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A broadly applicable AAV genome-coupled immunomodulation strategy helps cloak the AAV virus from unwanted immune responses, and offers important insights into ocular inflammation

Inflammatory licensed mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the ability to promote functional tissue repair. This study specifically sought to understand how the recipient tissue environment reciprocally affects MSC function. Inflammatory polarized macrophages, modeling an injured tissue environment, were exposed to licensed MSCs, and the resultant effects of MSC immunomodulation and functionality of the MSC secretome on chondrocyte homeostasis were studied. Inflammatory licensed MSCs were generated through priming with either IFN-γ or polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (poly I:C). Macrophages were polarized to an inflammatory phenotype using IFN-γ. Licensed MSCs were co-cultured with inflammatory macrophages and immunomodulation of MSCs was assessed in a T-cell proliferation assay. MSC gene expression was analyzed for changes in immunogenicity (MHC-I, MHC-II), immunomodulation (IDO, PTGS2, NOS2, TGF-β1), cytokine (IL-6, IL-8), and chemokine (CCL2, CXCL10) expression. Macrophages were assessed for changes

Immunomodulation is modulation (regulatory adjustment) of the immune system. It has natural and human-induced forms, and thus the word can refer to the following: Homeostasis in the immune system, whereby the system self-regulates to adjust immune responses to adaptive rather than maladaptive levels (using regulatory T cells, cell signaling molecules, and so forth) Immunomodulation as part of immunotherapy, in which immune responses are induced, amplified, attenuated, or prevented according to therapeutic ...

The objective of this study is to measure the impact of immunomodulation plus treatment intensification on the HIV reservoir in HIV-infected patients who have viral suppression on combination antiretroviral therapy. Treatment regimens first will be intensified by the addition of raltegravir and maraviroc for 8 week followed by immunomodulation with the NIH HIV-rAd5 vaccine plus DNA prime-boost for 24 weeks. The primary endpoint is measurement of change in peripheral cellular HIV DNA. A decrease of 0.5 log is considered significant. A secondary endpoints include change in HIV DNA in the rectal mucosa, immunologic changes in the peripheral blood and safety ...

The overall strategy of the ERAMUNE 01 Trial is to treat selected patients with an optimal synergistic antiretroviral regimen plus one or more immunomodulating agents. Among immunomodulating treatments the candidates include therapies from two functional classes: 1) agents that target actively replicating cells and 2) agents activating latently infected cells31.. The novelty of this approach is three-fold: first, the use of highly potent antiretroviral therapy combining drugs with different HIV enzymes targets or receptors and different penetrations in cells, with the aim to suppress virus to truly undetectable levels as measured by the most sophisticated viral quantification techniques; secondly, the addition of an immunomodulatory therapy that specifically targets viral reservoirs to this intensification strategy; and lastly, the rigorous selection of patients having already a low HIV reservoir as measured by peripheral blood HIV DNA content. To our knowledge, this type of strategy has not ...

Mina M.J., Metcalf C.J., de Swart R.L., Osterhaus A.D., Grenfell B.T. 2015 Vaccines. Long-term measles- induced immunomodulation increases overall childhood infectious disease mortality. Science. May 8; 348(6235):694-9.. ...

Over the past 15 years, MRI lesion activity has become the accepted surrogate primary outcome measure in proof-of-concept placebo-controlled clinical trials of new immunomodulating therapies in relapse-onset multiple sclerosis (MS). In parallel, the number of patients that are available for the plac …

Most immune-related toxicities resulting from lung cancer immunotherapy usually involve the skin, lungs, endocrine system and the gastrointestinal tra...

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Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)-targeted monoclonal antibodies interact with a protein called PD-1 on T-cells and can be useful in determining if certain immunomodulation therapies can be used in treatment of certain types of cancers. PD-L1 is ...

This study indicates that the deficient immunomodulatory function of iGMSCs could be rescued by ASA pretreatment via upregulating of FasL in mice. This strategy might serve as a practical approach to rescue deficient MSC function for further therapeutic application.

