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Immunomodulatory effect of photodynamic therapy in Galleria mellonella infected with Porphyromonas gingivalis
(2017-09-01)
Porphyromonas gingivalis is an important pathogen in the development of periodontal disease. Our study investigated if the treatment with antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) that employs a nontoxic dye, followed by ...
It only takes one to do many jobs: Amphotericin B as antifungal and immunomodulatory drug
(2012-12-01)
Amphotericin B acts through pore formation at the cell membrane after binding to ergosterol is an accepted dogma about the action mechanism of this antifungal, and this sentence is widely found in the literature. But after ...
Bellis perennis extract mitigates UVA-induced keratinocyte damage: Photoprotective and immunomodulatory effects
(2021-08-01)
A need exists for further research elucidating the benefits of environmentally safe photoprotective agents against ultraviolet (UV) exposure, and plant extracts represent a human-friendly alternative formulation. This study ...
Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit protects colon from TNBS-induced inflammation via immunomodulatory, antioxidant and anti-proliferative mechanisms
(2021-01-30)
Ethnopharmacological relevance: In folk medicine Hyptis suaveolens (Lamiaceae) has been reported to relieve respiratory and gastrointestinal infections, indigestion, cold, pain, fever, cramps, skin diseases, gastric ulcer ...
Potential immunomodulatory role of VIP in the implantation sites of prediabetic nonobese diabetic mice
(BioScientifica, 2009-07)
Among several factors known to modulate embryo implantation and survival, uterine quiescence and neovascularization, maternal immunotolerance through the Th1/Th2 cytokine balance towards a Th2 profile, local regulatory ...
Evaluation of Agaricus blazei in vivo for antigenotoxic, anticarcinogenic, phagocytic and immunomodulatory activities
(2011-04-01)
The development of various types of cancer results from the interaction among endogenous, environmental and hormonal factors, where the most notable of these factors is diet. The aim of the present study was to determine ...
TLR2- and 4-independent immunomodulatory effect of high molecular weight components from Ascaris suum
(Pergamon PressOxford, 2014-03)
Components of high molecular-weight (PI) obtained from Ascaris suum extract down-regulate the Th1/Th2-related immune responses induced by ovalbumin (OVA)-immunization in mice. Furthermore, the PI down-modulates the ability ...
Immunomodulatory effect of baculovirus in chickens: How it modifies the immune response against infectious bursal disease virus
(Elsevier Science, 2016-07)
Several reports have shown that baculoviruses (BVs) have strong adjuvant properties on the mammalian immune system. Recent studies of our group demonstrated the ability of BV to stimulate the innate immunity in chickens. ...
The administration of milk fermented by the probiotic Lactobacillus casei CRL 431 exerts an immunomodulatory effect against a breast tumour in a mouse model
(Elsevier Gmbh, 2014-02-25)
Antitumour activity is one of the health-promoting effects attributed to probiotics specially analysed from preclinical models, mostly murine. Here, the effect of milk fermented by the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus ...