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Propolis and the immune system: a review
J.M. Sforcin∗
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biosciences Institute, UNESP, 18618-000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
Abstract Propolis
has been used empirically for centuries and it was always mentioned as
an immunomodulatory agent. In recent years, in vitro and in vivo assays
provided new information concerning its mechanisms of action, thus a
review dealing with propolis and the immune system became imperative.
This review compiles data from our laboratory as well as from other
researchers, focusing on its chemical composition and botanical
sources, the seasonal effect on its composition and biological
properties, its immunomodulatory and antitumor properties, considering
its effects on antibody production and on different cells of the immune
system
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Neuropeptide S: Anatomy, Pharmacology, Genetics and Physiological Functions
Rainer K. Reinscheid
Program
in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Department of
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine,
360 Med Surge 2, Irvine, CA 92697-4625, USA rreinsch@uci.edu
Results
Probl Cell Differ (46) O. Civelli, Q.-Y. Zhou: Orphan G Protein-Coupled
Receptors and Novel Neuropeptides DOI 10.1007/400_2007_051/Published
online: 19 January 2008 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Abstract
Neuropeptide
S (NPS) is one of the most recent examples of a neurotr
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Disease resistance of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, following the dietary administration of a yeast culture food supplement
Joseph E. Burgents, Karen G. Burnett * , Louis E. Burnett
Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston, 205 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, USA Received 19 February 2003; received in revised form 20 August 2003; accepted 2 September 2003
Aquaculture 231 (2004) 1 –8 D 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Abstract
A yeast culture feed supplement (Diamond V XP Yeast CultureR, Diamond V Mills, Cedar Rapids, Iowa [IA]) was assessed for its impact on disease resistance in the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Animals were fed a standard shrimp pellet diet supplemented with 0% (control with 1% grain carrier), 0.5% (with 0.5% carrier), or 1.0% XP
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INFLUENCE OF DIMERIZED LYSOZYME (KLP-602) ON THE IMMUNE RESPONSES INDUCED BY FUROGEN VACCINE IN RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS)Andrzej K. Siwicki 1,3, Peter Klein2, Krzysztof Kazuń3, Marc Morand4, Edward Głąbski3, Sylwia Trapkowska1 1Department of Microbiology and Clinical Immunology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland 2Nika Health Products Ltd, NJ, USA 3Department of Fish Pathology and Immunology, Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn, Poland 4Laboratoire Veterinaire Departemental, Conseil General du Jura, France Copyright © Wydawnictwo Akademii Rolniczej we Wroclawiu, ISSN 1505-0297 Electronic Journal of Polish Agricultural Universities ABSTRACT
In the present study the possible stimulation of nonspecific and specific immune response after immunization induced by immersion Furogen (Aqua Health Ltd) vaccine were analysed in ra
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The Stimulation of Cytokine-like Proteins in Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Orally Treated with ß-1, 3-glucan
N. CHANSUE¹, M. ENDO², T. KONO² and M. SAKAI²*
¹Veterinary Medical Aquatic Animal Research Center Faculty of Veterinary Science Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330 Thailand
²Faculty of Agriculture Miyazaki University Miyazaki, 889-2192 Japan
Asian Fisheries Science 13(2000): 271-278 Asian Fisheries Society, Manila, Philippines
Abstract
The stimulation of tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a), interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß), interleukin-10 (IL-10) or interleukin-12 (IL-12)-like proteins using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was investigated in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) orally treated with ß-1,3-glucan (ßG) for five days. The stimulation of each cytokine were determined in the plasma of tilapia orally t
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Immunostimulant Patch Enhances Immune Responses to Influenza Virus
Vaccine in Aged Mice
Mimi Guebre-Xabier, Scott A. Hammond, Larry R. Ellingsworth, and Gregory M. Glenn*
IOMAI Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Received 26 November 2003/Accepted 5 March 2004
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, July 2004, p. 7610–7618
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
Improvement in the immune response to influenza virus vaccination in the elderly represents the primary unmet need in influenza virus vaccination. We have shown that topical application of immunostimulating (IS) patches containing heat-labile enterotoxin of Escherichia coli (LT) enhances immune responses to injected vaccines. We extend these findings and show that LT-IS patch application enhances the antibody responses to influenza virus vaccination
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Efficacy of Benzalkonium Chloride as an Antibacterial and Immunostimulant
in Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man)
M. GOSWAMI and K.P. PRASAD*
Fish Health Management Lab Central Institute Of Fisheries Education Seven Bungalows, Versova, Mumbai 400061, India
Asian Fisheries Science 13(2000): 279-285 Asian Fisheries Society, Manila, Philippines
Abstract
During the last decade many improvements have taken place in aquaculture, especially in prawn and shrimp farming. The shift from extensive to intensive and semi-intensive farming has brought about an increase in disease outbreaks, especially by bacteria. To control these diseases, antibiotics have been used indiscriminately. To avoid the use of antibiotics and the development of resistant strains of bacteria, we studied the efficacy of benzalkonium chloride (BKC), a quaternary ammoniu
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In Vivo Activity of Released Cell Wall Lipids of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Gue´rin Is Due Principally to Trehalose Mycolates¹
Rachel E. Geisel, Kaori Sakamoto, David G. Russell, and Elizabeth R. Rhoades²
The Journal of Immunology 2005, 174: 5007–5015.
Copyright © 2005 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.
Abstract
The hallmark of Mycobacterium-induced pathology is granulomatous inflammation at the site of infection. Mycobacterial lipids are potent immunomodulators that contribute to the granulomatous response and are released in appreciable quantities by intracellular bacilli. Previously we investigated the granulomagenic nature of the peripheral cell wall lipids of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Gue´rin (BCG) by coating the lipids onto 90 m diameter microspheres that were mixed into Matrigel matri
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Role of Trehalose Dimycolate in Recruitment of Cells and Modulation of Production of Cytokines and NO in Tuberculosis
VALE ´RIA M. F. LIMA¹, VANIA L. D. BONATO¹, KARLA M. LIMA¹, SANDRA A. DOS SANTOS¹, RUBENS R. DOS SANTOS¹, EDUARDO D. C. GONC¸ALVES¹, LUCIA H. FACCIOLI², IZAIRA T. BRANDA ˜O¹, JOSE ´M. RODRIGUES-JUNIOR³, AND CE ´ LIO L. SILVA¹
Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Medicine of Ribeira˜o Preto¹, and School of Pharmacy of Ribeira˜o Preto², University of Sa˜o Paulo, Ribeira˜o Preto, SP, and Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG³, Brazil
Received 18 September 2000/Returned for modification 4 December 2000/Accepted 29 May 2001
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Fibrinogen-Coated Droplets of Olive Oil for Delivery of Docetaxel to a Fibrin(ogen)-Rich Ascites Form of a Murine Mammary Tumor
Charity M¹. Einhaus¹, Andre O. Perrotta¹, Andrew C. Retzinger¹, Michael D. Dentler¹,
Abhijeet S. Jakate², Pankaj B. Desai², and Gregory S. Retzinger¹
¹Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the ²College of Pharmacy, the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Clinical Cancer Research Vol. 10, 7001–7010, October 15, 2004
ABSTRACT
Micronized droplets of olive oil loaded with docetaxel and coated with functional fibrinogen were administered intraperitoneally to mice bearing the fibrin(ogen)-rich ascites form of the TA3/St mammary tumor. When compared with docetaxel administered intraperitoneally as its co
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