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    World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the median lethal concentration (LC50) for any molluscicidal material must not surpass (100 ppm) (WHO, 1993). The present results showed that, match 5%EC (Lufenuron 5% EC) was toxic to B. alexandrina snails at LC50 2.04 mg/l (Table 1). The internal defense system of molluscs is comprised of cellular and humoral components (Le Clec’h et al., 2016). Thus, the immune response is carried out by circulating hemocytes and soluble hemolymph factors (Fried

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    sheath to reach the inflammation site (Nourshargh et al., 2010). Intracellular signaling initiated by endothelial adhesion molecule PECAM facilitates this process known as transendothelial migration (TEM; Muller, 2011, 2012). The lateral border recycling compartment (LBRC) is localized to the transmigrating leukocyte, providing a concentration of available PECAM and other adhesion molecules to aid in TEM (Muller et al., 1993; Mamdouh et al., 2003, 2008, 2009). Homophilic PECAM interactions between leukocytes

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    cells possess a differential amount of -catenin, a molecule deemed essential in a cells adherence. In this study, the relationship between the concentration of -catenin present and the strength of cell-cell adhesion was analyzed. A western blot was used to quantify the amount of -catenin present in the varying cell lines in combination with the results from a monolayer adhesion assay. When reviewing these assays

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    metastatic cascade (Fig. 1). These five steps of cascade are – invasion and migration, intravastion, circulation, extravasation, Colonization, proliferation and angiogenesis. Various cellular processes like de-regulated cell growth, loss of cell – cell adhesion, migration through the underlying interstitial stroma, altered survival signaling which support metastatic spread, therapy resistance and unrestricted tumor growth, facilitate these five – step of metastatic cascade. Massive metastatic

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    target metastasis organ process, adhesion molecules (e.g., integrin-1 and E-selectin) play a key role in regulating the adhesion of tumor cells to endothelium cells (Yates et al., 2014; Okegawa et al., 2002). On the other hand, when cancer cells leave the original tumor organ to migrate to circulate system by intravasation, then they extravasation into the circulatory system to migrate to the target metastasis organ. The regulation of migration, invasion and adhesion may be an effective strategy for

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    increased circulating levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α, also the chemokines IL-8 , interferon-inducible protein-10 (IP-10) and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1), as well as the adhesion molecules intercellular adhesion molecule 1(ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1), in preeclampsia as compared

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    Pathogenesis Abstract There have been a number of manuscripts reporting on the association of complications in type 2 diabetes with high glucose blood levels, high levels of C-Peptide, high advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and oxidative stress. In order to further investigate the aetiology and pathophysiology of renal microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes, papers were reviewed through 2000 using the NIH PubMed Literature Search System. Inclusion

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    There have been a number of manuscripts reporting on the association of complications in type 2 diabetes with high glucose blood levels, high levels of C-Peptide, high advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and oxidative stress. In order to further investigate the aetiology and pathophysiology of renal microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes, papers were reviewed through 2000 using the NIH PubMed Literature Search System. Inclusion criteria were

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    Arildsen et al. (2012) performed a prospective, cross-sectional study investigating endothelial dysfunction, increased inflammatory markers and activated coagulation in HIV-positive individuals after initiation of highly active ART. Twenty treatment naïve, nonsmoking, HIV positive patients were followed for 6 months and examined at three different times: 1) before starting HAART, 2) after 3 months of treatment with a HAART regimen consisting of 1 protease inhibitor (either indinavir or lopinavir

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    (43, 49). The cag PAI is an almost 40 kb stretch of DNA that encodes nearly 40 genes, many of which are homologous to type IV secretion system components. Type IV secretion systems assemble into a syringe-like structure that mediates secretion of molecules extracellularly or into the cytosol of host cells. The secretion system of H. pylori delivers the cag PAI-encoded and immunodominant Cytotoxin Associated protein (CagA)

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