Introduction: Pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1b and TNF- α have been suggested to be involved in the pathophysiology of depression. Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are also thought to influence immune functions and concentrations of cytokines. The aim of this study was to evaluate the status of serum IL-1b and TNF-α in depressed patients who were treated, not treated, or poisoned wit...

Objective: This work aimed of to review the implications anti-TNF-α therapy in COVID-19 patients associated with genetic polymorphism (TNF-α polymorphisms region-308) this pertinent cytokine Methodology: Electronic searches were carried out on PUBMED Central, BVS/BIREME, Web Science and The Cochrane Library aid key-words. Results: Twenty-six articles collected. Anti-TNF-α was interpreted evalua...

Introduction/Objective. The aim of our study was to retrospectively analyze data about efficacy and persistence on different anti-TNF? treatment in spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods. We analyzed SpA patients whose were entered into the Serbian national registry. All divided two groups: non-switcher (patients who treated with one anti-TNF?) switcher group (who has switched from first second third...

Objective: Stevioside is a natural non-caloric sweetener which has been reported to have anti-inflammatory activity.  The aim of  the present study was to examine in vitro and in vivo effects of  stevioside on rats  plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor- α (TNF-α),  interleukin-1β (IL-1β), TNF-α and IL-1β release from lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-stimulated rat peripheral blood mononuclear cells (P...

BACKGROUND Rasch analysis with a focus on Differential Item Functioning (DIF) is increasingly used for examination of psychometric properties of health outcome measures. To take account of DIF in order to retain precision of measurement, split of DIF-items into separate sample specific items has become a frequently used technique. The purpose of the paper is to present and summarise recent adva...