T-cell interactions with extracellular matrix proteins in periodontal disease.

abstract：:Numerous studies have dealt with occurrence of dendritic cells in various nonlymphoid organs such as kidney, liver or heart, whereas lymphocyte patterns in these organs have not been analyzed in detail. In the present study, leukocytes were quantified as cells/mm2 in the perivascular, interstitial and parenchymal tiss...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Holzinger C,Zuckermann A,Reinwald C,Imhof M,Schöllhammer A,Kramer G,Wolner E,Steiner G

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the quantification of the absolute amounts of HLA class II mRNA and class II transactivator (CIITA) mRNA by competitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in cultured synovial fibroblast-like cells (SFC) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. High basal levels of transcription of class II mRNA...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Navarrete Santos A,Riemann D,Thiele K,Kehlen A,Navarrete Santos A,Langner J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 2 (IL 2) is a lymphocyte growth factor capable of inducing the rapid growth of antigen- or mitogen-stimulated T cells. To understand the molecular mechanisms of IL 2 action, we studied the synthesis of cellular polypeptides induced by IL 2. For a homogeneous cell population responsive to IL 2, we used a mu...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Yoshie O,Wada J,Ishida N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of inducing immune responses to murine interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-13 and generating anti-cytokine monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) was studied in IL-4- and IL-13-knockout mice. The minimal doses of IL-4 or IL-13 that could induce significant anti-cytokine responses with titers of 5000-10,000 were 20 micro...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Shichkin VP,Spivak NY

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat-killed Saccharomyces cerevisiae (HKSC) is an agonist for Dectin-1, a major fungal cell wall β-glucan receptor. We previously reported that HKSC selectively enhances IgG1 production by LPS-activated mouse B cells. To determine if this IgG1 selectivity is caused by selective IgG1 class switching, we performed RT-PC...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Seo BS,Park HY,Yoon HK,Yoo YC,Lee J,Park SR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation immunologists have long been intrigued by the natural allograft that results from normal mammalian pregnancy. Its general success contrasts with the rejection problems associated with most artifactual organ transplantation and raises intriguing questions concerning the nature of the mechanisms involved...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Wegmann TG

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many types of cells in the immune system have been found to produce nitric oxide (NO), which performs multiplex functions. However, in myelin basic protein peptide 68-86 (MBP 68-86)-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in Lewis rats, we found that elevated NO production was generated from spleen cel...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Xu L,Yang J,Huang Y,van der Meide PH,Levi M,Wahren B,Link H,Xiao B

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, short tandem repeats (STR) polymorphism within the first intron of IFN-gamma gene in connection with HLA-DRB1*03 specificities was analysed in 43 sarcoidosis patients, 14 of which presented with Löfgren's syndrome (LS). Four out of 5 known IFN-gamma alleles with 12-15 CA repeats, respectively wer...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Wysoczanska B,Bogunia-Kubik K,Suchnicki K,Mlynarczewska A,Lange A

更新日期：2004-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of the IgE response by PHA treatment in relation to animal sex was analysed. Male and female RF mice were immunized with ovalbumin in aluminum hydroxide gel and PHA was injected 1 or 2 days before immunization. Castrated mice were also immunized and received PHA on day -2. The results show that the IgE resp...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Astorquiza MI,Cisternas C,Leal X

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication-competent retroviruses are not known to encode or induce nuclear antigens that are immunogenic in their natural hosts. We describe here the detection of a human T-lymphotropic virus (type I and type II) associated nuclear antigen (HTLV-NA) by an anticomplement immunofluorescence assay. Antibody to HTLV-NA ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Lee TH,Essex M,Klein E,Klein G

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A considerable body of evidence from various laboratories indicates that specific T cell responses generated during infection with Leishmania parasites play an important role both in the resolution and progression of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Recent data, summarized in this article, indicate that resolution of lesions ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Müller I,Pedrazzini T,Louis JA

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six murine monoclonal antibodies, AT-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were produced against human recombinant tumor necrosis factor (gamma TNF). AT-1, -2, -3, -4, and -6 were IgG1, and AT-5 was IgG2a. AT-1, -2, and -3 neutralized the activity of gamma TNF (2 X 10(3) U/ml) over a range of dilutions between 5 and 500 micrograms/ml ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Shimamoto Y,Chen RL,Bollon A,Chang A,Khan A

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that affects millions of people worldwide with an annual mortality rate of 1.3 million. The mechanisms contributing to the loss of balance of immune responses and progression to active tuberculosis disease are unknown. Although CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and the cytokines they produce ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Silva BDS,Trentini MM,da Costa AC,Kipnis A,Junqueira-Kipnis AP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of virus neutralization is a function of three variables: the antibody (Ab), the virus and the target cell. Variation in any one of these parameters may drastically affect the results of assays for neutralization. In focusing on the virus as a variable in assays for the neutralization of HIV-1, it has b...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Zolla-Pazner S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Callithrix jacchus, the common marmoset, is a small new world primate that is considered effective as an experimental animal model for various human diseases. In this study, we generated monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against common marmoset lymphocytes for immunological studies on the common marmoset. We established fi...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Ito R,Maekawa S,Kawai K,Suemizu H,Suzuki S,Ishii H,Tanioka Y,Satake M,Yagita H,Habu S,Ito M

更新日期：2008-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-21 (IL-21) is a T cell-derived cytokine modulating T cell, B cell, and natural killer cell responses. To determine whether IL-21 contributes to pathologic processes, recombinant IL-21 receptor (R) fusion protein (rhIL-21R-Fc) was examined in mice models of autoimmune arthritis (collagen-induced arthritis)....

