Not exact matches
Breech Twins and higher order multiples Previous CS Pre-Eclampsia Placenta praevia Cervical incompetence Previous late stillbirth Previous premature birth Grand multiparty Age under 18 Age over 35 Smoking Drug use Severe mental health issue Epilepsy
Type 1 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes Gestational diabetes Asthma GBS positive Abnormal antibodies Transplant recipient Congenital heart disease Known foetal abnormality Immunosuppressive medication MS Physical disability Intellectual disability Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism Previous shoulder dystocia Previous 3rd or 4th degree tear Sickle
Cell anaemia BMI under 18 or over 35
at conception Previous massive PPH APH in current pregnancy HIV / AIDS Hepatitis B or C Active TB IUGR Oligohydramnios Polyhydramnios Child previously removed from custody because
of abuse Uterine abnormalities such as uterine septum or double uterus Previous uterine surgery for fibroids Chronic renal problems Hypertension Auto
immune condition Previous stroke or blod clot Cancer Domestic violence or abusive home Prisoners Homeless women
(borrowed from Dr Kitty) Breech Twins and higher order multiples Previous CS Pre-Eclampsia Placenta praevia Cervical incompetence Previous late stillbirth Previous premature birth Grand multiparty Age under 18 Age over 35 Smoking Drug use Severe mental health issue Epilepsy
Type 1 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes Gestational diabetes Asthma GBS positive Abnormal antibodies Transplant recipient Congenital heart disease Known foetal abnormality Immunosuppressive medication MS Physical disability Intellectual disability Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism Previous shoulder dystocia Previous 3rd or 4th degree tear Sickle
Cell anaemia BMI under 18 or over 35
at conception Previous massive PPH APH in current pregnancy HIV / AIDS Hepatitis B or C Active TB IUGR Oligohydramnios Polyhydramnios Child previously removed from custody because
of abuse Uterine abnormalities such as uterine septum or double uterus Previous uterine surgery for fibroids Chronic renal problems Hypertension Auto
immune condition Previous stroke or blod clot Cancer Domestic violence or abusive home Prisoners Homeless women
In the second
Cell paper, researchers collaborated with scientists at the University of Cambridge, McGill University in Canada and several UK and European institutions to explore the role that epigenetics plays in the development and function of three major human immune cell types: CD14 + monocytes, CD16 + neutrophils and naïve CD4 + T cells, from the genomes of 197 individu
Cell paper, researchers collaborated with scientists
at the University
of Cambridge, McGill University in Canada and several UK and European institutions to explore the role that epigenetics plays in the development and function
of three major human
immune cell types: CD14 + monocytes, CD16 + neutrophils and naïve CD4 + T cells, from the genomes of 197 individu
cell types: CD14 + monocytes, CD16 + neutrophils and naïve CD4 + T
cells, from the genomes
of 197 individuals.
Researchers
at Penn State have combined the two approaches by taking biodegradable polymer nanoparticles encapsulated with cancer - fighting drugs and incorporating them into
immune cells to create a smart, targeted system to attack cancers
of specific
types.
Antibodies derived from a
type of immune cell found in unusually high numbers in HIV - infected individuals with chronically uncontrolled virus levels are less effective
at neutralizing HIV than antibodies derived from a different
type of immune cell more common in people without HIV, scientists report.
Professor Dan Davis and his team
at the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research, working in collaboration with global healthcare company GSK, investigated how different
types of immune cells communicate with each other — and how they kill cancerous or infected
cells.
The new NYU Langone study revolves around the ability
of immune cells to «decide» which
cell types to become based on the
type of invader encountered — including macrophages that arrive first
at the sites
of infection.
Understanding which cytokines are best for monitoring inflammation and immunosuppression, and knowing which are secreted by different
immune cell types at each stage
of maturation and activation, will provide essential insights into disease treatment options.
«Although right now we are focusing on developing a cancer vaccine, in the future we could be able to manipulate which
type of dendritic
cells or other
types of immune cells are recruited to the 3D scaffold by using different kinds
of cytokines released from the MSRs,» said co-lead author Aileen Li, a graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in bioengineering
at Harvard SEAS.
In an effort to further define the importance
of GATA - 3, researchers
at the University
of North Carolina have traced how the protein performs important functions in CD8 + T -
cell type of the
immune system.
