Search Results - "ISTURIZ, M"
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The oxidative stress induced in vivo by Shiga toxin‐2 contributes to the pathogenicity of haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-09-2013)“…Summary Typical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) is caused by Shiga toxin (Stx)‐producing Escherichia coli infections and is characterized by thrombotic…”
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Tolerance to lipopolysaccharide promotes an enhanced neutrophil extracellular traps formation leading to a more efficient bacterial clearance in mice
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-04-2012)“…Summary Tolerance to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) constitutes a stress adaptation, in which a primary contact with LPS results in a minimal response when a second…”
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Mifepristone (RU486) restores humoral and T cell‐mediated immune response in endotoxin immunosuppressed mice
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-12-2010)“…Sepsis and septic shock can be caused by Gram‐positive and ‐negative bacteria and other microorganisms. In the case of Gram‐negative bacteria, endotoxin, a…”
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Differential effects of glucocorticoids in the establishment and maintenance of endotoxin tolerance
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-02-2010)“…Gram-negative infections can result in endotoxic shock, which is the most common cause of death in intensive care units. Most of the undesirable effects in…”
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Relevance of neutrophils in the murine model of haemolytic uraemic syndrome: mechanisms involved in Shiga toxin type 2‐induced neutrophilia
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-10-2006)“…Summary It has been demonstrated that infections due to Shiga toxins (Stx) producing Escherichia coli are the main cause of the haemolytic uraemic syndrome…”
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Fibrinogen Promotes Neutrophil Activation and Delays Apoptosis
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (01-02-2001)“…The acute phase of the inflammatory response involves an increase in the concentrations of different plasma proteins that include fibrinogen (Fbg) and multiple…”
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Interleukin‐1β induces in vivo tolerance to lipopolysaccharide in mice
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-05-2002)“…SUMMARY Endotoxin or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) tolerance may be partially due to the secretion of potent anti‐inflammatory cytokines following severe…”
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Endogenous glucocorticoids modulate neutrophil function in a murine model of haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-01-2005)“…Summary Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) is caused by Shiga‐toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Although, Shiga toxin type 2 (Stx2) is responsible for…”
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Endogenous glucocorticoids attenuate Shiga toxin‐2‐induced toxicity in a mouse model of haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-02-2003)“…SUMMARY The concept that during an immune challenge the release of glucocorticoids (GC) provides feedback inhibition on evolving immune responses has been…”
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Immune complex–FcγR interaction modulates monocyte/macrophage molecules involved in inflammation and immune response
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-08-2003)“…SUMMARY The interaction between receptors for the Fc portion of IgG (FcγRs) from monocytes/macrophages and immune complexes (IC) triggers regulatory and…”
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Pretreatment of mice with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or IL‐1β exerts dose‐dependent opposite effects on Shiga toxin‐2 lethality
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-01-2000)“…Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) has been closely associated with infection with a group of Shiga toxin‐producing enterohaemorrhagic Eschericchia coli in…”
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Depletion of liver and splenic macrophages reduces the lethality of Shiga toxin‐2 in a mouse model
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-06-1999)“…The haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) is a clinical syndrome consisting of haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal insufficiency. HUS is the most…”
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Shiga Toxin-2 Induces Neutrophilia and Neutrophil Activation in a Murine Model of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Published in Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) (01-06-2000)“…It has been demonstrated that infections due to Shiga toxins (Stx) producing Escherichia coli are the main cause of the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)…”
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Immune complexes (IC) down‐regulate the basal and interferon‐γ‐induced expression of MHC Class II on human monocytes
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-08-2001)“…The interaction of Fc receptors for IgG (FcγRs) on monocytes/macrophages with immune complexes (IC) triggers regulatory and effector functions. Previous…”
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Monocytes and neutrophils from tuberculosis patients are insensitive to anti‐inflammatory effects triggered by the prototypic formyl peptide N‐formyl‐methionyl‐leucyl‐phenylalanine (FMLP)
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-08-2003)“…SUMMARY Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis where formyl peptides, which are cleavage products of bacterial and…”
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N‐formyl‐methionyl‐leucyl‐phenylalanine (fMLP) inhibits tumour necrosis factor‐alpha (TNF‐α) production on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‐stimulated human neutrophils
Published in Clinical and experimental immunology (01-07-1998)“…During Gram‐negative infections bacterial components, such as LPS and formylated peptides, exert profound physiological effects on polymorphonuclear…”
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Inhibition of allospecific response in pancreatic islet transplantation: The glycan approach
Published in Transplantation proceedings (2005)“…Host resistance has precluded clinical islet transplantation from becoming a consistent therapy for type I diabetic patients, mainly due to both specific and…”
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Treatment with liposome-encapsulated clodronate as a new strategic approach in the management of immune thrombocytopenic purpura in a mouse model
Published in Blood (15-10-2000)“…Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease related to the presence of elevated levels of platelet-associated immunoglobulin, or…”
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Macrophage derived signalling regulates negatively the megakaryocyte compartment
Published in Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) (2004)“…Megakaryocytopoiesis is the process by which stem cells go through a process of commitment, proliferation and differentiation leading to the production of…”
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Deferoxamine reduces tissue injury and lethality in LPS-treated mice
Published in International journal of immunopharmacology (01-08-2000)“…We studied the effect of deferoxamine (DFX), an iron chelator, which can also act as a free radical scavenger, in an experimental murine model of sepsis. In…”
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