Complement membrane attack is required for endplate damage and clinical disease in passive experimental myasthenia gravis in Lewis rats.

abstract：:Systemic autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), are often characterized by a failure of self-tolerance and result in an uncontrolled activation of B cells and effector T cells. Interleukin (IL)-2 critically maintains homeostasis of regulatory T cells (T(reg)) and effector T cells in the perip...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ohl K,Wiener A,Schippers A,Wagner N,Tenbrock K

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine the diagnostic value for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of anti-filaggrin autoantibodies (autoAb) recognizing citrullinated recombinant rat filaggrin (ACRF) in community cases of very early arthritis. To evaluate the diagnostic value of ACRF, were studied sera from patients with ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Vittecoq O,Incaurgarat B,Jouen-Beades F,Legoedec J,Letourneur O,Rolland D,Gervasi G,Ménard JF,Gayet A,Fardellone P,Daragon A,Jolivet M,le Loët X,Tron F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune modulating capacity of vitamin D(3) is well-recognized. Ultra-violet (UV) exposure determines production of vitamin D(3) in vivo and varies through the course of the year, especially in temperate regions. However, it is not known whether the human innate immune response differs due to seasonality. To valida...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Khoo AL,Chai LY,Koenen HJ,Sweep FC,Joosten I,Netea MG,van der Ven AJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil phagocytosis and killing of Candida albicans were examined using a radiometric assay in 25 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes and 17 controls under various in vitro metabolic conditions. Glucose was present at 5, 10 and 50 mM, beta-hydroxybutyrate at 1, 5 and 20 mM and glucose with beta-hydroxybutyrat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wilson RM,Reeves WG

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal candidiasis is one of the first opportunistic diseases in HIV-infected subjects. In order to understand the relationship between this disease and immunodeficiency to chemically defined, immunodominant Candida antigens, a mannoprotein fraction from C. albicans cell wall (GMP) was used to analyse proliferative a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Quinti I,Palma C,Guerra EC,Gomez MJ,Mezzaroma I,Aiuti F,Cassone A

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activin A not only stimulates the synthesis and release of pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone, but exerts various effects on haematopoietic cells, embryos, and fibroblasts. In the present study we have examined effects of activin A on IgE synthesis and cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Yamashita N,Nakajima T,Takahashi H,Kaneoka H,Mizushima Y,Sakane T

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples from 64 apparently healthy individuals (32 men and 32 women, mean age 81.0 years) were examined for the prevalence of several autoantibodies, including rheumatoid factor (RF), antinuclear antibodies (ANA), antibodies to extracted cellular antigens Ro (SSA), La (SSB), Sm, U1nRNP and Scl-70. IgG and IgM is...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Manoussakis MN,Tzioufas AG,Silis MP,Pange PJ,Goudevenos J,Moutsopoulos HM

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the correlation between natural killer (NK) cell function and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 disease progression in 133 untreated HIV-1 positive Chinese subjects, including 41 former plasma donors (FPDs) and 92 men who have sex with men, and 35 HIV-negative controls. Flow cytometry was used ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jia M,Li D,He X,Zhao Y,Peng H,Ma P,Hong K,Liang H,Shao Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies to nuclear structures are a hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including autoantibodies to nuclear protein high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1). HMGB1 consists of three separate domains: box A, box B and an acidic tail. Recombinant box A acts as a competitive antagonist for HMGB1 and might be ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Schaper F,de Leeuw K,Horst G,Maas F,Bootsma H,Heeringa P,Limburg PC,Westra J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An original representative of histamine-containing peptidomimetics L-glutamyl-histamine (L-Glu-Hist) was synthesized and characterized as a cytokine mimic leading to cellular responses of improved specificity. The energy-minimized 3-D conformations of L-Glu-Hist derived from its chemical structure resulted in stabiliz...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Babizhayev MA,Semiletov YA,Lul'kin YA,Sakina NL,Savel'yeva EL,Alimbarova LM,Barinskii IP

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from thirty-one patients with inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) were analysed for the proportions and absolute numbers of total T cells, and for the T cell subpopulations carrying Fc receptors for either IgM (Tmu cells) or IgG (T gamma cells). Twenty...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Victorino RM,Hodgson HJ

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the impact of induction and increase target antigen expression on immunotoxin potency, we measured the potentiating effect of recombinant immune interferon-gamma (rIFN-gamma) on the cytotoxicity of an anti HLA-DR ricin A-chain immunotoxin (2G5 RTA-IT) on the myeloid cell line ML-3. After 48 h of i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Chiron M,Jaffrezou JP,Carayon P,Bordier C,Roubinet F,Xavier C,Brandely M,Laurent G

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An altered expression pattern of adhesion molecules (AM) on the surface of immune cells is a premise for their extravasation into the central nervous system (CNS) and the formation of acute brain lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS). We evaluated the impact of glatiramer acetate (GA) on cell-bound and soluble AM in the ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sellner J,Koczi W,Harrer A,Oppermann K,Obregon-Castrillo E,Pilz G,Wipfler P,Afazel S,Haschke-Becher E,Trinka E,Kraus J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary gland biopsies from 12 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and 10 controls were examined for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA by in-situ hybridization and for EBV proteins by immunofluorescence and peroxidase techniques. Viral DNA was found in biopsies from two out of 12 patients with primary Sjögren's syndr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Venables PJ,Teo CG,Baboonian C,Griffin BE,Hughes RA

