BACKGROUND Recently, human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) reactivation has been frequently observed in patients with drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome or drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms but not in patients with other types of drug eruptions, eg, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). This finding suggests that there is a close relationship between HHV-6 rea...

Memory reactivation induces plasticity, rendering reactivated memories susceptible to interference. The current study examined whether the method and strength of reactivation modulates retroactive interference effects. Two days after learning AB word pairs, memory for these pairs was either not reactivated, moderately reactivated (presentation of A cues in an unrelated task), or strongly reacti...

The conducted research concerned a comparison of the levels use activated carbons purifying water and biogas, their reactivation capacity. process both was carried out using laboratory kiln. Reactivation in identical conditions for tested samples. obtained results proved that can be regenerated although they differ significantly degree use. It proven technological process, contamination, contac...

BACKGROUND In patients with multiple myeloma (MM), bortezomib is associated with a significant risk of Varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation. There are some reports that acyclovir reduces the risk of VZV reactivation. We assessed whether VZV reactivation could be reduced by using prophylactic valacyclovir at a dose of 500 mg daily. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 32 pati...

Xenon (Xe) is a noble gas that has been developed for use in people as an inhalational anesthestic and a diagnostic imaging agent. Xe inhibits glutamatergic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors involved in learning and memory and can affect synaptic plasticity in the amygdala and hippocampus, two brain areas known to play a role in fear conditioning models of post-traumatic stress disorder (PT...

BACKGROUND To investigate the risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with HBV carrier state during treatment of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and the use of antiviral prophylaxis in real-world clinical practice. METHODS Consecutive RA patients with HBV carrier state were included. Clinical data including liver evaluation, HBV infect...

Of those individuals who are infected with M. tuberculosis, 90% do not develop active disease and represents a large reservoir of M. tuberculosis with the potential for reactivation of infection. Sustained TNF expression is required for containment of persistent infection and TNF neutralization leads to tuberculosis reactivation. In this study, we investigated the contribution of soluble TNF (s...

We retrospectively reviewed 413 recipients with hematologic malignancies who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) between June 1986 and March 2013. Recipients with antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) and/or to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) were regarded as experiencing previous hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Clinical data of these recipients were rev...