Increase of class II HLA molecules on the membrane of B lymphocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：:NZW "x" BXSB F1 mice develop SLE that is associated with an anti-phospholipid syndrome characterized by anti-cardiolipin antibodies, thrombocytopenia and small coronary artery thrombosis. This syndrome is immune mediated and, dependent, on CD4+T cells. To determine whether disease in these mice can be treated with blo...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Akkerman A,Huang W,Wang X,Ramanujam M,Schiffer L,Madaio M,Factor SM,Davidson A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the idiotypic specificities of eight murine monoclonal antibodies directed to three independent epitopes on retinal S-antigen. The antigenic sites recognised by these monoclonal antibodies have previously been localised to a small region near the C-terminal of bovine S-antigen. Xenogeneic, site-re...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Suleyman S,Kasp E,Ellis B,Banga JP,Dumonde DC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autoimmune thyroid disorders, or AITDs, comprise 2 related disorders, Graves' disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis. In AITD, immune system produces antibodies against autothyroid antigens. The etiology of AITDs involves a complex interaction between genetic predisposing factors and environmental triggering factors. V...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Alkhateeb A,Jarun Y,Tashtoush R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a variety of eye muscle antigens are recognized by autoantibodies in the serum from patients with thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) 64 kDa membrane proteins, which are also expressed in the thyroid, are most closely linked to the development of ophthalmopathy in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease....

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Boucher A,Bernard N,Zhang ZG,Rodien P,Salvi M,Wall JR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class II molecules of the human major histocompatibility complex bind intracellularly processed peptides and present them to T-helper cells. They therefore have a critical role in the initiation of the immune response. A salient feature of the class II molecules is their polymorphism. It has been shown that some a...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Rask L,Jonsson AK,Svensson AC,Gustafsson K,Andersson L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Augmented and prolonged expression of CD40 ligand (CD40L) was recently reported in lymphoid cells from human lupus patients, suggesting that CD40/CD40L pathway was involved in the pathogenesis of systemic autoimmune diseases. This study was thus designed to study the expression of CD40 and CD40L among cell populations...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Liu MF,Chao SC,Wang CR,Lei HY

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) was isolated in 1992 by subtractive-hybridization technique, as a molecule whose expression is enhanced by apoptotic stimuli. Since then we have been analyzing the function of PD-1 in the regulation of immune responses. Generation of PD-1 deficient mice, pathophysiological analyses of au...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Okazaki T,Wang J

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：: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：:HLA-DP+ T cells in peripheral blood from 23 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were examined using two-colour flow cytometry analysis. A marked increase of HLA-DP+ T cells was observed in patients with SLE (20.5-98.7%; 59.8 +/- 20.8%) in comparison to normal subjects (1.3-20.6%; 11.1 +/- 7.2%), and the r...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Tokano Y,Hishikawa T,Hirose T,Sekigawa I,Hashimoto H,Okumura K,Hirose S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse develops diabetes spontaneously due to autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic islets with a higher incidence in the female than the male. Prolactin (PRL), a hormone whose role has been previously focused on reproduction and lactation has been demonstrated to influence immune respons...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Hawkins TA,Gala RR,Dunbar JC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the immunosuppressive effect of antithyroid drugs has been a subject of controversy. It has been claimed that these agents exert a direct effect on the immune system, although we and others have suggested that the drugs affect the thyroid cells primarily with consequent reduced thyrocyte-immunocyte signa...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Aguayo J,Michaud P,Iitaka M,Degroot LJ,Row VV,Volpé R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that cationic anti-DNA antibodies have nephritogenic potential in murine models of lupus nephritis. More recently, we have reported that there is a close relationship between the presence of circulating cationic anti-DNA antibodies and the development of lupus nephritis in humans, and that the cation...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Suzuki N,Otuka I,Harada T,Mizushima Y,Sakane T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system is known to affect reproductive function, and maternal-fetal immune tolerance is essential for a successful pregnancy. To investigate the relationship between autoimmune disease and female reproductive function, we performed a comparative analysis of the ovarian phenotypes for C57BL/6 mice, autoimmun...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Otani Y,Ichii O,Otsuka-Kanazawa S,Chihara M,Nakamura T,Kon Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Peripheral blood B lymphocytes of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and control persons were transformed with Epstein-Barr virus. Antibody production of transformed cells against isolated human myelin was investigated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Cells producing reactive antibodies were cloned and prop...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Uhlig H,Dernick R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine whether the expression of 17.109, 6B6.6 and 4C9 rheumatoid factor (RF) idiotypes is predictive of the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and whether the RF response is idiotypically restricted in an inbred population of Pima Indians who have a genetic predisposition for the...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Davidson A,Keiser HD,del Puente A,Bennett PH,Schrohenloher R,Koopman WJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible immunosuppressive action of antithyroid drugs in vivo has been assessed using Buffalo (Buf) strain rats with thyroiditis produced by neonatal thymectomy; this model shares many features with spontaneous thyroiditis in man. Both propylthiouracil and methimazole significantly reduced the severity of thyroid...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Cohen SB,Weetman AP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on recent advances and new hypothesis in the understanding of the T and dendritic cells contribution to the pathogenesis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), especially polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). The new data show that non-specific amplification of muscle inflammation by T...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Chevrel G,Page G,Miossec P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+ T cells play a crucial role in the development of lupus in MRL-lpr/lpr mice: incomplete deletion/silencing of self-reactive CD4+ T cells leads to T cell activation, which causes both polyclonal B cell activation and T cell infiltration of multiple organs. Furthermore, anti-CD4 antibody therapy ameliorates disease...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Duan JM,Fagard R,Madaio MP

