Cytokine Profile of Mouse Vaginal and Uterus Lymphocytes at Estrus and Diestrus by Maria C. Lopez, Margaret A. Stanley

“…It is known that sex hormones regulate IgA and IgG levels in the female reproductive tract. Moreover, antigen presentation by uterine and vaginal epithelial cells is also under strict hormonal control. …”
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Malaria: Factors affecting disease severity, immune evasion mechanisms, and reversal of immune inhibition to enhance vaccine efficacy. by Xin-Zhuan Su, Fangzheng Xu, Rachel V Stadler, Awet Alem Teklemichael, Jian Wu

“…Some issues associated with the difficulties in developing a sterile vaccine include high antigenic diversity, switching expression of the immune targets, and inhibition of immune pathways. …”
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Significance of CD44 and CD24 as Cancer Stem Cell Markers: An Enduring Ambiguity by Appalaraju Jaggupilli, Eyad Elkord

“…CD44, a hyaluronic acid receptor, is one of the most commonly studied surface markers, which is expressed by almost every tumour cell. CD24, a heat stable antigen, is another surface marker expressed in many tumour types. …”
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis: From Diagnosis to Prediction of Outcome by Richard C. Barton

“…Improvements have been made in our understanding of the limitations of antigen assays and the standardisation of PCR-based DNA detection. …”
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Improving TCR Gene Therapy for Treatment of Haematological Malignancies by Emma Nicholson, Sara Ghorashian, Hans Stauss

“…TCR gene transfer can be used to redirect CD4 helper T cells, and these could be used in combination with CD8+ tumour specific T cells to provide help for the antitumour response. Antigen specific T regulatory T cells can also be generated by TCR gene transfer and could be used to suppress unwanted alloresponses.…”
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Single-cell immunopathology of recurrent acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with vancomycin by Eric M. Mukherjee, MD, PhD, Andrew Gibson, PhD, Matthew S. Krantz, MD, Rama Gangula, MS, Amy M. Palubinsky, PhD, Alan S. Boyd, MD, Jeffrey P. Zwerner, MD, PhD, Anna K. Dewan, MD, MS, Nontaya Nakkam, PhD, Katherine C. Konvinse, MD, PhD, Yueran Li, PhD, Ramesh Ram, PhD, Abha Chopra, PhD, Elizabeth J. Phillips, MD

“…This suggests that AGEP may be triggered by both antigen-specific and non–antigen-specific factors. …”
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Enabling next-generation engineered TCR-T therapies based on high-throughput TCR discovery from diagnostic tumor biopsies by Thomas Kuilman, Deborah S. Schrikkema, Jules Gadiot, Raquel Gomez-Eerland, Laura Bies, Julia Walker, Robbert M. Spaapen, Hanna Kok, Demi Houg, Milena Viyacheva, Yvonne B. Claassen, Manuel Saornil, Oscar Krijgsman, Bas Stringer, Huiwen Ding, Anou Geleijnse, Anne C. Meinema, Bianca Weissbrich, Melissa Lancee, Carmen G. Engele, Marianna Sabatino, Pei-Ling Chen, Kenneth Y. Tsai, James J. Mulé, Vernon K. Sondak, Jitske van den Bulk, Noel F. de Miranda, Inge Jedema, John G. Haanen, Jeroen W. J. van Heijst, Ton N. Schumacher, Carsten Linnemann, Gavin M. Bendle

“…Using a genetic screening approach that detects antigen-reactive TCRs with high sensitivity and specificity based on T cell activation, we show that high complexity TCR libraries can be efficiently screened against multiplexed antigen libraries to identify both HLA class I and II restricted TCRs. …”
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Leishmania mexicana: Novel Insights of Immune Modulation through Amastigote Exosomes by Laura Enedina Soto-Serna, Mariana Diupotex, Jaime Zamora-Chimal, Adriana Ruiz-Remigio, José Delgado-Domínguez, Rocely Buenaventura Cervantes-Sarabia, Adriana Méndez-Bernal, Alma Reyna Escalona-Montaño, María Magdalena Aguirre-García, Ingeborg Becker

“…They also hamper the cellular immune response by diminishing MHC-I and CD86 on an important antigen-presenting cell, which potentially interferes with CD8 T cell activation. …”
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Extensive Inactive Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report in Mbeya, Southern Highlands of Tanzania by Makasi CE, Ngowi BJ, Stelzle D, Kilale AM, Mahande MJ, Welte TM, Winkler AS, Mmbaga BT

“…Taenia solium serology was done by LDBIO Cysticercosis IgG Western Blot test, which tested positive for antibodies, but the apDia Cysticercosis Antigen (Ag) ELISA antigen test was negative. His computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain showed approximately 138 calcified neurocysticercosis typical lesions, 108 being located in the parenchyma, 15 in the extra parenchyma, and 15 in the subarachnoid space, consistent with a diagnosis of extensive calcified NCC. …”
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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato inhibits CIITA transcription through pSTAT3 activation and enhanced SOCS1 and SOCS3 expression leading to limited IFN-γ production by Michelle A.E. Brouwer, Zara Karami, Samuel T. Keating, Hedwig Vrijmoeth, Heidi L.M. Lemmers, Helga Dijkstra, Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Mihaela Lupse, Hadewych J.M. ter Hofstede, Mihai G. Netea, Leo A.B. Joosten

