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Cellular immunology and HIV
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Joe Hou, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, United States
Submission Status: Open until 22 December 2024
Immune mechanisms in food allergy
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Katja Baerenfaller, PD, PhD, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Switzerland
Submission Status: Open until 2 December 2024
Mitochondria function in infection and immunity
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Rudranil De, PhD, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Kolkata, India
Nicholas M. Maurice, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Submission Status: Open until 3 March 2025
Macrophage polarization
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Danli Xie, PhD, Wenzhou Medical University, China
Submission Status: Open until 20 March 2025
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Multiplex array analysis of circulating cytokines and chemokines in COVID-19 patients during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Milan, Italy
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TLR7 agonist, DSP-0509, with radiation combination therapy enhances anti-tumor activity and modulates T cell dependent immune activation
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The role of immune-inflammatory markers in children with complicated and uncomplicated malaria in Enugu, Nigeria
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Putative new combination vaccine candidates identified by reverse vaccinology and genomic approaches to control enteric pathogens
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Revisiting the white blood cell count: immature granulocytes count as a diagnostic marker to discriminate between SIRS and sepsis - a prospective, observational study
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Characterization of murine macrophages from bone marrow, spleen and peritoneum
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Transcriptional profiling of the LPS induced NF-κB response in macrophages
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Prerequisites for cytokine measurements in clinical trials with multiplex immunoassays
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HLA class I supertypes: a revised and updated classification
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Helminth-derived proteins as immune system regulators: a systematic review of their promise in alleviating colitis
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Whole blood stimulation provides preliminary evidence of altered immune function following SRC
Battista and colleagues explore how whole blood stimulation can be used within a causal framework to estimate the effect of sports-related concussion (SRC) on immune function. Preliminary evidence suggests that SRC affects LPS and R848 immunoreactivity.
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