Volume 2007 [59 articles]

• In Memoriam of Iván Lásló Bonta (1922–2007), Freek J. Zijlstra
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 38283, 2 pages
• No Correlation Exists between Disease Activity and the Expression of Killer-Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Toshiaki Kogure, Takeshi Tatsumi, Atsushi Niizawa, Hiroshi Fujinaga, Tomoyuki Ito, Yutaka Shimada, and Katsutoshi Terasawa
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 65179, 4 pages
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha and Interleukin 6 in Human Periapical Lesions, Ivana Brekalo Pršo, Willy Kocjan, Hrvoje Šimić, Gordana Brumini, Sonja Pezelj-Ribarić, Josipa Borčić, Silvio Ferreri, and Ivana Miletić Karlović
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 38210, 4 pages
• The Level of hs-CRP in Coronary Artery Ectasia and Its Response to Statin and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Treatment, Yilmaz Ozbay, Mehmet Akbulut, Mehmet Balin, Hidayet Kayancicek, Adil Baydas, and Hasan Korkmaz
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 89649, 4 pages
• Accumulation of Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein in Psoriatic Skin and Changes of Plasma Lipid Levels in Psoriatic Patients, Nilgun Solak Tekin, Ishak Ozel Tekin, Figen Barut, and Emine Yilmaz Sipahi
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 78454, 5 pages
• Leptin Levels in Various Manifestations of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Hakan Buyukoglan, Inci Gulmez, Fahrettin Kelestimur, Levent Kart, F. Sema Oymak, Ramazan Demir, and Mustafa Ozesmi
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 64859, 6 pages
• Antioxidant Mechanism is Involved in the Gastroprotective Effects of Ozonized Sunflower Oil in Ethanol-Induced Ulcers in Rats, Zullyt B. Zamora Rodríguez, Ricardo González Álvarez, Dailén Guanche, Nelson Merino, Frank Hernández Rosales, Silvia Menéndez Cepero, Yaima Alonso González, and Siegfried Schulz
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 65873, 6 pages
• Evaluation of C-Reactive Protein, Endothelin-1, Adhesion Molecule(s), and Lipids as Inflammatory Markers in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients, Hala El-Mesallamy, Salwa Suwailem, and Nadia Hamdy
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 73635, 7 pages
• Th1/Th2 Cytokine Ratio in Tissue Transudates from Patients with Oral Lichen Planus, Nelson L. Rhodus, Bin Cheng, and Frank Ondrey
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 19854, 5 pages
• Angiogenic Factor Expression in Hepatic Cirrhosis, Alexandra Giatromanolaki, Stamatia Kotsiou, Michael I. Koukourakis, and Efthimios Sivridis
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 67187, 4 pages
• Plasma Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha and Interleukin-6 in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, N. Konuk, I. O. Tekın, U. Ozturk, L. Atik, N. Atasoy, S. Bektas, and A. Erdogan
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 65704, 5 pages
• Insights to Clinical Use of Serial Determination in Titers of Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Autoantibodies, Toshiaki Kogure, Takeshi Tatsumi, Hiroshi Fujinaga, Atsushi Niizawa, and Katsutoshi Terasawa
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 12367, 3 pages
• Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and Insulin in Normal and Growth-Restricted Mother/Infant Pairs, Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, Despina D. Briana, Dimitrios Gourgiotis, Maria Boutsikou, Karl-Philipp Puchner, Stavroula Baka, Antonios Marmarinos, and Dimitrios Hassiakos
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 42646, 6 pages
• Increased Endothelin-1 Levels of BAL Fluid in Patients with Behçet's Disease, Kamel Hamzaoui, Hanene Chelbi, Mariam Kamoun, Imen Ben Dhifallah, and Agnes Hamzaoui
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 93726, 6 pages
• Association of GST Genes Polymorphisms with Asthma in Tunisian Children, Chelbi Hanene, Lachheb Jihene, Ammar Jamel, Hamzaoui Kamel, and Hamzaoui Agnès
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 19564, 6 pages
