Studies on J chain and binding site for secretory component in circulating human B cells.

abstract：:Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an immunological treatment that has been used for more than 40 years to cure a variety of diseases. The procedure is associated with serious side effects, due to the severe impairment of the immune system induced by the treatment. After a conditioning regimen with hig...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bemark M,Holmqvist J,Abrahamsson J,Mellgren K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic splenectomy is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality and long-term impairment of humoral and cellular immunity. Alternatives to surgery have been developed to minimize or avoid the immediate and/or long-term complications of splenectomy. Herein we investigated the long-term eff...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Theodorou GL,Mouzaki A,Tsiftsis D,Apostolopoulou A,Mougiou A,Theodori E,Vagianos C,Karakantza M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid obtained from the myocardium of a patient (Han) with familial amyloid cardiomyopathy of Danish origin was studied. Gel filtration and electrophoresis of purified and denatured amyloid fibrils Han revealed various fractions ranging in mol. wt from 40,000 to 8,000 daltons. Amyloid Han and fractions reacted with ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Husby G,Ranløv PJ,Sletten K,Marhaug G

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of immunoregulatory cytokines IL-1 beta, IL-6, IL-12, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) was studied with neonatal (cord blood) monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) after in vitro infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The expression of mRNAs for these cyto...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Tsutsumi H,Matsuda K,Sone S,Takeuchi R,Chiba S

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples from 64 apparently healthy individuals (32 men and 32 women, mean age 81.0 years) were examined for the prevalence of several autoantibodies, including rheumatoid factor (RF), antinuclear antibodies (ANA), antibodies to extracted cellular antigens Ro (SSA), La (SSB), Sm, U1nRNP and Scl-70. IgG and IgM is...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Manoussakis MN,Tzioufas AG,Silis MP,Pange PJ,Goudevenos J,Moutsopoulos HM

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies reacting with thyroid microsomes have been described. In this report, we present evidence that some of these monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) MAH C3 and perhaps MAH C6 are directed towards the thyroid microsomal antigen towards which microsomal autoantibodies from Hashimoto patients are directed. Imm...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Banga JP,Mirakian R,Hammond L,Pryce G,Bidey S,Bottazzo F,Weetman AP,McGregor AM,Roitt IM

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstitution of Semliki forest virus infected nude mice with spleen cells from their immunocompetent nu/+ litter mates resulted in an abolition of the otherwise persistent brain virus, production of anti-SFV IgG, and development of normally absent brain pathology. The brain pathological changes, including demyelinat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fazakerley JK,Amor S,Webb HE

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier data suggest that gamma/delta T cells may play an important role in the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The aim of this study was to determine the percentage of different gamma/delta subsets in peripheral blood of active tuberculosis patients with a positive or negative tuberculin reaction. Thir...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Szereday L,Baliko Z,Szekeres-Bartho J

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we describe the clinical and molecular features of a new case (GOR) of homozygous human TAP2 deficiency, analysing the phenotype and function of NK cells. The patient presented from infancy with recurrent sinopulmonary infections; a selective IgG2 deficiency, negative antibody response to polysaccharide ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Matamoros N,Milà J,Llano M,Balas A,Vicario JL,Pons J,Crespí C,Martinez N,Iglesias-Alzueta J,López-Botet M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IgG subclass distribution of thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb) has been studied in Hashimoto and Graves' patients by several investigators with conflicting results, in part explainable by methodological problems. We have recently developed a quantitative ELISA to measure in absolute terms the serum concentration of ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Caturegli P,Kuppers RC,Mariotti S,Burek CL,Pinchera A,Ladenson PW,Rose NR

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high concentration of ascorbate in leucocytes and its rapid expenditure during infection and phagocytosis suggests a role for the vitamin in the immune process. Evidence published to date shows an involvement in the migration and phagocytosis by macrophages and leucocytes, as well as the induction and expression o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Thomas WR,Holt PG

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During routine immunofluorescence studies of the serum of a patient with Sjögren's syndrome and lymphoma we detected antibodies giving a cytoplasmic pattern which did not correspond to previously described patterns found for autoantibodies. Using different cells and tissues as substrates for indirect immunofluorescenc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rodríguez JL,Gelpi C,Thomson TM,Real FJ,Fernández J

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine (cladribine, CdA) is an immunosuppressive drug that is licensed to treat hairy cell leukaemia, and has been shown recently to have beneficial effects in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The therapeutic effects of CdA have been suggested to be mediated partly through its potent toxicity tow...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Singh V,Prajeeth CK,Gudi V,Bénardais K,Voss EV,Stangel M

