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vals, thus establishing equivalent visit frequencies per individual. In addition, ICD-9 12826236 diagnostic codes for HL have not been previously validated in this database. However, diagnostic codes for other malignancies have been successfully validated within the VA. Finally, this study was conducted exclusively on a population of considerable 15557325 public health interest, male military veterans, which may have implications on the generalizability of findings to other populations. Our findings support previous indications that an immune reconstitution mechanism may play a key role in HIV-related HL development. Additionally, findings indicate immune and virologic markers may provide significant predictors of HL risk and may be useful in initiating HL screening. Individuals with poor control of HIV replication while on cART represent a highrisk subgroup. Future research evaluating the role of EBV infection in the etiology of HIV-related HL and the interaction between EBV and 1702259-66-2 site active HIV viral replication are needed. Inflammatory cytokines such as INF-c, TNF-a and IL-1 have been implicated in the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic bcells in type 1 diabetes. Since NF-kB is both activated by these cytokines, and drives their expression, considerable interest has been focused on NF-kB in b-cells. But the situation is complex because NF-kB may increase the expression of both proapoptotic and antiapoptotic genes, and patterns of gene expression may vary depending on context and cell type. In bcells, cytokine-induced activation of NF-kB has been associated with increased expression of inflammatory proteins such as iNOS and COX-2, and nitric oxide has been implicated in IL-1b-induced b-cell death. NF-kB activation has also been associated with the enhanced expression of proapoptotic and protective genes. In vitro studies have shown that the inhibition of NF-kB can protect beta cells against cytokine-induced death. However, others have suggested that NF-kB activation could play a protective role preventing TNF-induced b-cell apoptosis. Indeed, it has been suggested that NF-kB may play a biphasic role in cytokine-induced b-cell death, by initially protecting the b-cells before leading to apoptosis. It has also been recently suggested that NF-kB may act as an antiapoptotic factor in normoxic conditions but act as an apoptotic factor in hypoxic conditions. Studies have shown that genetically modified mice with disrupted NF-kB may be resistant to b-cell toxins, such as multiple low-dose streptozotocin injections. In transplantation settings it has been suggested that acute inhibition of NF-kB can improve islet transplantation outcome. Transplantation of islets is an important breakthrough in the treatment of Type 1 diabetes. It can reverse hyperglycaemia in humans, but long-term success is limited, indicating a failure to maintain islet mass. Because NF-kB is a potentially useful therapeutic target and seems to be involved in b-cell destruction in models of diabetes, we sought to determine if the state of NF-kB activation would influence the outcome of islet transplantation. The in vivo activity of NF-kB is tightly regulated by an inhibitory protein, IkBa and an activating kinase, IKKb. Once proinflammatory stimuli have activated IKKb, it phosphorylates IkBa, which is targeted for ubiquitination and proteasomal NF-kB and Islet Transplantation degradation. The liberated NF-kB translocates to the cell nucleus and drives transcription. To study the regulation of