Mechanisms and biomarkers of immune quiescence in kidney transplantation.

abstract：:The susceptibility to type 2 diabetes (T2D) involves genetic factors. We studied the distribution of KIR and MHC class I ligands phenotype and genotype frequencies, as well as immunoglobulin KM and GM allotype frequencies in a group of patients (N = 95) with T2D and ethnically matched healthy controls (N = 74) with Pu...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Zuniga J,Romero V,Azocar J,Stern JN,Clavijo O,Almeciga I,Encinales L,Avendano A,Fridkis-Hareli M,Pandey JP,Yunis EJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are clinical situations in which it may be advantageous to monitor delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses, an index of cell-mediated immunity, without exposing patients directly to the challenge antigens. For example, transplant patients may be at risk for becoming sensitized to donor antigens if injected...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Carrodeguas L,Orosz CG,Waldman WJ,Sedmak DD,Adams PW,VanBuskirk AM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes encoding for prolactin (PRL) and its receptor (PRLR) are possible candidates for multiple sclerosis (MS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility. In fact: (1) a prolactin secretion dysfunction has been described in several autoimmune diseases including SLE and MS and their animal models; (2) both P...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Mellai M,Giordano M,D'Alfonso S,Marchini M,Scorza R,Danieli M.G.,Leone M,Ferro I,Liguori M,Trojano M,Ballerini C,Massacesi L,Cannoni S,Bomprezzi R,Momigliano-Richiardi P

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate whether there is an association between IL1RN polymorphism and disease susceptibility for three age-related inflammatory conditions: polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), giant cell arteritis (GCA), and elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA). A tandem-repeat polymorphism withi...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Alvarez-Rodriguez L,Carrasco-Marin E,Lopez-Hoyos M,Mata C,Fernandez-Prieto L,Ruiz-Soto M,Calvo J,Rodriguez-Valverde V,Ruiz T,Blanco R,Corrales A,Martinez-Taboada VM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemokine C receptor 7 (CCR7) is a G-protein-coupled heptahelical receptor (GPCR) that is expressed on a wide variety of cells including memory T cells, B cells, mature dendritic cells, and cancer cells. Activated by its ligands CCL19 or CCL21, CCR7 plays a major role in metastasis of cancer cells. Recent studies ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Al Akoum C,Akl I,Rouas R,Fayyad-Kazan M,Falha L,Renno T,Burny A,Lewalle P,Fayyad-Kazan H,Badran B

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs) followed by that of their role in the early detection of pathogens and the ignition of the innate immune response has been a formidable progress for immunological research in the past 15years. This has massively fueled investigations aiming at developing better str...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Georgel P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) were isolated from 24 patients with myasthenia gravis of three ethnic groups (Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic) and ten healthy individuals. We determined the in vitro proliferative responses of the PBL samples to each of 18 overlapping synthetic peptides corresponding to t...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Oshima M,Deitiker PR,Mosier DR,Smith RG,Atassi MZ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages can be polarized into classically (CAM) or alternatively (AAM) activated macrophages with IFN-γ or IL-4, respectively. CAM are associated with type 1 immune responses and are implicated in autoimmunity; AAM are associated with type 2 responses and are implicated in allergic diseases. An impediment in inves...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： El Fiky A,Perreault R,McGinnis GJ,Rabin RL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable current interest in the application of Southern blotting and hybridization, with locus-specific HLA class II probes, to HLA typing. The work of several laboratories has shown that, under suitable conditions, restriction fragment patterns that correlate with DR and DQ serology and with DP cellular...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Bangham CR,Bushell A,Wood KJ,Morris PJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We explored whether cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) rs5742909, CD226 rs763361, FAS rs1800682, and FASL rs763110 polymorphisms are associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:We performed a meta-analysis on the association between the four gene polymorphisms and RA. RESULTS:Nineteen studies ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Lee YH,Bae SC,Song GG

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quechua Amerindians established Inca Empire and chose Cuzco as their capital. Their language is closely related to that of Aymara ethnic group and both of them were originated from Titikaka Lake Altiplano area. In the present study we have analyzed Bolivian Quechua HLA profile and found that it has common characters w...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Arnaiz-Villena A,Juarez I,Lopez-Nares A,Crespo-Yuste E,Callado A,Suarez-Trujillo F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of generalized aggressive periodontitis (AgP) and chronic periodontitis (CP). The objective of the present study was to evaluate the association of four TNF-alpha gene polymorphisms (-1031T/C, -857C/T, -308G/A and -238G/A) with ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Yang W,Jia Y,Wu H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection has been associated with enhanced expression of HLA antigens on the endothelium and with cellular infiltrates within the graft following human organ transplantation. We investigated the interactions between human cytomegalovirus-infected cultured endothelial cells and cocultured ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Scholz M,Blaheta RA,Cinatl J,Encke A,Doerr HW,Markus BH

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MHC in humans is a much studied region of the genome, the genes of which display a high rate of polymorphism and a high rate of linkage disequilibrium. Four families in which intra-class-I recombination has occurred have been analyzed with six polymorphic markers between HLA-A and -B in order to determine the full...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Crouau-Roy B,Bouissou C,Sommer E,Pontarotti P,Thomsen M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DQ molecules were isolated from DRw9-homozygous and DR4-homozygous cell lines by using a monoclonal antibody HU-18, which recognizes class II molecules carrying the conventional DQw3 determinant. The partial N-terminal sequence analysis of the DQw3 molecules revealed that they have sequences homologous to those of...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Obata F,Endo T,Yoshii M,Otani F,Igarashi M,Takenouchi T,Ikeda H,Ogasawara K,Kasahara M,Wakisaka A

