Volume 2006 [71 articles]

• Serum IL-1β, IL-2, and IL-6 in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Children, Yasar Dogan, Saadet Akarsu, Bilal Ustundag, Erdal Yilmaz, and Metin Kaya Gurgoze
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 59206, 6 pages
• Olopatadine Suppresses the Migration of THP-1 Monocytes Induced by S100A12 Protein, Kazuya Kishimoto, Satoshi Kaneko, Kenji Ohmori, Tadafumi Tamura, and Kazuhide Hasegawa
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 42726, 5 pages
• Circulating Total and Active Metalloproteinase-9 and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythomatosus, Ewa Robak, Agnieszka Wierzbowska, Magdalena Chmiela, Liliana Kulczycka, Anna Sysa-Jędrejowska, and Tadeusz Robak
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 17898, 7 pages
• Spatiotemporal Pattern of Neuroinflammation After Impact-Acceleration Closed Head Injury in the Rat, Servan Rooker, Sebastian Jander, Jos Van Reempts, Guido Stoll, Philippe G. Jorens, Marcel Borgers, and Jan Verlooy
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 90123, 6 pages
• The Acute-Phase Proteins Serum Amyloid A and C Reactive Protein in Transudates and Exudates, Alessandra M. Okino, Cristiani Bürger, Jefferson R. Cardoso, Edson L. Lavado, Paulo A. Lotufo, and Ana Campa
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 47297, 6 pages
• Expression and Secretion of CXCL-8 and CXCL-10 From Mycobacterium Bovis BCG-Infected Human Epithelial Cells: Role of IL-4, Patricia Méndez-Samperio, Elena Miranda, and Abraham Vázquez
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 67451, 6 pages
• TLR2 Expression in Relation to IL-6 and IL-1β and their Natural Regulators Production by PMN and PBMC in Patients with Lyme Disease, Ewa Jablonska and Magdalena Marcinczyk
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 32071, 6 pages
• Detection of Salivary Interleukin 2 and Interleukin 6 in Patients With Burning Mouth Syndrome, Daria Simčić, Sonja Pezelj-Ribarić, Renata Gržić, Jelena Horvat, Gordana Brumini, and Miranda Muhvić-Urek
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 54632, 4 pages
• Similar Effects of General and Spinal Anaesthesia on Perioperative Stress Response in Patients Undergoing Haemorrhoidectomy, Unase Buyukkocak, Osman Caglayan, Cagatay Daphan, Kuzey Aydinuraz, Oral Saygun, Tahsin Kaya, and Fatih Agalar
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 97257, 5 pages
• Nutritional Status and Immune Functions in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients, Hayriye Sayarlioglu, Reha Erkoc, Cengiz Demir, Ekrem Dogan, Mehmet Sayarlioglu, Ahmet Faik Oner, and Imdat Dilek
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 20264, 4 pages
• Multiplex Bead Array Assay for Detection of 25 Soluble Cytokines in Blister Fluid of Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1, Claudia Heijmans-Antonissen, Feikje Wesseldijk, Renate JM Munnikes, Frank JPM Huygen, Patrick van der Meijden, Wim C. J. Hop, Herbert Hooijkaas, and Freek J. Zijlstra
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 28398, 8 pages
• Evaluation of Tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha, Interleukin-2 Soluble Receptor, Nitric Oxide Metabolites, and Lipids as Inflammatory Markers in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Flávia Ozorio Pereira, Tânia Silvia Frode, and Yara Santos Medeiros
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 39062, 7 pages
• Interleukin 6 and 8 Levels in Plasma and Fibroblast Cultures in Psoriasis, Anna Zalewska, Ewa Głowacka, Janina Wyczółkowska, Henryk Tchórzewski, Joanna Narbutt, and Anna Sysa-Jȩdrzejowska
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 81767, 6 pages
• Glutamate Receptors in Neuroinflammatory Demyelinating Disease, Christopher Bolton and Carolyn Paul
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 93684, 12 pages
• A Subgroup of First-Degree Relatives of Crohn's Disease Patients Shows a Profile of Inflammatory Markers in the Blood Which Is More Typical of Crohn's Disease Patients Than of Normal Individuals, Broide Efrat, Goren Iris, Hongbin Wang, Scapa Eitan, and Keisari Yona
