HLA-DQA2 (DX alpha) polymorphism and insulin dependent diabetes.

abstract：:The detrimental impact of preformed anti-HLA donor-specific antibodies (DSA) is well defined, contrarily to non-donor-specific antibodies (NDSA). We sought to evaluate their clinical impact in a cohort of 724 kidney graft recipients in whom anti-HLA antibodies were thoroughly screened and identified in pre-transplant ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Malheiro J,Tafulo S,Dias L,Martins S,Fonseca I,Beirão I,Castro-Henriques A,Cabrita A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel cell surface molecule, DN4, defined by an mAb raised against human thymic epithelial cells, showed a specificity for epithelial cells of the thymic cortex. This antigen was not expressed at detectable levels on any other types of tissues in the human body except for the thymus and bone marrow. Immunohistochemi...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Chung DH,Choi EY,Lee GK,Bae YM,Hahn JH,Kim SS,Song HG,Park WS,Ahn HS,Park SH

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recipients of marrow grafts from HLA-identical, (including MLC non-reactive) sibling donors have a 40-50% incidence of acute graft vs. host disease (GVHD); the involvement of non-HLA linked, minor histocompatibility antigens (miHA) has been implicated. One of the target tissues of GVHD is the skin where morphological ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Reinsmoen NL,Kersey JH,Bach FH

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C molecules have turned out to be highly polymorphic and functionally complex. They not only serve as peptide receptors, but also interact with beta 2-microglobulin, an alpha beta T cell receptor, CD8 and NK inhibitory molecules, all at different sites. The fact that more than 300 class I alle...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Kostyu DD,Hannick LI,Traweek JL,Ghanayem M,Heilpern D,Dawson DV

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of HLA-A, B, C, and DR antigens was investigated on monocyte preparations by flow cytometry using various monoclonal antibodies. Essentially all human monocytes, either freshly isolated or after culture for several days, were stained for HLA-A, B, C, and DR antigens. When monocytes were incubated with C...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Nunez G,Stastny P

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive molecule that can modulate immune cell activation. The role of HLA-G in tuberculosis, an immune-mediated and chronic bacterial disease remains to be elucidated. We investigated the expression profile of soluble and membrane bound HLA-G in ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Saurabh A,Thakral D,Mourya MK,Singh A,Mohan A,Bhatnagar AK,Mitra DK,Kanga U

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two biallelic polymorphisms, previously described in the human intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 gene at codon 241 (glycine [G] to arginine [R] substitution) and codon 469 (glutamic acid [E] to lysine [K] substitution) have been associated with a number of diseases including myocardial infarction, transplant re...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Holder AL,Wolf S,Walshe C,Pandya P,Stanford RE,Smith JD,Rose ML,Lawson C

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteins synthesized in the cytosol are several thousand, and the number of peptides potentially able to be bound by class I molecules they can generate is therefore huge. On the other hand, the actual number of peptide-class I complexes required for CTL activation is around 200. We focused on the peptides bound b...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Frumento G,Molina F,Pernis B,Ferrara GB

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-8 (IL-8), a potent chemoattractant, has been demonstrated to contribute to human cancer progression through its potential functions as a mitogenic, angiogenic, and motogenic factor. We designed a broad study to investigate whether genetic variation in IL-8 has implications for susceptibility to and prognos...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Snoussi K,Mahfoudh W,Bouaouina N,Ahmed SB,Helal AN,Chouchane L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms present in the TNF promoter region has shown to influence the gene transcription. Leprosy displays different clinical manifestations according to the immune responses of the individual infected with Mycobacterium leprae. In this study, we evaluated the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) -238 G/A (rs3...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Silva GA,Ramasawmy R,Boechat AL,Morais AC,Carvalho BK,Sousa KB,Souza VC,Cunha MG,Barletta-Naveca RH,Santos MP,Naveca FG

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class II MHC gene DPA is inducible by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), whereas the DQB gene is not inducible in most cell types. To investigate the DNA region specifically responsible for inducibility or its lack that may be required (in addition to the elements required for constitutive expression of class II genes)...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Sugawara M,Ponath PD,Yang Z,Strominger JL

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The difficulty of molecular typing of the HLA class I genes and the relevance of the genes of this region to disease susceptibility and transplantation have provided an impetus to develop useful typing markers. We have characterized by polymerase chain reaction analysis a new highly informative CA repeat localized app...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Grimaldi MC,Clayton J,Pontarotti P,Cambon-Thomsen A,Crouau-Roy B

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes encoding for prolactin (PRL) and its receptor (PRLR) are possible candidates for multiple sclerosis (MS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility. In fact: (1) a prolactin secretion dysfunction has been described in several autoimmune diseases including SLE and MS and their animal models; (2) both P...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Mellai M,Giordano M,D'Alfonso S,Marchini M,Scorza R,Danieli M.G.,Leone M,Ferro I,Liguori M,Trojano M,Ballerini C,Massacesi L,Cannoni S,Bomprezzi R,Momigliano-Richiardi P

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Graves' disease (GD) is a multigenic, organ specific autoimmune disorder with a strong genetic predisposition and IL-1β has been shown to be involved in its pathogenesis. The present study was aimed to determine the genetic associations between polymorphisms of IL-1β gene promoter region (-511 T>C) (rs16944), e...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Shehjar F,Afroze D,Misgar RA,Malik SA,Laway BA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many factors induce or enhance expression of major histocompatibility complex class I and class II molecules on various cell types. Human T lymphocytes are class II negative in the resting state but show expression of class II molecules following activation. We analyzed the modulating capacity of the lymphokines recom...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Diedrichs-Möhring M,Epplen JT,Schendel DJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the reports of dysfunction of the lytic abilities of CD8(+) T cells during human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) disease progression, the effects of infection on the noncytolytic functions of CD8(+) T cells have not been well characterized to date. We examined the effect of HIV-1 infection on the cytokine and...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Gulzar N,Diker B,Balasubramanian S,Jiang JQ,Copeland KF

