Anti-HMGCR antibodies demonstrate high diagnostic value in the diagnosis of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy following statin exposure.

abstract：:The participation of inflammatory cells in atherosclerosis is a well-known process that involves numerous molecules including chemotactic cytokines (chemokines) for their entry into the vessel wall. Although the C-C chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and its receptor, CCR2, have been implicated in atheroscle...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Boisvert WA,Curtiss LK,Terkeltaub RA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γδ T cells represent a relevant proportion of T lymphocytes that express T cell receptors (TCRs) encoded by the γ and δ T cell receptor genes. Whereas the most circulating γδ T cell type, Vδ2 T cells, has been described and studied intensively, the potential role of Vδ1 T cells remains largely unclear. Here, we identi...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Hua F,Kang N,Gao YA,Cui LX,Ba DN,He W

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic cells perceive and respond to microbes, both pathogenic and commensal, by activation of signaling cascades such as the NF-kappaB pathway. Induction of such pathways leads to the upregulation of a program of gene expression that mediates pro-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effector proteins. This host respon...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Neish AS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the role of immune, alloimmune and autoimmune processes in the pathogenesis of spontaneous preterm birth and recurrent pregnancy loss. The association between an inflammatory response and preterm labor has been established. Indeed, many women suffering from preterm...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Tsur A,Hughes GC,Shoenfeld Y,Carp H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) B cells persist even in nonautoimmune- prone animals. In this review, we summarize data regarding the activation potential of these cells. Provision of cognate CD4 T cell help to anti-dsDNA B cells in nonautoimmune mice not only drives their maturation and entry into the B cell follicl...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Fields ML,Seo SJ,Nish SA,Tsai JH,Caton AJ,Erikson J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complex interplay between pathogen and host determines the immune response during viral infection. A set of cytosolic sensors are expressed by immune cells to detect viral infection. NOD-like receptors (NLRs) comprise a large family of intracellular pattern recognition receptors. Members of the NLR family assemble i...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Shrivastava G,León-Juárez M,García-Cordero J,Meza-Sánchez DE,Cedillo-Barrón L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology and immunologic states of autoimmune diseases have mainly been discussed without consideration of extrathymic T cells, which exist in the liver, intestine, and excretion glands. Because extrathymic T cells are autoreactive and are often simultaneously activated along with autoantibody-producing B-1 cells,...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Abo T,Kawamura T,Watanabe H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system is well represented in the central nervous system. Glial cells and neurons produce or express all of the activation and regulatory proteins and the C3a/C5a receptors. Inhibition of complement activation is protective in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, the animal model for multiple sclero...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Barnum SR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our laboratory has studied the molecular basis of T helper cell differentiation. We have used reporter transgenic mice, selective hybridization techniques, and studies of cell signaling to show that a complex pattern of gene expression is reprogrammed as the decision is made to become either a Th1 or Th2 cell. Many of...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Flavell RA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old man developed severe abdominal pain 1 week after being vaccinated with the first dose of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil®). Despite ongoing symptoms of nausea and pain, he received the second dose of the vaccine. Only 10 days later, laboratory results revealed significantly elev...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Bizjak M,Bruck O,Praprotnik S,Dahan S,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review of the events leading to the New Era of Immunology focuses on the important leads provided by the Experiments of Nature. Not only did they provide the path that led to our present knowledge of the ontogeny of the immune system, but also to an entirely new perspective of lymphocytic malignancies. The power ...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Peterson RD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine whether B cell lines enriched for DNA specificity from either autoimmune (BWF1) or normal mice (Balb/c) can be rendered unresponsive to autoantigen in terms of the specific suppression of direct antibody-forming cells to DNA. These B cell lines were both Lyt-1 positive and negative. Preincubation with oligo...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Aldo-Benson M,Borel H,Scheiderer-Pratt L,Borel Y

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With several different CAR T cell therapies under advanced phases of clinical trials, and the first FDA-approved CAR treatments in 2017 (Yescarta and Kymriah), CAR T cell therapy has become one of the most promising therapies for the treatment of certain types of cancer. This success has bred an opportunity to optimiz...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Townsend MH,Bennion K,Robison RA,O'Neill KL

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common sleep disorder characterized by repeated episodes of apnea and hypopnea during sleep. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the most effective method for treating OSAS and alleviating the patients' symptoms. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of 3...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Can M,Uygur F,Tanrıverdi H,Acıkgoz B,Alper B,Guven B

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies showed that interleukin (IL)-28B gene polymorphisms were associated with hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection and treatment outcomes. We tested whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in IL-28A and IL-28B are associated with HCV infection among Egyptians with HCV genotype 4 infections. We enrolled...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Zakaria ZA,Knapp S,Hashem M,Zaghla H,Thursz M,Waked I,Abdelwahab S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human α-fucosidase (EC 3.2.1.51) is an enzyme (hydrolase) of particular biological and medical interest, as the inherited deficiency in its activity leads to fucosidosis, a pathology belonging to severe glycoprotein lysosomal storage disorders. Although its importance has increased in latest years, data about its plas...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Endreffy I,Bjørklund G,Szerafin L,Chirumbolo S,Urbina MA,Endreffy E

