Abstract Background The purpose of this study is to investigate the aqueous humor (AH) T lymphocyte subsets and cytokines acute retinal necrosis (ARN) elucidate immunologic inflammatory features disorder. Methods Three patients with ARN infected varicella zoster virus (VZV) who underwent multiple intravitreal injections ganciclovir were enrolled in study. control group consisted four non-infect...

Purpose When swallowing efficiency is impaired, residue accumulates in the pharynx. Cued or spontaneous swallows in the head neutral position do not always successfully clear residue. We investigated the impact of a novel maneuver on residue clearance by combining a head turn with the chin down posture. Methods Data were collected from 26 participants who demonstrated persistent vallecular resi...

AIM OF THE STUDY To determine the distribution and frequency of T(CD3) cells and cell sub-populations in tissue specimens of erosive lichen planus (EOLP). MATERIAL AND METHOD Tissue specimens from buccal mucosa were taken from 14 healthy individuals--control group (CG)--and 17 subjects with EF-OLP. Applying monoclonal antibodies, T(CD3) cells, T cell subpopulations, The CD4, CD8 and CD4/CD8 r...

BACKGROUND Treatment with natalizumab, a monoclonal antibody against the adhesion molecule very late activation antigen 4, an alpha4beta(1) integrin, was recently associated with the development of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system caused by JC virus infection. OBJECTIVE To test the effect of natalizumab treatment on the CD4(+)/...

BACKGROUND The usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) CD4/CD8 ratio for diagnosing sarcoidosis has been reported in many studies with variable results. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to estimate the overall diagnostic accuracy of BALF CD4/CD8 ratio based on the bulk of published evidence. METHODS Studies published prior to June 2015 and indexed in PubMed, OVID, Web of Scie...

The numbers of IL-27(+) CD4(+) and IL-27(+) CD8(+) T cells have been found to be increased in tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) as compared with malignant pleural effusion (MPE). The objective of the present study was to investigate whether pleural IL-27(+) CD4(+) and IL-27(+) CD8(+) T cells can distinguish patients with TPE from those with MPE. Paired specimen of pleural fluid and peripheral ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate possible prognostic values of CD4+, CD8+ T-lymphocytes, CD4/CD8 ratio to clinical course of chickenpox in immunocompetent hosts. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a prospective study which included 69 immunocompetent patients with chickenpox who were addmited to Clinic for infectious disease, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, in a 18 month period. All patients ...

Background: Erythroderma is an inflammatory disorder. It has various differential diagnoses, among which one of the most important is mycosis fungoides. Erythroderma itself can be a challenging disorder. Diagnosis of a mycosis fungoides patient presenting with erythroderma specially requires a careful assessment of the peripheral blood. Studies such as CD markers can lead to a more accura...

Abstract There may be immunologic alternations during Tourette syndrome (TS) development. This study aimed to determine the immune function changes in different aspects (spleen or thymus index, plasma cytokines, and T cell) an 3,3′‐iminodipropionitrile (IDPN)‐induced rat model of TS. Male Sprague‐Dawley rats were assigned control TS groups. The group received intraperitoneal infections normal s...