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Developing a New Weapon Against HIV | BU Today | Boston University

Developing a New Weapon Against HIV | BU Today | Boston University | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Developing a New Weapon Against HIV: Since then she has specialized in genital tract immunology, examining how t...
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January 28, 2012 2:39 PM
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Oral HPV Infection Strikes Men More Than Women: Study - U.S. News & World Report

Oral HPV Infection Strikes Men More Than Women: Study - U.S. News & World Report | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
USA TODAYOral HPV Infection Strikes Men More Than Women: StudyU.S.
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January 27, 2012 3:39 PM
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2012 Digestive Physiology of Pigs Symposium—Call for Abstracts ...

This year's themes include Nutrient Digestion and Absorption, Manipulation of Digestion, Mucosal Immunity and Pathogenesis, and Methodologies and Their Application, to name a few. We have invited a number of ...
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World-leading Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Investigators Join enGene's ... - MarketWatch (press release)

World-leading Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Investigators Join enGene's ...MarketWatch (press release)Dr. D'Haens' main research interests are in the fields of IBD, mucosal immunology, gastrointestinal endoscopy and immunosuppression.
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Discovery and Characterization of Secretory IgD in Rainbow Trout ...

Discovery and Characterization of Secretory IgD in Rainbow Trout ... | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
However, catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is the only species of fish in which a secretory form of IgD has been characterized, and it occurs through the use of a dedicated δ-secretory exon, which is absent from all other species examined.
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Effect of Dendritic Cells from Intestinal Lamina Propria on Activation ...

Dendritic cells (DC) are the most important antigen presenting cells in intestinal mucosal immune system, however, its role in the initiation of PI-IBS is still uncertain.Aims To investigate the effect of DC from intestinal lamina propria on CD4~+...
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Hemispherx Biopharma Receives US Patent Office Notification of Two New Patents ... - GlobeNewsWire (press release)

Hemispherx Biopharma Receives US Patent Office Notification of Two New Patents ...GlobeNewsWire (press release)...
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Abstract Salivary gland transplant for dry eye - The Dry Eye Digest

We have evaluated transplantation of reduced submandibular glands for the treatment of severe keratoconjunctivitis sicca. Thirty-four rabbits were allocated into three groups: dry eye (controls, n=10), transplantation of whole ...
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Determination of IgG and IgA Antibodies against Native Gliadin is ...

Determination of IgG and IgA Antibodies against Native Gliadin is not Helpful for the Diagnosis of Coeliac Disease in Children Up to 2 Years of Age. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Jan 13;. Authors: Richter T, Bossuyt X, ...
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Competitive Interactions of Cancer Cells and Normal Cells via ...

Normal epithelial cells regulate the secretion of autocrine and paracrine factors that prevent aberrant growth of neighboring cells, leading to healthy development and normal metabolism. One reason for tumor initiation is ...
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January 17, 2012 12:14 PM
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Clues to Origin of Lung Cancer Begin to Emerge - MedPage Today

Clues to Origin of Lung Cancer Begin to Emerge - MedPage Today | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Clues to Origin of Lung Cancer Begin to EmergeMedPage TodayNote that in this study, miR-34c, a transcriptional target of p53, is downregulated when histology changes from normal mucosa to high-grade bronchial lesions.
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Relapsing Clostridium d... : Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Relapsing Clostridium d... : Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Goals: We aim to present a data detailing our success with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) an (RT @JCGjournal: New Article: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Relapsing Clostridium difficile Infection in 26 Patients: Meth...)...
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January 15, 2012 9:07 AM
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PLoS ONE: Establishing Human Lacrimal Gland Cultures with Secretory Function

PLoS ONE: Establishing Human Lacrimal Gland Cultures with Secretory Function | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
PLoS ONE: an inclusive, peer-reviewed, open-access resource from the PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE. Reports of well-performed scientific studies from all disciplines freely available to the whole world.
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January 29, 2012 2:51 PM
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Quantitation of SPLUNC1 in saliva with an xMAP particle-based antibody capture and detection immunoassay

Archives of Oral Biology, Volume 57, Issue 2, Pages 197-204, February 2012, Authors:Karl G. Kohlgraf; Abbey R. Ackermann; Kindra K. Burnell; Rupasree N. Srikantha; Sophie A. Joly; Jennifer A. Bartlett; Lokesh Gakhar; Georgia K.
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Video: Application of a Mouse Ligated Peyer's Patch Intestinal Loop ...

