Molecular diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease.

abstract：:The efficacy of steroids and immunosuppressive treatments in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) hints at the implication of immune cells in the pathophysiology of the disease. Toll-like receptor (TLR) dysfunctions are involved in many kidney diseases of immune origin, but remain little described in INS. We investigat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jamin A,Dehoux L,Dossier C,Fila M,Heming N,Monteiro RC,Deschênes G

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare form of systemic vasculitis occurring in patients with asthma and hypereosinophilia; however, its mechanisms involved in the severe tissue inflammation with vasculitis are poorly understood. High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein, originally identified as a DNA binding protein...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Taira T,Matsuyama W,Mitsuyama H,Kawahara KI,Higashimoto I,Maruyama I,Osame M,Arimura K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine if Brazilian Pemphigus foliaceus (BPF) autoantibodies will fix complement as do P. vulgaris (PV) autoantibodies. When sections of human skin were examined following indirect immunofluorescence (IF) staining, BPF autoantibodies reacted with the upper layers of epidermis, while PV ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kawana S,Diaz LA,Rivitti EA,Geoghegan WD,Jordon RE

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of unknown etiology characterized by non-caseating granulomata, formed mainly from macrophages surrounded by lymphocytes and plasma cells. Using a novel method for the preparation of blood leucocytes for flow cytometry, we report increased expression of LeuCAMs (CD11/CD18) on perip...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Shakoor Z,Hamblin AS

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In fifty-seven healthy individuals a significant correlation ( r = 0.3, P < 0.05) has been found between responses of their lymphocytes to stimulation by PHA and by pooled lymphocytes in MLC. It is suggested that these tests quantitate the general status of T cell reactivity of individuals, and may be used in conjunct...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nanra SK,Boettcher B

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we hypothesized that the granulomatous disorder sarcoidosis is not caused by a single pathogen, but rather results from abnormal responses of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) to conserved bacterial elements. Unsorted bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells from patients with suspected pulmonary sarcoidosis and hea...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gabrilovich MI,Walrath J,van Lunteren J,Nethery D,Seifu M,Kern JA,Harding CV,Tuscano L,Lee H,Williams SD,Mackay W,Tomashefski JF Jr,Silver RF

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoregulatory role of histamine is presumably mediated by specific receptors on the plasma membrane of lymphocytes. However, using murine spleen cells and a whole cell assay commonly applied in hormone receptor studies, specific histamine receptors with an affinity higher than that of non-specific binding could...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wang Y,Kristensen F,Joncourt F,Slauson DO,De Weck AL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An altered expression pattern of adhesion molecules (AM) on the surface of immune cells is a premise for their extravasation into the central nervous system (CNS) and the formation of acute brain lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS). We evaluated the impact of glatiramer acetate (GA) on cell-bound and soluble AM in the ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sellner J,Koczi W,Harrer A,Oppermann K,Obregon-Castrillo E,Pilz G,Wipfler P,Afazel S,Haschke-Becher E,Trinka E,Kraus J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Booster immunization of normal individuals with soluble tetanus toxoid (TT) produced significant levels of plasma anti-tetanus IgG and IgM detectable by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Similar changes in circulating anti-TT antibody were found in mice following primary immunization. There was. however, n...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ershler WB,Moore AL,Hacker MP

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the effect of prolonged administration of exogenous interferon on the autoimmune disease of NZB/W female mice, forty-four NZB/W mice received three injections per week of 6.4 x 10(4) interferon units from birth to 33 weeks, forty mice were injected with mock interferon and forty-eight mice were left untre...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Adam C,Thoua Y,Ronco P,Verroust P,Tovey M,Morel-Maroger L

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During chronic inflammation, interleukin (IL)-22 expression is up-regulated in both CD4 and CD8 T cells, exerting a protective role in infections. However, in autoimmunity, IL-22 appears to have either a protective or a pathogenic role in a variety of murine models of autoimmunity and, by extrapolation, in humans. It ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Yang GX,Sun Y,Tsuneyama K,Zhang W,Leung PS,He XS,Ansari AA,Bowlus C,Ridgway WM,Gershwin ME

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) are highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the predominant B cell epitopes have not yet been defined. The aim of this study was to examine the reactivity of ACPA against different peptides derived from citrullinated proteins and to investigate whether or no...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Goules JD,Goules AV,Tzioufas AG

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human antibodies to the repeat regions of the Plasmodium falciparum asexual blood stage antigen Pf155/RESA interfere with parasite growth in vitro, but the significance in this respect of antibodies to non-repetitive epitopes is less clear. In this study the levels of antibodies to a non-repetitive part of Pf155/RESA ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Siddique AB,Ahlborg N,Warsame M,Perlmann P,Berzins K

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently showed that human thyroid epithelial cells, which are normally negative for HLA-DR molecules, express HLA-DR in thyroid autoimmunity. Furthermore, induction of HLA-DR on normal thyroid cells can be achieved by culture with plant lectins. We have now found that recombinant human interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

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

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the airways. Increased levels of T cells are found in the lungs after the induction of an allergic-like inflammation in rats, and flow cytometry studies have shown that these levels are reduced in CD26-deficient rats. However, the precise anatomical sites where these ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Schade J,Schmiedl A,Kehlen A,Veres TZ,Stephan M,Pabst R,von Hörsten S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody penetration of viable cells and interaction with intracellular antigens may have major consequences for immunopathological processes in connective tissue diseases. We have reported previously that antibody can penetrate viable human lymphocytes. To assess further the role of antinuclear antibodies in this pro...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ma J,Chapman GV,Chen SL,Melick G,Penny R,Breit SN

