Pemphigus autoimmunity: hypotheses and realities.

abstract：:Histone H2B is an autoantigen that appears in circulation due to altered apoptosis/or insufficient clearance and is likely to be involved in the induction and progression of autoimmune diseases since modified-H2B is immunogenic. Our studies demonstrate that tyrosines of H2B histone spontaneously converts to free and n...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Khan MA,Alam K,Hassan SM,Rizvi MMA

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To assess muscle strength in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) using neuromuscular scales and isokinetic testing. METHODS:Muscle function was evaluated in 27 IIM patients being followed at the Rheumatology Unit of the University of Pisa using: (i) a modified version of the grading system...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Neri R,Mosca M,Stampacchia G,Vesprini E,Tavoni A,d'Ascanio A,Bombardieri S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to characterise the functionally relevant minor lymphocyte subpopulations in whole blood of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and their potential utility as biomarkers for treatment follow up. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Peripheral blood from 40 healthy donors (HD) and 66 MS patients [...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Teniente-Serra A,Grau-López L,Mansilla MJ,Fernández-Sanmartín M,Ester Condins A,Ramo-Tello C,Martínez-Cáceres E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies directed towards identifying epitopes on type II collagen (CII) important in collagen induced arthritis (CIA) in mice have focused primarily on responses mounted in susceptible H-2q strains. However, the nature of T and B cell responses against CII in susceptible H-2r strains remains ill-defined. In a...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Nabozny GH,Griffiths MM,Harper DS,Luthra HS,David CS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult and one week old marmosets were injected intravenously within a one month period or intraperitoneally within a 6 week period respectively, with monoclonal IgM having an anti-myelin associated glycoprotein antibody activity. No clinical or electrophysiological abnormalities could be detected in experimental anima...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Dancea S,Dellagi K,Renaud F,Mahouy G,Hauw JJ,Brouet JC

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Autoantibodies against the beta-cell M(r) 64,000 protein (p64), recently identified as an isoform of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), are prevalent in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Dog islets were found to represent an abundant source of native p64 allowing the study of antigen-antibody i...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Bärmeier H,Ahlmén J,Landin-Olsson M,Rajotte RV,Sundkvist G,Warnock G,Lernmark A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparently high frequency of Graves' disease encountered in New Orleans, Louisiana, prompted an investigation for a possible infectious agent that might be triggering the disease in genetically susceptible individuals. We studied 40 patients with Graves' disease, and compared them to the following groups of control...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Jaspan JB,Luo H,Ahmed B,Tenenbaum S,Voss T,Sander DM,Bollinger K,Baquet T,Garry RF

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class II molecules of the human major histocompatibility complex bind intracellularly processed peptides and present them to T-helper cells. They therefore have a critical role in the initiation of the immune response. A salient feature of the class II molecules is their polymorphism. It has been shown that some a...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Rask L,Jonsson AK,Svensson AC,Gustafsson K,Andersson L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T and B lymphocytes are central regulators and effectors of immune responses and are believed to have a key role in many autoimmune diseases. Targeting the activation or effector function of lymphocytes is a potentially effective approach to treat autoimmunity. Typically, T-cell activation occurs after engagement of t...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Felix NJ,Suri A,Salter-Cid L,Nadler SG,Gujrathi S,Corbo M,Aranda R

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：: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：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：: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：:It is generally accepted that thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is an autoimmune disease of the eye muscle (EM) and the surrounding orbital connective tissue in which circulating antibodies play an important role. Antibodies against EM membrane proteins of 63-67kDa mol. wt. seem to be the best markers of ophthal...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Gunji K,Kubota S,Stolarski C,Wengrowicz S,Kennerdell JS,Wall JR

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Augmented and prolonged expression of CD40 ligand (CD40L) was recently reported in lymphoid cells from human lupus patients, suggesting that CD40/CD40L pathway was involved in the pathogenesis of systemic autoimmune diseases. This study was thus designed to study the expression of CD40 and CD40L among cell populations...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Liu MF,Chao SC,Wang CR,Lei HY

