Interleukin 24 (IL-24) encodes a secreted protein that exhibits significant homology to the interleukin 10 (IL-10) family of cytokines. Here we show that the human IL-24 is secreted by activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells and is the ligand for two heterodimeric receptors, IL-22R1/IL-20R2 and IL-20R1/IL-20R2. The latter is also the receptor for IL-20. COS cells transfected with either IL...

febrile collected from members of both groups and serum samples were prepared. interleukin 1β concentrations were measured using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) kit. we found that there was a difference in serum levels of interleukin 1β between fc and control  group but  it was not  significant. this result may be due to  the low number  of samples  or  the  result  of  i...

background: possible roles of anti-inflammatory factors as well as total antioxidative capacity in reproductive processes of women undergoing in vitro fertilization (ivf) are still being investigated and the contributions by some of them remain controversial. objective: the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between anti-inflammatory parameters and total antioxidative capacity...

results in patients with high breast densities, malignant cases (61.2%) were significantly more in comparison to patients with low breast densities (37.3%) (p= 0.007, or=2.66 95% ci=1.29-5.49). after adjusting for age, density was associated with malignancy in age groups <46 years (p=0.007), and 46-60 years (p=0.024) but not in age group >60yrs (p=0.559). adjusting for menopausal status, densit...