Title: Immune Modulation of HIV Replication: Relevance to HIV Immuno- and Neuro-Pathogenesis. VOLUME: 2 ISSUE: 4. Author(s):Elizabeth Z. Managlia, Deborah Carroll, Andrew Zloza and Lena Al-Harthi. Affiliation:Rush University Medical Center, Department of Immunology / Microbiology, 1735 West Harrison Street, 614 Cohn, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.. Keywords:immune reconstitution, cytokine therapy, hiv, neuropathogenesis. Abstract: Much attention has been focused on CD4+ memory / primed T cells and monocytes / macrophages as the predominant targets of HIV infection. Considerable evidence, however, indicates that cell types that are classically not permissive to HIV infection, can be a potent source of productive virus replication in response to immune modulation. This immune modulation can be in the form of cytokine stimulation pre- or postinfection or by activating these non-conventional targets. In this review, we will provide evidence for immune modulation of HIV infection with special emphasis on ...

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Kharkiv medical Academy of postgraduate education The objective: optimization of treatment of clinical symptoms and prevention of relapse infetsii virus (HSV, HPV) using immunomodulatory therapy alloferon. Patients and methods. The study included 50 patients aged 20 to 42 years with clinical manifestations of HPV in the form of warts of vulva, vagina, cervix, cervical dysplasia. Patients were divided into two groups according to the treatment received - the main group received Allokin-Alpha 1ml subcutaneous 6 injections, the comparison group - a-2b interferon 3 million 10 injections. Results. The group of patients treated with Allokin-аlfa, showed better clinical performance treatment of genital kondilomas lesions, decrease in the number of lesions in 6-12 days after initiation of therapy, decrease in the degree of dysplastic changes in the cervix, and the absence of relapse (in the control group 32% of patients had a relapse). No side effects as a result of Allokin-alpha has not been ...

Mucosal Macrophage Polarization Role in the Immune Modulation. By Tsung-Meng Wu, Shiu-Nan Chen and Yu-Sheng Wu. Immunotherapy has advantages including few side effects and low probability of abuse by patients. Recently, functional materials with immunomodulatory functions, which act through reduction of free radicals, have been developed for cancer and anti-inflammatory therapy. However, the therapeutic application of natural functional materials involves a complex mechanism along with various organic factors. These substances, including polysaccharides and triterpenoids, have immunomodulatory effects. However, to our knowledge, the mechanism underlying the action of such substances in the physiological immunity of animals remains unclear. Immune cells, particularly macrophages, are crucial in the modulation of immune response. Macrophages polarise into two types, namely, M1 and M2, from the M0 form, based on the physiological microenvironment factors. M1 macrophages have functions in pathogen ...

Mucosal Macrophage Polarization Role in the Immune Modulation. By Tsung-Meng Wu, Shiu-Nan Chen and Yu-Sheng Wu. Immunotherapy has advantages including few side effects and low probability of abuse by patients. Recently, functional materials with immunomodulatory functions, which act through reduction of free radicals, have been developed for cancer and anti-inflammatory therapy. However, the therapeutic application of natural functional materials involves a complex mechanism along with various organic factors. These substances, including polysaccharides and triterpenoids, have immunomodulatory effects. However, to our knowledge, the mechanism underlying the action of such substances in the physiological immunity of animals remains unclear. Immune cells, particularly macrophages, are crucial in the modulation of immune response. Macrophages polarise into two types, namely, M1 and M2, from the M0 form, based on the physiological microenvironment factors. M1 macrophages have functions in pathogen ...

In an effort to develop more effective treatments for inflammatory diseases, immunologists have targeted numerous molecular pathways, but with limited success. Notable exceptions are anti-TNF agents, which have proved efficacious in a proportion of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Another TNF family member, termed BAFF (

Antioxidant Suggestions from Martin Pall, Ph.D. Down-regulation of the NO/ONOO- Cycle Martin Pall, Ph.D., School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, has identified the NO/ONOO- cycle - the stressor-induced increase in the levels

OR23 - Mohan Raut, PhD, Dr. Rauts Immunotherapy centre for Prevention of Repeated Miscarriages (ICPRM). Immunomodulation with lymphocyte immunization therapy (LIT) and other immunomodulators in unexplained recurrent IVF failures - is it worth? ...

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Vaccination is a highly effective method of preventing infectious diseases. However, adjuvants are needed to enhance the immunogenicity of vaccine antigens. For many years, the development of adjuvants has been an empirical process. Scientists from the team Immunomodulation by Mycobacterial Lipids and Glycoconjugates at the Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology show that new generation adjuvants can be designed on a rational basis. This study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, on 21 Feb 2017.. Vaccines are mainly used to fight infectious diseases but they can also help to treat cancer. Historically, vaccines have been made with live attenuated or dead pathogens. For many pathogens, however, such vaccines have not been successfully developed. Moreover, they can be associated to side effects. Current efforts aim at the development of subunit vaccines that induce a well-defined immune response against specific antigens, from pathogens ...

