it is now well documented that interferon gamma (ifn-γ) is the indispensable cytokine for inducing protective immunity against experimental and human cutaneous leishmaniaisis. the importance of ifn-γ receptor (ifn-γr) has also been studied. in the present study, we made attempts to find out whether l. major infection is able to alter the expression of ifn-γr in vivo. in addition, we studied the...

the ds-rna activated protein kinase (pkr) is a serine-threonine kinase with mw of 68 kda. it belongs to a family of kinases that control one of the translational initiation factors, eif2. pkr is produced at high level in response to viral infection. this protein by phosphorylating eif2 inhibits cellular protein synthesis. in this study, the effect of gamma interferon (ifn-γ), an activator, and ...

the aim of this study was to investigate the possible influence of interferon-gamma (ifn- γ) gene polymorphism +874 (a/t) (rs2430561) in the susceptibility and renal complications of patients with henoch-schonlein purpura (hsp). we also studied the effects of ifn-γ allelic variation on serum levels of pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines in hsp patients. the  study  population  comprised  97  pa...

Tuning recombinant protein expression is an approach which can be successfully employed for increasing the yield of recombinant protein production in high cell density cultures. On the other hand, most of the previous results reported the optimization induction conditions during batch and continuous culture of recombinant E. coli, and consequently fed-batch culture have received less attention....

Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are not only important immune cell of the host, but also target a variety respiratory pathogens. They play an role in defense against pathogen invasion and maintaining tissue balance. Interferon (IFN)-γ is well known multipotent cytokine that has antiviral antibacterial activity enhances antigen presentation. To better reveal biological processes porcine AMs activated...

the identification of early markers of atopy in cord blood of newborns at delivery may offer prediction of future allergic sensitization. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between cord blood interleukin-13 (il-13) and interferon-gamma (ifn-γ) and development of allergic diseases during the first five years of life. umbilical cord blood samples were collected at the time of ...

BACKGROUND Despite encouraging results with the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib in the treatment of hematologic malignancies, emergence of resistance can limit its efficacy, hence calling for novel strategies to overcome bortezomib-resistance. We previously showed that bortezomib-resistant human leukemia cell lines expressed significantly lower levels of immunoproteasome at the expense of const...