Aberrant immunoregulatory control of B lymphocyte function in lepromatous leprosy.

abstract：:Incubation with thymosin fraction 5, (TMS F5 at 300 micrograms/ml) a partially purified thymic factor, reduced the steroid binding activity of human infant thymocytes from 9.6 +/- 2.1 fmole/ml to 5.0 +/- 2.0 fmole/ml. The glucocorticoid receptor activity in normal infant thymocytes was found to be 2,146 +/- 726 (s.d.)...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ma DD,Ho AH,Hoffbrand AV

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are at increased risk of coeliac disease (CD), autoimmune thyroiditis and autoimmune gastritis, but the absolute risks are unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of autoantibodies to tissue transglutaminase (TGA), thyroid peroxidase (TPOA) and gastric H+...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kozhakhmetova A,Wyatt RC,Caygill C,Williams C,Long AE,Chandler K,Aitken RJ,Wenzlau JM,Davidson HW,Gillespie KM,Williams AJK

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent development of salivary proteomics has led to the identification of potential biomarkers for diagnosing patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). Here we sought to identify differentially produced salivary metabolites from pSS patients and healthy controls (HCs) that might be used to characterize this...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kageyama G,Saegusa J,Irino Y,Tanaka S,Tsuda K,Takahashi S,Sendo S,Morinobu A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ligand radioassay for the detection of IC which utilizes C1q, bovine conglutinin and low affinity rabbit IgM anti-human Fc in a reagent coctail, is presented. IC are first isolated from serum by precipitation in polyethylene glycol, then analysed for their ability to react with the ligand coctail. Dual-label studies...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Harkiss GD,Brown DL

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high incidence of infections characteristic of impaired cell-mediated immunity in patients with hairy cell leukemia led us to study T lymphocyte function in sixteen patients with the lymphocyte transformation test. All patients showed imparied responses to mitogens, attributable to one or more of the following cau...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sabbe LJ,Meijer CJ,Jansen J

更新日期：1980-11-01 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：:An improved in vitro technique to assay for migration inhibitory factor is presented. The method employs chromium-51-radiolabelled guinea-pig macrophages and offers significant advantages including (1) elimination of observer to observer variation and tedious measurements resulting in an objective and technically simp...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Noronha-Blob L,Huang SW

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-42, an autoantibody found in the sera of some patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, was isolated from sera of seven different patients. By binding of the autoantibodies to cell bound C42, the autoantibodies were purified to homogeneity and radiolabelled with 125I. Purified preparations of 125I-F-42 were bound ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Daha MR,Hazevoet HM,van Es LA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) were reported to cause hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome (HIES). The present study investigates T helper type 17 (Th17) responses triggered by the relevant stimuli Staphylococcus aureus and Candidia albicans in five 'classical' HIES patients, and...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： van de Veerdonk FL,Marijnissen RJ,Joosten LA,Kullberg BJ,Drenth JP,Netea MG,van der Meer JW

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of the cellular and humoral responses of 30 recipients of hepatitis B vaccine were studied. All individuals exerted an HBsAg blastogenic response sometime throughout the study period but the maximum response was detected on day 28 and 56. The removal of CD8+ cells enhanced significantly the HBsAg response...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Filion LG,Saginur R,Szczerbak N

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate antibody recognition of DNA in normal and aberrant immunity, the binding of sera of normal human subjects (NHS) and patients with SLE was tested with mammalian and bacterial DNA varying in size. Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) and calf thymus (CT) single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) were investigated as model antigens...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pisetsky DS,Gonzalez TC

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic histaminergic acquired angioedema (IH-AAE) is a common cause of recurrent angioedema without wheals. It is a mast cell-mediated disease thought to belong to the same clinical entity as chronic urticaria (CU). The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of IH-...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Faisant C,Boccon-Gibod I,Mansard C,Dumestre Perard C,Pralong P,Chatain C,Deroux A,Bouillet L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of macrophage infiltrates in oral mucosal acute graft-versus-host disease (AGVHD) remains unclear, although clinical studies suggest that macrophage infiltration correlates directly with the severity of AGVHD. In this study, we investigated the role of M1 macrophage infiltration in the oral mucosa of rats wit...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Seno K,Yasunaga M,Kajiya H,Izaki-Hagio K,Morita H,Yoneda M,Hirofuji T,Ohno J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parechymal cells (PC) were prepared by digestion of perfused, lavaged rat lung in a mixture of collagenase and DNase, and harvested on a discontinuous percoll gradient. The process yielded on average 1.0 X 10(8) viable cells/gram tissue. PC were pulsed with soluble antigen, and tested for their capacity to trigger ant...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Holt PG,Degebrodt A,O'Leary C,Krska K,Plozza T

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide-binding, oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) gene polymorphism was reported to be associated with susceptibility, disease activity or anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the roles of NLRP3 inflammasome i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Guo C,Fu R,Wang S,Huang Y,Li X,Zhou M,Zhao J,Yang N