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The mucosal surface of the gastrointestinal tract is continuously exposed to them and occasionally to pathogens. The gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) play a key role for induction of the mucosal immune response to ...
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Watch video: aEliciting mucosal and systemic immunity with a novel mucosal adjuvant - Vaccine Nation - Strategy and innovation in vaccines

Watch video: aEliciting mucosal and systemic immunity with a novel mucosal adjuvant - Vaccine Nation - Strategy and innovation in vaccines | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Adjuvants – do they work? Yes! Let’s have a look at Dr Jakub K. Simon’s, presentation delivered at the ...
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January 25, 2012 10:58 AM
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Expression of TLR4 and IL-12 in the Hypertrophic Adenoids and ...

Methods:The specimens from 30 cases of puerile hypertrophic adenoids who underwent adenoidectomy, including 15 cases with and without secretory otitis media respectively, were collected. Meanwhile, the samples of tympanic cavity ...
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Studies on the Relationship between Tonsillitis and Class Switch ...

IgAN is therefore an immune complex disease that is caused by a poor mucosal immune response to chronic environmental antigen exposure, and tonsillar mononuclear cells play a important role in the pathogenesis of IgAN.
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Implications of nasopharynx-associated lymphoid tissue (NALT) in ...

BACKGROUND: Nasopharynx-associated lymphoid tissue (NALT) serves as an important inductive site for mucosal immunity in the upper respiratory tract. Despite its importance in the mucosal immune system, little is known ...
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January 21, 2012 10:39 AM
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Sjogren's Syndrome: An Update on Diagnosis and Management - Medscape

Sjogren's Syndrome: An Update on Diagnosis and ManagementMedscapeMechanisms of lymphoma development in systemic autoimmune disease: autoimmunity and lymphomagenisis.
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PolyMedix Defensin-Mimetic Antimicrobial Compounds Show Activity Against Oral ... - MarketWatch (press release)

PolyMedix Defensin-Mimetic Antimicrobial Compounds Show Activity Against Oral ... - MarketWatch (press release) | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
PolyMedix Defensin-Mimetic Antimicrobial Compounds Show Activity Against Oral ...MarketWatch (press release)The data were presented at the Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology in Santa Fe, New Mexico on January 17 and 18, 2012.
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Hemispherx Biopharma Receives U.S. Patent Office Notification of Two New ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Hemispherx Biopharma Receives U.S. Patent Office Notification of Two New ... - MarketWatch (press release) | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Hemispherx Biopharma Receives U.S. Patent Office Notification of Two New ...MarketWatch (press release)...
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January 19, 2012 5:59 AM
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Evaluation of a novel commercial rapid test for dengue diagnosis based on specific IgA detection

Evaluation of a novel commercial rapid test for dengue diagnosis based on specific IgA detection | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease, Volume 72, Issue 2, Pages 150-155, February 2012, Authors:Sergio Isaac de la Cruz Hernández; Silvia González Mateos; Hilario Flores Aguilar; Irma López Martinez; Celia Alpuche Aranda; Juan E.
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JCI - Altered CD4+ T cell homing to the gut impairs mucosal immune ...

The immune responses to the antigens encountered along the intestinal mucosa surfaces are mainly initiated in inductive sites of the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), Peyer's patches, and mesenteric lymph nodes.
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Th17 cells mediate clade-specific, serotype-independent mucosal ...

Notably, this heterologous, clade-specific protection was antibody independent, demonstrating the Th17 cell lineage confers a host advantage by providing heterologous mucosal immunity independent of serotype-specific ...
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