Month: May 2015

Taurine attenuates inflammatory response following cerebral ischemia and reperfusion

Katarina B. Matthes 1, Felix D. Niggli, Toshihiko L. Wakabayashi*   Abstract Taurine is a kind of endogenous free amino acid in tissue and a potent antioxidant agent its function may in part be to adjust calcium homeostasis in cells, anti-oxidative stress, anti-inflammatory and cell protector but little is known about the expression or the role of […]

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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor protects against viridans streptococci infection by activation of immune system through IL-17RA signaling

Guowei Liang 1, David Lazenby 1, Jonathan D Groden 1, Xing Liu 1, 2, Suzan N Pretlow 1,  Mark H Mertens 1*   Abstract The majority of bacterial infections during neutropenia following high-dose chemotherapy or stem cell transplantation are caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci, a large number are due to viridans streptococci. Despite considerable progress in […]