Exposure of chromatin and not high affinity for dsDNA determines the nephritogenic impact of anti-dsDNA antibodies in (NZBxNZW)F1 mice.

abstract：:Pemphigus vulgaris is a potentially fatal autoimmune mucocutaneous disease associated with production of IgG autoantibodies to desmoglein 3, a 130 kDa epidermal protein. To further characterize the epitope(s) of pemphigus vulgaris antigen we established two human-human hybridoma by fusion of the peripheral blood monon...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Bhol KC,Ahmed AR

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional and phenotypic characteristics of lymphocytes separated from myasthenic thymoma (Th-L) were compared with those of lymphocytes separated from non-thymomatous thymus associated with thymoma (NTh-L) of the same patients and NTh-L of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients without thymoma. We examined whether Th-L...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Takahashi K,Saito S,Monden Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are evolutionary conserved molecules that recognize various microbial components and host-derived agonists from damaged cells and play a central role in innate and adaptive immunity. It has been reported that MyD88, the adaptor molecule downstream of all TLRs, except TLR3, is essential for i...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Pagni PP,Traub S,Demaria O,Chasson L,Alexopoulou L

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid lymphocyte RNA from a Hashimoto patient exhibiting high titre serum IgG autoantibodies against thyroglobulin (Tg) has been used to construct a Fab library in phage lambda. Screening of this library with radioiodinated Tg has permitted the cloning of an anti-Tg antibody (MH52) with an affinity of 4.5 x 10(9) mo...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Hexham JM,Furmaniak J,Pegg C,Burton DR,Smith BR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Serum C-X-C motif chemokine 10 (CXCL10) levels have been shown to be elevated in autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD). This study sought to determine whether newly diagnosed AITD patients with neuromuscular findings had higher levels of CXCL10 than those without neuromuscular manifestations. DESIGN:A total of ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Cakir M,Levendoglu F,Kiyici A,Coskun Y

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A flow cytometry-based phagocytosis assay was developed and utilized to measure the LE cell phenomenon at the single cell level in vitro. Since the lupus erythematosus (LE) cell phenomenon is a special form of necro-phagocytosis in the presence of anti-dsDNA antibodies, dead substrate cells or chicken erythrocytes nuc...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Böhm I

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents have been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of various vasculitides via numerous and overlapping mechanisms including direct microbial invasion of endothelial cells, immune complex mediated vessel wall damage and stimulation of autoreactive B and/or T cells through molecular mimicry and superantigen...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Lidar M,Lipschitz N,Langevitz P,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that lymphoid cells from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) mice with established disease migrate aberrantly. This study evaluates the abnormal lymphocyte migration patterns found in MRL-lpr/lpr (MRL/l) mice in relation to age, disease manifestations and the expression of lymphocyte homing ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Schrieber L,Manolios N,Cohen MG,Paull SA,Guiffre AK,Hopper KE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) products were recently examined in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although encouraging results were obtained in pilot studies, later trials produced negative results. The rationale for these studies was that IVIG contains antibodies to amyloid-beta (Aβ). Howeve...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Loeffler DA,Klaver AC,Coffey MP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess muscle strength in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) using neuromuscular scales and isokinetic testing. METHODS:Muscle function was evaluated in 27 IIM patients being followed at the Rheumatology Unit of the University of Pisa using: (i) a modified version of the grading system...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Neri R,Mosca M,Stampacchia G,Vesprini E,Tavoni A,d'Ascanio A,Bombardieri S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the cell-surface expression of activation markers on B- and T-cells was done to compare patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) and healthy non-myasthenic controls. Marker expression was determined by immunostaining of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) isolated from MG patients and from controls. T...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Ragheb S,Bealmear B,Lisak R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are a sensitive and specific marker for ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis. Using indirect immunofluorescence on ethanol-fixed neutrophils, two major fluoroscopic patterns can be recognised: a diffuse cytoplasmic staining (C-ANCA), and a perinuclear/nuclear staining (P-ANC...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Radice A,Sinico RA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 1950s, the discovery of autoantibodies produced by B cells seemed to provide a compelling mechanism underlying autoimmune diseases. The discovery of T regulatory cells and other T helper cell subsets shifted the field back towards a T cell central view. The success of rituxan, a chimeric mAb targeting CD20 on B...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Luu VP,Vazquez MI,Zlotnik A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are crucial for the recognition of invading pathogens and for the activation of both innate and adaptive immunity. Upon stimulation, TLRs recruit various protein kinases via several adaptor molecules, such as MyD88, leading to the activation of NFkB. The identification of TLR signaling...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Toubi E,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to know whether effector cells are capable of recognizing the epidermal targets in pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and bullous pemphigoid (BP), non-adherent cells (NAC) of peripheral blood from 27 primary PV, 19 BP patients and 12 healthy volunteers were used in cytotoxic tests. Autologous, allogenic and murine epide...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Grando SA,Glukhenky BT,Drannik GN,Kostromin AP,Boiko YYa,Senyuk OF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+ T cells play a crucial role in the development of lupus in MRL-lpr/lpr mice: incomplete deletion/silencing of self-reactive CD4+ T cells leads to T cell activation, which causes both polyclonal B cell activation and T cell infiltration of multiple organs. Furthermore, anti-CD4 antibody therapy ameliorates disease...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Duan JM,Fagard R,Madaio MP

