Article: Patch test in Behcet's disease

Article: Increased endothelin-1 levels of BAL fluid in patients with Behcet's disease.(Clinical Study)(bronchoalveolar lavage)(Report)
Mediators of Inflammation;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of 18 nonsmoking BD patients with pulmonary manifestations and 12 control...purpose, ET concentration in BALF from BD patients was measured in BAL from active BD patients having pulmonary manifestation. 2. MATERIALS...

Article: Langerhans Cells Express Functional CXCR4.(Brief Article)
AIDS Weekly;  October 8, 2001 ;     398 words ......Greer, senior medical writer - Human Langerhans cells express a functional HIV coreceptor...epithelium of genital mucosae via Langerhans cells, explained Prof. Christian Genin and...cultured but not freshly isolated Langerhans cells has been described. Genin and research...

Article: Technetium-99m-HMPAO brain SPECT in Behcet's disease
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......propyleneamine oxime (HMPAO) SPECT findings in BD patients and eventually to detect CNS involvement...SPECT was performed on 33 consecutive BD patients. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation...cerebral blood flow abnormalities in BD patients presenting with neuropsychiatric ...

Article: Studies from University of Granada in the area of depression published.
Mental Health Weekly Digest;  August 25, 2008 ;     438 words ......of Life (QoL) of bipolar disorder (BD) patients with that of the general population; and, within the BD patients, to find the demographic and clinical...and the general population. Within BD patients, we analyzed the clinical and course-of-ill...

Article: New findings reported from C.L. Zhao and co-authors describe advances in Behcet disease.
Biotech Week;  October 29, 2008 ;     372 words ......disease (BD). Blood was taken from 23 active BD patients, 12 inactive BD patients, and 14 healthy controls. The clinical features...found in 56.5% and 25% of active and inactive BD patients, respectively. The responsiveness to S-Ag peptides...

Article: New advances offer insight about immune system
Dermatology Times;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Langerhans cell trafficking Langerhans cells play a critical role in a...HIV disease and psoriasis. "Langerhans cells act as the sentinel cell to sense adversity," Dr. Katz says. Langerhans cells are derived from bone marrow...

Article: Reports by A. Gorosova and co-researchers describe recent advances in veterinary research.
Veterinary Week;  November 24, 2008 ;     368 words ......research from Brno, Czech Republic, Langerhans cells belong to the skin-associated lymphatic...the bone marrow. The distribution of Langerhans cells was investigated in feline foetuses...epitope CD1a) was applied to localize Langerhans cells in the skin samples. The highest number...

Article: Studies from Yale University, Department of Dermatology have provided new data on life sciences.
Biotech Week;  March 18, 2009 ;     344 words ......immunity and tolerance: the role of Langerhans cells,' have been published. Langerhans cells are immature skin-homing dendritic...milieu. Dendritic cells, in particular Langerhans cells, are gaining prominence as one of the...

Article: Transplant rejection averted by simple light exposure in Stanford animal study.
Biotech Week;  May 26, 2004 ;     689 words ......able to effectively eliminate the Langerhans cells in transplanted mice by exposing them...Stanford scientists first suspected that Langerhans cells might have a major role in GVHD after...half-life and are frequently replaced. The Langerhans cells don't change unless they're ...

Article: Researchers from Ankara University detail new studies and findings in the area of thrombosis.(Report)
Blood Weekly;  October 23, 2008 ;     404 words ......to venous thrombosis in Behcet's disease (BD) patients. The study included 104 BD patients fulfilling the International Study Group...were not significantly different between BD patients and control group (p >0.05; 16.5% vs 8.3...

Article: New findings from Ankara University describe advances in Behcet disease.(Report)
Blood Weekly;  January 1, 2009 ;     428 words ......to venous thrombosis in Behcet's disease (BD) patients. The study included 104 BD patients fulfilling the International Study Group...were not significantly different between BD patients and control group (p >0.05; 16.5% vs 8.3...

Article: Ultraviolet light exposure prevents graft-versus-host disease in animal study.
Health & Medicine Week;  May 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ......able to effectively eliminate the Langerhans cells in transplanted mice by exposing them...Stanford scientists first suspected that Langerhans cells might have a major role in GVHD after...half-life and are frequently replaced. The Langerhans cells don't change unless they're ...

Article: New HIV/AIDS study results from INSERM described.
AIDS Weekly;  September 8, 2008 ;     409 words ......either by transcytosis or by uptake in Langerhans cells. Using human primary fibroblasts and...in-vitro model of vaginal mucosa in which Langerhans cells could also be integrated. Owing to...we specifically studied the role of Langerhans cells in HIV transmission and the ...

Article: Langerhans cell's EP4 receptor is responsible for allergic activation by PGE2.
Immunotherapy Weekly;  August 20, 2003 ;     313 words ......20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Langerhans cells migrate to regional lymph nodes following...are initiated by antigen uptake into Langerhans cells and the subsequent migration of these...report. Here we show that although Langerhans cells express all 4 PGE receptor subtypes...