Concerted use of immunologic and ultrastructural analyses in diagnostic medicine: immunoelectron microscopy and correlative microscopy.

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in breakdown of blood-brain barrier, transmigration, and invasion of immune cells and formation of MS lesions. The aim of present study was to investigate the influence of MMP-...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Rahimi Z,Abdan Z,Rahimi Z,Razazian N,Shiri H,Vaisi-Raygani A,Shakiba E,Vessal M,Moradi MT

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-31 (IL-31) has diverse biological functions. Increased IL-31 has been found in some skin and autoimmune diseases. There has been no study reporting the association between IL-31 and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). This study was designed to determine serum IL-31 level and to explore its diagnostic value...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Mu N,Lin F,Jiang Z,Liang Y,Yang Z

更新日期：2020-07-02 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：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine the association of three functional IRF5 rs10954213, rs3757385, and rs41298401 polymorphisms with susceptibility to unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) among Iranian women from south of Iran. METHODS:176 women with unexplained RPL and 173 healthy postmenopausal controls wer...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Amiri Jahromi R,Nasiri M,Jahromi AR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adoptive immunotherapy is an attractive cancer treatment modality due to its capacity to target primary and metastatic lesions with large numbers of tumor-reactive, cytotoxic lymphocytes. The inability of fully armed lymphocytes to traffic into sites of tumor has been proposed as a causal factor for the minimal succes...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Skitzki JJ,Muhitch JB,Evans SS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A. actinomycetemcomitans is a facultative Gram-negative coccobacillus which has been implicated in the etiology and pathogenesis of localized juvenile periodontitis and has also been recognized for its potential to cause serious extraoral infections, particularly endocarditis. The polymorphonuclear neutrophil has been...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Wilson ME,Genco RJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were immunized with 14 free (i.e. not conjugated to any carrier) synthetic peptides representing the entire human hemoglobin alpha-chain. Antibodies against each peptide were determined using solid phase radioimmunoassay, both with free peptides and peptides coupled to a protein carrier as the coating antigen. It...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Oshima M,Atassi MZ

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-IgM stimulation of B cells is decreased in the presence of maternal serum as compared to control media. This inhibiting influence of maternal serum is observed during the priming of the B cells. The progression of B cells into cellular proliferation was not influenced by maternal serum. At the level of the immuno...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Vanderbeeken YE,Duchateau J,Gregoire M,Vandermeersch B,Collet H,Lucas A

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a major cause of liver disease worldwide, is frequently resistant to the antiviral alpha interferon (IFN). Previous studies have shown that HCV NS5A protein induces expression of the proinflammatory interleukin-8 (IL-8) and this may affect the therapeutic outcome. The aim of the present study ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： El Sayed ZM,Mansour FA,Ghal MF,Abou-Zahra SB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat small intestinal epithelial cell (enterocyte) has an average life span of 48h. Undifferentiated stem cells in the lower crypt region undergo division and differentiation into enterocytes as the cell moves on a basement membrane up the villus to reach the tip and be extruded into the lumen. The mechanism of thi...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Weiser MM,Ryzowicz S,Soroka CJ,Albini B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a dietary fatty acid which causes extensive remodeling and mast cell recruitment in the mouse mammary gland. Two CLA isomers, 9,11- and 10,12-CLA, have differing effects in vivo, with only 10,12-CLA increasing mast cell number. The purpose of this project is to test the hypothesis tha...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Krishnan S,Russell J,Bodziak M,Koury S,Masso-Welch P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (chronic ITP) is an autoimmune multifactorial bleeding disorder that occurs because of enhanced peripheral platelet destruction. Treatment decisions can be challenging because the goal of treatment is to prevent severe bleeding, but the risk of bleeding can be di...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： El Ghannam D,Fawzy IM,Azmy E,Hakim H,Eid I

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cell lines secreting Paul-Bunnell antibodies were established by means of Epstein-Barr virus-induced immortalization of B lymphocytes from patients with infectious mononucleosis. Progressive loss of antibody production, most probably due to a shutdown of antibody secretion by individual cells was, however, observe...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Wasik M,Milgrom F

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to investigate serum levels of immunosuppressive cytokines TGF beta 1 and VEGF and count of immune cells in peripheral blood in stage II and III colorectal cancer patients. METHODS:Blood samples were collected from 22 colorectal patients and 25 healthy controls before the sta...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Spacek J,Vocka M,Netikova I,Skalova H,Dundr P,Konopasek B,Zavadova E,Lubos P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loading of dendritic cells (DCs) with whole tumor cell lysates may circumvent the facts that few tumor-specific antigens have been identified in human solid tumors. The present study was designed to investigate whether ovarian cancer cells lysate-pulsed DCs activate T cell responses against autologous ovarian tumo...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Zhao X,Wei YQ,Peng ZL

