Lower antibody response to tetanus toxoid associated with higher auto-anti-idiotypic antibody in old compared with young humans.

abstract：:To characterize the immune response following primary human hookworm infection, an adult volunteer was infected with 50 L3 larvae of Necator americanus, reinfected 27 months later and followed for a further 6 months. Clinical signs, blood picture, ex-vivo peripheral blood cytokine production (IFN-gamma, IL-5, IL-13, I...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wright V,Bickle Q

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed leucocyte culture blocking factor activity (MLC-BFA) in the plasma of haemodialysis patients appears as a result of recent blood transfusions and is concentrated in IgG fractions of the blocking serum. Four patients neither developed lymphocytotoxins nor MLC-BFA in spite of having received multiple blood transfu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sengar DP,Rashid A,Perelmutter L,Harris JE

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple halothane exposures in rabbits generate modified liver proteins or antigens that appear to incorporate the metabolic intermediate of halothane, trifluoroacetyl halide (TFA), as identified by specific anti-TFA antibody. These halothane-induced antigens are most prevalent throughout the second to fourth days fo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Roth TP,Hubbard AK,Gandolfi AJ,Brown BR

更新日期：1988-05-01 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：:In vitro studies have contributed substantially to the understanding of immunopathology of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-mediated disease. In the present study we compared the effect of RSV-infected dendritic cells on the time-course of the primary and memory/effector T cell response in vitro. Cultures with uninfe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rothoeft T,Fischer K,Zawatzki S,Schulz V,Schauer U,Körner Rettberg C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into possible determinants of in vivo polyclonal B cell activation seen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we enumerated immunoglobulin secreting cells appearing in cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells that were stimulated with pokeweed mitogen (PWM) or a newly described polyclonal B cell activato...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pardo I,Carafa C,Dziarski R,Levinson AI

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferons play an important, but incompletely understood role in HIV-related disease. We investigated the effect of HAART on plasma levels of IFN-alpha, IFN-gamma, neopterin and interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) in 41 HIV-infected patients during 78 weeks of therapy. At baseline HIV-infected patients had raise...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Stylianou E,Aukrust P,Bendtzen K,Müller F,Frøland SS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine (cladribine, CdA) is an immunosuppressive drug that is licensed to treat hairy cell leukaemia, and has been shown recently to have beneficial effects in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The therapeutic effects of CdA have been suggested to be mediated partly through its potent toxicity tow...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Singh V,Prajeeth CK,Gudi V,Bénardais K,Voss EV,Stangel M

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Recombinant human deoxyribonuclease I (rhDNase) may be an effective therapeutic for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The pharmacodynamics of rhDNase in serum was investigated using two activity assays: one based on hydrolysis of a radiolabelled phage DNA and the other based on hydrolysis of human c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Prince WS,Baker DL,Dodge AH,Ahmed AE,Chestnut RW,Sinicropi DV

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measles-specific IgA antibody titres were determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA) for serial serum, saliva and tear samples obtained from 21 children with measles infection, from onset of rash until up to 14 months later. Serum IgA titres rose rapidly after onset of illness and remained detectable throughout the follow-u...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Friedman MG,Phillip M,Dagan R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemotactic responsiveness of peripheral blood monocytes was evaluated in three groups of subjects: 32 patients with multiple myeloma, 27 subjects with benign monoclonal gammapathy, and 64 normal controls. Monocyte chemotactic responsiveness was significantly depressed both in multiple myeloma patients (P less tha...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Dammacco F,Miglietta A,Ventura MT,Bonomo L

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human thymoma is a thymic epithelial cell tumour which often contains a large number of immature T cells and is frequently associated with autoimmune diseases. Since thymic epithelial cells play key roles in the development and selection of T cells in the normal thymus, we hypothesized that the neoplastic thymic epith...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Inoue M,Fujii Y,Okumura M,Takeuchi Y,Shiono H,Miyoshi S,Matsuda H,Shirakura R

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of cationic proteins with IgG, IgA and IgM were investigated by solid phase radioimmunoassay. All these immunoglobulins showed avid binding, IgM giving the strongest reaction, followed by IgA and then IgG. Fc fragments of IgG gave binding, but F(ab')2 fragments from the three main Ig classes did not, s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pambakian S,Poston RN

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerulonephritis with organized microtubular monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits (GOMMID) and glomerulonephritis related to type I cryoglobulin are well-known but rare complications of B cell derived chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. In these disorders, monoclonal Ig have never been studied at the molecular level. We co...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Galea HR,Bridoux F,Aldigier JC,Paraf F,Bordessoule D,Touchard G,Cogné M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunopathology of patch test reactions to aeroallergens in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) has been compared to that of contact sensitivity reactions to nickel in non-atopic individuals. Both reactions were found to exhibit equivalent erythema and induration on gross examination at 48 h. Four millimetre punc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Buckley C,Ivison C,Poulter LW,Rustin MH