In a new study published in Nature Neuroscience this week, researchers in the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases
at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) investigate how genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease may influence a key
type of immune cell.
Researchers
at Joslin Diabetes Center now have pinpointed a major inflammatory role for «natural killer» (NK)
immune cells in abdominal fat — a
type of tissue strongly implicated in insulin resistance.
Scientist
at the University
of Bonn and TU Munich have now discovered that
type I IFN released by
immune cells due to increased migration
of gut bacteria into the cirrhotic liver incapacitate the
immune system.
To get to the bottom
of this question, researchers in the Perelman School
of Medicine
at the University
of Pennsylvania engineered mice in which the damage caused by a mutant human TDP - 43 protein could be reversed by one
type of brain
immune cell.
A research team, led by Chao Cheng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department
of Genetics
at The Geisel School
of Medicine
at Dartmouth, used gene expression data from breast cancer patients to computationally infer the presence
of different
types of immune cells.
Her aim is to understand,
at the molecular level, the mechanisms that control communication between the brain,
immune system, and blood vessels — with the ultimate goal
of designing new therapies that slow, stop, or reverse the progression
of a wide range
of neurological disorders, such as MS. Recently, Dr. Akassoglou's lab identified how microglia — a
type of immune cell that acts as the brain's first line
of defense — are activated when fibrinogen enters the brain or spinal cord.
Working in mice, Norbury's team used several methods to deplete different
types of innate
immune cells — collectively known as myeloid
cells —
at the three checkpoints before infecting the rodents with poxvirus.
In doing so, specific
cell types may activate
immune responses to fine tune
cell - fate decisions
at the organismal level; for instance, DNA damage in germ
cells induces an innate
immune response in worms that promotes endurance
of somatic tissues to allow delay
of progeny production when germ
cells are hit by DNA damage.
Today, Rudensky, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and professor
of immunology
at Sloan - Kettering Institute in New York City, counts among the world's foremost immunologists for his discoveries on the molecular architecture
of a
type of immune cell implicated in autoimmune disorders, inflammatory disease, and cancer.
If it does, then you might use the approach
of making more beta
cells right
at early onset
of the
type 1 disease to try and stop or reverse the
immune attack, making the
immune system think its made a mistake, inducing something called anergy by making more beta
cells.
JDRF and ViaCyte share a continuing commitment to realizing the potential
of beta
cell replacement strategies to deliver insulin independence without
immune suppression for people living with
type 1 diabetes, and ultimately,
at JDRF we hope this will move us forward in fulfilling our vision
of a world without
type 1 diabetes.»
The team analyzed the frequency
of different
types of immune cells in blood collected from 110 one year - old study participants, the presence
of immune - stimulatory components in the subjects» house dust and asked whether any
of the factors correlated with an increased
of asthma
at age seven.
11/6/2007 UCSD Researchers Discover Inflammation, Not Obesity, Cause
of Insulin Resistance Findings may have important potential for new drug discoveries in fight against
Type 2 diabetes Researchers
at the University
of California, San Diego (UCSD) School
of Medicine have discovered that inflammation provoked by
immune cells called macrop... More...
A team
of chemical and biomedical engineers from the Cockrell School
of Engineering
at The University
of Texas
at Austin, in collaboration with researchers from the University
of Pennsylvania, have discovered that HIV - infected patients experience a dysfunction in a certain
type of immune cell: the follicular helper T (Tfh)
cell.
In Sabrina's poster, she showed that patients with a low number
of different
types of T -
cells (a
type of immune cell which has different versions to fight different infections / diseases; called a T -
cell repertoire or TCR) in their blood
at start
of treatment were more likey to respond to anti-PD1 therapy, and had a poor response to anti-CTLA4 therapy.
Up to a 30 % reduction in the incidence
of type 1 diabetes mellitus is reported for infants who exclusively breastfed for
at least 3 months, thus avoiding exposure to cow milk protein.13, 42 It has been postulated that the putative mechanism in the development
of type 1 diabetes mellitus is the infant's exposure to cow milk β - lactoglobulin, which stimulates an
immune - mediated process cross-reacting with pancreatic β
cells.
At least 50 %
of diabetic dogs have
type 1 diabetes based on present evidence
of immune destruction
of β -
cells.