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of clinical and laboratory findings at the time clinical presentation to subsequent survival was investigated in 204 patients with macroglobulinaemia. It was found that the ten following clinical and laboratory parameters were of prognostic significance and a further twelve were not. The best prognoses we...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Carter P,Koval JJ,Hobbs JR

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by arterial and/or venous thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity. It is well known that in these patients thrombosis may be the result of a hypercoagulable state related to anti-β2-glycoprotein I (β2-GPI) antibodies. Moreover, platelets may play a role in thrombotic manife...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Capozzi A,Manganelli V,Riitano G,Recalchi S,Truglia S,Alessandri C,Longo A,Garofalo T,Misasi R,Valesini G,Conti F,Sorice M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) was able to inhibit T cell proliferation induced in an autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction (AMLR). The effect of CD4 MoAb on cellular proliferation appears to be directly exerted on CD4+ T lymphocytes, and to be due to inhibition of a post-activation event, since the CD4+ T cell prolife...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sakane T,Takada S

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous injection of t-butyl hydroperoxide rapidly killed Plasmodium vinckei in mice, and caused haemolysis. The same dose seemed harmless to unparasitized mice. Many parasites disintegrated inside circulating erythrocytes, so parasite death was not simply a passive consequence of haemolysis. Injection of desferri...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Clark IA,Hunt NH,Cowden WB,Maxwell LE,Mackie EJ

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in this laboratory have shown that efficient activation of complement (C) on HIV isolates and HIV-infected cells requires the binding of specific anti-HIV antibodies, while other investigators have observed 'antibody-independent' C activation. In an attempt to clarify these disparate findings, we inve...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Saarloos MN,Lint TF,Spear GT

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of B cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) to produce and secrete immunoglobulin following mitogen stimulation was investigated using sensitive radioimmunoassays for mu, gamma, alpha, kappa, and lambda immunoglobulin chains. Lymphocytes from seven of the 11 patients studied secreted...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Johnstone AP,Jensenius JC,Millard RE,Hudson L

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to test whether normal rat epiphyseal chondrocytes react with monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) detecting different markers of lymphoid cells. For this purpose, isolated chondrocyte and, for comparison, splenocyte cytosmears were exposed to a battery of different MoAbs followed by indirect immunop...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Malejczyk J,Romaniuk A

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of perinatal infection in the newborn is difficult; there may be few clinical signs and current tests are slow or non-specific. Detection of organisms, antigen or specific antibody to common pathogens often requires repeat samples and does not give immediate results. Haematological parameters, although relie...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hodge S,Hodge G,Flower R,Han P

更新日期：1998-07-01 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 chemotactic responsiveness of peripheral blood monocytes was evaluated in three groups of subjects: 32 patients with multiple myeloma, 27 subjects with benign monoclonal gammapathy, and 64 normal controls. Monocyte chemotactic responsiveness was significantly depressed both in multiple myeloma patients (P less tha...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Dammacco F,Miglietta A,Ventura MT,Bonomo L

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We set out to discover whether antibodies to small ribonucleoprotein antigens (RNP) and to 73-kD heat shock protein (hsp 73) which have been proposed as markers of mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) recognize different epitopes. MCTD serum was immunoadsorbed on hsp 73-coupled Sepharose and the affinity retained, a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Appelboom T,Kahn MF,Mairesse N

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with no detectable serum IgA (less than 20 mug/ml) and one patient with low serum IgA were compared to normal subjects. The number of circulating E-RFC was normal as was the lymphocyte DNA synthesis induced by PHA, Con A, and streptokinase-streptodornase. The patients had normal numbers of IgA-bearing ly...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Delespesse G,Gausset P,Cauchie C,Govaerts A

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is known to be a major pathogen of swine, causing mainly meningitis. It is also a zoonotic agent leading predominantly to meningitis in humans working in close contact with pigs. In this study, we investigated the ability of S. suis to up-regulate the expression of adhesion molecules invo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Al-Numani D,Segura M,Doré M,Gottschalk M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide-binding, oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) gene polymorphism was reported to be associated with susceptibility, disease activity or anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the roles of NLRP3 inflammasome i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Guo C,Fu R,Wang S,Huang Y,Li X,Zhou M,Zhao J,Yang N

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment of guinea-pigs with cyclophosphamide (Cy) (300 mg/kg) 3 days before cutaneous infection with Leishmania enriettii caused an increased intensity of the lesion at the site of infection and an increase in the incidence of widespread metastases. Decreased levels of circulating antibody were found from the fir...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Belehu A,Poulter LW,Turk JL

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uveitis (intraocular inflammation) is a leading cause of loss of vision. Although its aetiology is largely speculative, it is thought to arise from complex genetic-environmental interactions that break immune tolerance to generate eye-specific autoreactive T cells. Experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU), induced by imm...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Brown BR,Lee EJ,Snow PE,Vance EE,Iwakura Y,Ohno N,Miura N,Lin X,Brown GD,Wells CA,Smith JR,Caspi RR,Rosenzweig HL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00