Pathogen-dependent induction of cytokines and other soluble inflammatory mediators during intramammary infection of dairy cows

DD Bannerman - Journal of animal science, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Mastitis is a highly prevalent and costly disease of dairy cows that is commonly caused by
intramammary bacterial infection. The innate immune response to bacterial penetration of …

Murine mast cells secrete a unique profile of cytokines and prostaglandins in response to distinct TLR2 ligands

S Mrabet‐Dahbi, M Metz, A Dudeck… - Experimental …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Mast cells (MCs) are important effector cells in host defense against bacteria. In the course
of a bacterial infection, MCs can be activated by various mechanisms, ie bacterial toxins …

High dose vitamin C supplementation increases the Th1/Th2 cytokine secretion ratio, but decreases eosinophilic infiltration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of …

HH Chang, CS Chen, JY Lin - Journal of Agricultural and Food …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Vitamin C is traditionally regarded to be beneficial for asthma, however the benefit is still
controversial. In the present study, high dose vitamin C was supplemented to ovalbumin …

Deoxynivalenol-induced cytotoxicity, cytokines and related genes in unstimulated or lipopolysaccharide stimulated primary porcine macrophages

S Döll, JA Schrickx, S Dänicke, J Fink-Gremmels - Toxicology letters, 2009 - Elsevier
The cytotoxicity of deoxynivalenol (DON) as well as the induction of cytokines and related
genes was investigated in porcine pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAM) in absence or …

Protective or pathogenic immune response to genital chlamydial infection in women—a possible role of cytokine secretion profile of cervical mucosal cells

T Agrawal, R Gupta, R Dutta, P Srivastava… - Clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
Little is known about genital mucosal immune response to chlamydial infection in women
with or without sequelae (Chlamydia positive women with or without fertility disorders as …

Host immune responses to chlamydial inclusion membrane proteins B and C in Chlamydia trachomatis infected women with or without fertility disorders

R Gupta, P Srivastava, H Vardhan, S Salhan… - Reproductive biology …, 2009 - Springer
Background With an increase in the number of putative inclusion membrane proteins (incs)
in chlamydial genomes, there is a need for understanding their contribution in host …

Modulation of cytokines and transcription factors (T-Bet and GATA3) in CD4 enriched cervical cells of Chlamydia trachomatis infected fertile and infertile women upon …

R Gupta, H Vardhan, P Srivastava, S Salhan… - Reproductive Biology …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Background Chlamydial Inclusion membrane proteins (Incs), are involved in
biochemical interactions with host cells and infecting Chlamydiae. We have previously …

Effects of remifentanyl and fentanyl on LPS-induced cytokine release in human whole blood in vitro

Y Wu, Y Wang, J Zhan - Molecular biology reports, 2009 - Springer
Aim The present study sought insight into the effects of remifentanyl and fentanyl on LPS-
induced release of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and IL-10 in human …

Nonresolving inflammation in gp91phox−/− mice, a model of human chronic granulomatous disease, has lower adenosine and cyclic adenosine 5′-monophosphate

R Rajakariar, J Newson, EK Jackson… - The Journal of …, 2009 - journals.aai.org
In chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), there is failure to generate reactive oxygen
metabolites, resulting in recurrent infections and persistent inflammatory events. Because …

Interleukin (IL)-10 inhibits RANTES-, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-and nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced mast cell migratory response but is not a mast cell …

A Pietrzak, A Misiak-Tłoczek, E Brzezińska-Błaszczyk - Immunology letters, 2009 - Elsevier
Interleukin (IL)-10 is an important immunoregulatory cytokine with multiple biologic effects
on different cell types. This cytokine also affects mast cell development, survival and activity …