Unique HLA haplotype associations in IgG4 anti-neurofascin 155 antibody-positive chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

abstract：:The pharmacological profile and the anatomical localisation of muscarinic cholinergic receptor subtypes were studied in the pigeon bursa of Fabricius, using radioligand binding and autoradiographic techniques with [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB) as a ligand. [3H]QNB was specifically bound to sections of bursa of Fab...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Ricci A,Bronzetti E,Felici L,Ciriaco E,Vega JA,Germanà G

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin-specific encephalitogenic T cells, when passively transferred into rats or mice, cause an experimental autoimmune disease. Previous studies by our group have shown that (a) the same cells also significantly reduce post-traumatic degeneration in these animals after injury to the central nervous system, (b) this ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Kipnis J,Mizrahi T,Yoles E,Ben-Nun A,Schwartz M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a cell surface glycoprotein which can be induced on astrocytes, the major glial cell of the central nervous system (CNS). In this study, we examined the effect of three proinflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), and ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Shrikant P,Chung IY,Ballestas ME,Benveniste EN

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a rare condition characterized by drug-resistant seizures, recurrent status epilepticus and progressive lateralized neurological deterioration. There is evidence of autoimmune involvement in the pathogenesis. We investigated the presence of anti-GluR3 antibodies against peptides A and ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Mantegazza R,Bernasconi P,Baggi F,Spreafico R,Ragona F,Antozzi C,Bernardi G,Granata T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β is known to play a role in several models of aging, neuroinflammation, and neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we document a detailed time- and age-dependent pattern of pro- and anti-inflammatory biomarkers following bilateral intrahippocampal injection of interleukin-1β. During the f...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Hopp SC,Royer S,Brothers HM,Kaercher RM,D'Angelo H,Bardou I,Wenk GL

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) show a high prevalence of myelin-reactive CD8+ and CD4+ T-cell responses, which are the putative effectors/modulators of CNS neuropathology. Utilizing a novel combination of short-term culture, CFSE-based sorting and anchored PCR, we evaluated clonal compositions of neuroantigen-t...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Biegler BW,Yan SX,Ortega SB,Tennakoon DK,Racke MK,Karandikar NJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting the peripheral nervous system. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNAs that play critical roles in the process of various diseases. The miRNAs in GBS were less studied. In this study, using microarray technology, we foun...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Lv Z,Shi Q,Huang W,Xing C,Hao Y,Feng X,Yang Y,Zhang A,Kong Q,Yuki N,Wang Y

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate a possible role of soluble CD14 (sCD14) in multiple sclerosis (MS). We found that sCD14 serum levels measured by ELISA were higher in MS patients compared to neurological and healthy controls. Within the MS group sCD14 levels were increased in relapsing-remitting and secondary pro...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Lutterotti A,Kuenz B,Gredler V,Khalil M,Ehling R,Gneiss C,Egg R,Deisenhammer F,Berger T,Reindl M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acetylcholine receptor (AChR) is the main target antigen in myasthenia gravis (MG), but about 15% of patients with typical immunologically mediated MG do not have detectable anti-AChR antibodies. Previous studies showed that plasma from these 'seronegative' patients (SNMG) reduced AChR function in the human AChR-e...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Li Z,Forester N,Vincent A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis of an immune dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders has previously been put forward without, however, compelling evidence of a direct relation to its etiology or pathogenesis. To further understand if autoimmunity could play a significant role in autism, we analyzed autoantibody repertoires to brain t...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Silva SC,Correia C,Fesel C,Barreto M,Coutinho AM,Marques C,Miguel TS,Ataide A,Bento C,Borges L,Oliveira G,Vicente AM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the CD4+ suppressor cells (Ts) that regulate recovery of Lewis rats from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) produce transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). We also reported that TGF-beta downregulates interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), but not interleukin-2 (IL-2) production, by...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Stevens DB,Gould KE,Swanborg RH

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NF-κB signalling pathway plays an important role in controlling cellular immune responses, inflammation and apoptosis. In multiple sclerosis (MS), there is evidence of dysregulation of NF-κB signalling in patients with a relapsing-remitting disease course, but thus far there is little information on whether it is ...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Yan J,Winterford CM,Catts VS,Pat BK,Pender MP,McCombe PA,Greer JM

更新日期：2018-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which autoimmune diseases are triggered and by which the activation of autoreactive T cells is initiated and maintained are not yet fully understood. As the most potent antigen presenting cells (APC), and also being responsible for antigen transport as well as primary sensitisation of T cells, dendri...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Link H,Huang YM,Xiao BG

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) is a prime candidate autoantigen for multiple sclerosis. In order to define potential immunodominant epitopes, T cell lines (TCL) from the peripheral blood of HLA-DR 15(2) MS patients were established which responded to the intact molecule of PLP. These TCL were then tested in individu...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Trotter JL,Pelfrey CM,Trotter AL,Selvidge JA,Gushleff KC,Mohanakumar T,McFarland HF

更新日期：1998-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter, is neurotoxic at high concentrations. Neuroglial cells, including astrocytes and microglia, play an important role in regulating its extracellular levels. Cultured human monocytic THP-1 cells increased their glutamate secretion following 18 and 68 h exposure to the inflammato...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Klegeris A,Walker DG,McGeer PL

