Functional Promoter Polymorphisms of MMP-2 C-735T and MMP-9 C-1562T and Their Synergism with MMP-7 A-181G in Multiple Sclerosis.

abstract：:High altitude may be defined as elevations as low as 1500 meters to those as high as 8800 meters. Very few studies have been conducted so far at high altitude for the specific purpose of monitoring different immune parameters in humans. Military personnel and mountaineers may be required to perform in environmental ex...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Mishra KP,Ganju L

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Two monoclonal antibodies, D2A1 and D5G3 were elicited by immunization with a preparation of chicken egg riboflavin carrier protein which had been reduced and carboxymethylated. Epitopes recognised by the monoclonal antibodies were mapped using the Pepscan method. Epitopic determinants for D2A1 as well as D5G3 were id...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Lobo SC,Karande AA,Adiga PR

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work had implicated T cells within the stimulating population as having a significant role in the MLR. We now report that depletion of T cells from the stimulators caused a reduction in proliferative response in mixed leukocyte reaction (MLR) by 50% or more. This response could be restored by adding T-enriche...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Roy C,Brown DL,Kaplan JG

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that suppress natural killer (NK) cell activity were examined in a random sample of 73 schizophrenic patients. NK activity in these patients were compared with 25 healthy age, sex and race matched controls. The mean percent of NK activity was 21% in the schizophrenic group compared with 30% percent in the cont...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Abdeljaber MH,Nair MP,Schork MA,Schwartz SA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil chemotactic defects have been reported previously in patients with hyper-IgE syndrome. Bi-allelic mutations in dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) gene usually cause an autosomal recessive hyper-IgE syndrome phenotype. Data are lacking about expression of DOCK8 protein in neutrophils or the possible role of ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Mandola AB,Levy J,Nahum A,Hadad N,Levy R,Rylova A,Simon AJ,Lev A,Somech R,Broides A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the immunodiagnosis of Chagas' disease is described. The ELISA was standardized with the Falcon assay screening test (F.A.S.T.) system using a purified Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote fraction (PEF) obtained by ion exchange chromatography. The ELISA te...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Partel CD,Rossi CL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the genetic association between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene polymorphisms and the risk of pre-eclampsia (PE).Methods: A systematic literature search of several databases (PubMed, Embase, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)) was condu...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Wang X,Sun T,Chen G,Gao H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IL-23/Th17 signaling pathway plays a crucial role in the cell-mediated immune response against bacterial infections and also in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Recent studies indicate that Th17 cell-associated cytokines are involved in the progression and maintenance of valvular les...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Poomarimuthu M,Elango S,Solomon PR,Soundrapandian S,Mariakuttikan J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal immune monkey serum raised against schizonts of Plasmodium knowlesi (H-strain) showed the presence of antibodies to lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) of P. knowlesi by immunodot enzyme staining method. The anti-LDH antibodies are most probably directed towards an epitope distinct from the catalytic site as shown ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kaushal DC,Watts R,Haider S,Singh N,Kaushal NA,Dutta GP

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lectin from Amaranthus leucocarpus (ALL) is specific for N-acetyl-D-galactosamine and inhibits phagocytosis of Leishmania mexicana promastigotes in Balb/c mice peritoneal macrophages by 38%. The lipophosphoglycan (LPG) purified from L. mexicana inhibits penetration of promastigotes into peritoneal macrophages by 3...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Gorocica P,Hernández P,Perez A,Chávez R,Baez R,Zenteno E,Lascurain R

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:Studies demonstrated that deficiency in 17β-estradiol (E2) in postmenopausal women influences their immune system. However, few studies have reported alterations in immunologic presentation during nonnatural menopause in young females. Here we compared the differences in immune response between young C57BL/6N mice wit...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Shao MJ,Zhu YJ,Qiu YE,Hu M,He YQ

