Pathogenic mechanisms and experimental models of multiple sclerosis.

abstract：:Autoimmune-prone NZB x NZW F1 (B/W F1) mice produce a high titer of anti-DNA antibodies, In vivo and in vitro studies showed that in the early life of these mice, the immunoglobulin isotype of these antibodies almost exclusively belongs to IgM class, however, IgG anti-DNA antibodies begin to develop when the mice are ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Okada T,Abe M,Takiura F,Hirose S,Shirai T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is growing that autoimmune reactivity results from a combination of endogenous (e.g. MHC type) and environmental factors. Our experimental study focuses on the induction of autoimmune reactivity by microbial factors. Splenic formation and serum levels of anti-erythrocyte antibodies and circulating immune comp...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Hol C,Bloembergen P,van Dijk H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NZW "x" BXSB F1 mice develop SLE that is associated with an anti-phospholipid syndrome characterized by anti-cardiolipin antibodies, thrombocytopenia and small coronary artery thrombosis. This syndrome is immune mediated and, dependent, on CD4+T cells. To determine whether disease in these mice can be treated with blo...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Akkerman A,Huang W,Wang X,Ramanujam M,Schiffer L,Madaio M,Factor SM,Davidson A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine monoclonal antibodies (mAb) produced against native human thyroid peroxidase (TPO) are powerful tools for analyzing the autoantibody (Aab) epitopes on TPO. Binding sites of thirteen mAbs cover all or most antigenic regions on TPO. We determined the competition between Aabs from 75 AITD patients and 13 mAbs in b...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Czarnocka B,Pastuszko D,Carayon P,Ruf J,Gardas A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blockade of the complement cascade at the C5a/C5a receptor (C5aR)-axis is believed to be an attractive treatment avenue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the effects of such interventions during the early phases of arthritis remain to be clarified. In this study we use the murine delayed-type hypersensitivity art...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Atkinson SM,Nansen A,Usher PA,Sondergaard BC,Mackay CR,Friedrichsen B,Chang CC,Tang R,Skov S,Haase C,Hornum L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantigen-reactive T lymphocytes have been implicated in the pathogenesis organ-specific autoimmune disease. Thyroglobulin (Tg) is one of the primary autoantigens associated with autoimmune lymphocytic thyroiditis (LT). These experiments investigated the pathogenicity of a lymphocyte line derived from spontaneously-...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Allen EM,Thupari JN

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique to assess the expression of cytokine genes in various T cell subsets of autoimmune-prone mice. Our study confirmed the previously described features in lpr mice that IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, and TNF-beta were transcribed by various T cell...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mori K,Kobayashi S,Inobe M,Jia WY,Tamakoshi M,Miyazaki T,Uede T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental myasthenia gravis (EMG) was elicited in female AO rats, 8-12 weeks of age, by injection of 100 micrograms/rat Torpedo marmorata acetylcholine receptor (AChR)-protein incorporated in CFA. Bordetella pertussis, 24 x 10(9) microorganisms, rat, was injected simultaneously as additional adjuvant. Rats were sac...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Damjanović M,Vidić-Danković B,Kosec D,Isaković K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by extensive fibrosis, vasculopathy and activation of the immune system. Fibrosis can be caused by profibrotic cytokines, such as transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta), interleukin-4 (IL-4), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and connective tissue growth factor. Vascul...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Sakkas LI

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of cytokines in unstimulated and mitogen-stimulated cultures were evaluated by ELISPOT in 34 SLE patients with low to moderate disease activity and 23 healthy controls. Significantly reduced production of IFN gamma, IL4 and IL12 and significantly increased production of IL6, IL10 and TNF alpha were found in...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Jones BM,Liu T,Wong RW

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Increased prevalence of atherosclerosis may explain part of this enhanced risk, but SLE related CVD can also result from other mechanisms. Vascular events may be the result of several pathophysiologic ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Gustafsson JT,Svenungsson E

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies directed against nuclear antigens often arise in autoimmune disease associated with the failure to clear apoptotic cells in a swift and timely manner. Nucleic acids present in apoptotic cells and in membranous microparticles derived thereof exert adjuvant activity in the immune response to apoptosis. Th...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Bekeredjian-Ding I

