Allergy

Comparative Study in Efficacy and Safety of Intralesional Injections of Vitamin D3, Measles Rubella (MR) Vaccine, and Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) in the Management of Cutaneous Warts.

INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous warts caused by human papillomavirus are the most common dermatological diseases being contagious, recurrent, and recalcitrant. Most routinely used treatment modalities are destructive and can cause scarring. Immunotherapy is emerging as new modality of treatment, which enhances cell-mediated immunity against human papillomavirus for clearance of both treated and distant wa...

An Assessment of Cariogenic and Erosive Potential of Pediatric Liquid Medicaments on Primary Teeth: A Comparative Study.

AIM: To compare the cariogenic and erosive potential of seven commonly prescribed pediatric liquid medicaments (PLMs) by pediatricians in Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru. The selected medicaments are:Syp paracetamol (antipyretic).Syp amoxicillin-clavulanate (antibiotic).Syp cetirizine (antihistamine).Syp dextromethorphan (antitussive).Syp salbutamol (antiasthmatic).Syp phenytoi...

Automated Classification of Airborne Pollen using Neural Networks.

Pollen allergies are considered as a global epidemic nowadays, as they influence more than a quarter of the worldwide population, with this percentage...

Predicting response to cancer immunotherapy using noninvasive radiomic biomarkers.

INTRODUCTION: Immunotherapy is regarded as one of the major breakthroughs in cancer treatment. Despite its success, only a subset of patients responds...

Label-free optical hemogram of granulocytes enhanced by artificial neural networks.

An outstanding challenge for immunology is the classification of immune cells in a label-free fashion with high speed. For this purpose, optical techn...

Deep Learning in Diagnosis of Maxillary Sinusitis Using Conventional Radiography.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of a deep learning algorithm with that of radiologists in diagnosing maxil...

Outgroup Machine Learning Approach Identifies Single Nucleotide Variants in Noncoding DNA Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heritable neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 1 in 59 children. While noncoding genetic variation has been shown...

Hydro-Ethanolic Extract of Ameliorates Total and Differential WBC, Lung Pathology and Oxidative Biomarkers in Asthmatic Rats.

The effects of ( ; PO) on total and differential WBC count, and oxidant/antioxidant biomarkers in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) as well as on l...

Anesthetic efficacy of articaine/epinephrine plus mannitol in comparison with articaine/epinephrine anesthesia for inferior alveolar nerve block in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

It is difficult to achieve successful pulpal anesthesia in mandibular posterior teeth with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. The present study aimed...

Programmed cell death protein-1/programmed death-ligand 1 blockade enhances the antitumor efficacy of adoptive cell therapy against non-small cell lung cancer.

BACKGROUND: Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells and natural killer (NK) cells are employed by two different approaches to adoptive cell immunotherapy ...

Specific Immunoglobulin G4 and Immunoglobulin E Titers to Common Food Antigens in Sera of Children With Allergic Rhinitis.

CONTEXT: Allergic rhinitis is a chronic disease that usually affects children. Its etiology has been investigated for years.

Artificial neuronal networks (ANN) to model the hydrolysis of goat milk protein by subtilisin and trypsin.

The enzymatic hydrolysis of milk proteins yield final products with improved properties and reduced allergenicity. The degree of hydrolysis (DH) influ...

Machine-learned analysis of the association of next-generation sequencing-based human TRPV1 and TRPA1 genotypes with the sensitivity to heat stimuli and topically applied capsaicin.

Heat pain and its modulation by capsaicin varies among subjects in experimental and clinical settings. A plausible cause is a genetic component, of wh...

Towards the Establishment of a Biomedical Ontology for the Primary Sjögren's Syndrome.

Primary Sjögren's Syndrome (pSS) has been characterized as a hypersensitivity reaction type II systemic autoimmune chronic disease causing exocrine gl...

A Histological Study of Vasoconstriction by Local Anesthetics in Mandible.

To assess the effect of epinephrine-containing local anesthetics on vasoconstriction, we immunohistochemically measured the intravascular lumen area i...

[Clinical observation of saccharomyces boulardii combined with cetirizine hydrochloride in children allergic rhinitis].

To study the treatment efficacy of Saccharomyces boulardii combined with Cetirizine Hydrochloride of children with allergic rhinitis (AR) and the infl...

Estimating glucose requirements of an activated immune system in growing pigs.

Activated immune cells become obligate glucose utilizers, and a large i.v. lipopolysaccharide (LPS) dose causes insulin resistance and severe hypoglyc...

Enhancement of the Immune Function by Titanium Dioxide Nanorods and Their Application in Cancer Immunotherapy.

With the rapid development of nanotherapy, concerns surrounding the possible use of nanomaterials-mediated immunomodulation are growing. Thus, evaluat...

Effects of Inhalable Microparticles of Seonpyejeongcheon-Tang in an Asthma Mouse Model: - Effects of Microparticles of SJT.

OBJECTIVES: Allergic asthma generally presents with symptoms of wheezing, coughing, breathlessness, and airway inflammation. Seonpyejeongcheon-tang (S...

[A Case of Eosinophilic Enteritis Needed to Distinguish from a Tumor of the Small Intestine].

A 75-year-old woman was diagnosed with aplastic anemia 6 months ago and was under follow-up at our hospital. She had originallypresented to our hospit...