Body mass index influence interferon-beta treatment response in multiple sclerosis.

abstract：:We evaluated the association of the plasma platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) gene polymorphism (G(994)-->T) and PAF-AH activity with susceptibility and severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Japanese. DNA was collected from 216 patients with clinically definite MS (65 opticospinal MS (OS-MS) and 151 ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Osoegawa M,Niino M,Ochi H,Kikuchi S,Murai H,Fukazawa T,Minohara M,Tashiro K,Kira J

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, our laboratory showed that either abrupt (AW) or precipitated withdrawal (PW) from morphine led to profound suppression of murine splenic antibody responses to sheep red blood cells at 24 h post-withdrawal. In the present studies, we examined the immune mechanisms mediating suppression at that time point. ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Rahim RT,Feng P,Meissler JJ,Rogers TJ,Zhang L,Adler MW,Eisenstein TK

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:M1 and M2 are the extremes of the differentiation spectrum of activated macrophages. Since microglia are members of the same cell lineage, we have characterized their transcription profile and their phagocytic activity under different conditions. LPS or IFN-gamma induce a M1-like phenotype, while IL-10 or IL-4 differe...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Michelucci A,Heurtaux T,Grandbarbe L,Morga E,Heuschling P

更新日期：2009-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the immunogenetic background of patients with immunoglobulin G (IgG)4 anti-neurofascin 155 (NF155) antibody-positive chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), we genotyped the extended human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotypes in 22 Japanese patients with this disorder and compared them with ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Ogata H,Isobe N,Zhang X,Yamasaki R,Fujii T,Machida A,Morimoto N,Kaida K,Masuda T,Ando Y,Kuwahara M,Kusunoki S,Nakamura Y,Matsushita T,Kira JI

更新日期：2020-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the current review is to summarize the results of studies on the role of γδ T cells in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and its animal model - the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Despite the fact that numerous studies have been performed, the role of γδ T is still not fully understood. It s...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Zarobkiewicz MK,Kowalska W,Roliński J,Bojarska-Junak AA

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Active immunization with myelin basic protein (MBP) induces experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) in a variety of animal species, including rats and mice. We have previously described the ability of the newly described mouse lambda (lambda) variable (V) region V lambda x, to confer MBP reactivity to an Ab. In ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Galin FS,Zhou SR,Whitaker JN,Blalock JE

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic tissues express transcripts encoding the alpha-3, alpha-5 and beta-4 subunits of nicotinic neuronal acetylcholine receptors (AcChRs) suggesting that neuronal AcChRs similar to those expressed in ganglia are expressed in the thymus. Transcription occurs in both isolated thymocytes and thymic epithelial cells. RT...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Mihovilovic M,Denning S,Mai Y,Whichard LP,Patel DD,Roses AD

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied glial transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta isotype expression in 14 cases of multiple sclerosis. Acute active lesions exhibited selective TGF-beta 2 immunoreactivity of lesion encircling ramified microglia. In contrast, astrocytes within chronic active white matter lesions expressed all three isotypes. Chr...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Peress NS,Perillo E,Seidman RJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although multiple sclerosis is predominantly regarded as a disease of young adulthood, up to 5% of MS patients are diagnosed prior to age eighteen. The predominant form of MS is relapsing-remitting characterized by exacerbations of symptoms followed by periods of remission. The majority of disease modifying drugs targ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Cala CM,Moseley CE,Steele C,Dowdy SM,Cutter GR,Ness JM,DeSilva TM

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein type 1 (MCP-1) is associated with HIV CNS disease. This study evaluated the temporal relationships between MCP-1 expression and HIV replication in the CNS. METHODS:MCP-1 and HIV viral load (VL) were measured in serially obtained samples of plasma and ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Monteiro de Almeida S,Letendre S,Zimmerman J,Lazzaretto D,McCutchan A,Ellis R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of the mouse nervous system specific band 1 protein to the putative high molecular weight component of the Na+ channel was investigated using antibody to band 1. Morphologic differentiation of cultured neuroblastoma cells has been reported to increase the quantity of the putative Na+ channel high mole...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Akeson R,Graham K

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multifaceted pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) involves complex interactions between the immune and the central nervous systems which provide a multitude of targets for therapeutic interventions. Current therapies for MS are only partially effective. One potential strategy to increase treatment efficacy is t...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Milo R,Panitch H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in the regulation of surface molecule expression and functional activity of microglia, the resident immune effector elements of the central nervous system (CNS), might give important insights into understanding the predilection sites of some diseases within the CNS. Therefore, canine microglial cells in re...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Ensinger EM,Boekhoff TM,Carlson R,Beineke A,Rohn K,Tipold A,Stein VM

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the humoral immune response to Borna disease (BD) virus in the brain of experimentally infected Lewis rats. Abundant IgG was detected in BD-rat brain with isotype variation throughout infection. IgG was locally produced as indicated by an intact blood-brain barrier, Ig kappa li...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Hatalski CG,Hickey WF,Lipkin WI

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular adhesion molecules were initially defined as cell surface structures mediating cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions. Adhesion molecules involved in immune responses have been classified into three families according to their structure: selectins, immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily, and inte...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Lee SJ,Benveniste EN

