Interkeukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) is comprised of three different subunits (α, β, and γ chain) and is expressed on B cells and NK cells besides T cells. CD25 is also known as the IL-2Rα chain on cell membranes, while soluble IL-2R (sIL-2R) is generated by the proteolytic cleavage of the IL-2Rα chain. Levels of sIL-2R in sera are monitored as a marker of disease activity in patients with lymphoma. ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of local administration of platelet rich plasma (PRP) on peripheral nerve regeneration in rat sciatic nerve transection model. METHODS Forty-five male white Wistar rats were randomized into three experimental groups (n=15): Normal control group (NC), silicon group (SIL), PRP treated group (SIL/PRP). In NC group left sciatic nerve was exposed through a glutea...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation (LT) is the main problem of most transplant programs. We aimed at assessing the antiviral activity and safety of intravenous silibinin (SIL) administered daily during the peri-transplant period. METHODS This was a single-centre, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study including 14 HCV-infected patient...

SIL (SPRITE Input Language) is developed as an intermediate format between a variety of specification languages and a number of input formats of synthesis tools and silicon compilers. The second aim in its development was to get a useful language backbone for transformational design, Therefore, SIL is based on a formal semantical model and on only a small number of basic concepts. Transformatio...

The authors studied the time-dependent association between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) among women enrolled in a cohort study in Brazil (1993-2002), using repeated Papanicolaou cytologic examination and HPV testing by polymerase chain reaction. Through simulation with conceivable alternative cohort designs, they investigated different regressi...

BACKGROUND Cytokines are and may be used as therapeutic targets in cancer therapy. In breast cancer, interleukin (IL)-6 is associated with different features of tumor biology like metastasis, certain stages, and decreased survival. It is now an established fact that signaling via the soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R) («transsignaling») is an important process in the IL-6 machinery. METHODS AND R...

OBJECTIVE The objective was to investigate the way that various surface treatments could influence the bond strength of the repair of methacrylate (MC) and silorane (SIL) composites. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 160 MC and SIL cylindrical specimens were polymerized and aged in artificial saliva solution for 7 days. Depending on the following surface treatment (diamond bur or air abrasion)...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a pleiotropic cytokine which increases bcl-2 levels and protects cells from steroid or doxorubicin-induced apoptosis. Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells bear functional IL-10 receptors. Thus serum IL-10 (sIL-10) might inhibit apoptosis in HRS cells, which could occur as a result of either chemotherapy or the crippled immunoglobulin genes. ...

To investigate soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R) levels in nasal allergy, the sera and nasal secretions from patients with nasal allergy and from healthy subjects were subjected to a double-epitope enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Significant elevation of sIL-2R concentrations in the sera and nasal secretions was observed in the allergy patients (n = 26) compared with those of healthy subjects (...