Atypical Presentation of Disseminated Zoster in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Nirav Patel, Davinder Singh, Krunal Patel, Shadab Ahmed, Prachi Anand

“…Biopsies of lesions were performed, which were positive for Varicella antigen. Subsequently, patient was started on Acyclovir. …”
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A Helminth-Derived Chitinase Structurally Similar to Mammalian Chitinase Displays Immunomodulatory Properties in Inflammatory Lung Disease by Friederike Ebner, Katja Lindner, Katharina Janek, Agathe Niewienda, Piotr H. Malecki, Manfred S. Weiss, Tara E. Sutherland, Arnd Heuser, Anja A. Kühl, Jürgen Zentek, Andreas Hofmann, Susanne Hartmann

“…While there is no indication of T. suis chitinase directly interfering with dendritic cell activation or antigen presentation to CD4 T cells, treatment of allergic mice with the worm chitinase influenced the hosts’ own chitinase activity in the inflamed lung. …”
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Incidence Of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Association With ABO Blood Groups by Amina Zehra, Maimoona Sabir, Sumaira Sarwar, Afsheen Ishfaq, Kishmain Ahmad, Afshan Saleem

“…A sample of 3 ml blood was collected and screened against H. pylori antibodies (IgG) by H. pylori rapid diagnostic kit. ABO and Lewis antigen phenotypes were determined with a macroscopic agglutination technique. …”
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The Role of PCNA Posttranslational Modifications in Translesion Synthesis by Montaser Shaheen, Ilanchezhian Shanmugam, Robert Hromas

“…Proliferative Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA), which is an essential component of the fork, undergoes posttranslational modifications, particularly ubiquitylation and sumoylation that are critical for lesion bypass and for filling of DNA gaps which result from this bypass. …”
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Pulmonary and Meningeal Cryptococcosis after Corticosteroid Therapy for Autoimmune Hepatitis: Coexistence of Cryptococci within Pulmonary Cancer Nodule by Takashi Yuri, Ayako Kimura, Katsuhiko Yoshizawa, Yuko Emoto, Yuichi Kinoshita, Airo Tsubura

“…Cryptococcal meningitis was diagnosed as positive for cryptococcal antigen from both serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as well as the growth of Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) in fungal culture. …”
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Difficulties the Conservative Treatment of Crohn’s Disease Complicated by Autoimmune Hemophilia A by E. L. Belyaeva, O. I. Filippova, A. V. Koloskov, A. A. Naydenov, F. D. Albegova

“…In this connection, the levels of VIII (FVIII) and IX (FIX) coagulation factors and the content of von Willebrand factor antigen were determined. A study was conducted to the antibodies to these factors connecting von Willebrand factor capabilities with type I and III collagen. …”
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Nano-Oncologic Vaccine for Boosting Cancer Immunotherapy: The Horizons in Cancer Treatment by Chao Chen, Yue Xu, Hui Meng, Hongyi Bao, Yong Hu, Chunjian Li, Donglin Xia

“…These vaccines utilize nanoscale carriers to deliver tumor-associated antigens and immunostimulatory adjuvants, facilitating targeted immune activation and promoting robust antitumor responses. …”
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Casein Kinases 2-dependent phosphorylation of the placental ligand VAR2CSA regulates Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes cytoadhesion. by Dominique Dorin-Semblat, Jean-Philippe Semblat, Romain Hamelin, Anand Srivastava, Marilou Tetard, Graziella Matesic, Christian Doerig, Benoit Gamain

“…Placental malaria is characterized by the massive accumulation and sequestration of infected erythrocytes in the placental intervillous blood spaces, causing severe birth outcomes. The variant surface antigen VAR2CSA is associated with Plasmodium falciparum sequestration in the placenta via its capacity to adhere to chondroitin sulfate A. …”
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A scoping review of evidence of naturally occurring Japanese encephalitis infection in vertebrate animals other than humans, ardeid birds and pigs. by Zoë A Levesque, Michael G Walsh, Cameron E Webb, Ruth N Zadoks, Victoria J Brookes

“…Direct evidence (virus, viral antigen or viral RNA) of JEV infection was identified in a variety of mammals and birds (not always identified to the species level), including bats, passerine birds (family Turdidae), livestock (cattle [Bos taurus] and a goat [Capra hircus]), carnivores (two meerkats [Suricata suricatta]), and one horse (Equus caballus). …”
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Autoimmunity promotes chronic lymphocytic leukemia progression in an indolent disease model by Lisa Pfeuffer, Viola Siegert, Riccardo Trozzo, Katja Steiger, Roland Rad, Jürgen Ruland, Maike Buchner

