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Wieslaw Kozak

professor of physiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK), Torun, Poland
Verified email at umk.pl
Cited by 5785

Immunomodulatory effects of cigarette smoke

ML Sopori, W Kozak - Journal of neuroimmunology, 1998 - Elsevier
Cigarette smoke is a major health risk factor which significantly increases the incidence of
diseases including lung cancer and respiratory infections. This increased susceptibility may …

The adaptive value of fever

MJ Kluger, W Kozak, CA Conn, LR Leon… - Infectious Disease …, 1996 - id.theclinics.com
The ancient Greeks, including Hippocrates, believed that fever was a beneficial sign during
infection. z2, 94 Because of the strong beliefs in the wisdom of the ancients, the concept of …

Role of fever in disease

MJ Kluger, W Kozak, CA Conn, LR Leon… - Annals of the new …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
… A large body of literature shows that hypoxia induces a reduction in body temperature that
enhances host survival, 43 and preliminary data of Kozak and Malvin support the hypothesis …

Resistance to fever induction and impaired acute-phase response in interleukin-1β-deficient mice

H Zheng, D Fletcher, W Kozak, M Jiang, KJ Hofmann… - Immunity, 1995 - cell.com
We used gene targeting in embryonic stem cells to introduce an IL-lf3 null allele in mice. The
IL-lft-deficient mice develop normally and are apparently healthy and fertile. The IL-18 null …

Some quantitative aspects of the cat's eye: axis and plane of reference, visual field co-ordinates and optics

PO Bishop, W Kozak, GJ Vakkur - The Journal of Physiology, 1962 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… PO BISHOP, W. KOZAK AND GJ VAKKUR The isoelevation lines are hyperbolae and the
distance, e, of any point on an isoelevation line from the horizontal line through P is given by …

IL‐6 and IL‐1β in Fever: Studies Using Cytokine‐Deficient (Knockout) Micea

W Kozak, MJ Kluger, D Soszynski… - Annals of the New …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
… Values are means ± SE of 1-hour averages; n, number of mice in each group (data from
Kozak et al.8). … See legend to Figure 2 for further explanations (data from Kozak et al.9). …

Lipopolysaccharide induces fever and depresses locomotor activity in unrestrained mice

W Kozak, CA Conn, MJ Kluger - American Journal of …, 1994 - journals.physiology.org
The purpose of this study was to characterize the basic biology of fever to lipopolysaccharide
(LPS) in unrestrained mice. Although LPS has been shown to induce fevers in many …

Selected organophosphorus compounds with biological activity. Applications in medicine

S Demkowicz, J Rachon, M Daśko, W Kozak - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the latest applications of organophosphorus
compounds (OPs) that exhibit biological activity. A large family of OPs have become …

Effect of nicotine on the immune system: possible regulation of immune responses by central and peripheral mechanisms

ML Sopori, W Kozak, SM Savage, Y Geng… - …, 1998 - Elsevier
… A 50 #1 volume of 100% turpentine was injected SC into the left hindlimb as described
elsewhere (Kozak et al., 1997). … We thank Karin Rudolph and Anna Kozak for their technical help. …

Hypertensive patients' race, health beliefs, process of care, and medication adherence

…, J Rothendler, C Clark, S Reddy, W Kozak… - Journal of general …, 2007 - Springer
BACKGROUND African Americans have higher rates of hypertension and worse blood
pressure (BP) control than Whites, and poorer medication adherence may contribute to this …