Rheumatoid factors (RFs), autoantibodies that bind to the Fc portion of IgG, are important in
the immune response. RF-committed B-cells exist in the circulating lymphocyte pool in a …

Viruses have 'studied'immunology over millions of years of coevolution with their hosts.
During this ongoing education they have developed countless mechanisms to escape from …

Vaccination of healthy adults with recombinant hepatitis B (rHB) vaccine fails to induce a
protective antibody response in a proportion of individuals. Imbalanced T‐helper (Th) 1/Th2 …

The pathogenic role of immune‐mediated mechanisms in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we report different cytokine expression …

AIM: To investigate the cellular defects by analyzing the (Th1/Th2) cytokine levels in vaccine
responders and non-responders. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) …

Immune mechanisms have important roles in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The
present study was conducted to evaluate the association of pulse wave velocity (PWV) with …

Background Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM) refers to cardiac dysfunction in patients with
liver cirrhosis, in the absence of other known cardiac disease. Methods Control group and …

The induction of strong cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) and humoral responses appear to be
essential for the elimination of persistently infecting viruses, such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC)
vasculitis have a higher mortality rate and more frequent incidence of cirrhosis than their …

С привлечением современных иммунологических методов исследования освещены
некоторые аспекты иммунопатогенеза персистентных вирусных инфекций …