• Calotropis procera Latex Extract Affords Protection against Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Freund's Complete Adjuvant-Induced Monoarthritis in Rats, Vijay L. Kumar and Sanjeev Roy
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 47523, 7 pages
• Resting Tension Affects eNOS Activity in a Calcium-Dependent Way in Airways, Eudoxia Kitsiopoulou, Apostolia A. Hatziefthimiou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis, and Paschalis-Adam Molyvdas
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 24174, 6 pages
• Expression of Selected Integrins and Selectins in Bullous Pemphigoid, Agnieszka Żebrowska, Anna Sysa-Jędrzejowska, Małgorzata Wągrowska-Danilewicz, Ewa Joss-Wichman, Anna Erkiert-Polguj, and Elżbieta Waszczykowska
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 31051, 7 pages
• Inhibitory Effect of Inflexinol on Nitric Oxide Generation and iNOS Expression via Inhibition of NF-κB Activation, Jae Woong Lee, Moon Soon Lee, Tae Hun Kim, Hwa Jeong Lee, Seong Su Hong, Young Hee Noh, Bang Yeon Hwang, Jai Seup Ro, and Jin Tae Hong
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 93148, 9 pages
• The Serum High-Sensitive C Reactive Protein and Homocysteine Levels to Evaluate the Prognosis of Acute Ischemic Stroke, Tahir Yoldas, Murat Gonen, Ahmet Godekmerdan, Fulya Ilhan, and Ednan Bayram
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 15929, 5 pages
• Plasma Interleukin-18 and Dendritic Cells in Males with Psoriasis Vulgaris, Aldona Pietrzak, Konrad Janowski, Grażyna Chodorowska, Anna Michalak-Stoma, Jacek Roliński, Anna Zalewska, Iwona Jastrzębska, Jacek Tabarkiewicz, Tomasz Paszkowski, Ewa Kapeć, and Dorota Krasowska
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 61254, 7 pages
• Protective Role of Genistein in Acute Liver Damage Induced by Carbon Tetrachloride, Nalan Kuzu, Kerem Metin, Adile Ferda Dagli, Fatih Akdemir, Cemal Orhan, Mehmet Yalniz, Ibrahim Hanifi Ozercan, Kazim Sahin, and Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 36381, 6 pages
• Proinflammatory Cytokine Gene Expression by Murine Macrophages in Response to Brugia malayi Wolbachia Surface Protein, Chantima Porksakorn, Surang Nuchprayoon, Kiwon Park, and Alan L. Scott
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 84318, 7 pages
• Serum Interleukin-6 in Patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome and Relationship with Depression and Perceived Pain, Qianming Chen, Juan Xia, Mei Lin, Hongmei Zhou, and Bingqi Li
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 45327, 4 pages
• Serum Leptin Levels in Patients with Ocular and Nonocular Behçet's Disease, F. Nilüfer Yalçındağ, Üçler Kısa, Figen Batıoğlu, Ali Yalçındağ, Özden Özdemir, and Osman Çağlayan
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 31986, 4 pages
• Serum TNF-Alpha Level Predicts Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Children, Katarzyna Zorena, Jolanta Myśliwska, Małgorzata Myśliwiec, Anna Balcerska, Łukasz Hak, Paweł Lipowski, and Krystyna Raczyńska
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 92196, 5 pages
• Pulmonary and Cardiorenal Cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1), -2 (COX-2), and Microsomal Prostaglandin E Synthase-1 (mPGES-1) and -2 (mPGES-2) Expression in a Hypertension Model, Zaher A. Radi and Robert Ostroski
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 85091, 8 pages
• Characterization of the De Novo Biosynthetic Enzyme of Platelet Activating Factor, DDT-Insensitive Cholinephosphotransferase, of Human Mesangial Cells, Alexandros Basilios Tsoupras, Elizabeth Fragopoulou, Tzortzis Nomikos, Christos Iatrou, Smaragdi Antonopoulou, and Constantinos Alexandros Demopoulos
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 27683, 10 pages
• Urinary Eosinophil Protein X in Children with Atopic Asthma, M. Nuijsink, W. C. J. Hop, P. J. Sterk, E. J. Duiverman, P. S. Hiemstra, and J. C. de Jongste
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 49240, 6 pages
• Maternal Plasma Procalcitonin Concentrations in Pregnancy Complicated by Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes, Andrzej Torbé
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 35782, 5 pages
