Cell-mediated immune response during experimental arthritis induced in rats with streptococcal cell walls.

abstract：:Amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis is characterized by extracellular pathogenic deposition of insoluble fibril protein in various body organs. Deposited amyloid generally remains in a variety of organs for long periods, but its disappearance has been reported after the precursor protein is diminished. The kinetics of AA depos...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Muhammad N,Murakami T,Inoshima Y,Ishiguro N

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for culturing intact human thyroid follicles, based on the study of 40 thyroidectomy specimens from normal (n = 18) and diseased glands (n = 22). Reversal of the normal polarity of thyrocytes, whereby the microvilli move from the colloid edge to the vascular pole of the cells, occurs gradually wh...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hanafusa T,Pujol-Borrell R,Chiovato L,Doniach D,Bottazzo GF

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently separated a PG1828-encoded triacylated lipoprotein (Pg-LP), composed of two palmitoyl and one pentadecanoyl groups at the N-terminal of glycerocysteine from Porphyromonas gingivalis, a periodontopathic bacteria, and found that Pg-LP exhibited definite biological activities through Toll-like receptor (TLR) ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Makimura Y,Asai Y,Taiji Y,Sugiyama A,Tamai R,Ogawa T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte autoantibodies in NZB mice react by hemagglutination methods with exposed and hidden red cell antigens. The hidden antigens can be exposed by treatment with proteolytic enzymes. By indirect immunofluorescence one antibody population can be shown to react with modified red cells. In the present study the lo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Linder E

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phenotypic and functional analysis of the circulating natural killer (NK) cell population was carried out in a series of patients with hairy cell leukaemia (HCL). The overall mean NK activity of both the mononuclear and T cell fractions was reduced compared to that of normal controls (466 lytic units (lu) v 573 lu a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Foa R,Lauria F,Lusso P,Raspadori D,Fierro MT,Tazzari PL,Caudana L,Matera L

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae infection is associated with atherosclerosis and the organism has been identified in arterial lesions. To determine whether T lymphocyte-mediated immune responses to Chlamydia antigens within plaque could contribute to pathogenesis, we have derived T cell lines from atherosclerotic plaques of 32 p...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Curry AJ,Portig I,Goodall JC,Kirkpatrick PJ,Gaston JS

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The La/SSB autoantigen is a major target of long-term humoral autoimmunity in primary Sjögren's Syndrome (SS) and systemic lupus erythematosus. A majority of patients with linked anti-Ro60/Ro52/La responses target an NH2-terminal epitope designated LaA that is expressed on Ro/La ribonucleoprotein complexes and the sur...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Thurgood LA,Arentz G,Lindop R,Jackson MW,Whyte AF,Colella AD,Chataway TK,Gordon TP

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with hypergammaglobulinaemic purpura and show that the serum contains IgG and IgA immune complexes sedimenting between IgM and IgG on ultracentrifugation. The complexes containing IgG were markedly temperature dependent. A drop in temperature from 37 degrees C to 28 degrees C gave a seventeen-fol...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Roberts-Thomson PJ,Kemp AS

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils maintain immune homeostasis by engulfing apoptotic cells and debris. We describe the rapid activation of neutrophils after engulfing hemoglobin (Hb)-activated platelets, which are abundant in the circulation of hemolytic patients. Neutrophils from healthy individuals after engulfing Hb-activated platelets ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bhasym A,Annarapu GK,Saha S,Shrimali N,Gupta S,Seth T,Guchhait P

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the innate immune response against infections, Natural Killer (NK) cells are as important effector cells as are Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) generated after antigenic stimulation in the adaptative response. NK cells increase in numbers, after viral infection or vaccination. We investigated the NK cell and CD8 ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Azeredo EL,De Oliveira-Pinto LM,Zagne SM,Cerqueira DI,Nogueira RM,Kubelka CF

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporin A (Cy A) enhances immunoglobulin (Ig) production by EB virus stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes from normal subjects with prior immunity to EB virus. In 11 normal adults, this enhancement of Ig production correlated with T cell-mediated cytotoxic regression. Cultures from normal healthy adults without...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pereira RS,Gear AJ,Doré CJ,Webster AD

更新日期：1983-07-01 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：:Estimation of the concentration of C9, C-reactive protein (CRP) and alpha1-antitrypsin in forty sera from patients with Behcet's syndrome and recurrent oral ulcers showed significantly increased amounts of C9 and CRP in Behcet's syndrome. The concentration of C9 was also significantly raised in recurrent oral ulcerati...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Adinolfi M,Lehner T

