Disorders of regulatory T cells in patients with selective IgA deficiency and its relationship to associated autoimmune phenomena.

abstract：:Transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor-immunoglobulin (TACI-Ig) is a human fusion protein that binds and neutralizes both B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS), a cytokine shown to be a key regulator of B cell maturation, proliferation and survival, and a proliferation-inducing ligand...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wang D,Chang Y,Wu Y,Zhang L,Yan S,Xie G,Qin Q,Jin J,Wang W,Fang J,Wei W

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells were enriched from adenoids of children with otitis media with effusion (OME) by density gradient centrifugation and culture techniques. An enrichment of 40-140-fold was obtained for dendritic cells. These cells were identified using morphology, enzyme cytochemistry, immunocytochemistry and functional ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： van Nieuwkerk EB,van der Baan S,Richters CD,Kamperdijk EW

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential value of interleukin 1 (IL-1) containing supernatants as a radioprotective agent was evaluated. It was found that the response of irradiated thymocytes to mitogens was partially restored if IL-1 containing supernatants was included in the culture medium immediately after irradiation. A delay of 24 h in t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Manori I,Kushilevsky A,Weinstein Y

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) to a soluble Mycobacterium leprae skin test antigen (SML) was successfully induced in healthy volunteers following immunization with 2 X 10(8) killed armadillo-derived M. leprae. No better sensitization was obtained by a mixture of live BCG and killed M. leprae. The relative specifi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Smelt AH,Rees RJ,Liew FY

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high affinity form of the human IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) has two known components, the IL-2R alpha (p55) and the IL-2R beta chain (p75). We have previously shown that recombinant IL-2 (rIL-2) could induce the expression of the alpha-chain (p55) on T cells and thymocytes, and increase this expression following subopti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Reem GH,Han X,Marcelli A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saimiri sciureus monkeys have been successfully immunized against a human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, using soluble antigens purified from schizont and merozoite extracts. High levels of antibodies reacting with schizont and merozoite specific polypeptides of 140 and 200 kdaltons were detected in the sera...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Perrin LH,Loche M,Dedet JP,Roussilhon C,Fandeur T

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) preparations are efficacious and safe products in use world-wide. Although rare, side-effects of IVIG may be serious, even life-threatening, and clinicians should be aware of their potential occurrence. This article summarizes most of the adverse experiences with IVIG reported in the...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Duhem C,Dicato MA,Ries F

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies using in vitro systems with various stimuli have shown that PBMC from patients with AD show increased levels of IL-4 but decreased levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) compared with PBMC from normal controls. However, in vitro conditions do not always mimic the in vivo condition. We therefore believ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Katagiri K,Itami S,Hatano Y,Takayasu S

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we have investigated the clearance kinetics and tissue distribution of monomeric (m) IgG and soluble aggregates of IgG (AIgG) and immune complexes (IC) in normal and Kupffer cell (KC) depleted rats. In normal rats, clearance of mIgG occurred in a biphasic manner with a first half-life (T1/2) (T1) ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bogers WM,Stad RK,Janssen DJ,van Rooijen N,van Es LA,Daha MR

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) having variable B-cell development have been shown to have marrow precursors of lymphoid cells which can be induced in vitro by thymic factors to express certain T-cell surface characteristics (HTLA+ phenotypes). Their marrow cells could not, however, b...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Incefy GS,Grimes E,Kagan WA,Goldstein G,Smithwick E,O'Reilly R,Good RA

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is characterized by persistent alloreactive, infective and non-specific epithelial injury, loss of epithelial integrity and dysregulated repair. We have reported increased apoptosis of epithelial cells collected from the large airway in lung transplant recipients. As part of the...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hodge S,Hodge G,Ahern J,Liew CL,Hopkins P,Chambers DC,Reynolds PN,Holmes M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental factors such as diet are known to play important roles in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Epidemiological studies have indicated that a high-fat diet is a risk factor for IBD. In addition, the balance between effector T cells (T(eff)) and regulatory T cells (T(reg)) contributes to the pathogenesis of m...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ma X,Torbenson M,Hamad AR,Soloski MJ,Li Z

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CXC chemokines, monokine induced by interferon (IFN)-gamma (MIG) (CXCL9), IFN-gamma-induced protein 10 (IP-10) (CXCL10) and IFN-inducible T cell alpha chemoattractant (I-TAC) (CXCL11), are known to attract CXCR3- (CXCR3A and CXCR3B) T lymphocytes. We investigated MIG, IP-10 and I-TAC mRNAs expression by semi-quant...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Manousou P,Kolios G,Drygiannakis I,Koulentaki M,Pyrovolaki K,Voumvouraki A,Notas G,Bourikas L,Papadaki HA,Kouroumalis E

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:We determined the histamine release from basophils in patients suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF) (median 17.2 years of age) and compared the data with an age-matched group of healthy donors. No significant differences in the basophil counts were determined between the CF and control groups. However, the absolute his...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Schönfeld W,Saak A,Steinkamp G,Van der Hardt H,König W

