Augmentation of natural and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity by pure human leukocyte interferon.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although some previous studies have reported that genetic and immunological factors play important roles in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease (KD), the etiological factors of this enigmatical pediatric disease are still poorly understood. PURPOSE:This study aims to investigate whether polymorphisms of th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Huang FY,Chang TY,Chen MR,Chiu NC,Chi H,Lee HC,Lin SP,Chen CK,Chan HW,Chen WF,Liu HF,Chu CC,Lin M,Lee YJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficient DNA mismatch repair results in microsatellite instability and might induce shifts of translational reading frames of genes encompassing coding microsatellites. These may be translated in truncated proteins, including neo-peptide tails functioning as tumor rejection antigens, when presented in the context of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Ripberger E,Linnebacher M,Schwitalle Y,Gebert J,von Knebel Doeberitz M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of bullous pemphigoid was examined by assaying the blister fluid obtained from bullous pemphigoid patients for the presence of the lymphokine, lymphotoxin. Blister fluids from six bullous pemphigoid were assayed on L-929 target cells for the presence of cytolytic molecules i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Jeffes EW,Yamamoto RS,Ahmed AR,Granger GA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Purified allergens with reduced IgE reactivity are required to improve the safety and efficacy of allergen-specific immunotherapy (IT). OBJECTIVE:The present study investigates the efficacy of purified cockroach allergen immunotherapy with proteolytically active and inactive Per a 10 in allergic mouse model...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Srivastava D,Mehta AK,Arora N,Gaur SN,Singh BP

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) are associated in the definition of Evans syndrome (ES). The occurrence of neurological involvement in this population is poorly described and suggests an underlying primary immunodeficiency (PID). We aimed to describe the clinical man...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Pincez T,Neven B,Le Pointe HD,Varlet P,Fernandes H,Gareton A,Leverger G,Leblanc T,Chambost H,Michel G,Pasquet M,Millot F,Hermine O,Mathian A,Hully M,Zephir H,Hamidou M,Durand JM,Perel Y,Landman-Parker J,Rieux-Lauc

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to investigate whether maternal periodontal disease and variant genotypes of IL-6 gene are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. A total of 145 pregnant women were recruited from St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Bleeding on probing (BOP) and pocket depth indices were recorded on all ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Dashash M,Nugent J,Baker P,Tansinda D,Blinkhorn F

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease associated with aberrant activation of T and B lymphocytes. Abnormal activation of intracellular signaling molecules in lymphocytes by inflammatory cytokines can instigate the inflammation in SLE. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The activation of e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Wong CK,Wong PT,Tam LS,Li EK,Chen DP,Lam CW

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Autosomal recessive hyper-IgE syndrome is a rare combined immunodeficiency characterized by susceptibility to viral infections, atopic eczema, high serum IgE and defective T cell activation. The genetic etiologies are diverse. Null mutations in DOCK8 and TYK2 are responsible for many cases. This study aims to p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Alsum Z,Hawwari A,Alsmadi O,Al-Hissi S,Borrero E,Abu-Staiteh A,Khalak HG,Wakil S,Eldali AM,Arnaout R,Al-Ghonaium A,Al-Muhsen S,Al-Dhekri H,Al-Saud B,Al-Mousa H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty two HIV-infected children, on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and > 500 CD4+ T cells/mm3, were rated according to the time-course of viral load (VL) during the whole follow-up period (> 18 months) in a longitudinal retrospective study. (a) uVL group: 15 children with VL below 400 copies/mL; (b) dVL...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Resino S,Galán I,Bellón JM,Navarro ML,León JA,Muñoz-Fernandez MA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the associations of IkappaBalpha gene polymorphisms with the development and clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 110 patients with SLE and 120 unrelated healthy controls were enrolled in this study. The IkappaBalpha -881 A/G, -826 C/T, -550 A/T, -519 C/T, and -297 C/T polymorp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Lin CH,Wang SC,Ou TT,Li RN,Tsai WC,Liu HW,Yen JH

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bcl-2 family of proteins are important regulators of cell death. They are comprised of two opposing factions, the proapoptotic versus the antiapoptotic members. Both are required for normal development and cellular homeostasis of the immune system and other tissues. However, in certain circumstances they may parti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Pellegrini M,Strasser A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of primary immunodeficiency diseases represent a paradox of immunodeficiency and autoimmunity. In this minireview, we present basic concepts of apoptosis and disorder of apoptosis as one of the mechanisms to explain such a paradox between immunodeficiency and autoimmunity, which is exemplified by autoimmune l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Oliveira JB,Gupta S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) induces proliferation of freshly isolated peripheral blood T cells only in the presence of monocytes/macrophages and requires binding of the Fc portion of antibody to monocytes/macrophages. In this investigation, we examined whether monocytes process anti-CD3 similar to any soluble ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Vayuvegula B,Ohira K,Gollapudi S,Gupta S

