Volume 9, Issue 4 (2013) | American Journal of Immunology

Anti-Phosphatidylserine Antibodies in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi — 2013-09-21

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 21 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.96.100

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is the combined result of environmental factors and personal predispositions. Many factors play a role in AMI including anti-Phospholipid (aPL) antibodies, that may a...

A True New Gene: An Invertebrate Antibody Igkappa Gene

Michel Leclerc — 2013-09-24

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 24 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.101.102

The sea star Asterias rubens reacts specifically to the antigen: Horse-Radish Peroxydase (HRP) and produces an «antibody» anti-HRP.We had presented a candidate IgKappa gene corresponding to this l...

Physiological Effects of a Combination of Cinnulin with Probiotics

Vetvicka Vaclav — 2013-10-02

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 2 October 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.103.109

The search for an optimal combination of natural immunomodulators led us to study the biological effects of the combination of a cinnamon extract Cinnulin PF and probiotic LactoSpore. We found that th...

Magnum Opus: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats Biology and Prokaryotic Gene Silencing

Prem Saran Tirumalai — 2013-10-05

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 5 October 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.110.115

Gene Silencing was a technology that was established in eukaryotic system a decade ago and is being used as a research tool widely. However, prokaryotic gene silencing was not workable, till recently ...

Association of Anti-Phosphatidylcholine Antibodies with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Comparative Study

Abdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi — 2013-10-28

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 28 October 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.116.119

Many factors play a role in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). One those anti-Phospholipid (aPL) antibodies, that may act in the induction of immunological response leading to the development of AMI. ...

Effects of Gc-Macrophage Activating Factor in Human Neurons; Implications for Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Rodney Smith — 2013-11-06

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 6 November 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.120.129

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating disease of multifactorial aetiology characterized by immune system dysfunction, widespread inflammation, multisystemic neu...

Revealed «Oncologic Markers» in the Sea Star Antibody Response to Horse-Radish Peroxydase

Michel Leclerc — 2013-11-16

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 16 November 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.130.131

At least two genes found in the genome of Asterias rubens after immunizations to the antigen Horse-Radish Peroxydase (HRP), could play the role of oncologic markers: The first one (Igkappa chain V-V...

Actin Cytoskeleton and Related Proteins Role During Immune Cells Migration, Polarity and Activation: An Overview

Claudio Vieira da Silva — 2013-11-19

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 19 November 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.132.138

Immune cells migration, polarity and activation are essential during host immune response. Upon recognition of specific peptides presented by Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) molecules on Antigen Presen...

Evaluation of the Immune Response to T. verrucosum Vaccines

Rasha Nabil Zahran — 2013-11-21

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 21 November 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.139.147

Dermatophytosis is considered as one of the most important fungal skin disease affecting both humans and animals otherwise its importance as zoonotic disease. Treatment of ringworm in cattle is expens...

Protective Effect of N-Acetylcystiene Against Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Modulated Immune Responses in Male Albino Rats

Mohamed Mohamed Soliman — 2013-11-30

American Journal of Immunology, Published online: 30 November 2013; doi:10.3844/ajisp.2013.148.158

The protective effects of N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) against orally administered titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2) for 3 months on male albino rats were examined. Adult male albino rats were given sal...