Hossein Pourmontaseri, Niloofar Habibzadeh, Sarina Entezari, F. Samadian, Shamim Kiyani, M. Taheri, A. Ahmadi, M. Fallahi, Farzad Sheikhzadeh, Arina Ansari, Amirhossein Tamimi, N. Deravi
{"title":"Monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of acute lymphocytic leukemia: A literature review.","authors":"Hossein Pourmontaseri, Niloofar Habibzadeh, Sarina Entezari, F. Samadian, Shamim Kiyani, M. Taheri, A. Ahmadi, M. Fallahi, Farzad Sheikhzadeh, Arina Ansari, Amirhossein Tamimi, N. Deravi","doi":"10.3233/hab-211511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/hab-211511","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a type of blood cancer that is more prevalent in children. Several treatment methods are available for ALL, including chemotherapy, upfront treatment regimens, and pediatric-inspired regimens for adults. Monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) are the novel Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved remedies for the relapsed/refractory (R/R) adult ALL. In this article, we aimed to review studies that investigated the efficacy and safety of Mabs on ALL.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000We gathered studies through a complete search with all proper related keywords in ISI Web of Science, SID, Scopus, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and PubMed for English language publications up to 2020.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000The most commonly studied Mabs for ALL therapies are CD-19, CD-20, CD-22, and CD-52. The best results have been reported in the administration of blinatumomab, rituximab, ofatumumab, and inotuzumab with acceptable low side effects.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000Appling personalized approach for achieving higher efficacy is one of the most important aspects of treatment. Moreover, we recommend that the wide use of these Mabs depends on designing further cost-effectiveness trials in this field.","PeriodicalId":53564,"journal":{"name":"Human Antibodies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47549459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nahla Hussein, Esraa Ali, A. El-Hakim, A. Tabll, Asmaa El-Shershaby, Azza Salamony, M. Shaheen, Ibrahim Ali, Mahmoud Elshall, Y. Shahein
{"title":"Assessment of specific human antibodies against recombinant SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain by rapid in-house ELISA.","authors":"Nahla Hussein, Esraa Ali, A. El-Hakim, A. Tabll, Asmaa El-Shershaby, Azza Salamony, M. Shaheen, Ibrahim Ali, Mahmoud Elshall, Y. Shahein","doi":"10.3233/hab-220003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/hab-220003","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000The recently emerged SARS-CoV-2 caused a global pandemic since the last two years. The urgent need to control the spread of the virus and rapid application of the suitable health measures raised the importance of available, rapid, and accurate diagnostic approaches.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000The purpose of this study is to describe a rapid in-house optimized ELISA based on the expression of the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in a prokaryotic system.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000We show the expression of the 30 kDa recombinant SARS-CoV-2 RBD-6×His in five different E. coli strains (at 28∘C using 0.25mM IPTG) including the expression strain E. coli BL21 (DE3) Rosetta Gami. SARS-CoV-2 rRBD-6×His protein was purified, refolded, and used as an antigen coat to assess antibody response in human sera against SARS-CoV-2 infection.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000The assessment was carried out using a total of 155 human sero-positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. The ELISA showed 69.5% sensitivity, 88% specificity, 78.5% agreement, a positive predictive value (PPV) of 92.3%, and a negative predictive value of 56.5%. Moreover, the optical density (OD) values of positive samples significantly correlated with the commercial kit titers.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000In conclusion, specific human antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein were detected by rapid in-house ELISA in sera of human COVID-19-infected patients. The availability of this in-house ELISA protocol would be valuable for various diagnostic and epidemiological applications, particularly in developing countries. Future studies are planned for the use of the generated SARS-CoV-2 rRBD-6×His protein in vaccine development and other diagnostic applications.","PeriodicalId":53564,"journal":{"name":"Human Antibodies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43952429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Joukar, S. Yeganeh, A. Shafaghi, Alireza Mahjoob, Soheil Hassanipour, L. Santacroce, Sara Mavaddati, F. Mansour-Ghanaei