更新日期：1999-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a transgenic mouse model of ischemic stroke we checked for a possible interaction of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) which often cause thromboses as well as central nervous system (CNS) involvement under non-thrombotic conditions and the TWEAK/Fn14 pathway known to be adversely involved in inflammatory and isc...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Frauenknecht K,Bargiotas P,Bauer H,von Landenberg P,Schwaninger M,Sommer C

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) occurs idiopathic or, in association with a neuroblastoma, as a paraneoplastic syndrome. Since autoantibodies were identified in some patients, an autoimmune pathogenesis has been suspected. While the newly discovered B-cell activating factors BAFF and APRIL are involved i...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Fühlhuber V,Bick S,Kirsten A,Hahn A,Gerriets T,Tschernatsch M,Kaps M,Preissner KT,Blaes F,Altenkämper S

更新日期：2009-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the death ligands of the tumor necrosis factor/nerve growth factor (TNF/NGF) superfamily, TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is considered to play a unique role due to its binding to both apoptosis-inducing and -blocking membranous receptors, apoptosis-independent effects and distinct species differen...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Dörr J,Waiczies S,Wendling U,Seeger B,Zipp F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) is a prime candidate autoantigen for multiple sclerosis. In order to define potential immunodominant epitopes, T cell lines (TCL) from the peripheral blood of HLA-DR 15(2) MS patients were established which responded to the intact molecule of PLP. These TCL were then tested in individu...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Trotter JL,Pelfrey CM,Trotter AL,Selvidge JA,Gushleff KC,Mohanakumar T,McFarland HF

更新日期：1998-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether the sensory neuropeptide, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), could be synthesised by human lymphocytes. Our results indicate that in activated B-cells, there is a strong expression of CGRP gene transcripts, which is almost absent in resting cells. Since B-cells autocrinally produce NGF, th...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Bracci-Laudiero L,Aloe L,Buanne P,Finn A,Stenfors C,Vigneti E,Theodorsson E,Lundeberg T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat cortical neurons cultured in conditioned media from human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) show increased neuronal protein synthesis, neurite outgrowth, mitogen-activating protein kinase activity, and synaptic function. Neurotrophic properties of human MDM-conditioned media are significantly enhanced by human pe...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Shibata A,Zelivyanskaya M,Limoges J,Carlson KA,Gorantla S,Branecki C,Bishu S,Xiong H,Gendelman HE

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) and other neurodegenerative diseases, astrocytes play an important role in promoting or attenuating the inflammatory response through induction of different cytokines and growth factors. HuR plays a major role in regulating many of these factors by modulating RNA stab...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Wheeler C,Nabors LB,Barnum S,Yang X,Hu X,Schoeb TR,Chen D,Ardelt AA,King PH

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas are selectively destroyed. Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) expressed in peri-islet Schwann cells (pSCs) and in the ductal cells of the pancreas is one of the candidate autoantigens for T1D. Immune responses to G...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Jayasimhan A,Ellis DP,Ziegler AI,Slattery RM

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Zymosan has previously been reported to have both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory effects. Here we demonstrate that low dose zymosan prevented or reversed chronic and relapsing paralysis in EAE. In suppressing CNS autoimmune inflammation, zymosan not only regulated APC costimulator and MHC class II expression, ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Li H,Gonnella P,Safavi F,Vessal G,Nourbakhsh B,Zhou F,Zhang GX,Rostami A

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune complexes isolated from sera of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) were analyzed for their antigenic content. Immune complexes precipitated with polyethylene glycol were inoculated into rabbits. The antisera raised were shown to react to MS and normal brain antigens by crossed immunoelectrophoresis, ELISA an...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Friedman J,Buskirk D,Marino LJ Jr,Zabriskie JB

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was taken from guinea pigs in various stages of chronic relapsing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (CR-EAE). The leucocytes in CSF samples were counted and subjected to immunocytochemical analysis using monoclonal antibodies selectively recognising guinea pig T cells, macrophages or Ia...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Suckling AJ,Baron PW,Mauer U,Burger R,Rumsby MG

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence that astrocytes can be induced to express the class II major histocompatability (MHC) antigens suggests that these cells may be involved in the development of intracerebral immune responses. The principal inducer of MHC class II antigen (Ia) expression is a soluble lymphokine, gamma-interferon (gamma-I...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Frohman EM,Vayuvegula B,van den Noort S,Gupta S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gammadelta T cells may be important innate immune system contributors to the immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS), though the mechanisms are not yet fully understood. CD16 is a low affinity Fcgamma receptor, an activation receptor for gammadelta T cells, and a mediator of cytotoxicity. In this study, we found...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Chen Z,Freedman MS

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the role of Notch ligand Delta-like 1 (Delta1) in the development of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV)-induced demyelinating disease (TMEV-IDD). Blocking of Delta1 by anti-Delta1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) in the effector phase significantly suppressed the disease development of TMEV-IDD both ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Tsugane S,Takizawa S,Kaneyama T,Ichikawa M,Yagita H,Kim BS,Koh CS

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure of CD95-mediated apoptosis as a potential negative regulatory mechanism of T cell expansion may be involved in T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Recently, soluble CD95 has been shown to be elevated in MS patients with active disease. Here, we report that the sera of MS patien...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Zipp F,Otzelberger K,Dichgans J,Martin R,Weller M

更新日期：1998-06-15 00:00:00