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors on lymphocytes has been demonstrated by radioligand binding experiments. Although the specific subtype(s) of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in lymphocytes is still unknown, some reports suggest the presence of the m2 subtype. In this study we analyzed th...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Costa P,Castoldi AF,Traver DJ,Costa LG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High concentrations of novel, haloperidol- and DTG-inaccessible (+)-[3H]-3-PPP binding sites were found in human peripheral blood leukocytes rat spleen and splenocytes, but not in rat brain. Splenic sites were localized in a course punctate pattern in the marginal zones and red pulp. The pharmacology of the splenic si...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Whitlock BB,Liu Y,Chang S,Saini P,Ha BK,Barrett TW,Wolfe SA Jr

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients with clinically isolated syndromes (CIS) were evaluated at the onset of neurological symptoms and when they developed clinically definite MS (CDMS). Surface expression of LFA-1alpha, VLA-4 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) on PBMC and CSF cells was evaluated using flow cytometry. Serum and...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Correale J,Bassani Molinas Mde L

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study tested whether aging sensitizes hippocampal microglia to a pro-inflammatory challenge ex vivo. Hippocampal microglia from 3 and 24 mo old male F344 x BN F1 rats were exposed to LPS (0, 0.1, 1, 10 and 100 ng/ml) ex vivo. 2 h post-LPS challenge, gene expression of microglial activation markers and cyto...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Frank MG,Barrientos RM,Watkins LR,Maier SF

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Lewis rats were treated from day of birth with a rabbit anti-rat IgM antiserum. As adults these animals were found to have no detectable serum IgM and greatly reduced levels of IgG. They failed to respond to the B-cell mitogen LPS, or to make antibodies to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) or myelin basic protein (BP). The...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Willenborg DO,Prowse SJ

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the role of the Th2 cytokine interleukin-5 (IL-5) in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) pathogenesis, we induced clinical EAMG in C57BL/6 and IL-5 gene-knockout (KO) mice in the C57BL/6 background. IL-5 KO mice had a significantly reduced incidence and severity of EAMG. Despite their increased...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Poussin MA,Goluszko E,Franco JU,Christadoss P

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postpartum is a period of unique psychosocial stress characterized by sleep disturbance, risk for depressed mood, and heightened parenting stress. However, data on effects of these exposures on inflammatory immune function are limited. METHODS:This study examined associations among sleep, psychosocial stres...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Christian LM,Kowalsky JM,Mitchell AM,Porter K

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes local immune responses in cerebral ischemia induced by permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCAO) in the rat. The temporal and spatial pattern of leukocyte infiltration was characterized immunocytochemically using monoclonal antibodies against CD5, a pan T cell marker, against CD4 an...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Schroeter M,Jander S,Witte OW,Stoll G

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation of a pituitary graft under the kidney capsule and the resulting elevation of serum prolactin enhances the primary humoral antibody response to sheep red blood cells. Enhancement of the response is not due to marked changes in the percentage of T-cells and their subsets, B-cells, or the number of nuclea...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Cross RJ,Campbell JL,Roszman TL

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a genetic disease leading to the loss of central vision and optic nerve atrophy. The existence of occasional cases of LHON patients developing a Multiple Sclerosis (MS)-like illness and the hypothesis that mtDNA variants may be involved in MS suggest the possibility of som...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： D'Aguanno S,Barassi A,Lupisella S,d'eril GM,Del Boccio P,Pieragostino D,Pallotti F,Carelli V,Valentino ML,Liguori R,Avoni P,Bernardini S,Gambi D,Urbani A,Federici G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses of inbred BALB/c male mice were assayed for differential reactivities associated with behavioral sidedness, which was evaluated by spontaneous rotational behavior in a circular cage model system. Mice with left-turning preference had lower in vivo primary IgM and IgG anti-Key...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Kim D,Carlson JN,Seegal RF,Lawrence DA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20 h continuous treatment of rats with catecholamines, using subcutaneously implantable retard tablets, had either no (adrenaline, isoproterenol, midodrine) or a slight (noradrenaline) suppressive effect on the in vitro responsiveness of peripheral blood T-lymphocytes. A marked suppression of the mitogen response en...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Felsner P,Hofer D,Rinner I,Mangge H,Gruber M,Korsatko W,Schauenstein K

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sp3 belongs to a large family of transcription factors that bind GC/T box elements. We have previously demonstrated the deficient expression of Sp3 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from most patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). In the current study, the Sp3 gene was assigned to chromosome 7 by using soma...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Grekova MC,Scherer SW,Trabb J,Richert JR

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are believed to play a role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). As methylprednisolone is the treatment of choice for a relapse, we investigated the effect of methylprednisolone on blood levels of MMPs. Baseline TIMP-1 and MMP-2 levels were lower in MS patients than in healt...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Mirowska D,Wicha W,Czlonkowski A,Czlonkowska A,Weber F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether anti-CD40 Ab and 8-oxo-dG attenuate mast cell migration and EAE development. Anti-CD40 Ab and 8-oxo-dG reduced EAE scores, mast cell numbers, expression of adhesion molecules, OX40L and Act1, levels of TNF-α, LTs, expression of cytokines, and co-localization of Treg cells and mast cells...

journal_title：Journal of neuroimmunology

authors： Hong GU,Kim NG,Jeoung D,Ro JY

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00