Region 1p13.2 including the RSBN1, PTPN22, AP4B1 and long non-coding RNA genes does not bear risk factors for endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem).

abstract：:Routine HLA typing of a renal patient for purposes of registration for transplantation revealed an unusual human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B and Cw genotype, with three specificities detected. Results were confirmed in a second sample, and in a second laboratory. The possibility of these results reflecting a chimaeric s...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Poole K,Montague B,Roberts R,Stoves J,Bendukidze N,Clark B

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I interferons (IFN) are important mediators of the host defence against viruses through binding to the cell surface receptors, among which the binding to type I IFN receptor 2 (IFNAR2) is the very first step initiating a complex signal transduction cascade. By using RT-PCR and 5' RACE approaches, we obtained porc...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Xing F,Li Y,Liang S,Liu D,Jiang C,Zhang Y,Kang L,Jiang Y

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, there is a lack of information on polymorphism of human leucocyte antigen-F (HLA-F) gene in ethnically diverse human populations. In this study, HLA-F allelic typing was performed for 690 individuals representing two southern Chinese Han populations (Hunan Han and Guangdong Han) and two northern Chinese pop...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Pan FH,Liu XX,Tian W

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is the most important TLR among the pattern recognition receptors which recognizes lipopolysaccharide of gram-negative bacteria. They identify a highly conserved structure of microbes called pathogen-associated molecular patterns and activate immune and inflammatory responses that have been...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Sinha S,Singh J,Jindal SK,Birbian N,Singla N

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killer cells immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are a family of inhibitory and activating receptors expressed mainly by natural killer (NK) cells and few subsets of T lymphocytes. KIRs regulate NK cells' activity through interactions with specific HLA class I molecules and other yet unknown ligands presented on targ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Pavlova Y,Kolesar L,Striz I,Jabor A,Slavcev A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), using unrelated donors (UD), is now a common modality of treatment for individuals with a variety of different diseases. HLA matching has been shown to have a significant impact on patient outcome. This study includes 423 unrelated UK patient/donor pairs. The patients a...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Shaw BE

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play an essential role in the control of viral replication during human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, the efficacy of the CTL response varies between individuals. We tested the hypothesis that genetic polymorphisms in the lytic effector molecule perforin could influenc...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： McIlroy D,Meyer L,Dudoit Y,Samri A,Delfraissy JF,Autran B,Debré P,Theodorou I

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perforin is one of the key effector molecules of cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells. The influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles on peripheral blood perforin-positive CD4, CD8, CD16 and CD 56 cells was studied by flow cytometry. HLA-DRB1 typing was done in normal healthy subjects (NHS: n = 156) and patients with pulmona...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Rajeswari DN,Selvaraj P,Raghavan S,Jawahar MS,Narayanan PR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food allergy is a potentially fatal immune-mediated disorder with incompletely understood mechanisms. We studied the genetic control of food allergy using major histocompatibility complex-identical mice (H2(s)) and an adjuvant-free method of sensitization. Whereas, transdermal exposure to hazelnut - a model allergenic...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Parvataneni S,Birmingham NP,Gonipeta B,Gangur V

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) has been implicated as the reservoir of several bovine infectious agents. However, there is insufficient information on the protective immune responses in the African buffalo, particularly in infected animals. In this study, we analysed Th1 cytokines IL-2 and IFN-γ, and Th2 cytoki...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Suzuki S,Konnai S,Okagawa T,Githaka NW,Kariuki E,Gakuya F,Kanduma E,Shirai T,Ikebuchi R,Ikenaka Y,Ishizuka M,Murata S,Ohashi K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of TNFa-e microsatellites and the promoter region (TNF-308 and TNF-238) in HIV/AIDS-infected patients presenting or not lipodystrophy syndrome (LS). The design is the genetic case-control association study. Microsatellite and the TNF promoter region polymorphisms wer...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Silva MM,Simões RT,Castelli EC,Mendes-Junior CT,Deghaide NH,Tsuda LC,Machado AA,Donadi EA,Fernandes AP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes involved in regulation of the nuclear factor - kappa B (NF-κB) pathway are suggested to play a role in the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). The present study aimed to assess the association between the NF-κB1, TRAF3 and TLRs genes single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and disease susceptibility as...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Rybka J,Gębura K,Wróbel T,Wysoczańska B,Stefanko E,Kuliczkowski K,Bogunia-Kubik K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) has been implicated in the pathogenicity of severe sepsis by both genetic association studies and animal models. Conflicting functional data have emerged in relation to genetic variants and TNFalpha protein production. Therefore, we assessed the functionality of TNFalpha genetic...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： O'Dwyer MJ,Mankan AK,Ryan AW,Lawless MW,Stordeur P,Kelleher D,McManus R,Ryan T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coenzyme Q (CoQ or ubiquinone) is a lipid-soluble component of virtually all types of cell membranes and has been shown to play multiple metabolic functions. Several clinical diseases including encephalomyopathy, cerebellar ataxia and isolated myopathy were shown to be associated with CoQ deficiency. However, the role...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Cheng W,Song C,Anjum KM,Chen M,Li D,Zhou H,Wang W,Chen J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms within genes coding innate immune response proteins are involved in genetic susceptibility to various conditions. We investigated the frequency of P2RX7 A1513C and TLR2 -196 to -174 ins/del polymorphisms in healthy Polish population. Frequency of minor alleles was relatively similar to the pattern presen...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Lewandowska M,Garczyńska P,Jędrychowska-Dańska K,Kopczyńska P,Masłowska A,Witas H

