The Association Between Human Cytomegalovirus and Salivary Gland Cancer: An Analytical Study and Literature Review by Hagir Abd Rahman Mahmoud, Ahmed Mohamed Suleiman, Elwaleed Mohamed Elamin, Sawsan Abdel Rahim Mohammed

“…Immunohistochemical staining for CMV was performed using monoclonal antibodies to detect the presence of the virus among the studied group. …”
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Apoptosis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Carcinogenesis: Overview of International and Greek Experience by Jannis Kountouras, Georgios Kouklakis, Christos Zavos, Dimitrios Chatzopoulos, John Moschos, Epaminodas Molyvas, Nikolaos Zavos

“…The use of antitumour necrosis factor-alpha, anti-interleukin-6R and anti-interleukin-12 antibodies suppresses colitis activity by induction of T-cell apoptosis, thereby having important implications for the design of effective therapeutic strategies in inflammatory bowel diseases. …”
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The Videofluorographic Swallowing Study in Rheumatologic Diseases: A Comprehensive Review by Ambra Di Piazza, Federica Vernuccio, Massimo Costanzo, Laura Scopelliti, Dario Picone, Federico Midiri, Francesco Salvaggi, Francesco Cupido, Massimo Galia, Sergio Salerno, Antonio Lo Casto, Massimo Midiri, Giuseppe Lo Re, Roberto Lagalla

“…Gastrointestinal tract involvement in these patients may also due to both a direct action of antibodies against organs and pharmacological therapies. …”
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Delirious Mania Associated with Autoimmune Gastrothyroidal Syndrome of a Mid-Life Female: The Role of Hashimoto Encephalopathy and a 3-Year Follow-Up including Serum Autoantibody L... by Udo Bonnet, Claudia Selle, Ralf Kuhlmann

“…Diagnostic analyses found no evidence of limbic encephalopathies characterized by serum antibodies against intracellular, synaptic, or further cell surface antigenic targets, neoplasm, and connective tissue or vasculitis diseases. …”
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Sex Differences Associated with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Daniel S. Smyk, Eirini I. Rigopoulou, Albert Pares, Charalambos Billinis, Andrew K. Burroughs, Luigi Muratori, Pietro Invernizzi, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos

“…The diagnostic hallmark of PBC is the presence of disease-specific antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA), which are pathognomonic for the development of PBC. …”
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Atherosclerotic Risk Factors in Children with Celiac Disease by Anna Rybak, Aldona Wierzbicka, Piotr Socha, Anna Stolarczyk, Bożena Cukrowska, Łukasz Obrycki, Zbigniew Wawer, Roman Janas, Beata Oralewska, Anna Szaflarska-Popławska, Barbara Iwańczak, Elżbieta Cyrta-Jarocka, Urszula Grzybowska-Chlebowczyk, Wojciech Cichy, Grażyna Czaja-Bulsa, Jerzy Socha

“…The compliance to GFD was verified using anti-transglutaminase antibodies and deamidated gliadin peptide antibodies. …”
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Spotted fever group rickettsiae in black rats, pets, and humans in Zungarococha community, A rural area in the surroundings of Iquitos, Peru by Cusi Ferradas, Guillermo Salvatierra, David Payahuanca, Winnie Contreras, Andrés M. López-Pérez, Therangika A. Hangawatte, Diana León, Bruno M. Ghersi, Ricardo Gamboa, Katia Manzanares Villanueva, Viviana Pinedo-Cancino, Risa Pesapane, Gabriela Salmón-Mulanovich, Andrés G. Lescano, Janet Foley

“…Among humans, only male gender was statistically associated with having IgG antibodies against Rickettsia spp. (p-value=0.049, chi-square test). …”
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Diez años del “Programa de evaluación de desempeño de laboratorios de inmunogenética” y su impacto en la “Red de donación y trasplantes” by yazmin rocio arias-murillo, María Angélica Salinas-Nova, Yesith Guillermo Toloza-Pérez, Miguel Ángel Castro-Jiménez

“…El desempeño observado fue «bueno» en todos los laboratorios en el último trienio, excepto para dos de las cinco pruebas: el HLA y la PRA (Panel Reactive Antibodies) cuantitativa.…”
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Serum Interleukin-6 Expression Level and Its Clinical Significance in Patients with Dermatomyositis by Min Yang, Xiaomin Cen, Qibing Xie, Chuan Zuo, Guixiu Shi, Geng Yin

“…IL-6 plays a less important role in DM than in RA. IL-6 monoclonal antibodies may have poor effect in patients with DM.…”
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Knockdown of Zebrafish Blood Vessel Epicardial Substance Results in Incomplete Retinal Lamination by Yu-Ching Wu, Ruei-Feng Chen, Chia-Yang Liu, Fung Rong Hu, Chang-Jen Huang, I-Jong Wang

