gammadelta T lymphocytes-selectable cells within the innate system?

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：:The spectrum of illness attributed to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) includes patients with symptoms persisting for more than 1 year without any other obvious underlying disease. High titers of antibodies to EBV, either IgG antiviral capsid antigen or anti-early antigen, can be demonstrated. In this study, 13 patients diagn...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Kibler R,Lucas DO,Hicks MJ,Poulos BT,Jones JF

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated PI3K δ syndrome (APDS) is a primary immunodeficiency caused by heterogeneous germline gain-of-function mutations which ultimately lead to the hyperactivation of the phosphoinositide-3-kinase δ (PI3K δ). PI3K δ exists as a heterodimer composed of a catalytic and a regulatory subunit. APDS type 2 is caused by ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Ramirez L,Tamayo W,Ale H

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The study clarified whether the T-helper (Th)1/Th2 imbalance existed only in coronary arterial inflammation or in both coronary arterial inflammation and myocardial inflammation and explored the significance of the imbalance of Th1/Th2 function after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). BACKGROUND:There are t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Cheng X,Liao YH,Ge H,Li B,Zhang J,Yuan J,Wang M,Liu Y,Guo Z,Chen J,Zhang J,Zhang L

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：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：:Serum amyloid P component (SAP) binds in vitro to DNA; based on findings in SAP-deficient mice it was proposed that SAP's role is to handle chromatin and DNA, thereby preventing formation of anti-DNA antibodies. For the first time we have shown the presence of Ca2+-dependent SAP-DNA complexes, measured by ELISA, in se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Sørensen IJ,Holm Nielsen E,Schrøder L,Voss A,Horváth L,Svehag SE

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe congenital neutropenia (SCN), originally described by the Swedish pediatrician Rolf Kostmann, constitutes a heterogeneous disorder associated with a dramatic decrease of peripheral neutrophil granulocytes. Patients suffer from life-threatening bacterial infections unless treated by recombinant human granulocyte...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Klein C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Adenitis for which no causative organism can be isolated is a common occurrence in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). Here we identify Acidomonas methanolica as a pathogen associated with adenitis in a patient with CGD. METHODS:The causative pathogen was obtained after prolonged incubation of a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Chase JM,Holland SM,Greenberg DE,Marshall-Batty K,Zelazny AM,Church JA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is defined in clinical terms by the development of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or severe opportunistic infections in persons without predisposing conditions. A hallmark of the syndrome has been a decrease in the number of CD4+ T helper cells. The reduction in the frequency of the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Katz JD,Nishanian P,Mitsuyasu R,Bonavida B

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dynamic cytokine profiles from endogenously activated T cells in transit from lymph node to the infected sites via the blood compartment after recent exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis may differentiate disease progressors from non-disease progressors in a BCG-vaccinated population. METHODS:Household con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Hussain R,Talat N,Ansari A,Shahid F,Hasan Z,Dawood G

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether the anti-Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) effect of curcumin is associated with the regulation of B cell-activating factor belonging to the TNF family (BAFF) production. METHODS:Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) was induced in DBA/1 J mice by immunization with bovin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Huang G,Xu Z,Huang Y,Duan X,Gong W,Zhang Y,Fan J,He F

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:This study was done to further reveal the role of the innate immune system in celiac disease. METHODS:Dendritic cells were matured from venous blood of patients with active or treated celiac disease and DQ2-DQ8-positive or negative controls. Dendritic cells were treated with a peptic-tryptic digest of gli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Rakhimova M,Esslinger B,Schulze-Krebs A,Hahn EG,Schuppan D,Dieterich W

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Home-based subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIg) therapy is an alternative to hospital-based intravenous infusions (IVIg). However, SCIg requires patient training and long-term support to ensure proper adherence, optimal efficacy and safety. We evaluated if switching patients to home-based SCIg including an interp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Perraudin C,Bourdin A,Spertini F,Berger J,Bugnon O

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:Catecholamines have been suggested to be responsible for altered cellular immunity after stress. This study was performed to determine the effects of adrenaline and noradrenaline on lymphocyte subpopulations and NK cell functions. Subjects were given a subcutaneous injection of either NaCl, adrenaline (5 micrograms/kg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Schedlowski M,Falk A,Rohne A,Wagner TO,Jacobs R,Tewes U,Schmidt RE