• Curcumin (1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1, 6-heptadiene-3,5-dione) Blocks the Chemotaxis of Neutrophils by Inhibiting Signal Transduction through IL-8 Receptors, Masafumi Takahashi, Takatoshi Ishiko, Hidenobu Kamohara, Hideaki Hidaka, Osamu Ikeda, Michio Ogawa, and Hideo Baba
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 10767, 11 pages
• Perinatal Changes of Cardiac Troponin-I in Normal and Intrauterine Growth-Restricted Pregnancies, Nicoletta Iacovidou, Maria Boutsikou, Demetrios Gourgiotis, Despina D. Briana, Stavroula Baka, Venetia-Maria Vraila, Louiza Kontara, Demetrios Hassiakos, and Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 53921, 5 pages
• Antithrombotic and Antiatherosclerotic Properties of Olive Oil and Olive Pomace Polar Extracts in Rabbits, Nektaria Tsantila, Haralabos C. Karantonis, Despina N. Perrea, Stamatios E. Theocharis, Dimitrios G. Iliopoulos, Smaragdi Antonopoulou, and Constantinos A. Demopoulos
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 36204, 11 pages
• Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Flavonoids: Genistein, Kaempferol, Quercetin, and Daidzein Inhibit STAT-1 and NF-κB Activations, Whereas Flavone, Isorhamnetin, Naringenin, and Pelargonidin Inhibit only NF-κB Activation along with Their Inhibitory Effect on iNOS Expression and NO Production in Activated Macrophages, Mari Hämäläinen, Riina Nieminen, Pia Vuorela, Marina Heinonen, and Eeva Moilanen
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 45673, 10 pages
• Progesterone Prevents Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Intestinal Nuclear Factor kappa B Activation and Proinflammatory Cytokines Expression in Male Rats, Gang Chen, Jinxin Shi, Yasuo Ding, Hongxia Yin, and Chunhua Hang
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 93431, 7 pages
• Proinflammatory and Oxidative Stress Markers in Patients with Periodontal Disease, Ivan Borges Jr., Emília Addison Machado Moreira, Danilo Wilhem Filho, Tiago Bittencourt de Oliveira, Marcelo Barreto Spirelle da Silva, and Tânia Silvia Fröde
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 45794, 5 pages
• The Levels of Ghrelin, TNF-α, and IL-6 in Children with Cyanotic and Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease, Erdal Yilmaz, Bilal Ustundag, Yasar Sen, Saadet Akarsu, A. Nese Citak Kurt, and Yasar Dogan
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 32403, 5 pages
• The Effect of Emodin-Assisted Early Enteral Nutrition on Severe Acute Pancreatitis and Secondary Hepatic Injury, Gang Wang, Bei Sun, Yue Gao, Qing Hui Meng, and Hong Chi Jiang
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 29638, 8 pages
• Ozonation of Human Blood Induces a Remarkable Upregulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 and Heat Stress Protein-70, Velio Bocci, Carlo Aldinucci, Francesca Mosci, Fabio Carraro, and Giuseppe Valacchi
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 26785, 6 pages
• Administration of PDE4 Inhibitors Suppressed the Pannus-Like Inflammation by Inhibition of Cytokine Production by Macrophages and Synovial Fibroblast Proliferation, Katsuya Kobayashi, Toshio Suda, Haruhiko Manabe, and Ichiro Miki
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 58901, 9 pages
• Effects of a Combination of Thyme and Oregano Essential Oils on TNBS-Induced Colitis in Mice, Alexandra Bukovská, Štefan Čikoš, Štefan Juhás, Gabriela Il’ková, Pavol Rehák, and Juraj Koppel
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 23296, 9 pages
• Antimicrobial Activity Does Not Predict Cytokine Response to Adrenomedullin or Its Shortened Derivatives, Quratul Ann Hussain, Barry E. Sheehan, Ian J. McKay, and Robert P. Allaker
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 30987, 4 pages
• Radioiodine Labeled Anti-MIF McAb: A Potential Agent for Inflammation Imaging, Chao Zhang, Gui-hua Hou, Jian-kui Han, Jing Song, and Ting Liang
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 50180, 5 pages
• Lipopolysaccharide Binding Protein and sCD14 are Not Produced as Acute Phase Proteins in Cardiac Surgery, Manuela Kudlova, Pavel Kunes, Martina Kolackova, Vladimir Lonsky, Jiri Mandak, Ctirad Andrys, Karolina Jankovicova, and Jan Krejsek
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 72356, 6 pages
