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Keel, C., Ddfago, G. Interactions between beneficial soil bacteria and root pathogens mechanisms and ecological impact. In, Multitrophic Interactions in Terrestrial Systems. Gange A.C., Brown, V.K. eds. Blackwell Science Ltd. London, UK, 1997 pp. 27-46. 

In summary. Part II has shown examples of three different types of diseases (hemophilia, cancer and AIDS), their underlying pathogenic mechanisms and how these are reflected in the development of... 

Bhunia AK, 2008. Foodborne microbial pathogens mechanisms and pathogenesis. Springer Verlag. 

Considering the increasing use of contrast media in diagnostic medicine, there is a need for better information not only for radiologists but also for practioners. In this short review, the various pathogenic mechanisms and the means of prevention will be reviewed. 

Ban CR, Twigg SM. Fibrosis in diabetes complications pathogenic mechanisms and... 

The clinical picture is devastating. One third of the patients will die, and one third will be disabled permanently Typically, fibrosis of the skin develops, but the face remains unaffected. With developing disease, the skin gets so fibrotic that the movement of limbs gets difficult to impossible. The understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms and treatment of NSF remains unknown. 

Kanemura H, Sano F, Maeda Y, Sugita K, Aihara M. Valproate sodium enhances body weight gain in patients with childhood epilepsy a pathogenic mechanisms and open-label clinical trial of behavior therapy. Seizure September 2012 21(7) 496-500. 

ECM proteins are the most susceptible to non-enzymatic AGE modifications compared to circulating or cellular proteins. These modifications can affect ECM assembly and turnover as well as multiple cell-ECM interactions, thus contributing to pathogenesis of diabetic complications. However, the exact mechanisms are unknown. Determination of AGE modifications within fimctionally critical sites of ECM proteins under diabetic conditions in vivo will provide important clues for uncovering pathogenic mechanisms and identification of new disease biomarkers. 

The non-malignant forms of asbestos-related pleural disorders include pleural plaques, benign pleural effusion, and diffuse pleural thickening. Although circumscribed pleural plaques and diffuse pleural thickening are considered under this broad category of asbestos-related pleural fibrosis, these processes are distinct entities that are likely to involve different pathogenic mechanisms and have different clinical consequences (Schwartz 1991). 

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology with some autoimmune features. Current thinking favours the hypothesis that interplay between genetic factors, sex hormones, and possibly an infectious agent or another immune activating agent initiates an autoimmune pathogenic mechanism that culminates in a disease with inflammatory and destructive features. 

The pathogenic mechanisms responsible for the association of musculoskeletal abnormalities with hypercholesterolaemia remain obscure. However, it has been hypothesized that the deposition and modification of lipoprotein components within and around the joint of patients with hyperlipidaemia-associated arthropathy results in a pro-inflammatory response, giving rise to articular disorders (Prete et al., 1993). 

Rathbone, B.J. and Heatley, R.V. (1992). Possible pathogenic mechanisms in Helicobacter pylori infection. In Helicobacter pylori and Gastroduodenal Disease (eds. B.J. Rathbone and R.V. Heatley) pp. 217-223. Blackwell Scientific Pubhcations, Oxford. 

In summary, therefore, the evidence seems convincing that exercise modifies circulating and tissue concentrations of antioxidants and enzyme activities. It is much less certain that the fatigue or damage to skeletal muscle associated with various forms of excessive or unaccustomed exercise is initiated by free radical-mediated degradation. Considerably more work is required in this area to clarify the underlying pathogenic mechanisms. 

In addition to the well-characterized role of iron in catalysing redox interactions, other metallic contaminants, for example, nickel, may also contribute. In vivo toxicity studies have demonstrated the capacity of nickel particulate compounds to induce tumours following intraperitoneal injection (Pott etal., 1987). Such activity is proportional to their phagocytic uptake, and to the associated respiratory burst and generation of PMN-derived reactive oxygen metabolites (ROMs), a proposed pathogenic mechanism (Evans et al., 1992a). 

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