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'Autoimmunity cutting edge at the 21st century. Representation of the 9th international congress of autoimmunity, nice, France 2014'
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Post-fotografia etnografica
Full text linkÈ evidente come la nostra società tecnologica sia legata senza alcun dubbio alla diffusione delle immagini. Autori come Gottfried Boehm, John Mitchell, Hans Belting hanno indagato la natura dell'immagine ponendo le basi, negli anni Novanta, per l'idea di un pictorial turn, di una cultura totalmente dominata dalle immagini che è diventata adesso una possibilità tecnica reale su scala globale. Un nuovo statuto dell'immagine che si usa raccogliere sotto l'etichetta di iconic turnerinserito nel più vasto campo visual culture studies.
L'uso del termine cultura accanto a quello di visuale è indicativo dell'ampiezza del campo d'indagine che visual culture studies si prefiggono di ricercare: essi non vogliono limitarsi alla constatazione della predominanza del visuale nella società contemporanea e a una valutazione della sua componente estetica, ma vogliono procedere verso una ricerca di tipo antropologico in cui la cultura visuale è analizzata come particolare stile di vita che esprime certi significati e valori non solo nell'arte e nell'alta cultura, ma anche nelle istituzioni e nel comportamento quotidiano. Proveremo ad applicare questo nuovo paradigma alle fotografie: anziché chiederci che cosa le immagini significano, proviamo a chiederci che cosa vogliono.Es evidente que nuestra sociedad tecnológica está indudablemente vinculada a la difusión de imágenes. Autores como Gottfried Boehm, John Mitchell, Hans Belting investigaron la naturaleza de la imagen sentando las bases, en la década de 1990, para «la idea de un pictorial turn, de una cultura totalmente dominada por imágenes que ahora se ha convertido en una posibilidad técnica real a escala mundial». Un nuevo estado de imagen que se suele recopilar bajo la etiqueta de iconicturner insertada en el campo más amplio de las culturas visuales.
El uso del término cultura junto con el de visual es indicativo de la amplitud del campo de investigación que los visual culture pretenden buscar: no quieren limitarse a determinar el predominio de lo visual en la sociedad contemporánea y a una evaluación de su componente estético, pero quieren avanzar hacia una investigación antropológica en la que la cultura visual se analice como un «estilo de vida particular que expresa ciertos significados y valores no solo en el arte y la alta cultura, sino también en las instituciones y el comportamiento cotidiano». Intentaremos aplicar este nuevo paradigma a las fotografías: en lugar de preguntarnos qué significan las imágenes, intentemos preguntarnos qué quieren
Conference scene: shining lights on the future of autoimmunity in Asia
No full textThe Congress on Autoimmunity was held, as was the previous 4th Asian Congress on Autoimmunity meeting, in Suntec City, Singapore, on 17-19 November 2011. The congress saw the participation of prestigious experts within the fields of autoimmunity, immunology, rheumatology, cardiovascular diseases and diabetology, with the enlightening concepts discussed briefly summarized herein. The Honorary President of the congress, Yehuda Shoenfeld, together with the local and international organizing committees, successfully put together an attractive scientific program with topics including the most up-to-date achievements and discoveries in all aspects of autoimmunity. In the surrounding of a beautiful city, autoimmunity was untangled, and novel, brilliant ideas emerged that could help to solve this fascinating conundrum
Le parole della festa
No full textLessico dialettale relativo alla festa (patronale) di San Vincenzo Ferreri nella località di Calamonaci (AG
Pregnancy and autoimmunity: a common problem
No full textSuccessful pregnancy is considered a Th1-Th2 cooperation phenomenon (Th, T-helper), with a predominantly Th2-type lymphocytes response, together with the emerging role of interleukin (IL)-12, IL-15 and IL-18 and of other unidentified soluble factors dependent on natural killer (NK) cells. In the pathogenesis of recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA), immunological factors have been involved such as decidual cells, complement system, cytokines and genes of the hystocompatibility complex that can determine the success or the failure of a pregnancy. A deeper insight into apparently unexplained RSA shows increasing evidences supporting both alloimmune and autoimmune mechanisms, with autoantibodies playing a major role. The best-characterised pathogenic autoantibodies are anti-phospholipid antibodies, and also other autoantibodies, such as anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB, have been found to be associated with an increased rate of abortion, poor pregnancy outcome and several other obstetric manifestations. This intriguing mixture has been unveiled only in the last few years with the discovery of novel pathogenic mechanisms that can be targeted in the prevention and treatment of obstetrical complications occurring in the course of an autoimmune disease
Glutathione: A key player in autoimmunity
No full textIncreasing attention in the physiopathology of inflammatory/immunomediated diseases has been focused on the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS), oxygen-based molecules possessing high chemical reactivity and produced by activated neutrophils during the inflammatory response. During chronic inflammation, when sustained production of ROS occurs, antioxidant defences can weaken, resulting in a situation termed oxidative stress. Moreover, antioxidant defence systems have been demonstrated to be constitutively lacking in patients affected with chronic degenerative diseases, especially inflammatory/immunomediated. Glutathione, a tripeptide, is the principal component of the antioxidant defence system in the living cells. Glutathione has been demonstrated to have diverse effects on the immune system, either stimulating or inhibiting the immunological response in order to control inflammation. The study of interactions between glutathione and the immune system has attracted many investigators. Altered glutathione concentrations may play an important role in many autoimmune pathological conditions prevalently elicited, detrimed and maintained by inflammatory/immune response mediated by oxidative stress reactions. The role of glutathione in autoimmunity will be reviewed herein. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
NK cells, autoantibodies, and immunologic infertility: a complex interplay
No full textInfertility and recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) are heterogeneous conditions that have been frequently explained with an immunological pathomechanism. A deeper insight into apparently unexplained infertility and RSA shows increasing evidences supporting both alloimmune and autoimmune mechanisms, in which natural killer (NK) cells and autoantibodies seem to play a relevant role. Successful pregnancy is considered as Th1-Th2 cooperation phenomenon, with a predominantly Th2-type lymphocytes response, together with the emerging role of interleukin (IL)-12, IL-15, and IL-18 and of other unidentified soluble factors dependent on NK cells. Uterine NK cells comprise the largest population at implantation site, and their activity, characteristics, and abundance suggest that they participate at the "decidualization" process that, vice versa, induces NK activation and recruitment in each menstrual cycle. However, NK cell alteration may be associated with impaired pregnancy, and the modulation in the number of circulating NK cells is most likely to be a primary event rather than an active inflammation/drug administration consequence during an inflammatory/autoimmune process, thus playing an important role in the pathogenesis of immunological infertility. Relationships within immunological infertility, recurrent spontaneous abortion, autoantibodies, and NK cells will be reviewed herein
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