The 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting of The Hong Kong Society of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Reproduction (HKSEMR), Hong Kong, 9 November 2014, no. P11 ...

Cancer immunotherapy is rapidly changing the landscape of medical oncology and research. The rise of immunomodulatory therapies such as CTLA-4 inhibitors and the durable effects seen in many tumor types are exciting. Despite huge success in this area, positive effects are only observed in a percentage of treated subjects, and it is still not clear why this is the case or how to differentiate responder from non-responder a priori. To this end, a great deal of research is being directed towards the development of in-situ immune profile analyses of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in solid tumors that includes investigation of interdistributions of multiple immune cells and other markers important for immunotherapy (e.g., PD-1 and PD-L1). We present a combined method for the simultaneous IHC staining of up to 7 antigens, multispectral imaging (MSI), a per-cell quantitative analysis, cellular phenotyping and multivariate hypothesized interaction distribution (HID) analysis of the spatial ...

The therapeutic landscape of MS is rapidly evolving due to the development of novel, highly specific immunomodulatory therapies. An optimal stratification of MS patients is still challenging due to heterogenic disease courses and therapy responses. We explore emerging biomarkers indicating disease activitiy and neurodegenerative processes such as neurofilament light chains as a marker of axonal damage in MS patients. Our research group is part of the Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), the Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI) and the Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2). ...

Inclusion Criteria: - Male patients less than 6 years of age with moderately severe to severe hemophilia A (FVIII less than or equal to 2%). - Treatment history of less than 50 exposure days to prior recombinant or plasma-derived FVIII replacement products. - Not receiving treatment for HIV or hepatitis infection, or the patient is on a stable antiviral regimen at the time of enrollment in the study. Exclusion Criteria: - Presence of any bleeding disorder in addition to hemophilia A. - Inhibitor titer of greater than or equal to 5 Bethesda Units (BU) at screening. - Treated with immunomodulatory therapy during the screening period - Treatment history of more than 5 exposure days (ED) to Xyntha. - Known hypersensitivity to hamster protein ...

Cancer chemoprevention involves the use of artificial or naturally occurring substances aimed to arrest or reverse the process of carcinogenesis. Numerous agents including dietary phytochemicals, anti-inflammatory drugs, vitamins and others are thought to possess preventative anti-cancer activities. Paul Ehrlich was the first to devise the idea that the immune system could suppress the increased frequency of carcinomas. This concept was further matured with the formulation of the

The present invention regards methods and formulations for the treatment of diabetes and the prevention of autoimmune diabetes. The invention includes the administration of human recombinant GAD65 pro

Inhibition of a protein that has both immunostimulatory and immunomodulatory functions suppresses regulatory T cells more than killer T cells, boosting antitumor immunity

The Function Pillar is devoted to exploration at the molecular level of host-microbe interactions and signalling relevant to health. It should open avenues to developing new bioactive compounds, targeting in particular immunomodulation and cell proliferation and also rational modulation of the microbiota. ...

Pharmaceutical composition containing at least one peptide or protein (fragment) with an immunomodulatory activity together with an adjuvant. The peptide is derived from a pathogenic agent or a tumour antigen. The adjuvant is capable of increasing the binding of the peptide to the cells of the individual to be treated or of increasing the entry of the peptide into the cells and strengthening the immunomodulatory activity of the peptide. Preferred adjuvants are basic polyamino acids such as polyarginine or polylysine, optionally conjugated with a cellular ligand such as a carbohydrate group or transferrin. The composition is particularly intended for use as a vaccine, e.g. as a tumour vaccine.

This was an observational study and no interventions were performed. Since the study was not a clinical trial, it cannot determine the therapeutic value or clinical utility of certain anti-inflammatory therapies. When this study was initiated in March 2020, the guidelines for the use of corticosteroids and immunomodulatory therapies for uveitis were either not available or were preliminary and is still evolving. Thus, none of the study sites followed any particular protocol for reducing systemic corticosteroids and immunomodulatory treatment in their patients. Additionally, there is no distinction made between patients who had stable disease on long-term immunosuppression versus patients who have been more recently diagnosed with uveitis and might have had a more variable response to treatment. ...

