Emerging roles of T helper subsets in the pathogenesis of asthma.

abstract：:Background: Polymorphisms in T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM-3) gene have been implicated in susceptibility to autoimmune diseases (ADs) with inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to perform meta-analyses for clarifying the relationship between them. Methods: All relevant case-control studies w...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Zhang R,Li H,Bai L,Duan J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 10 years many of the superantigens of the microbial world have been defined and the mechanisms of cellular interaction between lymphocytes and antigen presenting cells has been elucidated in great detail. The consequences of superantigen stimulation of the immune system, though less well defined, can be co...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Stevens DL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years, isolation in tissue culture (TC) was considered the test of choice for diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Non-culture tests, such as direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) and enzyme immunoassay (EIA) which detected chlamydial antigens in clinical specimens, made chlamydia diagnostic tests more w...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Schachter J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and accurate diagnosis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is imperative with the advent of effective antiviral therapy (gangiclovir, foscarnet, CMV hyperimmune globin). Applications of conventional cell culture (CC), shell vial assay (SV), serological testing, antigenemia assay (AG) as well as molecular methods ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Myers JB,Amsterdam D

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely distributed and relocated in the environment as a result of the incomplete combustion of organic matter. Many PAHs and their epoxides are highly toxic, mutagenic and/or carcinogenic to microorganisms as well as to higher systems including humans. BP is one of the most...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Ustinov VA,Studennikov AE,Vavilov VA,Tyumentseva MA,Morozova VV,Tikunova NV,Glushkov AN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human tumors often progress and spread in spite of the presence of large numbers of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells with activated or memory cell phenotypes. The T cells in the microenvironment of human lung tumors fail to be activated in response to stimulation via the T cell receptor and CD28 under conditions that fully activ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Broderick L,Bankert RB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) have been used as an immunomodulatory therapy in a variety of diseases. Several mechanisms of action have been proposed, one of which is interference with the cytokine network. We have investigated the effect of IVIg on the cytotoxicity of human TNF alpha. IVIg was capable of protect...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Stangel M,Schumacher HC,Ruprecht K,Boegner F,Marx P

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adoptive immunotherapy is an attractive cancer treatment modality due to its capacity to target primary and metastatic lesions with large numbers of tumor-reactive, cytotoxic lymphocytes. The inability of fully armed lymphocytes to traffic into sites of tumor has been proposed as a causal factor for the minimal succes...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Skitzki JJ,Muhitch JB,Evans SS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A colorimetric microadhesion assay that allows the quantitative determination of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-mediated homophilic cell adhesion to CEA immobilized on 96-well polyvinyl chloride plates is described. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells transfected with a full-length CEA cDNA were used as indicator cells....

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kuwahara M,Kuroki M,Haruno M,Murakami M,Arakawa F,Oikawa S,Nakazato H,Matsuoka Y

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study determined whether tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and Interleukin-10 (IL-10) polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to dengue. METHODS:a systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted of the associations between the TNF-α (-308G/A) and IL-10 (-819C/T) polymorphisms and dengue. ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Santos AC,de Moura EL,Ferreira JM,Santos BR,Alves VM,de Farias KF,de Souza Figueiredo EV

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the immunodiagnosis of Chagas' disease is described. The ELISA was standardized with the Falcon assay screening test (F.A.S.T.) system using a purified Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote fraction (PEF) obtained by ion exchange chromatography. The ELISA te...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Partel CD,Rossi CL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron microscopy (EM) is a valuable tool in diagnostic medicine, and in some cases, can be enhanced by immunological methods. A major medical application of EM, diagnostic virology, can frequently be augmented by employment of immunological reagents. Three immunoelectron microscopy (IEM) methods, aggregation, coati...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Miller SE,Howell DN

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections are a major cause of illness and death amongst elderly people. Peripheral blood CD8+ T lymphocytes --which play a crucial role in host defence against viral infections--, are divided in subsets based upon the expression of several cell and activation markers. In senescence changes and variations in peripher...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Esparza B,Rodriguez A,Puente M,Sabino E,Merino F

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we reported the preparation and antigen-presenting properties of hybridoma B-cell clones obtained after fusing non-secreting, non-antigen presenting Balb/c 653-myeloma cells with non-immune SJL spleen cells. It was found that antigen presentation at the clonal level can be specific or non-specific, depending...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Cohly HH,Morrison DR,Atassi MZ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of apoptosis observed in lymphoid cells from HIV+ subjects is an important factor contributing to their massive depletion. Several studies have identified nitric oxide (NO) as one of the molecules involved in the apoptosis phenomenon observed during HIV infection. It has been shown that HIV-derived gp12...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： García M,del Llano AM,Cruz-Colón E,Saavedra S,Lavergne JA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannan binding lectin (MBL) deficiency has been associated with increased susceptibility to vaginitis in humans due to Candida albicans. In these studies we assessed the utility of recombinant human MBL (rhMBL) as a therapeutic against experimental C. albicans vaginitis. After intravenous treatment of uninfected mice ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Clemons KV,Martinez M,Axelsen M,Thiel S,Stevens DA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to investigate serum levels of immunosuppressive cytokines TGF beta 1 and VEGF and count of immune cells in peripheral blood in stage II and III colorectal cancer patients. METHODS:Blood samples were collected from 22 colorectal patients and 25 healthy controls before the sta...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Spacek J,Vocka M,Netikova I,Skalova H,Dundr P,Konopasek B,Zavadova E,Lubos P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central dogma of gene therapy relies on the application of novel therapeutic genes to treat or prevent diseases. The main types of vectors used for gene transfer are adenovirus, retrovirus, lentivirus, liposome, and adeno-associated virus vectors. Gene therapy has emerged as a promising alternative for the treatme...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Castañeda-Lopez ME,Garza-Veloz I,Lopez-Hernandez Y,Barbosa-Cisneros OY,Martinez-Fierro ML

