Abstract—Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease that remains a health concern. The Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) is a blood test to find out if an individual is tuberculous positive or negative. This study applies statistical analysis to the clinical data of interferon-gamma levels of seventythree subjects who diagnosed pulmonary TB in an anti-tuberculous treatmen...

We report that Xenopus laevis oocytes can efficiently translate and insert heterologous membrane receptors into the oocyte plasma membrane, where they can be detected by the binding of either monoclonal antibodies or ligands. Thus, oocytes injected with mRNA from the mouse J774 macrophage-like cell line, the rat RBL-1 basophilic leukemia, and the U937 promonocyte cell line, bound 2.4G2 Fab, rat...

A combination of genetic factors and early life events is thought to determine the vulnerability of an individual to develop a complex neurodevelopmental disorder like schizophrenia. Pharmacogenetically selected, apomorphine-susceptible Wistar rats (APO-SUS) display a number of behavioral and pathophysiological features reminiscent of such disorders. Here, we report microarray analyses revealin...

IMPORTANCE It remains unclear whether vitamin D insufficiency, which is common in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), has an adverse effect on MS outcomes. OBJECTIVES To determine whether serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), a marker of vitamin D status, predict disease activity and prognosis in patients with a first event suggestive of MS (clinically isolated syndrome...

BACKGROUND The ExtaviPro™ 30G autoinjector has been developed for self-administration of interferon beta-1b (Extavia®), which is used as a first-line, parenteral, disease-modifying therapy in multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this survey was to investigate patients' perceptions of the importance of different general attributes of autoinjectors, and patient preferences when comparing the Extav...

Clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in humans and chimpanzees is thought to be associated with the induction of strong T-cell responses. We studied four chimpanzees infected with HCV derived from an infectious full-length HCV genotype 1b cDNA. Two of the chimpanzees cleared the infection to undetectable levels for more than 12 months of follow-up; the other two became persistently in...

Teng, Xingwu, Hanfang Zhang, Connie Snead, and John D. Catravas. Molecular mechanisms of iNOS induction by IL-1b and IFN-g in rat aortic smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 282: C144–C152, 2002;—In rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMC), interferon (IFN)-g enhanced nitrite accumulation and type II nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) protein expression induced by interleukin (IL)-1b. IFN-g a...

The majority of asthma exacerbations are caused by rhinovirus. Currently the treatment of asthma exacerbations is inadequate. Previous evidence suggests that macrolide antibiotics have anti-inflammatory and anti-viral effects however the mechanism is unknown. We investigated the anti-rhinoviral potential of macrolides through the induction of anti-viral gene mRNA and protein. Primary human bron...

The majority of asthma exacerbations are caused by rhinovirus. Currently the treatment of asthma exacerbations is inadequate. Previous evidence suggests that macrolide antibiotics have anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects; however, the mechanism is unknown. We investigated the anti-rhinoviral potential of macrolides through the induction of antiviral gene mRNA and protein. Primary human bron...

hepatitis c virus (hcv) envelope glycoprotein-2 (e2) inhibits the interferon (ifn)–induced, double –stranded rna activated protein kinase (pkr) via pkr eukaryotic initiation factor-2α phosphorylation homology domain (pephd). present study examined the genetic variability of the pephd in patients receiving interferon therapy. the pephd region from hcv genotype 1a/1b infected patients receiving i...