Reduced type 1 and type 2 cytokines in antiviral memory T helper function among women coinfected with HIV and HCV.

abstract：PURPOSE:The previous studies with Flebogamma(®) 5 % DIF intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) contained insufficient numbers of pediatric subjects to fully warrant a pediatric indication by the FDA. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of Flebogamma® 5 % DIF for replacement...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Ballow M,Pinciaro PJ,Craig T,Kleiner G,Moy J,Ochs HD,Sleasman J,Smits W

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GC) represent the main treatment for pemphigus; however, some patients show GC resistance. GC sensitivity was evaluated in 19 pemphigus patients and 41 controls by the number of binding sites [B(max) (fmol/mg protein)] and the affinity of GC receptor [Kd (nM)] to dexamethasone (DEX) as well as by the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Chriguer RS,Roselino AM,de Castro M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment decisions made in clinical practice, based on current guidelines, often conflict with decisions by third-party payors that restrict the ability of patients with primary immunodeficiency disease (PI) to adhere to appropriate treatment. This is seen by many physicians as potentially placing the health of patie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Ballow M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to research the expression of IL-37 in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and the effect of glucocorticoid on IL-37. Thirty newly diagnosed severe SLE patients receiving prednisone 1 mg/kg/day for 14 consecutive days and 30 healthy subjects were enrolled into this study. The plasma l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Song L,Qiu F,Fan Y,Ding F,Liu H,Shu Q,Liu W,Li X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the second report on the continuing efforts of LAGID to increase the recognition and registration of patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases in 12 Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. This report reve...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Leiva LE,Zelazco M,Oleastro M,Carneiro-Sampaio M,Condino-Neto A,Costa-Carvalho BT,Grumach AS,Quezada A,Patiño P,Franco JL,Porras O,Rodríguez FJ,Espinosa-Rosales FJ,Espinosa-Padilla SE,Almillategui D,Martínez C,Tafur JR,

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the mechanisms of hepatocyte injury, we examined serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) level in acute hepatitis patients. Based on their clinical features, these patients were divided into three groups, acute hepatitis (AH), severe acute hepatitis, and fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). The present study demonstrated that...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Sun Y,Tokushige K,Isono E,Yamauchi K,Obata H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunosuppression-associated lymphoproliferative disorders can be related to primary as well as acquired immune disorders. Interferon gamma receptor (IFN-γR) deficiency is a rare primary immune disorder, characterized by increased susceptibility to mycobacterial infections. Here we report the first case of an Epstein ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Bax HI,Freeman AF,Anderson VL,Vesterhus P,Laerum D,Pittaluga S,Wilson WH,Holland SM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanisms underlying the loss of self-tolerance in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are incompletely deciphered. TGF-β plays a key role in self-tolerance demonstrated by the onset of a fatal autoimmune syndrome associated with lupus autoantibodies in mice lacking a functional TGF-β receptor. The prese...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Elbeldi-Ferchiou A,Ben Ahmed M,Smiti-Khanfir M,Houman MH,Abdeladhim M,Belhadj Hmida N,Cerf-Bensussan N,Louzir H

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Purified allergens with reduced IgE reactivity are required to improve the safety and efficacy of allergen-specific immunotherapy (IT). OBJECTIVE:The present study investigates the efficacy of purified cockroach allergen immunotherapy with proteolytically active and inactive Per a 10 in allergic mouse model...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Srivastava D,Mehta AK,Arora N,Gaur SN,Singh BP

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor-encoding adenoviral vector decreases the severity of colonic inflammation in a DBA/2-->B6D2F1 murine model of colonic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The present studies evaluated the effect of TNF blockade on the splenic and colonic T-cell responses. cDNA en...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Brown GR,Thiele DL

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammation disease that may involve extra-articular organs in addition to joints. Many proinflammatory cytokines are involved in the inflammatory process of RA. IkappaBalpha conjugates with NF-kappaB and is a key player in regulation of the inflammatory process. We ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Li RN,Hung YH,Lin CH,Chen YH,Yen JH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypogammaglobulinemia is a common symptom in different immunodeficiencies. It is, however, not usually associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections. The X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) on the other hand shows immunological changes in response to the EBV. Here we report three previously healthy boys, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Hügle B,Suchowerskyj P,Hellebrand H,Adler B,Borte M,Sack U,Overberg-Schmidt US,Strnad N,Otto J,Meindl A,Schuster V

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease associated with aberrant activation of T and B lymphocytes. Abnormal activation of intracellular signaling molecules in lymphocytes by inflammatory cytokines can instigate the inflammation in SLE. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The activation of e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Wong CK,Wong PT,Tam LS,Li EK,Chen DP,Lam CW

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the serum profile of factors involved in endothelial, T-cell, and fibroblast interplay in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) associated with nailfold vodeocapillaroscopy (NVC) scleroderma findings and/or systemic sclerosis (SSc) marker autoantibodies, recently labeled as early SSc patients. METH...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Vettori S,Cuomo G,Iudici M,D'Abrosca V,Giacco V,Barra G,De Palma R,Valentini G

