Increased IgE-dependent cytotoxicity by blood mononuclear cells of allergic patients.

abstract：:A complete functional deficiency of C1q is described in a patient suffering from SLE. From reduced plasma C1 activity of the parents a hereditary trait was assumed. The defective C1q molecule was haemolytically inactive, did not bind to immune complexes, and was not recognized by the monocyte C1q receptor. C1 activity...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kirschfink M,Petry F,Khirwadkar K,Wigand R,Kaltwasser JP,Loos M

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten sera from 48 patients with systemic sclerosis were found to be capable of producing cytotoxicity of human umbilical venous and arterial endothelium when co-cultured with peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Fractionation of sera on Ultrogel and the preparation of monomeric IgG by ion exchange and affinity chromatog...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Holt CM,Lindsey N,Moult J,Malia RG,Greaves M,Hume A,Rowell NR,Hughes P

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：:A solid-phase radioimmunoassay was developed to detect antibodies to liver membrane antigens in sera of patients with HBsAg-negative and -positive liver diseases and primary non-hepatic autoimmune diseases. Ten of fourteen patients with HBsAg-negative CAH had autoantibodies detected by RIA; negative results were obtai...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Manns M,Meyer zum Büschenfelde KH,Hütteroth TH,Hess G

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice with SCID disease have previously been successfully engrafted with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained from normal individuals and from patients with various diseases. To determine whether SCID mice engrafted with SLE PBMC produced autoantibodies with specificities similar to those in the SLE...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ashany D,Hines J,Gharavi A,Mouradian J,Elkon KB

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：: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：:To investigate the role of seminal plasma in human B cell functions, its effect on the proliferation and antibody secretion of tonsillar B cells and an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transformed human B cell line, A4, was examined. Seminal plasma inhibited both the proliferation and differentiation of normal B cells only wh...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Lee HK,Lee HH,Park YM,Lee JH,Ha TY

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolerogenic dendritic cells (DCs) play a critical role in the induction of regulatory T cells (Tregs ), which in turn suppress effector T cell responses. We have previously shown the induction of DCs from human and mouse monocytic cell lines, mouse splenocytes and human peripheral blood monocytes by a novel apolipopro...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bellemore SM,Nikoopour E,Au BC,Krougly O,Lee-Chan E,Haeryfar SM,Singh B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxic responses of peripheral blood lymphocytes from cottontop tamarins to in vitro restimulation with autologous lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL) were assayed. Lymphocytes from immune tamarins that had recovered from EBV challenge developed potent cytotoxicity for natural killer (NK) cell targets and for autol...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wilson AD,Shooshstari M,Finerty S,Watkins P,Morgan AJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and experimental models of colitis is characterized by a dysregulated intestinal immune response with elevated levels of Th1 cytokines. The luminal flora has been implicated as a major factor contributing to the initiation and perpetuation of inflammation in ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Obermeier F,Dunger N,Strauch UG,Grunwald N,Herfarth H,Schölmerich J,Falk W

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smokers exhibit airway inflammation and increased number of alveolar macrophages (AM), but not all develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We hypothesized that AMs in COPD patients have an altered functional capacity mirrored in a different phenotype. Sixteen steroid-naive COPD patients [forced expirator...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Löfdahl JM,Wahlström J,Sköld CM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While most of our understanding of immune dysfunction in dialysis patients involves alterations in CD28-CD80/86 signalling, nothing is known of CD46-mediated co-stimulation of T cells in these patients. Because C3b/C4b bind to CD46 and complement activation occurs during haemodialysis (HD), we addressed whether CD46-m...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Brinkkoetter PT,Marinaki S,Gottmann U,Fleckenstein S,Stump C,Van Der Woude FJ,Braun C,Yard BA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial fluids from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients were found to contain activated T lymphocytes that could be maintained as continuous T cell lines (CTCL) in the presence of the T cell growth factor, interleukin (IL)-2. The CTCL predominantly expressed the OKT8 phenotype and were Ia antigen positive. IL-2-depend...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wilkins JA,Olivier SL,Warrington RJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：: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：:Commensal enteric bacteria stimulate innate immune cells and increase numbers of lamina propria and mesenteric lymph node (MLN) T and B lymphocytes. However, the influence of luminal bacteria on acquired immune function is not understood fully. We investigated the effects of intestinal bacterial colonization on T cell...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Walton KL,Galanko JA,Balfour Sartor R,Fisher NC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HLA haplotype A 10,B18 has been associated with hereditary deficiency of the second component of complement(C2). In an effort to detect individuals homozygous for C2 deficiency, a thorough audit of HLA serotyping results in 3,100 individuals was performed, and a single patient homozygous for the A10, B18 haplotype...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Zeitz HJ,Gewurz A,Jonasson O,Geis WP,Gewurz H