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T cell repertoire expressed by Tsk2 mice, a novel experimental model of systemic sclerosis, was examined to determine whether cells infiltrating the areas of involved skin exhibit a T cell receptor (TCR) bias. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactions (RT-PCR) were conducted using RNA extracted from lymph n...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Wooley PH,Sud S,Langendorfer A,Calkins C,Christner PJ,Peters J,Jimenez SA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic tissue expresses a very low level of MHC molecules, and these few appear only late in ontogeny. Possibly related are deficiencies in the expression of TAP molecules and also the fetus' need to avoid maternal immunologic rejection. However, the fetus may overcome the lack of Ag-presenting molecules when threa...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Lee MS,Sarvetnick N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked fluctuations in the levels of a common DNA-antibody idiotype, PR4-Id have been found on IgM and IgA antibodies in particular and to a lesser extent on IgG in serial bleeds of 14 lupus patients. Few clear cut examples were found of the PR4-Id levels reflecting disease activity. However, the idiotype expression w...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Pilcher C,Williams W,Isenberg DA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with different helminth species have been observed to ameliorate a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases. Herein, we show that the natural murine helminth species, Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri (Hp) is capable of attenuating disease severity in two different inflammatory arthritis models. Furthermore,...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Sarter K,Kulagin M,Schett G,Harris NL,Zaiss MM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss (ASNHL) is a relatively rare disorder which can lead to total deafness. At present, no specific laboratory test with adequate sensitivity and specificity is available to confirm the clinical suspicion of ASNHL. The aim of this study was to identify if evaluation of anti-...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Bonaguri C,Orsoni JG,Zavota L,Monica C,Russo A,Pellistri I,Rubino P,Giovannelli L,Manzotti F,Piazza F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Foxo subfamily of forkhead (Fox) transcription factors are mammalian homologues of the Caenorhabditis elegans DAF-16 longevity gene, and play key roles in cellular and organism survival, death, proliferation and metabolism. A growing body of evidence indicates that Foxo proteins furthermore play critical roles in ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Peng SL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MRL/lpr model of SLE resembles human lupus in its various immunopathologic characteristics including the presence of high-level IgG and anti-DNA antibody production and multisystem organ involvement (nephritis, arthritis, and vasculitis). Our previous studies have shown that IL-1 overactivity in B cells plays a po...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mao C,Singh AK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this introduction the timeliness and interest of dedicating an issue of Autoimmunity to mostly "discrete" models is motivated by highlighting number of circumstances, observations encounters, that all have favored the rise of a family of agent based simulations of the Immune System. Franco Celada was among the firs...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Celada F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NZB (H-2d) mice are well known for the production of IgM autoantibodies to ssDNA. However, an F1 cross between NZB and either NZW or SWR mice is required to produce IgG nephritogenic antibodies to dsDNA and glomerulonephritis. The contribution of parental class II loci in the hybrid mice is clearly important to the de...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Cawley D,Chiang BL,Ansari A,Gershwin ME

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms in the upstream regulatory region of the HLA class II DQA1 gene are currently defined by 10 different alleles. Two of them carrying a Y-box mutation are associated with susceptibility to oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (OA-JIA). We investigated allele-dependent differences in HLA-DQA1 gene e...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Haas JP,Metzler M,Frank C,Haefner R,Wassmuth R

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On different tissue sections, binding of gliadin to reticular matrix components was observed which was Ca2+-dependent, inhibited by Cu2+ and Zn2+ ions, by putrescine, and by preincubation with antibodies against tissue transglutaminase (tTG) suggesting that binding of gliadin is mediated by tTG. tTG was able to bind t...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Uhlig H,Osman AA,Tanev ID,Viehweg J,Mothes T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agalactosyl IgG (Gal(0) is a glycoform lacking terminal galactose from the oligosaccharides situated on the Fc. The percentage of circulating IgG that is Gal(0) is increased in a a number of autoimmune diseases, and in certain chronic infections associated with autoantibody production. However it is not known whether ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Pilkington C,Yeung E,Isenberg D,Lefvert AK,Rook GA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that cationic anti-DNA antibodies have nephritogenic potential in murine models of lupus nephritis. More recently, we have reported that there is a close relationship between the presence of circulating cationic anti-DNA antibodies and the development of lupus nephritis in humans, and that the cation...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Suzuki N,Otuka I,Harada T,Mizushima Y,Sakane T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1) is a 17 kDa interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) inducible Ca(2+)-binding EF-hand protein that is encoded within the HLA class III genomic region. Three proteins including ionized Ca(2+)-binding adaptor 1, microglia response factor-1, and daintain are identical with AIF-1. The expre...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Liu G,Ma H,Jiang L,Zhao Y

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00