An in vitro model of allogeneic stimulation of cord blood

1999 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 598-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
A El Ghalbzouri ◽  
B Drénou ◽  
V Blancheteau ◽  
C Choqueux ◽  
R Fauchet ◽  
...  
PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. e33203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataša Nikolić ◽  
Siril Skaret Bakke ◽  
Eili Tranheim Kase ◽  
Ida Rudberg ◽  
Ingeborg Flo Halle ◽  
...  

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
J B Hansen ◽  
J O Olsen ◽  
L Wilagård ◽  
B Østerud

In an in vitro model, stimulation of blood cells with a low concentration of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) revealed differences between women and men that possibly could be an explanation to why young women have less coronary heart disease than men (see abstract Hansen et al. “A model to--”).This model was also used to study the effect of intake of cod liver oil (CLO). 40 students (20 men and 20 women) were tested followed by an intake of 25 ml CLO daily for 2 months by 20 of the students.Heparinized blood samples were incubated with 2 ng LPS/ ml for 2 hours followed by isolation of plasma for thromboxane B2 and 6-keto-PG 1α quantitation.After the first 2 months period of CLO drinking we have the following results:The two months of CLO intake had no significant effect pn the thromboplastin induced synthesis in monocytes. In addition platelet aggregation was tested in a whole blood aggregometer using ADP addition to heparinized blood or collagen induced platelet aggregation in citrated whole blood. ADP aggregation was reduced from 75.9 ± 16.8% to 55.4 ± 19% in the CLO group of women, whereas the reduction in the CLO group of men was 70.1 ± 17.1% to 60.9±18.6%. Similar result were found with collagen aggregation (57% to 33% for women and 48% to 30% for men).It is concluded that CLO intake reduces TxA2 production and plateletaggregation without having reduced effect on PGI2 production in whole blood.


Author(s):  
Clara Bonafini ◽  
Marta Marzotto ◽  
Debora Olioso ◽  
Paolo Bellavite

Background: A proinflammatory environment is a hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases where astrocyte involvement is also well established. Astrocytes and microglia in central nervous system are mainly involved in the release of cytokines, oxygen free radicals and nitric oxide (NO). Several studies on C6 astroglioma cells, a widely used in vitro model for these events, demonstrated that co-stimulation of this cell line with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and interferon gamma (IFN-) induces a synergistic nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression.1 In our laboratory we are using this versatile cell model in order to carefully investigate dose-response effects of various putative agonists or inhibitors and to assess the possible changes provoked in those agents by different procedures of dilution and succussion (agitation) (potentization according to the homeopathic terminology).


2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 0107-0111
Author(s):  
S. Kessler ◽  
S. Kastler ◽  
U. Mayr-Wohlfart ◽  
W. Puhl ◽  
K-P. Günther

1996 ◽  
Vol 12 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Gorenne ◽  
C. Labat ◽  
J. P. Gascard ◽  
C. Brink

1997 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
J.A. Ademokun ◽  
J.A.E. Irving ◽  
J. Dunn ◽  
S.J. Proctor ◽  
A.M. Dickinson

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