Cell death due to necrosis results in acute inflammation, while death by apoptosis generally
does not. The effect of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) on the pattern of cell death induced by …

CD16+ monocytes are expanded in various inflammatory conditions. Recently it was
reported that CD16+ monocytes can be divided into two subsets with contrasting potential of …

METHODS: Twenty patients with mild AP (M-AP) and 15 with severe AP (S-AP) were
included in our study. Peripheral blood lymphocytes were examined at d 1-3, 5, 10 and 30 by …

Sulfur Mustard (SM) is a vesicant or blistering chemical warfare agent, for which there still is
no effective therapy. Endothelial cells are one of the major cellular targets for SM. The …

Objective The low number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has emerged
as a biomarker of cardiovascular (CV) risk in adults. Data regarding EPCs in paediatric …

Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the deadliest gynecological cancers, largely due to the fast
development of metastasis and drug resistance. The immune system is a critical component of …

INTRODUCTION Recent studies in a mouse model of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
demonstrated that inhibition of the programmed death receptor 1 (PD‑1)–PD‑L1 axis resulted …

Results In untreated HT children we observed an increased percentage of CD4+ CD161+
CD196+(7.1±3.5 vs. 3.7±1.8; p< 0.04) and CD4+ IL-17+(3.7±2.7 vs. 1.4±0.4; p< 0.01) Th17 …

Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) is the most active drug in the treatment of breast cancer. The aim
of this study was to investigate the interaction of doxorubicin and retinoids in the inhibition of …

Background Chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) is hypothesized to drive the lymphocyte migration
to central nervous system in flavivirus encephalitis, and the non-functional CCR5Δ32 …