Interleukin 4 inhibits polyclonal immunoglobulin secretion and cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients.

abstract：:We have undertaken an immunofluorescent analysis of the immunoglobulin heavy and light chains expressed by pre-B cells from normal human fetal and adult bone marrow using purified mouse monoclonal and goat antibodies to human immunoglobulin isotypes. Our results indicate that (i) the great majority of normal pre-B cel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Kubagawa H,Gathings WE,Levitt D,Kearney JF,Cooper MD

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T lymphocytes expressing NK1.1 marker (NK1.1+) have been suggested as being important in peripheral immune modulation. Alteration of the balance between Th1 proinflammatory and Th2 anti-inflammatory cytokine-producing cells can ameliorate immune-mediated disorders. The aim of the study was to determine the role of NK1...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Trop S,Ilan Y

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Spondyloenchondrodysplasia is a rare immuno-osseous dysplasia caused by biallelic mutations in ACP5. We aimed to provide a survey of the skeletal, neurological and immune manifestations of this disease in a cohort of molecularly confirmed cases. METHODS:We compiled clinical, genetic and serological data from a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Briggs TA,Rice GI,Adib N,Ades L,Barete S,Baskar K,Baudouin V,Cebeci AN,Clapuyt P,Coman D,De Somer L,Finezilber Y,Frydman M,Guven A,Heritier S,Karall D,Kulkarni ML,Lebon P,Levitt D,Le Merrer M,Linglart A,Livingst

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite multiple sexual exposures to HIV-1 virus, some individuals remain HIV-1 seronegative. Although several genetic factors have been related to HIV-1 resistance, the homozygosity for a mutation in CCR5 gene (the 32-bp deletion, i.e., CCR5-Delta32 allele) is presently considered the most relevant one. The C-type le...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Rathore A,Chatterjee A,Sivarama P,Yamamoto N,Dhole TN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using our gp120/41-expressing, NK cell activity-resistant CEM.NKR cell clones as targets in HIV-1-specific antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) assays, we demonstrate here that the serum titers of anti-HIV-1 ADCC antibodies bear a significant (P < 0.05) positive correlation with the peripheral blood CD4+ T ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Ahmad R,Sindhu ST,Toma E,Morisset R,Vincelette J,Menezes J,Ahmad A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver infiltrating lymphocytes (LIL) were isolated from HCV-positive (+) and HCV-negative (-) end-stage livers. Phenotypic analysis and functional studies using proliferative and lymphocytotoxic assays were performed with the isolated LIL. Two CD3+ lymphocyte populations were found in LIL using FITC anti-CD3 monoclona...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Jin Y,Fuller L,Carreno M,Zucker K,Roth D,Esquenazi V,Karatzas T,Swanson SJ 3rd,Tzakis AG,Miller J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Owing to the established roles of human macrophages in immune defense, we investigated the effect of chronic arsenic exposure upon these major hematopoietic cells in 70 arsenic-exposed individuals with skin lesions and 64 unexposed individuals. METHODS:Human monocyte-derived macrophages were prepared from...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Banerjee N,Banerjee S,Sen R,Bandyopadhyay A,Sarma N,Majumder P,Das JK,Chatterjee M,Kabir SN,Giri AK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a growing body of evidence suggesting that CD4+ Th1/Th2 cell responses participate in pathologic and immunologic processes in infectious disease. Bacterial meningitis is a fatal disease of children and is associated with a spectrum of clinical syndromes. This study provides evidence of CD4+ enhanced int...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Raziuddin S,el-Awad ME,Telmesani AW,Bilal NE,al-Janadi M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is curative for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), but data on long-term impact of pre-HSCT chemotherapy, immune reconstitution and quality of life (QoL) of specific SCID genotypes are limited. We evaluated the long-term immune-reconstitution, health outcome and QoL...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Abd Hamid IJ,Slatter MA,McKendrick F,Pearce MS,Gennery AR

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experiments described have shown that, whereas the injection of tetanus toxoid (tet) into 8 of 12 control individuals resulted in the appearance of specific anti-tet-IgG antibodies in their plasma, immunization of 14 anergic patients did not elicit an antibody response. This observation was extended to an in vitro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Mazaheri R,Rode HN,Abikar K,Ing A,Nohr C,Gordon J

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the occurrence of cryoglobulinemia and cutaneous vasculitis in three patients with brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis. The isolated cryoglobulins were characterized as mixed polyclonal or type III. Brucella agglutinin activity was not detected in any of the cryoglobulins analyzed. However, the same ag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Yrivarren JL,Lopez LR

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infects the transformation zone of the cervix and is the primary cause of cervical cancer. The infection is localized to the cervix and mucosal immunity is likely to be an important determinant for viral clearance. Previous studies of immunity to HPV have measured immune markers in the blood...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Castle PE,Hildesheim A,Bowman FP,Strickler HD,Walker JL,Pustilnik T,Edwards RP,Crowley-Nowick PA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral tolerance is the immunologic mechanism by which the mucosal immune system maintains unresponsiveness to the myriad of antigens in the mucosal environment which might otherwise induce untoward immune responses. Recent studies have shown that it is mediated by several distinct, yet interacting mechanisms including ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Strober W,Kelsall B,Marth T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease with both genetic and epigenetic etiologies. Evidence suggests that deregulation of specific genes through epigenetic mechanisms may be a contributing factor to SLE pathology. There is increasing evidence that DNA methyltransferase ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Wiley KL,Treadwell E,Manigaba K,Word B,Lyn-Cook BD

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of the limited data currently available on the ratios of helper (OKT4+) to suppressor (OKT8+) T cells in autoimmune liver disease (primary biliary cirrhosis and chronic active lupoid hepatitis) and virally induced liver disease indicates that this OKT4+:OKT8+ ratio is elevated in autoimmune liver disease manife...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Thomas HC,Brown D,Labrooy J,Epstein O

