Systematic simulation of cross-reactivity predicts ambiguity in Tk memory: it may save lives of the infected, but limits specificities vital for further responses.

abstract：:Proteinase 3 (PR3)-specific antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (PR3-ANCA) recognize conformational epitopes on PR3. This study evaluates PR3-ANCA target epitopes utilizing a novel recombinant PR3 (rPR3) produced to accommodate manipulations of the N-terminal domain. The rPR3 molecule contains an N-terminus six ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Farrag L,Pendergraft WF 3rd,Yang JJ,Jennette JC,Falk RJ,Preston GA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous work we characterized a major epitope of thyroid peroxidase (TPO), which was recognised by 66% of 157 patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and 9 out of 50 patients with non-thyroidal autoimmune disease (NTAID) 6 of whom had antibodies to the gastric parietal cell antigen (PCA). In the present ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Elisei R,Mariotti S,Swillens S,Vassart G,Ludgate M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the frequency of occurrence of autoantibodies against beta1-adrenoceptors in patients with hepatitis virus myocarditis (HVM) and its possible correlation with clinical characteristics. A total of 103 patients with viral myocarditis were divided into a positive group (HVM group, n=2...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Wang ZH,Liao YH,Fu M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) is expressed on alveolar epithelium and participates to CO2 elimination, fluid secretion and post-capillary pH regulation. CAII is overexpressed in animal models of lung fibrosis in sites of epithelial injury. Autoantibodies directed against CAII (anti-CAII) have been described in sera fro...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Alessandri C,Bombardieri M,Scrivo R,Viganego F,Conti F,de Luca N,Riccieri V,Valesini G

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report in this paper on obvious fibrotic lesions in the liver of mice undergoing specified graft-versus-host reaction (GVHR). B6 CD8+ splenocytes were transferred into (bm 12 x bm 1)F1 mice to induce GVHR. Recipient mice had been thymectomized and administrated with anti-CD8 monoclonal antibody (mAb) to deplete CD8...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Inada S,Suzuki K,Kimura T,Hayashi A,Narita T,Yui R,Asakura H,Fujiwara M

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Congenic B10.BR/SgSnJ H-2kTlaa mice were infected with a diabetogenic strain of coxsackievirus CB4 to correlate abnormalities of sugar metabolism with virus replication in islets, 64,000-M(r) (64K) islet autoantigen expression, 64K antibody development, and pancreas histopathology in early and late infection. Plaque a...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Gerling I,Chatterjee NK

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF-beta1 is a pleiotropic cytokine, which prevents inappropriate autoimmune responses and balances the requirements of proper immune cell levels during pathologic states that trigger the immune response. We assessed the serum levels of TGF-beta1 and determined the relationship between TGF-beta1 and clinical parameter...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mieliauskaite D,Venalis P,Dumalakiene I,Venalis A,Distler J

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:Under-nutrition impairs immune responses, but far less is known about the impact of over-nutrition, such as obesity, on the response to vaccines. We measured the effect of childhood overweight status on inflammatory mediators, circulating immunoglobulins and tetanus antibodies in fifteen overweight children (BMI > 85 ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Eliakim A,Schwindt C,Zaldivar F,Casali P,Cooper DM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the spontaneous elevation of the transcription of heat shock protein (hsp 70) gene in kidney lymphoid cells of lupus-prone mice (MRL-lpr/lpr) is shown by Northern blot and nuclear run on transcription assay. By quantification analysis of hsp 70 gene transcription, more than ten times of the enhan...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Deguchi Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are important serologic markers for ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Our previous studies in propylthiouracil (PTU)-induced AAV demonstrated that withdrawal of PTU resulted in clinical remission and significant decrease of avidity of PTU-induced myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA....

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Lin W,Chen M,Zhao MH

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：: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：:Elevated constitutive expression of major histocompatibility (MHC) class II antigens occurs in the enterocytes of patients with IBD. It has been suggested that this aberrant expression of class II molecules may play a role in the pathogenesis of IBD. We examined two possible reasons for such a finding. 1) Heightened s...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Salomon P,Pizzimenti A,Panja A,Reisman A,Mayer L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the most severe complications of systemic lupus erythematosus. As murine models of LN are valuable tools to better understand its pathophysiology and to search for new effective treatments, we investigated the effects of the bioflavonoid quercetin on pristane-induced LN mice ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Dos Santos M,Poletti PT,Favero G,Stacchiotti A,Bonomini F,Montanari CC,Bona SR,Marroni NP,Rezzani R,Veronese FV

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is characterized by selective autoimmune destruction of the insulin producing beta-cells in the islets of Langerhans. When the beta-cells are destroyed exogenous administration of insulin is necessary for maintenance of glucose homeostasis. Allogeneic islet transplantation has been used as a mean...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Christensen UB,Larsen PM,Fey S,Karlsen AE,Pociot F,Nerup J,Sparre T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six different hybridomas secreting anti-SCM mAb and one control mAb were placed into adult mice along with [14C] amino acids for biosynthetically labeling. After sacrifice, the 14C mAb ascites along with serum, heart, kidney, lung and skeletal muscle were recovered. Tissue associated specific radio-activity (SpAc) and...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Lange CF

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：: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：:The thymic medulla is a complex microenvironment which plays a crucial role in central tolerance induction. Using a quantitative histological analysis of non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, we show that the medulla undergoes several structural modifications during the course of the disease in NOD mice. Indeed, the majority...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Atlan-Gepner C,Naspetti M,Valéro R,Barad M,Lepault F,Vialettes B,Naquet P

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:The presence of autoimmune rheumatic diseases in several members of the same family, the concurrence of autoimmune rheumatic with non-rheumatic diseases in relatives of patients, the presence of autoantibodies in sera from healthy relatives of autoimmune-disease patients, the development of two or more autoimmune rheu...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Rodríguez-Reyna TS,Alarcón-Segovia D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, multi-level complex behavior and reactive nature of biological systems, has been a focus point for the biomedical community. We have developed a computational approach, termed Reactive Animation (RA) for simulating such complex biological systems. RA is an approach for describing the dynamic char...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Vainas O,Harel D,Cohen IR,Efroni S

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：: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:Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS 1) is caused by mutations in the AIRE gene that induce intrathymic T-cell tolerance breakdown, which results in tissue-specific autoimmune diseases. DESIGN:To evaluate the effect of a well-defined T-cell repertoire impairment on humoral self-reactive fingerprints...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Dubucquoi S,Proust-Lemoine E,Kemp EH,Ryndak A,Lefèvre-Dutoit V,Bellart M,Saugier-Véber P,Duban-Deweer S,Wémeau JL,Prin L,Lefranc D

更新日期：2015-01-01 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