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:We report a method combining mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) using a carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE)-labeling technique, intracellular cytokine immunofluorescence staining (ICIS), and multiparameter flow cytometry for simultaneous determination of proliferation and cytokine-secreting activity in...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Tanaka Y,Ohdan H,Onoe T,Asahara T

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue viruses (DV) infection is an important public health issue all over the world. Although the pathogenesis remains unclear, the overwhelmingly triggered immune responses have been consistently observed. Recently, we and other researchers demonstrated that the natural hosts for DV are dendritic cells (DC), the pri...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Ho LJ,Shaio MF,Chang DM,Liao CL,Lai JH

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corneal transplant is the most common solid tissue transplant in humans. Advances in microsurgical techniques, eye banking and the use of corticosteroids have improved the success of corneal transplants. Over 65,000 corneal transplants are being performed worldwide annually. Most of these transplants are performed in ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kumar V,Kumar A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum CTL epitope minigenes containing HLA-A2 and HLA-B7 subtype supermotifs were cloned into a plasmid expression vector; this expression was measured in eight human HLA class I molecule specific cell lines. Three assays for in vitro antigen presentation analysis were developed to examine the cross-bi...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Tang Y,Lin Y,Mao Y,Dong M,Wang H

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of ICAM-1 in contact activation of the bronchial epithelial cells is elucidated. Direct contact between epithelial cells and leukocytes is required to change transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) of the epithelium. Migration of human neutrophils across the layers of cultured human airway epithelial cell...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Choi H,Fleming NW,Serikov VB

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spleen cells of C57BL/6 mice injected with corticosterone were compared with cells from mice injected with saline in their ability to respond to the mitogens PHA, Con A, and LPS. Both unseparated cells and cells separated into T-enriched and B-enriched fractions were studied. After either seven daily injections or fou...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Stevenson JR,Kreiling JA,Taylor R

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-2 production by the phytohemaglutinin (PHA)-stimulated mononuclear cells (MNC) of peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), other arthritic diseases (OAD) and age-matched normal controls were studied, and the activity of IL-2 inhibitor in sera of studied subject was...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Wu CH,Jeng KC,Lan JL

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:Food allergy is an important and common health issue, and there is a need to identify and characterize the sensitizing mechanisms. One of the common causes of food allergy is ovalbumin (OVA), a dietary antigen from eggs. We hypothesized that OVA-induced food allergy in the gut involves the activation of the chemokine ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Lee JB,Matsumoto T,Shin YO,Yang HM,Min YK,Timothy O,Bae SJ,Quan FS

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of various polyanions on mouse complement hemolytic activity, Fc receptor (FcR) subclass mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) as well as binding by mouse peritoneal macrophages (M phi) of sheep erythrocyte targets. All the polyanions tested (dextran sulfate, carrageenan, poly...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Mocharla R,Mocharla H,Leu RW

更新日期：1989-06-01 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：:Results of recent studies indicated that a monoclonal ART18 antibody recognizes the receptor sites or closely related structures for IL-2 on activated rat T-cells. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II (Ia) antigens (RT1B and RT1D in rat), detected with OX6 antibody, and OX17 antibody, may be present on ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Chan CC,Caspi R,Mochizuki M,Diamantstein T,Gery I,Nussenblatt RB

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transferrin receptor (TR), the HLA DR antigen (DR), and the antigen binding OKT10 (T10) are present on activated lymphocyte populations. The authors have studied their expression and that of antigens defined by eight commercial monoclonal antibodies on peripheral blood lymphocytes of 50 healthy hospital workers ag...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Schuerch C 3rd,Fleetwood M,Glidewell O

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematological disorders like Aplastic anemia are quite frequent in Pakistan. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system, have been implicated in the development of Aplastic anemia in various population-based studies, The aim of this study was to determine the role of the HLA Class I and Class II alleles in genetic susceptib...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Rehman S,Saba N,Khalilullah,Munir S,Ahmed P,Mehmood T

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：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