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 74785, 4 pages
• Tubulointerstitial Macrophage Accumulation is Regulated by Sequentially Expressed Osteopontin and Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor: Implication for the Role of Atorvastatin, Shaojiang Tian, Guohua Ding, Ruhan Jia, and Guili Chu
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 12919, 9 pages
• Interleukin-1 Modulation of Human Placental Trophoblast Proliferation, Athip Nilkaeo and Suthinee Bhuvanath
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 79359, 6 pages
• Serum Leptin Is not a Diagnostic Marker for Familial Mediterranean Fever Attacks, Bülent Toy, Orhan Tarçın, Sait Bağcı, Yücel Üstündağ, Ali Inal, and Arzu Tiftikçi
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 62868, 5 pages
• Serum IL-18 Is Increased at Early Postburn Period in Moderately Burned Patients, Y. Kenan Coban and Murat Aral
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 16492, 4 pages
• NKT Cells in the Induced Sputum of Severe Asthmatics, Agnes Hamzaoui, Sana Cheik Rouhou, Hedia Graïri, Hanadi Abid, Jamel Ammar, Hanene Chelbi, and Kamel Hamzaoui
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 71214, 6 pages
• Myeloperoxidase Promoter Polymorphism −463G Is Associated With More Severe Clinical Expression of Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Disease, Wanda F. Reynolds, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Valérie Gausson, Marie-Noëlle Feuillet, Jean-Paul Bonnefont, Gérard Lenoir, Béatrice Descamps-Latscha, and Véronique Witko-Sarsat
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 36735, 8 pages
• Regulation of Annexin I in Rheumatoid Synovial Cells by Glucocorticoids and Interleukin-1, Eric F. Morand, Pam Hall, Paul Hutchinson, and Yuan H. Yang
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 73835, 6 pages
• Lymphocyte Subpopulations in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients, Figen Deveci, H. Handan Akbulut, Ilhami Celik, M. Hamdi Muz, and Fulya İlhan
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 89070, 6 pages
• JAK Inhibitors AG-490 and WHI-P154 Decrease IFN-γ-Induced iNOS Expression and NO Production in Macrophages, Outi Sareila, Riku Korhonen, Outi Kärpänniemi, Riina Nieminen, Hannu Kankaanranta, and Eeva Moilanen
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 16161, 7 pages
• Comparison of Effects of Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco “Maras Powder” Use on Humoral Immune System Parameters, Murat Aral, Hasan Cetin Ekerbicer, Mustafa Celik, Pınar Ciragil, and Mustafa Gul
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 85019, 4 pages
• Genetic Analysis of MEFV Gene Pyrin Domain in Patients With Behçet's Disease, Ahmet Dursun, Hatice Gul Durakbasi-Dursun, Ayse Gul Zamani, Zerrin Gülin Gulbahar, Recep Dursun, and Cengiz Yakicier
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 41783, 4 pages
• Testicular Nitric Oxide and Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances Levels in Obstructive Azoospermia: A Possible Role in Pathophysiology of Infertility, M. Murad Başar, Üçler Kisa, Devrim Tuğlu, Erdal Yilmaz, Halil Başar, Osman Çağlayan, and Ertan Batislam
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 27458, 5 pages
• Suppression of Carrageenan- and Collagen II-Induced Inflammation in Mice by Geranium Oil, Naho Maruyama, Hiroko Ishibashi, Weimin Hu, Shinichiro Morofuji, Shigeharu Inouye, Hideyo Yamaguchi, and Shigeru Abe
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 62537, 7 pages
• Unexpected Smoking-Linked High MMP-9 in Induced Sputum of Hazardous Dust-Exposed Workers, Yehuda Lerman, Abraham Moscovich, and Elizabeth Fireman
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 24827, 6 pages
• Expression of TNF-α and Related Signaling Molecules in the Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Sunil Kumar Raghav, Bhawna Gupta, Charu Agrawal, Ved P. Chaturvedi, and Hasi R. Das
