two types of en-
vironment: mountains with woods in the South and
floody plains ... In Italy, Lyme disease has been subject to
mandatory notification since 1990, but there is likely
an underestimation of the real prevalence. There are
400-900 new cases/year in Italy and Emi...