Humoral and Cellular Immunity After Vaccination Against SARS-CoV-2 in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Patients Treated with Interferon Beta and Dimethyl Fumarate by Marcin Bazylewicz, Monika Zajkowska, Monika Gudowska-Sawczuk, Rafał Kułakowski, Jan Mroczko, Dagmara Mirowska-Guzel, Joanna Kulikowska-Łoś, Agata Czarnowska, Barbara Mroczko, Jan Kochanowicz, Alina Kułakowska

“…Therefore, the aim of our study was to evaluate the humoral and cellular immune response in PwMS treated with DMTs. Methods: The concentrations of IgG Spike (S) anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and IgG Nucleocapsid (N) anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, as well as interferon-gamma <i>(IFN-</i>γ) titers were analyzed in PwMS groups treated with dimethyl fumarate (DMF), interferon beta (IFN), and healthy control group. …”
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Antiganglioside Antibodies and Inflammatory Response in Cutaneous Melanoma by Corina Daniela Ene, Mircea Tampa, Ilinca Nicolae, Cristina Iulia Mitran, Madalina Irina Mitran, Clara Matei, Ana Caruntu, Constantin Caruntu, Simona Roxana Georgescu

“…Tumour ganglioside antigens generate an immune response in patients with primary melanomas. The host’s ability to elaborate an early antiganglioside response could be considered as a defence mechanism, directed toward eliminating a danger signal from the tumour microenvironment. …”
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Sequentially Activated Smart DNA Nanospheres for Photoimmunotherapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade by Yu Chen, Yu Guo, Wen Cheng, Jiahao Fan, Jiacheng Li, Jiajia Song, Xiaohai Yang, Kemin Wang, Jin Huang

“…Besides tumor killing and immune promotion, activated NS downregulate PD‐L1 expression, alleviating immune tolerance and evasion, thus enhancing the immune response. These results indicate that NS significantly enhance antitumor immune responses, synergistically improve antitumor efficacy, and reduce systemic toxicity. …”
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Exendin-4 Exacerbates Burn-Induced Morbidity in Mice by Activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System by Xiao-Jing Ji, Ji-Wei Hao, Guang-Lei Li, Ning Dong, Xin-Qi Wang, Min Zhou, Qing-Hong Zhang, Yong-Ming Yao

“…We hypothesize that exendin-4, a GLP-1 analogue, might affect the immune response via the activation of the sympathetic nervous system in burn injury. …”
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Nutritional Innovation Using Green Seaweed (Ulva sp.) and Garlic Powder Extracts for White‐Leg Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Challenged by Vibrio harveyi by Nashwa Abdel‐Razek, Riad H. Khalil, Abeer A. M. Afifi, Afrah F. Alkhuriji, Dina M. Metwally

“…The stimulatory effects of Ulva sp. extract (UE) and garlic powder extract (GPE) on the growth performance and innate immune responses of white‐leg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, and their challenge against V. harveyi infection were also investigated. …”
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Mitochondria-targeted photothermal-chemodynamic therapy enhances checkpoint blockade immunotherapy on colon cancer by Benchao Zheng, Hongbo Wang, Shiyi Zhai, Jiangsheng Li, Kuangda Lu

“…Photothermal therapy (PTT), which employs light energy to ablate tumors, can also activate tumor-specific immune responses. This effect has been attributed in several studies to the release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) triggered by mitochondrial injury. …”
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MsCL-P1: A multifunctional C-type lectin from largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) with broad microbe binding and agglutination activities by Siyi She, Ying Ye, Fengyao Guo, Shun Yang, Mengmeng Huang, Hui Fei

“…These results suggest that MsCL-P1 plays a multifaceted role in the innate immune response of largemouth bass, potentially through recognition of PAMPs, agglutination of microbes, and direct inhibition of microbial growth. …”
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Dietary supplementation of composite feed additive reduces enteric methane production and enhances feed efficiency, milk production and immunity in Murrah buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) by Avijit Dey, Shyam S. Paul, Satbir S. Dahiya, Ashok K. Balhara, Jerome Andonissamy, Balbir S. Punia, Yendrembam M. Chanu

“…The health status regarding cell-mediated and humoral immune response was also enhanced (p<0.05) in supplemented buffaloes. …”
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Bifidobacterium animalis BD400 protects from collagen-induced arthritis through histidine metabolism by Yang Yang, Yang Yang, Qing Hong, Qing Hong, Xuehong Zhang, Zhenmin Liu, Zhenmin Liu

“…This research aims to restore intestinal microbiota to a healthy state through the oral administration of Bifidobacterium in the early stages with the goal of delaying the onset and progression of RA.MethodsCollagen-induced arthritis (CIA) rat model was constructed to assess the development of RA using arthritis clinical scores, paw thickness, pathological analysis of knee joint. The immune response was evaluated by determinating specific antibodies and cytokines in serum and synovial fluid. …”
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Phosphate-modified CpG oligonucleotides induce in vitro maturation of human myeloid dendritic cells by A. A. Ostanin, O. Y. Leplina, E. A. Burakova, T. V. Tyrinova, A. A. Fokina, A. S. Proskurina, S. S. Bogachev, D. A. Stetsenko, E. R. Chernykh