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation-induced cell death (AICD) has been demonstrated in T-cell hybridomas, immature thymocytes, and activated mature T cells. However, the molecular mechanisms of AICD and its physiological role in T-helper-cell differentiation remain uncertain. Recently, we have shown that Th1 and Th2 cells have distinct mechan...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Roberts AI,Devadas S,Zhang X,Zhang L,Keegan A,Greeneltch K,Solomon J,Wei L,Das J,Sun E,Liu C,Yuan Z,Zhou JN,Shi Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) or membrane-translocating peptides such as penetratin from Antennapedia homeodomain or TAT from human immunodeficiency virus are useful vectors for the delivery of protein antigens or their cytotoxic (Tc) or helper (Th) T cell epitopes to antigen-presenting cells. Mice immunized with CP...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Pouniotis D,Tang CK,Apostolopoulos V,Pietersz G

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) and localized PAN, including cutaneous arteritis (CA), remains unknown; however, initial endothelial damage has been implicated. The intima of the vasculitis lesions is predominantly infiltrated by innate-like bystander-activated CD8 T cells, in addition to the macrophages. M...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Kobayashi M,Matsumoto Y,Satomi H,Tateishi A,Ohya M,Ito I,Kanno H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytolytic effector function fails to develop if proliferation of allospecific cytolytic T lymphocyte precursors is inhibited, but the requirements for generation of cytolytic activity have not been fully defined. In contrast, the cytolytic effector function of cytolytic T lymphocyte clones does not change during the c...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Cronin DC 2nd,Lancki DW,Fitch FW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An early and critical event of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) life cycle is uncoating of the viral core. Uncoating involves the disassembly of HIV-1 capsid (CA). The underlying mechanisms governing uncoating are poorly defined, and the role of viral and host factors in uncoating is not well understood...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Briones MS,Chow SA

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are evolutionarily highly conserved polypeptides synthesized by many cells to preserve cellular functions under a variety of stressful conditions including infections. We have investigated the involvement of 65-kDa HSP (HSP65) in host protection against an intracellular protozoan parasite, T...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Himeno K,Hisaeda H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cell is a CXCR5+Foxp3+ subset of T regulatory (Treg) cell with critical roles in regulating germinal center responses and modulating the immune environment in the lymph nodes. Studies have shown that the proportion of Tfr cells may increase during acute inflammation. In this study, we inv...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Li H,Zhou R,Wang C,Li Y,Zheng G,Jiang S,Dong T,Bai J,Xu S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor Blimp-1 is necessary for the B cell differentiation toward immunoglobulin-secreting plasma cells. However, the immunopathological mechanisms of Blimp-1 that regulates B cell differentiation remain unclear in MG. The purpose of this study was to perform a quantitative and functional analysis of...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Xu Y,Huang X,Li F,Liu T,Yang T,Chen F,Zhu J,Pan M,Zhang Y,Wang Y,Fu L,Xiao C,Geng D

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-rods and rings (anti-RR) antibody induction is related to the combination of interferon and ribavirin in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. If the main factor leading to this autoimmune reaction is the combination of these drugs, is not well known, but in vitro studies shows that ribavirin alone ...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： da Silva Sacerdote AB,Filgueira NA,de Barros Barreto S,Batista AD,Lopes EP

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated nitro-oxidative stress in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in association with disease activity, immune-inflammatory biomarkers, and adhesion molecules. Two-hundred-four patients with SLE and 256 healthy volunteers were enrolled in this case-control study, which measured nitro-o...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Scavuzzi BM,Simão ANC,Iriyoda TMV,Lozovoy MAB,Stadtlober NP,Franchi Santos LFDR,Flauzino T,de Medeiros FA,de Sá MC,Consentin L,Reiche EMV,Maes M,Dichi I

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The follicular helper T cell (Tfh) and IL-21 have been shown to play an important role in many autoimmune diseases. However, less is known about their role in Graves' disease (GD). This study aimed to investigate the expression of Tfhs and related factors (IL-21, IL-21R, CXCR5, and CXCL13) in GD thyroid tissues and to...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Zhang J,Ren M,Zeng H,Guo Y,Zhuang Z,Feng Z,Yan H,Xu M,Liang W,Yang C,Cheng H,Ding H,Yan L

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not unusual for antigens and potentially responsive T cells to co-exist in the same organism while these T cells remain silent and do not mount life-threatening immune responses. A rich array of mechanisms has been proposed to explain these observations. T cell silencing is controlled in multiple levels. Initial...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Melero I,Arina A,Chen L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer cells play a major role in innate immunity against tumor and virus-infected cells. NK cells express activating and inhibitory receptors to regulate their function. It has been established that modulation in the NK cell receptor profile results in altered function of NK cell against target cells. Here, w...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Sharma R,Das A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assembly of the class I MHC molecule is inextricably linked to the antigen presentation function of the class I molecule. Association of the class I MHC molecule with beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2m) is a prerequisite for association with the heterodimeric protein TAP, and once peptide is acquired, the class I molecule ...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Solheim JC,Cook JR,Hansen TH

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00