AMD3100 (plerixafor), a CXCR4 antagonist, has been demonstrated to suppress tumor growth and modulate intratumoral T-cell trafficking. However, the effect of AMD3100 on immunomodulation remains elusive. Here, we explored immunomodulation and antitumor efficacy of AMD3100 in combination with a previously developed mesothelin-targeted, immune-activating fusion protein, VIC-008, in two syngeneic, orthotopic models of malignant mesothelioma in immunocompetent mice. We showed that combination therapy significantly suppressed tumor growth and prolonged animal survival in two mouse models. Tumor control and survival benefit were associated with enhanced antitumor immunity. VIC-008 augmented mesothelin-specific CD8+ T-cell responses in the spleen and lymph nodes and facilitated intratumoral lymphocytic infiltration. However, VIC-008 treatment was associated with increased programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) expression on intratumoral CD8+ T cells, likely due to high CXCL12 in the tumor ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with relapse-onset MS who have reached steps 3, 4, or 6 should still receive highly effective immunomodulation with the aim of mitigating disability accrual.

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The David H. Murdock Research Institute (DHMRI) has acquired the Immune Tolerance Institute (ITI) as part of the North Carolina-based Institutes mission to accelerate the discovery and development of breakthrough treatments for a range of immune-related diseases.. DHMRI provides integrated, state-of-the-art genomic, cellular, proteomic and bioinformatics technology platforms to both academic and industry partners undertaking both pre-clinical and clinical research.. By acquiring ITI, DHMRI will enhance its capabilities to accelerate the discovery of novel immunomodulatory therapies and of the corresponding biomarkers necessary for their effective translation into medical practice.. Biomarkers can help to better predict the course of disease progression and the likelihood of an individuals response to diet or therapeutic intervention, as well as serving as surrogate endpoints of mechanism, efficacy and safety.. Advancing immune science will lead to new approaches to investigate the biological ...

ImmunoEngineering is an emerging area and involves the application of engineering tools and principles to quantitatively study the immune system in health and diseases and to develop therapeutic interventions for precisely controlling and modulating a patients immune response. ImmunoEngineering research in BME interfaces with the Center for ImmunoEngineering at Georgia Tech as well as partner centers at Emory University and deals with a broad range of scientific problems including; Biophysical understanding of molecular and cellular interactions of the immune system. Systems immunology including quantitative and high throughput assessment of the immune status and mathematical modeling of immune interactions. Immunomodulatory therapies using cellular, molecular and biomaterial-based approaches for vaccine development against infectious diseases and cancer, control of the immunological-environment in regenerative medicine, amelioration of autoimmune disorders and control of the innate immune, ...

Although pre-clinical studies in pigs have been performed to improve our understanding of the effects of MSC therapy [15, 16, 35, 36], the characterization of pMSC has lagged behind. The comparison of pMSC with hMSC is necessary to reliably extrapolate pre-clinical data on pMSC therapy, which highly depends on similarities between porcine and human MSC. This is illustrated by the fact that clear differences in murine MSC were found depending on mice strains, required growth media, growth rates and presence of surface epitopes [37]. The expression of markers on pig MSC, and differentiation to osteoblasts, adipocytes and chondrocytes have been described before [38-40]. However, a direct comparison of pMSC with hMSC for all the described MSC features is still lacking.. In our study, we therefore compared the immune-phenotype of pMSC and hMSC, as well as their multi-lineage differentiation potential using various differentiation protocols. Moreover, we demonstrated for the first time that isolation ...

New insights into the complex immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) have led to a development of the promising new therapeutic strategies for this disease during the last 15 years. In that time a number of the novel potential therapeutics have been identified. In this article the present state of therapy of MS is reviewed and the special attention is given to clinical trials performed on natalizumab, rituximab, alemtuzumab, cladribine, fingolimod, teriflunomide, laquinimod and fumarate. Currently available immunomodulatory therapies have been helpful for many MS patients, but for patients not improving on this treatment, the search for new drugs is necessary. Among monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) only natalizumab is approved so far for treatment of MS, but the other analysed MAbs are also very promising. The AFFIRM and SENTINEL studies showed that natalizumab is effective both in monotherapy and in combination with interferon β- 1a (IFN β- 1a) in patients with relapsing- remitting ...