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the performance of a tuberculosis (TB)-specific enzyme-linked immunospot assay in 48 patients awaiting liver transplantation. They were tested with T-SPOT.TB, tuberculin skin test (TST), and lymphocyte transformation test (LTT) using tuberculin as a stimulus. A questionnaire was used to gain inform...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Lindemann M,Dioury Y,Beckebaum S,Cicinnati VR,Gerken G,Broelsch CE,Wrighton-Smith P,Grosse-Wilde H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family of T-cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin domain (TIM) proteins is identified to be expressed on T cells. A member of Tim family, TIM-1, was considered as a membrane protein that is associated with the development of helper T cell (Th2) biased immune responses, and may be selectively expressed on Th2 cells....

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Chae SC,Song JH,Heo JC,Lee YC,Kim JW,Chung HT

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relevance of pre-existing HLA-antibodies (HLA-Ab) in liver transplantation (LTx) is controversial. While livers are allocated without HLA match or preoperative crossmatch testing, several studies point to an impact of donor specific antibodies (DSA) for acute rejection, bile duct complications or even graft loss. ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Koch M,Marget M,Sterneck M,Fischer L,Thude H,Nashan B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variations in chemokine genes influence the chemoattractive properties of T cells which may be associated with outcome of infections. In present study, we have investigated the regulatory role played by In1.1T/C (rs2280789) polymorphism of CCL5 and -135G/A (rs56061981) polymorphism of CXCL10 gene on intracellu...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Singh B,Anbalagan S,Selvaraj P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at evaluating the functional activation and activating receptors expression on resting, short- and long-term NK and NK-like T cells from blood of ovarian neoplasia patients. Blood from patients with adnexal benign alterations (n = 10) and ovarian cancer (grade I-IV n = 14) were collected after signed ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： da Silva RF,Petta CA,Derchain SF,Alici E,Guimarães F

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Human Leukocyte Antigen-G has immunomodulatory function and its expression has been associated with several diseases. In our study we analyzed HLA-G polymorphisms in order to evaluate their possible association with susceptibility to celiac disease development. A total of 420 celiac patients and 509 controls were ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Catamo E,Zupin L,Segat L,Celsi F,Crovella S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human B cells nonspecifically activated by Epstein Barr virus (EBV) can present tetanus toxoid (TT) antigen to TT specific helper T cell lines and T cell clones. Presentation of TT antigen by EBV-B cells did not require the presence of TT specific B cells and did not involve B cell surface immunoglobulins. Immunosorbe...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Chu E,Umetsu D,Yunis E,Geha RS

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between human IgG with human FcgammaRI and FcgammaRIIa (R131) were studied to investigate the role of the hinge region of IgG3 and IgG1 in the binding of the antibodies to FcgammaR. It was found that a hinge deletion mutant of IgG3 (IgG3 m15) was reduced in its ability to bind to FcgammaRI and FcgammaRIIa...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Redpath S,Michaelsen TE,Sandlie I,Clark MR

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NK cells play an important role in immune regulation and defense of infection, but their characteristics in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and their relationship with liver function remain unclear. We studied the functional properties of NK cells (including CD56dim NK and CD56bright NK cells) in patients with H...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Jiang Y,Chen Y,Chen L,Yao W,Guan J,Liu X,Wei X,Lin X

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether the SUMO4 M55V (A163G) polymorphism confers susceptibility to type 1 diabetes (T1D). METHODS:A meta-analysis was conducted on the association between the SUMO4 M55V polymorphism and T1D using; (1) allelic contrast (G vs. A), and the (2) recessive (GG vs. GA+AA),...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Song GG,Choi SJ,Ji JD,Lee YH

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms of interleukin-23 receptor (IL23R) gene have recently been reported to be associated with the susceptibility to several immune-related diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the association of IL23R polymorphisms with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome, a disease presumably mediated by autoimm...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Jiang Z,Yang P,Hou S,Li F,Zhou H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II alleles have been associated with the development of atopic asthma. To determine whether HLA class II alleles are associated with atopic asthma in a population from southeast Spain (Murcia region), 213 atopic asthmatic patients and 150 controls were selected for HLA typ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Torío A,Sánchez-Guerrero I,Muro M,Villar LM,Minguela A,Marín L,Moya-Quiles MR,Montes-Ares O,Pagán J,Alvarez-López MR

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the immunohistochemical reaction patterns of HLA-G-specific antibodies 87G, 4H84, G233, 16G1, and BFL.1 on human placentas under three different preparative conditions and on cryosections of other human tissues. Human and murine cell lines, either naturally expressing or transfected with HLA-G, were analyz...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Blaschitz A,Hutter H,Leitner V,Pilz S,Wintersteiger R,Dohr G,Sedlmayr P

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LMP2/LMP7 gene (LMP, low molecular mass protein) perform a critical role in the foreign antigen processing via the major histocompatibility complex-I (MHC-I) complex CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) pathway. This study was designed to investigate whether the sequence variants in LMP2/LMP7 gene would increase the r...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Song L,Ma N,Han L,Yan H,Yan B,Yuan Z,Cao B

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article hashas been withdrawn at the request of the author(s) and/or editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy. ...

journal_title：Human immunology

authors： Li T,Huang H,Liao D,Ling H,Su B,Cai M

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00