Anti-thyroid drugs and lymphocyte function. I. The in vitro effect on blastogenesis and suppressor cell activity.

abstract：:The expression and the functional role of the CD26 (1F7) T cell surface molecule, an ectoenzyme which seems to represent a functional collagen receptor of T lymphocytes and to have a role in T cell activation, were analysed in both peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) T cell samples from patients with active ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Muscat C,Bertotto A,Agea E,Bistoni O,Ercolani R,Tognellini R,Spinozzi F,Cesarotti M,Gerli R

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New antibodies against a U3 snRNP, which were named anti-Myo 22/25 antibodies, were detected in four (8%) of 53 serum samples from patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) by RNA immunoprecipitation. In the protein immunoprecipitation analysis, all four serum samples precipitated 22 kDa and 25 kDa proteins, ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kubo M,Ihn H,Kuwana M,Yamane K,Yazawa N,Tamaki K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the characterization and fine specificity of a human monoclonal IgM lambda reacting with double stranded DNA. The purified IgM and its Fab fragment bind to DNA in the Farr or Crithidia lucilae assays as well as in an immunoenzymatic test. In the latter case, binding was inhibited by native DNA, by DNA a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fermand JP,Danon F,Brouet JC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We serially monitored cell surface antigen expression on mononuclear cells in peripheral blood isolated from patients with Kawasaki disease (KD), and found, for the first time, that a markedly increased number of CD4+CD8+ T lymphocytes was present in some of the patients (11 of the 24 cases). The cases of five of thes...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hirao J,Sugita K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to quantify soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R) levels in sera of 57 chronic plaque psoriasis patients and correlate these measurements with disease activity and the number of IL-2R-positive (CD25+) lymphocytes in lesional biopsies of 11 cyclosporin A (CsA) and 13 psoralen plus ultraviolet radiation (...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Duncan JI,Horrocks C,Ormerod AD,Powles AV,Whiting PH,Fry L,Thomson AW

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to provide proof-of-concept for quantitative and qualitative label-free detection of immune complexes through myeloid cells with imaging surface plasmon resonance. Surface plasmon resonance imaging was first applied to monitor the binding of human sera from healthy and rheumatoid arthritis (R...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Szittner Z,Bentlage AE,Rovero P,Migliorini P,Lóránd V,Prechl J,Vidarsson G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants respond to antigen by making antibody that is generally of low affinity for antigen. Somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes, and selection of cells expressing mutations with improved affinity for antigen, are the molecular and cellular processes underlying the maturation of antibody affinity. We have re...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ridings J,Dinan L,Williams R,Roberton D,Zola H

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasal administration of microg doses of acetylcholine receptor (AChR) is effective in preventing the development of B cell-mediated EAMG in the Lewis rat, a model for human MG. In order to investigate whether nasal administration of AChR modulates ongoing EAMG, Lewis rats were treated nasally with AChR 2 weeks after i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Shi FD,Bai XF,Li HL,Huang YM,Van der Meide PH,Link H

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized controlled trial of treatment with thymic humoral factor (THF) in 20 children with severe complicated acute measles infection, resulted in objective benefit as evidenced by improvement in the ESR and a fall in C-reactive protein, fewer complications and a reduced incidence of secondary herpes infection. A...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Beatty DW,Handzel ZT,Pecht M,Ryder CR,Hughes J,McCabe K,Trainin N

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells in normal human Peyer's patches and in primary B cell lymphomas of the stomach have been characterized in terms of their cellular morphology and their reactivity with a panel of monoclonal antibodies. A population of B cells is present in normal and malignant gut-associated lymphoid tissue which is composed of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Spencer J,Finn T,Pulford KA,Mason DY,Isaacson PG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABA-1 is a major allergen of nematode parasites of the genus Ascaris which includes the large roundworms of humans and pigs, A. lumbricoides and A. suum, respectively. The allergen was purified from A. suum by immunoaffinity chromatography for immunochemical examination. The IgE antibody repertoire is under MHC contro...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Christie JF,Dunbar B,Kennedy MW

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta7 Integrins have been shown to have an important role in the localization of T cells to the intestine. Utilizing two different experimental mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), this study was undertaken to determine if beta7 integrin expression is critical for T cell localization to the intestine and ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sydora BC,Wagner N,Lohler J,Yakoub G,Kronenberg M,Muller W,Aranda R

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease of children in North America. It is characterized by a massive immune activation and multi-system vasculitis, which evolves into a site-specific inflammatory response focused at the coronary arteries. Coronary artery (CA) inflammation leads to elasti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Lau AC,Duong TT,Ito S,Wilson GJ,Yeung RS

