DFA, EIA, PCR, LCR and other technologies: what tests should be used for diagnosis of chlamydia infections?

abstract：:The role of innate immunity, e.g., complement activation and cytokine release in the hemodynamic alterations in the course of human septic shock is largely unknown. We prospectively studied 14 consecutive septic shock patients with a pulmonary artery catheter in place. For 3 days after admission, hemodynamic variables...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Hartemink KJ,Groeneveld AB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Changes in cytokine expression have been frequently found in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Cytokine values outside the normal range may be somewhat related to common polymorphisms within cytokine genes. OBJECTIVE:The present study was designed to investigate the possible association betwee...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Ebrahimi Daryani N,Saghazadeh A,Moossavi S,Sadr M,Shahkarami S,Soltani S,Farhadi E,Rezaei N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannan binding lectin (MBL) deficiency has been associated with increased susceptibility to vaginitis in humans due to Candida albicans. In these studies we assessed the utility of recombinant human MBL (rhMBL) as a therapeutic against experimental C. albicans vaginitis. After intravenous treatment of uninfected mice ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Clemons KV,Martinez M,Axelsen M,Thiel S,Stevens DA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cancer immunotherapy, which is able to target specifically cancer cells without detrimental effects to normal cell functions, would serve as an ideal therapeutic modality, most of the randomized clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy have not demonstrated a meaningful survival benefit to cancer patients over...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kim SJ,Ha GH,Kim SH,Kang CD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of interleukin-2 (IL-2)-responsive bystander cells to the proliferative responses of human peripheral blood T lymphocytes to antigens used for sensitization such as Purified Protein Derivative (PPD), Tetanus toxoid (T T) and Influenza virus was investigated. Marked proliferation of the unfractionated ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Sia DY,Chou JL

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play pivotal roles in limiting the duration and magnitude of immune response against infectious agents and self-antigens. This is accomplished through contact-dependent and -independent mechanisms that involve crosstalk between Treg cells and other immune and tissue-specific cell types. The ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Wang K,Vella AT

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Th17 cells of the intestine and colon can produce several important cytokines during mucosal inflammation. However, few studies have focused on the role of IL-26 in intestinal inflammations. Colonic epithelial cells express receptors for IL-26, and this cytokine has been shown to induce the HT-29 colonic epithelial ce...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Weishaar IM,Young RS,Wiles BM,McGee DW

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system which is a critical mediator of innate immunity plays diverse roles in the neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 infection such as clearing HIV-1 and promoting productive HIV-1 replication. In the development of HIV-1 associated neurological disorders (HAND), there may be an imbalance between complement act...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Mahajan SD,Aalinkeel R,Parikh NU,Jacob A,Cwiklinski K,Sandhu P,Le K,Loftus AW,Schwartz SA,Quigg RJ,Alexander JJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely distributed and relocated in the environment as a result of the incomplete combustion of organic matter. Many PAHs and their epoxides are highly toxic, mutagenic and/or carcinogenic to microorganisms as well as to higher systems including humans. BP is one of the most...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Ustinov VA,Studennikov AE,Vavilov VA,Tyumentseva MA,Morozova VV,Tikunova NV,Glushkov AN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives were to determine the prevalence and clinical significance of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Anti-CCP antibodies were checked by ELISA in 68 children with JIA, 38 males and 30 females with mean age of 10.6 (+/-4.02) years and...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Habib HM,Mosaad YM,Youssef HM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections are a major cause of illness and death amongst elderly people. Peripheral blood CD8+ T lymphocytes --which play a crucial role in host defence against viral infections--, are divided in subsets based upon the expression of several cell and activation markers. In senescence changes and variations in peripher...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Esparza B,Rodriguez A,Puente M,Sabino E,Merino F

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major pathogen accounting for a large number of pneumococcal disease in worldwide. Due to the mucosal immune pathway induces both systemic and mucosal immune responses, the potential strategy to prevent pneumococcal disease may be to develop a mucosal vaccine. METHOD:In this st...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Wang D,Lu J,Yu J,Hou H,Leenhouts K,Van Roosmalen ML,Gu T,Jiang C,Kong W,Wu Y

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examined a panel of CD4+ antigen specific/MHC restricted T cell clones for their ability to secrete IL-2, IL-4, and IFN-gamma upon stimulation with con A, three lymphokines which are diagnostic for the TH1 and TH2 subtypes of helper T cells. Eight of the twelve clones we analyzed did not fit the class...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Hatfield SM,Rodgers GH,Marder P,Roehm NW

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) restriction of antigen presentation of a single mucin1 (MUC1) variable number of tandem repeats peptide (VNTR1) was examined by generating cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) stimulated with a single repeat MUC1 peptide presented b...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Orr MK,Burnside JS,Phillips CA,Philip R,Dombrowski KE,Wright SE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatic fever (RF) and its sequel rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is an autoimmune disease caused by an abnormal host immune response to group A streptococcus (GAS) infection. The HLA class II molecules are entailed in immune-mediated infectious, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases including RHD. However, ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Poomarimuthu M,Ramasamy T,Govindan R,Andiappan R,Nagarajan G,Kadiam S,Mariakuttikan J

