Natural killer cell activity in asthma.

abstract：:The expression in tissue and serum of a panel of murine and human common DNA antibody idiotypes (Ids) (BEG 2, PR 4, F-423, I-402, II-28, IV-228, V-88) has been investigated. The murine V-88 Id was detected in eight out of 10 and the human BEG 2 Id in five out of 10 labial biopsies from patients with Sjögren's syndrome...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Watts RA,Ravirajan CT,Wilkinson LS,Williams W,Griffiths M,Butcher D,Horsfall AT,Staines NA,Isenberg DA

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) is predominantly due to destruction of pulmonary tissue. The host immune response may, in part, play a pathogenic role in pulmonary destruction in these patients. To further understand host immune response in CF, we examined the state of activation of peripheral blood mo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jones MM,Seilheimer DK,Pier GB,Rossen RD

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgE was isolated from a patient with the hyper IgE, recurrent infection syndrome by immunoadsorption on sepharose bound goat anti-human IgE. Addition of this IgE to a monolayer culture of human monocytes resulted in a dose-dependent increase in PGE2 secretion. The addition of F(ab')2 fraction of goat anti-human IgE in...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Passwell JH,Geiger B,Levanon M,Davidsohn J,Cohen BE,Ramot B

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonucleic acid extracts (RNA) obtained from the lymph nodes and spleens of guinea pigs, which were immunized with testicular antigen emulsified in Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA), were injected intraperitoneally into normal guinea pigs. The transferred guinea pigs developed a delayed hypersensitivity to sperm antig...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fainboim L,Sztein MB,Serrate S,Mancini RE

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both MRL-lpr/lpr (lpr) and BXSB mice fall victim to autoimmune disease as a function of age. To combine their properties, brother-sister mating of (female lpr x male BXSB)F1 mice was done. Mice for mating were selected according to indicators of early onset of glomerulonephritis and subsequent early death (i.e., EOD)....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Honda S,Nemoto K,Mae T,Kinjoh K,Kyogoku M,Kawamura H,Miyazawa S,Weerashinghe A,Watanabe H,Narita J,Koya T,Arakawa M,Abo T

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Circulating immune complexes have been investigated in jirds (Meriones unguiculatus) infected with the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi. Two-month-old male jirds were inoculated with seventy-five B. pahangi infective larvae into the left groin. At 8 months post-infection, sera of individual animals from a group of sev...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Karavodin LM,Ash LR

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated immunohistologically using cryostat sections that the lectins PHA and Con A bind to human placentae. Both lectins stain trophoblastic basement membrane (TBM), perivascular tissue and stroma. No staining of trophoblasts was observed. It has been shown by blocking experiments that the lectin bin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Johnson PM,Faulk WP

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CFA is an inflammatory condition of the lungs resulting in scarring, pulmonary failure and death. The etiology of the disease is unknown, but the pathogenesis is believed to involve a persistent immunological reaction to unidentified antigen in the lung resulting in tissue damage. Recent advances in our understanding ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wallace WA,Ramage EA,Lamb D,Howie SE

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ye-3 is an HLA-B27-specific murine monoclonal antibody recognizing the heat-modifiable protein of Enterobacteriaceae. Here we used recombinant hybrid molecules between the HLA-B7 and HLA-B27 antigens to delineate the epitope recognized by Ye-3. Results of these experiments indicated that the segment of HLA-B*2705 span...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Toubert A,Hamachi M,Raffoux C,Park MS,Yu DT

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha 7 nicotinic receptor is reportedly a key element in the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. Because a prototypical ligand for this receptor is nicotine, we studied the in vivo human response to bacterial endotoxin or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the context of nicotine or placebo pretreatment. Twelve adult...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wittebole X,Hahm S,Coyle SM,Kumar A,Calvano SE,Lowry SF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular basis of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is undefined, and diagnosis requires exclusion of other diseases including X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP). This rare disorder of immunedysregulation presents typically after Epstein-Barr virus infection and results from defects in the SAP (SLAM...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Eastwood D,Gilmour KC,Nistala K,Meaney C,Chapel H,Sherrell Z,Webster AD,Davies EG,Jones A,Gaspar HB

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calculated globulin (total protein - albumin) is usually tested as part of a liver function test profile in both primary and secondary care and determines the serum globulin concentration, of which immunoglobulins are a major component. The main use hitherto of calculated globulin is to detect paraproteins when the le...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jolles S,Borrell R,Zouwail S,Heaps A,Sharp H,Moody M,Selwood C,Williams P,Phillips C,Hood K,Holding S,El Shanawany T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly concentrated (20%) immunoglobulin (Ig)G preparation for subcutaneous administration (IGSC 20%), would offer a new option for antibody replacement therapy in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD). The efficacy, safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of IGSC 20% were evaluated in a prospecti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Borte M,Kriván G,Derfalvi B,Maródi L,Harrer T,Jolles S,Bourgeois C,Engl W,Leibl H,McCoy B,Gelmont D,Yel L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of CR1 on podocytes is reduced in nephropathies with severe glomerular damage, especially in the diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (DPGN) of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Reduction of CR1 number on erythrocytes is due to proteolysis of CR1 by macrophage proteases activated by the reaction of th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Teixeira JE,Costa RS,Lachmann PJ,Würzner R,Barbosa JE