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the efficacy of immunoglobulin replacement therapy given intravenously versus subcutaneously to prevent infections in patients with primary antibody deficiency syndromes, an international, multicenter, open label, crossover study was designed. Forty patients were randomized to receive either subcutaneous or...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Chapel HM,Spickett GP,Ericson D,Engl W,Eibl MM,Bjorkander J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients affected by primary immunodeficiency usually undergo a wide range of infections, including reactivation of latent ones. Here we report two cases suffering from late-onset combined immunodeficiency in which ulcerative enteritis due to human Cytomegalovirus caused a life-threatening malabsorption syndrom...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Ciccocioppo R,Comoli P,Gallia A,Basso S,Baldanti F,Corazza GR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence is accumulating which indicates that immunological abnormalities contribute to the development of liver disease and its signs and symptoms. Platelet-associated IgG (PAIgG) levels were quantified in 42 patients with biopsy-proven liver disease of various etiologies to determine the relationship of t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Graber D,Giuliani D,Leevy CM,Morse BS

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cell deficiency (NKD) is a subset of primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) in which an abnormality of NK cells represents a major immunological defect resulting in the patient's clinical immunodeficiency. This is distinct from a much larger group of PIDs that include an NK cell abnormality as a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Orange JS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine T cells phenotyping occasionally reveals a CD4+CD8dim T cell subset with an apparently homogeneous dot plot. The aim of this study was to elucidate their immunological significance from analysis of 31 healthy donors, 21 elderly and 220 immune deficient patients. CD4+CD8dim T cells expressed reduced levels of C...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Lambert C,Ibrahim M,Iobagiu C,Genin C

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Leishmaniasis is caused by parasitic protozoa transmitted by the bite of a female sand fly and is currently endemic in 88 countries. BALB/c mice are highly susceptible to the infection with the parasite Leishmania major, and this susceptibility has been attributed, in part, to the expansion of Th2 cells, production of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Hosseini N,Abolhassani M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates metaphase chromosome protein 1 (MCP1), a nuclear antigen, as a diagnostic marker for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Reactivity of sera from 114 Portuguese patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease or from healthy blood donors (HBD), against MCP1, produced in bacteria (bact-MCP1) or in its na...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Bronze-da-Rocha E,Nóvoa A,Teixeira N,Vasconcelos CS,Cerveira C,Castro e Melo J,Carvalho MC

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light chain amyloidosis (AL) is a protein folding disorder with an underlying B cell neoplasia where the monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains (LCs) produced from insoluble amyloid fibrils. The deposition of these fibrillar aggregates in vital organs causes severe organ dysfunction over time and is associated with hi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Abraham RS,Geyer SM,Ramírez-Alvarado M,Price-Troska TL,Gertz MA,Fonseca R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobin (i.v.IG) is generated from the plasma of more than 10,000 healthy subjects. Originally i.v.IG was employed to supplement the missing Igs in subjects with immune-deficiencies. Later on it was given successfully to patients with autoimmune conditions, in some of which the benefits were confirmed...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Shoenfeld Y,Krause I

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) are a group of heterogeneous disorders mainly characterized by severe and recurrent infections and increased susceptibility to malignancies, lymphoproliferative and autoimmune conditions. National registries of PID disorders provide epidemiological data and increase t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Aghamohammadi A,Mohammadinejad P,Abolhassani H,Mirminachi B,Movahedi M,Gharagozlou M,Parvaneh N,Zeiaee V,Mirsaeed-Ghazi B,Chavoushzadeh Z,Mahdaviani A,Mansouri M,Yousefzadegan S,Sharifi B,Zandieh F,Hedayat E,Nadjafi A,S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the associations of IkappaBalpha gene polymorphisms with the development and clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 110 patients with SLE and 120 unrelated healthy controls were enrolled in this study. The IkappaBalpha -881 A/G, -826 C/T, -550 A/T, -519 C/T, and -297 C/T polymorp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Lin CH,Wang SC,Ou TT,Li RN,Tsai WC,Liu HW,Yen JH

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00