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dc.contributor.authorNabati, Saeedeh
dc.contributor.authorAsadikaram, Gholamreza
dc.contributor.authorArababadi, Mohammad Kazemi
dc.contributor.authorShahabinejad, Gholamabbas
dc.contributor.authorRezaeian, Mohsen
dc.contributor.authorMahmoodi, Mehdi
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Derek
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:12:38Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:12:38Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-01-13T00:27:10Z
dc.identifier.issn0165-2478
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.imlet.2013.04.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/55547
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of opium addiction on the secretion of IL-4, IFN- , IL-6 and TGF- under in vivo and in vitro conditions. The blood samples were collected and PBMCs were cultured in RPMI1640 with and without opium for 48h. The levels of the cytokines were measured using ELISA technique. The results showed that plasma levels of IL-4 and IFN- were signi?cantly lower and IL-6 and TGF- were higher in plasma taken from opium-addicted subjects. The concentrations of all the cytokines in opium-addicted subjects in in vitro condition were signi?cantly lower than the control group. Addicted subjects cultured lymphocytes signi?cantly decrease secreted IL-4, IL-6 and TGF- but not IFN- in response to being cultured with opium, where as IFN- was increased in controls. These results may explain the frequent microbial infections and an increased tumor incidence seen in addicted patients.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom42
dc.relation.ispartofpageto46
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalImmunology Letters
dc.relation.ispartofvolume152
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchImmunology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchImmunology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3204
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320499
dc.titleThe plasma levels of the cytokines in opium-addicts and the effects of opium on the cytokines secretion by their lymphocytes
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKennedy, Derek D.


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