Phenotypic analysis of cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and peripheral blood of maedi visna-infected sheep.

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

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 effect of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) on the binding of DNA and DNA-anti-DNA immune complexes to cultured human skin fibroblasts was examined. Using radioisotope analysis, ELISA and indirect immunofluorescent staining, a correlation between plasma membrane-bound DNA or DNA-anti-DNA immune complexes and cell-asso...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kabakov AE,Saenko VA,Poverenny AM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytes from human fetuses and newborns strongly, regularly, and non-specifically suppress the proliferation of PHA stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear leucocytes. The suppression is prostaglandin (PG)-dependent. Our present investigation clearly indicates that the suppression is associated with neonatal T ver...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Papadogiannakis N,Johnsen SA,Olding LB

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CBA/KlJms-lprcg/lprcg mice with a novel mutation producing systemic lymphoproliferation were investigated for their serological and histological characteristics. The mutant mice showed elevated levels of serum immunoglobulin, C1q-binding immune complexes and antibodies to nuclear antigens such as dsDNA and ssDNA and p...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kimura M,Mohri H,Shimada K,Wakabayashi T,Kanai Y,Matsuzawa A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acquired hypogammaglobulinaemia usually have near normal numbers of B cells and normal T cell function. When hypogammaglobulinaemia occurs in association with thymoma, then B cell numbers have been reported as low, and distinctive T cells are present which inhibit immunoglobulin production by normal cell...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Brenner MK,Reittie JG,Chadda HR,Pollock A,Asherson GL

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells (ECs) are a target in inflammation, and the death of EC is regulated by various factors. Although intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparations are known to be beneficial therapeutic agents for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and systemic inflammatory disorders, their mechanism of action have n...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nakatani K,Takeshita S,Tsujimoto H,Sekine I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we have investigated the clearance kinetics and tissue distribution of monomeric (m) IgG and soluble aggregates of IgG (AIgG) and immune complexes (IC) in normal and Kupffer cell (KC) depleted rats. In normal rats, clearance of mIgG occurred in a biphasic manner with a first half-life (T1/2) (T1) ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bogers WM,Stad RK,Janssen DJ,van Rooijen N,van Es LA,Daha MR

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both CC- and CXC-chemokines are known to be potent leucocyte activators and chemoattractants and play important roles in inflammatory responses. However, chemokine response to bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infection remains incompletely defined. In this study, we investigated human CC- [macrophage-derived chemokine (...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Luo Y,Chen X,O'Donnell MA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activin A is a cytokine whose multiple functions have yet to be fully determined. In this study, the role of proinflammatory cytokines in regulatory control of activin A production was shown in synoviocytes and chondrocytes. Additional facets of functional inflammation-related activities of activin A were also determi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Yu EW,Dolter KE,Shao LE,Yu J

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the role of the T cell-mediated autoimmune reaction in type 1 diabetes (T1D) is conclusive, studies including data from human circulating CD4(+) and CD8(+) lymphocytes subsets during the disease onset and posterior development are scarce. Further, chemokines and chemokine receptors are key players in the migr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hedman M,Faresjö M,Axelsson S,Ludvigsson J,Casas R

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating immunoglobulin (Ig)G antibodies against M(2) muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (M(2) mAChR) have been implicated in Chagas' disease (ChD) pathophysiology. These antibodies bind to and activate their target receptor, displaying agonist-like activity through an unclear mechanism. This study tested the abili...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Beltrame SP,Auger SR,Bilder CR,Waldner CI,Goin JC

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-5 is a major factor inducing differentiation of B lymphocytes into immunoglobulin-producing cells as well as a main regulator of eosinophils. Recently, we have shown that peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with alveolar echinococcosis (AE) express IL-5 mRNA after stimulation with crude Echinoco...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jenne L,Kilwinski J,Scheffold W,Kern P

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical investigations of recombinant human acid alpha-glucosidase for the treatment of Pompe disease often reveal the appearance of therapy-specific antibodies. These antibodies could potentially interfere with recombinant human acid alpha-glucosidase efficacy and induce immunological consequences. Several immunosup...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Joseph A,Munroe K,Housman M,Garman R,Richards S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of normal human donors are spontaneously cytotoxic for certain tumour-derived and virus-infected target cells. This so-called natural killing (NK) can be augmented by the action of interferons (IFN) and by IFN-inducers. In this study, we have compared both endogenous and augme...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Neighbour PA,Grayzel AI,Miller AE

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble histocompatibility antigens of the class II region have been detected in synovial fluids obtained from patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A capture immunoassay involving two monoclonal antibodies was used; interference by rheumatoid factor, which is a feature of such assays, was overcome by mild pretreatment ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Stevenson FK,Douglass WA,Spellerberg MB,Walters MT,Cawley MI

