Bleomycin was administered to six patients with advanced cancer. Multiple parameters of both antibody- and cell-mediated immunity were followed serially to characterize the effects of bleomycin on immunocompetence in humans. Antibody-mediated immunity, including primary vaccination with keyhole limpet hemocyanin, was not depressed. While there was no significant suppression of cell-mediated imm...

Pheromones function not only as mate attractors, but they may also relay important information to prospective mates. It has been shown that vertebrates can distinguish, via olfactory mechanisms, major histocompatibility complex types in their prospective mates. However, whether pheromones can transmit information about immunocompetence is unknown. Here, we show that female mealworm beetles (Ten...

Schwann cells are the myelinating glial cells of the peripheral nervous system that support and ensheath axons with myelin to enable rapid saltatory signal propagation in the axon. Immunocompetence, however, has only recently been recognized as an important feature of Schwann cells. An autoimmune response against components of the peripheral nervous system triggers disabling inflammatory neurop...

Cellular immunocompetence was investigated in 17 cases of aortitis syndrome (3 active, 14 inactive stage). Both the active and inactive groups demonstrated significantly lower interleukin-2 (IL-2) production than healthy volunteers. The active aortitis syndrome group produced significantly more interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) than the inactive group. The proportion of CD11b+ CD8+ cells was signi...

a more valid cue to immunocompetence in human mate choice'. Correction to 'Adiposity, compared to masculinity, serves as a more valid cue to immunocompetence in human mate choice' There were two minuses missing in the Results section of the original article. The correlation between circulating testosterone levels and body adiposity is negative (r 69 ¼ 20.54, p , 0.001), not positive as previous...

a total of 160 day-old male broiler chickens (ross 308) were divided in a completely randomized design experiment, and assigned to 8 treatments and 4 replicates in their experimental units (cages). treatments included: t1: basal diet with no additional methionine, t2: basal diet plus 0.06, t3: basal diet plus 0.11, t4: basal diet plus 0.17 % of dl-methionine, t5: basal diet plus 0.06, t6: basal...