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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…
Moonika H. Marana, Jiwan K. Chettri, Jakob Skov, Inger Dalsgaard, Per W. Kania, Kurt Buchmann
Experimental infection of fish for vaccine efficacy studies is associated with several limitations. Administration of live bacteria with the purpose of causing disease in fish can be performed by co-habitation, immersion or injection. We have developed a new…
Helin Feng, Jianfa Xu, Ning Zhang, Tianshu Gu, Lishi Wang, Cheng Tian, Yan Jiao, Karen Hasty, Weikuan Gu, Qingyi Liu
Because of genetic complex and variations of auto antibodies of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in different populations, the data on the association of HLA-DRB1 alleles in anti-citrullinated protein antibody of (ACPA) RA were inconsistent. The purpose of the study…
Ghada El-Saeed Mashaly, Amr Mohamed El-Sabbagh, Samah Sabry El-Kazzaz, Islam Nour
Mannose binding lectin (MBL) is an important component of innate immunity particularly in neonates whose adaptive immunity is not fully developed. Polymorphism in MBL2 gene promoter and exon1 determines MBL serum level and function. The aim of this study was…
Rzgar M. Jaafar, Maki Ohtani, Per W. Kania, Kurt Buchmann
Immune cells in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss comprise granulocytes (neutrophils, basophils and eosinophils), macrophages/monocytes and lymphocytes (B- and T-cells). These cellular elements occur early during the ontogenetic development of trout and allow…
J. M. Banda, B. O. P. Musa, G. C. Onyemelukwe, S. O. Shittu, A. A. Babadoko, A. G. Bakari, A. I. Mamman, A. Sarkin-Pawa, Surajudeen A. Junaid
Background: Eclampsia, the occurrence of generalized convulsion(s) in association with signs of preeclampsia [PE] (hypertension and proteinuria) in pregnancy has remained a significant public threat in Nigeria, contributing to maternal and perinatal morbidity…
Anna Stern, Erika Lindberg, Forough L. Nowrouzian, Agnes E. Wold, Sofia Östman
Microbial stimulation in early childhood may be necessary for proper maturation of the immune system. Infants colonized with Staphylococcus aureus have low risk of developing food allergy. Neonatal exposure to staphylococcal superantigen improves oral toleran…
Verónica Molina, Marta Médici, Julio Villena, Graciela Font, María Pía Taranto
Ageing is associated with several anatomical and physiological changes of the organism, and the increase in global elderly population promotes the research to develop strategies to improve their quality of life. In this work, we characterized the immunologica…
Andrey N. Glushkov, 1 1, Elena G. Polenok, Valentin A. Ustinov
It was supposed that lung and breast cancer risks significantly increased when the levels of serum immunoglobulins A antibodies against benzo[a]pyrene and estradiol increased together, but did not separately. However, the cancer risks dramatically decreased w…
Shi Feng, Ling Wang, Supayang P. Voravuthikunchai, Zhang Liang, Aihua Liu, Fukai Bao
Isoforskolin (ISOF) was isolated from Coleus forskohlii native to Yunnan in China. It is identified as one analog of diterpene forskolin (FSK) which comes from the Indian plant Coleus forskohlii . Researches found that the Yunnan native plant Coleus forskohli…
Eric D. Bruder, John O. Richards, Karen M. Michel, Martin Oaks
The effector functions elicited by the fragment crystallizable (Fc) region of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies are subject to variation by the presence of terminal sialic acid (Sia) residues at asparagine-297 (Asn-297). We have previously shown that the sial…
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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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