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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…
Susana Salva, Yanina Kolling, Nicolás Argañaraz, María Pía Rocchia Novillo, María del Milagro Rocchia Novillo, Leonardo Albarracin, Jacqueline Charubi, Alejandra Casen, Nadia Gobbato, Mirta Rachid, Susana Alvarez, Haruki Kitazawa, Julio Villena, Juan Carlos Valdez
Elderly individuals, especially those with pre-existing conditions like type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), have a high risk for developing severe cases of COVID-19. The aim of this work was to characterize the alterations of blood immune cells (BIC) in patients…
Axel Soto-Muñoz, Rossanna Rodríguez-Canul
This study provided new data in the area of cross-reactivity for Pacific white shrimp ( Litopenaeus vannamei ). Although the cross-reactivity between the most prominent allergenic proteins of shrimp and other crustaceans has been extensively studied, few data…
Doudou Georges Massar Niang, Sidy Ka, Jacobus Hendricks, Doudou Diouf, Folly Mawulolo Gaba, Adame Diouf, Maimouna Diop, Moustapha Mbow, Babacar Faye, Rokhaya Ndiaye Diallo, Maguette Deme Sylla Niang, Ahmadou Deme, Babacar Mbengue, Alioune Dieye
We investigated relationship between galectin-3 (Gal-3) levels and T lymphocytes apoptosis and the activation rates in breast cancer during chemotherapy. We used plasma samples from 112 women classified into two groups: 70 women with breast cancer (BC) and su…
Mona M. Abdulwehab, Aziza A. Ahmed, Wafaa M. Elzefzafy, Reham Sabry, Abeer Mohammed Abdul-Mohymen
Background: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is a progressive disease that may result in chronic hepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis. Assessment of liver fibrosis is an essential factor in the management of chronic HCV. Objective: To evaluate plasma soluble Ur…
Nathalie Vacaresse, Alessandra Ferzoco, Dominik Filipp, Yutaka Amemiya, Arun Seth, David Andrews, Taroh Kinoshita, Michael Julius
Differential contributions of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor and GPI-anchored proteins (GPI-AP) to signalling remain poorly understood. Here we show that GPI-AP deficient murine clones produce on average 18 and 181-fold more IL-2 mRNA and prote…
Laura M. Reyes, Miriam Lastre, Maribel Cuello, Osmir Cabrera, Yusnaby Borrego, Raúl Ramos Pupo, Steve Black, Oliver Pérez
Introduction: Neisseria is a large genus of bacteria that colonize mucosal surfaces. Of the 11 species that colonize humans, only two are pathogens, N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae . Both are obligate human pathogens; the last is causal agent of gonorrhea…
Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima, Letícia Siqueira Moura, Jasna Leticia Pinto Paz, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Amador Silvestre, Daniele Melo Sardinha, Letícia Diogo de Oliveira Moura, Karla Valéria Batista Lima
Leprosy is an immunopathology caused by M. leprae ; its evolution depends on immunological and genetic aspects of the host. The objective was verifying the relationship between SNPs 2029 and 2258 of the TLR-2 gene and leprosy. Blood samples from 127 individua…
Ghada El-Saeed Mashaly, Samah Sabry El-Kazzaz, Mayada S. Zeid
Early diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) in pediatric patients is a prob-lem due to the absence of specific symptoms and difficulty in obtaining the proper urine sample. These difficulties increase the need for effective biomarker for UTI diagnosis in…
Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Amador Silvestre, Maxwell Furtado de Lima, Antônio G. P. Pereira, Aline Rodrigues Bernardo, Rafaela Lopes Diniz, Pedro Paulo Ferreira Ribeiro, Edimílson Domingos da Silva, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima
Introduction: In the Americas, Brazil contributes 91.63% of the total cases and the state of Pará still has high endemia for leprosy. Objective: To analyze the performance of a rapid test for the diagnosis and epidemiological surveillance of leprosy in endemi…
Folly Mawulolo Gaba, Babacar Mbengue, Maimouna Diop, Doudou Diouf, Sidy Ka, Doudou Georges Massar Niang, Ramatoulaye Ndiaye, Ibrahima Mounkeila Seydou, Jean Pascal Demba Diop, Moustapha Mbow, Rokhaya Ndiaye Diallo, Maguette Sylla Niang, Mbacké Sembene, Ahmadou Dem, Alioune Dieye
Background and Objectives: Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in female populations. It is a virally induced carcinoma resulting from sexually transmitted high risk Human Papillomavirus infections (e.g. HPV-16, HPV-18). Previous studies have s…
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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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