introduction:vitamin d has been suggested to play a considerable role in the function of the immune system in various infectious, inflammatory, and autoimmune conditions. otitis media with effusion (ome), defined as the presence of non-purulent fluid within the middle ear without signs or symptoms of suppurative otitis media, has a number of inflammatory predisposing factors. this study was des...

Adenoidal tissue (also known as nasopharyngeal tonsils) of 58% of humans in the pediatric age group contains immature T-lymphoid cells with the phenotype of thymocytes (TdT+, CD1abc+, cytoplasmic CD3+, coexpressing CD4 and CD8, lacking an Intraepithelial Lymphocyte-associated phenotype). The notable difference in comparison to palatine tonsils is the clustering in groups and sheets, comprising ...

INTRODUCTION The quantity of lymphocytes in adenoid and their cooperation in immunological processes is dependent on proliferation process and their migration to the effectory places. The most important process provide for equilibrium between lymphocytes of tonsils is apopotosis. Special meaning in induction this process has Bcl-2 family proteins with can be divided into pro-apoptotic and anti-...