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We studied the influence of IL-4 gene polymorphisms on the IPF phenotype, i.e., extent of radiological changes (HRCT interstitial (IS) and alveolar (AS) score) and histopathological markers from lung biopsies. PATIENTS AND METHODS:46 IPF patients underwent genotyping, 43 of them had HRCT and 14 patients had a sur...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Vasakova M,Sterclova M,Matej R,Olejar T,Kolesar L,Skibova J,Striz I

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (DA-2 and CA-2) and xenoantisera (rabbit anti-human, p23,30) specific for HLA-DR framework determinants were added to primary and secondary mixed lymphocyte cultures. Although such antisera were shown to inhibit primary MLC, primed lymphocytes were much less sensitive to the blocking effects of t...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Eckels DD,Woody JN,Hartzman RJ

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta 2m serum levels have been shown to be increased in patients with tuberculosis and HIV infection. We determined the stability of beta 2m and of sHLA-I dimers in serum, and then determined the levels of both molecules in 60 non-HIV-infected patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis and in 55 adult controls. The l...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Inostroza J,Muñoz P,Espinoza R,Millaqueo L,Diaz P,Leiva L,Sorensen R

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the soft-agar colony assay, we have generated three MT3-associated clones: HJ1, HJ13, and HJ39, from an MLR combination of two unrelated individuals. Another clone, HJ37, appeared to recognize a novel HLA-D determinant. PLT inhibition studies with monoclonal anti-Ia-like antibodies (Mab) were conducted on clones...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Zeevi A,Annen K,Scheffel C,Duquesnoy RJ

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haplotype V at the Y-chromosome specific DNA polymorphism (p49/TaqI) was reported in a study concerning 487 males originating from five different geographic locations in Iberia and North Africa. The highest frequency of haplotype V (68.9%) was previously observed in Berbers from Morocco, and it was previously establis...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Lucotte G,Gérard N,Mercier G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to study a possible contribution of MHC genes to S-HLA-I secretion in patients with Type I diabetes. Quantitatively, we used a highly sensitive enzyme-linked immunoassay to measure S-HLA-I in the serum of a total of 39 patients with Type I diabetes, as well as 36 kinships of 12 diabetic patients and ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Adamashvili I,McVie R,Gelder F,Gautreaux M,Jaramillo J,Roggero T,McDonald J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the association between functional promoter polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we analyzed MMP-9 promoter -1562 C>T and MMP-9 -90 (CA)(n) repeat polymorphisms in 135 Korean SLE patients (mean age, 34.7 years; 124 female and 11 male) and in 135 gen...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Lee YJ,Woo M,Nam JH,Baek J,Im CH,Lee EY,Lee EB,Park KS,Song YW

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NKG2D is an important activating receptor on NK cells and T-cells and has a diverse panel of ligands (NKG2DL) which include the ULBP and RAET1 proteins. Several NKG2DL exhibit a considerable degree of genetic polymorphism, and although the functional significance of such allelic variation remains unclear, genetic vari...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Antoun A,Jobson S,Cook M,O'Callaghan CA,Moss P,Briggs DC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive selection of immature thymocytes is a developmental process in which TCR ligation with low avidity induces generation of mature T cells. In mouse thymocytes, CD4(+)8(+) double-positive (DP) cells which were treated with a proper combination of calcium ionophore ionomycin and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (P...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Tanahashi M,Yokoyama T,Kobayashi Y,Yamakawa Y,Maeda M,Fujii Y

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suppressive effects of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) on T cells have been well documented. Here we investigated whether human CD4+CD25+ Tregs can inhibit the proinflammatory properties of monocytes/macrophages. Monocytes and T cells were isolated from peripheral blood of healthy volunteers by magnetic cell ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Taams LS,van Amelsfort JM,Tiemessen MM,Jacobs KM,de Jong EC,Akbar AN,Bijlsma JW,Lafeber FP

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the diversity of DRw6 and DR5 haplotypes in the American black population using serology, cellular typing, and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. DRw6 (DRw13 and DRw14) and DR5 (DRw11 and DRw12) haplotypes are observed at a high frequency in this population (DRw6: 32%, DR5: ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Lee KW,Hurley CK,Hartzman R,Johnson AH

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mexican Mestizos, who are the result of the admixture of Spanish, Indian, and Black genes, were analyzed for different systems. Three populations from geographical distinct areas were studied: the north (State of Nuevo Leon ), the center (State of Guanajuato), and the highlands (mainly Mexico City). Ten blood group sy...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Gorodezky C,Alaez C,Vázquez-García MN,de la Rosa G,Infante E,Balladares S,Toribio R,Pérez-Luque E,Muñoz L

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) R1, S1, and S5, shown previously to recognize polymorphic epitopes on HLA-DQ molecules, have been found to correlate with the presence of certain DQB1 alleles. mAb S5 reacts with cells expressing DQB1*0503, 0601, 0602, 0603, or 0604 alleles while R1 and S1 react with all ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Nordwig H,Kwok WW,Johnson JP

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large percentage of healthy individuals (50-90%) is chronically infected with Cytomegalovirus (CMV). Over the past few years, several techniques were developed in order to monitor CMV-specific T-cell responses. In addition to the identification of antigen-specific T cells with peptide-loaded MHC complexes, most of t...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Harari A,Zimmerli SC,Pantaleo G

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00