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of cold reactive lymphocytotoxic antibodies present in sera from Thai adults with malaria revealed that the antibodies are predominantly 19S (IgM), directed against both autologous and allogeneic mononuclear cells, complement-dependent, present in titres ranging from 1:2 to 1:16, and exhibit greater l...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gilbreath MJ,Pavanand K,MacDermott RP,Wells RA,Ussery MA

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural characteristics of autologous red blood cell (ARBC) receptors on human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) induced by phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) were examined. Tunicamycin, which is known to be a blocker of the protein glycosylation of N-glycosidic type glycoprotein, significantly inhibited the production...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hyodo S,Kishi T,Kashiwa H,Kittaka E,Suzawa T,Tanaka Y,Sakano T,Usui T

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microplate radioimmunoassay for IgG, IgA and IgM antiglobulins reactive with rabbit IgG was performed on sera from 69 patients with various connective tissue diseases. IgM antiglobulins were detected in rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sicca syndrome and some patients with systemic vasculitis. IgA antiglobulins were f...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Elkon KB,Caeiro F,Gharavi AE,Patel BM,Ferjencik PP,Hughes GR

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenic patients are reported to have immunological dysfunction, however, the immune response to surgery in schizophrenic patients remains unclear. We measured plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) before, during and after colectomy, hemicolectomy and sigm...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kudoh A,Sakai T,Ishihara H,Matsuki A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and natural killer (NK) cells have a key role in host defence against infectious pathogens, but their response to bacteria is not well characterized. Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae is a major cause of respiratory tract infection including otitis media, sinusitis, tonsillitis and chro...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： King PT,Ngui J,Farmer MW,Hutchinson P,Holmes PW,Holdsworth SR

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paneth cells are important contributors to the intestinal antimicrobial barrier through synthesis and release of antimicrobial peptides and proteins. Animal studies indicate that Paneth cell numbers, location and granule morphology are altered by infection and zinc status. We examined human tissue to determine whether...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kelly P,Feakins R,Domizio P,Murphy J,Bevins C,Wilson J,McPhail G,Poulsom R,Dhaliwal W

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the presence of a T lymphocyte subpopulation in germinal centres of lymph follicles. This subpopulation is defined by reactivity with Leu 7 antibody, in addition to OKT11, OKT1, OKT3 and OKT4 positivity. The functional activity of this T lymphocyte subpopulation is a matter of discussion and has ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Poppema S,Visser L,De Leij L

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement plays important roles in host immune defences, and recent studies suggest that adipose tissue is an important site of production for some complement proteins. Starvation has been associated with low complement levels, but studied populations have usually had concomitant opportunistic infections or other con...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pomeroy C,Mitchell J,Eckert E,Raymond N,Crosby R,Dalmasso AP

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:In addition to its activity as a metabolic hormone and a regulator of somatic growth, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) has cytokine-like activities on lymphoid cells. A 14-day infusion of recombinant human (rh)IGF-I increased lymphocyte numbers in all the peripheral lymphoid organs examined. This increase was appa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Robbins K,McCabe S,Scheiner T,Strasser J,Clark R,Jardieu P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the skin and nerve fibrosis in toxic oil syndrome by in situ hybridization using specific cDNA probes for types I, III, and IV collagens. Fibroblasts with high levels of type I and III collagen mRNA were observed in biopsies from fibrotic skin areas. Similarly, type IV collagen mRNA was abundant in cel...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gomez-Reino JJ,Sandberg M,Carreira PE,Vuorio E

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level and avidity of anti-DNA antibody in the serum of New Zealand Black/White (NZB/W F1) hybrid mice has been determined. The results show that there is an age and sex-related variation in the avidity of this antibody. In mice of both sexes, the avidity of circulating anti-DNA antibody increases up to 5 months of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Steward MW,Katz FE,West NJ

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-10 and IL-12 are cytokines which are important in regulating immune responses. Plasma levels of IL-10 and autoantibodies against double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) often mirror disease activity in patients with SLE. IL-12 secretion from SLE patients' blood mononuclear cells also correlates with disease activity, but has a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Tyrrell-Price J,Lydyard PM,Isenberg DA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a key cytokine featuring redundancy and pleiotropic activity. It plays a central role in host defence against environmental stress such as infection and injury. Dysregulated, persistent interleukin (IL)-6 production has been implicated in the development of various autoimmune, chronic inflammat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mesquida M,Leszczynska A,Llorenç V,Adán A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the expression of chemokines and their receptors in leprosy skin lesions using immunohistochemistry. Skin biopsies from 25 leprosy patients across the leprosy spectrum, 11 patients undergoing type I reversal reactions and four normal donors were immunostained by ABC peroxidase method using antibod...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kirkaldy AA,Musonda AC,Khanolkhar-Young S,Suneetha S,Lockwood DN

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00