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 12682, 5 pages
• Role of Interleukin-18 in Modulation of Oral Carcinoma Cell Proliferation, Athip Nilkaeo and Suthinee Bhuvanath
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 67120, 6 pages
• Nitric Oxide Levels in Patients with Psoriasis Treated with Methotrexate, Nilgun Solak Tekin, Nilsel Ilter, Banu Sancak, Muge Guler Ozden, and Mehmet Ali Gurer
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 16043, 5 pages
• Constitutive Expression of Functionally Active Protease-Activated Receptors 1 and 2 in Human Conjunctival Epithelial Cells, Timothy J. Nickel, Mohammad H. Kabir, Jaya Talreja, Daniel J. Stechschulte, and Kottarappat N. Dileepan
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 61359, 8 pages
• Circulating sCD138 and Some Angiogenesis-Involved Cytokines Help to Anticipate the Disease Progression of Early-Stage B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Dariusz Wołowiec, Jarosław Dybko, Tomasz Wróbel, Donata Urbaniak-Kujda, Bożena Jaźwiec, Beata Tomaszewska-Toporska, Katarzyna Kapelko-Słowik, Stanisław Potoczek, and Kazimierz Kuliczkowski
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 42394, 6 pages
• Regulated Spatial Distribution of Cyclooxygenases and Lipoxygenases in Crohn's Ulcer, Yao Mao, Jian'an Ren, and Jieshou Li
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 89581, 6 pages
• Systemic and Local CC Chemokines Production in a Murine Model of Listeria monocytogenes Infection, Marina Bubonja, Branka Wraber, Gordana Brumini, Ivana Gobin, Danijela Veljkovic, and Maja Abram
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 54202, 8 pages
• ApoE Polymorphism Is Associated With C-Reactive Protein in Low-HDL Family Members and in Normolipidemic Subjects, Juhani Kahri, Aino Soro-Paavonen, Christian Ehnholm, and Marja-Riitta Taskinen
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 12587, 5 pages
• Investigation of Midtrimester Amniotic Fluid Factors as Potential Predictors of Term and Preterm Deliveries, Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, Nikolaos Vrachnis, Evi Samoli, Stavroula Baka, George Alexandrakis, Karl-Philipp Puchner, Zoe Iliodromiti, and Demetrios Hassiakos
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 94381, 5 pages
• Elevated Circulating IL-1β and TNF-Alpha, and Unaltered IL-6 in First-Trimester Pregnancies Complicated by Threatened Abortion With an Adverse Outcome, Nicolaos Vitoratos, Constantinos Papadias, Emmanuel Economou, Evangelos Makrakis, Constantinos Panoulis, and George Creatsas
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 30485, 6 pages
• Effects of Thalidomide on the Expression of Adhesion Molecules in Rat Liver Cirrhosis, Peng Lv, Shelley Chireyath Paul, Yanjv Xiao, Shiquan Liu, and Hesheng Luo
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 93253, 10 pages
• The Relationship Between Serum Levels of Total IgE, IL-18, IL-12, IFN-γ and Disease Severity in Children With Atopic Dermatitis, Murat Aral, Ozer Arican, Mustafa Gul, Sezai Sasmaz, Sumeyra Alkis Kocturk, Ummugulsum Kastal, and Hasan Cetin Ekerbicer
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 73098, 4 pages
• Hyperglycemia in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Leads to Persistent Inflammation and Tissue Damage Following Uveitis Due to Reduced Levels of Ciliary Body Heme Oxygenase-1, Settimio Rossi, Michele D'Amico, Annalisa Capuano, Mary Romano, Pasquale Petronella, and Clara Di Filippo
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 60285, 6 pages
• Plasma Levels of t-PA and PAI-1 Correlate With the Formation of Experimental Post-Surgical Peritoneal Adhesions, Clara Di Filippo, Alessandro Falsetto, Vito De Pascale, Elisabetta Tufariello, Domenico De Lucia, Francesco Rossi, Michele D'Amico, and Antonio Cennamo
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 13901, 4 pages
• The Levels of Ghrelin, Leptin, TNF-α, and IL-6 in Liver Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma due to HBV and HDV Infection, Huseyin Ataseven, Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu, Nalan Kuzu, Mehmet Yalniz, Selman Celebi, Ahmet Erensoy, and Bilal Ustundag