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are a sensitive and specific marker for ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis. Using indirect immunofluorescence on ethanol-fixed neutrophils, two major fluoroscopic patterns can be recognised: a diffuse cytoplasmic staining (C-ANCA), and a perinuclear/nuclear staining (P-ANC...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Radice A,Sinico RA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MRL/lpr model of SLE resembles human lupus in its various immunopathologic characteristics including the presence of high-level IgG and anti-DNA antibody production and multisystem organ involvement (nephritis, arthritis, and vasculitis). Our previous studies have shown that IL-1 overactivity in B cells plays a po...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mao C,Singh AK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies directed against nuclear antigens often arise in autoimmune disease associated with the failure to clear apoptotic cells in a swift and timely manner. Nucleic acids present in apoptotic cells and in membranous microparticles derived thereof exert adjuvant activity in the immune response to apoptosis. Th...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Bekeredjian-Ding I

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown in animal toxicity models that administration of Cyclosporine, CsA, to a pregnant mouse greatly increases the risk that the offspring will develop autoimmunity. Immunization starting at birth has been shown to prevent autoimmunity in other animal models of autoimmunity and early immunization is assoc...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Classen JB

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess muscle strength in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) using neuromuscular scales and isokinetic testing. METHODS:Muscle function was evaluated in 27 IIM patients being followed at the Rheumatology Unit of the University of Pisa using: (i) a modified version of the grading system...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Neri R,Mosca M,Stampacchia G,Vesprini E,Tavoni A,d'Ascanio A,Bombardieri S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under-nutrition impairs immune responses, but far less is known about the impact of over-nutrition, such as obesity, on the response to vaccines. We measured the effect of childhood overweight status on inflammatory mediators, circulating immunoglobulins and tetanus antibodies in fifteen overweight children (BMI > 85 ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Eliakim A,Schwindt C,Zaldivar F,Casali P,Cooper DM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue transglutaminase (tTg) has been identified as an autoantigen in coeliac disease (CD). There is a marked homology between different forms of transglutaminase, such as tTg and coagulation factor XIII. We compared titres of both IgA- and IgG-antibodies against these two antigens in 20 CD patients, 20 endomysial an...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Sjöber K,Eriksson S,Tenngart B,Roth EB,Leffler H,Stenberg P

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non obese diabetic (NOD) mice spontaneously develop thyroiditis in addition to diabetes. Mononuclear cells begin to infiltrate the thyroid of these animals in the first month of life. The expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II (Ia) antigens by cells in the thyroid from NOD mice of various ages w...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Margolese H,O'Keefe C,Chung F,Ertug F,Wall JR,Bernard NF

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Thyroid lymphocyte RNA from a Hashimoto patient exhibiting high titre serum IgG autoantibodies against thyroglobulin (Tg) has been used to construct a Fab library in phage lambda. Screening of this library with radioiodinated Tg has permitted the cloning of an anti-Tg antibody (MH52) with an affinity of 4.5 x 10(9) mo...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Hexham JM,Furmaniak J,Pegg C,Burton DR,Smith BR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00