Donor-specific blood transfusion prolongs cardiac allograft survival in rats by low nitric oxide production and elevated serum levels of prostaglandin E(2).

abstract：:Soluble C3d applied to human blood-derived B lymphocytes inhibited anti-mu, T cell-produced growth factor, and EBV-induced DNA synthesis in serum-free culture. C3d added to the B cell cultures 1 and 2 days after the stimulus, still exerted inhibition, though with gradually diminishing efficiency. C3d, fixed on zymosan...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Kuraya M,Nilsson B,Nilsson-Ekdahl K,Klein E

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As one studies more and more the immune systems of invertebrates their multiplicity and diversity increase. On one hand, the number of different local and systemic innate mechanisms (or cascades of mechanisms) increases with every phylum studied, on the other hand the diversity increases within each system as multiple...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Du Pasquier L

更新日期：2004-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:At least three B cell subsets, B-1a (Ly-1B), B-1b and B-2, are present in the mouse periphery. B-1a and B1-b cells represent a small population in the adult spleen and are abundant in the peritonial and pleural cavities. It has been demonstrated in our laboratory that B-1b cells spontaneously proliferated in stationar...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Ferreira KS,Almeida SR,Ribeiro CH,Mariano M,Lopes JD

更新日期：2003-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the associations of cytochrome p450 1A1 (CYP1A1) and manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) genes polymorphisms with the susceptibility to AS in Taiwan. METHODS:The polymorphisms of CYP1A1 and MnSOD genes were determined in 70 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and 93 healthy controls ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Yen JH,Tsai WC,Chen CJ,Lin CH,Ou TT,Hu CJ,Liu HW

更新日期：2003-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis markers and the rate of lymphocyte apoptosis were followed in the peripheral blood of HIV infected persons at various stages of disease. Our study suggests that the early increase in memory cells following therapy may also be due to a significant decrease in apoptosis in this subset. The intrinsic resistance...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Gougeon ML,Lecoeur H,Sasaki Y

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Th1 and Th2 cytokine response has been confirmed to be correlated with the pathogenesis of HCV infection. The aim of the study is to investigate the Th1 and Th2 cytokine profiles induced by HCV alternate reading frame protein (F protein) in chronic hepatitis C patients. We assessed the immune responses specific to HCV...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Yue M,Deng X,Zhai X,Xu K,Kong J,Zhang J,Zhou Z,Yu X,Xu X,Liu Y,Zhu D,Zhang Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus contains a low frequency of B cells, about 0.1-0.5% of total population of thymocytes that were shown to contribute in thymic negative selection. The fact that B cells in the periphery have been contributed in the generation of the T regulatory cell compartment emerged the idea that this process may indeed ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Mohammed Ali HH,Drela N

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mature B cells express a single immunoglobulin Fc receptor, FcgammaRIIB, that functions to block downstream signaling by co-aggregated antigen receptors. Co-aggregation of receptors is essential because BCR activated kinases must phosphorylate FcgammaRIIB to recruit SHIP and mediate inhibitory signals. Pre-B cells als...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Brauweiler AM,Cambier JC

更新日期：2004-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid receptors are expressed not only on neuroendocrine cells but also on immunocompetent cells such as lymphocytes, monocytes and macrophages. micro-Opioid receptor agonists were found to exert immunosuppressive effects, whereas delta-opioid receptor agonists have been shown to act as immunostimulants. delta-Opioid...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Jenny M,Winkler C,Spetea M,Schennach H,Schmidhammer H,Fuchs D

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishment and maintenance of pregnancy represents a challenge for the maternal immune system since it has to defend against pathogens and tolerate paternal alloantigens expressed in fetal tissues. Regulatory T (Treg) cells, a subset of suppressor CD4(+) T cells, play a dominant role in the maintenance of immunolog...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： La Rocca C,Carbone F,Longobardi S,Matarese G

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease caused by the selective destruction of the insulin-producing β cells. Research into the pathogenesis of T1D has been hindered by the lack of detection of the autoimmune process during the asymptomatic period and by the inaccessibility to the target tissue. Therefore curre...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Planas R,Pujol-Borrell R,Vives-Pi M

更新日期：2010-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogeneous IgG fractions were obtained by chromatography of the sera of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) on Protein G-Sepharose under conditions that remove non-specifically bound proteins. These IgGs contained several chelated metals, the relative amount of which decreases in the order: Fe>or=Ca>Cu>or=Zn>or=Mg>...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Polosukhina DI,Kanyshkova TG,Doronin BM,Tyshkevich OB,Buneva VN,Boiko AN,Gusev EI,Nevinsky GA,Favorova OO

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that engraftment of human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) seropositive donors in C.B-17/SCID mice is associated with a high incidence of human B cell tumors. More recently, we described a new approach enabling engraftment of human PBL in normal strains of mice or rats...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Marcus H,Burakova T,Shezen E,David M,Canaan A,Lubin I,Reisner Y

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory response plays an important role during the induction of several neonatal diseases. Previous studies have shown that during newborn infections, the natural imbalance between pro- and anti-inflammatory responses shifts toward the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. In this study, we employed an a...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Antas PR,Pedro TQ,Santiago EA,Lima JR,Silva FC,Melca LA,Ponte CG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the capacity of highly malignant B16BL6 murine melanoma cells to induce cell death in naive syngeneic lymphocytes stems from the absence of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I glycoproteins in these melanoma cells. Our present study provides evidence that the above-mentioned...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Kellman-Pressman S,Fishman D,Tsory S,Segal S