“…Immunostaining with different specific antibodies from retinal cells and transmission electron microscopy were used to identify the morphological defects in normal and Bves knockdown zebrafish. …”
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Selection of specific nanobodies against peanut allergen through unbiased immunization strategy and the developed immuno-assay by Yaozhong Hu, Chuan Zhang, Jing Lin, Yi Wang, Sihao Wu, Ying Sun, Bowei Zhang, Huan Lv, Xuemeng Ji, Yang Lu, Shuo Wang

“…In this study, nanobodies (Nbs) derived from the Heavy-Chain only Antibodies (HCAbs) were selected against the general peanut protein extract through the unbiased strategy to facilitate the development of the sandwich ELISA for the detection and surveillance of peanut allergen contamination. …”
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Rifampicin in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections: Acute Kidney Injury with Hemoglobin Casts by Rishi Kora, Sergey V. Brodsky, Tibor Nadasdy, Dean Agra, Anjali A. Satoskar

“…Rifampicin-induced antibodies are implicated and this complication preferentially occurs during intermittent drug treatment protocols or when Rifampicin is restarted after a long drug-free interval. …”
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Aspects of Toxoplasma Infection on the Reproductive System of Experimentally Infected Rams (Ovis Aries) by Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes, Alvimar José da Costa, Luis Fernando Santana, Ricardo Silva dos Santos, Walter Matheus Rossanese, Wilton Carlos Zanetti Lopes, Gustavo Henrique Nogueira Costa, Cláudio Alessandro Sakamoto, Thais Rabelo dos Santos

“…All the inoculated rams responded to antigenic stimulus, producing antibodies against T. gondii from postinoculation day 5 onwards. …”
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Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Same Inflammatory Mediators? by Fulvia Ceccarelli, Matteo Saccucci, Gabriele Di Carlo, Ramona Lucchetti, Andrea Pilloni, Nicola Pranno, Valeria Luzzi, Guido Valesini, Antonella Polimeni

“…Moreover, the possible role of proinflammatory cytokines, such as TNF and IL6 and autoantibodies, specifically anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies, has been examined, suggesting the need to perform further studies to better define this issue.…”
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Validation of a New Saliva Test for Helicobacter pylori Infection by OF Bathe, AJ Rae, P Zetler, IGM Cleator

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate a recently introduced saliva test measuring immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibodies to Helicobacter pylori by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
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Emergency Splenectomy in a patient with primary immune thrombocytopenia and hemoperitoneum by Liermis Michael Dita Salabert, José Eduardo Consuegra Díaz, Carlos Jaime Geroy

“…Primary immune thrombocytopenia is an acquired autoimmune disease, with a very variable clinical course, which causes an accelerated destruction by antibodies and an impaired platelet production. A case of a 40 year-old female patient of rural origin with a history of mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation, diagnosed two months prior to her admission to the Dr. …”
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Bilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis as the First Manifestation of Neuro-Behçet Disease by Mohsen Jari, Taiiebeh Mohammadi, Ensiyeh Taheri

“…Brain magnetic resonance imaging and the result of cerebrospinal fluid analysis for oligoclonal bands and auto-antibodies were also normal. Pathergy skin test and human leukocyte antigens (HLA) B5 and HLA-B51 were positive. …”
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Hepatosplenic Abscesses and Osteomyelitis of the Spine in an Immunocompetent Adult with Cat Scratch Disease by D. Knafl, F. Lötsch, H. Burgmann, G. Goliasch, W. Poeppl, M. Ramharter, F. Thalhammer, C. Schuster

“…Based on the patient’s history, clinical presentation, and radiological findings, serology for cat scratch disease (CSD) was performed and high B. henselae specific IgM and IgG antibodies were detected. Due to its variety of clinical presentations, diagnosis of CSD is challenging, especially in the absence of a history of specific exposure. …”
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Henoch–Schönlein Purpura (IgA Vasculitis) in Association with Thyrotoxicosis by Mojgan Sanjari, Mohammadreza Shakibi, Moeinadin Safavi

“…Graves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, which is characterized by thyroid antibodies and the following clinical manifestations: goiter, ophthalmopathy, and pretibial myxedema. …”
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Serum Concentration of Interleukin-6 Is Increased Both in Active and Remission Stages of Pemphigus Vulgaris by Joanna Narbutt, Jolanta Lukamowicz, Jarosław Bogaczewicz, Anna Sysa-Jedrzejowska, Jolanta Dorota Torzecka, Aleksandra Lesiak

“…We also found a negative correlation between TNF-α level and pemphigus antibodies titer in the patients from the remission group (rS=−0.47303;P<.02). …”
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