Immunosuppressive therapies in myasthenia gravis.

abstract：:Natural Abs and autoantibodies bind antigens displayed by ischemia-conditioned tissues, followed by complement activation and enhanced tissue injury during reperfusion. Anti-ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Ab is associated with lung disease in patients with autoimmune disease but it is not known whether these abs contribute t...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Keith MP,Moratz C,Egan R,Zacharia A,Greidinger EL,Hoffman RW,Tsokos GC

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:Linomide is a potent immunomodulator that has been shown to inhibit autoimmunity in several animal models of autoimmune disease, including experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Linomide's mechanism of action is unknown, however, it has been suggested to modulate the function of antigen presenting cells (APC...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Dahlén E,Andersson M,Dawe K,Tellander AC,Brunmark C,Björk A,Hedlund G

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages from autoimmune diabetes prone BB rats were found to produce radical oxygen intermediates (ROI) at an enhanced rate when compared to diabetes resistant BB or normal Wistar rats. The release of ROI was determined by chemiluminescence using in parallel luminol and lucigenin as detector molecules. In diabetes...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Brenner HH,Burkart V,Rothe H,Kolb H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid factors (RF), which are antibodies (Ab) with specificity directed against gamma (?) globulins, are the commonest auto-Ab ever described in man. Some of them are referred to as agglutinating RF, others designated non-agglutinating RF. Not only do these characterize rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but they are als...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Renaudineau Y,Jamin C,Saraux A,Youinou P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the expression patterns of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) variants in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and examine their clinical implications, we isolated PBMCs from healthy controls (HC, n = 33) and patients with AS (n = 62), and meas...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Kim JY,Yoon HK,Song ST,Park SR,Shim SC

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Decades of research have provided strong evidence for a reciprocal relationship between the immune system and hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), in particular, has been shown to have a variety of immune-regulating cytokine-like activities that can influence th...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Klein JR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid component P (SAP) are well-characterised ligands for dying and dead cells, while facets of their physiological function still need to be unravelled. We partially characterised CRP and SAP from different species with similar acute-phase systems. Human, rabbit and porcine...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mattecka S,Bock C,Vogt B,Yapici G,Schrödl W,Janko C,Schindler R,Sheriff A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various amounts of the bacterium, Brucella abortus (BA) were injected intravenously into autoimmune NZB/W F1 mice and non-autoimmune BDF1 mice and then the localization of BA in the thymus was traced using an immunohistochemical method at 30 min and 3 h after injection. The results showed that a greater amount of BA b...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Ohmori J,Miyakawa K,Matsuno K,Kotani M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There have been few reports on the association of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antigen (ANCA)-associated systemic vasculitides. METHODS:Here we present four cases of RA overlapping with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and Churg-Strauss syndrome (CS...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Szilasi M,Mátyus J,File I,Szücs G,Rákóczi E,Pfliegler G,Szabó Z,Végh E,Szekanecz Z

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have shown that autoantigens may be clustered in the blebs of apoptotic cells. However, it is not yet clear in what circumstances apoptotic cells could be immunogenic rather than tolerogenic when interacting with macrophages, dendritic cells, and B cells. In order to further study this question we com...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Shoshan Y,Mevorach D

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have witnessed an explosive growth in available biological data pertaining to autoimmunity research. This includes a tremendous quantity of sequence data (biological structures, genetic and physical maps, pathways, etc.) generated by genome and proteome projects plus extensive clinical and epidemiological...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Petrovsky N,Brusic V

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:HLA-DP+ T cells in peripheral blood from 23 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were examined using two-colour flow cytometry analysis. A marked increase of HLA-DP+ T cells was observed in patients with SLE (20.5-98.7%; 59.8 +/- 20.8%) in comparison to normal subjects (1.3-20.6%; 11.1 +/- 7.2%), and the r...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Tokano Y,Hishikawa T,Hirose T,Sekigawa I,Hashimoto H,Okumura K,Hirose S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate changes in TSH receptor antibody after surgery in Graves' disease and its relationship with the degree of lymphocytic infiltration, serial serum levels of TSH receptor antibody were measured before and after the subtotal thyroidectomy in 50 patients with Graves' disease. In 22 (44%) out of 50 patients, thy...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Cho BY,Oh SK,Shong YK,Kim SE,Yoo HY,Lee HK,Koh CS,Min HK