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver infiltrating lymphocytes (LIL) were isolated from HCV-positive (+) and HCV-negative (-) end-stage livers. Phenotypic analysis and functional studies using proliferative and lymphocytotoxic assays were performed with the isolated LIL. Two CD3+ lymphocyte populations were found in LIL using FITC anti-CD3 monoclona...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Jin Y,Fuller L,Carreno M,Zucker K,Roth D,Esquenazi V,Karatzas T,Swanson SJ 3rd,Tzakis AG,Miller J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various factors seem to be etiologic in the susceptibility to sinopulmonary infections in ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) patients, i.e., low serum and salivary IgA, low serum IgG2, and even aspiration of saliva. S. pneumoniae is a common pathogen responsible from pulmonary infections and impaired antibody response to pol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Sanal O,Ersoy F,Yel L,Tezcan I,Metin A,Ozyürek H,Gariboglu S,Fikrig S,Berkel AI,Rijkers GT,Zegers BJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjects with primary immune deficiency diseases treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (n=42) received intravenous infusions of Carimune NF Liquid every 3-4 weeks for 6 months without routine premedication. The mean dose/patient/infusion was 278.5-800.7 mg/kg. Also, 80.4% of infusions achieved maximum rates of >or=3...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Berger M,Cunningham-Rundles C,Bonilla FA,Melamed I,Bichler J,Zenker O,Ballow M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether the anti-Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) effect of curcumin is associated with the regulation of B cell-activating factor belonging to the TNF family (BAFF) production. METHODS:Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) was induced in DBA/1 J mice by immunization with bovin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Huang G,Xu Z,Huang Y,Duan X,Gong W,Zhang Y,Fan J,He F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) treatment of hemodialyzed (HD) patients normalizes the altered phenotype of CD4(+) lymphocytes and restores the balance of Th1/Th2 cytokines. We decided to test how the presence of rhEPO in cell culture modulates cytokine production of CD4(+) lymphocytes in HD patients with sta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Lisowska KA,Dębska-Ślizień A,Jasiulewicz A,Daca A,Bryl E,Witkowski JM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients affected by primary immunodeficiency usually undergo a wide range of infections, including reactivation of latent ones. Here we report two cases suffering from late-onset combined immunodeficiency in which ulcerative enteritis due to human Cytomegalovirus caused a life-threatening malabsorption syndrom...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Ciccocioppo R,Comoli P,Gallia A,Basso S,Baldanti F,Corazza GR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study was done to further reveal the role of the innate immune system in celiac disease. METHODS:Dendritic cells were matured from venous blood of patients with active or treated celiac disease and DQ2-DQ8-positive or negative controls. Dendritic cells were treated with a peptic-tryptic digest of gli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Rakhimova M,Esslinger B,Schulze-Krebs A,Hahn EG,Schuppan D,Dieterich W

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence is accumulating which indicates that immunological abnormalities contribute to the development of liver disease and its signs and symptoms. Platelet-associated IgG (PAIgG) levels were quantified in 42 patients with biopsy-proven liver disease of various etiologies to determine the relationship of t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Graber D,Giuliani D,Leevy CM,Morse BS

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to certain self-antigens are detected in normal individuals as well as in patients with autoimmune diseases. Natural autoantibodies found in normal human sera are thought to act as an immune regulator, a functional controller of specific proteins, or the first-line defense against pathogenic microorganisms....

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Suk K,Hwang DY,Lee MS

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased levels of serum IgD can be found in single patients with a variety of clinical syndromes and in the disease entity designated hyper-IgD syndrome which is associated with periodic fever and lymphadenopathy. We investigated 17 patients, both children and adults, with high serum IgD levels ranging from 220 to 5...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Hiemstra I,Vossen JM,van der Meer JW,Weemaes CM,Out TA,Zegers BJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic enteroviral meningoencephalitis is a well-recognized complication in patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA). The majority of published cases refers to its occurrence in patients on no replacement therapy or on only intramuscular immunoglobulin. The advent of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) in the ea...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Misbah SA,Spickett GP,Ryba PC,Hockaday JM,Kroll JS,Sherwood C,Kurtz JB,Moxon ER,Chapel HM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in DOCK8 result in autosomal recessive Hyper-IgE syndrome with combined immunodeficiency (CID). However, the natural course of disease, long-term prognosis, and optimal therapeutic management have not yet been clearly defined. In an international retrospective survey of patients with DOCK8 mutations, focused...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Aydin SE,Kilic SS,Aytekin C,Kumar A,Porras O,Kainulainen L,Kostyuchenko L,Genel F,Kütükcüler N,Karaca N,Gonzalez-Granado L,Abbott J,Al-Zahrani D,Rezaei N,Baz Z,Thiel J,Ehl S,Marodi L,Orange JS,Sawalle-Belohradsky J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Complete DiGeorge syndrome (cDGS) describes a subset of patients with DiGeorge syndrome that have thymic aplasia, and thus are at risk for severe opportunistic infections. Patients with cDGS and mycobacterial infection have not previously been described. We present this case to illustrate that patients with cDG...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Yin SM,Ferdman RM,Wang L,Markert ML,Tam JS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infects the transformation zone of the cervix and is the primary cause of cervical cancer. The infection is localized to the cervix and mucosal immunity is likely to be an important determinant for viral clearance. Previous studies of immunity to HPV have measured immune markers in the blood...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Castle PE,Hildesheim A,Bowman FP,Strickler HD,Walker JL,Pustilnik T,Edwards RP,Crowley-Nowick PA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the serum profile of factors involved in endothelial, T-cell, and fibroblast interplay in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) associated with nailfold vodeocapillaroscopy (NVC) scleroderma findings and/or systemic sclerosis (SSc) marker autoantibodies, recently labeled as early SSc patients. METH...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Vettori S,Cuomo G,Iudici M,D'Abrosca V,Giacco V,Barra G,De Palma R,Valentini G

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Colitis is a common and serious complication of chronic granulomatous disorder (CGD) and requires assessment. Colonoscopy is invasive and carries risks of serious complication. We therefore assessed non-invasive monitoring via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We also evaluated fecal calprotectin (FCP), the Har...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Lowe DM,Smith PJ,Moreira F,Workman S,Braggins H,Koukias N,Buckland MS,Wylie P,Taylor SA,Murray CD

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with T- and B-cell dysfunction. Immunoglobulin (Ig) production is under the control of T cells and their derived cytokines such as interleukin 2 (IL-2) and IL-4. Herein we studied the regulation of the production of immunoglobulins and cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical immunology

authors： Briolay J,Dechanet J,Blanchard D,Banchereau J,Miossec P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00