Association between anti-Anisakis simplex antibodies and interleukin-7 levels.

IL-7 is a crucial factor for the development of lymphocytes, and it is absolutely necessary for γδ T cells. Mice deficient in L-7 have a deficit of B and αβ T lymphocytes, and an absence of mature γδ TCR cells. IL-7 is essential for the survival, development and maturation of Schistosoma sp.

A quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for quantification of secretory immunoglobulin A in serum.

Secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) in serum is possibly the best index of SIgA presence in mucosal secretions in digestive tract and the mirror of its immunologic barrier against many pathogenic aggressions. The measurement of salivary SigA alone may be affected by total salivary secretion and its final concentration in the gland lumen is probably not useful as an appropriate index of mucosal secretions in the digestive tract. The usefulness of the determination of SigA against various epitopes in serum from patients with various autoimmune disease has been demonstrated.

Considerations on pancreatic exocrine function after pancreaticoduodenectomy.

The pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) procedure may lead to pancreatic exocrine and endocrine insufficiency. There are several types of reconstruction for this kind of operation. Pancreaticogastrostomy (PG) was introduced to reduce the rate of postoperative pancreatic fistula.

Deficit of interleukin 7 in septic patients.

We recently demonstrated an overall decrease of all αβ and specially γδ T cell subsets in patients with sepsis compared with healthy subjects. IL-7 is a crucial factor for development of γδ T cells and survival in sepsis but its association with sepsis severity, evolution of organ failure and death still has not been investigated. Sera from 78 patients who met criteria for sepsis were analyzed vs control group.

Oxidative stress injury after on-pump cardiac surgery: effects of aortic cross clamp time and type of surgery.

Background: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in on-pump cardiac surgery can have harmful systemic effects, triggered in part by radical oxygen species (ROS) produced by ischemia-reperfusion in the heart and the lung. We determined the relationship between levels of oxidative stress markers (8-isoprostane and nitrites/nitrates) in plasma with aortic cross clamp duration in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB.

Methods: Thirty patients with CPB were studied: 14 with coronary artery bypass graft surgery and 16 with valve surgery.

Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of infected pancreatic necrosis: more arguments to change the paradigm.

Objectives: This study aimed to compare primary surgical versus nonsurgical treatment in a series of patients with infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) and to investigate whether the success of nonsurgical approach is related to a less severe disease.

Methods: Thirty-nine consecutive patients with IPN have been included and further subdivided into two groups: primary surgical (n = 21) versus nonsurgical (n = 18). Outcome measures were the differences in mortality, morbidity, and pancreatic function.

Different oxidative stress marker levels in blood from the operated knee or the antecubital vein in patients undergoing knee surgery: a tourniquet-induced ischemia-reperfusion model.

Background: In knee surgery a tourniquet is usually applied in order to provide a bloodless surgical field. This study aims to compare, in a tourniquet-induced ischemia-reperfusion model, the glutathione oxidation and lipid peroxidation in two different blood sources: an operated knee drainage tube or the antecubital vein.

Methods: Thirty-two patients undergoing total knee replacement were studied.

Myocardial oxidative stress protection by sevoflurane vs. propofol: a randomised controlled study in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Context: Myocardial oxidative stress plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of ischaemia-reperfusion injury associated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Both propofol and volatile anaesthetics have been shown to reduce reactive oxygen species in experimental and clinical studies.

Main Objective: To compare the influence of sevoflurane and propofol on myocardial oxidative stress markers (F2-isoprostanes and nitrates/nitrites) in coronary sinus blood samples from patients undergoing off-pump CABG.

Hyperoxia during colon surgery is associated with a reduction of xanthine oxidase activity and oxidative stress in colonic mucosa.

Background: Gut manipulation during surgery may induce local oxidative stress. Supplemental inspired oxygen increases arterial and tissue oxygen partial pressures. This study examined whether a 0.

Bemiparin improves the total antioxidant status in plasma.

The aim of this work is to test the protective effect of bemiparin (3500 I.U., s.

Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) deficiency in serum of patients with GALTectomy (appendectomy and tonsillectomy).

Introduction: In adult human beings, 80-85% of the immune cells are located in the digestive tract mucosa; hence the importance of the Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT) in host defence. We studied the influence of the surgical removal of two important parts of the gut associated with lymphoid tissue (tonsillectomy and appendectomy) on immune parameters.

Methods: One hundred and sixty patients were enrolled in this study.