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 78380, 6 pages
• Nitrooxyethylation Reverses the Healing-Suppressant Effect of Ibuprofen, Mandeep Kaushal, N. Gopalan Kutty, and C. Mallikarjuna Rao
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 24396, 7 pages
• Influence of Interleukin IL-2 and IL-12 + IL-18 on Surface Expression of Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors KIR2DL1, KIR2DL2, and KIR3DL2 in Natural Killer Cells, Slawomir Chrul, Ewa Polakowska, Agnieszka Szadkowska, and Jerzy Bodalski
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 46957, 6 pages
• Is the Association Between TNF-α-308 A Allele and DMT1 Independent of HLA-DRB1, DQB1 Alleles?, Grażyna Deja, Przemysława Jarosz-Chobot, Joanna Polańska, Urszula Siekiera, and Ewa Małecka-Tendera
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 19724, 7 pages
• Flunisolide Decreases Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Nitrotyrosine Levels in Asthmatic Children, A. Bodini, D. G. Peroni, F. Zardini, M. Corradi, R. Alinovi, A. L. Boner, and G. L. Piacentini
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 31919, 4 pages
• Neutrophilic Cell-Free Exudate Induces Antinociception Mediate by the Protein S100A9, Rosana L. Pagano, Mario Mariano, and Renata Giorgi
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 36765, 6 pages
• Application of Intracellular Alkaline Phosphatase Activity Measurement in Detection of Neutrophil Adherence In Vitro, Katarzyna Bednarska, Magdalena Klink, and Zofia Sulowska
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 19307, 8 pages
• LIF Upregulates Expression of NK-1R in NHBE Cells, Cheng-Ping Hu, Jun-Tao Feng, Yu-Ling Tang, Jin-Qi Zhu, Min-Juan Lin, and Ming-En Yu
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 84829, 8 pages
• Detection of Erythropoietin in Exhaled Breath Condensate of Nonhypoxic Subjects Using a Multiplex Bead Array, Christian Schumann, Kathy Triantafilou, Stefan Krueger, Vinzenz Hombach, Martha Triantafilou, Gunther Becher, and Philipp M. Lepper
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 18061, 5 pages
• Serum Endothelin-1 and Transforming Growth Factor-β Levels in the Newborns With Respiratory Distress, Derya Benzer, A. Denizmen Aygun, Ahmet Godekmerdan, A. Nese (Citak) Kurt, Saadet Akarsu, and Erdal Yilmaz
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 85432, 5 pages
• Adjusting Effects of Baicalin for Nuclear Factor-κB and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α on Rats With Caerulein-Induced Acute Pancreatitis, Dongbo Xue, Weihui Zhang, Yingmei Zhang, Haiyang Wang, Biao Zheng, and Xingye Shi
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 26295, 6 pages
• The Evaluation of the Role of Beta-Hydroxy Fatty Acids on Chronic Inflammation and Insulin Resistance, A. S. Soydan, H. S. Dokmetas, M. Cetin, A. Koyuncu, E. Kaptanoglu, and H. Elden
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 64980, 6 pages
• Effects of Ginkgo biloba Extract on Inflammatory Mediators (SOD, MDA, TNF-α, NF-κBp65, IL-6) in TNBS-Induced Colitis in Rats, Yan-Hong Zhou, Jie-Ping Yu, Yi-Fei Liu, Xiao-Jun Teng, Mei Ming, Peng Lv, Ping An, Shi-Quan Liu, and Hong-Gang Yu
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 92642, 9 pages
• Exhaled Nitric Oxide is Decreased by Exposure to the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Environment, Zudin A. Puthucheary, Jia Liu, Michael Bennett, Barbara Trytko, Sharron Chow, and Paul S. Thomas
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 72620, 6 pages
• Simultaneous analysis of cytokines and co-stimulatory molecules concentrations by ELISA technique andof probabilities of measurable concentrations of interleukins IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, CXCL8 (IL-8), IL-10, IL-13 occurring in plasma of healthy blood donors, Klabusay Martin, Kohutova Viera, Coupek Petr, Nenickova Marie, and Tesarova Eva
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 65237, 7 pages
