T gamma delta cells and their subsets in blood and synovial tissue from rheumatoid arthritis patients.

abstract：:Paclitaxel (PTX) is one of the most widely used clinical antitumour drugs in chemotherapy nowadays. Its effect on immune system has become a hot spot of research in recent years. Here, we demonstrated that PTX not only decreased the percentage of CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells both in vitro and in vivo but also ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Zhu Y,Liu N,Xiong SD,Zheng YJ,Chu YW

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spleen effector cells for IgG- and IgM-induced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) were characterized with respect to density and cell surface markers by using sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) coated with hybridoma-derived monoclonal anti-SRBC IgG or anti-SRBC IgM antibodies as targets. While basically the same e...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Zöller M,Andrighetto GC,Heyman B,Lamon EW,Wigzell H

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on CD14 and CD16 expression, human peripheral blood monocytes (MO) can be divided into a major CD14(high) CD16(-) population and two minor CD14(high) CD16(+) and CD14(dim) CD16(+) subpopulations. CD14(dim) CD16(+) MO are well characterized and regarded as pro-inflammatory because upon stimulation produce TNF-alp...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Skrzeczyńska-Moncznik J,Bzowska M,Loseke S,Grage-Griebenow E,Zembala M,Pryjma J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major subunit protein of amyloid fibrils (758) isolated from a patient with systemic amyloidosis and studied by N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis was found to be almost identical to the sequence of a V lambda IV Bence-Jones protein and a previously described A lambda IV amyloid protein. The two A lambda IV a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Natvig JB,Westermark P,Sletten K,Husby G,Michaelsen T

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we analyse the ability of soluble immune complexes (IC) prepared with cationized antibodies to induce cytotoxic responses mediated by neutrophils. While cationized IC induced high levels of cytotoxicity, control IC induced very low levels of response. Inhibition of cytotoxicity by catalase but not by three haemen...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Geffner JR,Trevani AS,Malchiodi E,Serebrinsky GP,Isturiz MA

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both C1-inhibitor (C1-INH) and antibodies against the CD18 adhesion molecule have been shown to reduce ischaemia-reperfusion injuries. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of increased ischaemia times and to determine whether inhibiting C1 or blocking the CD18 function was protective in ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Nielsen EW,Mollnes TE,Harlan JM,Winn RK

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T lymphocytes are activated by the interaction between the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) and peptides presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. The avidity of this TCR-pMHC interaction is very low. Therefore, several hypotheses have been put forward to explain how T cells become specifically activ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Rubin B,Knibiehler M,Gairin JE

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) has been shown to induce apoptosis in lymphocytes. Until recently the prevailing opinion has been that the monocytes were mainly not affected by this treatment. This study has investigated the effect of ECP and gamma irradiation on monocytes and immature dendritic cells (DC) in v...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Rao V,Saunes M,Jørstad S,Moen T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mice, an in vitro cell-mediated cytotoxicity is directed towards syngeneic erythrocytes used as targets. This phenomenon occurs in lymphoid organs of normal, non-immunized mice. Its intensity is greater in the thymus than in spleen or lymph nodes. The study of the nature of the cell responsible for this spontaneous...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Charreire J,Bach JF

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crude preparations of platelet-activating factors (PAF) derived by methanolic extraction of supernatants from antigen-challenged basophils generally stimulated the secretion of histamine from human peripheral blood leucocytes when co-incubated with these cells in the absence of an additional stimulator. When these cru...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： O'Donnell MC,Fiedel BA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lectins from Datura stramonium, Lycopersicon esculentum, and Solanum tuberosum are structurally related and possess a similar carbohydrate specificity, yet the Datura lectin is mitogenic for human lymphocytes while the other two are not. However, the Datura lectin was found to antagonize blast transformation induc...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： McCurrach PM,Kilpatrick DC

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukoplakias (LPLs) are lesions in the oral mucosa that may develop into oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The objective of this study was to assess presence and distribution of dendritic Langerhans cells (LCs) and T cells in patients with LPLs with or without cell dysplasia and in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSC...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Öhman J,Magnusson B,Telemo E,Jontell M,Hasséus B

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease (CD) is becoming a model for understanding the pathogenesis of autoimmune disorders. In CD, antibodies against transglutaminase 2 (TG2) and specific residues of gliadins have been identified. A similar situation is seen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with both anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA)...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Bodil Roth E,Theander E,Londos E,Sandberg-Wollheim M,Larsson A,Sjöberg K,Stenberg P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A search for an antigen-driven expansion of T lymphocytes in the inflamed joints in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have been going on for decades. We here analyzed the human germinal centre T-cell receptor (TCR) Vbeta gene usage with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) combined with sequence analysis, to address the q...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Källberg E,Leanderson T,Natvig JB

