[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of TNF-α, IL-10 and IL-6 cytokine production and their correlation with genotype variants amongst tuberculosis patients and their household …

L Joshi, M Ponnana, R Sivangala, LK Chelluri… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Household contacts of diagnostically established tuberculosis (TB) patients are
highly susceptible to disease development. It is surmised that cytokines perhaps play a …

Mesenchymal stromal cell therapy in MDR/XDR tuberculosis: a concise review

L Joshi, LK Chelluri, S Gaddam - Archivum immunologiae et therapiae …, 2015 - Springer
Multi-drug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is a major public health problem worldwide. Drug
resistance arises due to non-compliance of antibiotic therapy. Herein, we explored the …

Effect of IFN-γ, IL-12 and IL-10 cytokine production and mRNA expression in tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus and their household contacts

P Meenakshi, S Ramya, J Lavanya, V Vijayalakshmi… - Cytokine, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective The study was carried out to understand the influence of IFN-γ, IL-12 and IL-10
cytokine production and expression in tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus (TBDM) and …

Association of interleukin-10 gene promoter polymorphism in allergic patients

…, VHS Priya, BMV Srikanth Babu, L Joshi… - Genetic testing and …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Aim: Allergic diseases are increasing alarmingly worldwide affecting >30% of the population,
including India. Allergy is the result of interaction of the epitopes on the protein with the …

Polymorphisms of IFN-γ (+ 874A/T) and IL-12 (+ 1188A/C) in tuberculosis patients and their household contacts in Hyderabad, India

S Thada, M Ponnana, R Sivangala, L Joshi… - Human Immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
Several cytokine gene variants have shown to be associated with host susceptibility to
infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB). High rates of transmission were identified within …

Toll-like receptor 2 polymorphisms and their effect on the immune response to ESAT-6, Pam3CSK4 TLR2 agonist in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and household …

JP Mandala, S Ahmad, A Pullagurla, S Thada, L Joshi… - Cytokine, 2020 - Elsevier
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a pivotal role in organizing the effective immune response
through inducing the pro-inflammatory cytokines for control of tuberculosis infection and TLR …

Role of IFN-γ and IL-6 cytokines and their association in determining susceptibility to chronic idiopathic urticaria

…, R Sivangala, S Thada, L Joshi… - Genetic Testing and …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria (CIU) is a common skin disorder, which may occur spontaneously.
The aim of the present study was to assess the serum levels of interferon (IFN)-γ and …

IL-6 and IL-18 cytokine gene variants of pulmonary tuberculosis patients with co-morbid diabetes mellitus and their household contacts in Hyderabad

M Ponnana, R Sivangala, L Joshi, V Valluri, S Gaddam - Gene, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Association of cytokine genes reflects their susceptibility towards infection and disease
in household contacts (HHC) of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients. Hyperglycemia, …

Association of TNF-α, IL-10 and IL-6 promoter polymorphisms in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and their household contacts of younger age group

L Joshi, LK Chelluri, V Valluri, S Gaddam - … Immunology, Microbiology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of cytokine genes have been found to be involved
in the clinical outcome of Tuberculosis. The present study was aimed to identify the high risk …

Cytokine production and mRNA expression in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and their household contacts of younger age group (15–25 years)

L Joshi, M Ponnana, R Sivangala, LK Chelluri… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Household contacts of tuberculosis patients are at high risk of infection and development of
active disease. In this study we evaluated the cytokine production and mRNA expression of …