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system mediated by T cells. B7-H3 plays a diverse role in regulating T cell responses. However, its expression and clinical significance in MS are not well known. This study analyzed the expression of membrane B7-H3 (mB7-H3) and levels of s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Jiang J,Jiang J,Liu C,Zhang G,Gao L,Chen Y,Zhu R,Wang T,Wang F,Zhang X,Xue Q

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An absolute requirement for monocytes was demonstrated in the T-cell proliferative response to tetanus toxoid (TT) antigen. Antigen-pulsed monocytes were shown to be effective in triggering T-cell proliferation. Using 125I-radiolabeled TT antigen, uptake by monocytes increased progressively over an 18-hr period, at wh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Alpert SD,Jonsen ME,Broff MD,Schneeberger E,Geha RS

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human monoclonal autoantibody 16/6 is a common anti-DNA idiotype found to have clinical relevance in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Therefore the ability of peripheral blood T cells of SLE patients and healthy controls to proliferate and to produce helper T-cell factors following stimulation wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Mendlovic S,Shoenfeld Y,Bakimer R,Segal R,Dayan M,Mozes E

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We carried out a retrospective analysis of 27 patients with Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) deficiency diagnosed in a single center from 1997 to the 2013, for evaluating whether data regarding types of disease-inducing mutations, biochemical and immunological features as well as clinical outcomes of patients treated ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Baffelli R,Notarangelo LD,Imberti L,Hershfield MS,Serana F,Santisteban I,Bolda F,Porta F,Lanfranchi A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) have been implicated in immune regulation. We determined the transcriptional expression of the three isoforms, PPARalpha, PPARgamma1, and PPARgamma2 in the peritoneal macrophages, CD4- and CD8-positive lymphocytes in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice at 5 a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Yaacob NS,Kaderi MA,Norazmi MN

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On analysis of in vitro assays of human natural killer (NK) cell function the inadequacy of commonly used methods of expressing lytic activity was apparent. A comparison was made of the data obtained using modifications of two equations-the simple exponential fit and the von Krogh equations. Both of these equations we...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Pross HF,Baines MG,Rubin P,Shragge P,Patterson MS

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early treatment intervention during human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a strategy aimed to preserve and/or enhance the developing anti-HIV immune responses. We report the effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) combined with intermittent subcutaneous doses of Interleukin 2 (IL-2) on CD8(+) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Martinez-Mariño B,Ashlock BM,Shiboski S,Hecht FM,Levy JA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bias in cytokine responses has been proposed as a contributing mechanism to pathogenesis in persistent HIV or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. We investigated whether coinfection with HCV modifies the profile of antigen-specific cytokine secretion in women persistently infected with HIV compared to women with singl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Villacres MC,Literat O,Degiacomo M,Du W,La Rosa C,Diamond DJ,Kovacs A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency is a systemic disorder of purine metabolism. Deficiency of the purine salvage enzyme ADA leads to the build-up of the toxic metabolites, deoxyadenosine triphosphate and deoxyadenosine. ADA is ubiquitously expressed in all tissues of the body but most profoundly affects lymph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Nikolajeva O,Worth A,Hague R,Martinez-Alier N,Smart J,Adams S,Davies EG,Gaspar HB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic enteroviral meningoencephalitis is a well-recognized complication in patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA). The majority of published cases refers to its occurrence in patients on no replacement therapy or on only intramuscular immunoglobulin. The advent of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) in the ea...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Misbah SA,Spickett GP,Ryba PC,Hockaday JM,Kroll JS,Sherwood C,Kurtz JB,Moxon ER,Chapel HM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COX2 (prostaglandin G/H synthase, PTGS2) is a well-validated target in the fields of both oncology and inflammation. Despite their significant toxicity profile, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have become standard of care in the treatment of many COX2-mediated inflammatory conditions. In this report, we...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Ferguson GD,Jensen-Pergakes K,Wilkey C,Jhaveri U,Richard N,Verhelle D,De Parseval LM,Corral LG,Xie W,Morris CL,Brady H,Chan K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system plays a central role in defense to encapsulated bacteria through opsonization and membrane attack complex (MAC) dependent lysis. The three activation pathways (classical, lectin, and alternative) converge in the cleavage of C5, which initiates MAC formation and target lysis. C5 deficiency is asso...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Colobran R,Franco-Jarava C,Martín-Nalda A,Baena N,Gabau E,Padilla N,de la Cruz X,Pujol-Borrell R,Comas D,Soler-Palacín P,Hernández-González M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immunodeficiency caused by defects of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase. Catalase-positive bacteria and fungi are phagocytosed, but persist within phagocytes, resulting in granulomatous inflammation. Although allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transpla...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Shigemura T,Nakazawa Y,Hirabayashi K,Kobayashi N,Sakashita K,Agematsu K,Koike K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined sera from 160 HIV-infected individuals for antibodies reactive to HIV-1 gp160 epitopes defined by seven synthetic peptides. Seropositive individuals were placed into three groups based upon levels of circulating CD4+ cells. These groups consisted of individuals with (1) more than 400 CD4+ cells, (2) 200-40...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Warren RQ,Wolf H,Zajac RA,Boswell RN,Kanda P,Kennedy RC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapeutic agent is characterized by its concentration in tumor cells with minimum side effects. Oleandrin, a polyphenolic cardiac glycoside is known to induce apoptosis in tumor cells. However, no report is available on its efficacy in primary cells. In this report we are providing the evidence that oleandrin i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Sreenivasan Y,Raghavendra PB,Manna SK

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00