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory B (Breg ) cells are characterized by various membrane markers and the secretion of different inhibitory cytokines. A new subset of Breg cells was identified as CD5hi Fas-ligand (FasL)hi . Their main reported role is to suppress anti-viral and anti-tumour immune responses, and, hence they have been dubbed 'k...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Eiza N,Zuckerman E,Carlebach M,Rainis T,Goldberg Y,Vadasz Z

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe the presence of IgG antibodies, in the sera of patients presenting with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), that react in Western blots with a 60-kD protein (Mr 60K) from rat hepatic microsomal extracts. Sera from 60 IDDM patients were screened and 31.6% were positive for the Mr 60K band. This...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pehuet-Figoni M,Alvarez F,Bach JF,Chatenoud L

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) has been recognized to possess diverse non-immunological effects on epithelial cells such as cellular growth and differentiation. We have previously demonstrated that IFN-gamma suppressed thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)-stimulated thyroglobulin (TG) synthesis in human thyrocytes through ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kung AW,Ma L,Lau KS

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed human anti-mouse antibodies (HAMA) in 12 patients (six with multiple myeloma (MM) and six with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MRCC) who were treated with B-E8, an IgG1 MoAb against IL-6. Efficiency of the treatment was evidenced by the drop in the serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), the in vivo pro...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Legouffe E,Liautard J,Gaillard JP,Rossi JF,Wijdenes J,Bataille R,Klein B,Brochier J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system and the kidneys are closely linked. In health the kidneys contribute to immune homeostasis, while components of the immune system mediate many acute forms of renal disease and play a central role in progression of chronic kidney disease. A dysregulated immune system can have either direct or indirect...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Tecklenborg J,Clayton D,Siebert S,Coley SM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using immunofluorescence forty-nine sera giving striational staining of skeletal and cardiac muscle have been tested on glycerinated myofibrils. By comparing immunofluorescence and phase contrast it has been found that these antibodies are rather heterogeneous but at least three different staining patterns can be iden...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Peers J,McDonald BL,Dawkins RL

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：:In the present study we describe the in vitro transcription-translation of human melanocyte-specific protein Pmel17 cDNA and subsequent use of the resulting 35S-labelled Pmel17 in an RIA to analyse vitiligo sera for the presence of Pmel17 antibodies. Of 53 vitiligo sera examined in the assay, three (5.9%) were found t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kemp EH,Gawkrodger DJ,Watson PF,Weetman AP

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous sperm agglutination was observed in the ejaculate of a 39-year-old male (patient Z). Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with spermatozoa fixed to wells of a microtitre plate it was determined that IgA was associated with patient Z's spermatozoa but not with a pooled sample of spermatozoa fr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Witkin SS,Zelikovsky G,Good RA,Day NK

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation, local and systemic bone loss and a lack of compensatory bone repair. Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are the most abundant cells of the stroma and a key population in autoimmune diseases such as RA. An increasing body of evide...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wehmeyer C,Pap T,Buckley CD,Naylor AJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supernatants of hybrids produced by fusion of splenocytes from normal, germ free, nude and neonatal BALB/c mice with mouse NS-1 myeloma cells were examined for immunofluorescence reactivity with viable and acetone fixed monolayers of syngeneic mouse fibroblasts and mouse 3T3 cells and with viable cell suspensions ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Underwood JR,Pedersen JS,Chalmers PJ,Toh BH

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant SRBC rosette-forming cells were detected in samples of mitogen-stimulated human peripheral blood lymphocytes. When the concentrations of mitogens were varied, the amount of [3H]TdR incorporated by the lymphocytes also varied. In general, the higher the amount of [3H]TdR incorporated, the higher were the percenta...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Yu DT

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) macrophages were obtained from normal human volunteers and infected with an AIDS-associated strain of Mycobacterium avium. Infected cells were exposed to purified envelope glycoprotein (gp120) from HIV-1 or to the recombinant non-glycosylated gp120 fragments PBI-RF and PBI-IIIB. Nati...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Denis M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephritic factor was detected in an individual whose serum showed a selective decrease in the third component of complement (C3) during and subsequent to an illness resembling disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). As is characteristic of C3 nephritic factor (C3NeF), its activity was heat stable, was associated with...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gewurz AT,Imherr SM,Strauss S,Gewurz H,Mold C

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven Norwegian patients (aged 2-33 years, seven males and four females) with Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) and their parents were investigated. Five of the patients were homozygous for the same ATM mutation, 3245delATCinsTGAT, a Norwegian founder mutation. They had the lowest IgG2 levels; mean (95% confidence interval...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Stray-Pedersen A,Jónsson T,Heiberg A,Lindman CR,Widing E,Aaberge IS,Borresen-Dale AL,Abrahamsen TG

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00