T cell interactions with extracellular matrix proteins in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.

abstract：:Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (cAIT) leads to hypothyroidism due to T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in most cases. By contrast, Graves' disease (GD) with thyrotropin receptor stimulatory autoantibodies cause hyperthyroidism. Cytokines play a crucial role in modulating immune response in both disorders. The aim of study ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mikos H,Mikos M,Rabska-Pietrzak B,Niedziela M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-diabetes is a long-lasting condition that precedes type 2 diabetes (T2D). T2D has been shown to suppress the immune response. However, it remains unclear if immune activation occurs before the onset of T2D during the progression of the pre-diabetic state. This study sought to characterize the changes in general im...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mzimela NC,Ngubane PS,Khathi A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique to assess the expression of cytokine genes in various T cell subsets of autoimmune-prone mice. Our study confirmed the previously described features in lpr mice that IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, and TNF-beta were transcribed by various T cell...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mori K,Kobayashi S,Inobe M,Jia WY,Tamakoshi M,Miyazaki T,Uede T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelium of the vessel wall as a barrier between blood and the subendothelial matrix proteins is essential for preventing thrombus formation and subsequent atherosclerosis development. Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which immune and autoimmune mechanisms are involved. Recently, it was demonstrate...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Foteinos G,Xu Q

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated that the nephritogenicity of antibodies to dsDNA and nucleosomes confers to binding of glomerular membrane-associated nucleosomes, and not to cross-reacting glomerular antigens. There is no known parameter that determines antibody pathogenicity aside from specificity for dsDNA/nucleoso...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mjelle JE,Kalaaji M,Rekvig OP

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MRL/lpr model of SLE resembles human lupus in its various immunopathologic characteristics including the presence of high-level IgG and anti-DNA antibody production and multisystem organ involvement (nephritis, arthritis, and vasculitis). Our previous studies have shown that IL-1 overactivity in B cells plays a po...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Mao C,Singh AK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparently high frequency of Graves' disease encountered in New Orleans, Louisiana, prompted an investigation for a possible infectious agent that might be triggering the disease in genetically susceptible individuals. We studied 40 patients with Graves' disease, and compared them to the following groups of control...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Jaspan JB,Luo H,Ahmed B,Tenenbaum S,Voss T,Sander DM,Bollinger K,Baquet T,Garry RF

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that cationic anti-DNA antibodies have nephritogenic potential in murine models of lupus nephritis. More recently, we have reported that there is a close relationship between the presence of circulating cationic anti-DNA antibodies and the development of lupus nephritis in humans, and that the cation...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Suzuki N,Otuka I,Harada T,Mizushima Y,Sakane T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DP+ T cells in peripheral blood from 23 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were examined using two-colour flow cytometry analysis. A marked increase of HLA-DP+ T cells was observed in patients with SLE (20.5-98.7%; 59.8 +/- 20.8%) in comparison to normal subjects (1.3-20.6%; 11.1 +/- 7.2%), and the r...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Tokano Y,Hishikawa T,Hirose T,Sekigawa I,Hashimoto H,Okumura K,Hirose S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Foxo subfamily of forkhead (Fox) transcription factors are mammalian homologues of the Caenorhabditis elegans DAF-16 longevity gene, and play key roles in cellular and organism survival, death, proliferation and metabolism. A growing body of evidence indicates that Foxo proteins furthermore play critical roles in ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Peng SL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide population studies have generally agreed that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a group of HLA-DRB1 alleles which share a common amino acid sequence at residues 70-74. This represents the first study to investigate the association of HLA-DRB1 genes with susceptibility to RA amongst Malay, Chinese ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Kong KF,Yeap SS,Chow SK,Phipps ME

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by extensive fibrosis, vasculopathy and activation of the immune system. Fibrosis can be caused by profibrotic cytokines, such as transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta), interleukin-4 (IL-4), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and connective tissue growth factor. Vascul...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Sakkas LI

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CNS demyelinating inflammatory disease can be a multifactorial process mediated by cellular and antibody-mediated immune processes. Myelin basic protein (MBP)-specific T cells and pathogenic 8-18C5 antibody, specific for a myelin/oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), a minor component of CNS white matter, can coexist in...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Schluesener HJ,Lider O,Sobel RA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) is expressed on alveolar epithelium and participates to CO2 elimination, fluid secretion and post-capillary pH regulation. CAII is overexpressed in animal models of lung fibrosis in sites of epithelial injury. Autoantibodies directed against CAII (anti-CAII) have been described in sera fro...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Alessandri C,Bombardieri M,Scrivo R,Viganego F,Conti F,de Luca N,Riccieri V,Valesini G

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six different hybridomas secreting anti-SCM mAb and one control mAb were placed into adult mice along with [14C] amino acids for biosynthetically labeling. After sacrifice, the 14C mAb ascites along with serum, heart, kidney, lung and skeletal muscle were recovered. Tissue associated specific radio-activity (SpAc) and...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Lange CF

