antibacterial/necrosis

Well-defined polysaccharides, such as beta1-4-linked D-mannuronic acid (poly[M]) derived from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, induce monocytes to produce tumor necrosis factor (TNF) through a pathway involving membrane CD14. In this study we have investigated the effects of soluble CD14 (sCD14),

Tumor necrosis factors (TNFs) are a group of multifunctional inflammatory cytokines involved in various pathological and immune processes. Recently, a few primitive TNFs have been characterized from molluscs, which play important roles in modulating cell apoptosis, phagocytosis and production of

Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is a newly emerging shrimp disease that has severely damaged the global shrimp industry. AHPND is caused by toxic strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus that have acquired a "selfish plasmid" encoding the deadly binary toxins PirAvp/PirBvp To better

In invertebrates, innate immunity was the crucial defending pattern against pathogenic microorganisms. For the past few years, Toll or Toll like receptors (TLRs) signaling pathway was studied extensively in crustaceans. Among the components of Toll or Toll like receptors (TLRs) signaling pathway,

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the activity of Kupffer cells (KC) of control neonatal pigs and neonatal pigs treated with endotoxin and to compare activity of KC with that of pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAM). METHODS Kupffer cells and PAM obtained from 24 neonatal pigs (7 to 10 days old). METHODS Pairs

In vivo lipopolysaccharide (LPS) tolerance on bacterial infection was investigated, focusing on liver macrophages. LPS tolerance was induced by intraperitoneal injections with 5 μg/kg of LPS for 3 consecutive days, and then mice were intravenously infected with Escherichia coli. All LPS-primed mice

Infected patients are likely to have increased levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and may be treated with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). Recombinant human TNF-alpha activates polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) inflammatory activity. We examined the

In this study, recombinant human interleukin-6 (rIL-6) was tested for its ability to alter the resistance of mice to experimental Listeria monocytogenes infection. Single bolus or repeated injections of rIL-6 by itself did not increase antilisteria resistance. When rIL-6 was injected in combination

OBJECTIVE This study's purposes were to: evaluate the antibacterial effect of chemomechanical instrumentation and a calcium hydroxide-based dressing in primary teeth with pulp necrosis secondary to trauma; and detect the presence of Fusobacterium nucleatum and black-pigmented rods in the canals of

Previous studies have suggested that, in vivo, activated T lymphocytes and neutrophils are important in immunity to nontypable Haemophilus influenzae. We now extend this work by showing that neutrophils pretreated with products of activated T lymphocytes or activated macrophages show significantly

We hypothesized that treatment of experimental sepsis with bactericidal antibiotics, known to enhance microbial toxin release, would alter tumor necrosis factor-alpha production and the hemodynamic response to the syndrome. In the rat, after cecal ligation and puncture (CLP), elevated serum TNF

UNASSIGNED The ability of Staphylococcus aureus to evade killing by human neutrophils significantly contributes to disease progression. In this study, we characterize an influential role for the S. aureus SaeR/S 2-component gene regulatory system in suppressing monocyte production of tumor necrosis

Innate defense against microbial infection requires the action of neutrophils, which have cytoplasmic granules replete with antibiotic proteins and peptides. Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) is found in the primary granules of adult neutrophils, has a high affinity for

In this study, the release of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI), which is stored in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL), was analyzed in a whole blood ex vivo system. Of the microbial products tested, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) most potently induced BPI release; FMLP, serum-treated

Endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS), a component of the gram-negative bacterial cell wall, induces carbohydrate dyshomeostasis and the release of proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) when administered to experimental animals. Bactericidal/permeability increasing