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that Ro/SSA autoantigen is heterogeneous. There are two isoform families; the 60 kD forms (Ro60) and the 52 kD forms (Ro52). Recently we have found that autoantibodies to the Ro/SSA proteins are conformation dependent. Anti-Ro60 antibodies are mainly directed to the native protein and convers...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Igarashi T,Itoh Y,Fukunaga Y,Yamamoto M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to identify new autoantibodies that could be useful for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using immunoblotting on synovial membrane proteins which represent the best source of candidate RA autoantigens. A new target protein with a molecular weight of 26 kDa was found to be reco...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Robert-Pachot M,Desbos A,Moreira A,Becchi M,Tebib J,Bonnin M,Aitsiselmi T,Bienvenu J,Fabien N

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:The immune system is known to affect reproductive function, and maternal-fetal immune tolerance is essential for a successful pregnancy. To investigate the relationship between autoimmune disease and female reproductive function, we performed a comparative analysis of the ovarian phenotypes for C57BL/6 mice, autoimmun...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Otani Y,Ichii O,Otsuka-Kanazawa S,Chihara M,Nakamura T,Kon Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although costimulatory molecules have been shown to play crucial roles in the immune response, their involvement in the pathogenesis of Sjögren's syndrome is incompletely understood. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between the severity of spontaneous Sjögren's syndrome-like autoimmune sialadenitis in MRL/...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Saito K,Mori S,Date F,Ono M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of autoantibodies (aAbs) to thyroglobulin (TG) and thyroperoxidase (TPO) in most of the patients with autoimmune thyroid disease is now well documented. Studies of these aAbs suggested that some, termed TGPO aAbs, could interact with both TG and TPO. This hypothesis was investigated using IgG fraction fro...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Ruf J,Ferrand M,Durand-Gorde JM,Carayon P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunosuppression is the mainstay of treatment for myasthenia gravis (MG). In this paper, we review the mechanisms of action and clinical application of corticosteroids and different classes of immunosuppressive drugs that are currently used in MG patients, and present the results of their use in more than 1000 patien...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Sanders DB,Evoli A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The myositis-specific autoantibodies that characterize certain forms of inflammatory myopathy are useful in diagnosing dermatomyositis (DM) / polymyositis and predicting its prognosis. Autoantibodies to small ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme (SAE) have been identified as a DM-marker antibody in Euro...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Muro Y,Sugiura K,Akiyama M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously derived and identified a highly avid monoclonal IgM rheumatoid factor (mRF), C6, from unstimulated rheumatoid synovial cells (RSC). At the time, the closet VH germline gene, VH26, demonstrated only 88% homology with C6. To identify the germline counterpart of C6, genomic DNA from the same rheumatoid...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Wong A,Tait R,Kenny T,Gorin F,Robbins D

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with chronic ITP relapsed after conventional therapy but following an infusion with low dose anti D (Rho) immunoglobulin, she entered a remission which has now lasted 10 months. This is difficult to explain on the basis of long term macrophage Fc receptor blockade and suggests an alternative mechanism of act...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Smith NA,Chakraverty RK,Obeid D,Boughton BJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:The nature of the immunosuppressive effect of antithyroid drugs has been a subject of controversy. It has been claimed that these agents exert a direct effect on the immune system, although we and others have suggested that the drugs affect the thyroid cells primarily with consequent reduced thyrocyte-immunocyte signa...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Aguayo J,Michaud P,Iitaka M,Degroot LJ,Row VV,Volpé R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8), a product of the SLC30A8 gene, is a target-antigen in autoimmune diabetes. Associations between ZnT8 antibody (ZnT8A), phenotype and the genetic variant rs13266634 in the SLC30A8 gene have primarily been studied in patients with young-onset diabetes. We explored such associations in adult-on...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Sørgjerd EP,Skorpen F,Kvaløy K,Midthjell K,Grill V

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are known to regulate humoral immune response. In this study we examined the correlation of different subsets of peripheral blood Tfh cells in patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN). METHODS:A total of 23 DN patients and 15 healthy controls (HC) were investigated for various...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Zhang N,Tai J,Qu Z,Zhang Z,Zhao S,He J,Zhang S,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptotic cells are readily recognized and engulfed by phagocytes and usually do not induce inflammation or tissue damage. Furthermore, they can actively suppress a pro-inflammatory response in phagocytes: In the presence of apoptotic cells, activated monocytes/macrophages produce more of the anti-inflammatory and imm...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Girkontaite I,Urbonaviciute V,Maseda D,Neubert K,Herrmann M,Voll RE

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a pleiotrophic proinflammatory cytokine that augments adaptive immunity by linking it to innate immunity. Experimental autoimmune gastritis is an animal model of human autoimmune gastritis and pernicious anaemia. We have previously shown that GM-CSF is expre...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Alderuccio F,Biondo M,Toh BH

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00