Exotoxins and endotoxins: Inducers of inflammatory cytokines

JM Cavaillon - Toxicon, 2018 - Elsevier
Endotoxins and exotoxins are among the most potent bacterial inducers of cytokines. During
infectious processes, the production of inflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis …

Egypt's COVID-19 recent happenings and perspectives: a mini-review

ARA Saied, AA Metwally, NAB Madkhali… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has affected countries across the world. While the …

COVID-19 in Africa: Dampening the storm?

M Mbow, B Lell, SP Jochems, B Cisse, S Mboup… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly and extensively to most countries
in the world, resulting in considerable mortality in Europe and the United States, as well as …

Dynamic molecular changes during the first week of human life follow a robust developmental trajectory

AH Lee, CP Shannon, N Amenyogbe… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Systems biology can unravel complex biology but has not been extensively applied
to human newborns, a group highly vulnerable to a wide range of diseases. We optimized …

Progress of stimulus responsive nanosystems for targeting treatment of bacterial infectious diseases

N Yang, M Sun, H Wang, D Hu, A Zhang, S Khan… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent decades, due to insufficient concentration at the lesion site, low bioavailability and
increasingly serious resistance, antibiotics have become less and less dominant in the …

When a neonate is born, so is a microbiota

A Coscia, F Bardanzellu, E Caboni, V Fanos… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the role of human microbiota as a short-and long-term health promoter and
modulator has been affirmed and progressively strengthened. In the course of one's life …

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells in the eye

A Jamali, B Kenyon, G Ortiz, A Abou-Slaybi… - Progress in retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are a unique subpopulation of immune cells, distinct
from classical dendritic cells. pDCs are generated in the bone marrow and following …

Pathogen-specific T cell polyfunctionality is a correlate of T cell efficacy and immune protection

A Boyd, JR Almeida, PA Darrah, D Sauce, RA Seder… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Understanding the factors that delineate the efficacy of T cell responses towards
pathogens is crucial for our ability to develop potent therapies against infectious diseases …

Influence of age and other factors on cytokine expression profiles in healthy children—a systematic review

ML Decker, MP Grobusch, N Ritz - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cytokines have attracted much attention as diagnostic biomarkers for infectious and
inflammatory diseases in recent years. However, understanding of maturation and normal …

Next generation protein based Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccines

ME Pichichero, MN Khan, Q Xu - Human vaccines & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
All currently available Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) vaccines have limitations due to
their capsular serotype composition. Both the 23-valent Spn polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) …