Immunomodulation and immunosuppression are important strategies for monitoring autoimmune disorders. As imbalances in immune function affect other physiological processes, immunomodulators may have an important role in restoring and maintaining regular neuroimmue activities. In recent years these agents have demonstrated important benefits in controlling the mechanisms associated with deteriorating central nervous system pathologies such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), where central and peripheral nervous system immune regulation is impaired. MS is characterized by severe compromises to neuroimmune processes involving changes in immune cell function, soluble proteins and modulation of inflammatory processes. The introduction of therapeutic agents in the form of immunomodulators; interferon, phosphodiesterase inhibitors and Glatiramer acetate have proven to be useful to some extent in reducing the severity of MS. Herein the implications and effects of these molecules on the immune system in MS are reviewed.

Non-viable lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have been proposed as antigen delivery platforms called bacterium-like particles (BLPs). Most studies have been performed with Lactococcus lactis-derived BLPs where multiple antigens were attached to the peptidoglycan surface and used to successfully induce specific immune responses. It is well-established that the immunomodulatory properties of LAB are strain...

Increased clinical disease activity associated with atacicept suggests that the role of B cells and humoral immunity in multiple sclerosis is complex. For studies that explore therapeutic immunomodulation in multiple sclerosis, rigorous monitoring for negative effects on clinical and MRI outcomes is warranted. (Source: Lancet Neurology)

The pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes in both humans and NOD mice appears dependent upon an aberrant immune response that results in the destruction of insulin-producing β-cells. While prevention of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice can be accomplished through a wide variety of monotherapies, reversal of overt disease has considerably fewer reported efficacious therapies (30,31). Of those that do show success, many combine two or more therapeutic agents to achieve this reversal (32,33). Indeed, one of the earliest demonstrations for the ability of combination therapy to reverse hyperglycemia in NOD mice utilized a somewhat similar form of murine ATG, anti-lymphocyte serum, in combination with exendin-4, to effectively reverse disease in this animal model of type 1 diabetes (14). Consequently, herein we have described an approach using two clinically relevant therapies, ATG and GCSF, for the purpose of immunomodulation that would provide benefit in terms of reversing type 1 diabetes, as demonstrated in ...

Ghalia Kaci (INRA), a PhD student granted the MetahIT project, under the scientific supervision of Christine Delorme and Hervé Blottière in BAC team (P. Renault). She develops bacteria-host interaction studies based on cellular models for inflammatory response. For this purpose, tests are carried out with commensal strains modulating cellular factors involved in inflammation. Bacterial genes involved in immunomodulation are then characterized and their occurence searched in metagenomic data. These models are expected to increase functional knowledge of the potential effect of microbiota on inflammatory diseases such as IBD.. ...

Dermatomyositis and polymyositis are long-term inflammatory muscle diseases, causing muscle weakness and disability. For some reason, the bodys immune system turns against its own muscles in an autoimmune response. Corticosteroids are the principal treatment but due to side effects, there is a need for additional treatment with drugs that suppress the immune system (immunosuppressants) or modify it (immunomodulatory therapies) to improve patient outcomes. For this review, an update of a review first published in 2005, we found ten randomised trials available, involving 258 participants.. Amongst the six studies comparing immunosuppressant with placebo, one study, investigating intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg), showed statistically significant improvement in scores of muscle strength in the IVIg group over three months. Another study investigating etanercept showed some evidence of a longer median time to relapse in the etanercept group, a secondary outcome in this review, but no improvement in ...

A new MERLIN publication led by our team at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, NL appeared in the journal Stem Cells on 17 January 2018. Authors of this paper are: Samantha F H de Witte , Franka Luk, Jesus M Sierra Parraga, Madhu Gargesha, Ana Merino, Sander S Korevaar, Anusha S Shankar, Lisa OFlynn, Steve J Elliman, Debashish Roy , Michiel G H Betjes, Philip N Newsome, Carla C Baan, Martin J Hoogduijn.. This important study demonstrates that infused MSC are rapidly phagocytosed by monocytes, which subsequently migrate from the lungs to other body sites. Phagocytosis of ucMSC induces phenotypical and functional changes in monocytes, which subsequently modulate cells of the adaptive immune system. It can be concluded that monocytes play a crucial role in mediating, distributing, and transferring the immunomodulatory effect of MSC.. Visit our Publications page for more information on this and other MERLIN publications.. ...