更新日期：1976-07-01 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：:In general, exogenous proteins are processed by antigen-presenting cells in the endosomes for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II presentation to CD4+ T cells, while proteins synthesized endogenously are processed in the cytoplasm for MHC class I presentation to CD8+ T cells. However, it is recognized that...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Voeten JT,Rimmelzwaan GF,Nieuwkoop NJ,Fouchier RA,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:Anti-proteinase 3 antibodies are a subgroup of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), and we have established an ELISA for their detection using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-purified protein. This assay is sensitive and specific: inhibition studies have shown that despite the homology between ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jennings JG,Chang L,Savige JA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A T helper (Th) 1 immune response is important for host defense against tuberculosis. The multidrug resistance protein (Mrp) 1 is constitutively present at low levels on Th2 lymphocytes, and is expressed on Th1 lymphocytes upon activation. To determine the role of Mrp1 in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis, Mrp1 deficie...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Verbon A,Leemans JC,Weijer S,Florquin S,Van Der Poll T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 14 healthy donors and 22 allergic patients were incubated with 51Cr-labelled chicken erythrocytes coated with an IgE myeloma protein or rabbit IgG antibodies. Mononuclear cells from patients with severe atopic disorders released a significantly greater percentage of 51Cr (P less...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Melewicz FM,Zeiger RS,Mellon MH,O'Connor RD,Spiegelberg HL

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-density cells (LDC) of dendritic morphology from the blood of patients with common variable (late-onset) hypogammaglobulinaemia (CVH) did not induce allogeneic immunoglobulin production by normal B cells unlike LDC from normal blood. When LDC from patients were treated with pokeweed mitogen (PWM), a lower allogene...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Farrant J,Bryant AE,Lever AM,Edwards AJ,Knight SC,Webster AD

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A purified preparation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been shown to activate the classical complement pathway by direct interaction with the first component of complement, C1, without the intervention of antibody. No evidence was found for activation of the alternative pathway. Following classical pathway activation ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Martin H,McConnell I,Gorick B,Hughes-Jones NC

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 IFN is thought to be implicated in the autoimmune process of SLE. Plasmacytoid dendric cells (DC), which are natural IFN-alpha producing cells, play a pivotal epipathogenic role in SLE. The present study was undertaken to investigate the phenotypic characteristics of peripheral blood DC in SLE patients in compa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Migita K,Miyashita T,Maeda Y,Kimura H,Nakamura M,Yatsuhashi H,Ishibashi H,Eguchi K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients with chronic hepatitis C/non-A, non-B were included in a randomized controlled study of interferon-alpha 2b (IFN-alpha 2b) treatment, 3 x 10(6) U three times weekly for 36 weeks. Using an immunoperoxidase technique, frozen liver biopsy specimens were examined with MoAbs for the presence of T help...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wejstål R,Norkrans G,Weiland O,Schvarcz R,Fuchs D,Wachter H,Fryden A,Glaumann H

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal anti-dermatan sulphate antibodies were produced with hybridization after immunizing BALB/c mice with dermatan sulphate (DS). These antibodies were tested for cross-reactivity to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) and heat-denatured DNA (ssDNA). Five clones had binding activity to DS, dsDNA and ssDNA in enzyme-link...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ohnishi K,Sagawa A,Nakabayashi T,Ohmoto A,Megumi,Yoshikawa M,Watanabe I,Mukai M,Yasuda I,Nakagawa S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described to assess antigenic cross-reactivity between soluble immune complexes precipitated from sera with polyethylene glycol. The precipitated complex from one serum was dissociated in acid and used to coat a plastic cup. Radioiodinated complexes from another serum were dissociated in the cup, neutraliz...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Dambuyant C,Burton-Kee J,Mowbray JF

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasite antigens released from Trypanosoma cruzi-infected cells were adsorbed to infected and uninfected mammalian cells thus rendering them susceptible to immune lysis by antibody and cell-mediated immunity directed against the parasite. BALB/c mice infected with T. cruzi for 15 days developed cytotoxic T lymphocyte...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ribeiro Dos Santos R,Hudson L

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the hypothesis that pregnant female baboons exhibit increased levels of various inflammatory mediators in serum resulting from ligature-induced periodontitis, and that these profiles would relate to periodontal disease severity/extent in the animals. The animals were sampled at baseline (B), mid-preg...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ebersole JL,Steffen MJ,Holt SC,Kesavalu L,Chu L,Cappelli D

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum cytokine levels and peripheral T cell subpopulations of HIV-1-infected patients before, during and after active visceral leishmaniasis (VL) were analysed and compared with appropriate controls. At VL diagnosis, co-infected patients showed higher serum levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) than matched HIV-1 con...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Medrano FJ,Rey C,Leal M,Cañavate C,Rubio A,Sánchez-Quijano A,Alvar J,Lissen E

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of disease progression in Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is still unclear. Thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) is a diagnostic hallmark of HT. The aim of our study was to evaluate the avidity of TgAb in sera from HT patients with different thyroid functional status. Sera from 50 patients with newly diagnosed HT ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Zhang Y,Gao Y,Li M,Xie L,Huang Y,Gao Y,Guo X

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine immune system is not necessarily identical to it human counterpart, which has led to the construction of humanized mice. The current study analysed whether or not a human immune system contained within the non-obese diabetic (NOD)-Rag1(null) -γ chain(null) (NRG) mouse model was an accurate representation of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Harris DT,Badowski M,Balamurugan A,Yang OO

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00