Association of ABO Blood Group and Body Mass Index: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Ghanaian Population by Samuel Smith, Isaac Okai, Chrissie Stansie Abaidoo, Emmanuel Acheampong

“…From statistical perspective, it may be important to examine the relationship between the ABO blood antigen and BMI. This cross-sectional study involved 412 participants aged 18 to 46 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. …”
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An XBB.1.5-based inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine partially protects against XBB.1.5 and JN.1 strains in hamsters by Ryuta Uraki, Mutsumi Ito, Maki Kiso, Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Masafumi Endo, Seiya Yamayoshi, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

“…Immunization with the inactivated XBB.1.5 vaccine induced antigen-specific antibodies leading to protection from XBB.1.5 and antigenically distinct JN.1 strains in a hamster model. …”
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Are Ancient Durum Wheats Less Toxic to Celiac Patients? A Study of α-Gliadin from Graziella Ra and Kamut by M. Stella Colomba, Armando Gregorini

“…Several aminoacid substitutions or deletions were detected in p31–49, DQ2-Glia-α1 and DQ2-Glia-α2 epitopes, nevertheless, ELISA constantly showed antibody-antigen positive reactions which led us to suggest that mAbs binding was not apparently affected by polymorphisms. …”
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A Parasite That Should not be Neglected in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Entamoeba histolytica by Murat Soylu, Abdurrahman Ekici, Selahattin Aydemir, Şehriban Yürektürk, Önder Akkaş

“…Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica) adhesin antigen was detected by ELISA in 31% of the ulcerative colitis patients and 4% of those in the control group. …”
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Data-driven analysis of chemicals, proteins and pathways associated with peanut allergy: from molecular networking to biological interpretation by Emmanuel Kemmler, Julian Braun, Florent Fauchère, Sabine Dölle-Bierke, Kirsten Beyer, Robert Preissner, Margitta Worm, Priyanka Banerjee

“…The results obtained from this study will direct future experimental and clinical studies to understand the role of dietary lipids and PPAR-isoforms to exert pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory functions on cells of the innate immunity and influence antigen presentation to the cells of the adaptive immunity.…”
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A Rare Case of Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Child with a Congenital Heart Disease by Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, Ujjwal Laghu, Raju Poudel, Konosuke Morimoto, Koya Ariyoshi

“…Gram staining, India ink preparation, and culture of CSF were negative. Cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) test was not available. Echocardiography showed a 12 mm ventricular septal defect (VSD). …”
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Allergic Responses Induced by a Fungal Biopesticide Metarhizium anisopliae and House Dust Mite Are Compared in a Mouse Model by Marsha D. W. Ward, Yong Joo Chung, Lisa B. Copeland, Donald L. Doerfler

“…MACA induced a more robust serum total IgE response than HDM. However, in the antigen-specific IgE assay, a similar dose of both MACA and HDM was required to achieve the same response level. …”
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Safe Transition to Pembrolizumab following Ipilimumab-Induced Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Nicholas Gravbrot, Katalin Scherer, Srinath Sundararajan

“…A 71-year-old gentleman with recurrent, stage IIIB melanoma was started on ipilimumab (cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 inhibitor) for adjuvant treatment following radical neck dissection and radiation therapy. …”
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Comparative assessment of immunodiffusion and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay used for bovine leukosis diagnosis by A. R. Mustafayev, M. O. Baratov

“…As a result, specific antibodies against BLV gp51 antigen were detected in 4 ID-negative serum samples. …”
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Efficiency of pH-Sensitive Fusogenic Polymer-Modified Liposomes as a Vaccine Carrier by Shinobu Watarai, Tana Iwase, Tomoko Tajima, Eiji Yuba, Kenji Kono

“…These results suggest that the pH-sensitive fusogenic polymer-(SucPG-) modified liposomes would serve effectively as an antigen delivery vehicle for inducing Th1 and Th2 immune responses.…”
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Reaction of the Liver upon Long-Term Treatment of Fluoxetine and Atorvastatin Compared with Alcohol in a Mouse Model by Zhiliang Chen, Tony C. H. Chow, Shicong Wang, Gigi C. T. Leung, Sharon L. Y. Wu, David T. Yew

