Volume 16, Issue 1 (2020) | American Journal of Immunology

NCCRP-1 Might Not be a Marker of so Called NCC Cells in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Leukocytes

Mazal Shimon-Hophy — 2020-03-26

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 26 March 2020; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2020.1.7

The purpose of this study was to verify whether NCCRP-1 is a marker of a unique type of cells in teleost, so-called NCC, or an ubiquitin, like in cytotoxic cells. Therefore, common carp peripheral blo...

Consumption of an Extremely Biodiverse Probiotic and a Supplement based on Microbial Chondroitin Sulfate is Associated with Very Low Serum Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (Nagalase) Activity and Decrease of C-reactive Protein Values

Michael Carter — 2020-04-22

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 22 April 2020; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2020.8.18

We describe the case of a 57-years-old male healthy professional who added to his nutritional plan a novel, extremely biodiverse, probiotic and a supplement based on microbial chondroitin sulfate, vit...

Blood-Circulating Type 2 Follicular Helper T Cells in Pediatric Allergy Patients

Masaaki Hamada — 2020-06-18

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 18 June 2020; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2020.19.26

Pediatric allergic diseases are primarily caused by an IgE-dependent immunological reaction. Despite studies reporting the involvement of T follicular Helper (TfH) cells, especially type 2 TfH cells, ...

A Reasonable Outcome with Systemic Corticosteroids in a Case of Ibuprofen Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

Elif Güdeloğlu — 2020-09-04

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 4 September 2020; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2020.27.30

Both Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) are idiosyncratic severe mucocutaneous reactions, usually to drugs or infections, characterized by blistering and epithelial sl...

Effects on the Immune System of a Three-Month Consumption of an Extremely Diverse Probiotic Yogurt: Decrease of Serum Alpha-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase Activity, Detoxification and Gut Microbiota Normalization

Jerry Blythe — 2020-10-22

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 22 October 2020; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2020.31.41

In this study, we describe the changes associated with the consumption of an extremely biodiverse probiotic yogurt in a 55-year-old female from South Vietnam. In August 2019, the subject voluntarily e...