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:This study evaluates the correlation between natural killer (NK) cell function and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 disease progression in 133 untreated HIV-1 positive Chinese subjects, including 41 former plasma donors (FPDs) and 92 men who have sex with men, and 35 HIV-negative controls. Flow cytometry was used ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jia M,Li D,He X,Zhao Y,Peng H,Ma P,Hong K,Liang H,Shao Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:The relation of clinical and laboratory findings at the time clinical presentation to subsequent survival was investigated in 204 patients with macroglobulinaemia. It was found that the ten following clinical and laboratory parameters were of prognostic significance and a further twelve were not. The best prognoses we...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Carter P,Koval JJ,Hobbs JR

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent probes can monitor events in lymphocytes stimulated by mitogens and antigens. Early activation is associated with conformational changes in membrane macromolecules, and has been studied by measurement of fluorescence intensity or polarization of the membrane-localizing probes ANS, NPN, DPH and TMRITC. Subs...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nairn RC,Rolland JM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern era advancements in medical care, with improved treatment of infections, can result in delayed diagnosis of congenital immunodeficiencies. In this study we present a retrospective cohort of 16 patients diagnosed with Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) at adulthood. Some of the patients had a milder clinical ph...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Barkai T,Somech R,Broides A,Gavrieli R,Wolach B,Marcus N,Hagin D,Stauber T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is characterized by a focal periductal salivary gland infiltrate consisting mainly of T and B lymphocytes. Most of the T cells bear the memory CD4+ Th1-like phenotype and express high levels of class II, though CD8+ cells are also present. We have studied 17 labial salivary gland and 15 periphe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Brookes SM,Cohen SB,Price EJ,Webb LM,Feldmann M,Maini RN,Venables PJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies that bind to determinants on myelogenous leukaemia blast cells were developed using fresh leukaemia blasts as immunogens. These monoclonal antibodies were used to quantitate the amount of a variety of antigens on both leukaemia and normal blood cells in a radioimmunoassay. Th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ball ED,Fanger MW

更新日期：1982-06-01 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：:In susceptible mice, the heavy metal ion mercury is able to induce a strong immune activation, which resembles a T helper 2 (Th2) type of immune response and is characterized by a polyclonal B cell activation, formation of high levels of IgG1 and IgE antibodies, production of autoantibodies of different specificities ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Brenden N,Rabbani H,Abedi-Valugerdi M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to characterize the proinflammatory and T helper (Th)1/Th2 cytokine responses during acute parvovirus B19 (B19) infection and determine whether an imbalance of the Th1/Th2 cytokine pattern is related to persistent B19 infection. Cytokines were quantified by multiplex beads immunoassay in seru...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Isa A,Lundqvist A,Lindblom A,Tolfvenstam T,Broliden K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory response, probably to a range of initiating causes. Chronic infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae (C.pn) has been suggested as one cause, but the nature of the association is controversial, in large part due to lack of an identified mechanism to link infection with the atherosclerotic ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Clancy R,Ren Z,Pang G,Fletcher P,D'Este C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinochoroiditis caused by Toxoplasma gondii infection results in inflammation and necrosis of the retina. We have used human retinal pigment epithelial cultures (HRPE) as an in vitro model to investigate the role of TGF-beta in T. gondii-induced retinochoroiditis. RT-PCR analyses showed enhanced steady state levels ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nagineni CN,Detrick B,Hooks JJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of human umbilical vein endothelial (HUVE) cells with the inflammatory mediators tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF), interleukin-1 (IL-1), lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phorbol esters enhanced their adhesiveness for leucocytes. The appearance of an activation antigen ELAM-1, recognized by a monoclonal antibo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Leeuwenberg JF,Jeunhomme GM,Buurman WA

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:Antilactoferrin antibodies have been reported in patients with several autoimmune disorders, including primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis and autoimmune cholangitis. We investigated the prevalence and the clinical significance of such autoreactivity in patients with autoimmune and viral chronic liver dise...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Muratori L,Muratori P,Zauli D,Grassi A,Pappas G,Rodrigo L,Cassani F,Lenzi M,Bianchi FB

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sera of seven out of eight patients with Herpes gestationis contained a factor which fixed C3 but not detectable amounts of immunoglobulin (Ig) on the basement membrane zone (BMZ) of normal human skin. Using C2-deficient human serum and C4-deficient guinea-pig serum, fixation was shown to be dependent upon activat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Carruthers JA,Ewins AR

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00