Taylor Mercado

A case report of Kawasaki disease induced by the hepatitis B vaccine.

PMID: Clin Rheumatol. 2003 Dec ;22(6):461-3. Epub 2003 Oct 7. PMID: 14677029 Abstract Title: Kawasaki disease in an infant following immunisation with hepatitis B vaccine. Abstract: The known association between hepatitis B and vasculitis has been reported in rare cases in adults after hepatitis B vaccination. We here describe a 35-day-old infant who developed Kawasaki …

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A case report of a 20-month-old child who developed Kawasaki disease after receiving her second dose of Lanzhou lamb rotavirus vaccine (LLR) and her first dose of freeze-dried live attenuated hepatitis A vaccine.

PMID: Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2015 ;11(11):2740-3. Epub 2015 Jul 9. PMID: 26158590 Abstract Title: The first case of Kawasaki disease in a 20-month old baby following immunization with rotavirus vaccine and hepatitis A vaccine in China: A case report. Abstract: Kawasaki disease (KD) after rotavirus and hepatitis A vaccination has not previously been reported in …

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Aluminum may play crucial roles as a cross-linker in β-amyloid oligomerization.

PMID: Int J Alzheimers Dis. 2011 Mar 8 ;2011:276393. Epub 2011 Mar 8. PMID: 21423554 Abstract Title: Link between Aluminum and the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease: The Integration of the Aluminum and Amyloid Cascade Hypotheses. Abstract: Whilst being environmentally abundant, aluminum is not essential for life. On the contrary, aluminum is a widely recognized neurotoxin …

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Delayed DTaP vaccination was associated with reduced eczema.

PMID: Allergy. 2016 Apr ;71(4):541-9. Epub 2016 Feb 8. PMID: 26707796 Abstract Title: Timing of routine infant vaccinations and risk of food allergy and eczema at one year of age. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Epidemiological evidence suggests that routine vaccinations can have nontargeted effects on susceptibility to infections and allergic disease. Such effects may depend on age …

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: Parents who refuse vaccinations reported less asthma and allergies in their unvaccinated children.

PMID: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2005 Apr ;115(4):737-44. PMID: 15805992 Abstract Title: The relationship between vaccine refusal and self-report of atopic disease in children. Abstract: BACKGROUND: In the last 3 decades, there has been an unexplained increase in the prevalence of asthma and hay fever.OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether there is an association between …

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There is a temporal association between vaccines and hemolytic anemia in dogs.

PMID: J Vet Intern Med. 1996 Sep-Oct;10(5):290-5. PMID: 8884713 Abstract Title: Vaccine-associated immune-mediated hemolytic anemia in the dog. Abstract: Vaccination has been incriminated as a trigger of immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) in dogs and in people, but evidence to support this association is lacking. In a controlled retrospective study, idiopathic IMHA was identified in 58 …

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Mercury and thimerosal inhibit methionine synthase which interferes with the production of glutathione.

PMID: Rev Environ Contam Toxicol. 2014 ;229:1-18. PMID: 24515807 Abstract Title: Mercury toxicity and neurodegenerative effects. Abstract: Mercury is among the most toxic heavy metals and has no known physiological role in humans. Three forms of mercury exist: elemental, inorganic and organic. Mercury has been used by man since ancient times. Among the earliest were …

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Both methyl and ethylmercury are cytotoxic by oxidative stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

PMID: Chem Biol Interact. 2019 Oct 28 ;315:108867. Epub 2019 Oct 28. PMID: 31672467 Abstract Title: Methyl and Ethylmercury elicit oxidative stress and unbalance the antioxidant system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Abstract: Methylmercury (MeHg) and Ethylmercury (EtHg) are toxic to the central nervous system. Human exposure to MeHg and EtHg results mainly from the consumption of …

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Aluminum enters the brain through transferrin.

PMID: J Alzheimers Dis. 2006 Nov ;10(2-3):223-53. PMID: 17119290 Abstract Title: Blood-brain barrier flux of aluminum, manganese, iron and other metals suspected to contribute to metal-induced neurodegeneration. Abstract: The etiology of many neurodegenerative diseases has been only partly attributed to acquired traits, suggesting environmental factors may also contribute. Metal dyshomeostasis causes or has been implicated …

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Lycopene attenuates AFB1-induced renal injury with the activation of the Nrf2 antioxidant signaling pathway in mice.

PMID: Food Funct. 2018 Dec 13 ;9(12):6427-6434. PMID: 30462120 Abstract Title: Lycopene attenuates AFB-induced renal injury with the activation of the Nrf2 antioxidant signaling pathway in mice. Abstract: Oxidative stress is an important molecular mechanism for kidney injury in aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) nephrotoxicity. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a master transcription factor …

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