January 10, 2015

Getting Published: Part 1. (Dr. Jay Portnoy)


Dr. Jay Portnoy begins a series of presentations that will culminate on development of a manuscript that can be submitted to a peer-review medical journal. 

January 5, 2015

Antiallergic Effects of Caffeic Acid in Blomia Tropicalis Murine Model of Experimental Asthma



Journal of ISSN: 2376-0060JLPRR 

Lung, Pulmonary & Respiratory Research




Tamires Cana Brasil Carneirol, Ryan Santos Costal, Norma Vilany Queiroz Carneirol, Ana Tereza Cerqueira-Limal, Tatiane Oliveiral, Keina Douradol, Darizy Flávia Silval, Valdirene Leão Carneiro2, Neuza Maria Alcântara-Nevesl, Lain Carlos Pontes-de-Carvalho3 and Camila Alexandrina Figueiredol*
1Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil 2Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brazil 3Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
Received: November 12, 2014 | Published: November 27, 2014
*Corresponding author: Camila Alexandrina Figueiredo, Departamento de Biorregulação, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus do Canela, CEP 41110-100, Salvador, Brazil, Tel: +557132838948; Fax: +557132838948; Email: @
Citation: Brasil Carneiro TC, Costa RS, Queiroz Carneiro NV, Cerqueira-Lima AT, Oliveira T, et al. (2014) Antiallergic Effects of Caffeic Acid in Blomia Tropicalis Murine Model of Experimental Asthma. J Lung Pulm Respir Res 1(4): 00023. DOI: 10.15406/jlprr.2014.01.00023

Periodic Fever and Neutrophilic Dermatosis: Is It Sweet’s Syndrome?

Case Reports in Immunology
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 320920, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/320920
Case Report
1Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children’s Medical Center, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Tehran 14194, Iran
2Pediatric Rheumatology Research Group, Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

The relationship between physical functional capacity and lung function in obese children and adolescents

Research article


Open AccessMariana Simões Ferreira1*Roberto Teixeira Mendes1Fernando Augusto de Lima Marson12*Mariana Porto Zambon1Ilma Aparecida Paschoal3Adyleia Aparecida Dalbo Contrera Toro1Silvana Dalge Severino1Maria Ângela Gonçalves de Oliveira Ribeiro1 andJosé Dirceu Ribeiro1
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2014, 14:199  doi:10.1186/1471-2466-14-199
Published: 15 December 2014

December 18, 2014

In silico analysis of autoimmune diseases and genetic relationships to vaccination against infectious diseases

Research articleOpen Access
Peter B McGarvey12*Baris E Suzek126James N Baraniuk3Shruti Rao1Brian Conkright1Samir Lababidi4Andrea Sutherland45Richard Forshee4 and Subha Madhavan1
Near universal administration of vaccines mandates intense pharmacovigilance for vaccine safety and a stringently low tolerance for adverse events. Reports of autoimmune diseases (AID) following vaccination have been challenging to evaluate given the high rates of vaccination, background incidence of autoimmunity, and low incidence and variable times for onset of AID after vaccinations.

High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

ResearchOpen Access

Naomi TsurikisawaHiroshi SaitoChiyako OshikataTakahiro Tsuburai and Kazuo Akiyama
Regulatory T (Treg) cells are implicated in the development and progression of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). We previously showed beneficial effects of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy combined with corticosteroid and immunosuppressant treatment on clinical symptoms, including mononeuritis multiplex and cardiac dysfunction, and Treg cell frequency, during EGPA.