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Open Journal of Immunology (OJI) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in immunology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of immunology. All…
Seikh Sahanawaz Alam, Siddhartha Narayan Joardar, Ashis Kumar Panigrahi, Thangapalam Jawahar Abraham, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Anupama Mukherjee
Information regarding molecular characteristics of leptin protein in different animal species in-cluding fish is scarce. With the aim of characterizing the native leptin protein of Indian major carprohu (Labeo rohita), at molecular level, the present study wa…
Jerome Wendoh, Rebecca Waihenya, Rosemary Saya, Elias Awino, Vishvannath Nene, Lucilla Steinaa
Theileria parva is a protozoan parasite that causes the disease East Coast fever in cattle which results in major economic losses in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. Efforts to generate vaccines involve measurements of cytotoxic activity since CD8 cells…
Amanda F. Dillow, Leah N. Cardwell, Tyler J. Smith, Brad D. Groppe, Brian A. Peterson, Maxwell A. Sickman, Brian K. Weaver
Interleukin-10 (IL-10) mediates an anti-inflammatory response that is executed through the expression of IL-10-induced genes. Certain IL-10-induced genes, exemplified by TNIP3, are induced by IL-10 only in conjunction with a pro-inflammatory signal. We sought…
Meika E. I. Richmond, Sandra A. Kiazyk, Lyle R. McKinnon, Billy Nyanga, Charles Wachihi, Makubo Kimani, Joshua Kimani, Francis A. Plummer, T. Blake Ball
Objectives: The definition of CD8+ T cell attributes that mediate protective immunity in HIV dis-ease progression has not been clearly defined. Although our ability to characterize these cells continues to improve, the extent to which specific memory phenotyp…
Abdel-Moneim Salim, Alaa Bassioni Ismael
In this study we explored the rabbit as an animal model for the congenital infection of schistosomiasis japonica and assessed the effect of a congenital S. japonicum infection on the resistance of rabbit kittens to a postnatal challenge infection. Kittens wer…
Sonia Néron, Annie Roy, Nathalie Dussault, Caroline Philipeau
Therapeutic immunoglobulins are used in the treatment of immunodeficiencies as well as several autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. These intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) represent the healthy human IgG repertoire, which can be reactive for both self and n…
Charu Shrestha, Ashita Uppoor, Dilip Nayak
Tobacco smoking has been found to be a major environmental factor associated with generalized forms of severe periodontitis. Altered serum and gingival crevicular fluid inflammatory cytokine profiles, immune cell function, and altered proteolytic regulations…
Ibrahim Musa Kida, Ballah Akawu Denue, Bukar Bakki, Baba Goni Waru, Mohammed Abdullahi Talle, Ibrahim Ummate, Salisu Aliyu Kwayabura, Ibrahim Shettima Kuburi, Haruna Yusuph
Although the distribution of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection has a wide regional variation, it is more common in Africa and Asia with high prevalence approaching 100% in some communities. CMV is a frequent opportunistic infection and major cause of morbidity…
T. I. Ryabichenko, A. N. Trunov, G. A. Skosyreva, E. P. Timofeeva, T. V. Kartseva, T. G. Kosianova
The cytokines’ levels of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory activity, levels of lactoferrin, of the circulating immune complexes and the level of antibodies to antigens of the native deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are investigated. The purpose of investigati…
Buenaventura Brito Díaz, Itahisa Marcelino Rodríguez, Delia Almeida González, María del Cristo Rodríguez Pérez, Antonio Cabrera de León
Adipocytes produce hormones and adipokines, among others leptin, with metabolic and inflammatory responses. The role of leptin involves different subsets of the immune system. Low levels of serum leptin concentrations are associated with bacterial infections…
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Open Journal of Immunology (OJI) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in immunology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of immunology. All… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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