Genetic polymorphisms in the CD40 ligand gene and Kawasaki disease.

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：OBJECTIVES:Gastrointestinal manifestations are frequent in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), and some of the patients present with celiac-like features. Diagnosing celiac disease (CD) in CVID however is challenging, as autoantibody detection and histopathology of the small intestine cannot reliably...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Venhoff N,Emmerich F,Neagu M,Salzer U,Koehn C,Driever S,Kreisel W,Rizzi M,Effelsberg NM,Kollert F,Goldacker S,Voll RE,Warnatz K,Thiel J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of lymphoma in primary immunodeficiency cases and autoimmune diseases, as well as on a background of immunodeficiency following organ transplants, is increasing. The lymphoma treatment success rate is known to be a low prognosis. Our study aimed to emphasize the low survival rates in immunodeficient vs....

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Tanyildiz HG,Dincaslan H,Yavuz G,Unal E,Ikinciogulları A,Dogu F,Tacyildiz N

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：PURPOSE:Oxygen therapy (hyperoxia) is essential for the treatment of some neonatal critical care conditions. The lung is the primary target for the changes induced by hyperoxia. Secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA), IgA and secretory component (SC) reflect the local immunity in the respiratory tract induced by hyperoxia. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Liu DY,Jiang T,Wang S,Cao X

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent, generalized lymphadenopathy (PGL) is a recognized component of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We conducted longitudinal studies of B and T cell function in seven homosexual men with HIV infection and PGL. All seven had abnormal antibody-mediated immunity as studied by sequential assessment o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Ochs HD,Junker AK,Collier AC,Virant FS,Handsfield HH,Wedgwood RJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various factors seem to be etiologic in the susceptibility to sinopulmonary infections in ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) patients, i.e., low serum and salivary IgA, low serum IgG2, and even aspiration of saliva. S. pneumoniae is a common pathogen responsible from pulmonary infections and impaired antibody response to pol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Sanal O,Ersoy F,Yel L,Tezcan I,Metin A,Ozyürek H,Gariboglu S,Fikrig S,Berkel AI,Rijkers GT,Zegers BJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether there is an increased incidence of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT) in individuals living in the vicinity of industrial plants that manufacture petroleum byproducts in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS:Between 1989 and 2004, 6,306 patients of both sexes, from 5 to 78 years old ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Zaccarelli-Marino MA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic enteroviral meningoencephalitis is a well-recognized complication in patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA). The majority of published cases refers to its occurrence in patients on no replacement therapy or on only intramuscular immunoglobulin. The advent of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) in the ea...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Misbah SA,Spickett GP,Ryba PC,Hockaday JM,Kroll JS,Sherwood C,Kurtz JB,Moxon ER,Chapel HM

更新日期：1992-07-01 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

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：: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：:A 20-year health follow-up study of 159 initially healthy blood donors with a severe deficiency of serum IgA ( < 0.05 x 10(-3) g/L) and of 45 donors with decreased serum IgA (0.05 x 10(-3)-0.8 g/L) was carried out. The findings indicate that persons with a severe deficiency of and decreased serum IgA who are healthy a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Koskinen S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) is universally fatal unless treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Following the identification of disseminated Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infections in Canadian First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) children with unrecognized primary immune defi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Rozmus J,Junker A,Thibodeau ML,Grenier D,Turvey SE,Yacoub W,Embree J,Haddad E,Langley JM,Ramsingh RM,Singh VA,Long R,Schultz KR

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2013, the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) expert committee (EC) on Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) has published an updated phenotypic classification of IEI, which accompanies and complements their genotypic classification into ten tables. This phenotypic classification is user-friendly and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Bousfiha A,Jeddane L,Picard C,Al-Herz W,Ailal F,Chatila T,Cunningham-Rundles C,Etzioni A,Franco JL,Holland SM,Klein C,Morio T,Ochs HD,Oksenhendler E,Puck J,Torgerson TR,Casanova JL,Sullivan KE,Tangye SG

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient affected with multiple myeloma displayed in the serum, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid a paraprotein with identical electrophoretic mobility. The paraprotein, which was polymeric, appeared in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid mainly as the dimer and tetramer, whereas in the urine the tetramer was predominant....

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Bollengier F,Mahler A,Gillard A,Wijffels E

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular and molecular basis of immune senescence is unclear. A number of mechanisms have been proposed. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Immunology, some of the mechanisms for various immunologic abnormalities in aging are presented. In this article, various molecular steps of both death receptor and mito...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Gupta S

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：: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：:We examined sera from 160 HIV-infected individuals for antibodies reactive to HIV-1 gp160 epitopes defined by seven synthetic peptides. Seropositive individuals were placed into three groups based upon levels of circulating CD4+ cells. These groups consisted of individuals with (1) more than 400 CD4+ cells, (2) 200-40...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Warren RQ,Wolf H,Zajac RA,Boswell RN,Kanda P,Kennedy RC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymomas can present with a variety of paraneoplastic manifestations, mostly of autoimmune origin, including Good's syndrome when there is associated hypogammaglobulinemia. Although pure red cell aplasia is a recognised complication of thymoma, selective white cell aplasia is very rare, particularly in Good's syndrome...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Akinosoglou K,Melachrinou M,Siagris D,Koletsis E,Marangos M,Gogos CA,Solomou EE

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：: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：:Murine hematopoietic tissues contain cells which, upon injection into lethally irradiated mice, produce nodules on the surface of their spleen (colony-forming unit--spleen; CFU-S). The exact hierarchical level of the hematopoietic progenitors which give rise to CFU-S is not fully established; however, cell populations...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Rezzoug F,Tocci A,Safsafi K,Vivier G,Touraine JL

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：:This special article deals with the role of processing enzymes in the generation of bioactive cytokines, particularly IL-1 beta and the novel cytokine IL-18, which was formerly called IFN gamma-inducing factor (IGIF). The "classical" pathways of cytokine processing are described, as well as the importance of alternati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Fantuzzi G,Dinarello CA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Autosomal recessive hyper-IgE syndrome is a rare combined immunodeficiency characterized by susceptibility to viral infections, atopic eczema, high serum IgE and defective T cell activation. The genetic etiologies are diverse. Null mutations in DOCK8 and TYK2 are responsible for many cases. This study aims to p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Alsum Z,Hawwari A,Alsmadi O,Al-Hissi S,Borrero E,Abu-Staiteh A,Khalak HG,Wakil S,Eldali AM,Arnaout R,Al-Ghonaium A,Al-Muhsen S,Al-Dhekri H,Al-Saud B,Al-Mousa H

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Cytokines are powerful mediator and communication molecules capable of regulating a wide spectrum of biologic functions, including immune responses. Although the role of cytokines in the pathogenesis of human disease is not yet understood, assays for cytokines have become a common feature in research and clinical labo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Whiteside TL

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although interleukin-17 (IL-17) has been reported to participate in the pathogenesis of infectious, autoimmune and allergic disorders, the precise role in allograft rejection remains uncertain. This study illustrates that IL-17 contributes to the pathogenesis of chronic allograft rejection. RESULT:Utilizing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Itoh S,Nakae S,Axtell RC,Velotta JB,Kimura N,Kajiwara N,Iwakura Y,Saito H,Adachi H,Steinman L,Robbins RC,Fischbein MP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00