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are associated with inflammation resulting from monocyte activation. We sought for differences in the production of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines by monocytes from patients with ACS. C-reactive protein (CRP) and neopterin were measured in 22 patients with acute coronary syndromes,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： van Haelst PL,Tervaert JW,Bijzet J,Baljé-Volkers C,May JF,Langeveld B,Gans RO

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten out of 14 rhesus monkeys developed arthritis after a single immunization with bovine type II collagen (B-CII). In contrast to primary resistant monkeys, arthritic animals showed a B-CII specific T cell proliferation during the induction phase of the disease. All surviving animals showed a full remission of the dis...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bakker NP,van Erck MG,'t Hart LA,Jonker M

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin variable region heavy chain (IgVH ) somatic gene diversification is instrumental in the transformation process that characterizes hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related B cell lymphoproliferative disorders. However, the extent to which activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), an enzyme essential for IgV ge...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Russi S,Dammacco F,Sansonno S,Pavone F,Sansonno D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years galectin-3 has gained attention as a signalling molecule, mainly in inflammatory diseases. Data on galectin-3 expression in neonates, however, are limited, and expression of this lectin in cord blood has not yet been reported. The aim of this study was to determine galectin-3 levels in cord blood of te...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Demmert M,Faust K,Bohlmann MK,Tröger B,Göpel W,Herting E,Härtel C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of inflammatory cytokines in a mouse model of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection mimicking diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB), and determined the effects of clarithromycin therapy on the production of these cytokines. The concentrations of IL-1beta, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, interferon-gamma (IFN-ga...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Yanagihara K,Tomono K,Kuroki M,Kaneko Y,Sawai T,Ohno H,Miyazaki Y,Higashiyama Y,Maesaki S,Kadota J,Kohno S

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic bone infection is associated with bone resorption. From animal studies, CD3/CD28-activated T cells are known to enhance osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption. Because CD28 is expressed constitutively on T cells and its expression is down-regulated by chronic exposure to the inflammatory environment, we charac...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kumar G,Roger PM,Ticchioni M,Trojani C,Bernard de Dompsur R,Bronsard N,Carles M,Bernard E

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T helper type 1 (Th1)-type polarization plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD). The differentiation of T cells into this subtype is dictated by the nature of the donor naive CD4(+) T cell-host antigen presenting cell (APC) interaction. Suppressors of cytokine signalling...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Zhao J,Zhang T,He H,Xie Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels and liver expression of CCL2 are increased in patients with alcoholic hepatitis (AH). In an experimental model of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), CCL2 was implicated in proinflammatory cytokines activation and hepatic lipid metabolism, but its role in human disease is currently unknown. In a large cohort o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Degré D,Lemmers A,Gustot T,Ouziel R,Trépo E,Demetter P,Verset L,Quertinmont E,Vercruysse V,Le Moine O,Devière J,Moreno C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to extractable nuclear antigens (ENA) were analysed in the sera of fifty-two patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were divided into two categories: twenty-five with arthritis only and twenty-seven with extra-articular disease. Using haemagglutination, counterimmunoelectropheresis (CIE) and dou...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Venables PJ,Erhardt CC,Maini RN

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, exogenous proteins are processed by antigen-presenting cells in the endosomes for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II presentation to CD4+ T cells, while proteins synthesized endogenously are processed in the cytoplasm for MHC class I presentation to CD8+ T cells. However, it is recognized that...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Voeten JT,Rimmelzwaan GF,Nieuwkoop NJ,Fouchier RA,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A full-length cDNA coding a human beta 2-glycoprotein I (beta 2-GPI) was introduced into the baculovirus genome to construct a recombinant baculovirus. Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells were infected with the recombinant baculovirus. A protein (mol. wt 43,000) reactive with anti-beta 2-GPI antisera was produced in the...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Igarashi M,Matsuura E,Igarashi Y,Nagae H,Matsuura Y,Ichikawa K,Yasuda T,Voelker DR,Koike T

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a sensitive IL-1-dependent T cell clone we estimated interleukin 1 (IL-1)-like activity in a variety of synovial fluids (SF). Although we demonstrate that SF contains potent inhibitors of endogenous and exogenous IL-1 we were able to estimate that samples from rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and other arthr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hopkins SJ,Humphreys M,Jayson MI

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sera of six patients infected with Trichinella spiralis were studied for the presence of circulating immune complexes (CIC). CIC were present in all six patients studied 1 month after infection. In two patients in whom serial serum samples were available, as clinical improvement occurred there was a decrease in th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Géniteau M,Verroust PJ,Smith MD,Morel-Maroger L,Saimot G,Coulaud JP

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superantigens (SAgs) are potent stimulators of T cells bearing specific Vbeta T cell receptors (TCR) and may play a role in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki syndrome (KS), although despite 15 years of intense study this area remains controversial. Because SAgs can cause Vbeta restricted T cell activation in the absence of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Brogan PA,Shah V,Clarke LA,Dillon MJ,Klein N

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00