... of definite TCR gene regions, indicating
Figure 5
CXCR3 expression in the synovium of a patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritisCXCR3 expression in the synovium of a patient with juvenile idiopathic ... into the inflamed
synovium.
The high expression of CXCR3 by T cells retrieved from the
synovia of patients with JIA might be considered a by-...
... including carbamazepine, phenytoin,
phenobarbital, and lamotrigine. The triad of hypersensi-
tivity includes fever, rash and internal organ involvement
with onset of symptoms within 1 to 8 weeks of ... purposes)
of portacaval shunting, thereby decreasing first pass
metabolism; decrease in quantities and affinity of plasma
proteins, thereby increasing free-drug levels; increase...
... fibroblast lines. YM participated in the
molecular genetic studies and analysis. EK procured the sam-
ples and helped in the analysis of data. GW participated in the
design of the study, analysis of data, ... derived from
the amino terminus of mtND1 [14]. These findings provide evi-
dence that antigenic peptides of human mtND1 may be dis-
played and recognized by...
... [16]
compared the psychosocial functioning and coping of
mothers with chronic pain (including mothers with arthritis) to
mothers without pain, with regard to their ratings of parenting
efficacy. There ... of leisure in maintaining or restoring psychological well-
being in the presence of arthritis pain warrants further
study.
Psychosocial approaches to managing
arthritis...
... understanding of the role
of these inflammatory cells in disease mechanisms in IIMs. In
this review we summarize the latest findings concerning the
role of T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, dendritic ... demonstrated the presence
of differentiated B lymphocytes in the form of CD138
+
plasma
cells predominantly in the endomysium of muscle tissue of
patients wit...
... be
confined to the periphery. The finding of increased areas of
punctate hyperalgesia in patients with RA after topical
application of capsaicin is in accord with increased
excitability of spinal ... also likely to influence activity. The multiplicity of
mediators involved provides an opportunity for therapeutic
intervention, and many of the commonly used therapeut...
... past couple of years advances have been made in
the understanding of the involvement of T cells in the
immunopathology of autoimmune diseases, with a focus on
proinflammatory cytokine production, ... cells, the products they produce, including cytokines and
autoantibodies, and the genetic factors potentially involved in
their regulation and function.
T cells
In con...
... explained in the following way. The chance of
finding a seed-match and of producing a local alignment
of significant similarity rises with the length of the frag-
ment. Longer fragments, then, ... shown). This
indicates that reads of this size are too short to identify
the originating species reliably. For this study, we evaluate
the influence of a size cutoff of...
... Surgery appears to be preferable as a one arm of multimodality therapy in p-stage III/N2 patients with
single or 2 involved lymp h nodes. The optimal incorporation of surgery into the multimodality ... patient s h ave been observed in
a wide variety of clinical trials incorporating various com-
binations of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery.
The evidence of whether...
... thymus reactive T lymphocytes, they will be deleted
indicating that DCs play a critical role in this process.
Moreover, in the cortical area of the thymus, although
macrophages phagocytize dying ... delivery system also offers an interesting
route to approach DC subsets in order to enhance immu-
nity against cancer or pathogens. Accordingly, the
immune system of the skin har...