Today, adipokines are important cellular signaling proteins synthesized by adipose tissue and involved in a variety of processes, including inflammation, lipid glucose metabolism, insulin sensitivity, endothelial cell function, angiogenesis, blood pressure regulation, many others. This review examines the immunological endocrine function omentin its potential use as biomarker therapeutic target...

Introduction. ...................................... Lymphopoiesis. ................. : ................... Lymphocyte compartments. ........................ Origin of thymus lymphocytes. ..................... Proliferation of thymus lymphocytes. ................ Fate of thymus lymphocytes. ....................... Regulation of thymus lymphopoiesis ................. Evidence linking some lympho...

This PhD dissertation is a summarized dissertation and includes four original scientific papers. The studies were conducted during my employment at Institute of medical microbiology, University of Aarhus, in the years 1985-1990. The writing proceeded in 20052007. The aim of the study was to describe the respiratory health status and the relation to pig farm exposure among pig farmers in Denmark...

This authoritative review volume provides a wide-ranging account of the immunological mechanisms that underlie many rheumatic diseases. Advances in our understanding of the immunopathology of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and SLE are paving the way for the development of effective and rational new therapies. This exciting prospect is an important stimulus for gro...

Bianchi, M. 2017. Genetic Studies of Immunological Diseases in Dogs and Humans. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1328. 68 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9901-3. This thesis presents genetic studies aiming at enlarging our knowledge regarding the genetic factors underlying two immune-mediated diseases, hypothyroid...

We report on a 30-year-old female patient, with biological mitral valve prosthesis due to symptomatic mitral stenosis and a history of acute myocardial infarction and generalized tonic-clonic seizure episodes, visual hallucinations, cerebral thromboembolic events and, at present, chorea and acute carditis. The patient was diagnosed with active rheumatic fever (RF), systemic lupus erythematosus ...

BACKGROUND/AIM Vasculitis is a clinical, pathologic process characterized by inflammation and necrosis of blood vessel occuring anywhere in the body. The aim of the study was to present some clinical and immunologic features of retinal vasculitis in systemic diseases: systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, Behcet's diseases, and others. METHODS A total of 1 254 peatien...

During the past few years technological advance have been allowed the developing of techniques that help to the diagnosis of multiple diseases. In the case of the autoimmune diseases, immunological techniques are helpful since they allow the detection of multiple autoantibodies at the same time with small volumes of sample. Together with the development of the new techniques, sensitivity and sp...

Drug-related genes are defined as the genes which encode enzymes, transporters, and targets related to drug absorption, distribution, and metabolism to excretion. The studies on drug-related genomics in cancer and immunological diseases could enhance the understanding of the role of drug-related genes in the occurrence and development of cancer or immunological diseases. Pharmacogenomics resear...