Immune System References

Resources on Immune Health and Genomics

Reference and Resources for ImmunoGenomics (listed as title, author(s), journal citation or book publisher)

Polymorphisms of the interleukin-6 gene are associated with bone mineral density.

Murray, RE, F. McGuigan, SFA Grant, DM Reid, and SH Ralston.

Bone 21: 89-92 (1997).

Lung epithelial barrier function and wound healing are decreased by IL-4 and IL-13 and enhanced by IFN-gamma.

Ahdieh M, T Vandenbos and A Youakin.

American Journal of Physiology- Cell Physiology 281: C2029-2038 (2001)

The role of phytosterols and phytosterolins in immune modulation: a review of the past 10 years.

Bouic, PJ.

Current Opinion of Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care 4: 471-475 (2001).

The effects of B-sitosterol (BBS) and B-sitosterol glucoside (BSSG) mixture on selected immune parameters of marathon runners: Inhibition of post marathon immune suppression and inflammation. 

Bouic, PJ, A Clark, J Lamprecht et al.

International Journal of Sports Medicine 20: 258-262 (1999)

IL-4 differentiates naïve CD8+ T cells to a “Th2-like” phenotype: a link between viral infections and bronchial asthma.

Coyle, AJ, C Bertrand, S Tsuyuki, et al.

Annuls of New York Academy of Sciences 31: 796-797 (1996).

Interleukin 10 promoter region polymorphisms and susceptibility to advanced alcoholic liver disease.

Grove J, AK Daly, MF Bassendine, E Gilvarry and CP Day.

Gut 46: 540-546 (2000)

Interleukin 1 polymorphisms, lifestyle factors and Helicobacter pylori infection.

Hamajima, N, K Matsuo, T Saito, K Tajima, K Okuma, K Yamao and S Tominaga.

Japan Journal of Cancer Research 92: 383-389 (2001).

The etiologies, pathophysiology and alternative/complementary treatment of asthma.

Miller AL.

Alternative Medicine Review 6: 20-47 (2001).

Mechanisms of cancer prevention by tea polyphenols based on inhibition of TNF-alpha expression.

Suganuma M, E Sueoka, N Sueoka, S Okabe and H Fujiki

Biofactors 13: 67-72 (2000).

Changes in serum interleukin-2, -6, and -8 levels before and during treatment with resperidone and haloperidol: relationship to outcome in schizophrenia.

Zhang, XY, DF Zhou, LY Cao, PY Zhang, GY Wu and YC Shen.

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 65: 940-947 (2004).

Nuclear factor-kappa B-dependent induction of interleukin-8 gene expression by tumor necrosis factor alpha: evidence for an antioxidant sensitive activating pathway distinct from nuclear translocation.

Vlahopoulos, S, I Boldogh, A Casola and AR Brasier.

Blood 94: 1878-1889 (1999).

Role of the pro-inflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in the pathogenesis of the otitis media with effusion.

Smirnova MG, SL Kiselev, NV Gnuchev et. al.

European Cytokine Network 13: 161-172 (2003)

Ethnic differences in allele distribution in the IL8 and IL1B genes in populations from eastern India.

Chakravorty, M, A Ghosh, A Choudhury et al.

Human Biology 76: 153-159 (2004).

Immunoregulatory role of TNFα in inflammatory kidney diseases.

Ernandez T and T Mayadas.

Kidney International 76: 262-276 (2009)

Fish-oil supplementation induces antiinflammatory gene expression profiles in human blood mononuclear cells.

Bouwens, M, O van de Rest, N Dellshaft, M Grootte et al.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 90: 415-424 (2009)