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms have been reported in autoimmune diseases. However, their role in Behçet's disease (BD) and scleroderma remains inconclusive. Our aim was to evaluate vitamin D receptor (ApaI, TaqI) gene polymorphisms in relation to Behçet's disease and scleroderma i...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kamal A,Gamal SM,Elgengehy FT,Alkemary AK,Siam I

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil chemotactic defects have been reported previously in patients with hyper-IgE syndrome. Bi-allelic mutations in dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) gene usually cause an autosomal recessive hyper-IgE syndrome phenotype. Data are lacking about expression of DOCK8 protein in neutrophils or the possible role of ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Mandola AB,Levy J,Nahum A,Hadad N,Levy R,Rylova A,Simon AJ,Lev A,Somech R,Broides A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Grass pollen is a major cause of allergy throughout the world. The only treatment targeting the causes and not only the symptoms of allergy is specific immunotherapy (IT). A number of controlled trials demonstrated the efficacy of IT in grass pollen allergic subjects, most using extracts of multiple grasses ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Marcucci F,Sensi L,Di Cara G,Incorvaia C,Puccinelli P,Scurati S,Frati F

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region of the CD14 gene at position 159 has been implicated in susceptibility to infectious diseases. We sought to determine the association between CD14 C-159 T functional promoter polymorphism and brucellosis in Western Iranian population where the disease is endemic....

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Haidari M,Hajilooi M,Rezazadeh M,Rafiei A,Alavi SA,Keramat F

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has become apparent that extreme environmental conditions of Antarctic continent alters many immune responses. The present study was conducted on 28th Indian Antarctic expeditioners. The investigations were carried out to explore the effect of multiple stresses like isolation, cold and UV exposure on human immunity...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Mishra KP,Yadav AP,Shweta,Chanda S,Ganju L,Majumdar D,Ilavazhagan G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disintegrin and metalloproteinases (ADAMs) are believed to be involved in the pathogenesis of many fibrosis-related diseases. However, little is known regarding the significance of ADAM17 as a biomarker for interstitial lung disease (ILD). In this study, by using the RT-PCR, western blotting and ELISA, we detected t...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Ge J,Tang L,Mu P,Zhu F,Xie L,Tang Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Changes in cytokine expression have been frequently found in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Cytokine values outside the normal range may be somewhat related to common polymorphisms within cytokine genes. OBJECTIVE:The present study was designed to investigate the possible association betwee...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Ebrahimi Daryani N,Saghazadeh A,Moossavi S,Sadr M,Shahkarami S,Soltani S,Farhadi E,Rezaei N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corneal transplant is the most common solid tissue transplant in humans. Advances in microsurgical techniques, eye banking and the use of corticosteroids have improved the success of corneal transplants. Over 65,000 corneal transplants are being performed worldwide annually. Most of these transplants are performed in ...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kumar V,Kumar A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmin activity induced by different concentrations of added urokinase (UK) in serum from 20 patients with AIDS (P) and 10 healthy control (HC) subjects was measured using the fibrin plate assay. 125I-fibrin coated 24 well plates were exposed to UK (0.34-6.8 ng/ml) or to trypsin (T) (2.5 micrograms/ml) in the presenc...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Auci DL,Durkin HG,Murali MR

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cancer immunotherapy, which is able to target specifically cancer cells without detrimental effects to normal cell functions, would serve as an ideal therapeutic modality, most of the randomized clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy have not demonstrated a meaningful survival benefit to cancer patients over...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Kim SJ,Ha GH,Kim SH,Kang CD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endomyocardial biopsy is generally used to quantify heart allograft rejection and guide immunotherapy. Biopsy, however, is invasive, costly, and risky. Since rejection requires lymphocyte activation, the purpose of this study was to assess alternative methods to evaluate rejection dynamics by investigating serum level...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Chang DM,Ding YA,Kuo SY,Chang ML,Wei J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the adjuvant potential of sulfated Radix Cyathulae officinalis Kuan polysaccharides (sRCPS) and their effects on specific cellular and humoral immune responses to hepatitis B subunit vaccine in mice. Our data demonstrated that sRCPS significantly promoted the rHBsAg-specific IgG, I...

journal_title：Immunological investigations

authors： Feng H,Fan J,Du X,Song Z,Wang Z,Han X,Zhao B,Liu J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00