“…Restoring antigen presentation capacity of innate immune cells and early production of IFN-γ in LB patients may help re-establish immune functions during initial LB. …”
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Chikungunya virus infection in the skin: histopathology and cutaneous immunological response by Natália Gedeão Salomão, Natália Gedeão Salomão, Luciana Araújo, Luiz José de Souza, Anna Luiza Young, Carlos Basílio-de-Oliveira, Rodrigo Panno Basílio-de-Oliveira, Jorge José de Carvalho, Priscilla Conrado Guerra Nunes, Juliana Fernandes da Silva Amorim, Douglas Valiati dos Santos Barbosa, Marciano Viana Paes, Kíssila Rabelo, Kíssila Rabelo, Flavia Dos Santos

“…The immunohistochemistry revealed CHIKV antigen in the epidermis, endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and macrophages in the reticular and papillary dermis; inflammatory cells infiltrate; arrector pili muscle; sweat and sebaceous glands; and hair follicle. …”
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The molecular receptor NKBB enhances the persistence and anti-hepatocellular carcinoma activity of GPC3 CAR-T cells by Minghao Sui, Tiantian Liu, Xuanli Song, Ji Li, Han Ding, Yuqian Liu, Xinyu Wang, Huimin Liu, Yuchan Xue, Jianni Qi, Miao Zhang, Songbo Zhao, Qiang Zhu

“…Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have encouraging results in the treatment of hematological malignancies. …”
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Deciphering the functional roles of PE18 and PPE26 proteins in modulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis and immune response by Aquib Ehtram, Mohd Shariq, Neha Quadir, Neha Quadir, Salma Jamal, Manjunath Pichipalli, Sheeba Zarin, Sheeba Zarin, Javaid Ahmad Sheikh, Nasreen Z. Ehtesham, Seyed E. Hasnain, Seyed E. Hasnain

“…Functional assays, including in vitro cytokine production and antigen presentation studies, were performed using TLR2/Myd88 knockout and wild-type macrophages. …”
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Safety and efficacy of intraoperative radiation therapy using a low-energy X-ray source for resectable pancreatic cancer: an interim evaluation of an ongoing prospective phase II s... by Xingyun Chen, Shuo Li, Chuntao Gao, Wei Wang, Haorui Li, Yuxiao Liu, Rui Liu, Jihui Hao

“…The carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) level was another prognostic factor significantly associated with OS. …”
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Oral Cyclophosphamide for Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer in a Scenario of Limited Health Care Resources by Diana del Cisne Pineda, Gabriel Berlingieri Polho, Yumi Ricucci Shinkado, Gustavo Alves Contado, Nathalia de Souza Crusoe, Vivian Naomi Horita, Joao Carlos Resende, Jamile Almeida Silva, Guilherme Fialho de Freitas, David Queiroz Muniz, Caio V. Suartz, Leopoldo Alves Ribeiro-Filho, Paulo M. Hoff, José Mauricio Mota

“…However, cyclophosphamide is currently underutilized in routine clinical practice given the lack of survival benefit and the emergence of more effective treatments.METHODSWe retrospectively reviewed our institutional database to identify patients with mCRPC treated with cyclophosphamide. Prostate-specific antigen decrease ≥50% from baseline (PSA50) response was determined as the proportion of patients achieving a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) decline ≥50% from baseline. …”
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Enhancement of anti‐sarcoma immunity by NK cells engineered with mRNA for expression of a EphA2‐targeted CAR by Pui Yeng Lam, Natacha Omer, Josh K. M. Wong, Cui Tu, Louisa Alim, Gustavo R. Rossi, Maria Victorova, Hannah Tompkins, Cheng‐Yu Lin, Ahmed M. Mehdi, Amos Choo, Melissa R. Elliott, Elaina Coleborn, Jane Sun, Timothy Mercer, Orazio Vittorio, Lachlan J. Dobson, Alexander D. McLellan, Andrew Brooks, Zewen Kelvin Tuong, Seth W. Cheetham, Wayne Nicholls, Fernando Souza‐Fonseca‐Guimaraes

“…The advent of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)‐based immunotherapies offers a promising avenue for novel treatments. …”
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The prevention role of Spirulina platensis (Arthrospira platensis) on intestinal health by Ender Deniz Asmaz, Nilay Seyidoglu

“…In the study, it aimed to evaluate the effects of different doses of Spirulina platensis (Arthrospira platensis) on the morphological properties of the duodenum of rats, and to assign the effect of Spirulina on the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in the rat duodenum, and thereby to observe the effects on intestinal health. 30 male Wistar albino rats were divided into 3 groups for 45 days. …”
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Synergistic Effects of SDS and H2O2 Combinations on Tracheal Scaffold Development: An In Vitro Study Using Goat Trachea by Dhihintia Jiwangga, Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Gondo Mastutik, Estya Nadya Meitavany, null Juliana, Priangga Adi Wiratama

“…The immunohistochemical analysis focused on detecting MHC-1 antigen presence. Tensile strength measurements were conducted to evaluate the biomechanical properties of the decellularized scaffolds. …”
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Simulated gastrointestinal digestion of milk caseins containing A1 β-casein does not lead to increased production of inflammatory proteins in intestinal epithelial cells in vitro w... by Alan Aitchison, Teagan S. Edwards, Andrew S. Day

“…No difference was found in the effects of the digestion products of each β-casein on gene expression of inflammatory markers interleukin (IL)-8, carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule (CEACAM)6 or intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP). …”
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Associations of CTLA4 Gene Polymorphisms with Graves’ Ophthalmopathy: A Meta-Analysis by Pengfei Du, Xiaojie Ma, Changjiang Wang

“…Many studies have established that T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA4) is a susceptible gene for Graves’ disease (GD). …”
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