Current Issue October 2011, Vol. 42, No. 7

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Umbilical Cord Blood Cells CD133+/CD133− Cultivation in Neural Proliferation Media Differentiates Towards Neural Cell Lineages
October 2011(Vol. 42 | No. 7 | Pages 555-562)
Lucia Slovinska, Ivana Novotna, Miroslav Kubes, Jozef Radonak, Stanislava Jergova, Viera Cigankova, Jan Rosocha, Dasa Cizkova

Intranasal Anti-rabies DNA Immunization Promotes a Th1-related Cytokine Stimulation Associated with Plasmid Survival Time
October 2011(Vol. 42 | No. 7 | Pages 563-571)
Iris Angélica Feria-Romero, Karina Chávez-Rueda, Sandra Orozco-Suárez, Francisco Blanco-Favela, Fernando Calzada-Bermejo, Luis Chávez-Sánchez, Leticia Manuel-Apolinar, Rafael Hernández-González, Álvaro Aguilar-Setién, Emiliano Tesoro-Cruz

Immunomodulatory Activities of Chitin Microparticles on Leishmania major-infected Murine Macrophages
October 2011(Vol. 42 | No. 7 | Pages 572-576)
Fatemeh Dehghani, Mostafa Haji Molla Hoseini, Arash Memarnejadian, Farshid Yeganeh, Alireza Mokarram Rezaie, Vahid Khaze, Mandana Sattari, Hassan Darbandi Tamijani, Farzaneh Labibi, Nariman Mossaffa

Number of Microparticles Generated During Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stable Angina Correlates with Platelet Activation
03 February 2012
Ewa Stępień, Elżbieta Stankiewicz, Jarosław Zalewski, Jacek Godlewski, Krzysztof Żmudka, Iwona Wybrańska
Background and Aims: Elevated levels of circulating microparticles (MPs) have been reported in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and coronary artery disease. Platelet activation and infl...
Contribution of NAD(P)H Quinone Oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) Pro187Ser Polymorphism and Risks of Colorectal Adenoma and Cancer for Caucasians: A Meta-analysis
03 February 2012
Jing Chen, Yuan Lin, Ru Zhang, Zhi-jie Huang, Xing-guo Pan
Background and Aims: The effects of polymorphism of NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1 Pro187Ser, rs1800566) on the risks of colorectal adenoma and cancer have been widely studied and results rema...
Plasma Lipoprotein-associated Phospholipase A2 Is Inversely Correlated with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin-kexin Type 9
01 February 2012
Alexander Constantinides, Paul J.W.H. Kappelle, Gilles Lambert, Robin P.F. Dullaart
Background and Aims: Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) is a pro-atherogenic phospholipase A2, which is predominantly complexed to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles. Proprotein co...
Production of IL-10, TNF and IL-12 by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Mexican Workers Exposed to a Mixture of Benzene-Toluene-Xylene
01 February 2012
Luis Cuauhtémoc Haro-García, Cuauhtémoc Arturo Juárez-Pérez, Guadalupe Aguilar-Madrid, Nadia Mayola Vélez-Zamora, Sergio Muñoz-Navarro, Rommel Chacón-Salinas, Cesar Raúl González-Bonilla, Claudia Rosa Iturbe-Haro, Iris Estrada-García, Víctor Hugo Borja-Aburto
Background and Aims: Occupational exposure to low-level benzene and the joint action of toluene-xylene probably cause effects on circulating monocytes immune response. We undertook this study to deter...
Serum Chemokines RANTES and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in Egyptian Patients with Atopic Asthma: Relationship to Disease Severity
01 February 2012
Sahar Saad-El-Din Bessa, Gehan Hassan Abo El-Magd, Maaly Mohamed Mabrouk
Background and Aims: Asthma is a highly prevalent, complex inflammatory disease of the airways often associated with bronchial hyperreactivity and atopy. The chemokine RANTES (regulated upon activatio...

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