Cytokines are signaling molecules between inflammatory cells that play a significant role in the pathogenesis of a disease. Among these cytokines are interleukins (ILs) 17A and 33, and accordingly, the current case-control study sought to investigate the role of each of the two cytokines in the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). Sixty-eight relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) Iraqi patients and twenty healthy individuals (control group) were enrolled. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits were used to determine serum levels of IL-17A and IL-33. Results revealed that IL-17A and IL-33 levels were significantly higher in MS patients than in controls (14.1 ± 4.5 vs. 7.5 ± 3.8 pg/mL; p < 0.001 and 65.3 ± 16.3 vs. 49.3 ± 20.0 pg/mL; p < 0.001, respectively). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis demonstrated that IL-17A was a very good predictor of MS (area under curve [AUC] = 0.869; 95% CI = 0.779 - 0.960; p < 0.001; cut-off value = 10.2 pg/mL; sensitivity = 80.8%; specificity = 75.0%). A similar prediction was presented by IL-33, but the AUC value was lower (AUC = 0.762; 95% CI = 0.63 - 0.89; p < 0.001; cut-off value = 56.4 pg/mL; sensitivity = 70.6%; specificity = 70.0%). Multinomial logistic regression analysis confirmed the significance of IL-17A and IL-33 in MS risk, and under three models of analysis, the estimated odds ratios for IL-17A (1.50, 1.49 and 1.50, respectively) and IL-33 (1.05, 1.05 and 1.06) were above 1.0. Patients stratified by gender (male and female), expanded disability status scale (EDSS: < 3 and ≥ 3) or medication (pre- and post-medication) showed no significant differences in serum levels of IL-17A and IL-33 for each stratum. However, with regard to response to medication, it was found that responding patients showed significantly higher levels of IL-33 than non-responders (70.9 ± 12.2 vs. 57.2 ± 18.2 pg/mL; p = 0.018). This difference was not observed when considering IL-17A. Pearson correlation analysis between IL-17A and IL-33 revealed that both cytokines were not significantly correlated. In conclusion, the study indicated that IL-17A and IL-33 were up-regulated in serum of MS patients, and this up-regulation was not influenced by age, gender, EDSS or medication status, but the elevated level of IL-33 was more pronounced in patients who responded to medication.
The wisdom of the Creator ensures the call of every prophet with a miracle that would be something beyond what is familiar from the customs
أشارت الجهود المعرفية السابقة إلى وجود اهتمام متزايد بالجماعات (Groups) على أساس أنها اللبنات الأساسية لقيام المنظمات. وقد فرض تعدد المنظمات في المجتمعات المعاصرة وتباينها من حيث أهدافها وطبيعة نشاطها، تجزئة فعالياتها إلى تخصصات عدة على وفق إطار تقسيم العمل، وبما أدى إلى تقسيم الأفراد العاملين إلى جماعات مختلفة في أدائها وأحجامها وشكلها، والتي تعمل جميعها لتحقيق هدف&
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The main subject of this poem is a chance meeting between Baudelaire and unknown beautiful lady. Her presence represents the far-fetched, magnificent beauty. This beauty forms an aspect of idealism that takes its real existence and disappears immediately.
This emotional poem deals with the continuous despair that dates back to the Romantic age where it was a key topic; the passing woman embodies destiny. All this comes from constant experience and mad love through the poet’s view to a woman paving the way toward the unknown. Baudelaire, however, noticed this unknown through a passer-by that reflected the real and magical image of this unk
... Show Moreتعد الجامعات من أهم المؤسسات المجتمعية التي تؤثر وتتأثر بالجو الاجتماعي المحيط بها، فهي من صنع المجتمع من ناحية، ومن ناحية أخرى هي أداته في صنع قياداته السياسية، الفكرية، الفنية، والمهنية، ومن هنا كان لكل جامعة رسالتها التي تتولى تحقيقها، فالجامعة في القرن العشرين تختلف رسالتها وغايتها عن الجامعة في القرن الحادي والعشرين. ولكي تقوم الجامعة بدور أفضل في خدمة المجتمع وتحمل المسؤولية المجتمعية فلابد لها من وض
... Show Moreالملخص - يهدف البحث الحالي الى تعرف اتجاهات مدرسي ومدرسات المدارس الثانوية نحو التربية الجنسية والتعرف على اثر متغير الجنس (ذكور، إناث) في تكوين اتجاهات تدريس التربية الجنسية في التعليم - الثانوي فضلاً عن تعرف التطبيقات التربوية للتربية الجنسية في المدارس الثانوية ، إذ ان التربية الجنسية واحدة من أهم فروع التربية في الإسلام , وهي ذات أهمية في نشر الوعي الديني والصحي والتربوي والاجتماعي والثقافي في المجتمع
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There are words that are described in certain words that are not described in other words, so the relationship between two words that accompany a habit is strengthened, which leads to the emergence of a conjunction or an idiomatic expression
Araştırmamın adı: Türkçe'de –madan, -meden Ulaç Ekinin Yazılışı ve Kullanılışıdır.
Ulaçlar, kişi ve zaman kavramı olmadan temel cümlenin yada yan cümlenin yüklemini niteleyen, cümlede genellikle zarf tümleci olarak görev yapan fiilimsilerdir. İkinci bir görevleri yardımcı fiillerle birlikte kullanılarak birleşik fiiller kurmak olan ulaçlar, cümlede bağlaç görevinde kullanılabilirler, ve birleşik cümleler kurabilirler. Bazı ulaç ekleri zarf, edat gibi kalıcı sözcük yapımında da kullanılırlar.
Bu araştırmada Orhun Türkçesi'nde başlayıp Türkiye Türkçesine kadar uzanan tarihi dönemlere ait eserlerden –m
... Show Moreعلى الرغم من أن الجامعات والمراكز والمؤسسات العلمية في الجامعات العراقية تزخر بالعديد من الكوادر والخبرات العلمية والأكاديمية المؤهلة علمياً وفنياً لانتاج البحوث العلمية والاشراف على طلبة الدراسات العليا، غير ان عملية انتاج الابحاث العلمية التطبيقية على وجه الخصوص تعترضها مجموعة من الصعوبات والمعوقات التي استطلعها الباحثين اما من خلال التجربة الشخصية, او من خلال استطلاعات اراء طلبة الدراسات العليا والب
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