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied immunological, serological and clinical abnormalities in 264 HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug abusers. Ninety percent of the 264 drug addicts (mean age 26 +/- 0.8 years) were found to have HIV antibodies and there was a significant increase (P less than 0.01) in the frequency of HIV antibody positivi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fernandez-Cruz E,Fernandez AM,Gutierrez C,Garcia-Montes M,de la Morena MT,Rodriguez-Villanueva J,Longo N,Zabay JM

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A positive Mitsuda skin test for delayed type hypersensitivity to Mycobacterium leprae is associated with a high level of protection against lepromatous leprosy, while the value of tuberculin sensitivity in leprosy is less pronounced. Cutaneous lymphocytes, isolated from the Mitsuda reaction of a PPD-positive individu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Roberts PP,Dockrell HM,McAdam KP

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies recognizing infliximab (IFX) may develop in a proportion of treated patients, leading to loss of response or hypersensitivity reactions (HRs). T cell response to IFX has been poorly investigated. This paper was addressed to detect IFX-specific T cells in treated patients with inflammatory diseases developin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Vultaggio A,Petroni G,Pratesi S,Nencini F,Cammelli D,Milla M,Prignano F,Annese V,Romagnani S,Maggi E,Matucci A,ABIRISK Consortium.

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of human seminal plasma (SP) and whole semen (S) on the expression of natural cytotoxicity by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC) was examined. Marked suppression of natural cytotoxicity against K562 targets was observed when effectors were pre-treated for 1 h with SP or S diluted up to 1:40...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Rees RC,Vallely P,Clegg A,Potter CW

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocyte-depleted mononuclear cells (MNC) from healthy subjects synthesized IgM-class antibody to single-stranded DNA (anti-ssDNA) at significantly higher levels than unfractionated MNC. The increased production of IgM anti-ssDNA by monocyte-depleted normal MNC was inhibited to a greater degree than total IgM by addit...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Okawa-Takatsuji M,Aotsuka S,Uwatoko S,Kinoshita M,Yokohari R

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proliferative responses to stimulation with phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) in cultures of lymphocytes from newly calved and non-pregnant cattle were compared. Lymphocyte cultures from newly calved cows were seen to respond less to PHA than cultures from the non-pregnant cows. It is suggested that this depression in res...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wells PW,Burrells C,Martin WB

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used three-colour cytometry to analyse intracellular cytokine production in activated whole blood cultures derived from patients with HIV-1 infection. We assessed mitogen-induced IL-2, IL-4 and IFN-gamma production from T cells as possible markers of immune dysfunction. The percentages of T cells staining for IL-2 ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Westby M,Marriott JB,Guckian M,Cookson S,Hay P,Dalgleish AG

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of its potent inhibitory capacity on immune cells in culture, we wished to determine the ability of transforming growth factor (TGF) beta 1 to down-regulate immune responses in vivo. Preliminary experiments suggested that, at the doses used, systemic injection of soluble TGF beta 1 could not affect bacterial-i...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Strassmann G,Bertolini DR,Eidelman O

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) plays a role in the fibrotic process of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Because hypoxia is associated with fibrosis in several profibrogenic conditions, we investigated whether CTGF expression in SSc fibroblasts is regulated by hypoxia. Dermal fibroblasts from patients with SSc and hea...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hong KH,Yoo SA,Kang SS,Choi JJ,Kim WU,Cho CS

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years galectin-3 has gained attention as a signalling molecule, mainly in inflammatory diseases. Data on galectin-3 expression in neonates, however, are limited, and expression of this lectin in cord blood has not yet been reported. The aim of this study was to determine galectin-3 levels in cord blood of te...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Demmert M,Faust K,Bohlmann MK,Tröger B,Göpel W,Herting E,Härtel C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte and neutrophil locomotion were studied in 23 patients with well defined, primary immunodeficiencies. These included eight patients with common variable immune deficiency, three patients with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia, two patients with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, three patients with ataxia telangiectas...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Van Epps DE,El-Naggar A,Ochs HD

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the characterization and fine specificity of a human monoclonal IgM lambda reacting with double stranded DNA. The purified IgM and its Fab fragment bind to DNA in the Farr or Crithidia lucilae assays as well as in an immunoenzymatic test. In the latter case, binding was inhibited by native DNA, by DNA a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fermand JP,Danon F,Brouet JC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse peritoneal macrophages were activated in serum-free culture with lipopolysaccharide, dextran sulphate or C3b. They were found to liberate into the culture medium a cytolytic factor and a factor which was pharmacologically indistinguishable from C3a. The cytolytic activity was neutralized by antiserum against C3a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ferluga J,Schorlemmer HU,Baptista LC,Allison AC

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circulating and cervical B cell responses to Chlamydia trachomatis plasmid protein pgp3 were characterized in children and adults with ocular or genital chlamydial infection using the enzyme-linked immunospot assay (ELISPOT) and ELISA. No pgp3-specific ASCs were detected in healthy controls, but predominantly IgA ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ghaem-Maghami S,Ratti G,Ghaem-Maghami M,Comanducci M,Hay PE,Bailey RL,Mabey DC,Whittle HC,Ward ME,Lewis DJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00