Search for dissertations about: "tonsils"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the word tonsils.

  2. 1. Role of Toll-like receptors in airway inflammation

    Author : Anne Månsson; Klinisk och experimentell allergiforskning; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; lymphocytes; peripheral blood; allergic rhinitis; tonsils; eosinophils; specific allergen immunotherapy;

    Abstract : Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are germline-encoded pathogen-recognition receptors that detect different microbial structures and activate the immune system. The human TLR family presently comprises ten members (TLR1-TLR10), each with distinct properties. READ MORE

  4. 2. Activation of human B cells with the Moraxella catarrhalis IgD-binding protein MID

    Author : Radinka Hadzic; Malmö Klinisk mikrobiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mikrobiologi; bakteriologi; virology; mycology; bacteriology; AAT; Microbiology; tonsils; CD19; CD21; MID; B cells; serology; virologi; mykologi; Immunology; transplantation; Immunologi; serologi; Moraxella catarrhalis;

    Abstract : Moraxella catarrhalis is a respiratory tract pathogen that causes significant health problems, including acute otitis media in children, lower respiratory tract infections in adults and the elderly and sinusitis in both children and adults. The interest in M. READ MORE

  5. 3. Human papillomavirus in sinonasal inverted papilloma, recurrent respiratory papilloma and non-malignant tonsils

    Author : Anna M. Holm; Katarina Olofsson; Karin Nylander; Göran Laurell; Stina Syrjänen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Human papillomavirus; recurrent respiratory papillomatosis; sinonasal inverted papilloma; non-malignant tonsillar disease; Epstein-Barr virus; immune system; p16; Hyaluronan; Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; oto-rhino-laryngologi;

    Abstract : Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is known to cause recurrent respiratory papilloma (RRP) and certain types of oropharyngeal cancer. HPV has also been associated with sinonasal inverted papilloma (SIP). READ MORE

  6. 4. Immune cells in human pharyngeal and palatine tonsils and in the uvula : tissue distribution, cellular composition and functional properties

    Author : Katarina Olofsson; Marie-Louise Hammarström; Sten Hellström; Britta Rynnel-Dagöö; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The adenoid (pharyngeal tonsil), the palatine tonsils and the uvula are strategically located at the entrance of the upper airodigestive tract. By virtue of their location they are incessantly exposed to inhaled and ingested antigens. READ MORE

  7. 5. Mapping viruses in non-malignant tonsils, nasal polyps, sinonasal inverted papilloma and laryngeal cancer

    Author : Alexandra Schindele; Katarina Olofsson; Karin Nylander; Annika Allard; Lalle Hammarstedt Nordenvall; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Human papilloma virus; Epstein-Barr virus; Human cytomegalovirus; Human adenovirus; p16 tumor suppressor protein; Non-malignant tonsillar disease; Chronic rhino sinusitis with nasal polyps; sinonasal inverted papilloma; laryngeal cancer; EBER-ISH; Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; oto-rhino-laryngologi;

    Abstract : Background: The upper respiratory tract is exposed to viruses, which can lead to infection and cancer development. We chose to study common and/or chronic diseases along with common and cancer related viruses in the upper airway. READ MORE