Tetrandrine, a plant alkaloid, inhibits the production of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (cachectin) hy human monocytes.

abstract：:Patients with allergic rhinitis have traditionally been placed into 'seasonal' and 'perennial' categories, which do not account for the subclinical inflammatory state that exists in many patients. In subjects with seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis, even subthreshold doses of allergen have been found to cause in...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Canonica GW,Compalati E

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sera of seven out of eight patients with Herpes gestationis contained a factor which fixed C3 but not detectable amounts of immunoglobulin (Ig) on the basement membrane zone (BMZ) of normal human skin. Using C2-deficient human serum and C4-deficient guinea-pig serum, fixation was shown to be dependent upon activat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Carruthers JA,Ewins AR

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depletion of monocytes from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) resulted in a decreased anti-DNA antibody synthesis in vitro. The addition of monocytes restored the response by lymphocytes and the maximum response in the presence of 2.5-8% of monocytes, whereas greate...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sasaki T,Shibata S,Hirabayashi Y,Sekiguchi Y,Yoshinaga K

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In normal subjects, factor B and C3b inactivator (KAF) levels were linearly related (r = 0-71); factor B levels in subjects with low normal levels of KAF were significantly lower than in those with high normal levels of KAF. This relationship is postulated to be the result of modulation by the level of KAF of the avai...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Forristal J,Iitaka K,Vallota EH,West CD

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activin A is a multi-functional cytokine with a potent stimulation on erythroid cell differentiation in the bone marrow. The actions of activin A are determined by a balance of the levels of activin A and its inhibitor, follistatin (FS). However, the regulation of its actions in the bone marrow has been unclear. Here ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Abe M,Shintani Y,Eto Y,Harada K,Fujinaka Y,Kosaka M,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific activation of resting lymphocytes for tumour targeting can be achieved by bispecific monoclonal antibodies (bi-MoAbs) with specificity for tumour antigens and T cell-activating antigens in combination with a costimulatory anti-CD28 antibody. In this study we focus on the immunomodulatory function of an anti-C...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hombach A,Tillmann T,Jensen M,Heuser C,Sircar R,Diehl V,Kruis W,Pohl C

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is an innate immune molecule present in blood and some mucosal tissues, which can influence microbial attachment and inflammatory responses of host cells during infection. In this study MBL was found to be present at a low concentration in semen samples in the range 1.2-24.9 ng/ml. Co-incu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wing JB,Jack DL,Lee ME,Pacey AA,Kinghorn GR,Read RC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical evidence implicates polymorphonuclear leucocytes in the pathogenesis of vasculitis in Kawasaki disease. We examined modulation of expression of adhesion molecules (CD11b and CD62L) on polymorphonuclear leucocytes and how this expression is related to serum cytokine concentrations. In 18 patients with Kawasaki...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kobayashi T,Kimura H,Okada Y,Inoue Y,Kobayashi T,Shinohara M,Morikawa A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of anti-neutrophil cytoplasm autoantibodies (ANCA) on neutrophil activation was studied by pre-incubating neutrophils with IgG and F(ab')2 prepared from ANCA patients with Wegener's granulomatosis or microscopic polyarteritis. We measured the generation of inositol triphosphate (IP3) (a product of hydrolysi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Lai KN,Lockwood CM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A better understanding about the mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) showed that inflammatory cytokines such as tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin (IL)-1β play a pivotal role, mirroring data largely reported in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). IL-1β is produced mainly by monoc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ruscitti P,Cipriani P,Di Benedetto P,Liakouli V,Berardicurti O,Carubbi F,Ciccia F,Alvaro S,Triolo G,Giacomelli R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and sixty-two unrelated, healthy normals and 118 unrelated SLE patients were subdivided by sex, race, and disease, and each group was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for autosomal codominant expression of the four CR1 alleles. There were no significant phenotypic differences between males and females (P grea...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Van Dyne S,Holers VM,Lublin DM,Atkinson JP

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine the diagnostic value for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of anti-filaggrin autoantibodies (autoAb) recognizing citrullinated recombinant rat filaggrin (ACRF) in community cases of very early arthritis. To evaluate the diagnostic value of ACRF, were studied sera from patients with ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Vittecoq O,Incaurgarat B,Jouen-Beades F,Legoedec J,Letourneur O,Rolland D,Gervasi G,Ménard JF,Gayet A,Fardellone P,Daragon A,Jolivet M,le Loët X,Tron F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) is a rare disease characterized by episodes of collapse due to rapid transfer of considerable volumes of plasma from the intravascular to the extravascular compartment. The pathogenesis of this disease is unknown. The diagnosis is made largely on clinical grounds, and investigat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Zhang W,Ewan PW,Lachmann PJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG2 deficiency has been recently associated with the appearance of vasculitis. None of the 42 patients with IgG2 deficiency whom we studied has a history of vasculitis. We have also studied 56 patients with vasculitis, and found four of them with IgG2 levels below the normal range for their age. As a group, the vascu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jiménez A,López-Trascasa M,Fontán G

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sera of patients with histologically proven carcinomata of the gastrointestinal tract were fractionated by gel filtration and the fractions assayed for the presence of free carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) binding immunoglobulins and CEA immune complexes by radioimmuno-double-diffusion, using 125I-CEA as a marker. I...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kapsopoulou-Dominos K,Anderer FA

