Demonstration of increased anti-mycobacterial activity in peripheral blood monocytes after BCG vaccination in British school children.

abstract：:Fourteen cadaver kidney donors were pretreated with a rapid infusion of 5 g of cyclophosphamide and 5 g of methylprednisolone in an attempt to reduce graft immunogenicity by altering immunogenic "passenger" leucocytes. The effects of this drug infusion on peripheral lymphocytes were monitored by measuring the ability ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jeffery JR,Guttmann RD,Charpentier B

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seeking better immunological markers indicating the long-term outcome of cystic echinococcosis (CE) after chemotherapy we studied 23 patients receiving albendazole, clinically followed for 8 years, and grouped ultrasonographically according to therapeutic outcome. Antibody responses against a partially purified fracti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Riganò R,Ioppolo S,Ortona E,Margutti P,Profumo E,Ali MD,Di Vico B,Teggi A,Siracusano A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graves' disease (GD) is characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against the TSH-receptor (TSH-R) which are pathogenic and, upon binding to the receptor, trigger intracellular signal transduction. The autoantibodies are oligoclonal and as they are responsible for disease activity, their characterization would l...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Van Der Heijden JH,De Bruin TW,Glaudemans KA,De Kruif J,Banga JP,Logtenberg T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I diabetes (T1D) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease characterized by loss of tolerance to islet autoantigens, leading to the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells. Peripheral tolerance to self is maintained in health through several regulatory mechanisms, including a population of CD4+CD25hi naturally ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Lawson JM,Tremble J,Dayan C,Beyan H,Leslie RD,Peakman M,Tree TI

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of hepatocytes from patients with chronic hepatitis B to complement-dependent cytotoxicity mediated by heterologous antibodies to hepatitis B virus core (anti-HBc) and surface (anti-HBs) antigens and to hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor was examined using a microcytotoxicity assay. The anti-HBc-in...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Michalak TI,Lau JY,McFarlane BM,Alexander GJ,Eddleston AL,Williams R

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of microbial products to inhibit allergic inflammation make them logical candidates for novel therapies in allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis. To assess the effects of intradermal Mycobacterium vaccae derivative on allergen-specific immune responses in children with moderate to severe atopic derm...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Dunstan JA,Brothers S,Bauer J,Hodder M,Jaksic MM,Asher MI,Prescott SL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of cytokines in leprosy reactions was investigated by analysing the levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) in serum samples from 39 leprosy patients, 22 of them presenting either type I (upgrading) or type II (ENL) reactions. Fifty per cent of the patients showed elevated con...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sarno EN,Grau GE,Vieira LM,Nery JA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of the protein A-like activity of some strains of group A streptococci has thrown doubt on much previous work suggesting antigenic cross-reactions between these streptococci and mammalian tissues. The strains used in our previous studies have now been examined by the mixed reverse passive antiglobulin reac...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kingston D

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased levels of 3% PEG precipitable circulating immune complexes (CIC) were found in healthy homosexual men, in homosexual patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and in the AIDS related lymphadenopathy syndrome (LAS). The degree of CIC elevation increases from healthy homosexual men to LAS a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Euler HH,Kern P,Löffler H,Dietrich M

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EAU is a model of ocular inflammatory disease. EAU resembles another T cell-mediated autoimmune disease--experimental allergic encephalomyelitis--since both have increased expression of MHC class II molecules in the target tissue, can be adoptively transferred by activated CD4+ T cells and are inhibited by cyclosporin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Calder VL,Lightman SL

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is strongly associated with cigarette smoking. More than 20 lung carcinogens have been identified in cigarette smoke and one of the most abundant is 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK). We hypothesized that NNK modulates alveolar macrophage (AM) mediator production, thus contributing to ca...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Therriault MJ,Proulx LI,Castonguay A,Bissonnette EY

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in experimental animals suggest that antibody responses to certain polysaccharide antigens may be restricted in IgG subclass distribution. To determine if human antibodies to pneumococcal polysaccharides are similarly restricted we measured the IgG subclass specific response to immunization with purified polyv...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Barrett DJ,Ayoub EM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of anti-immunoglobulin (anti-Ig) on cultures of established human B-cell lines was studied to develop models for the initiation and regulation of immune responses. DNA synthesis in one line, BM, measured by [125I]iododeoxyuridine (IUdR) incorporation, was stimulated by anti-Ig when the continuously prolifer...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kishimoto T,Ralph P,Good RA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IFN-gamma is known to be a major inhibitor of IgE synthesis in vitro. Recent studies demonstrating reduced production of IFN-gamma in children and adults with atopic dermatitis and elevated serum IgE suggest a similar role for this cytokine in vivo. The reasons for this reduced IFN-gamma production are not known. One ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Tang M,Kemp A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells (ECs) are a target in inflammation, and the death of EC is regulated by various factors. Although intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparations are known to be beneficial therapeutic agents for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and systemic inflammatory disorders, their mechanism of action have n...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nakatani K,Takeshita S,Tsujimoto H,Sekine I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells from the peripheral blood of patients with B cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) were examined for the expression of MHC class II antigens, using a number of monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) including L243 (anti-DR) and TU22 (anti-DQ). There was wide variation in expres...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Guy K,Docherty LJ,Dewar AE

