JoVE Immunology and Infection
Gavin I. Ellis, Mary Catherine Reneer, Alejandra Catalina Vélez-Ortega, Andrea McCool, Francesc Martí
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky
We describe a method for generating regulatory, memory and naïve T cells from a single human blood donor. Polarized Tregs can be then compared to other subsets in a variety of genetic and functional applications with genetic homogeneity, including a suppression assay also detailed here.
Revista Española De Enfermedades Digestivas : Organo Oficial De La Sociedad Española De PatologÃa Digestiva. May, 2001 | Pubmed ID: 11488113
Revista Española De Enfermedades Digestivas : Organo Oficial De La Sociedad Española De PatologÃa Digestiva. Apr, 2001 | Pubmed ID: 11488126
Revista Española De Enfermedades Digestivas : Organo Oficial De La Sociedad Española De PatologÃa Digestiva. Sep, 2001 | Pubmed ID: 11767440
Anales De Medicina Interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984). Mar, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 12756901
We present a 35 years-old man with fever related leishmania infection as the first complication of a previously undiagnosed cirrhosis. Diagnosis of leishmaniasis is often complicated. Clinical and therapeutical aspects are commented.
GastroenterologÃa Y HepatologÃa. Oct, 2003 | Pubmed ID: 14534016
Budd-Chiari syndrome consists of complete or partial obstruction of the hepatic veins. Many treatment options are available; new interventional radiology techniques may play an important role as an alternative to surgical shunting.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. Feb, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22242615
Identification of predictors in the natural history of cirrhosis is based on determinations at a fixed time point. However, changes of these predictors may offer more information. To evaluate the predictive value of Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) and hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) and their changes in cirrhosis.