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serial prospective study of cell-mediated immunity to rabbit liver-specific lipoprotein (RLSP) has been done in 26 patients with acute viral hepatitis (AH) (18 HBsAg+ and eight HBsAg-) using a lymphocyte transformation test. An increased stimulation index was recorded in 56% of HBsAg+ cases and in 63% of the HBsAg- ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ortona L,Laghi V,Cauda R,Nervo P

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrosis is characterized by glomerular epithelial cell injury and a decrease in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) proteoglycan content. Although CsA is a useful treatment for a group of patients with this disease, its mechanism of action is unclear. We have previously shown that in experimental nephrosis there ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bustos C,González-Cuadrado S,Ruiz-Ortega M,Gómez-Guerrero C,González E,Plaza JJ,Egido J

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies against proteinase 3 (PR3-ANCA) are used as diagnostic tools for patients with small vessel vasculitis (AASV). We have produced chimeric mouse/human PR3 molecules and investigate changes in reactivity over time and the possible relationship between epitope specificity and clinica...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Selga D,Segelmark M,Gunnarsson L,Hellmark T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid autoantigens require internalization and processing by antigen-presenting cells to induce immune responses. Besides pinocytosis, antigen uptake can be receptor-mediated. The mannose receptor (ManR) has a cysteine rich domain (CR) and eight carbohydrate recognition domains (CRD) that bind glycosylated proteins....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Chazenbalk GD,Pichurin PN,Guo J,Rapoport B,McLachlan SM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), which recognizes lipopolysaccharides, plays an important role in the innate immune response. In this study, we investigated the role of TLR4 in the development of experimental colitis with regard to the biological actions of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) using TLR4 null ((-/...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ohkawara T,Takeda H,Nishihira J,Miyashita K,Nihiwaki M,Ishiguro Y,Takeda K,Akira S,Iwanaga T,Sugiyama T,Asaka M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensorineural hearing loss is a common problem in the otolaryngologist's practice, with autoimmune disease of the inner ear being one possible cause. The restoration of auditory function in some patients following immunosuppressive therapy has created a desire to define and understand this disease better. Because of t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gloddek B,Rogowski M,Reiss G,Arnold W

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenectomized patients are highly susceptible to infections with capsulated bacteria and an impaired response to vaccination with bacterial polysaccharides has frequently been observed in these individuals. Based partly on experimental animal data, an important role for the spleen in the production of specific anti-c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hammarström L,Smith CI

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spot-ELISA technique has been used to enumerate the frequency of cells secreting tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), isolated from biopsies of normal intestine and from biopsies of children with inflammatory bowel disease. TNF-alpha production was undetectable in six out of 12...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： MacDonald TT,Hutchings P,Choy MY,Murch S,Cooke A

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-idiotypic antibodies (anti-Id Abs) are involved in the regulation of a number of immune responses including the IgE antibody production. In atopic patients, the increased synthesis of IgE antibodies could be related to a defective production of regulatory anti-Id Abs. In the present study, we first developed a se...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hébert J,Bernier D,Mourad W

更新日期：1990-06-01 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：:It has been postulated that autoantibody formation occurs as a consequence of a depression of function of certain thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells). We have examined cell-mediated immunity, a T-cell function, in infectious mononucleosis, a condition in which autoantibodies are known to develop. We have shown some e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Russell AS,Percy JS,Grace M

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biopsy specimens from patients with treated or untreated polymyositis and muscular dystrophy controls were examined by indirect immunoperoxidase staining with a panel of monoclonal antibodies to human leucocyte antigens. In untreated polymyositis, helper/inducer T cells were the predominant T cell subset. In treated c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rowe D,Isenberg DA,Beverley PC

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed CD4+, tetanus antigen-specific T cell clones that proliferate in the presence of tetanus antigen and autologous irradiated peripheral blood leucocytes (PBL) as antigen-presenting cells (APC). There have been several reports that T cells can present antigen themselves. We have used tetanus antigen-spe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Chirmule N,Kalyanaraman VS,Slade H,Oyaizu N,Pahwa S

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive T helper type 1 (Th1) cell activity has been reported in Behçet's disease (BD). Recently, association of Th17 cells with certain autoimmune diseases was reported, and we thus investigated circulating Th17 cells in BD. CD4(+) CD45RO(-) (naive) T cells were cultured with Th0-, Th1-, Th2- and Th17-related cyto...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Shimizu J,Takai K,Fujiwara N,Arimitsu N,Ueda Y,Wakisaka S,Yoshikawa H,Kaneko F,Suzuki T,Suzuki N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cyclophosphamide an antinuclear antibody levels, immune complex deposition in renal glomeruli, glomerular cell proliferation and glomerulosclerosis in the (NZB x NZW)F1 hybrid mouse have been investigated in order to better understand the mechanism of action of this drug on nephritis. Five groups of mic...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hurd ER,Ziff M

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00