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease is an autoimmune systemic disorder. In Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, inflammatory disorders occur in multiple organs containing melanocytes, including uvea (resulting in acute bilateral panuveitis), skin (resulting in vitiligo and alopecia), central nervous system (resulting in meningitis)...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Yamada K,Senju S,Shinohara T,Nakatsura T,Murata Y,Ishihara M,Nakamura S,Ohno S,Negi A,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, sensitive and simple method is provided for detecting Bence-Jones proteins in unconcentrated urine by electrosyneresis. This is based on the fact that the free light-chains, similar to the intact immunoglobulin molecules, form complexes with albumin under the effect of glutaraldehyde. Consequently, the origin...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Ottó S

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established two clones of monoclonal hybridoma, from a non-immunized NZB mouse, which produce IgM class hemagglutinating autoantibodies reactive with the exposed murine erythrocyte autoantigens. Absorption studies revealed that one monoclonal antibody exhibits cross-reactivity to chick erythrocytes and mouse liver,...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Ozaki S,Nagasawa R,Sato H,Shirai T

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence-comparison indicates existing sequence-similarity between receptor-binding regions of human type 1 IFNs (IFN-alpha, -beta and -omega) and HIV-1 gp41. Previous findings had suggested that the increased levels of antibodies against human IFN-alpha and -beta in HIV-1-infected individuals are associated with a co...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Chen YH,Wu W,Yang J,Sui SF,Sun J,Dierich MP

更新日期：1999-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:It remains unclear whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS) pre-treatment, which prevents Th2-type responses via Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), inhibits anaphylaxis. To determine the dose-dependent effects of LPS pre-treatment on anaphylactic decreases in rectal temperature caused by ovalbumin (OVA) re-exposure in immunized mic...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Shiva D,Matsumoto T,Kremenik MJ,Kato Y,Yano H

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microparticles are recently recognized players of intercellular communication. They are involved in signal transduction, cell activation and apoptosis. Their importance is also suggested in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis. We investigated the role of microparticles in polymyosit...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Baka Z,Senolt L,Vencovsky J,Mann H,Simon PS,Kittel A,Buzás E,Nagy G

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Human milk lactotransferrin at a concentration ranging from 1 to 10 micrograms/ml stimulated up to 5 times the humoral immune response to sheep red blood cells, expressed as the number of plaque-forming cells, when injected into mice 3 h before immunization. Further, lactotransferrin-treated thymocytes given intraveno...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Zimecki M,Mazurier J,Machnicki M,Wieczorek Z,Montreuil J,Spik G

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria, a major endemic tropical disease, is caused by the infection of blood cells by Plasmodium protozoa. Most patients control their parasitemia by a not fully understood spleen-dependent mechanism. SDF-1alpha is a chemokine produced by stromal cells such as reticular spleen cells. Nitric oxide (NO) has several im...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Garnica MR,Silva JS,de Andrade Junior HF

更新日期：2003-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a non-specific inflammation, which involves the airways, lung parenchyma and pulmonary vessels. The inflammation causes the activation of inflammatory cells and the release of various inflammatory mediators such as interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and tumor ne...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Singh S,Verma SK,Kumar S,Ahmad MK,Nischal A,Singh SK,Dixit RK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question is still unresolved whether in insulin-dependent (type I) diabetes T-lymphocytes mediate an autoimmune response towards pancreatic islets. We now present direct evidence in an animal model for autoimmune T-lymphocytes with specificity for islet antigens. Mice of strain C57BL/6 were immunized repeatedly wi...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Kolb H,Ben-Nun A,Cohen IR,Barberena I,Kiesel U

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foxp3+ Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential for the maintenance of tolerance to self. Therefore, it is expected that lower numbers and/or less than optimal function could impact on the functioning of the immune system, and thereby contributing to the development of autoimmune diseases. In the present report, by co...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Godoy GJ,Paira DA,Olivera C,Breser ML,Sanchez LR,Motrich RD,Rivero VE

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 2 subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) patients were absorbed with a concentrated preparation of measles virus. Measles-specific IgG was eluted from the precipitates containing measles antigen-antibody complex. These IgGs, when subjected to immunofixation after isoelectric focusing showed a number of o...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Mehta PD,Thormar H

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T cell receptor of gamma delta is normally expressed on a small percentage of peripheral lymphocytes. Although the role of gamma delta T cells in the physiologic immune response is still unknown, there is accumulating evidence that gamma delta T cells may participate in the immune response to mycobacterial and oth...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Ho M,Webster HK,Tongtawe P,Pattanapanyasat K,Weidanz WP

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T and B cell receptor repertoires are diversified by variable region gene rearrangement and selected based on functionality and lack of self-reactivity. Repertoires can also be defined based on phenotype and function rather than receptor specificity - such as the diversity of T helper cell subsets. Natural killer (NK)...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Mehr R,Sternberg-Simon M,Michaeli M,Pickman Y

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha), INF-gamma, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and dexamethasone on low-affinity Fc receptors for IgE (Fc epsilon R2/CD23) expression on a human eosinophilic leukemia cell line, Eol-3, were examined. Fc epsilon R2/CD23 expression was enhanced by both IFN-alpha and IF...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Watanabe H,Kawabe T,Yodoi J,Tanaka M,Kim KM,Nambu M,Tsuruta S,Morita M,Yorifuji T,Mayumi M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00