Effects of cyclosporin A on immunoglobulin production by EB virus stimulated lymphocytes.

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：:CD4(+) CD25(+) regulatory T cells produce the anti-inflammatory cytokines transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta or interleukin (IL)-10. Regulatory T cells have been recognized to suppress autoimmunity and promote self-tolerance. These cells may also facilitate pathogen persistence by down-regulating the host defence r...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mason CM,Porretta E,Zhang P,Nelson S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone can mediate the binding of both free DNA and DNA complexed to anti-DNA antibody to the glomerular capillary wall. We tested whether performed histone-DNA-anti-DNA immune complexes (IC) could bind to the glomerular capillary wall. The immune complex, generated with anti-DNA antibody derived from an SLE patient ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Morioka T,Fujigaki Y,Batsford SR,Woitas R,Oite T,Shimizu F,Vogt A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solubilization of an immune precipitate by serum is a complement function mediated by the alternative pathway and enhanced by the classical pathway--it therefore provides the basis of a simple quantitative assessment of the integrity of complement function. Using a preformed radiolabelled precipitate of BSA-alpha BSA ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Schifferli JA,Morris SM,Dash A,Peters DK

更新日期：1981-12-01 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：:The concentration of immunoglobulins, anti-ssDNA, anti-dsDNA, anti-TNP antibodies, IgM rheumatoid factor, C3, immune complexes and serum amyloid P component (SAP), in the serum were measured in 68 male and female MRL/lpr/lpr mice, a strain affected with a systemic autoimmune disease. The degree of lymphoproliferation ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rordorf-Adam C,Serban D,Pataki A,Grüninger M

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of anti-tetanus toxoid (TT) antibody and anti-anti-TT (auto-anti-Id) antibody has been measured in three young and three old persons. Both antibodies were measured using ELISA. We found that: (i) the anti-TT response of old subjects was lower than that of young subjects, (ii) serum auto-anti-Id antibody...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Arreaza EE,Gibbons JJ Jr,Siskind GW,Weksler ME

更新日期：1993-04-01 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

abstract：:Activation of human peripheral blood lymphocytes from unsensitized donors by fractions of T.b rhodesiense has been demonstrated in vitro. Both T and B cells were stimulated to differentiate into blast cells. Purified T cells failed to proliferate, but did so when mitomycin C-treated non-T cells were added. Non-T cell ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Selkirk ME,Ogilvie BM,Platts-Mills TA

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of NK T cells was measured in relation to the Th1/Th2 imbalance observed in RA. Peripheral blood samples of patients with RA (n = 60) and healthy controls (n = 36) were stained with anti-NK receptor 1A (anti-NKR-P1A), anti-CD56, and anti-CD3 MoAbs, and examined by three-colour flow cytometry. NK T (NKR-P1A+...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Yanagihara Y,Shiozawa K,Takai M,Kyogoku M,Shiozawa S

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) has been used as a prophylactic and therapeutic option to avoid and treat rejection after heart transplantation (HTx). Tolerance-inducing effects of ECP such as up-regulation of regulatory T cells (T(regs)) are known, but specific effects of ECP on regulatory T cell (T(reg)) subsets ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Dieterlen MT,Bittner HB,Pierzchalski A,Dhein S,Mohr FW,Barten MJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked platelet/immunodeficiency disease. The affected gene encodes WASP, a multidomain protein that regulates cytoskeletal assembly in blood cells. Patients have recurring infections, and their lymphocytes exhibit deficient proliferative responses in vitro. We report an evaluati...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Park JY,Kob M,Prodeus AP,Rosen FS,Shcherbina A,Remold-O'Donnell E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) was able to inhibit T cell proliferation induced in an autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction (AMLR). The effect of CD4 MoAb on cellular proliferation appears to be directly exerted on CD4+ T lymphocytes, and to be due to inhibition of a post-activation event, since the CD4+ T cell prolife...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sakane T,Takada S

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) can be identified among epithelial cells in systemic mucosal tissues. Although intestinal IELs play a crucial role in mucosal immunity, their bronchial counterparts have not been well studied. The purpose of this study was to determine the immunological functions of human bronchial I...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hirosako S,Goto E,Fujii K,Tsumori K,Hirata N,Tsumura S,Kamohara H,Kohrogi H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD44 is an adhesion molecule involved in a wide range of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. The standard form of CD44 (CD44S) is a 85-90-kD glycoprotein, but alternative splicing of RNA encoding 10 variable exons (V1-V10) can give rise to many different CD44 variant protein isoforms of higher molecular weight. CD...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Takazoe K,Foti R,Tesch GH,Hurst LA,Lan HY,Atkins RC,Nikolic-Paterson DJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of a methylcholanthrene-induced fibrosarcoma in BALB/c mice was accompanied by an increase in the activation state of tumour-associated macrophages (TAM), as measured by their FcIgG receptor expression, phagocytic index and beta-glucuronidase levels. All of these parameters were markedly higher in TAM than in p...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Valdéz JC,Perdigón G

