Davoudi A, Najafi N, Sphandyari E, Kasgari Ha, Tayebi A, Akbari A, Tabarestani M, Beyzaee Am
{"title":"Comparison of the Efficacy of 3 Anti-Viral Regimens Containing Kaletra, Ribavirin and Sofosbuvir in COVID 19 Disease","authors":"Davoudi A, Najafi N, Sphandyari E, Kasgari Ha, Tayebi A, Akbari A, Tabarestani M, Beyzaee Am","doi":"10.16966/2470-1025.129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16966/2470-1025.129","url":null,"abstract":"Background: New therapeutic options are urgently needed to handle the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As some antiviral therapeutic regimens are assumed to be helpful, we decided to compare the efficacy of kaletra, kaletra plus ribavirin, and kaletra plus ribavirin plus sofosbuvir, as three different therapeutic regimens in covid 19 patients.","PeriodicalId":8657,"journal":{"name":"Autoimmune and Infectious Diseases: Open Access","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86268544","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":"High Prevalence of Altered Immunological Biomarkers in a Transgender Population","authors":"Ramos Sg, Ingenito F, Mormandi Ea, Nagelberg Aj, Otero Pm, Lessa Cf, Carballo Og","doi":"10.16966/2470-1025.125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16966/2470-1025.125","url":null,"abstract":"Prevalence of in a Transgender","PeriodicalId":8657,"journal":{"name":"Autoimmune and Infectious Diseases: Open Access","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88822738","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}
Albahrani S, Al Hassan D, Vapra Y, Alsubaiae S, Shilash A
{"title":"Mycobacterium tuberculosis/Cryptococcus neoformans Co-Infection in an Immunocompetent Non-HIV Patient","authors":"Albahrani S, Al Hassan D, Vapra Y, Alsubaiae S, Shilash A","doi":"10.16966/2470-1025.127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16966/2470-1025.127","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Tuberculosis and cryptococcosis co-infection usually occurs in immunocompromised patients with impaired cell-mediated immunity. Here, we report a case of disseminated tuberculosis with co-existing pulmonary cryptococcosis in a non-HIV patient. However, there is a history of preceding exposure to anti-tumor necrosis agents.","PeriodicalId":8657,"journal":{"name":"Autoimmune and Infectious Diseases: Open Access","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90158980","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}
Muneer Abbas, Noureddine Berka, Mozna Khraiwesh, Ali Ramadan, Victor Apprey, Paulette Furbert-Harris, Thomas Quinn, Hassan Brim, Georgia Dunston
{"title":"Genetic Polymorphisms of TLR4 and MICA are Associated with Severity of Trachoma Disease in Tanzania.","authors":"Muneer Abbas, Noureddine Berka, Mozna Khraiwesh, Ali Ramadan, Victor Apprey, Paulette Furbert-Harris, Thomas Quinn, Hassan Brim, Georgia Dunston","doi":"10.16966/2470-1025.116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16966/2470-1025.116","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To examine the association of TLR4 Asp299Gly and MICA exon 5 microsatellites polymorphisms with severity of trachoma in a sub-Saharan East Africa population of Tanzanian villagers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The samples were genotyped for MICA exon 5 microsatellites and the TLR4 299 A/G polymorphism by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP), and GeneScan<sup>®</sup>, respectively. The association of TLR4 Asp299Gly and MICA exon 5 microsatellites with inflammatory trachoma (TI) and trichiasis (TI) were examined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed an association between TLR4 and MICA polymorphisms and trachoma disease severity, as well as with protection. TLR4 an allele was significantly associated with inflammatory trachoma (p=0.0410), while the G allele (p=0.0410) was associated with protection.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>TLR4 and MICA may modulate the risk of severity to trachoma disease by modulating the immune response to <i>Ct.</i> In addition; the increased frequency of MICA-A9 heterozygote in controls may suggest a positive selection of these alleles in adaptation to environments where <i>Ct</i> is endemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":8657,"journal":{"name":"Autoimmune and Infectious Diseases: Open Access","volume":"2 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993598/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34692692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stem Cell-Derived Regulatory T Cells for Therapeutic Use in Arthritis","authors":"Jianxun Song","doi":"10.16966/2470-1025.119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16966/2470-1025.119","url":null,"abstract":"Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) can be utilized to obtain a renewable source of healthy regulatory T cells (Tregs) to treat autoimmune arthritis as they have the ability to produce almost all cell types in the body, including Tregs. However, the right conditions for the development of antigen (Ag)-specific Tregs from PSCs (i.e., PSC-Tregs) remain unknown. An ongoing project will determine the mechanisms underlying the Ag-specific PSC-Treg treatments that aim to modulate tolerance in autoimmune arthritis. The knowledge gained from these studies will provide new insights into cell-based therapies in autoimmune arthritis, and advance the understanding of fundamental mechanisms underlying Treg differentiation.","PeriodicalId":8657,"journal":{"name":"Autoimmune and Infectious Diseases: Open Access","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81950336","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}