“…The discovery of near-identical CDR3 regions in both plasma and CLL cells of RK mice suggests a shared progenitor and antigen driving both conditions. Deletion of Blimp-1, which prevents plasma cell differentiation, initially enhanced B1/CLL formation in young mice but nearly halted CLL progression, highlighting the significant influence of autoimmune complications on disease outcomes. …”
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Phosphorylation of p53 Serine 15 Is a Predictor of Survival for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Taewoo Yang, Yegyun Choi, Jae Won Joh, Steve K. Cho, Dae-Shick Kim, Sung-Gyoo Park

“…Surgically resected tumors from 199 HCC patients were analyzed for p21, p53, p53 Ser15-P, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression using immunohistochemistry. …”
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A novel prognostic score of recurrence for endometrial cancer patients with staging surgery by Tomoka Maehana, Naoki Kawahara, Junya Kamibayashi, Motoki Matsuoka, Keita Waki, Ryuji Kawaguchi, Fuminori Kimura

“…Results We found that positive postoperative histological examination of lymph node metastasis and myometrial invasion, high levels of carcinoembryonic antigen and D-dimer in preoperative blood tests, and a large difference in preoperative and postoperative white blood cell counts were significantly associated with recurrence. …”
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Improvement of Helicobacter pylori eradication efficacy at stomach and duodenum peptic ulcers by Natalya O. Schanova, Lyudmila V. Prokhorova

“…All patients underwent quantitative serological test for H. pylori-specific IgG antibodies, stool test for H. pylori antigen, fibrogastroscopy with stomach mucosa (SM) biopsy and rapid urease test, microscopic examination of SM biopsy specimens, polymerase chain reaction for H. pylori DNA in SM biopsy specimens. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells as Immunomodulators in a Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation by Yur-Ren Kuo, Chien-Chang Chen, Shigeru Goto, Pao-Yuan Lin, Fu-Chan Wei, Chao-Long Chen

“….), and interactions with dendritic or antigen presenting cells. In this paper, we summarize the current understanding of immunomodulation achieved by MSC therapies and introduce a possible outline for future clinical applications in VCA.…”
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Comparison of IgA Endomysium Antibody and IgA Tissue Transglutaminase Antibody in Celiac Disease by Helen R Gillett, Hugh J Freeman

“…The antigen for immunoglobulin (Ig)Aendomysium antibody (EmA), a sensitive and specific serological marker for celiac disease, has recently been described as tissue transglutaminase (tTG). …”
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Corneal Epithelial Removal with a Newly Designed Epithelial Brush by Ho Seok Chung, Seung Hwan Moon, Soon-Suk Kang, Minseop Kim, Hun Lee, Hungwon Tchah, Jae Yong Kim

“…Corneas were obtained immediately and at 24 and 50 hours and subjected to hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and immunofluorescence staining using proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and phosphorylated heat shock protein 27 (pHSP27) antibodies. …”
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A multivalent binding model infers antibody Fc species from systems serology. by Armaan A Abraham, Zhixin Cyrillus Tan, Priyanka Shrestha, Emily R Bozich, Aaron S Meyer

“…Systems serology aims to broadly profile the antigen binding, Fc biophysical features, immune receptor engagement, and effector functions of antibodies. …”
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Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Transplantation Attenuates Inflammation and Promotes Liver Regeneration after Ischemia-Reperfusion and Hemihepatectomy in Swine by Zhihui Jiao, Yajun Ma, Xiaoning Liu, Yansong Ge, Qianzhen Zhang, Boyang Liu, Hongbin Wang

“…In addition, the ADSCs enhanced the expression of the anti-inflammatory IL-10, regenerative factors including HGF, Cyclin D1, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and angiogenic factors like VEGF, ANG-1, and ANG-2. …”
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The effect of cell growth phase on the regulatory cross-talk between flagellar and Spi1 virulence gene expression. by Chakib Mouslim, Kelly T Hughes

“…The flagellar regulon controls Salmonella biofilm formation, virulence gene expression and the production of the major surface antigen present on the cell surface: flagellin. At the top of a flagellar regulatory hierarchy is the master operon, flhDC, which encodes the FlhD₄C₂ transcriptional complex required for the expression of flagellar, chemotaxis and Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (Spi1) genes. …”
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Ticam2 ablation facilitates monocyte exhaustion recovery after sepsis by Blake A. Caldwell, Susanti Ie, Amy Lucas, Liwu Li

“…This is due in part to immune dysfunction resulting from monocyte exhaustion, a phenotype of reduced antigen presentation, altered CD14/CD16 inflammatory subtypes, and disrupted cytokine production. …”
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