Autoantibodies to early endosome antigen (EEA1) produce a staining pattern resembling cytoplasmic anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (C-ANCA).

abstract：:Conversion of arginyl to citrullyl residues (citrullination) is essential for the formation of the epitopes recognized by rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA). ACPA are secreted by plasma cells of the rheumatoid synovial tissue where their major target, citrullinated fib...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Duplan V,Foulquier C,Clavel C,Al Badine R,Serre G,Saoudi A,Sebbag M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to provide proof-of-concept for quantitative and qualitative label-free detection of immune complexes through myeloid cells with imaging surface plasmon resonance. Surface plasmon resonance imaging was first applied to monitor the binding of human sera from healthy and rheumatoid arthritis (R...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Szittner Z,Bentlage AE,Rovero P,Migliorini P,Lóránd V,Prechl J,Vidarsson G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulnerability to Streptococcus pneumoniae is most pronounced in children. The microbial virulence factors and the features of the host immune response contributing to this phenomenon are not completely understood. In the current study, the humoral immune response to separated Strep. pneumoniae surface proteins and the...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Lifshitz S,Dagan R,Shani-Sekler M,Grossman N,Fleminger G,Friger M,Nebenzahl YM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported previously that Lactobacillus casei ssp. casei, together with specific substrate dextran, exhibited an adjuvant effect of stimulating humoral immune responses against bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model antigen in BALB/c mice. In the present study, among the Lactobacillus species tested, L. casei ss...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ogawa T,Asai Y,Tamai R,Makimura Y,Sakamoto H,Hashikawa S,Yasuda K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) were prepared from human bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells. We previously reported that, in particular, the CD1a fraction of the low autofluorescent (LAF) cells contains the precursors for DCs: after overnight culture, 40% of the LAF cells change into functionally and phenotypically prototypic d...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Verhoeven GT,Van Haarst JM,De Wit HJ,Simons PJ,Hoogsteden HC,Drexhage HA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the role of gamma/delta T cells in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in humans, we measured the percentage of these cells in the peripheral blood, assessed the ratio of the non-disulphide-linked (delta TCS1) type of T cell receptor (TCR) in the total gamma/delta T cells, studied th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Giacomelli R,Parzanese I,Frieri G,Passacantando A,Pizzuto F,Pimpo T,Cipriani P,Viscido A,Caprilli R,Tonietti G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells from the peripheral blood of patients with B cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) were examined for the expression of MHC class II antigens, using a number of monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) including L243 (anti-DR) and TU22 (anti-DQ). There was wide variation in expres...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Guy K,Docherty LJ,Dewar AE

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of PGE2 from monocytes of newly diagnosed patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) was compared to that of patients in remission, who were not receiving either chemotherapy or radiotherapy, and normal controls. We found that monocyte monolayers of some patients, both newly diagnosed and those in remission, s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Passwell J,Levanon M,Davidsohn J,Ramot B

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated that mannose-binding lectin (MBL) recognizes various slow-growing, pathogenic mycobacteria [Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), M. bovis, M. kansasii, M. gordonae] as well as non-pathogenic M. smegmatis. Recognition resulted in activation of the lectin pathway (LP) of complement and an enhancement o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bartlomiejczyk MA,Swierzko AS,Brzostek A,Dziadek J,Cedzynski M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate activation of the immune system and effective targeting of tumour cells are the primary hurdles to be overcome for cancer immunotherapy to be successful and applicable to a wide range of tumour types. Our studies have examined the ability of bacterial-stimulated dendritic cells (DCs), loaded with tumour-as...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Shilling DA,Smith MJ,Tyther R,Sheehan D,England K,Kavanagh EG,Redmond HP,Shanahan F,O'Mahony L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD45R0 (UCHL1), a member of leucocyte common antigen family, is expressed largely on previously activated or memory T cells. We examined CD45R0 expression of T cell subpopulations in patients with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) induced infectious mononucleosis (IMN) as a sign of in vivo activation. Consistent with the notio...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Miyawaki T,Kasahara Y,Kanegane H,Ohta K,Yokoi T,Yachie A,Taniguchi N

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to define the optimal conditions for detection of microbial antigens in urine, urinary HBsAg excreted during hepatitis B was chosen as a model. Using commercial kits, which mainly involve anti-discontinuous epitopes, we found urinary HBsAg in only 50% of patients with HBsAg in their sera. In contrast, with an...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Badur S,Grangeot-Keros L,Pillot J

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae infection may result in asymptomatic carriage, mucosal or invasive disease. We hypothesize that self-limiting or fatal disease outcome follows infection with S. pneumoniae differential activation of the host immune response. BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice were inoculated intranasally with S. pneumoni...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mizrachi-Nebenzahl Y,Lifshitz S,Teitelbaum R,Novick S,Levi A,Benharroch D,Ling E,Dagan R

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of allograft tolerance has been considered the ultimate goal in organ transplantation. Although numerous protocols to induce allograft tolerance have been reported in mice, a chimerism-based approach through donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation has been the only approach to date that induced allogr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Oura T,Cosimi AB,Kawai T

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful T cell activation via the T cell receptor (TCR)/CD3 complex requires at least one contact-dependent second signal delivered by costimulatory molecules, including the B7/BB1 molecule, that are present on antigen-presenting cells (APC). SLE is characterized by multiple complex lymphocyte abnormalities of unde...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sfikakis PP,Oglesby R,Sfikakis P,Tsokos GC