• Soluble CD40 Ligand Levels in Otherwise Healthy Subjects With Impaired Fasting Glucose, Ilker Tasci, Teoman Dogru, Alper Sonmez, Halil Genc, Selim Kilic, Abdullah Olgun, Mahmut Gok, Gokhan Erdem, and Selahattin Erikci
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 32508, 5 pages
• Relationship Between Human Leucocyte Antigen Class I and Class II and Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria Associated With Aspirin and/or NSAIDs Hypersensitivity , Maria Luisa Pacor, Gabriele Di Lorenzo, Pasquale Mansueto, Nicola Martinelli, Maria Esposito-Pellitteri, Paola Pradella, Laura Uxa, Gaetana Di Fede, GiovamBattista Rini, and Roberto Corrocher
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 62489, 5 pages
• Theaflavin Ameliorates Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats Through Its Anti-Inflammatory Effect and Modulation of STAT-1, Fei Cai, Cai-Rong Li, Ji-Liang Wu, Jian-Guo Chen, Chao Liu, Qing Min, Wei Yu, Chang-Han Ouyang, and Jin-He Chen
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 30490, 9 pages
• Interleukin-10 in the Pathophysiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Increased Serum Concentrations During the Recovery Phase, Keiichi Mitsuyama, Nobuo Tomiyasu, Kosuke Takaki, Junya Masuda, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Kotaro Kuwaki, Teiko Takeda, Shigehiko Kitazaki, Osamu Tsuruta, and Michio Sata
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 26875, 7 pages
• Serum Adipokine and Ghrelin Levels in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, Mehmet Yalniz, Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu, Huseyin Ataseven, Bilal Ustundag, Fulya Ilhan, Orhan K. Poyrazoglu, and Ahmet Erensoy
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 34295, 5 pages
• The Quantitative Analysis of bFGF and VEGF by ELISA in Human Meningiomas, Yves Denizot, Rafael De Armas, François Caire, Jean Jacques Moreau, Isabelle Pommepuy, Véronique Truffinet, and François Labrousse
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 36376, 3 pages
• Modification of Cɛ mRNA Expression by EBV-Encoded Latent Membrane Protein 1, Kazuhiko Hanashiro, Shigeto Ohta, Masanori Sunagawa, Mariko Nakamura, Mikio Suzuki, and Tadayoshi Kosugi
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 68069, 7 pages
• Balance Between Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines in Mice Treated With Centruroides noxius Scorpion Venom, Vera L. Petricevich
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 54273, 11 pages
• IL-10 in Antilipopolysaccharide Immunity Against Systemic Klebsiella Infections, Tomislav Rukavina, Brigita Ticac, and Vanja Vasiljev
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 69431, 5 pages
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Temporomandibular Joint Synovial Fluid Predicts Treatment Effects on Pain by Intra-Articular Glucocorticoid Treatment, Lars Fredriksson, Per Alstergren, and Sigvard Kopp
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 59425, 7 pages
• Down-Regulation of Tristetraprolin Expression Results in Enhanced IL-12 and MIP-2 Production and Reduced MIP-3α Synthesis in Activated Macrophages, Ulla Jalonen, Riina Nieminen, Katriina Vuolteenaho, Hannu Kankaanranta, and Eeva Moilanen
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 40691, 8 pages
• Close Functional Coupling Between Ca²⁺ Release-Activated Ca²⁺ Channels and Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Murine Macrophages, Sheng-Wei Jin, Li Zhang, Qin-Quan Lian, Shang-Long Yao, Ping Wu, Xiao-Yan Zhou, Wei Xiong, and Du-Yun Ye
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 36192, 8 pages
• Serum Levels of Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinase 2 in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis With Duration More Than 2 Years: Correlation With Cardiac and Pulmonary Abnormalities, Amira Shahin, Amani Elsawaf, Shahira Ramadan, Olfat Shaker, Mona Amin, and Mohamed Taha
  Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 38458, 6 pages