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Objectives: Coeliac disease is a multifactorial disorder influenced by environmental, genetic and immunological factors. Interleukin (IL)-21 has been linked to an increase disease risk and the serum level of IL-21 seems to be increased in CD compared to a healthy control population. Methods: Sera were collected from 160 CD patients, 120...

Acute phase response (APR) following intravenous zoledronate (ZOL) administration is related to activation and increased proliferation of γδ T cells, attributed to the molecular mechanism of action of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (N-BPs). ZOL, however, has also been reported to inhibit the proliferation of regulatory T cells in vitro and...

A series of highly functionalized pyrazole derivatives has been prepared by a one-pot, versatile and regioselective procedure. Pyrazoles 1–29 were tested in cell-based assay to assess their antiproliferative activity against a panel of tumour cells. Additionally, the cytotoxicity of prepared compounds was evaluated against normal human...

Push-pull alkenes refer to substituted alkenes bearing one or two electron-donating groups at one end of the double bond and one or two electron-accepting groups at the other end. These chemical properties make push-pull alkenes particularly reactive with electrophilic and nucleophilic species and therefore they have been widely used as...