Immune Evasion Strategies of Trypanosoma cruzi by Ana Flávia Nardy, Célio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima, Alexandre Morrot

“…It interferes with the antigen presenting function of dendritic cells via an action on host sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin receptors. …”
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Novel research model for in vitro immunotherapy: co-culturing tumor organoids with peripheral blood mononuclear cells by Peng Li, Minli Huang, Yifan Ma, Yongbin Zhang, Changhong Shi

“…This model stands as a robust instrument for dissecting the TME, elucidating the molecular interactions, and exploring the therapeutic applications of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered lymphocytes, as well as other cancer treatment modalities. …”
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Soy 11S Globulin Acid Subunits as the Novel Food Polymer Carrier by Lei Chen, Dahai Liu, Guohua Wu, Yuanyuan Ma

“…The results indicated that soy 11S globulin acid subunits were suitable novel carriers for aflatoxin antigen in immunization experiments and clone 4C5 could be used for simultaneous analysis of total aflatoxins.…”
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Natural Catalytic Antibodies in Norm, Autoimmune, Viral, and Bacterial Diseases by Georgy A. Nevinsky, Valentina N. Buneva

“…In human patients with autoimmune, viral, and bacterial diseases, the generation of antibodies (Abs) to foreign antigens and/or autoantibodies to self-antigens usually occurs. …”
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Detection of Islet Cell Immune Reactivity with Low Glycemic Index Foods: Is This a Concern for Type 1 Diabetes? by Datis Kharrazian, Martha Herbert, Aristo Vojdani

“…We measured the reactivity of either monoclonal or polyclonal affinity-purified antibodies to insulin, insulin receptor alpha, insulin receptor beta, zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8), tyrosine phosphatase-based islet antigen 2 (IA2), and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) 65 and 67 against 204 dietary proteins that are commonly consumed. …”
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Antibodies Recognizing Yersinia enterocolitica Lipopolysaccharides of Various Chemotypes in Synovial Fluids From Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis by Katarzyna Kasperkiewicz, Anna S. Świerzko, Mateusz Michalski, Łukasz Eppa, Mikael Skurnik, Zbigniew Żuber, Maciej Cedzyński

“…Western blot analysis revealed the presence of antibodies reacting with fast-migrating LPS fractions and enterobacterial common antigen (ECA) in synovial fluid samples. Our data also suggest the importance of LPS-associated ECA for the antigenicity of endotoxin. …”
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DETECTION SYSTEM OF A NEW-GENERATION BIOANALYTICAL DEVICE by E. V. Sysoev, A. K. Potashnikov, Y. V. Obidin, T. N. Goryachkovskaya, V. S. Bazin, V. M. Popik, S. E. Peltek, N. A. Kolchanov

“…We designed and manufactured a system for detection of antibodies/antigenes in biological fluids. This system records the kinetics of free immunodiffusion of fluorescent nanocomplexes inside the channels of a microfluid module of a new-generation bioanalytical device. …”
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The success of the tumor immunotherapy: neutrophils from bench to beside by Meng Zhu, Ru Jia, Xiaojie Zhang, Pingwei Xu

“…The present immune therapy was focused on the immune checkpoint blockade or Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Immunotherapy (CART) transfer, but how to activate the innate immune system to antitumor still lags out. …”
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Improved Clonal Selection Algorithm Based on Biological Forgetting Mechanism by Chao Yang, Bing-qiu Chen, Lin Jia, Hai-yang Wen

“…The antibody candidate set generated by the clonal selection algorithm has only a small number of antibodies with high antigen affinity to obtain high-frequency mutations. …”
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Dexamethasone reduces cell surface levels of CD11b on human eosinophils by A. M. Das, L. H. K. Lim, R. J. Flower, M. Perretti

“…Overnight incubation of human eosinophils (Eøs) with the glucocorticoid hormone dexamethasone (DEX; 0.1 μM) resulted in lower expression of the CD11b, but not CD49d, antigen on their plasma membrane, as assessed by flow cytometry. …”
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Serum NGAL to Clinically Distinguish Cholangiocarcinoma from Benign Biliary Tract Diseases by Kawin Leelawat, Siriluck Narong, Jerasak Wannaprasert, Surang Leelawat

