Interferon-beta increases the stimulatory capacity of monocyte-derived dendritic cells to induce IL-13, IL-5 and IL-10 in autologous T-cells.

abstract：:In the century and a half since multiple sclerosis (MS) was first recognized, the pathology of the condition has been defined with increasing detail. From the recognition and definition of MS as a clinical phenomenon, studies of the diseased brain tissue have progressed in a manner dependent on the science of the time...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Hickey WF

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increases in the levels of proinflammatory cytokines, such as TNF alpha, have been intricately linked with arthritis and the pathogenesis of several models of neuropathic pain. In addition, arthritis (as well as other types of persistent pain) is associated with increased sympathetic activity and alterations of other ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Chou RC,Dong XL,Noble BK,Knight PR,Spengler RN

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter, is neurotoxic at high concentrations. Neuroglial cells, including astrocytes and microglia, play an important role in regulating its extracellular levels. Cultured human monocytic THP-1 cells increased their glutamate secretion following 18 and 68 h exposure to the inflammato...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Klegeris A,Walker DG,McGeer PL

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subunit composition of acetylcholine receptor-like protein(s) (AChR-LP) expressed by normal thymus was investigated. In skeletal muscle, the AChR exists in two forms, an embryonic form which contains the gamma-subunit and an adult form where the gamma-subunit is substituted by a different, homologous subunit calle...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Nelson S,Conti-Tronconi BM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation of a pituitary graft under the kidney capsule and the resulting elevation of serum prolactin enhances the primary humoral antibody response to sheep red blood cells. Enhancement of the response is not due to marked changes in the percentage of T-cells and their subsets, B-cells, or the number of nuclea...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Cross RJ,Campbell JL,Roszman TL

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism for the initiation of blood-brain barrier damage and intrathecal inflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) is poorly understood. We have recently reported that levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) correlate with blood-brain barrier damage in patients with active MS. Stimulation of endothelial ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Sharief MK,Noori MA,Ciardi M,Cirelli A,Thompson EJ

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncontrolled inflammation is considered to exacerbate the neuronal loss that follows spinal cord trauma. However, controlled inflammation response appears to be beneficial. Skin-coincubated macrophages injected into contused spinal cord of rats resulted in improved motor recovery and reduced spinal cyst formation. The...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Bomstein Y,Marder JB,Vitner K,Smirnov I,Lisaey G,Butovsky O,Fulga V,Yoles E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease characterized by muscle weakness due to neuromuscular junction (NMJ) damage by anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) auto-antibodies and complement. In experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG), which is induced by immunization with Torpedo AChR in CFA, anti-AChR IgG2b an...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Huda R,Strait RT,Tüzün E,Finkelman FD,Christadoss P

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined anti-complement C1q (C1q) autoantibody levels in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples of patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). We analyzed the correlations between anti-C1q autoantibody levels and the clinical and other CSF characteristics of NMOSD. Serum and CSF anti-C1q au...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Yoshikura N,Kimura A,Hayashi Y,Inuzuka T

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a genetic disease leading to the loss of central vision and optic nerve atrophy. The existence of occasional cases of LHON patients developing a Multiple Sclerosis (MS)-like illness and the hypothesis that mtDNA variants may be involved in MS suggest the possibility of som...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： D'Aguanno S,Barassi A,Lupisella S,d'eril GM,Del Boccio P,Pieragostino D,Pallotti F,Carelli V,Valentino ML,Liguori R,Avoni P,Bernardini S,Gambi D,Urbani A,Federici G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we evaluated the percentages of CD3(-)CD56(bright), CD3(-)CD56(dim), CD3(-)CD56(bright)perforin(+) and CD3(-)CD56(dim)perforin(+) Natural Killer (NK) cells in peripheral blood from untreated secondary progressive (SP) and primary progressive (PP) multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and age and sex matched h...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Plantone D,Marti A,Frisullo G,Iorio R,Damato V,Nociti V,Patanella AK,Bianco A,Mirabella M,Batocchi AP

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of cell surface tyrosine kinase collagen-activated receptors known as discoidin domain receptors (DDRs) is unknown in neurodegenerative diseases. We detect up-regulation in DDRs level in post-mortem Alzheimer and Parkinson brains. Lentiviral shRNA knockdown of DDR1 and DDR2 reduces the levels of α-synuclein, ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Hebron M,Peyton M,Liu X,Gao X,Wang R,Lonskaya I,Moussa CE

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of acute (1 h) or chronic exposure (7 and 14 days) to delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta9-THC) on immune parameters in male Swiss mice. One hour after a dose of 10 mg/kg s.c., the splenocyte proliferative response to ConA and NK activity were not inhibited, but there was a significant decrease in...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Massi P,Sacerdote P,Ponti W,Fuzio D,Manfredi B,Viganó D,Rubino T,Bardotti M,Parolaro D

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) is influenced by HLA-DRB1, while protective effects have been proposed for HLA-A*02 and HLA-C*05. Our aim was to further understand the role of HLA class I in MS through a comprehensive investigation. METHODS:1529 MS patients and 1814 controls from Sweden and Norway were g...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Link J,Lorentzen AR,Kockum I,Duvefelt K,Lie BA,Celius EG,Harbo HF,Hillert J,Brynedal B

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated CD4+ T lymphocytes specific for myelin basic protein (MBP) can cause experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) upon their inoculation into syngeneic recipients. In Lewis rats, most of the pathogenic T cell clones that develop following immunization with MBP are reactive against the 72-84 amino acid seq...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Beraud E,Balzano C,Zamora AJ,Varriale S,Bernard D,Ben-Nun A

