Are fetal cells in maternal blood mainly B lymphocytes?

abstract：:Our objective was to investigate the patterns of proliferation and differentiation of infiltrating cells in inflammatory myopathies. Immunohistochemical staining was performed on muscle biopsy specimens from 18 patients with inclusion body myositis, polymyositis and dermatomyositis using monoclonal and polyclonal anti...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lindberg C,Oldfors A,Tarkowski A

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgE antibodies against trinitrophenylated ovalbumin (TNP-OVA) were raised in Brown Norway rats by a highly reproducible immunization procedure. With these rats, the kinetics of the IgE response was studied, both for free circulating and cell-bound IgE. Cell-bound IgE was dissociated from peritoneal cell suspensions at...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： van Toorenenbergen AW,van Swieten P,Aalberse RC

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(NZB x NZW)F1 (B/W) mice spontaneously develop a disease which is remarkably similar to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in humans. This disease is characterized by the appearance of autoantibodies to double-stranded (ds)DNA and the subsequent development of fatal glomerulonephritis. The prophylactic treatment of B/...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lin RH,Wang LF

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometric analysis of splenocytes from mice infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus revealed marked and long-standing up-regulation of LFA-1 expression on CD8+, but not on CD4+ T cells. Appearance of CD8+ T cells with a changed expression of adhesion molecules reflected polyclonal activation and expansi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Andersson EC,Christensen JP,Scheynius A,Marker O,Thomsen AR

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypomorphic mutations in the gene encoding Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) may result in milder phenotypes and delayed diagnosis of B-cell related immunodeficiencies due to residual BTK function. Newborn screening for kappa-deleting-recombination-excision circles (KRECs) reliably identifies classical X-linked agammaglobu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Krüger R,Baumann U,Borte S,Kölsch U,Lorenz MR,Keller B,Harder I,Warnatz K,Ehl S,Schwarz K,Wahn V,von Bernuth H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the generation, detection and characterization of cytotoxic t lymphocyte activity in vitro and the application of this assay system to various immunological problems. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Engers HD,Macdonald HR

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major rheumatoid factor cross-reactive idiotype, which was defined by prototypic monoclonal IgM rheumatoid factors from Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia patient Wa, is present on 60% of all monoclonal IgM RF paraproteins. One-third of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), who are seronegative for clas...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Ilowite NT,Wedgwood JF,Moore TL,Ramakrishnan T,Bonagura VR

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have sequenced the variable heavy chain regions of a number of VH4-21 encoded monoclonal IgM anti-Rh(D) antibodies produced in response to deliberate immunization. These were compared with the sequences of similarly encoded IgM anti-I cold agglutinins (CA) derived from patients with lympho-proliferative diseases. T...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Børretzen M,Chapman C,Stevenson FK,Natvig JB,Thompson KM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the germinal centre reaction (GC), B cells with non-functional or self-reactive antigen receptors are negatively selected by apoptosis to generate B cell repertoire with appropriate antigen specificities. We studied the molecular mechanism of Fas/CD95- and B cell receptor (BCR)-induced apoptosis to shed light o...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Eeva J,Nuutinen U,Ropponen A,Mättö M,Eray M,Pellinen R,Wahlfors J,Pelkonen J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a longitudinal analysis of immunological changes in normal human pregnancy, twenty-two pregnant women were studied, with blood samples taken before pregnancy, during its course, at delivery, and 3-5 months after delivery. The blood samples were frozen successively, using a cryobiological freezing system, and were s...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Birkeland SA,Kristoffersen K

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midtrimester amniotic fluid cytokines may reflect the function of the maternal immune system in the maternal-fetal interface and thus be predictive of pre-eclampsia. We determined the concentrations of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-15, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and transforming growth fact...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Heikkinen J,Möttönen M,Pulkki K,Lassila O,Alanen A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of chemokines and chemokine receptors was studied in Leishmania donovani (LD)-infected human mononuclear phagocytes and the human monocytic cell line THP1. Our studies showed that LD infection caused the upregulation of three beta chemokines (macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1alpha), MIP-1be...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Dasgupta B,Roychoudhury K,Ganguly S,Akbar MA,Das P,Roy S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) promoter -308 A/G polymorphism plays an important role in the aetiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Several studies have estimated the association between TNF-α -308 A/G and SLE risk. However, results were inconsistent. A case-control study was carried out to explore the...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Yang ZC,Xu F,Tang M,Xiong X

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to autologous and heterologous neutralization of primary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 isolates belonging to subtype B, to the B"-variant of subtype B or to subtype F from infected individuals residing in Rio de Janeiro was assayed. A lower infectivity of the B"- and F isolates when compared to t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Bongertz V,Costa CI,Guimarães ML,Grinsztejn B,João Filho EC,Galvão-Castro B,Morgado MG

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggests a key role for the innate immune system in asthma development. Although the role of Natural Killer (NK) cells in allergic asthma is poorly known, modifications of the blood NK cell populations have been found in asthmatic and/or allergic patients. Their repartition and activation status in...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Ple C,Barrier M,Amniai L,Marquillies P,Bertout J,Tsicopoulos A,Walzer T,Lassalle P,Duez C