{"title":"The seroprevalence of celiac disease in patients with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome: A cross-sectional study in north of Iran.","authors":"F. Joukar, S. Yeganeh, A. Shafaghi, Alireza Mahjoob, Soheil Hassanipour, L. Santacroce, Sara Mavaddati, F. Mansour-Ghanaei","doi":"10.3233/hab-211516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/hab-211516","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Celiac disease (CD) is a common cause of malabsorption that is definitively diagnosed by abnormal bowel biopsy, symptoms and histologic changes to gluten free diet. The symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are common in our community as the majority of people in Guilan, north of Iran, consume rice daily. Also, a number of celiac patients are unknown, and IBS are mistakenly diagnosed.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of CD among IBS patients.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000A total of 475 consecutive patients with IBS, confirmed by Rome IV, underwent celiac serological tests antitissue transglutaminase antibodies (IgA-tTG, IgG-tTG) after obtaining a written consent form. In case of positive serological tests, biopsy was performed from small intestine after endoscopyRESULTS: Thirty-one (6.53%, 95% CI: 4.55-9.22) patients were positive for celiac serology. Based on Marsh-Oberhuber criteria, out of 9 patients with positive pathology 77.78% (95% CI: 40.19-96.05) had marsh IIIc. In IBS patients cramp (0.009) and stomach fullness (0.021) were two statistically significant IBS symptoms.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000We suggest physicians to consider celiac examinations for all patients with IBS symptoms, even for patients with no obvious celiac symptoms.","PeriodicalId":53564,"journal":{"name":"Human Antibodies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48933958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Bahdar Mahmud Hussen, Sara Pashmforoush, Mohammad Taghi Akbari, Shahram Arsang-Jang, Naghme Nazer, Amir Ali Hamidieh, Abbas Hajifathali, Marcel E Dinger, Arezou Sayad, Mohammadreza Ostadali Dehaghi
{"title":"HLA alleles and haplotype frequencies in Iranian population.","authors":"Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Bahdar Mahmud Hussen, Sara Pashmforoush, Mohammad Taghi Akbari, Shahram Arsang-Jang, Naghme Nazer, Amir Ali Hamidieh, Abbas Hajifathali, Marcel E Dinger, Arezou Sayad, Mohammadreza Ostadali Dehaghi","doi":"10.3233/HAB-220004","DOIUrl":"10.3233/HAB-220004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>HLA genotyping is a prerequisite for selection of suitable donors in the process of bone marrow transplantation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the current study, the frequencies of HLA-A, -B, -C and -DRB1 alleles and A-B-C-DRB1 haplotypes were assessed in 855 healthy Iranian persons using a low-resolution sequence specific primer (SSP) kit.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Frequencies were compared between 11 subpopulations including Armani, Balouch, Bandari, Turk, Turkaman, Arab, Fars, Kurd, Gilaki, Lor and Mazani. In total, 17 HLA-A alleles were detected, one of which (HLA-A*74) was present only among Lors. HLA-A*23 and -A*26 were the most frequent HLA-A alleles among Armanis. HLA-A*23 was also common among Turkamans. HLA-A*11 and -A*26 were most frequent among the Balouch subpopulation. The former allele was also frequent among Bandaris. HLA-A*02 was identified as the most common HLA-A allele among Turk, Arab and Fars subpopulations. HLA-A*30 were strongly enriched among Gilakis. A total of 31 HLA-B alleles were detected across the target population. While all alleles were present among Fars subgroup, Armanis and Turkamans had the lowest degree of diversity among the alleles examined. Moreover, HLA-B*35 and B*49 alleles were strongly enriched among Armanis and Turkamans, respectively. A total of 13 HLA-C alleles were identified across the population, all of which were present in the Fars subpopulation. HLA-C*03 and C*04 were the only HLA-C alleles identified among the Bandari subpopulation. HLA-DRB1*08 was not detected in any subpopulation other than Fars. HLA-DRB1*16 was significantly enriched among Bandaris. These data have practical significance in anthropological studies, disease association investigations and bone marrow transplantation.</p>","PeriodicalId":53564,"journal":{"name":"Human Antibodies","volume":" ","pages":"79-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43472601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aicha El Allam, Sara El Fakihi, Hicham Tahoune, Karima Sahmoudi, Houria Bousserhane, Youssef Bakri, Naima El Hafidi, Fouad Seghrouchni