Immunomodulatory therapies, including CTLA-4 and PD-1 inhibitors, provide a directed attack against cancer cells by preventing T cell deactivation. However, these drugs also prevent the downregulation of auto-reactive T cells, resulting in immune-related adverse events (IRAEs). Reports show a varied incidence of endocrine IRAEs, ranging from 0% to 63%.. OBJECTIVE ...

Pulmonary diseases and infections are among the top contributors to human morbidity and mortality worldwide, and despite the successful history of vaccines and antimicrobial therapeutics, infectious disease still presents a significant threat to human health. Effective vaccines are frequently unavailable in developing countries, and successful vaccines have yet to be developed for major global maladies, such as tuberculosis. Furthermore, antibiotic resistance poses a growing threat to human health. The Challenges and Future in Vaccines, Drug Development, and Immunomodulatory Therapy session of the 2013 Pittsburgh International Lung Conference highlighted several recent and current studies related to treatment and prevention of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, highly pathogenic influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and tuberculosis ...

INSIGHTS mission is to develop strategies for the optimization of treatment -- antiretroviral therapies (ART), immunomodulatory therapies, and interventions to prevent and treat complications of HIV and ART - in order to prolong disease-free survival in a demographically, socio-economically, and geographically diverse population of individuals infected with HIV. The specific research emphasis will be optimization of clinical management, including co-morbidities, and will be characterized by. 1) Large randomized trials with morbidity and mortality outcomes, and where appropriate preceded by vanguard studies to refine design parameters;. 2) Studies relevant to both resource-rich and resource-poor countries;. 3) Studies directed at minimizing the adverse effects of long-term treatment while maximizing the benefits;. 4) Studies emphasizing co-enrollment so that more than one major research question can be addressed in the cohorts under followup;. 5) Mechanistic substudies as part of larger ...

The cytokine interleukin 17f (IL-17f) is a potentially important immunomodulatory mediator of the innate and adaptive immune responses to infection, and is also involved in autoimmune and neoplastic diseases and is a marker for immune cells associated with the Th17 lineage. Because the IL-17f is a secreted protein, it has been difficult to identify viable cells in which it is produced. These IL-17f/Thy1.1 reporter knock-in mice enable detection and isolation of viable cells that express this cytokine. These mice have been described in:. Lee YK, Turner H, Maynard CL, Oliver JR, Chen D, Elson CO, and Weaver CT. Late developmental plasticity in the T helper 17 lineage. Immunity, 2009; 30(1):92-107. UAB Reference: U2008-0046. ...

There are 2 major subsets of CD4+ cells: Th1 cells that secrete IFN-γ and TNF-α, and Th2 cells that produce IL-4, IL-5, and IL-10.47 In general terms, Th1 cells promote macrophage activation and inflammation, whereas Th2 cells mediate antibody production and allergic reactions (Figure 2). Both types are required for complete protection against various forms of infections, but Th1 cells are usually associated with initiation or aggravation of organ-specific autoimmune diseases.48 Analysis of the cytokine expression in atherosclerotic plaques suggests a dominance of Th1 cells.49,50 During the early stages of plaque development in apolipoprotein E−/− (apoE−/−) mice, circulating IgG against oxidized LDL is mainly of the IgG2a subtype characteristic for a Th1 immune response.51 However, at more advanced stages of the disease, a shift toward expression of Th2-specific IgG has been observed in severely hypercholesterolemic animals,51 suggesting that the immune system is adapting to evolve ...

Chirigos, M A. and Stylos, W A., Immunomodulatory effect of various molecular-weight maleic anhydride-divinyl ethers and other agents in vivo. (1980). Subject Strain Bibliography 1980. 1197 ...

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Sidwell, R.W., J.H. Huffman, D.L. Barnard, D.F. Smee, R.P. Warren, M.A. Chirigos, M. Kende and J. Huggins. 1994. Antiviral and immunomodulating inhibitors of experimentallyinduced Punt Toro virus infections. Antiviral Res. 25:105-122. PMID: 7847873. ...

Heart Valve Voice carried out an independent and impartial patient consultation on the NICE Draft guideline on heart valve disease presenting in adults. The process was patient-led and inclusive, with both treated and non-treated patients invited to attend. We recognised that not all patients want to share their experiences openly, so we developed an online survey, alongside an interactive webinar, to allow more patients to participate.. ...