T cell activation profiles in Kawasaki syndrome.

abstract：:Spontaneous sperm agglutination was observed in the ejaculate of a 39-year-old male (patient Z). Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with spermatozoa fixed to wells of a microtitre plate it was determined that IgA was associated with patient Z's spermatozoa but not with a pooled sample of spermatozoa fr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Witkin SS,Zelikovsky G,Good RA,Day NK

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supernatants of concanavalin A (Con A)-activated human spleen cells have been previously shown to inhibit polyclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) biosynthesis by pokeweed mitogen (PWM)-stimulated human spleen and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. In the present study, hydrocortisone was added at the beginning of in vitro cul...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ilfeld D,Krakauer RS

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxazolone-induced colitis in mice has become a recognized model to study the efficacy of therapeutics targeting the immunological response underlying the development of inflammatory bowel disease. However, this model cannot be used when therapeutics designed to address human targets do not interact with the respective...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nolte T,Zadeh-Khorasani M,Safarov O,Rueff F,Gülberg V,Herbach N,Wollenberg A,Mueller T,Siebeck M,Wolf E,Gropp R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that the peanut agglutinin (PNA) receptor and/or its co-ordinate structures on the surface of leukaemia cells might be recognized by lectin free crude interleukin-2 (IL-2) activated human peripheral blood lymphocytes (LAK) was investigated. Analysis was undertaken of the correlation between the sensiti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gotoh YI,Minegishi M,Yamaguchi Y,Konno T,Tada K

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2) expressed by Plasmodium falciparum asexual blood stages has been identified as a promising vaccine candidate. In order to explore allelic family-specific humoral responses which may be responsible for parasite neutralization during natural infections, isolates from individuals with e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ekala MT,Jouin H,Lekoulou F,Mercereau-Puijalon O,Ntoumi F

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that high levels of IL-6/sIL-6R complexes are present in sera of patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (s-JIA) and that the amount of IL-6 estimated in the IL-6/sIL-6R complexes is markedly higher than that measured by the B9 assay. Here, we show that two additional bioassays,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pignatti P,Ciapponi L,Galle P,Hansen MB,Massa M,Meazza C,Paonessa G,Novick D,Ciliberto G,Martini A,De Benedetti F

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breakpoint cluster region-Abelson murine leukaemia viral oncogene homologue 1 (BCR-ABL1), encoded by the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome, is the characteristic of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and a subset of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). We demonstrated that expression of the Ik6 transcript, which lacked exons ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Dong Y,Liu F,Wu C,Li S,Zhao X,Zhang P,Jiao J,Yu X,Ji Y,Zhang M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide (CY) treatment known to enhance the normal cell-mediated immune response by selectively inhibiting the function of suppressor cells abrogates tolerance by pretreatment when tolerant animals are sensitized 3 days after the intraperitoneal injection of CY. The tolerance during the primary response is al...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Polak L

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using in situ hybridization, we analysed the immunoglobulin repertoire expressed by the B cells present in myasthenia gravis thymuses from four patients. B cells, mostly in activated state, were clustered in germinal centres, in which multiple isotypes were identified. A majority of cells expressed IgG as compared wit...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Guigou V,Emilie D,Berrih-Aknin S,Fumoux F,Fougereau M,Schiff C

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A blood sample was taken from children aged 13-15 years immediately before BCG vaccination and 8 weeks after. The children were tuberculin skin-test negative to PPD-S before vaccination and positive after. Mononuclear cells were separated from the blood, infected with Mycobacterium microti at a low bacterium/monocyte ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Cheng SH,Walker L,Poole J,Aber VR,Walker KB,Mitchison DA,Lowrie DB

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

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：:We have reported previously that the LAD-4 monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against a fibronectin receptor (FNR) on RL-male-1 T lymphoma cells in BALB/c mice partially inhibited their migration to the liver. In the present study, we examined the mechanism by which another anti-FNR mAb, LAD-1, exerts its antitumourig...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ito M,Omoto S,Kato Y,Hayashi T,Mori N,Fujii YR

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with functional deficiency of C1-inhibitor (C1-INH) suffer from recurrent acute attacks (AA) of localized oedema associated with activation of the contact system, complement and fibrinolysis. To unravel further the role of coagulation and fibrinolysis in the pathophysiology of C1-INH deficiency, we performed ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： van Geffen M,Cugno M,Lap P,Loof A,Cicardi M,van Heerde W

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D has been shown to modulate innate immune responses in vitro and ex vivo; however, human in-vivo data are lacking. At high latitudes, seasonal vitamin D deficiency is common due to alternating ultraviolet (UV)-B radiation exposure. In the present study, we investigated whether levels of 25 hydroxyvitamin D(3)...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kox M,van den Berg MJ,van der Hoeven JG,Wielders JP,van der Ven AJ,Pickkers P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microplate radioimmunoassay for IgG, IgA and IgM antiglobulins reactive with rabbit IgG was performed on sera from 69 patients with various connective tissue diseases. IgM antiglobulins were detected in rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sicca syndrome and some patients with systemic vasculitis. IgA antiglobulins were f...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Elkon KB,Caeiro F,Gharavi AE,Patel BM,Ferjencik PP,Hughes GR

