conclusions taken together, pomegranate juice did not affect serum cytokines levels in patients with oa. its role in improving physical function in these patients most likely involves other mechanisms. background osteoarthritis (oa) is the most common musculoskeletal disorder causing disability and loss of function, particularly in the elderly. preclinical and in-vitro studies for mitigation of...

the pathogenesis of bipolar i disorder (bp-i) involves immune-mediated mechanisms, especially an imbalance in pro-inflammatory/anti-inflammatory cytokines in plasma or cerebrospinal fluid. interleukin-1 (il-1) gene cluster, coding some of these pro-inflammatory cytokines, might play a role in various neuropathologies related to neuron inflammation. the aim of the present study was to investigat...

background and aims: aspergillus fumigatus is a sporadic fungus that causes different infections and allergies in immunocompromised patients. the allergic disease caused by this fungus is called allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (abpa). abpa is considred important in atopic and immunocompromised individuals, which can result in inflammation and epithelial damage. therefore, the aim of thi...

objective(s): tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious diseases with high mortality rates worldwide, especially in developing countries. interleukin17 (il-17) is an important acquired immunity cytokine, which is mainly produced by cd4+th17 cells. it can recruit neutrophils and macrophages to the infected site in the lungs. il-23 is one of the most important inducers of il-17. in the...

background and objective: host genetic factors such as cytokine gene polymorphisms as well as helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection have been found to be associated with gastric cancer risk . interleukin 1 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine involved in h. pylori-induced gastric inflammation. therefore, we analyzed the association between il-1β and il-1-rn polymorphisms and gastric cancer in per...

background & objective: interleukin (il)-10 is an important anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory cytokine. some authors believe that single nucleotide polymorphisms (snp) in the promoter region of the il-10 gene have been associated with susceptibility to hiv infection and progression to aids, but its role is not clearly defined yet. the present study was undertaken to evaluate the associ...

we have reviewed the medical records of 40 patients with disseminated (bacille calmette-guerin) bcg from 1996 to 1999 in the immunology department of the children hospital, medical center, tehran university. these patients are divided in to 3 groups: 1. patients who had disseminated (bacille calmette-guerin) bcg after vaccination and their diagnosis was chronic granulomatous disease. 2. patient...

objective(s): multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (cns) with unknown etiology. various genetics and environmental factors contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease. the interleukin-7 receptor alpha chain (il-7ra) was identified as the first non-major histocompatibility complex (non-mhc) ms susceptibility locus. in this study we are tr...