Acquired resistance to type II collagen-induced arthritis in rhesus monkeys is reflected by a T cell low-responsiveness to the antigen.

abstract：:Autoantibodies directed against the Sm proteins of the spliceosome complex are found in approximately 25% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients sera. To determine which regions of the Sm D polypeptide are involved in the lupus autoimmune response, binding to overlapping octapeptides of Sm D has been evaluated...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： James JA,Mamula MJ,Harley JB

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with no detectable serum IgA (less than 20 mug/ml) and one patient with low serum IgA were compared to normal subjects. The number of circulating E-RFC was normal as was the lymphocyte DNA synthesis induced by PHA, Con A, and streptokinase-streptodornase. The patients had normal numbers of IgA-bearing ly...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Delespesse G,Gausset P,Cauchie C,Govaerts A

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysfunction of T cells is a common feature in chronic persistent viral infections, including hepatitis C virus (HCV), and although hepatic and peripheral T cells have been studied extensively in chronic HCV hepatitis, the role of splenic T cell responses in such patients is poorly defined. This is an important issue, ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hashimoto N,Shimoda S,Kawanaka H,Tsuneyama K,Uehara H,Akahoshi T,Kinjo N,Taketomi A,Shirabe K,Akashi K,Lleo A,Ansari AA,Gershwin ME,Maehara Y

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum inhibition factors (SIF) that suppress phytohaemagglutinin-induced blast transformation of normal lymphocytes, and lymphocyte E-rosette inhibitory factors (RIF) that inhibit the T cell-specific property of E-rosette formation were determined in sixty-five patients before and after cardiac surgery. SIF was found ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Maisch B,Schuff-Werner P,Berg PA,Kochsiek K

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental autoimmune hepatitis (EAH) is an animal model for autoimmune hepatitis. The disease is T cell-mediated and runs a subacute course, with maximal disease activity around week four after disease induction and a slow ensuing recovery. The aim of the present study was to investigate the immunoregulatory mechan...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Lohse AW,Meyer zum Büschenfelde KH

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This longitudinal study investigates the change of erythrocyte complement receptor (E-CR1) expression in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Circulating E-CR1 expression was semiquantified by flow cytometric analyses in 54 SARS patients and in 212 healthy individuals as a control. Since E-CR1 expre...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wang FS,Chu FL,Jin L,Li YG,Zhang Z,Xu D,Shi M,Wu H,Moulds JM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we examined the role of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Here, we report that TSLP knock-out (KO) mice display a delayed onset of disease and an attenuated form of EAE. This delayed onset was accompanied by a reduced number of encephalitogenic...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Eckhardt J,Döbbeler M,König C,Kuczera K,Kuhnt C,Ostalecki C,Zinser E,Mak TW,Steinkasserer A,Lechmann M

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：:We studied the effects of ultraviolet B (UV-B) irradiation on cell-cell interactions using mouse lymphoma RMA cells and T cell hybridoma HTB-176.10. RMA cells act as stimulators by presenting H-2Kb surface antigens to HTB-176.10 cells, inducing IL-2 production in HTB-176.10 cells. Irradiating RMA cells with 1000J/m2 U...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Maekawa TL,Takahashi TA,Fujihara M,Akasaka J,Fujikawa S,Minami M,Sekiguchi S

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of C4 and C2 deficiencies and to characterize genomic alterations in C4 genes in a large cohort of 125 unselected patients with SLE. We determined the protein concentration and functional activity of C2 and C4, as well as the C4 phenotype. C4 genotyping in...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Dragon-Durey MA,Rougier N,Clauvel JP,Caillat-Zucman S,Remy P,Guillevin L,Liote F,Blouin J,Ariey F,Lambert BU,Kazatchkine MD,Weiss L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) participates in intracellular signalling cascades that mediate inflammatory responses. Therefore, the JNK signalling may be involved in gastric injury and inhibition of this pathway may form the basis of a new strategy for the treatment of gastric injury. The aim of this study was to ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mitsuyama K,Tsuruta O,Matsui Y,Harada K,Tomiyasu N,Suzuki A,Takaki K,Masuda J,Handa K,Satoh Y,Bennett BL,Toyonaga A,Sata M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When MRL/lpr (H-2k) spleen cells were intraperitoneally injected into C.B-17-scid/scid (severe combined immunodeficient (SCID)) (H-2d) mice, the SCID (SCID-MRL/lpr) mice manifested a severe wasting syndrome with weight loss, splenic atrophy, and lymphoid cell infiltration in the liver and lung, as seen in lpr-GVHD. In...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hosaka N,Nagata N,Miyashima S,Ikehara S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody penetration of viable cells and interaction with intracellular antigens may have major consequences for immunopathological processes in connective tissue diseases. We have reported previously that antibody can penetrate viable human lymphocytes. To assess further the role of antinuclear antibodies in this pro...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ma J,Chapman GV,Chen SL,Melick G,Penny R,Breit SN

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous fungus, is implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of clinically different allergic diseases in man, including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Peptide-based immunotherapy may offer an alternative treatment strategy for the management of allergic disease. The objective of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Svirshchevskaya EV,Alekseeva L,Marchenko A,Viskova N,Andronova TM,Benevolenskii SV,Kurup VP

