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Role of Eosinophils and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Interleukin 25 Mediated Protection from Amebic Colitis
... E. histolytica disrupts the mucosal barrier in a sequential process of adherence to intestinal epithelial cells by a parasite Gal/GalNAc lectin, followed by killing of the epithelial cells in a nibbling process termed ...
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Mitogenic response of canine fundic epithelial cells in short term culture to transforming growth factor alpha and insulinlike growth factor I
... growth factor and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) (10 pM to 1 nM), insulin (10 nM to 1 microM) and insulinlike growth factor-I (IGF-I, 1-100 nM) increased [3H]-thymidine ...
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Regulation of transforming growth factor expression in rat intestinal epithelial cell lines
... growth factor expression was assessed in rat intestinal epithelial cell lines designated IEC-6 and ...growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) homologue epidermal growth factor (EGF) to media of ...
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Differential expression of pro inflammatory cytokines IL 15Ralpha, IL 15, IL 6 and TNFalpha in synovial fluid from Rheumatoid arthritis patients
... crosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), and interleukin 6 (IL6), in particular, have been identified and intra-articular as well as systemic levels of these cytokines may to some extent reflect disease activity ...
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Functional switching of macrophage responses to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) by interferons Implications for the pleiotropic activities of TNF alpha
... TNF alpha in stimulating the synthesis of two macrophage gene products, namely IGF-1, a growth factor implicated in wound repair and fibrosis, and complement component factor B (Bf), an alternative ...
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Treatment with recombinant human tumor necrosis factor alpha protects rats against the lethality, hypotension, and hypothermia of gram negative sepsis
... endotoxin that can produce many of the changes seen in septic shock. After cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) rats gradually develop tachycardia, hypotension, tachypnea, and hypothermia. At 5 h post-CLP, rats have a peak ...
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Inhibition of Different Lassa Virus Strains by Alpha and Gamma Interferons and Comparison with a Less Pathogenic Arenavirus
... of alpha IFN (IFN- ␣ ), IFN- ␥ , and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF- ␣ ) on replication of Lassa virus compared to the related, but less pathogenic, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus ...
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The effect of the pro inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha on human joint capsule myofibroblasts
... The antiproliferative impact of TNF-Į in human HSCs, the MFs of the liver, was previously described to be medi- ated by increased formation of nuclear factor-kappa-B (NF- țB) DNA-binding complexes [29]. ...
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Actions of growth factors on plasma calcium Epidermal growth factor and human transforming growth factor alpha cause elevation of plasma calcium in mice
... dependent on dietary calcium and is not invariably accompanied by an increase in systemic levels of the prostaglandin E2 metabolite 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-prostaglandin E2. The in vivo calcium-mobilizing activity of ...
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DAS 28 based EULAR response and HAQ improvement in rheumatoid arthritis patients switching between TNF antagonists
... 23. Solau-Gervais E, Laxenaire N, Cortet B, Dubucquoi S, Duquesnoy B, Flipo RM: Lack of efficacy of a third tumour necrosis factor alpha antagonist after failure of a soluble receptor and a monoclonal ...
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Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Downregulating Genes for the Development of Antituberculous Vaccines
... TNF is arguably the best-established antimycobacterial immuno- logical factor in humans, as reflected by the enhanced susceptibil- ity to M. tuberculosis infection of individuals treated with TNF blockade therapy ...
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The Effect of Chloroquine on Pro Inflammatory Cytokines Levels in Graves’ Disease: Historical Cohort from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
... Necrosis Factor alpha (TNF-α), Interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1 α) and Interferon gamma (INF-γ)] in the stored blood samples of 22 patients with Graves’ disease who previously randomized to receive either ...
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Differential expression of transforming growth factors alpha and beta in rat intestinal epithelial cells
... growth factor alpha (TGF alpha), and transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) was assessed in isolated primary rat intestinal epithelial cells as well as a rat intestinal crypt cell-derived ...
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The roles of cytoplasmic aspartate aminotransferase in trypanosoma brucei
... Upon invasion of the host by T. brucei through biological transmission by the tsetse fly, macrophages are amongst the primary responders to initial infection that are primed by detection of parasite derived antigens, ...
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Hypoxia inducible factor (HIF1α) gene expression in human shock states
... Shock states are defined by an acute circulatory failure leading to prolonged and intense tissue hypoxia that may lead to death. Tissue hypoxia is accompanied by a decreased production of ATP in the mitochondria. ...
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Nitric oxide production in the exhaled air of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in relation to HIV co infection
... Although both blood donors, household contacts and HIV+/TB patients had significantly increased levels of uNO compared to HIV-/TB patients, our findings of higher uNO levels in HIV+/TB patients compared to HIV- /TB ...
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The emergence of non secretory multiple myeloma during the non cytotoxic treatment of essential thrombocythemia: a case report
... There are suggestions that MM clones have a higher proliferative potential compared with ET clones [5]. Never- theless, the cytotoxic effect of anti-myeloma therapy on ET cannot be excluded. Previous publications have ...
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Effects of Interferon Alpha 2b on VEGFR 2, VEGFA, MAPK 1 and ERK 1 Gene Expression in Corneal Neovascularization Models
... In this study, we found that IFN-alpha 2b does not inhibit some of the agents involved in VEGF and VEGFR synthesis. This may result from many conditions such as short duration of the study, selection of subjects, ...
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Original Article Oral administration of Lactobacillus acidophilus stain SW1 suppresses tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and increases transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta in mice
... Probiotic bacteria, such as lactic acid bacteria (LAB), have been shown to regulate intestinal immune responses in humans and mice by in- hibiting or augmenting cytokines. There is grow- ing interest in probiotics for ...
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Comparison of Efficacy of Autologous Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) Over Moist Sterile Saline Dressing in Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers: A Randomized Control Trial
... The other method is by just using calcium and centrifuging the whole bold to derive the platelet rich fibrin matrix. In this method the addition of thrombin is avoided. The process of centrifugation causes the activation ...
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