concerns have been raised about the adverse impact of dusty air pollution (dap) on human health. the aim of this study was to find the association between dusty air pollution based on air quality index (aqi) and the risk of allergic diseases in southwestern provinces of iran, with assessing cytokine profiles and lymphocyte immunophenotypes.in this case control study 148 individuals participated...

celiac disease (cd) is now considered a multiple and systemic immune-mediate disorder triggered by the ingestion of wheat gluten and related proteins. following the discovery of a link between gluten and cd, it was demonstrated that gliadin, one of the two principal protein groups comprising gluten, plays a key role in cd. it has since become clear that the different and crucial roles of gliadi...

abstract background and aims: vitamins are essential constituents of our diet that longley have been known to influence the immune system. vitamin d3 and b9 have received particular attention in recent years as these vitamins have been shown to have an unexpected and crucial effect on the immune response. 1, 25(oh)2d3 metabolizing enzymes and vitamin d receptor (vdr) are present in many cell ty...

objectives: hypericum perforatum l. is a medicinal plant containing many polyphenolic compounds, ‎including flavonoids and phenolic acids with antidepressant and anti-inflammatory properties. ‎this study was investigated the effects of hypericum perforatum extract (hpe) on immunity, ‎body weight (bw), and spleen index (si) in rats.‎ materials and methods: a total of 24 wistar male rats were ran...

objective: saffron petal is a by-product that contains flavonoids and anthocyanins. in order to study the effects of saffron petal extract (spe) on blood parameters, immune system, and spleen histology, five treatments (n=6) were used in a completely randomized design. materials and methods: the treatments were 0, 75, 150, 225, and 450 mg/kg body weight of spe. the spe was injected intraperiton...

in order to evaluate the effects of chlorella on broiler performance and immune system, an experimentwas performed by using 80 ross 308 male broiler chicks. the experiment was accomplished incompletely randomized design including 5 treatments with 4 replication and 4 observations in eachreplicate. the basal diet was based on corn-soybean meal (control) and without any additives. agraded level o...

conclusions purified lps can be considered as a safe adjuvant and can be used as a component in prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines targeting infectious disease, cancer and allergies. results biochemical analysis data and sds-page profile showed that the chemical nature of s19 lps is different from rb51 lps. both s and r-lps induce an immune response. t-cell immune response induced by both s ...

an experiment was conducted to determine the effect of different levels of potato replacing maizeseed on performance characteristicsand immunes system of broiler chicken in a completely randomized design. a total of 220 broiler chicks were randomly assigned to 5 treatment groups, with 4 replicates of 11 birds each. the chicks in the first group were fed basal diet (control), 2nd and 3rd groups ...

in order to evaluate the effects of chlorella on broiler performance and immune system, an experimentwas performed by using 80 ross 308 male broiler chicks. the experiment was accomplished incompletely randomized design including 5 treatments with 4 replication and 4 observations in eachreplicate. the basal diet was based on corn-soybean meal (control) and without any additives. agraded level o...