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of human T cell subsets, CD4+ or CD8+ T cells, to produce tumour necrosis factors (TNF-alpha and TNF-beta) upon stimulation with toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) and the requirement for MHC class II molecules on accessory cells (AC) in the response were investigated. The capacity of CD4+ T cells was ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Akatsuka H,Imanishi K,Inada K,Yamashita H,Yoshida M,Uchiyama T

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the expression of chemokines and their receptors in leprosy skin lesions using immunohistochemistry. Skin biopsies from 25 leprosy patients across the leprosy spectrum, 11 patients undergoing type I reversal reactions and four normal donors were immunostained by ABC peroxidase method using antibod...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kirkaldy AA,Musonda AC,Khanolkhar-Young S,Suneetha S,Lockwood DN

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human thyroid epithelial cells (thyrocytes) express HLA Class II molecules in autoimmune thyroid diseases (ATD). Normal thyrocytes do not express Class II, but can be induced to do so by culture with interferon-gamma (gamma-IFN). We have examined HLA-D subregion expression in sections and monolayers of thyroid by indi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Todd I,Pujol-Borrell R,Abdul-Karim BA,Hammond LJ,Feldmann M,Bottazzo GF

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smokers exhibit airway inflammation and increased number of alveolar macrophages (AM), but not all develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We hypothesized that AMs in COPD patients have an altered functional capacity mirrored in a different phenotype. Sixteen steroid-naive COPD patients [forced expirator...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Löfdahl JM,Wahlström J,Sköld CM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant rabbit fibroma virus (MV) directly suppresses generation of antibody responses and mitogen induced T and B lymphocyte proliferation. We investigated whether this phenomenon required expression of the complete viral genome. Phosphonoacetic acid (PAA) inhibits poxvirus specific DNA polymerases. Adding PAA to c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Strayer DS,Skaletsky E,Leibowitz JL

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During routine immunofluorescence studies of the serum of a patient with Sjögren's syndrome and lymphoma we detected antibodies giving a cytoplasmic pattern which did not correspond to previously described patterns found for autoantibodies. Using different cells and tissues as substrates for indirect immunofluorescenc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rodríguez JL,Gelpi C,Thomson TM,Real FJ,Fernández J

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele variants in the L-carnitine (LCAR) transporters OCTN1 (SLC22A4, 1672 C --> T) and OCTN2 (SLC22A5, -207 G --> C) have been implicated in susceptibility to Crohn's disease (CD). LCAR is consumed in the diet and transported actively from the intestinal lumen via the organic cation transporter OCTN2. While recogniz...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fortin G,Yurchenko K,Collette C,Rubio M,Villani AC,Bitton A,Sarfati M,Franchimont D

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement induces mixed aggregation of murine spleen cells bearing C3 receptors. In the present studies, we show with immunofluorescent techniques that these aggregates are formed by T and B lymphocytes and myeloid cells, B cells constituting the predominant component in normal mice. There are striking changes in the...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Arnaiz-Villena A,Roitt IM

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytes from human fetuses and newborns strongly, regularly, and non-specifically suppress the proliferation of PHA stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear leucocytes. The suppression is prostaglandin (PG)-dependent. Our present investigation clearly indicates that the suppression is associated with neonatal T ver...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Papadogiannakis N,Johnsen SA,Olding LB

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproducibility of a simplified, sensitive and rapid agarose-cell droplet assay for leucocyte migration inhibition factor (LIF) activity was studied. Removal of T cells with anti-T-cell serum eliminated LIF activity, indicating that in humans it is probably the T cell that produces LIF. Cord blood lymphocytes prod...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hahn T,Levin S,Handzel ZT

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), inflammation is sustained by an exaggerated response of lymphocytes. This results from enhanced expression of anti-apoptotic B cell lymphoma (BCL-2) and BCL-XL associated with a diminished turnover. Azathioprine (AZA) directly targets BCL-2 family-mediated apoptosis. We investigate...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Weder B,Mozaffari M,Biedermann L,Mamie C,Moncsek A,Wang L,Clarke SH,Rogler G,McRae BL,Graff CL,Ruiz PA,Hausmann M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parechymal cells (PC) were prepared by digestion of perfused, lavaged rat lung in a mixture of collagenase and DNase, and harvested on a discontinuous percoll gradient. The process yielded on average 1.0 X 10(8) viable cells/gram tissue. PC were pulsed with soluble antigen, and tested for their capacity to trigger ant...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Holt PG,Degebrodt A,O'Leary C,Krska K,Plozza T

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies in murine systems have suggested a role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of leishmaniasis. However, the role of apoptosis in visceral leishmaniasis in man has not been explored. In this study, we show that patients with visceral leishmaniasis demonstrate significant dysregulation of Fas and Fas ligand....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Eidsmo L,Wolday D,Berhe N,Sabri F,Satti I,El Hassan AM,Sundar S,Chiodi F,Akuffo H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bullous pemphigoid is a blistering skin disease characterized by autoantibodies against the NC16a domain of bullous pemphigoid 180. This study was performed to characterize and map the fine specificity of T cell responses to NC16a. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from a total of 28 bullous pemphigoid patient...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pickford WJ,Gudi V,Haggart AM,Lewis BJ,Herriot R,Barker RN,Ormerod AD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor H is an abundant plasma glycoprotein that plays a critical role in the regulation of the complement system in plasma and in the protection of host cells and tissues from damage by complement activation. Several recent studies have described the association of genetic variations of the complement factor H gene (...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： de Córdoba SR,de Jorge EG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00