Objectives: To examine the kinetic ability of embryonic human epithelial INT-407 cells to
express messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) for various cytokines and chemokines in response …

Objectives: To report demographic and clinical data on 98 myasthenia gravis (MG) patients,
seen over 5 years (January 2014-December 2018). Methods: This was a retrospective, …

Background: The elevated plasma homocysteine level has been identified as a risk factor
for cerebrovascular diseases. This Hyperhomocysteinaemia occurs" in part" as a result of …

Infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) results in
diverse outcomes. The symptoms appear to be more severe in males older than 65 and …

Cytokines are signaling proteins that were first characterized as components of the immune
response, but have been found to have pleiotropic effects in diverse aspects of body function …

Interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) are proinflammatory
cytokines that are thought to play a role in bone remodeling, bone resorption, and …

Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability worldwide
and its burden is increasing rapidly in low-income and middle-income countries, many of …

Exposure of peripheral bloodmononuclear cellsto promastigotes of Leishmania aethiopica
derived from patients with the self-limiting, localized form of the disease (local cutaneous …

Chemokines are low-molecular-weight chemotactic cytokines that have been shown to play
a central role in the perivascular transmigration and accumulation of specific subsets of …

The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of the costimulatory molecules CD40
and CD40L in periodontal and bone cells in orthodontically treated and untreated teeth …