THE lifespan of thymic-derived or T lymphocytes is of particular interest because of their
central role in immunological memory. Is the recall of a vaccination or early infection, which …

Abstract Background/Aims: Cytokines are thought to be important in mediating tissue
damage in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Many of the in vivo activities of tumor necrosis …

We present data on the decay, after radiotherapy, of naive and memory human T
lymphocytes with stable chromosome damage. These data are analyzed in conjunction with …

Problems arise in distinguishing skeletal from cardiac muscle trauma on the basis of serum
enzyme tests following severe muscle exercise. The contributions of cardiac and skeletal …

Background: Recent studies have shown both interleukin 2 (IL‐2) and interferon gamma
(IFN) to be elevated in patients with active Crohn's disease compared to ulcerative colitis or …

Objective Kawasaki disease (KD) is an increasingly common vasculitis with risk of coronary
artery aneurysms (CAAs). The last UK survey was in 1990, whereas current epidemiology …

A recombinant vaccinia virus (NP-VAC) containing cDNA corresponding to segment 5, the
nucleoprotein (NP) gene of influenza A/PR/8/34 virus was used to examine the specificity of …

Patients with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical
spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) typically have a high HTLV-1 proviral load in peripheral …

Two cases of therapy with frankincense and myrrh in children are presented. The long
history of this unusual treatment is outlined, demonstrating that for several millenia such …

At birth, the neonatal mammal is exposed to a wide range of infectious agents and foreign
antigens. Mammals are first fed with maternal secretions which have been demonstrated to …