Dendritic cells (DCs) are the only professional antigen-presenting cells endowed with the ability to stimulate naı¨ve T cells and initiate a primary immune response. For this reason, DC-based immunization has been shown ...

Crude and partially purified somatic (S) and excretorysecretory (ES) antigens of Fasciola hepatica were subjected to Western blot analysis in order to identify polypeptides that would enable specitic and sensitive immu ...

Hemocyanin, the oxygen transporter metallo-glycoprotein from mollusks, shows strong relationship between its notable structural features and intrinsic immunomodulatory effects. Here we investigated the individual contribution ...

Background Effective glycoconjugate vaccines against Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, W-135, and Y have been developed, but serogroup B remains a major cause of severe invasive disease in infants and adolescents ...

Monoclonal antibodies or fusion proteins, defined as biological drugs, have modified the natural history of numerous immune-mediated disorders, allowing the development of therapies aimed at blocking the pathophysiological ...

Preeclampsia is a high-prevalence systemic pregnancy disorder associated with maternal and foetal mortality. Its pathogenesis is unknown, but it is thought that oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction may play a ...

Background: Growth hormone (GH) producing adenomas, frequently express several hormones. This condition could confer them a higher proliferative capacity. Ki-67 is a nuclear protein antigen that is a marker for proliferative ...

© 2016, Universidad de la Frontera. All rights reserved.With the purpose of carrying out a diagnosis of the different pathologies that affect the salmon fry stage (Salmo salar) and analyze the regeneration phases of the ...

The study of cell surface antigens in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has provided the basic information for classification of ALL into B cell or T cell lineage. Each immunologic type may present at an immature or more ...