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In autoimmune diseases, mitogen-induced IL-2 production in vitro is generally considered to be diminished despite evidence of lymphoid hyperactivity in vivo. HgCl2 is known to cause T-dependent polyclonal B cell activation in Brown-Norway (BN) rats, resulting in autoimmune disease. We show here that the IL-2 producing...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Baran D,Lantz O,Dosquet P,Sfaksi A,Druet P

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated lymphocyte subsets both quantitatively and functionally in children with nephrotic syndrome. Ten children had minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS), seven had focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) and four had recovered from MCNS. Two patients with FSGS had decreased OKT4+ cells and a decrea...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Herrod HG,Stapleton FB,Trouy RL,Roy S

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Goodpasture (GP) antigens, protein components reactive with human autoantibodies against glomerular basement membrane (GBM), were identified in human alveolar basement membrane (ABM) using an enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA), Western blotting and immunoprecipitation. All six anti-GBM antisera studied, three obtained ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Yoshioka K,Iseki T,Okada M,Morimoto Y,Eryu N,Maki S

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the impact of induction and increase target antigen expression on immunotoxin potency, we measured the potentiating effect of recombinant immune interferon-gamma (rIFN-gamma) on the cytotoxicity of an anti HLA-DR ricin A-chain immunotoxin (2G5 RTA-IT) on the myeloid cell line ML-3. After 48 h of i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Chiron M,Jaffrezou JP,Carayon P,Bordier C,Roubinet F,Xavier C,Brandely M,Laurent G

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a multi-factorial disease caused by the interaction of both genetic predisposition and environmental triggers. Bacterial infection has been investigated most intensively, both epidemiologically and experimentally, as a prime environmental aetiology in PBC. The association of recurr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Tanaka A,Leung PSC,Gershwin ME

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study T-cell function related to the production of autoimmune nephropathy, we immunized random-bred mice, homozygous athymic nude (nu/nu) mice and heterozygous hairy (nu/+) mice with human glomeruli contained in Freund's complete adjuvant. The random-bred and heterozygous hairy mice developed circulating a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bolton WK,Benton FR,Lobo PI

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels and liver expression of CCL2 are increased in patients with alcoholic hepatitis (AH). In an experimental model of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), CCL2 was implicated in proinflammatory cytokines activation and hepatic lipid metabolism, but its role in human disease is currently unknown. In a large cohort o...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Degré D,Lemmers A,Gustot T,Ouziel R,Trépo E,Demetter P,Verset L,Quertinmont E,Vercruysse V,Le Moine O,Devière J,Moreno C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the role of gamma/delta T cells in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in humans, we measured the percentage of these cells in the peripheral blood, assessed the ratio of the non-disulphide-linked (delta TCS1) type of T cell receptor (TCR) in the total gamma/delta T cells, studied th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Giacomelli R,Parzanese I,Frieri G,Passacantando A,Pizzuto F,Pimpo T,Cipriani P,Viscido A,Caprilli R,Tonietti G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of cytokines in leprosy reactions was investigated by analysing the levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) in serum samples from 39 leprosy patients, 22 of them presenting either type I (upgrading) or type II (ENL) reactions. Fifty per cent of the patients showed elevated con...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sarno EN,Grau GE,Vieira LM,Nery JA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although both envelope glycoproteins of the hepatitis C virus, E1 and E2/NS1, show a high degree of sequence variation, the E1 protein includes a well conserved domain, which may be functionally important. We have analysed the human B cell response to a peptide fragment from amino acid residues 314-330 (EP3) covering ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Siemoneit K,Cardoso Mda S,Koerner K,Wölpl A,Kubanek B

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) recipients are immunosuppressed and are at risk for contracting severe infections. Recently, adoptive transfer of immunity against hepatitis B virus (HBV) was documented in BMT recipients receiving bone marrow from 'naturally' HBV-infected individuals who recovered spontaneously, or t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ilan Y,Nagler A,Shouval D,Ackerstein A,Or R,Kapelushnik J,Adler R,Slavin S

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraperitoneal infection of mice with mycobacteria induces the persistent mobilization of neutrophils to the infected peritoneal cavities. The recruitment of the neutrophils was mediated by the immune system since it was enhanced by immunization and reduced in T cell-deficient nude and SCID mice. Anti-mitotic treatme...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Appelberg R

更新日期：1992-07-01 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：:Tuberculosis is a worldwide health problem, and multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively multidrug-resistant (XMDR) strains are rapidly emerging and threatening the control of this disease. These problems motivate the search for new treatment strategies. One potential strategy is immunotherapy using cationic anti-mic...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rivas-Santiago CE,Rivas-Santiago B,León DA,Castañeda-Delgado J,Hernández Pando R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00