• The Immunohistochemistry Profile of Lymphocytic Gastritis in Celiac Disease and Helicobacter Pylori Infection: Interplay between Infection and Inflammation, Efrat Broide, Judith Sandbank, Eitan Scapa, Nimrod Alain Kimchi, Michael Shapiro, and Aaron Lerner
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 81838, 6 pages
• High Mobility Group Box 1 Protein Induction by Mycobacterium Bovis BCG, Péter Hofner, György Seprényi, András Miczák, Krisztina Buzás, Zsófia Gyulai, Katalin F. Medzihradszky, Ari Rouhiainen, Heikki Rauvala, and Yvette Mándi
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 53805, 8 pages
• Perinatal Plasma Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 Concentrations in Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Despina D. Briana, Maria Boutsikou, Stavroula Baka, George Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Gourgiotis, Karl Philipp Puchner, Dimitrios Hassiakos, and Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 65032, 5 pages
• Association of C-Reactive Protein, Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist and Adiponectin with the Metabolic Syndrome, Juha Saltevo, Mauno Vanhala, Hannu Kautiainen, Esko Kumpusalo, and Markku Laakso
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 93573, 8 pages
• Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor Is an Inducible Antimicrobial Peptide Expressed in Staphylococcus aureus Endophthalmitis, Victor E. Reviglio, Ruben H. Sambuelli, Alejandra Olmedo, Micaela Falco, Jose Echenique, Terrence P. O'Brien, and Irene C. Kuo
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 93857, 6 pages
• Inflammatory Marker but Not Adipokine Predicts Mortality among Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients, Yu-Che Tsai, Chien-Te Lee, Tiao-Lai Huang, Ben-Chung Cheng, Chien-Chun Kuo, Yih Su, Hwee-Yeong Ng, Chih-Chau Yang, Fong-Rong Chuang, and Shang-Chih Liao
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 19891, 5 pages
• Cytokine Release in HR-HPV(+) Women without and with Cervical Dysplasia (CIN II and III) or Carcinoma, Compared with HR-HPV(−) Controls, Aagje G. Bais, Ilse Beckmann, Patricia C. Ewing, Marinus J. C. Eijkemans, Chris J. L. M. Meijer, Peter J. F. Snijders, and Theo J. M. Helmerhorst
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 24147, 8 pages
• The Protecting Effects and Mechanisms of Baicalin and Octreotide on Heart Injury in Rats with SAP, Zhang Xiping, Tian Hua, Chen Hanqing, Chen Li, Wang Zhiwei, Wang Keyi, Yan Wei, Li Yun, Li Qingyu, He Qing, and Wang Fei
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 19469, 11 pages
• Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) Agonists Attenuate the Profibrotic Response Induced by TGF-β1 in Renal Interstitial Fibroblasts, Weiming Wang, Feng Liu, and Nan Chen
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 62641, 7 pages
• Protecting Effects of Dexamethasone on Thymus of Rats with Severe Acute Pancreatitis, Zhang Xiping, Chen Li, Lin Miao, and Tian Hua
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 72361, 9 pages
• Peritoneal Protein Losses and Cytokine Generation in Automated Peritoneal Dialysis with Combined Amino Acids and Glucose Solutions, H. L. Tjiong, F. J. Zijlstra, T. Rietveld, J. L. Wattimena, J. G. M. Huijmans, G. R. Swart, and M. W. J. A. Fieren
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 97272, 5 pages
• Mediators of Pruritus in Psoriasis, Adam Reich and Jacek C. Szepietowski
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 64727, 6 pages
• Recent Developments in 1,3-β-Glucan Biology: Proceedings of the 5th Glucan Symposium (Tokyo, December 8, 2006), Edited by Rylander
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 79648, 12 pages
• Serum IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α Levels in Early Diagnosis and Management of Neonatal Sepsis, A. Nese Citak Kurt, A. Denizmen Aygun, Ahmet Godekmerdan, Abdullah Kurt, Yasar Dogan, and Erdal Yilmaz
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 31397, 5 pages
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha in Peripical Tissue Exudates of Teeth with Apical Periodontitis, Sonja Pezelj-Ribarić, Karolina Magašić, Jelena Prpić, Ivana Miletić, and Zoran Karlović
  Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 69416, 4 pages