Opposing roles of B lymphocyte subsets in atherosclerosis.

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that Ro/SSA autoantigen is heterogeneous. There are two isoform families; the 60 kD forms (Ro60) and the 52 kD forms (Ro52). Recently we have found that autoantibodies to the Ro/SSA proteins are conformation dependent. Anti-Ro60 antibodies are mainly directed to the native protein and convers...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Igarashi T,Itoh Y,Fukunaga Y,Yamamoto M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the result of the autoimmune response against pancreatic insulin producing beta cells. This autoimmune response begins months or even years before the first presentation of signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia and at the time of clinical diagnosis near 30% of beta-cell mass still rema...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Couri CE,Voltarelli JC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that pancreatic beta-cell destruction occurring during the process leading to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) involves formation of nitric oxide (NO). We have presently studied the effect of aminoguanidine (AG), which has recently been reported to inhibit generation of NO induced by th...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Holstad M,Sandler S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF-beta1 is a pleiotropic cytokine, which prevents inappropriate autoimmune responses and balances the requirements of proper immune cell levels during pathologic states that trigger the immune response. We assessed the serum levels of TGF-beta1 and determined the relationship between TGF-beta1 and clinical parameter...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mieliauskaite D,Venalis P,Dumalakiene I,Venalis A,Distler J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the dysfunction of T cells, B cells, and dendritic cells and by the production of antinuclear autoantibodies. This editorial provides a synopsis of newly discovered genetic factors and signaling pathways in lupus pathogenesis that ar...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Perl A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to characterise the functionally relevant minor lymphocyte subpopulations in whole blood of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and their potential utility as biomarkers for treatment follow up. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Peripheral blood from 40 healthy donors (HD) and 66 MS patients [...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Teniente-Serra A,Grau-López L,Mansilla MJ,Fernández-Sanmartín M,Ester Condins A,Ramo-Tello C,Martínez-Cáceres E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms in the upstream regulatory region of the HLA class II DQA1 gene are currently defined by 10 different alleles. Two of them carrying a Y-box mutation are associated with susceptibility to oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (OA-JIA). We investigated allele-dependent differences in HLA-DQA1 gene e...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Haas JP,Metzler M,Frank C,Haefner R,Wassmuth R

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decades of research have provided strong evidence for a reciprocal relationship between the immune system and hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), in particular, has been shown to have a variety of immune-regulating cytokine-like activities that can influence th...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Klein JR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1) is a 17 kDa interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) inducible Ca(2+)-binding EF-hand protein that is encoded within the HLA class III genomic region. Three proteins including ionized Ca(2+)-binding adaptor 1, microglia response factor-1, and daintain are identical with AIF-1. The expre...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Liu G,Ma H,Jiang L,Zhao Y

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrin-adressin binding is a critical step in lymphocte attachment to target tissues. The mucosal recognition systems (alpha E beta 7, alpha 4 beta 7, MADcam-1) have been implicated in the autoimmune process in rheumatoid arthritis. We developed a model for in vivo study of radio-labelled lymphocyte circulation and ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Jorgensen C,Couret I,Canovas F,Bologna C,Brochier J,Reme T,Sany J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss (ASNHL) is a relatively rare disorder which can lead to total deafness. At present, no specific laboratory test with adequate sensitivity and specificity is available to confirm the clinical suspicion of ASNHL. The aim of this study was to identify if evaluation of anti-...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Bonaguri C,Orsoni JG,Zavota L,Monica C,Russo A,Pellistri I,Rubino P,Giovannelli L,Manzotti F,Piazza F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 1950s, the discovery of autoantibodies produced by B cells seemed to provide a compelling mechanism underlying autoimmune diseases. The discovery of T regulatory cells and other T helper cell subsets shifted the field back towards a T cell central view. The success of rituxan, a chimeric mAb targeting CD20 on B...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Luu VP,Vazquez MI,Zlotnik A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart block (CHB), a life-threatening manifestation of neonatal lupus, offers aunique opportunity to study the effect or arm of immunity and define the pathogenicity of an autoantibody in mediating tissue injury. This review focuses on our recent in vitro model which supports a cascade from antibody insult ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Buyon JP,Clancy RM

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid component P (SAP) are well-characterised ligands for dying and dead cells, while facets of their physiological function still need to be unravelled. We partially characterised CRP and SAP from different species with similar acute-phase systems. Human, rabbit and porcine...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mattecka S,Bock C,Vogt B,Yapici G,Schrödl W,Janko C,Schindler R,Sheriff A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disorder of the peripheral nervous system. However, GBS patients frequently display a psychosyndrome, indicating an accompanying involvement of the central nervous system (CNS), although the cause is not understood. Hepatic encephalopathy is possibly the best characterize...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Görtzen A,Schlüter S,Veh RW

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are important serologic markers for ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Our previous studies in propylthiouracil (PTU)-induced AAV demonstrated that withdrawal of PTU resulted in clinical remission and significant decrease of avidity of PTU-induced myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA....

