Treatment with antibody reactive with the nephritogenic idiotype, IdLNF1, suppresses its production and leads to prolonged survival of (NZB x SWR)F1 mice.

abstract：:To explore the mechanisms underlying liver-directed autoimmune reactions in acute Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection, we followed five subjects who were identified in the early incubation phase (30-70 days before the first elevation of transaminases). We assessed serially cellular (using a T-lymphocyte migration inhibi...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Vento S,McFarlane BM,Vento TG,Ranieri S,Rondanelli EG,McFarlane IG,Williams R,Eddleston AL

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) sera contain antibodies which recognize various nuclear envelope proteins of which antibody against gp210 has been proven to be diagnostic for disease. In contrast, the clinical significance of another nuclear envelope antibody, anti-p62 antibody has not been well investigated. In the p...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Miyachi K,Hankins RW,Matsushima H,Kikuchi F,Inomata T,Horigome T,Shibata M,Onozuka Y,Ueno Y,Hashimoto E,Hayashi N,Shibuya A,Amaki S,Miyakawa H

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we showed that transgenic mice expressing human HLA-DR3 gene are susceptible to PLP(91-110) induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) and can serve as an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS). HLA-DR3 mice with EAE showed increased number of CD8 T cells indicating their important role in dis...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Mangalam AK,Luckey D,Giri S,Smart M,Pease LR,Rodriguez M,David CS

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in pathogenesis of spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis (SAT) in obese strain (OS) chickens has not been studied in depth until now. We depleted CD4+ or CD8+ T cells in OS chickens by treatment with murine monoclonal anti-CD4 or anti-CD8 antibodies at 3 day intervals beginning at...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Cihak J,Hoffmann-Fezer G,Wasl M,Merkle H,Kaspers B,Vainio O,Plachý J,Hála K,Wick G,Stangassinger M,Lösch U

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective homing of autoreactive lymphocytes to the pancreatic islets of Langerhans is essential for triggering the cascade of molecular and cellular interactions which culminate in the specific destruction of the insulin-producing beta-cells. Based upon the sequential multistep model of lymphocyte adhesion to the end...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Yang XD,Michie SA,Tisch R,Karin N,Steinman L,McDevitt HO

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum concentrations of IgM, IgG1, IgG2b, IgG3 and IgA were determined in mice of C57BL/6 background, from weaning to one year of age, by quantitative isotype-specific, indirect double sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). Only limited data could be obtained for the IgG2a isotype in the present stu...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Klein-Schneegans AS,Kuntz L,Fonteneau P,Loor F

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease primarily afflicting women. The reason for the gender bias is unclear, but genetic susceptibility, estrogen and environmental agents appear to play significant roles in SLE pathogenesis. Environmental agents can contribute to lupus susceptibility through epig...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Strickland FM,Hewagama A,Lu Q,Wu A,Hinderer R,Webb R,Johnson K,Sawalha AH,Delaney C,Yung R,Richardson BC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Diffuse Infiltrative Lymphocytosis Syndrome (DILS) is a rare multisystemic syndrome described in HIV-infected patients. It is characterised by CD8(+) T-cell lymphocytosis associated with a CD8(+) T-cell infiltration of multiple organs. DILS is usually seen in uncontrolled or untreated HIV infection but can also ma...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Ghrenassia E,Martis N,Boyer J,Burel-Vandenbos F,Mekinian A,Coppo P

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The great majority of insulin-specific T cell clones isolated from islets of NOD mice react with insulin peptide B-(9-23) (amino acids 9-23 of the insulin B chain). The T cell receptors of these clones contain diverse beta-chains but restricted alpha-chains. The dominant alpha-chain motif is a V alpha 13 segment (10 o...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Simone EA,Yu L,Wegmann DR,Eisenbarth GS

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymyositis is classified as a separate entity among idiopathic inflammatory myopathies but it is considered as the least common since it is an exclusion diagnosis. This myopathy usually presents with subacute-chronic symmetric proximal limb weakness, although some extramuscular manifestations are common. Creatine ki...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Milisenda JC,Selva-O'Callaghan A,Grau JM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of humoral autoimmunity following organ transplantation is increasingly recognised, but of uncertain significance. We examine whether autoimmunity contributes independently to allograft rejection. In a MHC class II-mismatched murine model of chronic humoral rejection, we report that effector antinuclea...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Qureshi MS,Alsughayyir J,Chhabra M,Ali JM,Goddard MJ,Devine CA,Conlon TM,Linterman MA,Motallebzadeh R,Pettigrew GJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Counter-balancing regulatory mechanisms, such as the induction of regulatory T cells (Treg), limit the effects of autoimmune attack in neuroinflammation. However, the role of dendritic cells (DCs) as the most powerful antigen-presenting cells, which are intriguing therapeutic targets in this context, is not fully unde...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Paterka M,Voss JO,Werr J,Reuter E,Franck S,Leuenberger T,Herz J,Radbruch H,Bopp T,Siffrin V,Zipp F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction and persistence of a hypo-inflammatory and immunosuppressive state in severe sepsis is commonly associated with increased risks of secondary infections and mortality. Toll-like receptor (TLR)-triggered inflammatory response of macrophages/monocytes plays an important role in determining the outcome of hy...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Qin K,Han C,Zhang H,Li T,Li N,Cao X

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the cellular expression and functional conservation of the human La autoantigen across species by introducing genes encoding human La antigen into cultured murine cell lines. In transfected murine fibroblasts and lymphoid cell lines human La was expressed as a predominantly nuclear antigen, with a typi...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Keech CL,Gordon TP,Reynolds P,McCluskey J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diseases are characterized serologically by the presence of antibodies to specific autoantigens. Antibodies to the two antigens Ro/SSA and La/SSB are found in patients with primary (pSS) and secondary Sjögren's syndrome (sSS). To explore if differences in the fine specificity of these autoantibodies could b...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Wahren M,Solomin L,Pettersson I,Isenberg D