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) is a chronic enteritis syndrome of ruminants, which is due to infection by Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. Cutaneous testing with proteins extracted from a mycobacterial culture fluid (johnin-PPD) is currently used to evaluate the cellular immune status. We have compared the componen...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Gilot P,De Kesel M,Coene M,Cocito C

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of complement and the release of TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IL-8 are important pathogenic factors behind organ dysfunction in sepsis. The aim of this study was to determine whether infusion of anti-TNF antibodies alters complement activation and plasma concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines at high doses...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Bengtsson A,Redl H,Schlag G,Högåsen K,Götze O,Mollnes TE

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have established a new immunodeficient mouse strain on the genetic background of the diabetes prone non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse. A deletion mutant of the RAG-2 gene was back crossed 10 generations onto the NOD/Bom strain background. The homozygous NODrag-2-/- mice lack functionally mature B and T lympho...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Söderstrøm I,Bergman ML,Colucci F,Lejon K,Bergqvist I,Holmberg D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular immune responses to recombinant (r) Sm14 were examined in chronic, treated patients and uninfected individuals living in an endemic area for schistosomiasis. The lymphocyte proliferative responses and cytokine profile to this antigen were evaluated. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of all groups stud...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Brito CF,Caldas IR,Coura Filho P,Correa-Oliveira R,Oliveira SC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of macrophage subpopulations, separated by virtue of differences in size, to liberate soluble factors able to reconstitute antibody and cell-mediated immune responses in macrophage-depleted lymphoid cultures has been investigated. Evidence is presented to show that all macrophages release trypsin- and peps...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Gorczynski RM

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating diseases among psychiatric disorders. Recent studies suggest the existence of effective immunological changes in the pathophysiology of this disease. The purpose of the current study was to determine the changes in serum levels of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Ajami A,Hosseini SH,Taghipour M,Khalilian A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic peptide conjugate based on the N-terminal sequence of a 10 000 MW immunosuppressive serum protein (reOLT 4) was used to immunize female Lewis rats prior to mating, in order to determine whether blocking this protein had an effect on pregnancy. The N-terminal sequence of (reOLT 4) has close sequence homolog...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lord R,Goto S,Vari F,Long-Pan T,Chiang KC,Chen CL,Sunagawa M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomally marked cells from the 7-day intraembryonic mesenchyme were transplanted into 14-day-old irradiated chick embryos. At the age of 6 weeks donor-derived T and B lymphocytes were shown to be present in the thymus, spleen and bone marrow, indicating that cells in the 7-day intraembryonic mesenchyme are capabl...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lassila O,Eskola J,Toivanen P,Dieterlen-Lièvre F

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The procoagulant activities of non-elicited mouse monocytes/macrophages from four anatomical localizations were compared. These cell populations were further examined for their ability to increase their procoagulant activity on exposure to endotoxin or phytohaemagglutinin (PHA). Peritoneal macrophages exhibited the hi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lyberg T,Amlie E,Kaplun A,Prydz H

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propagermanium is an organic germanium compound with immunopotentiating activity. We examined the hepatoprotective effect of propagermanium and its mechanism in an experimental animal model of acute liver injury induced with Corynebacterium parvum (C. parvum) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection. Oral pretreatment w...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Yokochi S,Ishiwata Y,Hashimoto H,Ninomiya F,Suzuki T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) from four patients with IgG myeloma and four patients with benign monoclonal gammopathy (BMG) were stimulated with pokeweed mitogen (PWM), and the in vitro immunoglobulin production over 7 days was measured with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. All myeloma patients were su...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Peest D,Brunkhorst U,Schedel I,Deicher H

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gαq, the alpha subunit of Gq, a member of the Gq/11 sub-family, was reported to inhibit phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase (PI3K) activation and prevent the activation of Akt. Previous studies demonstrated that mice losing Gαq in their immune system could spontaneously develop inflammatory arthritis. In this study, we show...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Wang Y,Li Y,He Y,Sun Y,Sun W,Xie Q,Yin G,Du Y,Wang L,Shi G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some data suggest that the interaction between CD28 and CD80 (B7.1) stimulates Th1-responses and that CD28 and CD86 (B7.2) stimulates Th2-responses, however this is controversial. We addressed this issue by using mercuric chloride (HgCl2)-induced autoimmunity in Brown Norway (BN) rats as a highly polarized Th2 model a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： MacPhee IA,Turner DR,Yagita H,Oliveira DB

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymocytes that bind with high affinity to peptides displayed by MHC class II (pMHC-II) are deleted while low-affinity binders differentiate into naive CD4+ T cells. However, Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) seem to defy this binary choice as their precursors require high-affinity interaction with pMHC-II for maturat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Usharauli D,Kamala T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit Ig against human beta2-microglobulin was found to be mitogenic for human peripheral lymphocytes, tonsil lymphocytes, and appendix and spleen cells. Anti-beta2-m gave increased DNA synthesis, with peak responses on day 3 or 4 and showed a dose-response effect when diluted. The effect was seen in both serum-free ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Ringeén O,Möller E

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00