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Ryu JG,Lee J,Kim EK,Seo HB,Park JS,Lee SY,Moon YM,Yoo SH,Park YW,Park SH,Cho ML,Kim HY

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the interactions between Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, we examined CT serologies in sequential serum samples of male homosexuals (MHS), followed over a mean period of 4 years. Of the MHS studied, 77 were HIV(-), 18 were HIV(+) and 10 patients seroconverted durin...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Schattner A,Hanuka N,Sarov B,Bentwich Z

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In transgenic mice over-expressing CD200 (CD200(tg)) graft survival is associated with increased intra-graft expression of mRNAs for genes associated with altered T cell subset differentiation (Foxp3; TGFβ; IL-10). Grafts are rejected in recipients lacking the inhibitory receptor for CD200, CD200R1. We compared grafts...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Yu K,Chen Z,Gorczynski R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of tonsillar B-lymphocytes with CD40 antibodies and IL-4 leads to homotypic adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation into Ig-producing cells. It also leads to the production of IL-6, a pleiotropic cytokine involved in B-cell maturation and differentiation. To assess the importance of IL-6 in the differ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Björck P,Larsson S,Andäng M,Ahrlund-Richter L,Paulie S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a new murine monoclonal antibody, UN5, raised against human thymocytes. This antibody recognizes a molecule of approximately 45 kDa on thymocytes. Flow cytometric analysis reveals a high intensity of labeling with the majority of thymocytes, whereas only CD20+ cells from peripheral whole-blood sam...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Tassone P,Bonelli P,Tuccillo F,Bond HM,Turco MC,Morrone G,Cecco L,Cerra M,Venuta S

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much evidence indicates that atherosclerotic lesions are largely of an inflammatory nature. Activated macrophages and macrophage-derived foam cells laden with cholesterol esters are a major constituent of these lesions and can influence lesion formation via several potential mechanisms. One such mechanism is Fcgamma r...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Ratcliffe NR,Kennedy SM,Morganelli PM

更新日期：2001-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 2 subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) patients were absorbed with a concentrated preparation of measles virus. Measles-specific IgG was eluted from the precipitates containing measles antigen-antibody complex. These IgGs, when subjected to immunofixation after isoelectric focusing showed a number of o...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Mehta PD,Thormar H

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is an abnormal immune response to infection characterized by an overwhelming systemic inflammation and cell death. Non-apoptotic cell death pertaining to pyroptosis, necroptosis and autophagy contribute to sepsis pathogenesis apart from classical apoptotic cell death. The objective of the current study is to in...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Mallarpu CS,Ponnana M,Prasad S,Singarapu M,Kim J,Haririparsa N,Bratic N,Brar H,Chelluri LK,Madiraju C

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic, H-2-incompatible irradiation chimeras (H-2d leads to H-2b) constructed with normal, unmanipulated bone marrow and with marrow-derived factors live long and do not manifest a GvH disease. Their response to primary immunization is deficient but their alloreactivity is normal. This chimeric allotolerance cann...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Pierpaoli W,Maestroni GJ

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentoxifylline (PTX), a methylxanthine derivative and phosphodiesterase inhibitor, is known to influence production and/or function of some cytokines. We examined the effect of PTX on the in vitro expression of cytokine genes using endotoxin- or phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human blood mononuclear cells. The e...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Rieneck K,Diamant M,Haahr PM,Schönharting M,Bendtzen K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical swine fever (CSF) and pseudorabies (PR) are both major infectious diseases of pigs, causing enormous economic losses to the swine industry in many countries. A marker vaccine that enables differentiation of infected from vaccinated animals (DIVA) is highly desirable for control and eradication of these two d...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Lei JL,Xia SL,Wang Y,Du M,Xiang GT,Cong X,Luo Y,Li LF,Zhang L,Yu J,Hu Y,Qiu HJ,Sun Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two chicken monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), HU/Ch2-7 and HU/Ch6-1, against heterophil Hanganutziu-Deicher (HD) antigens with N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc) at a terminal carbohydrate were established by cell fusions using chicken B cell lines lacking thymidine kinase and spleen cells from chickens immunized with II3N...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Asaoka H,Nishinaka S,Wakamiya N,Matsuda H,Murata M

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-dependent and spontaneous lymphocytotoxicity of blood mononuclear cells from 15 patients with chronic renal failure was studied in allogeneic K-562 and xenogeneic chicken erythrocyte test systems. Both antibody-dependent and spontaneous cytotoxic activities were significantly decreased in uremic patients as c...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Láng I,Taraba I,Petrányi G

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid receptors are expressed not only on neuroendocrine cells but also on immunocompetent cells such as lymphocytes, monocytes and macrophages. micro-Opioid receptor agonists were found to exert immunosuppressive effects, whereas delta-opioid receptor agonists have been shown to act as immunostimulants. delta-Opioid...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Jenny M,Winkler C,Spetea M,Schennach H,Schmidhammer H,Fuchs D

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary lymphoid organs (SLO) are crucial structures for immune-surveillance and rapid immune responses allowing resident lymphocytes to encounter antigen-presenting cells that carry antigens from peripheral tissues. These structures develop during embryonic life through a tightly regulated process that involves int...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Coles M,Veiga-Fernandes H

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00