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Pro-inflammatory and Anti-inflammatory Interleukins in Various Diseases 2.0

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Immunology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1088

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Dear Colleagues,

Cytokines are crucial in modulating the immune system, and as key modulators of inflammation, are produced in response to infection. Proinflammatory cytokines are positive mediators of inflammation, and anti-inflammatory cytokines are immunoregulatory molecules that control the pro-inflammatory cytokine response. Certain cytokines are involved in not only the initiation but also the progression/regression of diseases.

In this Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, we aim to focus on the latest discoveries and developments in pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory interleukins, their relation with diseases in animals and human studies, and the possible underlying mechanisms, thereby supplementing the existing literature on this field. Therefore, we cordially invite scholars from basic, immunological, pathophysiological, nutritional and metabolism research or other related disciplines to submit their original articles, reviews, communications, as well as conceptual papers to this Special Issue.

Dr. Anna Cieślińska
Dr. Edyta Sienkiewicz-Szłapka
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Keywords

  • cytokines
  • inflammation
  • interleukins
  • IL-1, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-17, IL-18, IL-22, IL-37, IL-38, IFN-α, IFN-β, IFN-γ, TGF-β, TNF-α, TNF-β
  • allergy
  • TNF-α
  • chemokines
  • interferon
  • gut inflammation
  • systemic inflammation
  • infection

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The Effect of Orally Administered Multi-Strain Probiotic Formulation (Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium) on the Phagocytic Activity and Oxidative Metabolism of Peripheral Blood Granulocytes and Monocytes in Lambs
by Roman Wójcik, Joanna Małaczewska, Dawid Tobolski, Jan Miciński, Edyta Kaczorek-Łukowska and Grzegorz Zwierzchowski
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(10), 5068; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25105068 - 7 May 2024
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Probiotic feed additives have attracted considerable research interest in recent years because the effectiveness of probiotics can differ across microbial strains and the supplemented macroorganisms. The present study was conducted on 16 lambs divided equally into two groups (C—control and E—experimental). The examined [...] Read more.
Probiotic feed additives have attracted considerable research interest in recent years because the effectiveness of probiotics can differ across microbial strains and the supplemented macroorganisms. The present study was conducted on 16 lambs divided equally into two groups (C—control and E—experimental). The examined lambs were aged 11 days at the beginning of the experiment and 40 days at the end of the experiment. The diet of group E lambs was supplemented with a multi-strain probiotic formulation (Lactobacillus plantarum AMT14, Lactobacillus plantarum AMT4, Lactobacillus rhamnosus AMT15, and Bifidobacterium animalis AMT30), whereas group C lambs did not receive the probiotic additive. At the beginning of the experiment (day 0) and on experimental days 15 and 30, blood was sampled from the jugular vein to determine and compare: phagocytic activity (Phagotest) and oxidative metabolism (Phagoburst) of peripheral blood granulocytes and monocytes by flow cytometry. An analysis of the phagocytic activity of granulocytes and monocytes revealed significantly higher levels of phagocytic activity (expressed as the percentage of phagocytic cells and mean fluorescence intensity) in lambs that were administered the multi-strain probiotic formulation compared with lambs in the control group. The probiotic feed additive also exerted a positive effect on the oxidative metabolism of both granulocytes and monocytes (expressed as the percentage of oxidative metabolism and mean fluorescence intensity) after stimulation with Escherichia coli bacteria and with PMA (4-phorbol-12-β-myristate-13-acetate). These findings suggest that the tested probiotic formulation may have a positive effect on the immune status of lambs. Full article
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