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart block is a serious condition with significant mortality due in most cases to the transplacental transfer of autoantibodies from an otherwise asymptomatic mother. Although SSA/Ro and SSB/La autoantibodies have been implicated, attention has focused recently on autoantibodies to envelope proteins of end...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： de Parseval N,Forrest G,Venables PJ,Heidmann T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) products were recently examined in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although encouraging results were obtained in pilot studies, later trials produced negative results. The rationale for these studies was that IVIG contains antibodies to amyloid-beta (Aβ). Howeve...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Loeffler DA,Klaver AC,Coffey MP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by pancreatic beta cell destruction involving auto-reactive T-cells, pro-inflammatory cytokines, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and loss of insulin. Monozygotic twin studies show a 20-60% concordance with T1D indicating there may be an environmental component...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Bekris LM,Shephard C,Peterson M,Hoehna J,Van Yserloo B,Rutledge E,Farin F,Kavanagh TJ,Lernmark A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for methods to improve the diagnosis, patient staging and evaluation of therapeutic response in patients with autoimmune conditions to improve patient care. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are two inflammatory diseases characterized by involvement of innate and adaptive i...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： McBride HJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the idiotypic specificities of eight murine monoclonal antibodies directed to three independent epitopes on retinal S-antigen. The antigenic sites recognised by these monoclonal antibodies have previously been localised to a small region near the C-terminal of bovine S-antigen. Xenogeneic, site-re...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Suleyman S,Kasp E,Ellis B,Banga JP,Dumonde DC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies directed towards identifying epitopes on type II collagen (CII) important in collagen induced arthritis (CIA) in mice have focused primarily on responses mounted in susceptible H-2q strains. However, the nature of T and B cell responses against CII in susceptible H-2r strains remains ill-defined. In a...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Nabozny GH,Griffiths MM,Harper DS,Luthra HS,David CS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T cell repertoire expressed by Tsk2 mice, a novel experimental model of systemic sclerosis, was examined to determine whether cells infiltrating the areas of involved skin exhibit a T cell receptor (TCR) bias. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactions (RT-PCR) were conducted using RNA extracted from lymph n...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Wooley PH,Sud S,Langendorfer A,Calkins C,Christner PJ,Peters J,Jimenez SA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid lymphocyte RNA from a Hashimoto patient with high serum levels of autoantibodies to thyroid peroxidase (TPO) was used to construct a phage display antibody library in the phagemid vector pComb3. The library (100,000cfu) encoded IgG1 heavy chains together with kappa light chains. Selection of the phages display...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Hexham JM,Partridge LJ,Furmaniak J,Petersen VB,Colls JC,Pegg C,Rees Smith B,Burton DR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pemphigus vulgaris is a potentially fatal autoimmune mucocutaneous disease associated with production of IgG autoantibodies to desmoglein 3, a 130 kDa epidermal protein. To further characterize the epitope(s) of pemphigus vulgaris antigen we established two human-human hybridoma by fusion of the peripheral blood monon...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Bhol KC,Ahmed AR

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the immunosuppressive effect of antithyroid drugs has been a subject of controversy. It has been claimed that these agents exert a direct effect on the immune system, although we and others have suggested that the drugs affect the thyroid cells primarily with consequent reduced thyrocyte-immunocyte signa...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Aguayo J,Michaud P,Iitaka M,Degroot LJ,Row VV,Volpé R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked fluctuations in the levels of a common DNA-antibody idiotype, PR4-Id have been found on IgM and IgA antibodies in particular and to a lesser extent on IgG in serial bleeds of 14 lupus patients. Few clear cut examples were found of the PR4-Id levels reflecting disease activity. However, the idiotype expression w...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Pilcher C,Williams W,Isenberg DA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the natural course of beta cell function in recent onset diabetes, a subgroup (n=157) of all incident cases (n=879) 15-34 years old, 1992-1993 in Sweden, and with positivity for at least one autoantibody of islet cell antibodies (ICA), glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies (GADA) or tyrosine phosphatase an...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Törn C,Landin-Olsson M,Lernmark A,Scherstén B,Ostman J,Arnqvist HJ,Björk E,Blohmé G,Bolinder J,Eriksson J,Littorin B,Nyström L,Sundkvist G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A minor subset of murine MHC class I-restricted T cells which express both the alphabeta form of the T cell receptor and a NK lineage marker, termed NKT cells, is capable of secreting significant amounts of Interleukin-4 and Interferon-y upon activation. As such NKT cells may play a role in development of Th1 and Th2 ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Frey AB,Rao TD

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous work we characterized a major epitope of thyroid peroxidase (TPO), which was recognised by 66% of 157 patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and 9 out of 50 patients with non-thyroidal autoimmune disease (NTAID) 6 of whom had antibodies to the gastric parietal cell antigen (PCA). In the present ...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Elisei R,Mariotti S,Swillens S,Vassart G,Ludgate M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed morphologically autoimmune disease in MRL/MpJ mice bearing both the Yaa and lpr genes (MRL-lpr,Yaa mice), and compared it with that in MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr (MRL-lpr) mice, in order to examine the effect of the Yaa gene on lpr-induced tissue-specific immunopathologies. MRL-lpr,Yaa male mice developed glomerulone...

journal_title：Autoimmunity

authors： Suzuka H,Yoshifusa H,Nakamura Y,Miyawaki S,Shibata Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00