“…Myeloid dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in the immune response; therefore, the search for compounds that can effectively activate DCs is a needful goal. …”
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Immunogenicity in humans of a transdermal multipeptide melanoma vaccine administered with or without a TLR7 agonist by Craig L Slingluff, Gina R Petroni, Walter C Olson, Kimberly A Chianese-bullock, Donna Deacon, Mark Smolkin, William W Grosh, Max O Meneveau, Kevin T Lynch, Elise P Salerno, Elizabeth Woodson, James W Patterson

“…Overall, 61% of participants had CD4+ T cell immune responses to the tetanus peptide, with large, durable responses in groups 3 and 4. …”
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Immunomodulatory Effects of Aerobic Training in Obesity by Thomas Nickel, Henner Hanssen, Ingrid Emslander, Verena Drexel, Gernot Hertel, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Claudia Summo, Zeljka Sisic, Marius Lambert, Eva Hoster, Martin Halle, Michael Weis

“…Markers of the innate immune response were investigated in obese (ONE: ET≤40 km/week) and lean athletes (LNE: ET≤40 km/week and LE: ET≥55 km/week). …”
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Enhanced effect of radiofrequency ablation on HCC by siRNA-PD-L1-endostatin Co-expression plasmid delivered by Pengfei Chen, Kun Li, Jinwei Chen, He Hei, Jiaxin Geng, Nannan Huang, Mengyu Lei, Huijie Jia, Jianzhuang Ren, Chenwang Jin

“…In conclusion, combining RFA with siRNA-PD-L1-endostatin delivered by attenuated Salmonella synergistically enhances anti-tumor effects, boosts the anti-tumor immune response, and improves RFA efficacy for HCC.…”
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Transcriptome analysis of 3D4/21 cells expressing CSFV NS4B by Wang Dong, Huifang Lv, Yuzhen Song, Yujin Lv, Xiapeng Xu, Huiyuan Jing, Zhifeng Peng, Xinghui Song, Yongbin Guo

“…Enrichment analyses of GO annotations and KEGG pathways revealed that these DEGs were associated with endocytosis, autophagy, cell adhesion, transport, immune response, apoptosis and so on. The expression of endocytosis-related genes, including CAV1/2, CAVIN2, Rab1B, CHMP2B/4C, VPS35, SNX2, Rab11B, CHMP6, MVB12B and VPS28, were found to be regulated. …”
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Identification and validation of immune and diagnostic biomarkers for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome by integrating bioinformatics and machine-learning by Tao Zhou, Can Zhu, Wei Zhang, Qiongfang Wu, Mingqiang Deng, Zhiwei Jiang, Longfei Peng, Hao Geng, Zhouting Tuo, Zhouting Tuo, Ci Zou

“…Among them, PLAC8 is a promising diagnostic biomarker that modulates the immune response in patients with IC/BPS, which provides new insights into the future diagnosis of IC/BPS.…”
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Relationship between CTF1 gene expression and prognosis and tumor immune microenvironment in glioma by Hongqing Cai, Shen Tian, Angsi Liu, Guanchao Xie, Hongsheng Zhang, Xiaogang Wu, Jinghai Wan, Sai Li

“…Enrichment analysis revealed immune response pathways linked with CTF1 in glioma, including natural killer cell cytotoxicity, NOD-like receptor signaling, Toll-like receptor signaling, antigen processing, chemokine signaling, and cytokine receptor interactions. …”
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Awareness and knowledge regarding female genital schistosomiasis among European healthcare workers: a cross-sectional online survey by Valentina Marchese, Aaron Remkes, Irina Kislaya, Pia Rausche, André Brito, Jana Christina Hey, Tahinamandranto Rasamoelina, Rivo Andry Rakotoarivelo, Jürgen May, Daniela Fusco

“…Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) is a non-sexually transmitted gynaecological disease that is caused by the presence of Schistosoma haematobium eggs in the female genital tract and the resulting immune response that causes tissue damage. It is estimated to affect 56 million women, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where healthcare workers (HCWs) have limited awareness and knowledge of FGS. …”
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Dairy cows' responses to 2 separation methods after 3 months of cow-calf contact by Anina Vogt, Susanne Waiblinger, Rupert Palme, Uta König von Borstel, Kerstin Barth

“…Fecal and blood samples were collected twice per week from day −1 until +23 relative to separation start for analysis of fecal cortisol metabolites and the immune response. Milk yield in the parlor was continuously recorded. …”
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Human Leucocyte Antigen Class II Risk and Protective Alleles in Women with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia by Olga Plisko, Jana Žodžika, Irina Jermakova, Inta Liepniece-Karele, Jeļena Eglīte, Dace Rezeberga

“… Background: Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a necessary cause for development of cervical precancerous lesions and cervical cancer, however, only a small percentage of women progress to cervical cancer. The local immune response, determined, among other factors, by Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) genes, is thought to be significant. …”
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Combination of garlic - shatterstone herb powder to control Streptococcus agalactiae infection in tilapia by Ririn Nurul Fauziah, Dinamella Wahjuningrum, , Sukenda, , Ranta

“…In addition, A. sativum-P. niruri suplemented in feed was also able to enhance the immune response by increasing phagocytic activity.   Keywords: Streptococcus agalactiae, phytopharmacy, Allium sativum-Phyllanthus niruri, tilapia     ABSTRAK   Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis potensi campuran tepung bawang putih Allium sativum-meniran Phyllanthus niruri dalam pakan terhadap pencegahan infeksi bakteri S. agalactiae pada ikan nila. …”
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