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocarditis, often initiated by viral infection, may progress to autoimmune inflammatory heart disease, dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Although cardiac myosin is a dominant autoantigen in animal models of myocarditis and is released from the heart during viral myocarditis, the characterization, role and sig...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mascaro-Blanco A,Alvarez K,Yu X,Lindenfeld J,Olansky L,Lyons T,Duvall D,Heuser JS,Gosmanova A,Rubenstein CJ,Cooper LT,Kem DC,Cunningham MW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a myocardial disease characterized by progressive depression of myocardial contractile function and by ventricular dilatation. Abnormalities of the cellular and humoral immune system are present in patients with myocarditis and DCM. Various circulating cardiac autoantibodies have been d...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Felix SB,Staudt A,Friedrich GB

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported a patient who gave birth to 3 children with transient neonatal hypothyroidism. She had 3 different antibodies (Ab) to the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) in her serum, viz., TSH binding-inhibiting (TBIAb), thyroid-stimulating (TSAb) and an additional stimulating Ab (SAb). The SAb differed from TSAb in that its...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Zakarija M,De Forteza R,McKenzie JM,Ghandur-Mnaymneh L

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Atherosclerosis is initiated by cholesterol entry into arteries that triggers chronic immune-inflammatory lesions in the vessels. Early lesions are clinically insignificant but advanced complex lesions and vulnerable rupture prone lesions impact on quality of life and can be life threatening. Rupture of vulnerable ath...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Kyaw T,Tipping P,Bobik A,Toh BH

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterised by the formation of autoantibodies against nuclear components. Disturbed apoptosis and reduced clearance of apoptotic material have been assigned a role in the pathogenesis of SLE. During apoptosis, apoptotic blebs are formed, in whi...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Fransen JH,Berden JH,Koeter CM,Adema GJ,Van Der Vlag J,Hilbrands LB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked fluctuations in the levels of a common DNA-antibody idiotype, PR4-Id have been found on IgM and IgA antibodies in particular and to a lesser extent on IgG in serial bleeds of 14 lupus patients. Few clear cut examples were found of the PR4-Id levels reflecting disease activity. However, the idiotype expression w...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Pilcher C,Williams W,Isenberg DA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MRL/lpr model of SLE resembles human lupus in its various immunopathologic characteristics including the presence of high-level IgG and anti-DNA antibody production and multisystem organ involvement (nephritis, arthritis, and vasculitis). Our previous studies have shown that IL-1 overactivity in B cells plays a po...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mao C,Singh AK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) offers the unique opportunity to replace a diseased hematopoietic or immune system by healthy donor cells. Proof of principle comes from experimental animal data, from the experience with severe aplastic anemia, from observations of patients with concomitant au...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Gratwohl A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaemia is commonly observed in chronic inflammatory conditions, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), where ∼50% of patients display clinical signs of anaemia. Mutation at the aspartate residue 18 of the three prime repair exonuclease 1 (TREX1) gene causes a monogenic form of cutaneous lupus in humans and the...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Rego SL,Harvey S,Simpson SR,Hemphill WO,McIver ZA,Grayson JM,Perrino FW

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pemphigus vulgaris is a potentially fatal autoimmune mucocutaneous disease associated with production of IgG autoantibodies to desmoglein 3, a 130 kDa epidermal protein. To further characterize the epitope(s) of pemphigus vulgaris antigen we established two human-human hybridoma by fusion of the peripheral blood monon...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Bhol KC,Ahmed AR

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA is a nuclear molecule that has both an intracellular and extracellular role. Inside the cell, it is the essential molecule of heredity while outside the cell it can have immunological activity, both alone and in the context of immune complexes. Furthermore, extracellular DNA has information content that can be min...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Pisetsky DS,Fairhurst AM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00