{"title":"Cytometric analysis and clinical features in a Moroccan cohort with severe combined immunodeficiency.","authors":"Aicha El Allam, Sara El Fakihi, Hicham Tahoune, Karima Sahmoudi, Houria Bousserhane, Youssef Bakri, Naima El Hafidi, Fouad Seghrouchni","doi":"10.3233/HAB-211510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/HAB-211510","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a form of primary immunodeficiency disease (PID). It is characterized by a serious abnormality of the cellular and sometimes humoral system due to a deficiency in development of T cells, B cells and/or NK cells. The early diagnosis of SCID improves the prognosis. Typically, the initial consideration of SCID is made based on low lymphocyte counts. Notwithstanding, the heterogeneity of lymphocyte count presentation makes the diagnosis of SCID a significant challenge. The objective of this cross-sectional retrospective study was to analyze the lymphocyte subpopulation counts along with clinical manifestations within a Moroccan cohort diagnosed as SCID compared to children diagnosed with non-PID diseases. Thirty-five SCID confirmed patients were selected in the period between 2008 and 2018 and compared with non-PID patients. Results of peripheral blood T, B, and NK lymphocyte subpopulation counts were measured by flow cytometry for each SCID subtype. As expected, T cell count was less than 300 cells/μL in most patients with SCID (85.5%). Unexpectedly, significantly higher T cell counts were detected in some patients with a confirmed clinical diagnosis and family history of SCID. 5.7% of our SCID Moroccan cohort had T cell numbers in the range between 300 and 500 cells/μL. 8.7% of our SCID Moroccan cohort had T cell numbers higher than 500 cells/μL. Of the SCID subtypes, the proportion of SCID with B cell deficiencies was highly represented in our cohort. 71.4% of Moroccan SCID patients (25 out of 35 patients) were of T-B-subtype. Furthermore, 40% of the patients (14 out of 35 patients) had a T-B-NK+ profile and 31.4% had a T-B-NK- profile (11 out of 35 patients). The most common clinical manifestations observed in our SCID cohort were pneumonia, failure to thrive, candidiasis, diarrhea, bronchitis and urinary tract infections. Our results not only highlight the relatively frequent presence of atypical SCID in the Moroccan population with unexpectedly high T cell numbers, but also describes the incidence pattern of common SCID subtypes in Morocco. Physicians in Morocco may find this local region-specific difference in SCID important for making improved early diagnosis of this disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":53564,"journal":{"name":"Human Antibodies","volume":"30 2","pages":"67-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39571348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Naser Honar, Iraj Shahramian, Mohammad Hadi Imanieh, Maryam Ataollahi, Masoud Tahani, Shiva Rakhshaninasab, Amin Javadifar
{"title":"Non-invasive monitoring associated with B lymphoma cells in post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) patients: Systematic review.","authors":"Naser Honar, Iraj Shahramian, Mohammad Hadi Imanieh, Maryam Ataollahi, Masoud Tahani, Shiva Rakhshaninasab, Amin Javadifar","doi":"10.3233/HAB-220016","DOIUrl":"10.3233/HAB-220016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>One of the most severe side effects of solid-organ transplantation is posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD). People with human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV), an immunosuppressive disease comparable to HIV, have a higher chance of developing lymphoma when their peripheral blood contains elevated levels of the immunoglobulins kappa and lambda free light chains (FLCs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This systematic review's objective was to monitor associated B lymphoma cells in PTLD patients. In order to find relevant studies published between 1/1/2000 and 1/9/2022, two independent researchers conducted searches (MT, AJ). A literature search of English language publications was conducted using MEDLINE through PubMed, EMBASETM through Ovid, the Cochrane Library, and Trip. In addition to Magiran and SID, we searched KoreaMed and LILACS for literature published in other languages. sFLC or PTLD, transplant, or Electrophoresis are terms used in the search strategy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 174 studies were selected. After analyzing their correspondence with the required criteria, a final review of five studies was conducted. The manuscript presents current findings on the potential benefits of the clinical applicability of sFLCs in PTLD. While the preliminary results appear promising, the only consistent result is that early-onset PTLD is predicted within the first two years after transplant, a biomarker that could be used to diagnose the condition.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Therefore, PTLD has been predicted by using the sFLCs. There have been contradictory results to date. Future research could include assessing the quantity of sFLCs and their quality in transplant recipients. In addition to PTLD and complications after transplantation, sFLCs may provide insight into other diseases. To confirm the validity of sFLCs, more studies are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":53564,"journal":{"name":"Human Antibodies","volume":"30 4","pages":"183-194"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9467309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reza Vafaee, Mostafa Rezaei Tavirani, Sina Rezaei Tavirani, Mohammadreza Razzaghi