更新日期：1991-11-01 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：:Exposure to intratracheal immunization and aerosolization with soluble antigen plus murmayl-dipeptide (MDP) induces the development of plaque-forming cells in the pulmonary draining lymph nodes of two of three inbred mouse strains. Splenectomy before immunization led to a heightened plaque-forming cell response in the...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Allen EM,Abramoff P,Fink JN,Calvanico NJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent report that anti-gp120 antibodies can be induced by allogeneic stimuli in experimental animals in the absence of HIV, has focused attention on the structural similarities between gp120 and MHC. Here we report that some HIV+ individuals develop antibodies which similarly react with the gp120 HIV sequence (aa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pugliese O,Viora M,Camponeschi B,Cordiali Fei P,Caprilli F,Chersi A,Evangelista M,Di Massimo AM,Colizzi V

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are of crucial importance in immune regulation and response to microbial factors. In multiple sclerosis (MS), pDCs from peripheral blood showed an immature phenotype, but its role in susceptibility to MS is not determined. Because infectious diseases are established triggers of exac...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bayas A,Stasiolek M,Kruse N,Toyka KV,Selmaj K,Gold R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is hyperinflammatory life-threatening syndrome, associated typically with high levels of serum ferritin. This is an iron storage protein including heavy (H) and light (L) subunits, categorized on their molecular weight. The H-/L subunits ratio may be different in tissues, depending...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ruscitti P,Cipriani P,Di Benedetto P,Liakouli V,Berardicurti O,Carubbi F,Ciccia F,Guggino G,Triolo G,Giacomelli R

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG, IgM and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) containing immune complexes (IC) were detected by the Clq and conglutinin solid phase assays in both HBsAg+ and HBsAg- groups of patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). No differences were observed between the two patient groups either in the levels of ant...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Brown SE,Howard CR,Steward MW,Ajdukiewicz AB,Whittle HC

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 11 genetic causes of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) have been identified, affecting development and/or function of T lymphocytes, and sometimes B lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells. Deletion of 22q11.2 is associated with immunodeficiency, although less than 1% of cases are associated with T-B...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gennery AR,Slatter MA,Rice J,Hoefsloot LH,Barge D,McLean-Tooke A,Montgomery T,Goodship JA,Burt AD,Flood TJ,Abinun M,Cant AJ,Johnson D

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) belong to a heterogeneous group of antibodies directed against negatively charged phospholipids. In patients with rheumatic disorders, their presence has been correlated to the occurrence of thromboembolic complications, thrombocytopenia, abortions and other disease manifestations. Sev...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rubbert A,Bock E,Schwab J,Marienhagen J,Nüsslein H,Wolf F,Kalden JR

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary infection is known to constitute a major complication of cystic fibrosis (CF). In order to determine whether a defect of antibody formation is associated with this clinical finding, we have investigated antibody production on the cellular level by using a haemolytic plaque forming cell (PFC) assay. T...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Götz M,Zielinski CC,Ahmad R,Eibl M

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a panel of MoAbs against four separate but overlapping epitopes on endothelial cell (EC) vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1). Two of the MoAbs (1G11 and 1E5) inhibited T cell adhesion to tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-activated EC, whilst two MoAbs (1.4C3 and 6D9) did not. Using these MoAbs we h...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wellicome SM,Kapahi P,Mason JC,Lebranchu Y,Yarwood H,Haskard DO

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are estimated to be approximately 1500 people in the United Kingdom with C1 inhibitor (C1INH) deficiency. At BartsHealth National Health Service (NHS) Trust we manage 133 patients with this condition and we believe that this represents one of the largest cohorts in the United Kingdom. C1INH deficiency may be her...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Manson AL,Price A,Dempster J,Clinton-Tarestad P,Greening C,Enti R,Hill S,Grigoriadou S,Buckland MS,Longhurst HJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied immunological, serological and clinical abnormalities in 264 HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug abusers. Ninety percent of the 264 drug addicts (mean age 26 +/- 0.8 years) were found to have HIV antibodies and there was a significant increase (P less than 0.01) in the frequency of HIV antibody positivi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fernandez-Cruz E,Fernandez AM,Gutierrez C,Garcia-Montes M,de la Morena MT,Rodriguez-Villanueva J,Longo N,Zabay JM

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells seem to play a central role in maintaining immune tolerance in the gut mucosa. Previously we have shown that interleukin (IL)-10 is produced at high levels in the inflamed colonic tissue of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. The cellular source was CD4+ T cells, suggesting local activation of regulat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sitohy B,Hammarström S,Danielsson A,Hammarström ML

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00