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five common variable immunodeficiency (CVI) patients were analyzed for expression of immunoglobulin (Ig) genes. In the pokeweed mitogen (PWM)-induced Ig-production assay, the combination of T and B cells showed that all patients' T cells had normal helper functions and all patients' B cells had profound defects. The d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Kaneko H,Kondo N,Motoyoshi F,Mori S,Kobayashi Y,Inoue Y,Orii T

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Autosomal Dominant Hyper IgE Recurrent Infection Syndrome (AD-HIES) is caused by mutations in STAT3 and characterized by eczema, recurrent bacterial infections, and skeletal and connective tissue abnormalities. To further understand the minimal trauma fractures of AD-HIES, we examined bone mineral density (BMD)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Sowerwine KJ,Shaw PA,Gu W,Ling JC,Collins MT,Darnell DN,Anderson VL,Davis J,Hsu A,Welch P,Puck JM,Holland SM,Freeman AF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to assess the diagnostic delay in pediatric patients with primary immunodeficiencies (PID) at a tertiary care hospital in Peru. METHODS:A descriptive study was carried out in which patients from a third-level referral center in Peru were included. Those without a specific diagnosis o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Veramendi-Espinoza LE,Zafra-Tanaka JH,Pérez-Casquino GA,Córdova-Calderón WO

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the humoral (antigen-specific immunoglobulin isotypes, IgG subclasses, and avidity maturation) and cellular (antigen-specific in vitro proliferation) immune response in 18 healthy adult volunteers, following a primary and a single booster vaccination with the T-cell dependent neoantigen rabies administ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Brinkman DM,Jol-van der Zijde CM,ten Dam MM,Vossen JM,Osterhaus AD,Kroon FP,van Tol MJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the shedding of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors in endotoxemia was investigated. The appearance of the soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors was assessed in four healthy volunteers following an intravenous injection of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and in eight chimpa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Jansen J,van der Poll T,Levi M,ten Cate H,Gallati H,ten Cate JW,van Deventer SJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of serum IgG and IgM antibodies to polyclonal IgA (IgAp), IgA1, and IgA2 were determined by enzyme immunoassay in 31 patients with IgA nephropathy and 30 healthy controls. Patients with IgA nephropathy had significantly raised concentrations of serum IgA compared to controls (Mann-Whitney U test, P ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Jones CL,Hosking CS,Kincaid-Smith P,Powell HR,Richardson SC,Sennhauser FH,Roberton DM

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：: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：:Initially used as a replacement therapy for immunodeficiency diseases, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is now widely used for a number of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Considerable progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms by which IVIg exerts immunomodulatory effects in autoimmune and inflammat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Negi VS,Elluru S,Sibéril S,Graff-Dubois S,Mouthon L,Kazatchkine MD,Lacroix-Desmazes S,Bayry J,Kaveri SV

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because binding of antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is central to the definition of the antigenic epitope targeted by aPLs, we examined the binding of aPL-positive SLE sera to PE under various conditions. No serum bound to PE uncontaminated with lysophosphatidylethanolamine (1PE), but m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Qamar T,Gharavi AE,Levy RA,Lockshin MD

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for the presence of multiple shared epitopes on the target cellular antigens was found when 290 anti-Sm and anti-U1-RNP lupus sera were analyzed by immunoblotting. Forty-eight different immunoblot patterns were observed with the sera. Studies with selected antigen-affinity-purified antibodies confirmed the pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Francoeur AM

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficient DNA mismatch repair results in microsatellite instability and might induce shifts of translational reading frames of genes encompassing coding microsatellites. These may be translated in truncated proteins, including neo-peptide tails functioning as tumor rejection antigens, when presented in the context of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Ripberger E,Linnebacher M,Schwitalle Y,Gebert J,von Knebel Doeberitz M

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：: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：:Using fresh whole blood or isolated lymphocytes, the activity of in vivo generated cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) was measured as the OKT3-specific lysis of HL-60 targets, in a cross-sectional study of 53 HIV (+) patients. CTL activity in the entire HIV(+) group was two to three times higher than in HIV(-) controls, wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Vanham G,Kestens L,Penne G,Goilav C,Gigase P,Colebunders R,Vandenbruaene M,Goeman J,van der Groen G,Ceuppens JL

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple-antibody flow cytometry was used to search for distinctive populations of peripheral blood lymphocyte immunophenotypes in multiple sclerosis (MS). Using monoclonal antibodies to the cell surface markers CD3, CD4, and CD8, T cell subsets were quantified on a cohort of 31 MS patients (not treated with corticoster...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Munschauer FE,Stewart C,Jacobs L,Kaba S,Ghorishi Z,Greenberg SJ,Cookfair D

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00