Clinical value of a bispecific antibody binding to thyroglobulin and thyroperoxidase (TGPO-aAb) in various thyroid diseases.

abstract：BACKGROUND:T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are known to regulate humoral immune response. In this study we examined the correlation of different subsets of peripheral blood Tfh cells in patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN). METHODS:A total of 23 DN patients and 15 healthy controls (HC) were investigated for various...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Zhang N,Tai J,Qu Z,Zhang Z,Zhao S,He J,Zhang S,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonuclease1 (DNase1) is involved in chromatin degradation of apoptotic cells. Its deficiency results in accumulation of self-DNA, which in turn may induce inflammation and autoimmunity. We assessed for the first time serum DNase1-activity in a large consecutive cohort of treatment-naïve patients with autoimmune...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Gatselis NK,Vakrakou AG,Zachou K,Androutsakos T,Azariadis K,Hatzis G,Manoussakis MN,Dalekos GN

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that cationic anti-DNA antibodies have nephritogenic potential in murine models of lupus nephritis. More recently, we have reported that there is a close relationship between the presence of circulating cationic anti-DNA antibodies and the development of lupus nephritis in humans, and that the cation...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Suzuki N,Otuka I,Harada T,Mizushima Y,Sakane T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterised by the formation of autoantibodies against nuclear components. Disturbed apoptosis and reduced clearance of apoptotic material have been assigned a role in the pathogenesis of SLE. During apoptosis, apoptotic blebs are formed, in whi...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Fransen JH,Berden JH,Koeter CM,Adema GJ,Van Der Vlag J,Hilbrands LB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autoimmune thyroid disorders, or AITDs, comprise 2 related disorders, Graves' disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis. In AITD, immune system produces antibodies against autothyroid antigens. The etiology of AITDs involves a complex interaction between genetic predisposing factors and environmental triggering factors. V...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Alkhateeb A,Jarun Y,Tashtoush R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms in the upstream regulatory region of the HLA class II DQA1 gene are currently defined by 10 different alleles. Two of them carrying a Y-box mutation are associated with susceptibility to oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (OA-JIA). We investigated allele-dependent differences in HLA-DQA1 gene e...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Haas JP,Metzler M,Frank C,Haefner R,Wassmuth R

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings provide evidence of the critical role of innate immunity NALP1/NLRP1 and NALP3/NLRP3/CIAS1 genes in inflammatory diseases, and also in the predisposition to autoimmune disorders. We evaluated the possible association of five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), two in NLRP1 gene and three in NLRP3 g...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Pontillo A,Brandao L,Guimaraes R,Segat L,Araujo J,Crovella S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies directed towards identifying epitopes on type II collagen (CII) important in collagen induced arthritis (CIA) in mice have focused primarily on responses mounted in susceptible H-2q strains. However, the nature of T and B cell responses against CII in susceptible H-2r strains remains ill-defined. In a...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Nabozny GH,Griffiths MM,Harper DS,Luthra HS,David CS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease characterized by excessive proinflammatory cytokine production and damage to multiple organ systems. To investigate the potential association between cytokine gene polymorphisms and SLE, we performed a case-control study based on Polish population. SLE patients and contr...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Paradowska-Gorycka A,Sowinska A,Stypinska B,Grobelna MK,Walczyk M,Olesinska M,Piotrowski P,Jagodziński PP

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a myocardial disease characterized by progressive depression of myocardial contractile function and by ventricular dilatation. Abnormalities of the cellular and humoral immune system are present in patients with myocarditis and DCM. Various circulating cardiac autoantibodies have been d...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Felix SB,Staudt A,Friedrich GB

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study uses the agent-based model IMMSIM to simulate immune responses to a viral infection, with a focus on the impact of preformed memory (homologous and heterologous) on the quality and the efficacy of the response. The in machina results confirm the observed thwarting of new, naïve responses exerted by c...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Pearson YE,Cheng Y,Selin LK,Puzone R,Celada F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to characterise the functionally relevant minor lymphocyte subpopulations in whole blood of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and their potential utility as biomarkers for treatment follow up. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Peripheral blood from 40 healthy donors (HD) and 66 MS patients [...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Teniente-Serra A,Grau-López L,Mansilla MJ,Fernández-Sanmartín M,Ester Condins A,Ramo-Tello C,Martínez-Cáceres E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown in animal toxicity models that administration of Cyclosporine, CsA, to a pregnant mouse greatly increases the risk that the offspring will develop autoimmunity. Immunization starting at birth has been shown to prevent autoimmunity in other animal models of autoimmunity and early immunization is assoc...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Classen JB

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) is expressed on alveolar epithelium and participates to CO2 elimination, fluid secretion and post-capillary pH regulation. CAII is overexpressed in animal models of lung fibrosis in sites of epithelial injury. Autoantibodies directed against CAII (anti-CAII) have been described in sera fro...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Alessandri C,Bombardieri M,Scrivo R,Viganego F,Conti F,de Luca N,Riccieri V,Valesini G

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously derived and identified a highly avid monoclonal IgM rheumatoid factor (mRF), C6, from unstimulated rheumatoid synovial cells (RSC). At the time, the closet VH germline gene, VH26, demonstrated only 88% homology with C6. To identify the germline counterpart of C6, genomic DNA from the same rheumatoid...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Wong A,Tait R,Kenny T,Gorin F,Robbins D