“…Comparisons of animals treated with the three drugs were carried out: serum aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), and albumin were measured; liver tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta-1) levels were evaluated; proliferative cells were detected via immunohistochemistry (IHC) targeting on proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and minichromosome maintenance complex component 2 (MCM2); for apoptosis, IHC targeting on activated caspase-3 and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) were employed; and histopathology was also documented in all groups. …”
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Long-Term Survival of More than 5 Years with Maintenance Therapy Using Single-Agent Pemetrexed in a Patient with Diffuse Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma by Yasuo Otsuka, Yoriaki Komeda, Masayuki Takeda, Takayuki Takahama, Masashi Kono, Mamoru Takenaka, Satoru Hagiwara, Naoshi Nishida, Hiroshi Kashida, Masatoshi Kudo

“…The tumor cells were positive for AE1/AE2, calretinin, WT-1, D2-40, HEG1, EMA, BAP1, and MTAP and negative for carcinoembryonic antigen, MOC-31, Ber-Ep4, ER, PgR, TTF-1, claudin 4, and desmin. …”
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Landscape of Alternative Splicing Events Related to Prognosis and Immune Infiltration in Glioma: A Data Analysis and Basic Verification by Hong-xin Su, Gang Yang, Fei Su, Chen-xiao Hu, Tao Zhang, Jun-tao Ran, Quan-lin Guan

“…Additionally, decreased expression of the splicing factors including Neuro-Oncological Ventral Antigen 1 (NOVA1), heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein C (HNRNPC), heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein L-like protein (HNRNPLL), and RNA-Binding Motif Protein 4 (RBM4) contributed to the poor survival in glioma. …”
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Retroviral and Lentiviral Vectors for the Induction of Immunological Tolerance by Inès Dufait, Therese Liechtenstein, Alessio Lanna, Christopher Bricogne, Roberta Laranga, Antonella Padella, Karine Breckpot, David Escors

“…Recently retroviral and lentiviral vectors have been used to generate tolerogenic dendritic cells, key professional antigen presenting cells that regulate immune responses. …”
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Clinical case of co-infection: Dengue fever and respiratory mycoplasmosis in a child by D.V. Preobrazhenskaia, E.V. Melekhina, Zh.B. Ponezheva

“…Despite the fact that during the examination at the hospital in the Maldives, DENV arbovirus antigen was isolated in the blood by immunochromatographic rapid test, the course of the disease had a number of symptoms that did not conform to the classical course of the disease: catarrhal symptoms, cough, elevated C-reactive protein, and radiographic evidences of right-sided maxillary sinusitis. …”
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Hotspots evolution and frontiers of immunotherapy for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia: A bibliometric analysis by Nana Zhe, Qiang Li, Nanqu Huang, Hang Li, Hongyun Chen, Pinwei Zhu

“…The current research hotspots of AML immunotherapy included chimeric antigen receptor-T-cell therapy, antibody-based immunotherapies, immune checkpoint blockade, and combination therapy, highlighting the key aspects of immunotherapy for AML treatment and providing comprehensive insights into the research status and advances in this field. …”
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A stumbling block in pancreatic cancer treatment: drug resistance signaling networks by Jinming Liu, Biao Zhang, Bingqian Huang, Kexin Zhang, Fujia Guo, Zhizhou Wang, Dong Shang, Dong Shang

“…However, PC is a “cold tumor” with a unique immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (poor effector T cell infiltration, low antigen specificity), and targeting a single gene or pathway is basically ineffective in clinical practice. …”
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Novel fusion protein REA induces robust prime protection against tuberculosis in mice by Sintayehu Kebede Gurmessa, Han-Gyu Choi, Yong Woo Back, Zongyou Jiang, Thuy An Pham, Seunga Choi, Hwa-Jung Kim

“…Notably, REA-immunized mice suppressed MTB growth to undetectable levels at 16 weeks post-infection, which was supported by gross and pathologic findings and acid-fast staining of the lung tissues, and maintained antigen-specific multifunctional IFN-γ+IL-2+TNF-α CD4+ T and long-lasting T cells producing cytokines in the tissues. …”
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Fulminant Diabetes in a Patient with Advanced Melanoma on Nivolumab by Nora Chokr, Hafsa Farooq, Elizabeth Guadalupe

“…Glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies, zinc transporter 8 autoantibodies, insulin autoantibodies, islet antigen 2 autoantibodies, and islet cell antibodies were all negative. …”
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Alloreactivity of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells and Other Cellular Therapies: A Concise Review by Kiran Shah, Nirali Shah, Fatameh Ghassemi, Carolyn Ly, Teena George, Carla Lutz, Huseyin Sumer

“…The area has been further strengthened with the approval of Chimeric Antigen Receptor added on T cells (CAR-T) therapies by the regulatory authorities USA’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), European Medical Agency (EMA), the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), and in many countries in 2017 to treat hematological cancers. …”
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