How do we infer the beliefs of an entire group (e.g., Democrats) after being exposed to the beliefs of only a handful of group members? What if we know that the beliefs we encountered were selected in a biased manner? Across two experiments, we recruited 640 U.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint blockade can be an effective treatment for advanced breast cancer patients. However, patients with oestrogen receptor positive (ER+) tumors often display only low lymphocyte infiltration, while a large part of triple negative (TN) breast tumors does not generate an effective immunotherapy response. Therefore, new treatment strategies have to be developed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The noninflammatory immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) is linked to tolerance and is unique to humans. Although poorly understood, prolonged antigenic stimulation and IL-4-signaling along the T helper 2-axis may be instrumental in IgG4 class switching. Recently, repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination has been linked to IgG4 skewing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present early vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates of the 2023 seasonal COVID-19 XBB.1.5 vaccine against COVID-19 hospitalisation and admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) in previously vaccinated adults ≥ 60 years in the Netherlands.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The inflammatory potential of the diet has been associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, but its association with CRC prognosis is unclear.
Objective: To investigate the inflammatory potential of the diet in relation to recurrence and all-cause mortality among persons diagnosed with stage I to III CRC.
Methods: Data of the COLON study, a prospective cohort among CRC survivors were used.