{"title":"Assessment of cancer prevention effect of exercise.","authors":"Reza Vafaee, Mostafa Rezaei Tavirani, Sina Rezaei Tavirani, Mohammadreza Razzaghi","doi":"10.3233/HAB-210454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/HAB-210454","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are many documents about benefits of exercise on human health. However, evidences indicate to positive effect of exercise on disease prevention, understanding of many aspects of this mechanism need more investigations. Determination of critical genes which effect human health.GSE156249 including 12 gene expression profiles of healthy individual biopsy from vastus lateralis muscle before and after 12-week combined exercise training intervention were extracted from gene expression omnibus (GEO) database. The significant DEGs were included in interactome unit by Cytoscape software and STRING database. The network was analyzed to find the central nodes subnetwork clusters. The nodes of prominent cluster were assessed via gene ontology by using ClueGO. Number of 8 significant DEGs and 100 first neighbors analyzed via network analysis. The network includes 2 clusters and COL3A1, BGN, and LOX were determined as central DEGs. The critical DEGs were involved in cancer prevention process.</p>","PeriodicalId":53564,"journal":{"name":"Human Antibodies","volume":"30 1","pages":"31-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39382436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saba Dastar, Jalal Gharesouran, Deniz Mortazavi, Hassan Hosseinzadeh, Seyed Jalal Kian, Mohammad Taheri, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Elena Jamali, Maryam Rezazadeh
{"title":"COVID-19 pandemic: Insights into genetic susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 and host genes implications on virus spread, disease severity and outcomes.","authors":"Saba Dastar, Jalal Gharesouran, Deniz Mortazavi, Hassan Hosseinzadeh, Seyed Jalal Kian, Mohammad Taheri, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Elena Jamali, Maryam Rezazadeh","doi":"10.3233/HAB-211506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/HAB-211506","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The outbreak of the newly emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) all over the world has caused global public health emergencies, international concern and economic crises. The systemic SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) can lead to death through causing unrestrained cytokines-storm and subsequent pulmonary shutdown among the elderly and patients with pre-existing comorbidities. Additionally, in comparison with poor nations without primary health care services, in developed countries with advanced healthcare system we can witness higher number of infections per one million people. In this review, we summarize the latest studies on genes associated with SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and propose possible mechanisms of the virus replication cycle and its triggered signaling pathways to encourage researchers to investigate genetic and immune profiles of the disease and try strategies for its treatment. Our review shows that immune response in people with different genetic background might vary as African and then Asian populations have lowest number of affected cases compared with European and American nations. Considering SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis, we put forward some potentially important genetic gateways to COVID-19 infection including genes involved in the entry and replication of SARS-CoV-2 and the regulation of host immune response which might represent explanation for its spread, severity, and morality. Finally, we suggest that genetic alterations within these gateways could be critical factors in influencing geographical discrepancies of the virus, so it is essential to fully study them and design appropriated and reliable therapeutic agents against COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":53564,"journal":{"name":"Human Antibodies","volume":"30 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39960018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammad Taheri, Leila Gholami, Fwad Nicknafs, Bashdar Mahmud Hussen, Shahram Arsang-Jang, Arezou Sayad, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard
{"title":"Transcript levels of cytokine coding genes in peripheral blood and tissues of patients with periodontitis.","authors":"Mohammad Taheri, Leila Gholami, Fwad Nicknafs, Bashdar Mahmud Hussen, Shahram Arsang-Jang, Arezou Sayad, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard","doi":"10.3233/HAB-211507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/HAB-211507","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Periodontal diseases are common conditions in almost all age groups and a public health problem. Numerous risk factors have been demonstrated for this condition. The main mechanism of tissue destruction in the periodontitis is the functional interactions between microbial pathogens and host immune responses, thus cytokines have crucial roles in the pathogenesis periodontitis. Our previous study has demonstrated the susceptibility role of HLA-DRB1*04 allele in development of this disease. So, the individuals who were positive for HLA-DRB1*04 allele were excluded. We aimed to appraise the function of cytokines in the pathogenesis of periodontitis via assessment of tissue and blood levels of a number of cytokine coding genes, namely IL-1B, CXCL8, IL-17, IFNG, TGFB and TNFA1. Expressions of IFNG, IL-17, TGFB and TNFA1 were significantly higher in the peripheral blood of individuals with periodontitis compared with unaffected persons (Posterior beta = 1.91, P value = 0.043; Posterior beta = 1.84, P value = 0.033; Posterior beta = 0.713, P value = 0.009 and Posterior beta = 2.85, P value = 0.001, respectively). Moreover, expression of IL-17 was higher in females compared with males (Posterior beta = 1.47, P value = 0.036). As the interaction effect between gender and group was remarkable for IL-17 expression, we further conducted subgroup analysis within gender group. Expression of IL-17 was higher in male patients compared with unaffected males (Posterior beta = 1.9, P value = 0.048). We did not detect any significant difference in the expression of these cytokines in tissues obtained from affected individuals and unaffected controls. Therefore, our results imply dysregulation of cytokine coding genes in patients with periodontitis and warrant further mechanistical studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":53564,"journal":{"name":"Human Antibodies","volume":"30 1","pages":"47-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39960019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The comparison of IL-17 levels in patients with unstable angina before and after medical treatment.","authors":"Ahmad Boluri, Hosseinali Khazaei, Narjes Sargolzaei, Hanie Olfat Miri, Bahman Khazaei","doi":"10.3233/HAB-210446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3233/HAB-210446","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Interleukin (IL)-17 plays a central role in orchestrating the cytokine cascade and accelerates atherosclerosis and plaque vulnerability in animal models. However, epidemiological data evaluating the role of IL-17 levels in unstable angina are lacking. The aim of our study is to evaluate and compare the IL-17 levels in unstable angina (UA) cases before and after treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was performed from July to October 2018 in Ali Iben-abitaleb heart center, Zahedan, Iran. 48 patients with UA in the age range of below 50 years entered the study. All demographic, past medical history, physical examination, electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG), and transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) data were collected. Serum level of IL-17 was measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method. In all the tests, P< 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. All data analyses were performed using the SPSS 13.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this study, 48 UA patients, including 34 women and 16 men with a mean age of 56.60 years were included in the study. The mean serum level of interleukin 17 after treatment (65.13 ± 53.29 pg/dl) was significantly lower than Its level before treatment (94.89 ± 51.25 pg/dL) (P< 0/05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings point towards a role of inflammation in the form of increased activity of IL-17 in UA patients and thus suggest that IL-17-driven inflammation may play a role in the promotion of clinical instability in patients with coronary artery disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":53564,"journal":{"name":"Human Antibodies","volume":"30 1","pages":"25-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/HAB-210446","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39065846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}