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) was induced in rats by immunization with bovine interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) and studied by immunohistochemistry. In general, the IRBP induction of inflammatory cellular components and expression of immune-related antigens on various non-lymphoid cells ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Chan CC,Nussenblatt RB,Wiggert B,Redmond TM,Fujikawa LS,Chader GJ,Gery I

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) inhibits dendritric cells (DC) function in order to delay T cell response. Furthermore, there is increasing evidence that genetic diversity of Mtb strains can affect their interaction with the immune system. Beijing genotype has attracted attention because of its high prevalence and mu...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Reyes-Martínez JE,Nieto-Patlán E,Nieto-Patlán A,Gonzaga-Bernachi J,Santos-Mendoza T,Serafín-López J,Chávez-Blanco A,Sandoval-Montes C,Flores-Romo L,Estrada-Parra S,Estrada-García I,Chacón-Salinas R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Natural killer (NK) cells are the potential modulators of inflammatory reactions that exert several unique biological effects and could lead to future adverse events of coronary artery disease (CAD). HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to find out the possible association of modulation in NK cell, TNK ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Jabir NR,Firoz CK,Ahmed F,Kamal MA,Hindawi S,Damanhouri GA,Almehdar HA,Tabrez S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using antigen-induced proliferation assay the presence of macrophages was found to be essential for the development of the T cell response. Decreased ability of antigen presentation by macrophages from aged A/J mice was detected. ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Vĕtvicka V,Tlaskalová-Hogenová H,Pospísil M

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease. However, little is known about the role of different subsets of natural killer (NK) and natural killer T (NKT) cells at the early stage of the HT process. A total of 45 euthyroid patients with new onset HT and 40 age/gender-matched healthy controls ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Guo H,Xu B,Yang X,Wang Y,Liu X,Cui C,Jiang Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-10 response is associated with mortality in patients with sepsis. IL-10 is primarily produced by monocytes and type 2 T helper (Th2) cells. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in IL-10 production between monocytes and Th2 cells in patients with sepsis. Forty patients with sepsis and 3...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Wu HP,Chu CM,Kao KC,Huang SH,Chuang DY

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the relation between CD226 rs763361 gene polymorphism and CD226 serum level and to evaluate their role in susceptibility and disease activity of RA in a cohort of Egyptian individuals. METHODS:The serum level of CD226 was measured using a suitable ELISA kit and the CD226 rs763361 gene polymorphism w...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Mosaad YM,El-Toraby EE,Tawhid ZM,Abdelsalam AI,Enin AF,Hasson AM,Shafeek GM

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera to the chemically synthesized trisaccharide, Gal beta 1-3(GlcNAc beta 1-6)GalNAc, and disaccharide, GlcNAc beta 1-6GalNAc, were developed using the diazophenyl bovine serum albumin derivatives. The binding specificity of the antisera were analyzed by enzyme immunoassays with structurally related, chemically s...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Matta KL,Piskorz CF,Abbas SA,Diakun KR

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central dogma of gene therapy relies on the application of novel therapeutic genes to treat or prevent diseases. The main types of vectors used for gene transfer are adenovirus, retrovirus, lentivirus, liposome, and adeno-associated virus vectors. Gene therapy has emerged as a promising alternative for the treatme...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Castañeda-Lopez ME,Garza-Veloz I,Lopez-Hernandez Y,Barbosa-Cisneros OY,Martinez-Fierro ML

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 8 (CARD8) rs2043211 polymorphism was associated with susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS:Relevant studies were searched using PubMed and Embase up to February 2014. A meta-analysis was conduct...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Liu J,Liu YY,Liu J,Li BZ,Cen H,Xu WD,Leng RX,Pan HF,Ye DQ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we evaluated two novel technologies, the chemiluminescent immunoassay (CIA) QUANTA Flash on BIO-FLASH (Inova Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, USA) and the addressable laser bead immunoassay (ALBIA) on BioPlex™ 2200 (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA) for the detection of anti-cardiolipin IgG/IgM (aCL) and an...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Grossi V,Infantino M,Benucci M,Li Gobbi F,Bandinelli F,Damiani A,Bodio C,Borghi MO,Mahler M,Aure MA,Bentow C,Manfredi M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very little is known about the effects of acute psychological stress on the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by human phagocytic cells and the interplay between subjectively perceived stress, mediating hormones, variations in the number of peripheral leukocytes and ROS production. We measured psychological ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Atanackovic D,Brunner-Weinzierl MC,Kröger H,Serke S,Deter HC

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many proteins of various origins are able to form complexes with Immunoglobulin G using reaction sites formed by residues of constant domains. Studies of IgG complexes of non-immune nature are important as biologically active proteins could escape from the circulation forming complexes with IgG as well as with other s...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Nezlin R,Bengtsson AA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder with multisystem involvement caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene which encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase. The aims of this study were to investigate c...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Amirifar P,Mozdarani H,Yazdani R,Kiaei F,Moeini Shad T,Shahkarami S,Abolhassani H,Delavari S,Sohani M,Rezaei A,Hassanpour G,Akrami SM,Aghamohammadi A

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human tumors often progress and spread in spite of the presence of large numbers of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells with activated or memory cell phenotypes. The T cells in the microenvironment of human lung tumors fail to be activated in response to stimulation via the T cell receptor and CD28 under conditions that fully activ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Broderick L,Bankert RB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00