We analysed the cytokine profile of skin T cells by establishing 11 T-cell lines from adult patients with moderate-to-severe atopic eczema using T-cell growth factors interleukin-2 and interleukin-4. We compared T-cell lines from lesional skin of atopic dermatitis patients with those from non-atopic skin of patients with other skin diseases, observing that T-cell lines of patients with atopic d...

BACKGROUND Benznidazole (Bz)-chemotherapy is recommended to prevent Chagas disease progression, despite its limited efficacy during chronic disease. However, the host mechanisms underlying these benefits still remain to be elucidated. METHODS In this study, we have used short-term whole blood cultures to describe the cytokine profile of Bz-treated Indeterminate Chagas disease patients-(INDt) ...

Previous studies using F1 reciprocal crosses and two parental lines of broilers show the sire is instrumental in determining the in vitro leukocyte function and cytokine/chemokine profile. Since the innate immune response is the primary means young chickens have to protect themselves, we hypothesize utilizing a novel genomics approach to select sires based on an elevated pro-inflammatory cytoki...

Schizophrenia is accompanied by alterations in immuno-inflammatory pathways, including abnormalities in cytokine profile. The immune assessment of patients in a first episode of psychosis (FEP) and particularly in drug naïve patients is very important to further elucidate this association. The objectives of this study are to delineate the cytokine profile (IL-2, IL-10, IL-4, IL-6, IFNγ, TNFα an...

The two classes of cytokines Th1 and Th2 determine the type of immune response elicited. The Th2 immune response is associated with successful pregnancy. Brucellosis is an intracellular bacterium that elicits the Th1 response and is known to cause spontaneous abortion in mammalian species. This study sought to determine if Brucella infection causes spontaneous abortion by causing the circulatin...

BACKGROUND Two large-scale efficacy studies with the recombinant yellow fever-17D-dengue virus, live-attenuated, tetravalent dengue vaccine (CYD-TDV) candidate undertaken in Asia (NCT01373281) and Latin America (NCT01374516) demonstrated significant protection against dengue disease during two years' active surveillance (active phase). Long-term follow up of participants for breakthrough diseas...

Mechanisms involved in severe P. vivax malaria remain unclear. Parasite polymorphisms, parasite load and host cytokine profile may influence the course of infection. In this study, we investigated the influence of circumsporozoite protein (CSP) polymorphisms on parasite load and cytokine profile in patients with vivax malaria. A cross-sectional study was carried out in three cities: São Luís, C...

leukemia is a hematological tumor in which the malignant myeloid or lymphoid subsets play a pivotal role. newly identified t helper cell 22 (th22) is a subset of cd4(+) t cells with distinguished gene expression, function and specific properties apart from other known cd4(+) t cell subsets.th22 cells are characterized by production of a distinct profile of effector cytokines, including interleu...

newly  identified  t  helper  cell  22  (th22)  is  a  subset  of  cd4+t  cells  with  specific properties apart from other known cd4+ t cell subsets with distinguished gene expression and function. th22 cells are characterized by production of a distinct profile of effector cytokines, including interleukin (il)-22, il-13, and tumor necrosis factor-α (tnf-α). the levels of th22 and related cyto...