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele variants in the L-carnitine (LCAR) transporters OCTN1 (SLC22A4, 1672 C --> T) and OCTN2 (SLC22A5, -207 G --> C) have been implicated in susceptibility to Crohn's disease (CD). LCAR is consumed in the diet and transported actively from the intestinal lumen via the organic cation transporter OCTN2. While recogniz...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fortin G,Yurchenko K,Collette C,Rubio M,Villani AC,Bitton A,Sarfati M,Franchimont D

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of anti-tetanus toxoid (TT) antibody and anti-anti-TT (auto-anti-Id) antibody has been measured in three young and three old persons. Both antibodies were measured using ELISA. We found that: (i) the anti-TT response of old subjects was lower than that of young subjects, (ii) serum auto-anti-Id antibody...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Arreaza EE,Gibbons JJ Jr,Siskind GW,Weksler ME

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of human natural killer (NK) cells is associated with the cleavage of CD16 from the cell surface, a process mediated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). In this report, we examined whether inhibition of MMPs would lead to improved NK cell antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) function. Using...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Zhou Q,Gil-Krzewska A,Peruzzi G,Borrego F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential diagnosis of cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL) and severe atopic dermatitis (AD) is often difficult because of the similarity in their skin manifestations. However, such differentiation is extremely important because of the differences in remedy and prognosis. The aim of this study was to investigate new, ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hanafusa T,Matsui S,Murota H,Tani M,Igawa K,Katayama I

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diseases are either tissue-specific like multiple sclerosis (MS) or multisystemic like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), although clinically both exhibit common features. To gain insight into the properties of the genes involved in each disease we have investigated the gene expression signature of periphe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mandel M,Gurevich M,Pauzner R,Kaminski N,Achiron A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme borreliosis is a complex infection, where some individuals develop so-called 'chronic borreliosis'. The pathogenetic mechanisms are unknown, but the type of immune response is probably important for healing. A strong T helper cell type 1 (Th1)-like response has been suggested as crucial for eradication of Borreli...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ekerfelt C,Andersson M,Olausson A,Bergström S,Hultman P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have defined the capacity of ragweed pollen extract (RWA) to activate human complement (C) in fluid phase through the classical pathway and have ascertained a strong correlation between the extent of complement activation and the severity of symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis during the ragweed ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hidvégi T,Berrens L,Varga L,Marañon F,Schmidt B,Kirschfink M,Füst G

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunopathological mechanisms are speculated to underlie haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by Hantaviruses. CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells (T(regs)), a subset of CD4+ T cells, expressed high levels of CD25 and the forkhead box transcription factor P3 (FoxP3), plays an important role in the down-regula...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Zhu LY,Chi LJ,Wang X,Zhou H

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in humans and murine disease models have clearly shown dietary fish oil to possess anti-inflammatory properties, apparently mediated by the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). To determine the mechanisms by which dietary EPA and DHA modulate mouse T-cell...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Arrington JL,Chapkin RS,Switzer KC,Morris JS,McMurray DN

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients, ten with common variable hypogammaglobulinaemia and two with hypogammaglobulinaemia secondary to chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), have been taught to self-infuse their intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy. Follow-up of these patients has shown that regular self-infusion at home is feasib...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Chapel H,Brennan V,Delson E

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HLA haplotype A 10,B18 has been associated with hereditary deficiency of the second component of complement(C2). In an effort to detect individuals homozygous for C2 deficiency, a thorough audit of HLA serotyping results in 3,100 individuals was performed, and a single patient homozygous for the A10, B18 haplotype...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Zeitz HJ,Gewurz A,Jonasson O,Geis WP,Gewurz H

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measles CF antibodies have been examined in the sera of patients with a variety of clinical disorders associated with the production of autoantibodies. Previous reports of high-titre reactions in DLE and chronic active hepatitis have been confirmed, the titres in the latter disorder being particularly elevated. Mean a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Triger DR,Gamlen TR,Paraskevas E,Lloyd RS,Wright R

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-tubulin antibodies were studied in normal human serum either maintained at neutral pH to measure the free antibody activity (FAA) or treated at pH 2.8 to measure the total antibody activity (TAA): FAA + the antibody activity in the form of immune complexes (ICAA). Anti-tubulin antibody activities were assessed by...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bernier-Valentin F,Rabilloud R,Rousset B

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the differential state of B cell activation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we investigated the expression of low-affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RII; CD23) on their peripheral B cells by a cytofluorometry using H107 (CD23) and Leu-16 (CD20) monoclona...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kumagai S,Ishida H,Iwai K,Tsubata T,Umehara H,Ozaki S,Suginoshita T,Araya S,Imura H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated phenotypical differences in glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 autoantibodies (GADA) found in type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients, individuals at risk of developing T1D and stiff-person syndrome (SPS) patients. In a Phase II trial using aluminium-formulated GAD(65) (GAD-alum) as an immunomodula...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Chéramy M,Hampe CS,Ludvigsson J,Casas R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanisms of anti-DNA production, we assessed the binding of sera of normal human subjects (NHS) and patients with SLE to a panel of bacterial and mammalian DNA. Using single-stranded DNA as antigens in an ELISA, NHS showed significant binding to some but not all bacterial DNA, while lacking reactivi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wu ZQ,Drayton D,Pisetsky DS

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00