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Inulin Induces IL-10 Secretion and Increased FOXP3 Gene Expression in Human Per...
Amarante,Marla Karine; Ariza,Carolina Batista; Oliveira,Carlos Eduardo Coral de; Gualtieri,Karina de Almeida; Oda,Julie Massayo MaedaABSTRACT Inulin is an effective prebiotic and its potential in modulating systemic immunity have been proposed. A subpopulation of T cells, named T regulatory cells (Tregs), expressing the Forkhead boxP3 transcription factor are key mediators of peripheral tolerance and suppress undesirable immune responses. These Tregs can be induced by cytokine transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) and interleukin 10 (IL-10...
Involvement of transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGFβ1) cytokine and FOXP3 tra...
Vitiello,Glauco Akelinghton Freire; Guembarovski,Roberta Losi; Oliveira,Carlos Eduardo Coral de; Amarante,Marla Karine; Perim,Aparecida de LourdesHematological malignancies (HM) are a group of neoplastic diseases that arise from hematologic cell lineages. Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFβ1) is shown to negatively regulate normal and malignant hematopoiesis and, in immunological context, to promote T cell exhaustion and generation of regulatory T cells, which are shown to be deleterious in cancer, by the induction of transcription factor FOXP3 expre...
Detection of Lsr2 gene of Mycobacterium leprae in nasal mucus
Custodio,Luiz Antonio; Saito,Alexandre; Amarante,Marla Karine; Fujita,Thiago Cezar; Perim,Aparecida de Lourdes; Costa,Ivete Conchon; Felipe,IoniceIn the present study, nasal mucus from patients with leprosy were analyzed by PCR using specific primers for Lsr2 gene of Mycobacterium leprae. The presence of Lsr2 gene in the nasal mucus was detected in 25.80% of patients with paucibacillari leprosy, and 23.07% of contacts. Despite the absence of clinical features in the contact individuals, it was possible to detect the presence of Lsr2 gene in the nasal muc...
Detection of GBV-C/HGV RNA in cervico-vaginal smears from healthy individuals
Watanabe,Maria Angelica Ehara; Miquelão,Ana Karina Melim Benthien; Oliveira,Carlos Eduardo Coral de; Oliveira,Karen Brajão de; Nasser,Thiago FrancoThe purpose of the present study was to evaluate the sexual transmission of GBV-C/HGV, through RNA detection in cervicovaginal smears. Therefore the GBV-C/HGV RNA in cervicovaginal smears from apparently healthy women was investigated using routine proceedings for prophylactic screening to cervical cancer. GBV-C/HGV RNA was detected by reverse transcriptase and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Only one woman...