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using OKT monoclonal antibodies; OKT3(pan T), OKT4(inducer/helper), OKT8 (suppressor/cytotoxic) and OKIa1, T lymphocyte subsets were examined in lymphocytes of patients with tuberculosis both before and after in vitro stimulation with purified protein derivative of tuberculin (PPD). In freshly obtained lymphocytes ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Shiratsuchi H,Tsuyuguchi I

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently developed an animal model in order to study the pulmonary and systemic reactions following exposure to environmental pollutants. In this model, conscious sheep received repeated intratracheal instillations of a suspension of 0 (controls), 2mg (low dose) or 128 mg (high dose) of chrysotile asbestos fibres o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rola-Pleszczynski M,Lemaire I,Sirois P,Massé S,Bégin R

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of human seminal plasma (SP) and whole semen (S) on the expression of natural cytotoxicity by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC) was examined. Marked suppression of natural cytotoxicity against K562 targets was observed when effectors were pre-treated for 1 h with SP or S diluted up to 1:40...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rees RC,Vallely P,Clegg A,Potter CW

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical evidence implicates polymorphonuclear leucocytes in the pathogenesis of vasculitis in Kawasaki disease. We examined modulation of expression of adhesion molecules (CD11b and CD62L) on polymorphonuclear leucocytes and how this expression is related to serum cytokine concentrations. In 18 patients with Kawasaki...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kobayashi T,Kimura H,Okada Y,Inoue Y,Kobayashi T,Shinohara M,Morikawa A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are specialized in the presentation of antigens and the initiation of specific immune responses. They have been involved recently in supporting innate immunity by interacting with various innate lymphocytes, such as natural killer (NK), NK T or T cell receptor (TCR)-gammadelta cells. The functiona...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Reschner A,Hubert P,Delvenne P,Boniver J,Jacobs N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of using the copy number of propionibacterial rRNA as a biomarker for sarcoidosis. Ribosomal RNA of Propionibacterium acnes and P. granulosum was measured by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using formalin-fixe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Zhou Y,Wei YR,Zhang Y,Du SS,Baughman RP,Li HP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocyte and macrophage dysfunction may be important for both immunopathogenesis and clinical manifestations in subgroups of patients with primary hypogammaglobulinaemia. In the present study we examined the ability to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) in isolated monocytes from these patients by two different me...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Aukrust P,Müller F,Frøland SS

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complete functional deficiency of C1q is described in a patient suffering from SLE. From reduced plasma C1 activity of the parents a hereditary trait was assumed. The defective C1q molecule was haemolytically inactive, did not bind to immune complexes, and was not recognized by the monocyte C1q receptor. C1 activity...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kirschfink M,Petry F,Khirwadkar K,Wigand R,Kaltwasser JP,Loos M

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ye-3 is an HLA-B27-specific murine monoclonal antibody recognizing the heat-modifiable protein of Enterobacteriaceae. Here we used recombinant hybrid molecules between the HLA-B7 and HLA-B27 antigens to delineate the epitope recognized by Ye-3. Results of these experiments indicated that the segment of HLA-B*2705 span...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Toubert A,Hamachi M,Raffoux C,Park MS,Yu DT

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to Salmonella typhi were studied in 10 chronic typhoid carriers, and in healthy controls. Carriers showed impaired cellular reactivity to S. typhi antigens in the leucocyte migration inhibition test (LMI). Carriers did not show a generalized depression of cell-mediated immuni...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Dham SK,Thompson RA

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin nuclear speckled IgG deposition was noted in seven patients. The patients' clinical courses satisfied at least four of the preliminary criteria of the American Rheumatism Association for the diagnosis of systemic lupus erthematosus (SLE). Examination of approximately 700 additional biopsies from patiets with SLE,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Shu S,Provost T,Croxdale MB,Reichlin M,Beutner EH

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of cold reactive lymphocytotoxic antibodies present in sera from Thai adults with malaria revealed that the antibodies are predominantly 19S (IgM), directed against both autologous and allogeneic mononuclear cells, complement-dependent, present in titres ranging from 1:2 to 1:16, and exhibit greater l...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gilbreath MJ,Pavanand K,MacDermott RP,Wells RA,Ussery MA

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephritic factor was detected in an individual whose serum showed a selective decrease in the third component of complement (C3) during and subsequent to an illness resembling disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). As is characteristic of C3 nephritic factor (C3NeF), its activity was heat stable, was associated with...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gewurz AT,Imherr SM,Strauss S,Gewurz H,Mold C

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies to the intermediate filament proteins vimentin and keratin were studied in sera of 50 Caribbean patients with Schistosoma mansoni infection and 50 control subjects. Autoantibodies were detected by indirect immunofluorescence on HEp-2 cells pretreated with colchicine. The incidence of anti-vimentin antib...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Boehme MW,Kataaha PK,Holborow EJ

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-18 (IL-18) has been demonstrated to synergize with BCG for induction of a T-helper-type 1 (Th1) immune response. Since successful treatment of superficial bladder cancer with BCG requires proper induction of Th1 immunity, we have developed a recombinant (r) BCG strain that functionally secretes mouse (m) I...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Luo Y,Yamada H,Chen X,Ryan AA,Evanoff DP,Triccas JA,O'Donnell MA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00