Background: Several publications report that formaldehyde is responsible for hypersensitivity reactions in patients with contact dermatitis, as diagnosed by "in vivo" provocation tests. There is no standardized lab exam that can endotype the mechanisms responsible for these pheno...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2025/v8i1161
The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of myocardial and circulatory complications among lupus patients, such as pericarditis, heart failure, endocarditis, ventricular dysfunction, and Myocarditis. It was also to assess the association of lupus with increased myocar...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2025/v8i1160
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remain major health problems worldwide, with high mortality and morbidity rates, particularly in developing countries. The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reported that ther...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2025/v8i1159
Background: Cocoa is one of the foods more consistently associated with high nickel content, a metal that functions as a hapten responsible for various non–IgE-mediated symptomatic hypersensitivities. Aim: The present study is a proof-of-concept that hypothesizes that LAIT and th...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2025/v8i1158
There is a mutual bidirectional cross-talk between mammalian microbiomes MM and their respective immune systems during the host homeostatic and disease states, the microbiome- immune axis. The objective of the present opinion paper was to map the current status of the microbiome-...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2025/v8i1157
Celso Eduardo Olivier, Daiana Guedes Pinto, Ana Paula Monezzi Teixeira, Cibele Silva Miguel, Raquel Acácia Pereira Gonçalves Santos, Nicole Sartoreto da Rocha, Jhéssica Letícia Santos Santana & Regiane Patussi Santos Lima·Asian Journal of Immunology·2025
Background: Allergies to citrus fruits are often associated with pollinosis due to cross-reactivity among pollen and food allergens (fruit-pollen syndrome) displayed in patients with several conditions, such as allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. Aim: To evaluate the potential of the T...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2025/v8i1156
The preclinical immunogenicity of capsule C and outer membrane protein OMP of human neurotropic isolate of Hemophilus influenzae b HIB in a lapin model is being reported. Hemophilus influenzae b is gram negative, short rods, encapsulated bacterium, microaerophilic, fastidious, ne...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2025/v8i1155
Celso Eduardo Olivier, Daiana Guedes Pinto, Ana Paula Monezzi Teixeira, Cibele Silva Miguel, Raquel Acácia Pereira Gonçalves Santos, Jhéssica Letícia Santos Santana & Regiane Patussi Santos Lima·Asian Journal of Immunology·2024
Background: Several publications report lanolin as responsible for hypersensitivity reactions in patients with atopic dermatitis and/or contact dermatitis, as diagnosed by in vivo provocation tests. There is no standardized lab exam that can endotype the mechanisms responsible fo...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2024/v7i1154
Nikita Gupta, Mohd Naveed Khan, Varda Farooqui, Guntoju Poojitha & Thipparam Kavya·Asian Journal of Immunology·2024
Vadadustat, a hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor, may offer an oral alternative to injectable erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) to treat anemia in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Current standard of care for anemia linked to chronic kidney disea...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2024/v7i1153
Onaolapo, Y.A., Mazadu, R.M., Baraya, K.Y., Fasuyi, F.H., Irhue, A.E., Ahmed, B., Hassan, A., Shehu, A.A., Bala, S.B., Kasim, S.N. & Kugama, M.A.·Asian Journal of Immunology·2024
Animal African trypanosomiasis is a protozoan disease caused by trypanosomes and transmitted through the bite of an infected tsetse fly. The disease has an adverse effect to the economy of the affected areas and drugs used for the treatment of the disease are faced with several c...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2024/v7i1152