concerns have been raised about the adverse impact of dusty air pollution (dap) on human health. the aim of this study was to find the association between dusty air pollution based on air quality index (aqi) and the risk of allergic diseases in southwestern provinces of iran, with assessing cytokine profiles and lymphocyte immunophenotypes.in this case control study 148 individuals participated...

celiac disease (cd) is now considered a multiple and systemic immune-mediate disorder triggered by the ingestion of wheat gluten and related proteins. following the discovery of a link between gluten and cd, it was demonstrated that gliadin, one of the two principal protein groups comprising gluten, plays a key role in cd. it has since become clear that the different and crucial roles of gliadi...

background and purpose: chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) is an inherited disorder of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (nadph) oxidase complex. this disorder results in recurrent life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections. aspergillus species are the most common fungal infections in these patients. case report: herein, we present a case of fungal infection in a girl with ...

abstract background and aims: vitamins are essential constituents of our diet that longley have been known to influence the immune system. vitamin d3 and b9 have received particular attention in recent years as these vitamins have been shown to have an unexpected and crucial effect on the immune response. 1, 25(oh)2d3 metabolizing enzymes and vitamin d receptor (vdr) are present in many cell ty...

Hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis (HLH) is a hyperinflammatory syndrome that occurs at all ages and is characterized by high levels of cytokines, secreted by activated T-lymphocytes and macrophages. All symptoms and laboratory changes can be explained by organ infiltration by these cells and hypercytokinemia. HLH occurs as an inherited form (genetic, primary HLH) with mutations primarily in the...

objectives: hypericum perforatum l. is a medicinal plant containing many polyphenolic compounds, ‎including flavonoids and phenolic acids with antidepressant and anti-inflammatory properties. ‎this study was investigated the effects of hypericum perforatum extract (hpe) on immunity, ‎body weight (bw), and spleen index (si) in rats.‎ materials and methods: a total of 24 wistar male rats were ran...

objective: saffron petal is a by-product that contains flavonoids and anthocyanins. in order to study the effects of saffron petal extract (spe) on blood parameters, immune system, and spleen histology, five treatments (n=6) were used in a completely randomized design. materials and methods: the treatments were 0, 75, 150, 225, and 450 mg/kg body weight of spe. the spe was injected intraperiton...

in order to evaluate the effects of chlorella on broiler performance and immune system, an experimentwas performed by using 80 ross 308 male broiler chicks. the experiment was accomplished incompletely randomized design including 5 treatments with 4 replication and 4 observations in eachreplicate. the basal diet was based on corn-soybean meal (control) and without any additives. agraded level o...

conclusions purified lps can be considered as a safe adjuvant and can be used as a component in prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines targeting infectious disease, cancer and allergies. results biochemical analysis data and sds-page profile showed that the chemical nature of s19 lps is different from rb51 lps. both s and r-lps induce an immune response. t-cell immune response induced by both s ...