Background: Interleukin (IL)-23 and IL-27 are two IL-12-related cytokines which their function may dramatically influence the inflammatory response to tumor development. IL-12 and IL-27 seem to have antagonistic roles with IL-23 in tumor site. In this study, IL-23 and IL-27 mRNA expressions were analyzed in peripheral blood of patients with breast cancer and healthy volunteers using quantitativ...

Background: Recent studies have shown that cytokines have an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases and can be used as prognostic markers. Objective: To evaluate the IL-6/IL-10 ratio in patients with Inherited Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) as a prognostic marker. Methods: Serum levels of IL-6 and IL-10 were measured in 13 patients with recessive dystrophic EB (RDEB) as well as...

background:  new discoveries about the pathophysiology changed the concept that all forms of osteoarthritis are alike; this lead to the delineation of different phenotypes such as age, trauma or obese related forms. we aim to compare soluble mediator profiles in primary knee and posttraumatic wrist osteoarthritis. based on the general faster progression rate of wrist osteoarthritis, we hypothes...

Net4voice è un progetto attraverso il quale si vogliono sperimentare nuove modalità di apprendimento che possano agevolare la diffusione dei patrimoni informativi, rendendoli universalmente accessibili. Le tecnologie di riconoscimento vocale sono rivolte innanzitutto agli studenti diversamente abili, in particolare a coloro che hanno difficoltà a prendere appunti oppure che hanno problemi di ud...

English. Code-mixing is the alternation between two or more languages in the same text. This phenomenon is very relevant in the travel domain, since it can provide new insight in the way foreign cultures are perceived and described to the readers. In this paper, we analyse EnglishItalian code-mixing in historical English travel writings about Italy. We retrain and compare two existing systems f...

The National Institute o f Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is dedicated to achieving "safety and health at work for all people — through research and prevention." An important procedure in pursuing this goal is the NIOSH surveillance studies where the number o f injuries are monitored according to demographic, employment, and injury characteristics. These numeric data are then used to id...

background: interleukin (il)-23 and il-27 are two il-12-related cytokines which their function may dramatically influence the inflammatory response to tumor development. il-12 and il-27 seem to have antagonistic roles with il-23 in tumor site. in this study, il-23 and il-27 mrna expressions were analyzed in peripheral blood of patients with breast cancer and healthy volunteers using quantitativ...

Background: IGF-1 and certain other cytokines have been shown to exert inflammatory/anti-inflammatory roles in chronic joint diseases. Objective: To assess the effect of IGF-1, IL-27 and IL-35, their interaction and their receptor expression in a rheumatoid arthritis model. Methods: Freund’s adjuvant-induced chronic joint inflammation was operated on 160 male rats. Animals were divided into his...

Background and Aim: Considering the critical role of inflammatory responses in periodontal disease, knowledge about the immune system and cytokines seems nec-essary. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of IL-23 and IL-17 in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of patients with chronic and aggressive periodontitis, before and after non-surgical periodontal therapy. Materials and Methods:...