Hepatitis C virus(HCV) has a high propensity to establish chronic infections. Failure of HCV-infected individuals to activate effective antiviral immune responses is at least in part related to HCV-induced impairment ...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.30871158 and No.81170604;Outstanding Scientific Fund of Shengjing Hospital
AIM:To investigate the change in intestinal dendritic cell(DC)number in fulminant hepatic failure(FHF).METHODS:An animal model of FHF was created.Intestinal CD11b/c was detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blo...
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30972777) and the National Eleventh Five-Year Plan Key Program of Major Infectious Diseases (2012ZX10001003-002-020) (to H.Y.) of China.
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), not only inhibit viral replication, but also play an essential role in linking the innate and adaptive immune system. In this study, we explored the effects of human immunodefici...
Project partly supported by Technological Innovation Projectof the 4th Military Medical University (No CX02A024).
AIM: To examine if estrogen can affect the immune response at the dendriticcells (DCs) level in rats with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). METHODS: Lewis ratswere immunized with inoculum containing MBP...