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently we have observed that the CD4+ T cell response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to soluble antigens is the first to be lost in the course of HIV-1 infection followed by the loss of response to HLA alloantigens. In this study we compared serum neopterin concentrations of individuals with early stag...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fuchs D,Shearer GM,Boswell RN,Clerici M,Reibnegger G,Werner ER,Zajac RA,Wachter H

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) distribution obtained after fractionation of thirty sera of patients with gastrointestinal tumours by gel filtration in Sephadex G200 was compared with that resulting from extraction of the sera with perchloric acid. In all cases gel filtration yielded a fraction of free CEA and in t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kapsopoulou-Dominos K,Anderer FA

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood natural killer (NK) activity was analysed from 32 asthma patients and 13 control donors. Male patients and female patients with atopic asthma had significantly stronger NK activity against the leukaemic cell line K-562. Fractionation of patient mononuclear cells by discontinuous density gradient centr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Timonen T,Stenius-Aarniala B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An injection of human renal tubular fraction, Fx1A, with Freund's complete adjuvant in rats induces Heymann nephritis (HN) with clinical and morphological features similar to rat Fx1A-induced HN. The present study was undertaken to characterize antibody specificities and the corresponding antigen involved in human Fx1...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Natori Y,Hayakawa I,Shibata S

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citrobacter rodentium is a murine pathogen that transiently colonizes the lumen of the large intestine. C. rodentium induces colitis, but the relative importance and temporal induction of the T helper type 17 (Th17) and regulatory T cell (T(reg)) pathways in protection from the infection and inflammation have not been...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Symonds EL,Riedel CU,O'Mahony D,Lapthorne S,O'Mahony L,Shanahan F

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the role of gamma/delta T cells in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in humans, we measured the percentage of these cells in the peripheral blood, assessed the ratio of the non-disulphide-linked (delta TCS1) type of T cell receptor (TCR) in the total gamma/delta T cells, studied th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Giacomelli R,Parzanese I,Frieri G,Passacantando A,Pizzuto F,Pimpo T,Cipriani P,Viscido A,Caprilli R,Tonietti G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are the most professional antigen-presenting cells of the immune system and are capable of initiating immune responses in vitro and in vivo. One of the great challenges in immunotherapy protocols is to introduce relevant antigens into DC for stimulation of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) cl...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ponsaerts P,Van Tendeloo VF,Berneman ZN

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are associated with inflammation resulting from monocyte activation. We sought for differences in the production of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines by monocytes from patients with ACS. C-reactive protein (CRP) and neopterin were measured in 22 patients with acute coronary syndromes,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： van Haelst PL,Tervaert JW,Bijzet J,Baljé-Volkers C,May JF,Langeveld B,Gans RO

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-cardiolipin antibodies, oxidatively modified low-density lipoproteins (oxLDL) and circulating immune complexes are humoral factors that have been linked to vascular damage. To analyse their possible role in the vascular complications in type 1 diabetes mellitus, we investigated patients with and without vascular ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ahmed E,Nityanand S,Mustafa A,Brismar K,Lefvert AK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the characterization and fine specificity of a human monoclonal IgM lambda reacting with double stranded DNA. The purified IgM and its Fab fragment bind to DNA in the Farr or Crithidia lucilae assays as well as in an immunoenzymatic test. In the latter case, binding was inhibited by native DNA, by DNA a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fermand JP,Danon F,Brouet JC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7 month old girl with severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) received a single transfusion of peripheral blood leucocytes from her histocompatible grandfather in an attempt to achieve immunological reconstitution. There was rapid restoration of humoral and cellular immunity which has persisted undiminished ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Polmar SH,Schacter BZ,Sorensen RU

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic value of the determination of the relative distribution of B (SmIg-positive) and T (E rosetting) cells in the blood and in pleural or ascitic effusions was evaluated in 10 patients with tuberculosis and in six with malignant diseases. A higher percentage of T and a lower percentage of B lymphocytes in s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Falcão RP,Bottura C

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether differences in foetoplacental weight and post-implantation mortality in rodents are secondary to heterosis and inbreeding depression or antigenic differences between mother and foetus has been a continuing controversy. To determine whether non-specific depression or stimulation of the maternal immune system af...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Scott JR,Feldbush TL,Covault JM

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) are highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the predominant B cell epitopes have not yet been defined. The aim of this study was to examine the reactivity of ACPA against different peptides derived from citrullinated proteins and to investigate whether or no...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Goules JD,Goules AV,Tzioufas AG

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calculated globulin (total protein - albumin) is usually tested as part of a liver function test profile in both primary and secondary care and determines the serum globulin concentration, of which immunoglobulins are a major component. The main use hitherto of calculated globulin is to detect paraproteins when the le...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jolles S,Borrell R,Zouwail S,Heaps A,Sharp H,Moody M,Selwood C,Williams P,Phillips C,Hood K,Holding S,El Shanawany T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00