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical investigations of recombinant human acid alpha-glucosidase for the treatment of Pompe disease often reveal the appearance of therapy-specific antibodies. These antibodies could potentially interfere with recombinant human acid alpha-glucosidase efficacy and induce immunological consequences. Several immunosup...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Joseph A,Munroe K,Housman M,Garman R,Richards S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently we reported that monocyte phagocytosis and chemotaxis are impaired in X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA) and common variable immunodeficiency (CVI) patients. Few data exist on the in vivo expression of receptors for the constant region of immunoglobulin (IgG) (Fc gammaR) and complement receptors (CR) in these...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Amoras AL,da Silva MT,Zollner RL,Kanegane H,Miyawaki T,Vilela MM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a debilitating and potentially fatal neuromuscular disease characterized by the generation of autoantibodies reactive with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChR) that cause loss of AChR from the neuromuscular endplate with resultant failure of neuromuscular transmission. A role for compleme...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Chamberlain-Banoub J,Neal JW,Mizuno M,Harris CL,Morgan BP

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of pregnancy depends upon regulatory mechanisms that allow the fetus to survive and develop to term in the uterus, despite maternal immune cells' awareness of paternal alloantigens. At least some of these specific mechanisms are mediated by the effect of fetal trophoblast cells. In the present study we exa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Talayev VY,Matveichev AV,Lomunova MA,Talayeva MV,Tsaturov ME,Zaichenko IY,Babaykina ON

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide immunotherapy is being explored to modulate varied disease states; however, the mechanism of action remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the ability of a subcutaneous peptide immunization schedule to induce of CD4(+) CD25(+) T regulatory cells. DO11.10 T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mice...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Dahlberg PE,Schartner JM,Timmel A,Seroogy CM

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human peripheral blood B lymphocytes, when cultured for 6 days with ovalbumin in the presence of T cells and monocytes, can differentiate into plaque-forming cells (PFC) secreting small amounts of antigen-specific IgM. Phenotype analysis using Ig-isotype and B-cell specific monoclonal antibodies revealed that the PFC ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hart LA,Heijnen CJ,Zijlstra J,Ballieux RE

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural study of mucosal eosinophils in a case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis involving stomach, duodenum and ileum showed an altered structure in ulcerated duodenal areas. The electron core density of eosinophil granules was inverted or disappeared and tubulovesicular structures occurred. Using immunogold st...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Torpier G,Colombel JF,Mathieu-Chandelier C,Capron M,Dessaint JP,Cortot A,Paris JC,Capron A

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) there are currently no good indicators to predict a clinical response to rituximab. The purpose of this study was to monitor and determine the role of peripheral blood cytokine profiling in differentiating between a good versus poor response to rituximab in RA. Blood samples were collected...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fabre S,Guisset C,Tatem L,Dossat N,Dupuy AM,Cohen JD,Cristol JP,Daures JP,Jorgensen C

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a sensitive IL-1-dependent T cell clone we estimated interleukin 1 (IL-1)-like activity in a variety of synovial fluids (SF). Although we demonstrate that SF contains potent inhibitors of endogenous and exogenous IL-1 we were able to estimate that samples from rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and other arthr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hopkins SJ,Humphreys M,Jayson MI

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the role of oestrogen in the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease, which occurs most frequently in postmenopausal women. The study was carried out in a murine infectious model using ovariectomized DBA/2 female mice. Infection with MAC was...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Tsuyuguchi K,Suzuki K,Matsumoto H,Tanaka E,Amitani R,Kuze F

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 IFN is thought to be implicated in the autoimmune process of SLE. Plasmacytoid dendric cells (DC), which are natural IFN-alpha producing cells, play a pivotal epipathogenic role in SLE. The present study was undertaken to investigate the phenotypic characteristics of peripheral blood DC in SLE patients in compa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Migita K,Miyashita T,Maeda Y,Kimura H,Nakamura M,Yatsuhashi H,Ishibashi H,Eguchi K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment of guinea-pigs with cyclophosphamide (Cy) (300 mg/kg) 3 days before cutaneous infection with Leishmania enriettii caused an increased intensity of the lesion at the site of infection and an increase in the incidence of widespread metastases. Decreased levels of circulating antibody were found from the fir...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Belehu A,Poulter LW,Turk JL

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease caused by the T cell-mediated destruction of the pancreatic insulin-producing beta cells. Currently there are no widely accepted and standardized assays available to analyse the function of autoreactive T cells involved in T1D. The development of such an assay would great...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mannering SI,Wong FS,Durinovic-Belló I,Brooks-Worrell B,Tree TI,Cilio CM,Schloot NC,Mallone R,Immunology of Diabetes Society T-Cell Workshop Committee.

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the epitopes recognized by antibodies to the asialoglycoprotein receptor, a specific hepatocyte protein, from sera of patients with autoimmune hepatitis. An ELISA test was used to detect anti-asialoglycoprotein receptor antibodies in the sera of patients with autoimmune hepatitis....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hajoui O,Martin S,Alvarez F

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00