Role of homozygous DC-SIGNR 5/5 tandem repeat polymorphism in HIV-1 exposed seronegative North Indian individuals.

abstract：PURPOSE:Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD) is a rare primary immunodeficiency, triggered by non-tuberculous mycobacteria or Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccines and characterized by severe diseases. All known genetic etiologies are inborn errors of IFN-γ-mediated immunity. Here, we report the m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Sarrafzadeh SA,Nourizadeh M,Mahloojirad M,Fazlollahi MR,Shokouhi Shoormasti R,Badalzadeh M,Deswarte C,Casanova JL,Pourpak Z,Bustamante J,Moin M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bcl-2 family of proteins are important regulators of cell death. They are comprised of two opposing factions, the proapoptotic versus the antiapoptotic members. Both are required for normal development and cellular homeostasis of the immune system and other tissues. However, in certain circumstances they may parti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Pellegrini M,Strasser A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody produced by hybridomas obtained from a mouse immunized with drug-resistant cells recognizes certain hamster and human drug-resistant cell lines but not their drug-sensitive parental lines. Preliminary characterization of the antigen indicates that it is a molecule of approximately 180,000 daltons...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： O'Hara CJ,Grover J,Price GB

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most common symptomatic primary immunodeficiency among adults and is characterized by a B cell dysfunction and increased risk of respiratory tract infections with encapsulated bacteria. However, a large proportion of patients also has inflammatory and autoimmune complicat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Jørgensen SF,Fevang B,Aukrust P

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:Patients with primary immunodeficiency (PID) are at risk of serious complications. However, data on the incidence and causes of emergency hospital admissions are scarce. The primary objective of the present study was to describe emergency hospital admissions among patients with PID, with a view to identifying "...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Coignard-Biehler H,Mahlaoui N,Pilmis B,Barlogis V,Brosselin P,De Vergnes N,Debré M,Malphettes M,Frange P,Catherinot E,Pellier I,Durieu I,Perlat A,Royer B,Le Quellec A,Jeziorski E,Fischer A,Lortholary O,CEREDIH French

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis type 2 (FHL2) results from mutations in PRF1. We described two unrelated individuals who presented with FHL, in whom severely impaired NK cytotoxicity and decrease perforin expression was observed. DNA sequencing of PRF1 demonstrated that both were not only heterozygous for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Romero CA,Sánchez IP,Gutierrez-Hincapié S,Álvarez-Álvarez JA,Pereañez JA,Ochoa R,Muskus-López CE,Eraso RG,Echeverry C,Arango C,Restrepo JL,Trujillo-Vargas CM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last five decades, elegant mouse models of hematopoiesis have yielded most of the seminal insights into this complex biological system of self-renewal and lineage commitment. More recent advances in assays to measure human stem and progenitor cells as well as high resolution RNA profiling have revealed that...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Parekh C,Crooks GM

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：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：: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:The dysregulated expression of miRNAs in the immune system may be critical for immune responses to pathogens and evolve into the inflammation seen in sepsis. The aim of this study is to explore the important role of miRNAs in the regulation of the immune response during neonatal sepsis. METHODS:Using a microar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Chen J,Jiang S,Cao Y,Yang Y

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin window techniques to investigate neutrophil inflammatory reactions in human skin have been limited by cellular distortion and difficulties in quantitation. We have developed a quantitative approach based on the assessment of the myeloperoxidase (MPO) released from sonicated membrane filters to which exuding infla...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Bedard PM,Zweiman B,Atkins PC

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mutations affecting the TMEM173 gene cause STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI). No standard immunosuppressive treatment approach is able to control disease progression in patients with SAVI. We studied the efficacy and safety of targeting type I IFN signaling with the Janus kinase inhi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Volpi S,Insalaco A,Caorsi R,Santori E,Messia V,Sacco O,Terheggen-Lagro S,Cardinale F,Scarselli A,Pastorino C,Moneta G,Cangemi G,Passarelli C,Ricci M,Girosi D,Derchi M,Bocca P,Diociaiuti A,El Hachem M,Cancrini C,To