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IgG and IgA subclass distribution of specific antibodies as well as the distribution of total and specific IgE in 15 patients with schistosomiasis was determined in consecutive samples before and after initiation of treatment. An adult worm antigen preparation and a soluble egg antigen preparation were used as ant...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Evengård B,Hammarström L,Smith CI,Johansson SG,Linder E

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allergenic properties of the proteins of two lyophilized fractions of fresh natural rubber latex obtained by ultracentrifugation, the C serum and the sedimented bottom or lutoid fraction, have been compared with those of the serum proteins of two samples of high ammonia latex (HAL) [A]HALS obtained from HAL stored...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kekwick R,Bhambri S,Chabane MH,Autegarden JE,Levy DA,Leynadier F

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensorineural hearing loss is a common problem in the otolaryngologist's practice, with autoimmune disease of the inner ear being one possible cause. The restoration of auditory function in some patients following immunosuppressive therapy has created a desire to define and understand this disease better. Because of t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gloddek B,Rogowski M,Reiss G,Arnold W

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae infection may result in asymptomatic carriage, mucosal or invasive disease. We hypothesize that self-limiting or fatal disease outcome follows infection with S. pneumoniae differential activation of the host immune response. BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice were inoculated intranasally with S. pneumoni...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mizrachi-Nebenzahl Y,Lifshitz S,Teitelbaum R,Novick S,Levi A,Benharroch D,Ling E,Dagan R

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atopic disorders are caused by disregulated activation of T helper 2 (Th2) cells that produce IL-4 and IL-5. Because the presence of IL-4 potently augments the differentiation of naive T cells into Th2 cells, it is important to seek the cell population which provides IL-4 for naive T cells. Recently, a unique subpopul...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Oishi Y,Sakamoto A,Kurasawa K,Nakajima H,Nakao A,Nakagawa N,Tanabe E,Saito Y,Iwamoto I

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+ lymphocytes are a primary target of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and CD4 counts are one of the factors used to measure disease progression in HIV-positive individuals. CD4 counts vary in uninfected individuals and across populations due to a variety of demographic, environmental, immunological and gene...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mair C,Hawes SE,Agne HD,Sow PS,N'doye I,Manhart LE,Fu PL,Gottlieb GS,Kiviat NB

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system and the kidneys are closely linked. In health the kidneys contribute to immune homeostasis, while components of the immune system mediate many acute forms of renal disease and play a central role in progression of chronic kidney disease. A dysregulated immune system can have either direct or indirect...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Tecklenborg J,Clayton D,Siebert S,Coley SM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the T-cell antigen receptor constant beta and alpha chain genes (TCR-C beta, -C alpha) and the immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chain switch regions of patients with Graves' disease (GD) using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. No significant associations were found with RFLPs of e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Demaine AG,Ratanachaiyavong S,Pope R,Ewins D,Millward BA,McGregor AM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer of contact sensitivity (CS) responses by immune lymphoid cells was the first finding that distinguished cellular from humoral immunity. CS has remained the most studied T cell reaction in vivo, and is the prototype for a variety of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses. DTH in essence is the recruitme...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Askenase PW

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that IgG2a anti-Thy-1 MoAb (ER4G) induces apoptosis of rat mesangial cells (GMC) in vitro. Since the classical complement pathway plays an essential role in Thy-1 nephritis, we analysed whether C1q, a subunit of the first component of complement, enhances the ER4G-mediated apoptosis of rat GMC...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sato T,van Dixhoorn MG,Heemskerk E,van Es LA,Daha MR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several immunological tests were performed on eighty-five patients with rubella. There was a decrease in total leucocytes, neutrophils and T cells, an increase in IgG and the complement components of C4, C9 and CH50, and a marked insensitivity to dinitrochlorobenzen (DNCB) and purified protein derivative (PPD) in many...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Niwa Y,Kanoh T

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) preparations are efficacious and safe products in use world-wide. Although rare, side-effects of IVIG may be serious, even life-threatening, and clinicians should be aware of their potential occurrence. This article summarizes most of the adverse experiences with IVIG reported in the...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Duhem C,Dicato MA,Ries F

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00