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thalidomide is used in cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) refractory to conventional therapies. Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is the most severe side effect, but the incidence of PN and its relation to thalidomide dose are still unclear. OBJECTIVE:To prospectively evaluate the efficacy as well as the occurren...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Briani C,Zara G,Rondinone R,Iaccarino L,Ruggero S,Toffanin E,Ermani M,Ghirardello A,Zampieri S,Sarzi-Puttini P,Doria A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLA) were discovered during the course of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) caused by Rickettsia conorii and characterized by endothelial cell (EC) damage resulting from this organism's tropism for EC. In two MSF patients, two types of aPLA were identified: antiphosphatidylethanolamine an...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Sotto A,Bérard M,Bessis D,Porneuf M,Jourdan J,Boffa MC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A minor subset of murine MHC class I-restricted T cells which express both the alphabeta form of the T cell receptor and a NK lineage marker, termed NKT cells, is capable of secreting significant amounts of Interleukin-4 and Interferon-y upon activation. As such NKT cells may play a role in development of Th1 and Th2 ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Frey AB,Rao TD

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five separate monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) to human thyroid peroxidase (hTPO) were raised by immunising Balb/c mice with hTPO purified from detergent solubilised thyroid microsomes by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The epitope specificities of these MoAbs were determined by assessing their ability to ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Ewins DL,Barnett PS,Tomlinson RW,McGregor AM,Banga JP

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Congenital heart block is a serious condition with significant mortality due in most cases to the transplacental transfer of autoantibodies from an otherwise asymptomatic mother. Although SSA/Ro and SSB/La autoantibodies have been implicated, attention has focused recently on autoantibodies to envelope proteins of end...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： de Parseval N,Forrest G,Venables PJ,Heidmann T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linomide (quinoline-3-carboxamide), a well tolerated, orally administered compound was recently shown to be effective in the prevention and treatment of several autoimmune diseases in experimental animal models. We have investigated its effect on specific humoral immune responses directed to T-cell-dependent soluble o...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Morecki S,Nabet C,Falk P,Fridkis-Hareli M,Pecht I,Mond JJ,Slavin S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the expressed number of CR1 on erythrocytes (E) in relationship of the CR1 density genotype from 46 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 47 healthy volunteers. The CR1 genotype was determined by a method based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the genomi...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Kiss E,Csipö I,Cohen JH,Reveil B,Kávai M,Szegedi G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the presence of autoantibody (AAb) to phospholipid (PL)-binding proteins, such as beta2-glycoprotein I (beta2GPI), and clinical manifestations including thrombosis and/or recurrent pregnancy loss. beta2GPI-reactive T cells are clearly implicat...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Tolomeo T,Rico De Souza A,Roter E,Dieudé M,Amireault P,Subang R,Levine JS,Rauch J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of maternal systemic autoimmune diseases on pregnancy outcome is not unequivocally defined. We analysed the pregnancy outcome of 221 pregnancies from 181 autoimmune patients, consecutively followed in a single Italian reference centre from 2001 to 2009. All patients were prospectively followed with monthly ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Canti V,Castiglioni MT,Rosa S,Franchini S,Sabbadini MG,Manfredi AA,Rovere-Querini P

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Subcutaneous insulin treatment of young diabetes prone BB rats has been shown previously to suppress the development of autoimmune diabetes. In this study the hypothesis was tested that exogenous insulin may deviate the autoimmune process by acting on the Th1/Th2 cytokine balance in the pancreas. BB rats were implante...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Kolb H,Wörz-Pagenstert U,Kleemann R,Rothe H,Rowsell P,Rastegar S,Scott FW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-M2 of anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA) is a serological marker of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Anti-pyruvate dehydrogenase complex-E2 (anti-PDC-E2) is recognized as the most frequently occurring anti-M2, and a routine laboratory test for this antibody has already been established. However, it is also known t...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Miyakawa H,Abe K,Kitazawa E,Kikuchi K,Fujikawa H,Matsushita M,Kawaguchi N,Kako M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00