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the main mediators for mouse anaphylactic shock, the suppression of active anaphylactic shock by cyproheptadine, an antagonist of histamine/serotonin, and CV-6209, an antagonist of platelet-activating factor (PAF), was systematically evaluated using various mouse strains. The suppression was quite heterog...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kimura S,Watanabe A,Nagata M,Niinomi Y,Harada M

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA vaccine represents a powerful approach for prevention of avian H5N1 influenza infection. Yet, DNA vaccine-induced immune responses might be limited by the short duration of antigen expression. As a strategy to enhance adaptive immune responses elicited by a hemagglutinin 5 (H5) DNA vaccine, we explored the effect ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Tabatabaeizadeh SE,Bassami MR,Haghparast A,Dehghani H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of immune tolerance is the most common consequence of protein feeding, i.e., "oral tolerance". In this study we investigated the genetic basis of oral tolerance using various kinds of recombinant and congenic mice, and the cells involved in the development of this phenomenon in mice. The footpad swelling...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Ishii N,Moriguchi N,Sugita Y,Nakajima H,Tanaka S,Aoki I

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease is characterized by dysregulated inflammatory response in the airways. CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells play a crucial role in maintaining the immune homeostasis. However their role in the disease pathogenesis of CF remains unexplored. AIM:To determine the percentage of cir...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Anil N,Singh M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA) is described and evaluated which quantitates human antibodies to serotype specific S. pneumoniae polysaccharide (PnPs) in human sera. Based on the observations previously described by Koskela (1), native PnPs are used as coating antigens and sera are absorbed with a soluble pneumococ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Quataert S,Martin D,Anderson P,Giebink GS,Henrichsen J,Leinonen M,Granoff DM,Russell H,Siber G,Faden H,Barnes D,Madore DV

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:Endomyocardial biopsy is generally used to quantify heart allograft rejection and guide immunotherapy. Biopsy, however, is invasive, costly, and risky. Since rejection requires lymphocyte activation, the purpose of this study was to assess alternative methods to evaluate rejection dynamics by investigating serum level...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Chang DM,Ding YA,Kuo SY,Chang ML,Wei J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Competitive binding to polystyrene-bound antigens showed that human rye Group I (rye I)-specific IgG recognize the same three distinct epitopes of rye I as three monoclonal antibodies directed against the same antigens. Anti-idiotypic antibodies against one of the monoclonal antibodies (290A-167) inhibit completely th...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Mourad W,Hébert J

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The critical contribution of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T-regulatory cells (Treg) to immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment is well-established. Whereas the mechanisms that drive the generation and accumulation of Treg in tumors have been an active area of study, the information on their origin and population dynamics ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Li Q,Egilmez NK

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of strong experimental data supporting effectiveness and safety, herb-based immunomodulators are paving way as alternative sources of potent adjuvants for vaccines. In this study, the immunostimulatory and adjuvant properties of AcF1, a flavonoids-rich fraction of Alchornea cordifolia extract, was evaluate...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Nworu CS,Esimone CO,Tenbusch M,Nabi G,Proksch P,Uberla K,Temchura VV

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal mortality due to loss of lymphocyte-promoted endometrial angiogenesis is being investigated as a major cause of litter reductions during pregnancy in pigs. This review discusses immune mechanisms influencing porcine endometrial angiogenesis as well as additional signalling molecules that may play important ro...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Linton NF,Wessels JM,Cnossen SA,Croy BA,Tayade C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a heterogeneous population of cells that inhibit anti-tumor immunity through a variety of mechanisms. Malignant gliomas are heavily infiltrated by myeloid cells, some of which appear to share biological functions of MDSCs. Our data with mouse de novo gliomas indicate critic...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kohanbash G,Okada H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between antibody avidity, measured by the dissociation of the antigen-antibody bond in antigen excess, and antibody affinity was studied. Complexes of radiolabelled antigen and antibody of known affinity were prepared in vitro and allowed to stand for seven days to reach equilibrium. Then nonlabelled ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Griswold WR

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies have led to the discovery of several susceptibility genes related to autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs). However, controversial results have been reported regarding the role of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of CD40 in the disease susceptibility. The objective of this study was t...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Wang D,Chen J,Zhang H,Zhang F,Yang L,Mou Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathological mechanisms associated with the occurrence and development of Behcet's disease (BD) are not yet known. Two large genome-wide association surveys revealed an association between interleukin (IL)-23R single nucleotide polymorphism and BD. This study aimed to investigate the association between ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Gong HB,Wu XJ,Pu XM,Kang XJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00