Autoimmune bullous diseases result from an immune response to molecular components of the desmosome or basement membrane. Bullous diseases are associated with a high degree of morbidity and occasional mortality. Therapy of bullous diseases consists of suppressing the immune system, controlling inflammation and improving healing of erosions. The therapeutic agents used in the treatment of bullou...

Improving the prognosis of ovarian cancer patients is a major challenge to scientists and clinicians. At a recent multidisciplinary meeting in Washington DC, advances in identification of precursor lesions, progress in disease biomarkers and animal models, the promise of nanotechnology, and strategies for manipulation of the innate and adaptive immune response offered prospects for real progres...

A 36-year-old male presented with a secondary, but anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) (proteinase-3) positive, vasculitis with renal insufficiency due to a pauci-immune necrotizing glomerulonephritis. An infective process was initially excluded by blood cultures and an echocardiogram prior to immunosuppression. The patient's condition failed to improve and re-evaluation confirmed infec...

background hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is much more common in hemodialysis patients than the general population. these patients have an impaired immune response to hbv vaccination; to that end there are certain studies that have evaluated levamisole as an immunomodulator agent improving hbv vaccination response rate in hemodialysis patients. objectives in the current review, we have assem...

The secretion of interleukin-10 by both malignant and immune cells promotes the progression of lung tumors, hence negatively impacting on patient prognosis. As interleukin-10 mediates oncogenic effects through the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway, PI3K/AKT inhibitors might sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapy, thus favoring tumor regression and improving disease outcome.

Immunisation with the C-terminal region of leptospiral immunoglobulin-like A protein (LigANI) has shown promising results against leptospirosis. We evaluated the humoral immune response and protection induced by LigANI associated with carboxyl multi-walled carbon nanotubes (COOH-MWCNTs), CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODNs), or Alhydrogel. Animals immunised with CpG ODNs were unable to develop ...

The Computer Defense Immune System (CDIS) is an artificial immune system for detecting computer viruses and network intrusions. We present a simple chromosome-based evaluation model for CDIS. In this model, the genotype space is a linear number sequence, and a digital pattern sequence is produced as the phenotype space using a number of mechanisms, including pattern mining and genetic algorithm...

Immune checkpoint blockade therapies have demonstrated promising therapeutic effects; however, clinical outcomes are variable, with only a subgroup of cancer patients achieving durable complete responses. New therapeutic strategies, including local administration of immunomodulatory antibodies, have been considered as better routes for improving the overall efficacy of antibody-based therapy.

Abstract The immune system of an organism is an essential component of the defense mechanism aimed at combating pathogenic stress. Age-associated immune dysfunction, also dubbed "immune senescence," manifests as increased susceptibility to infections, increased onset and progression of autoimmune diseases, and onset of neoplasia. Over the years, extensive research has generated consensus in ter...