Erratum to "Immunoglobulin VH Chain Gene Analysis of Peripheral Blood IgM-Producing B Cells in Patients with Kawasaki Disease" by Lee HH, et al. (Yonsei Med J 50(4):493-504, 2009).

Immunoglobulin VH Chain Gene Analysis of Peripheral Blood IgM-Producing B Cells in Patients with Kawasaki Disease

PURPOSE Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis, and its etiology and pathogenesis are still not clear. Our study was undertaken to investigate the characteristics of the activation of B cells in the peripheral blood of Kawasaki disease (KD) patients and evidence of stimulation by superantigens. MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood samples were obtained from three patients (2 males, 1 female) with K...

INVESTIGATION OF METHYLATION OF TNF-Α GENE PROMOTER IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

Background: Type II diabetes is a chronic inflammatory condition that is associated with a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Tumor necrosis factor alpha or TNF-α as an adipocyte cytokine, which affects the signaling pathway of insulin, can contribute to insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes patients. Considering the importance of epigenetic changes in multifactorial diseases, th...

فراوانی ژن‌های کد کننده سیتوتوکسین‌های exoT، exoY، exoS وexoU سیستم ترشحی تیپ 3 در سودوموناس آئروجینوزا جدا شده از بیماران سوختگی

Background and Objective: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen causing nosocomial burn infections. Disease results from the production of numerous virulence factors, some of which are injected directly into the eukaryotic host cells via the type III secretion system (T3SS).The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cytotoxins encoding exoT, exoY, exoS and exoU genes...

Erratum to "Clinical Features of Abdominopelvic Actinomycosis: Report of Twenty Cases and Literature Review" by Choi MM, et al. (Yonsei Med J 50(4):555-559, 2009).

القای سلول‌های دندریتیک تولروژن موشی با تنظیم کاهشی ملکول کمک تحریکی CD40 با استفاده از وکتور لنتی ویروس

Induction of Tolerogenic Murine Dendritic Cells by Downregulating the Co-stimulatory Molecule of CD40 Using Lentivirus Vector Mahmoodzadeh A1, Pourfatollah AA1, Karimi MH2, Moazzeni SM1 1Dept. of Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran 2Transplantation Research Center, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Correspond Aut...