“…Their sera were measured for the levels of NGAL and the widely used serum cholangiocarcinoma marker, carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9). Results. The serum CA19-9 and NGAL levels were significantly elevated in cholangiocarcinoma patients (CA19-9: 𝑃<.001, NGAL: 𝑃<.001). …”
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A Prospective Study of Clinical Features of Anterior Uveitis in Taiwan by Wei-Yu Chiang, Shih-Chou Chen, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Hsi-Kung Kuo

“…The most common clinical diagnoses were idiopathic AU (37.5%), human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27-associated acute AU (25.0%), and herpetic AU (18.8%). …”
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Enhancement of knowledge and skills in laboratory techniques for autoantibody evaluation: Utility of a single-day hands-on workshop by Durga Prasanna Misra, Krushna Chandra Pani, Sajjan N Shenoy, Anupam Wakhlu, Parasar Ghosh, Pravin Hissaria, Vikas Agarwal

“…We assessed the efficacy of this workshop by pretest and posttest questionnaires evaluating three domains – Antigen–antibody interactions and laboratory techniques other than immunofluorescence (Domain 1); immunofluorescence (Domain 2); and clinical relevance of autoantibodies (Domain 3). …”
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Combination of AAV-CCL19 and GPC3 CAR-T Cells in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Min Meng, Yi-chen Wu

“…Background. Chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cell (CAR-T) therapy has great potential for treating malignant tumors, especially hematological malignancies. …”
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Legionnaires' Disease with Facial Nerve Palsy by Shailesh R. Basani, Salwa Mohamed Ahmed, Eyassu Habte-Gabr

“…Chest X-ray showed bilateral lower lobe infiltrates. Urinary antigen assay for Legionella pneumophilia serogroup 1 was positive. …”
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Review on Haploidentical Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies by William A. Fabricius, Muthalagu Ramanathan

“…Alternative options such as unrelated umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation and haploidentical HSCT have been increasingly studied in the past few decades to overcome these obstacles. A human leukocyte antigen- (HLA-) haploidentical donor is a recipient’s relative who shares an exact haplotype with the recipient but is mismatched for HLA genes on the unshared haplotype. …”
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Concurrent COVID-19 and Acute HIV: A Case Report and Diagnostic Review by Kelly A. Johnson, Sally Graglia, Elizabeth D. Lynch, Joanna De Mesa, Erin Antunez, Sandra Torres, Susa Coffey, Stephanie E. Cohen

“…Workup not only confirmed a diagnosis of COVID-19 but also revealed discordant HIV test results, with a reactive fourth-generation antigen/antibody test but a negative HIV-1/2 differentiation immunoassay. …”
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Late Relapse of Previous Pulmonary Cryptococcosis With Symptoms Resembling Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report by Anatoli Pinchuk, Gernot Geginat, Volker Rickerts, Belal Neyazi, Klaus Peter Stein, Christian Mawrin, I. Erol Sandalcioglu, Ali Rashidi

“…Subsequently, cryptococcal antigen was detected in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and C. neoformans was cultivated from CSF. …”
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Detection of Human Papillomavirus Type 2 Related Sequence in Oral Papilloma by Taihei Yamaguchi, Masanobu Shindoh, Akira Amemiya, Nobuo Inoue, Masaaki Kawamura, Hiroshi Sakaoka, Masakazu Inoue, Kei Fujinaga

“…In situ staining demonstrated virus capsid antigen in koilocytotic cells and surrounding cells in the hyperplastic epithelial layer. …”
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Visceral Leishmaniasis or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare? by Sunny Garg, Mousumi Kundu, Amit Nandan Dhar Dwivedi, Lalit Prashant Meena, Neeraj Varyani, Asif Iqbal, Kamlakar Tripathi

“…Despite negative results of rk-39 test and bone marrow biopsy, a very high suspicion for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) led us to go for direct agglutination test (DAT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for leishmanial antigen that revealed positive results. Moreover, significant improvement in clinical and biochemical parameters was noted on starting the patient on antileishmanial therapy.…”
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