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The average frequency of cytotoxic precursor cells in DBA/2 lymph node cell preparations reactive to the syngeneic tumour P815 has been determined as 1 in 2000. This frequency is similar to the precursor frequency for an allogeneic tumour EL-4. The normal lack of response of DBA/2 lymph node cells to the syngeneic tum...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Warren HS,Lafferty KJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated dietary antigen-specific T-cell responses in mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and Peyer's patches (PP) in noncolitic control mice as well as in colitis-prone mice prior to onset of histological active colitis. T cells were restimulated in vitro with constituents isolated from the mouse diet. Interestingly,...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Bjursten M,Hultgren Hörnquist E

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:CD4+ T cells lacking the costimulatory molecule CD28 have been described both in elderly individuals and in chronic inflammatory disorders, one being rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We, in this study, provide a comprehensive characterization of cell surface markers on and function of such CD28nullCD4+ T cells, as well as c...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Fasth AE,Cao D,van Vollenhoven R,Trollmo C,Malmström V

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we demonstrate the use of oligonucleotide probes to the most VH family-specific framework, the Framework 3 (FR3) gene segment, in the analysis of germline DNA. Compared with the hybridization of restriction enzyme-digested genomic DNA to large, cloned human VH family probes, hybridization with oligonucl...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Rubinstein DB,Symann M,Guillaume T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coexistence of amyloid fibril protein AA and homogeneous immunoglobulin light-chain fragments was found in the isolated amyloid fibrils of two patients with amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis. The light-chain amyloid fibril protein showed antigenic identity with a light-chain amyloid from a patient with pri...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Westermark P,Natvig JB,Anders RF,Sletten K,Husby G

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C57BL/6 mice treated with intranasal instillation of 100 micrograms of Aspergillus antigen three times a week developed a pulmonary eosinophilia, observed in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and on histopathological examination. At week 3, the instillation of Aspergillus antigen provoked a 10-fold increase in the BAL ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Wang JM,Denis M,Fournier M,Laviolette M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation is highly prevalent, and affected patients are at an increased risk of a number of complications, including heart failure and thrombo-embolism. Over the past years, there has been increasing interest in the role of inflammatory processes in atrial fibrillation, from the first occurrence of the arrh...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lappegård KT,Hovland A,Pop GA,Mollnes TE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor-α-induced protein-8 like-2 (TIPE2) is a newly identified immune negative regulator. The abnormal expression of TIPE2 has been found in several human inflammatory diseases. However, the expression level and clinical significance of TIPE2 in childhood asthma remain unclear. In this study, we detec...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Ma Y,Liu X,Wei Z,Wang X,Wang Z,Zhong W,Li Y,Zhu F,Guo C,Zhang L,Wang X

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae initiates infection in humans via the mucosal epithelia of the respiratory tract; therefore, immunity at this mucosal site is believed to be important to control infection with this pathogen. We compared the protective capacity of immunization in mice with two C. pneumoniae antigens, namely the ma...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Rodríguez A,Rottenberg M,Tjärnlund A,Fernández C

更新日期：2006-03-01 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

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：:The complement system is regarded as an important component of the innate defence system against invading bacteria. However, synergistic actions between the complement and the other components of innate immunity are incompletely known. Human group IIA phospholipase A(2) (hGIIA PLA(2)) is an effective antibacterial enz...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Grönroos JO,Salonen JH,Viander M,Nevalainen TJ,Laine VJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have recently shown that the ability of immune complexes (IC) to trigger Fc gamma R-dependent cell responses can be dramatically enhanced when the isoelectric point (pI) of normal IgG antibodies is increased from 5.8-8.5 to 8.5-9.8 by treatment with 1-ethyl-3-2(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide HCl and e...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Trevani AS,Andonegui G,Kempfer C,Malchiodi E,Geffner JR

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human blood lymphocytes were tested for their proliferative response to purified protein derivative (PPD) in vitro. Purified T cells showed a lower response than the orginial purified lymphocyte suspension. Purified B cells were unresponsive to PPD. Mixtures of preparations of T and B cells were stimulated to a greate...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Blomgren H

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of a 34-kDa (mol. wt.) acylpoly(1,3)galactoside (APG) extracted from a membrane proteoglycan of Klebsiella pneumoniae to human blood leucocytes was investigated. APG is made of a long poly(1,3)galactose chain, a core-like region and a lipid moiety which comprises two glucosamine residues bound to a phospha...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Hmama Z,Kouassi E,Panaye G,Delassan S,Normier G,Binz H,Revillard JP

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00