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Lin W,Chen M,Zhao MH

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterised by the formation of autoantibodies against nuclear components. Disturbed apoptosis and reduced clearance of apoptotic material have been assigned a role in the pathogenesis of SLE. During apoptosis, apoptotic blebs are formed, in whi...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Fransen JH,Berden JH,Koeter CM,Adema GJ,Van Der Vlag J,Hilbrands LB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to investigate and characterize regulatory T cells (Treg) in peripheral blood of patients with connective tissue diseases (Systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, poly- and dermatomyositis) as compared with blood from healthy controls. Treg cells were quantified a...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Banica L,Besliu A,Pistol G,Stavaru C,Ionescu R,Forsea AM,Tanaseanu C,Dumitrache S,Otelea D,Tamsulea I,Tanaseanu S,Chitonu C,Paraschiv S,Balteanu M,Stefanescu M,Matache C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported a patient who gave birth to 3 children with transient neonatal hypothyroidism. She had 3 different antibodies (Ab) to the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) in her serum, viz., TSH binding-inhibiting (TBIAb), thyroid-stimulating (TSAb) and an additional stimulating Ab (SAb). The SAb differed from TSAb in that its...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Zakarija M,De Forteza R,McKenzie JM,Ghandur-Mnaymneh L

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is a disorder characterized by hyperglycemia in both the fasting and post-prandial states. The two most common forms of diabetes mellitus, type 1 and type 2 (previously called juvenile-onset and adult-onset, respectively), comprise the vast majority of cases. Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) has been shown to ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Taplin CE,Barker JM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial antigens were purified from rat liver and characterized by immunoblotting. Sera from 19 well defined patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) reacted with two mitochondrial polypeptides of 68 Kd and 45 Kd. Antibodies to these antigens were not detected in any of the sera of patients with cirrhosis o...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Zurgil N,Konikoff F,Bakimer R,Slor H,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparently high frequency of Graves' disease encountered in New Orleans, Louisiana, prompted an investigation for a possible infectious agent that might be triggering the disease in genetically susceptible individuals. We studied 40 patients with Graves' disease, and compared them to the following groups of control...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Jaspan JB,Luo H,Ahmed B,Tenenbaum S,Voss T,Sander DM,Bollinger K,Baquet T,Garry RF

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for methods to improve the diagnosis, patient staging and evaluation of therapeutic response in patients with autoimmune conditions to improve patient care. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are two inflammatory diseases characterized by involvement of innate and adaptive i...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： McBride HJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have witnessed an explosive growth in available biological data pertaining to autoimmunity research. This includes a tremendous quantity of sequence data (biological structures, genetic and physical maps, pathways, etc.) generated by genome and proteome projects plus extensive clinical and epidemiological...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Petrovsky N,Brusic V

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human herpesvirus hiding in a latent form in memory B cells in the majority of the world population. Although, primary EBV infection is asymptomatic or causes a self-limiting disease, infectious mononucleosis, the virus is associated with a wide variety of neoplasms developing in immunosu...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Niller HH,Wolf H,Minarovits J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-6 is a paracrine and autocrine cytokine, which acts in the regulation of immunological and inflammatory processes. Its production can be observed in different cell types, as well as thyrocytes. The purpose of the study was to examine the serum IL-6 levels between the patients with Graves' disease (N = 47) and witho...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Molnár I,Balázs C

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate changes in TSH receptor antibody after surgery in Graves' disease and its relationship with the degree of lymphocytic infiltration, serial serum levels of TSH receptor antibody were measured before and after the subtotal thyroidectomy in 50 patients with Graves' disease. In 22 (44%) out of 50 patients, thy...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Cho BY,Oh SK,Shong YK,Kim SE,Yoo HY,Lee HK,Koh CS,Min HK

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocarditis, often initiated by viral infection, may progress to autoimmune inflammatory heart disease, dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Although cardiac myosin is a dominant autoantigen in animal models of myocarditis and is released from the heart during viral myocarditis, the characterization, role and sig...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mascaro-Blanco A,Alvarez K,Yu X,Lindenfeld J,Olansky L,Lyons T,Duvall D,Heuser JS,Gosmanova A,Rubenstein CJ,Cooper LT,Kem DC,Cunningham MW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NZB (H-2d) mice are well known for the production of IgM autoantibodies to ssDNA. However, an F1 cross between NZB and either NZW or SWR mice is required to produce IgG nephritogenic antibodies to dsDNA and glomerulonephritis. The contribution of parental class II loci in the hybrid mice is clearly important to the de...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Cawley D,Chiang BL,Ansari A,Gershwin ME

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune profiling of non-obese diabetic (NOD) is a widely employed tool to assess the mechanisms of inflammatory insulitis. Our analysis of the female NOD colony revealed similar distribution of lymphoid lineages to wild type mice, and at various ages of prediabetic and diabetic mice. The profiles of mesenteric and pan...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Kaminitz A,Mizrahi K,Askenasy N

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00