September 2011
Primary oral tuberculosis following dental extraction in a patient undergoing hemodialysis: A case report
Primary oral tuberculosis after dental extraction is almost non-existent, and there is very little data on its clinical, pathological and radiological features. A 34 year-old Turkish man in good condition was treated with known chronic renal failure due to hypertension and who had been undergoing maintenance hemodialysis, 3 times a week for 3 months. He presented with swelling of the submental region following two teeth...
September 2011
Interleukin-22 therapy attenuates the development of acute pancreatitis in rats
Human acute pancreatitis (AP) is a potential serious disease with a limited specific therapy. Here, we assessed the therapeutic efficacy of interleukin-22 (IL-22), a newly emerged cytokine with unique biological activities, in the treatment of a rat model of severe AP. For induction of AP, rats were intraperitoneally (i.p.) injected with nine doses of caerulein (50 μg/kg/dose) at 1-h intervals. Recombinant rat IL-22...
Advertisement
Advertisement
