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Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol 2021 Feb 11;20(1):106-113. Epub 2021 Feb 11.

Allergy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AND Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) was designed for protecting children against tuberculosis. Also, it can protect against other infectious diseases through the induction of trained immunity. Due to its heterologous protective effects, the BCG vaccine has been proposed as atreatment option for coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Read More

Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol 2021 Feb 11;20(1):1-10. Epub 2021 Feb 11.

Department of Orthopaedics, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China.

Previous studies have reported that T cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin domain-3 (TIM-3) 574T>G and 1516G>T are associated with the risk of asthma. However, the results are inconsistent due to the small sample size and varied age in studies. We performed this meta-analysis to systematically evaluated the effect of TIM-3 574T>G and 1516G>T genetic polymorphisms on asthma. Read More

Drug Alcohol Depend 2021 Feb 15;221:108611. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Center for Neuropsychiatric Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan. Electronic address:

Background: Adolescent alcohol use was found to be influenced by parental and peer alcohol use. Drinking behaviors also differed by gender. However, previous studies mainly focused on adolescents' substance use in relation to the same substance use among their salient others. Read More

Int Immunopharmacol 2021 Feb 24;94:107486. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Department of Critical Care Medicine, PLA Key Laboratory of Emergency and Critical Care Research, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Electronic address:

Background: Docosahexaenoic acid-derived protectin D1 (PD1) was identified critical in the resolution of inflammation in vivo, where it modulates the innate immune response and stimulates resolution. Acute pancreatitis (AP) is characterized by local pancreatic inflammation with mild forms whereas systemic inflammation with severe forms. Herein we investigate the impact of PD1 in murine models of pancreatitis. Read More

Int Immunopharmacol 2021 Feb 24;94:107496. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Department of Intensive Care Unit, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510655, China. Electronic address:

Objectives: Cathepsin B (CTSB), nod-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3), and caspase-1 play an important role in the development of Acute Pancreatitis (AP). Besides, the relationship between the proteins remains poorly understood. In addition, whereas previous studies have found caspase-1 activation in AP, pyroptosis, a caspase-1 induced cell death mode, has never been proposed and proved in AP. Read More