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variable immune deficiency (CVID) B cells have impaired responses to TLR7 and TLR9 agonists including poor cell proliferation, loss of cytokine production, and failure to produce IgG or IgA. We show that TLR7- or 9-activated B cells from CVID subjects with >0.5% peripheral isotype-switched CD27(+) B cells (grou...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Yu JE,Zhang L,Radigan L,Sanchez-Ramon S,Cunningham-Rundles C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The specific antibody response to the unconjugated 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine is one of the most common tests used to assess for possible humoral immunodeficiency. The results can be difficult to interpret because most people have been immunized with one or more of the pneumococcal vaccines a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Bausch-Jurken MT,Verbsky JW,Gonzaga KA,Elms NP,Hintermeyer MK,Gauld SB,Routes JM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Different sets of warning signs can be used if primary immunodeficiency (PID) is suspected: those of the Jeffrey Modell Foundation (JMF), the German Patients' Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiencies (DSAI) and the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF). A few studies have tested...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Lankisch P,Schiffner J,Ghosh S,Babor F,Borkhardt A,Laws HJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In severe sepsis, functional impairment and decreased numbers of dendritic cells (DCs) are essential reasons for immune function paralysis, secondary organ infection, and organ failure. We investigated the effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) administration on protecting lung DCs function in a zymosan-induced gene...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Wang HW,Yang W,Lu JY,Li F,Sun JZ,Zhang W,Guo NN,Gao L,Kang JR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data collection for the national registry for patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders in the Republic of Ireland commenced in 1996. One hundred and fifteen cases of primary immunodeficiency diseases were registered between December 1996 and February 2003. The most frequent primary immunodeficiency disorders w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Abuzakouk M,Feighery C

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is characterized by mutation in any one of the five genes coding NADPH oxidase components that leads to functional abnormality preventing the killing of phagocytosed microbes by affecting the progression of a respiratory burst. CGD patients have an increased susceptibility...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Kulkarni M,Hule G,de Boer M,van Leeuwen K,Kambli P,Aluri J,Gupta M,Dalvi A,Mhatre S,Taur P,Desai M,Madkaikar M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of indomethacin to concanavalin A (Con A)-induced cultures of human peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) caused an increase in interferon response, regardless of whether the PBLs were derived from multiple sclerosis (MS) patients or from control donors. Specifically the response rates increased from 71 to 10...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Vervliet G,Deckmyn H,Carton H,Billiau A

更新日期：1985-03-01 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: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：PURPOSE:The increased risk of morbidity and mortality from certain microbial infections and the demonstrated improvements in the clinical course of some autoimmune diseases support the existence of pregnancy-related alterations in immune status. Elucidating the changes in innate and adaptive immunity during gestation m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Kraus TA,Engel SM,Sperling RS,Kellerman L,Lo Y,Wallenstein S,Escribese MM,Garrido JL,Singh T,Loubeau M,Moran TM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autoantigen of celiac disease, transglutaminase 2 (TG2), adopts an open conformation during enzymatic activation. We studied diagnostic accuracy of serodiagnostic assays using TG2 in its open and closed conformation as antigens in patients with diagnostic difficulties. The open TG2 antibody (TG2ab) test identified...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Lindfors K,Koskinen O,Kurppa K,Laurila K,Collin P,Haimila K,Partanen J,Saavalainen P,Mäki M,Kaukinen K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the long-term follow-up of 12 pediatric-aged patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). The mean age at the onset of infections was 5 months with a median delay in diagnosis of 2.5 years. Bacille Calmette-Guérin lymphadenitis was the most common presenting infection (6) followed by suppurative lympha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Pasic S,Minic A,Minic P,Veljkovic D,Lilic D,Slavkovic B,Pejnovic N,Abinun M

更新日期：2003-01-01 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