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to the hydrocarbon oil pristane induces lupus specific autoantibodies in non-autoimmune mice. We investigated whether the capacity to induce lupus-like autoimmunity is a unique property of pristane or is shared by other adjuvant oils. Seven groups of 3-month-old female BALB/cJ mice received a single intraperi...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Satoh M,Kuroda Y,Yoshida H,Behney KM,Mizutani A,Akaogi J,Nacionales DC,Lorenson TD,Rosenbauer RJ,Reeves WH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BB rat spontaneously develops an insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) that closely resembles this disease in man. The pathogenesis involves autoimmune destruction of pancreatic islet beta-cells. In the present study, a single intraperitoneal injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) in diabetes-prone (DP...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Sadelain MW,Qin HY,Sumoski W,Parfrey N,Singh B,Rabinovitch A

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients often have continuous production of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha), but production of in vitro IFN-alpha by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) may be varyingly reduced. We here report that IFN-alpha production induced by Herpes simplex virus (HSV) in PBMC resembling imm...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Cederblad B,Blomberg S,Vallin H,Perers A,Alm GV,Rönnblom L

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of biosimilars of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α agents compared to their reference agents in immune mediated diseases. METHODS:Electronic databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the efficacy and safety of biosimilars of anti-TNF-α age...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Komaki Y,Yamada A,Komaki F,Kudaravalli P,Micic D,Ido A,Sakuraba A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) has been shown to exist as two isoforms with molecular weights of 65 kD (GAD65) and 67 kD (GAD67) in the central nervous system as well as in several non-neuronal tissues, including the pancreatic islets. Recently, this enzyme has been proposed as a key beta-cell autoantigen in insuli...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Reddy S,Wu D,Poole CA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on Spanish patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) have shown extensive, disease-specific cross-reactivity between the 65-kDa heat shock protein (hsp65) of Mycobacterium gordonae and pyruvate dehydrogenase complex-E2 (PDC-E2), the major target of anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA). Studies on a B...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Bogdanos DP,Pares A,Baum H,Caballeria L,Rigopoulou EI,Ma Y,Burroughs AK,Rodes J,Vergani D

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatomyositis (DM) is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) characterized by an inflammatory infiltrate primarily affecting the skeletal muscle and skin. Most common and peculiar cutaneous lesions include Gottron's papules, Gottron's sign and heliotrope rash. Different DM subsets have been identified until now e...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Iaccarino L,Ghirardello A,Bettio S,Zen M,Gatto M,Punzi L,Doria A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myocarditis often progresses to dilated cardiomyopathy resulting in heart failure or cardiac transplantation. Viral infection is the most common cause of myocarditis and coxsackie B viruses (CBV) are the most frequently cited etiologic agents associated with myocarditis and cardiomyopathy. Additionally, CBV in...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Horwitz MS,Ilic A,Fine C,Sarvetnick N

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper T cell activation and function are regulated by the innate immune system, importantly through positive and negative costimulatory molecules in the B7 superfamily. Inducible costimulator (ICOS), the receptor for B7h (also known as B7RP-1), is expressed on T cells after T cell activation. Recently, using ICOS-def...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Dong C,Nurieva RI

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory B10 cells were functionally impaired in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), yet the mechanisms were unclear. B cells are recently recognized as important participants in osteoclastogenesis by producing RANKL. In this study, we investigated whether regulatory B10 cells could convert into RANKL-producing cells, thus i...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Hu F,Liu H,Liu X,Zhang X,Xu L,Zhu H,Li Y,Shi L,Ren L,Zhang J,Li Z,Jia Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenic specificity of anti-phospholipid antibodies (APA) is a matter of intensive investigation. To further characterize these antibodies, we attempted to isolate human monoclonal APA. B-cells of patients with at least one positive test for antibodies against cardiolipin, phosphatidylserine, beta2-glycoprotein ...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： von Landenberg C,Lackner KJ,von Landenberg P,Lang B,Schmitz G

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GAD65 (glutamic acid decarboxylase) is an important autoantigen in both type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and the neurological autoimmune disease stiff-man syndrome (SMS), and is expressed in pancreatic islets as well as the nervous system. Still, only 30% of SMS patients also have type 1 diabetes. T...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Schloot NC,Batstra MC,Duinkerken G,De Vries RR,Dyrberg T,Chaudhuri A,Behan PO,Roep BO

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4(+) T cells specific for immunologic non-self determinants on self-IgG, idiotopes (Id), can be raised from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). To test if Id-specific CD4(+) T cells have the potential to destroy oligodendrocytes (ODCs), we analyzed their ability to induce ap...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Hestvik AL,Skorstad G,Vartdal F,Holmøy T

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene regulation was investigated in primary cultures of highly purified human peripheral blood CD28+ T cells. Two discrete mechanisms for induction of T-cell proliferation could be distinguished by examining cell cycle progression and the expression of the IL-2 gene. Stimulation of cells by CD3 Mo...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： June CH,Jackson KM,Ledbetter JA,Leiden JM,Lindsten T,Thompson CB

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to determine whether germline encoded and polyreactive antibodies might be pathogenic and whether the breach of early tolerance checkpoints in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) might lead to a population of B cells expressing germline encoded antibodies that become pathogenic merely b...

journal_title：Journal of autoimmunity

authors： Zhang J,Jacobi AM,Wang T,Berlin R,Volpe BT,Diamond B

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00