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Both antigen specific and non-specific immunoregulation by cells have been described in jirds infected with Brugia pahangi, but the contribution of serum factors to immunoregulatory phenomena in this infection has not been examined. The present study determined the effect of serum from normal or B. pahangi infected ji...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Lammie PJ,Katz SP,Anderson WH

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low concentrations of protease and trypsin reduced the electrophoretic mobility (EPM) of thymocytes; with higher concentrations it was normal or above. Differences in membrane structure of thymocytes, T and B cells was found as B cells showed no reduction while T cells gave intermediate values. Further the reduction w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wiig JN

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of human mucosal lymphoid follicles are rare and have been limited to children's Peyer's patches, which are visible at endoscopy. We investigated lymphoid follicles in ileum biopsies of 87 patients and surgical colon specimens from 66 cancer patients, and examined phenotype and function of isolated follicular ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Junker Y,Bode H,Wahnschaffe U,Kroesen A,Loddenkemper C,Duchmann R,Zeitz M,Ullrich R

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanisms of anti-DNA production, we assessed the binding of sera of normal human subjects (NHS) and patients with SLE to a panel of bacterial and mammalian DNA. Using single-stranded DNA as antigens in an ELISA, NHS showed significant binding to some but not all bacterial DNA, while lacking reactivi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wu ZQ,Drayton D,Pisetsky DS

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoalveolar washings (BAW) were obtained from rats primarily infected with N. brasiliensis during the early infection stage that coincides with the lung passage of the parasite and the recruitment of inflammatory cells. BAW were tested for IL-1, IL-6 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) activities. We found that IL-1 ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Benbernou N,Matsiota-Bernard P,Jolivet C,Ougen P,Guenounou M

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular immunity with interferon gamma production could have a role in protection from hepatitis C virus (HCV). Interleukin (IL)-12 is a key cytokine in promoting such anti-viral T helper 1 (Th1) responses. We hypothesized that a genetic background able to promote cellular responses may be associated with apparent pr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hegazy D,Thurairajah P,Metzner M,Houldsworth A,Shaw S,Kaminski E,Demaine AG,Cramp ME

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into possible determinants of in vivo polyclonal B cell activation seen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we enumerated immunoglobulin secreting cells appearing in cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells that were stimulated with pokeweed mitogen (PWM) or a newly described polyclonal B cell activato...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pardo I,Carafa C,Dziarski R,Levinson AI

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis with cardiac and noncardiac complications. Anti--endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) are found among many patients with KD. The aim of this study was to investigate the pathogenic role of AECA in KD using in vitro and in vivo experimental models. F(ab)2 fragments of IgG-AE...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Grunebaum E,Blank M,Cohen S,Afek A,Kopolovic J,Meroni PL,Youinou P,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of microbial products to inhibit allergic inflammation make them logical candidates for novel therapies in allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis. To assess the effects of intradermal Mycobacterium vaccae derivative on allergen-specific immune responses in children with moderate to severe atopic derm...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Dunstan JA,Brothers S,Bauer J,Hodder M,Jaksic MM,Asher MI,Prescott SL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) is a rare disease characterized by episodes of collapse due to rapid transfer of considerable volumes of plasma from the intravascular to the extravascular compartment. The pathogenesis of this disease is unknown. The diagnosis is made largely on clinical grounds, and investigat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Zhang W,Ewan PW,Lachmann PJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of human seminal plasma (SP) and whole semen (S) on the expression of natural cytotoxicity by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC) was examined. Marked suppression of natural cytotoxicity against K562 targets was observed when effectors were pre-treated for 1 h with SP or S diluted up to 1:40...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rees RC,Vallely P,Clegg A,Potter CW

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most likely source of autoantigens in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is apoptotic material. Because increased levels of circulating apoptotic cells are found in SLE we wanted to investigate the capacity of serum from patients with SLE or other autoimmune or infectious diseases and normal healthy donors (NHD) t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bengtsson AA,Sturfelt G,Gullstrand B,Truedsson L

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a chronic dermal complication that occurs usually after recovery from visceral leishmaniasis (VL). The disease manifests into macular, papular and/or nodular clinical types with mono- or polymorphic presentations. Here, we investigated differences in immunological response...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kaushal H,Bras-Gonçalves R,Avishek K,Kumar Deep D,Petitdidier E,Lemesre JL,Papierok G,Kumar S,Ramesh V,Salotra P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Using quantitative morphometric analysis of immunohistochemically stained tissue sections we compared hypertrophic obstructive adenoids (HOA, n = 10) from children without middle ear disease with chronically infected adenoids (CIA, n = 10) from children with middle ear disease. gamma delta T cell receptor (TCR)+ cells...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Olofsson K,Hellström S,Hammarström ML

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00