Patients with cancer often show impaired immune functions; however, the basis of this suppression is still not understood. In several experimental systems, human T-cells with receptors for Fc of immunoglobulin G may function as suppressors, and those with receptors for Fc of immunoglobulin M may function as helpers. Peripheral blood as well as tumor tissue infiltrates were examined for proporti...

Combretastatins interrupt blood flow of solid tumor vascular networks and lead to necrosis by blocking nutrients. However, tumors recover from tumor blood flow interruption-induced damage and develop viable rims. To investigate why cancer recurs and its prevention, we used a combretastatin derivative, Cderiv (=AC7700), and analyzed changes in tumor-host interface (T-HI) vessels, which were clos...

In his prospective randomized clinical study, we evaluated the myocardial protection of warm blood cardioplegic induction and cold blood cardioplegic induction, respectively, during cardiopulmonary bypass. Twenty-eight adult patients who underwent valve replacement were randomly divided into two groups: group T (14 cases) received cold (6-8 degrees C) blood cardioplegic induction after ECG show...

Background: The virtual rise of blood pressure resulted from stress, that is observed in subjects that are tested in medical centers, can be oftenly corrected by holter. This phenomenon causes such persons not to response to the common anti blood pressure treatments (2). Materials and methods: This descriptive study was conducted 2006-2007 at the heart clinic of Shohadaye–Ashayer hospital in Kh...

T cells immunoglobulin mucin 3 (Tim-3) is an important inhibitory stimulatory molecule, which has been reported to play a vital role in the tumor immune escape and be correlated with clinicopathological prognostic stratification in solid tumor. However, the related research is rare of Tim-3 in non-solid tumor, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In this study, we investigated the expression c...

Quantifying both arterial cerebral blood volume (CBV(a)) changes and total cerebral blood volume (CBV(t)) changes during neural activation can provide critical information about vascular control mechanisms, and help to identify the origins of neurovascular responses in conventional blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Cerebral blood flow (CBF), CBV(a), and ...

During pregnancy, the maternal immune system has to tolerate the persistence of fetal alloantigens. Many mechanisms contribute to the prevention of a destructive immune response mediated by maternal alloreactive lymphocytes directed against the allogeneic fetus. Murine studies suggest that CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells provide mechanisms of specific immune tolerance to fetal alloantigens during pregnan...

BACKGROUND Human epidermal γδ T cells are known to play crucial roles in the defense and homeostasis of the skin. However, their precise mechanism of action in skin inflammation remains less clear. OBJECTIVE In this study, we analyzed the cytokine expression profile of human epidermal γδ T cells and compared it to that of peripheral blood γδ T cells to investigate the specific activity of epi...

background: the human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i is the first retrovirus idenfied in humans. the virus has been associated with adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma, human t-lymphotropic virus type i, myelopathy/tropical spasc paraparesis, uveis, arthris, pulmonary lymphocyc alveolis, keratoconjuncvis sicca, and infecous dermas. human t-lymphotropic virus type iis endemic in japan, p...