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinase 9 plays an important role in the development of bronchial asthma. We were interested in whether the polymorphisms -T1702A, -C1562T, R279Q and +C6T within the matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) gene were associated with asthma in a population of 231 asthmatic children. However, we found no asso...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Ganter K,Deichmann KA,Heinzmann A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single nucleotide polymorphisms within the promoter or other regulatory sequences of cytokine genes were evaluated and compared between an Iranian population and populations of different ethnic/geographical background. In 40 healthy Iranian subjects, cytokine typing was performed by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Bagheri M,Abdi-Rad I,Omrani D,Khalkhali HR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection can lead to the development of productive epithelial lesions and cervical cancer. Most cervical HPV infections are solved by cell-mediated immunity within 1-2 years, and it is known that chronic inflammation predisposes to lesions progression and tumour development. In this context...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Mangieri LFL,Sena MM,Cezar-Dos-Santos F,Trugilo KP,Okuyama NCM,Pereira ÉR,Maria GCQ,Watanabe MAE,de Oliveira KB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which mainly affects the skin and nervous system. The disease has several clinical forms. This study investigated the MICA and HLA-B genes in 223 samples from leprosy patients and 201 samples from healthy individuals matched for age, gender and et...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： do Sacramento WS,Mazini PS,Franceschi DA,de Melo FC,Braga MA,Sell AM,Tsuneto LT,Visentainer JE

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease, and both environmental and genetic factors play a role in its pathogenesis. Interleukin (IL)-18 is a potent pro-inflammatory cytokine capable of inducing interferon-gamma production that is associated with the development of T1DM. The gene for IL-1...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Dong GP,Yu ZS,Liang L,Zou CC,Fu JF,Wang CL

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized the HLA-A, -B, -DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 profiles of three major ethnic groups living in Chelyabinsk Region of Russian South Urals, viz., Russians (n = 207), Bashkirs (n = 146) and Tatars (n = 135). First field level typing was performed by PCR using sequence-specific primers. Estimates included car...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Suslova TA,Burmistrova AL,Chernova MS,Khromova EB,Lupar EI,Timofeeva SV,Devald IV,Vavilov MN,Darke C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify HLA-B*15 subtypes distribution in Han population in Beijing, People's Republic of China, 826 unrelated healthy individuals were typed using the polymerase chain reaction-sequence-based typing method. Within the 246 HLA-B*15 positive individuals, 29 HLA-B*15 alleles were identified, the most predominant of ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Yang G,Deng YJ,Qin H,Zhu BF,Chen F,Shen CM,Sun ZM,Chen LP,Wu J,Mu HF,Lucas R

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many genes related to innate and adaptive immunity reside within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and have been associated with a multitude of complex, immune-related disorders. Despite years of genetic study, this region has seen few causative determinants discovered for immune-mediated diseases. Reported a...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Clark PM,Kunkel M,Monos DS

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-18 (IL-18) plays a vital role in both innate and acquired immunity. We analysed polymorphisms at -607(C/A) and -137(G/A) in the promoter region of IL-18 gene by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction in normal healthy subjects (n = 173) and patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (n = 165). Allele, genotyp...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Harishankar M,Selvaraj P,Rajeswari DN,Anand SP,Narayanan PR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the IMGT/HLA Database, the DNA sequence of A*11:53 is identical to A*11:02:01 in exons 2, 3, 4 and 5 except at codon 276. A*11:53 was reported as a rare variant of A*11, while A*11:02:01 was understood to be the second most frequently observed variant of A*11 after A*11:01:01 in Taiwanese. We sequenced HL...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Yang KL,Chu CC,Marsh SG,Lin PY

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DQB1*06:48 has single nucleotide polymorphisms within codons 70 and 62 of exon 2 (GGG>AGG and AAG>AAC) relative to HLA-DQB1*06:02:01 and HLA-DQB1*06:37. This results in amino acid differences (G>R and K>N) that will change the polarity and charge of the encoded antigen and may therefore affect its peptide repertoi...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Foster L,Tate D,Poulton K

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, with the application of genotyping technology, there has been a substantial increase in the number of reported blood group alleles. This survey was designed to evaluate new molecular blood group genotyping methods and compile reference blood group data sets for Polynesian and Maori subjects. Subsequen...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Edinur HA,Dunn PP,Lea RA,Chambers GK

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis. Infection with Brucella species results in the activation of cell-mediated immune response. The interaction between Th1and Th2 cytokines determines the outcome of disease. Production of each cytokine is in turn affected by genetic factors. In this study, we investigated the possibl...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Davoudi S,Amirzargar AA,Hajiabdolbaghi M,Rasoolinejad M,Soodbakhsh A,Jafari S,Piri H,Maleknejad P,Bagherian H,Madadi N,Nikbin B

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM-3) has been shown to be associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study, we investigated the association of four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the TIM-3 gene with RA susceptibility in Chinese Hui and Han groups. Using restriction ...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Xu J,Yang Y,Liu X,Wang Y

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Luminex xMAP system has become an important tool for HLA antibody screening and identification in sera of transplant patients. Recently, the Luminex single antigen bead assay was shown to be prone to an artefact, the so called prozone phenomenon: Sera with high titer HLA antibodies gave negative results when teste...

journal_title：International journal of immunogenetics

authors： Weinstock C,Schnaidt M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00