doi: 10.18081/2333-5106/015-08/468-480 American Journal of BioMedicine Volume 3, Issue 8, pages 468-480 Published: August 17, 2015 Marchil Carden, Maria Granger, Marchil G. Rovere, Amanda Bron, Jimmy Fukumoto Abstract It has become evident that IL-13 is a key mediator in the pathogenesis of many diseases. IL-13 receptors are expressed on human B cells, basophils, eosinophils, […]
Month: August 2015
The relative effect of hypertension on stroke risk in women compared with men: random-effects meta-analysis
Hua Lee 1, Tong Sun, Mao Zhou, Yong Liu* Abstract It is well established that hypertension is the main risk factor for stroke and can cause stroke through many mechanisms. Many studies have been reported on whether the association between increments in blood pressure and cardiovascular disease differs between men and women. We performed a […]
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High-mobility group box-1 protein induce inflammatory response after pulmonary injury
Jingxian H Golemis 1, Laurie J Rudensky, Tania K Moltedo* Abstract High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a highly conserved non-histone chromosomal protein, was found to act as a potent proinflammatory cytokine and a mediator that participated in the development of systemic inflammatory response. Forty wild type C57BL/6 male (25-30gms) mice were randomly divided into […]
Role of alkaline protease in activation of viridans streptococci complement system pathway
Emily V Baker 1, David J Edwards, Rebecca B Schulz, Michael F Hirama* Abstract Viridans streptococci are a grouping of multiple streptococcal species which do not possess Lancefield antigens, are alpha-hemolytic, and result in infective endocarditis. Despite intensive care with antimicrobial therapy, the mortality has remained high for these infections and post infection squeal. All […]