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thalidomide is used in cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) refractory to conventional therapies. Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is the most severe side effect, but the incidence of PN and its relation to thalidomide dose are still unclear. OBJECTIVE:To prospectively evaluate the efficacy as well as the occurren...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Briani C,Zara G,Rondinone R,Iaccarino L,Ruggero S,Toffanin E,Ermani M,Ghirardello A,Zampieri S,Sarzi-Puttini P,Doria A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating autoimmune disease that affects more than 1 million people worldwide and severely compromises motor and sensory function through demyelination and axonal loss. This review covers current therapies, lessons learned from failed clinical trials, genetic susceptibility, key cell ty...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Slavin A,Kelly-Modis L,Labadia M,Ryan K,Brown ML

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported a patient who gave birth to 3 children with transient neonatal hypothyroidism. She had 3 different antibodies (Ab) to the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) in her serum, viz., TSH binding-inhibiting (TBIAb), thyroid-stimulating (TSAb) and an additional stimulating Ab (SAb). The SAb differed from TSAb in that its...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Zakarija M,De Forteza R,McKenzie JM,Ghandur-Mnaymneh L

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1) is a 17 kDa interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) inducible Ca(2+)-binding EF-hand protein that is encoded within the HLA class III genomic region. Three proteins including ionized Ca(2+)-binding adaptor 1, microglia response factor-1, and daintain are identical with AIF-1. The expre...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Liu G,Ma H,Jiang L,Zhao Y

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS 1) is caused by mutations in the AIRE gene that induce intrathymic T-cell tolerance breakdown, which results in tissue-specific autoimmune diseases. DESIGN:To evaluate the effect of a well-defined T-cell repertoire impairment on humoral self-reactive fingerprints...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Dubucquoi S,Proust-Lemoine E,Kemp EH,Ryndak A,Lefèvre-Dutoit V,Bellart M,Saugier-Véber P,Duban-Deweer S,Wémeau JL,Prin L,Lefranc D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system is known to be involved in autoimmunity at several levels. Activated complement contributes to the inflammatory tissue injury characteristic of many autoimmune disease settings. On the other hand, early components of the classical pathway, including C1q, C4 and C2, are thought to be important for...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Song WC

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although costimulatory molecules have been shown to play crucial roles in the immune response, their involvement in the pathogenesis of Sjögren's syndrome is incompletely understood. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between the severity of spontaneous Sjögren's syndrome-like autoimmune sialadenitis in MRL/...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Saito K,Mori S,Date F,Ono M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid component P (SAP) are well-characterised ligands for dying and dead cells, while facets of their physiological function still need to be unravelled. We partially characterised CRP and SAP from different species with similar acute-phase systems. Human, rabbit and porcine...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mattecka S,Bock C,Vogt B,Yapici G,Schrödl W,Janko C,Schindler R,Sheriff A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The myositis-specific autoantibodies that characterize certain forms of inflammatory myopathy are useful in diagnosing dermatomyositis (DM) / polymyositis and predicting its prognosis. Autoantibodies to small ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme (SAE) have been identified as a DM-marker antibody in Euro...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Muro Y,Sugiura K,Akiyama M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's disease (HD) are autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs). Prognosis of AITDs varies in each patient. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are pattern-recognition receptors that activate signaling pathways involved in the production of proinflammatory cytokines. UNC93B1 is a transcription factor ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Inoue N,Katsumata Y,Watanabe M,Ishido N,Manabe Y,Watanabe A,Masutani R,Hidaka Y,Iwatani Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrin-adressin binding is a critical step in lymphocte attachment to target tissues. The mucosal recognition systems (alpha E beta 7, alpha 4 beta 7, MADcam-1) have been implicated in the autoimmune process in rheumatoid arthritis. We developed a model for in vivo study of radio-labelled lymphocyte circulation and ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Jorgensen C,Couret I,Canovas F,Bologna C,Brochier J,Reme T,Sany J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the relationship of the Interleukin-10 (IL-10) -1082G/A (rs1800896), -819C/T (rs1800871) and -592C/A (rs1800872) polymorphism with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by means of meta-analysis. METHODS:Published data addressing the association between polymorphism of the IL-10 with Crohn's disease (CD) and ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Zou L,Wang L,Gong X,Zhao H,Jiang A,Zheng S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenic BB.SHR rat strains were established by crossing of spontaneously diabetic BB/OK rats and diabetes-resistant SHR rats. Chromosomal regions on which the genes Iddm 4 (BB.6s), Iddm6 (BB.Xs) and Iddm 2 (BB.LL) are located were exchanged. As a result of genetic manipulation diabetes incidence was markedly reduced ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Lucke S,Klöting I,Pusch A,Heinrich HW,Hahn HJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the frequency of occurrence of autoantibodies against beta1-adrenoceptors in patients with hepatitis virus myocarditis (HVM) and its possible correlation with clinical characteristics. A total of 103 patients with viral myocarditis were divided into a positive group (HVM group, n=2...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Wang ZH,Liao YH,Fu M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the natural course of beta cell function in recent onset diabetes, a subgroup (n=157) of all incident cases (n=879) 15-34 years old, 1992-1993 in Sweden, and with positivity for at least one autoantibody of islet cell antibodies (ICA), glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies (GADA) or tyrosine phosphatase an...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Törn C,Landin-Olsson M,Lernmark A,Scherstén B,Ostman J,Arnqvist HJ,Björk E,Blohmé G,Bolinder J,Eriksson J,Littorin B,Nyström L,Sundkvist G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00