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we found that in rats coagulation of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) caused depression of the peripheral blood natural killer cell cytotoxicity (NKCC) and the number of large granular lymphocytes (LGL). In the present work, we have tested the effects on both spleen and blood NKCC of acute (1 day) and chronic...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Wrona D,Trojniar W

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine clinical features of neurologic disorders associated with anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies (anti-GAD-Ab), we examined titers and time-dependent changes of anti-GAD-Ab. Six patients, stiff person syndrome (2), cerebellar ataxia (1), limbic encephalitis (1), epilepsy (1), brainstem encephalitis (...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Nakajima H,Nakamura Y,Inaba Y,Tsutsumi C,Unoda K,Hosokawa T,Kimura F,Hanafusa T,Date M,Kitaoka H

更新日期：2018-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis (PEM) is characterized by a diverse set of clinical signs that are limited to the nervous system. The serologic hallmark of PEM is the presence of circulating autoantibodies, collectively referred to as 'anti-Hu,' which immunoreact specifically with members of the Elav protein family. ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Nabors LB,Furneaux HM,King PH

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the current review is to summarize the results of studies on the role of γδ T cells in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and its animal model - the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Despite the fact that numerous studies have been performed, the role of γδ T is still not fully understood. It s...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Zarobkiewicz MK,Kowalska W,Roliński J,Bojarska-Junak AA

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the main environmental agent associated to neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Following to studies reporting an increased prevalence of antibodies against peptides derived from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) homologous to EBV and human epitopes (MBP85-98, IRF...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Bo M,Niegowska M,Arru G,Sechi E,Mariotto S,Mancinelli C,Farinazzo A,Alberti D,Gajofatto A,Ferrari S,Capra R,Monaco S,Sechi G,Sechi LA

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the effects of leptin, ghrelin and neuropeptide-Y on the development of nonconvulsive seizure activity and their role on combating oxidative stress and cytokines produced by the systemic immune response in the WAG/Rij rat model for genetic absence epilepsy. Current study showed that all th...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Oztas B,Sahin D,Kir H,Kuskay S,Ates N

更新日期：2021-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with small-cell carcinoma of the lung and paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis develop antibodies (anti-Hu) against HuD, a member of a family of neuronal specific RNA-binding proteins, which are also expressed by the tumor. In order to determine if the human HuD paraneoplastic antigen shares immunogenic regions b...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Sillevis Smitt P,Manley G,Dalmau J,Posner J

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few histological studies have reported an increased of mast cells (MCs) in the brain of MS patients; we have therefore investigated whether this accumulation is associated with disease activity. We assessed a large series of post-mortem white matter samples from MS patients (n=59, 20 patients) and controls (n=28, 28 s...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Couturier N,Zappulla JP,Lauwers-Cances V,Uro-Coste E,Delisle MB,Clanet M,Montagne L,Van der Valk P,Bö L,Liblau RS

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stiff person spectrum disorders (SPSD) are a broad group of immune-mediated disorders. Clinical presentations include classical stiff person syndrome (SPS), focal SPS, and progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM). The most frequently associated antibodies are anti-GAD65, anti-GlyR, anti-amphiph...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Bernardo F,Rebordão L,Rêgo A,Machado S,Passos J,Costa C,Cruz S,Pinto AN,Santos M

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously found a dramatic increase of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor (CRF-R1) production in splenic neutrophils of male C57BL/6N mice after application of an immunological stimulus. We demonstrate here that immobilization, a predominantly psychological stress, exhibited a similar effect. Shortly aft...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Radulovic M,Weber C,Spiess J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunofluorescence, cell binding assays and enzyme immunoassays were used to investigate the expression of class II major histocompatibility antigens on peripheral blood monocytes in 67 patients with multiple sclerosis. Monocytes from patients with active disease expressed fewer HLA-DR molecules on their surface than ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Baxevanis CN,Reclos GJ,Arsenis P,Anastasopoulos E,Katsiyiannis A,Lymberi P,Matikas N,Papamichail M

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently showed that MMP-9 activity was detectable in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of about half of neurologically symptomatic HIV-infected patients. Using an experimental animal model, we detected MMP-9 activity in CSF samples from rats that had been injected intracisternally with recombinant HIV-1 Nef protein, b...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Sporer B,Koedel U,Paul R,Kohleisen B,Erfle V,Fontana A,Pfister HW

更新日期：2000-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are believed to play a role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). As methylprednisolone is the treatment of choice for a relapse, we investigated the effect of methylprednisolone on blood levels of MMPs. Baseline TIMP-1 and MMP-2 levels were lower in MS patients than in healt...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Mirowska D,Wicha W,Czlonkowski A,Czlonkowska A,Weber F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to invading pathogens, Toll-like receptors (TLR) play a critical role in the initiation of the innate immune response, which can be either beneficial or detrimental to the host. In the present study, we demonstrated that central nervous system (CNS) glial cells are activated by Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Zhou S,Halle A,Kurt-Jones EA,Cerny AM,Porpiglia E,Rogers M,Golenbock DT,Finberg RW

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin-specific encephalitogenic T cells, when passively transferred into rats or mice, cause an experimental autoimmune disease. Previous studies by our group have shown that (a) the same cells also significantly reduce post-traumatic degeneration in these animals after injury to the central nervous system, (b) this ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Kipnis J,Mizrahi T,Yoles E,Ben-Nun A,Schwartz M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00