abstract：:To study the location and mechanism of apoptosis within the human tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy lesions, parallel sections were analyzed for mycobacterial antigens (M.Ag), Fas ligand (FasL), Fas, CD68 and Mac387 by immunohistochemistry, and apoptotic cells by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase-mediated dUTP-dig...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Mustafa T,Bjune TG,Jonsson R,Pando RH,Nilsen R

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some data suggest that the interaction between CD28 and CD80 (B7.1) stimulates Th1-responses and that CD28 and CD86 (B7.2) stimulates Th2-responses, however this is controversial. We addressed this issue by using mercuric chloride (HgCl2)-induced autoimmunity in Brown Norway (BN) rats as a highly polarized Th2 model a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： MacPhee IA,Turner DR,Yagita H,Oliveira DB

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have depleted lymphocyte subsets in PVG and AO rats with MoAbs 3.2.3 (against NKR-P1 on NK and NK/T cells) and OX-8 (against CD8 on CTL and NK cells), and examined the effect on the killing of YAC-1 target cells in vitro and the effect on the acute rejection of small allogeneic lymphocytes in vivo (allogeneic lymph...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Løvik G,Vaage JT,Rolstad B,Naper C

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD27 has been found to be expressed on somatically mutated B cells and is thus a positive marker for memory B cells in peripheral blood (PB). Since abnormal immunogloblin (Ig) production is characteristic of the autoimmune diseases primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we have analyzed in det...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Bohnhorst JO,Thoen JE,Natvig JB,Thompson KM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A search for an antigen-driven expansion of T lymphocytes in the inflamed joints in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have been going on for decades. We here analyzed the human germinal centre T-cell receptor (TCR) Vbeta gene usage with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) combined with sequence analysis, to address the q...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Källberg E,Leanderson T,Natvig JB

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human natural killer (NK) cells are able to adhere to xenogeneic porcine endothelial cells (EC) and evidence from in vitro studies as well as animal models suggests a potential role for NK cells in the cellular recognition and damage of porcine xenogeneic tissues. One possible explanation for the observed NK cell-medi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Schneider MK,Forte P,Seebach JD

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD5 is a transmembrane glycoprotein on all T cells and on a subpopulation of B cells. Based on the analysis of chicken CD5-cDNA we have previously shown that the structure of the CD5 protein is conserved between species. Here we report the isolation and chromosomal mapping of the chicken CD5 gene. The gene spans 3.4 k...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Koskinen R,Salomonsen J,Goodchild M,Bumstead N,Boyd Y,Vainio O

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our data on peripheral blood T cells from Motor neuron disease (MND) patients indicate major immunological disturbances linked to this disease. Both CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets display an increased fraction of cells showing activation markers compared to controls, indicating an unusually high level of activity in bot...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Katchar K,Osorio L,Conradi S,Wigzell H,Gigliotti D

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-12 has dominated the field of cell-mediated immunity since its discovery more than 10 years ago, and clearly plays an essential role in the development of Th1 cells under a variety of conditions. Recent studies now indicate that the importance of IL-12 is not limited to initiating an immune response, ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Park AY,Scott P

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba polyphaga (AP) is ubiquitous in nature and frequently infects humans. AP has some features, such as persistence, which makes it an attractive candidate in studies of a possible infectious aetiology in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study the occurrence of AP-specific antibodies was compared between RA...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Jeansson S,Kvien TK

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several vaccination studies have been performed in monkeys and humans testing the feasibility of prophylactic and therapeutic immunizations against Helicobacter pylori. The monkey studies showed that immune responses were induced by oral vaccination with the mucosal adjuvant LT (Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lee CK

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate possible changes in the circulating levels of interferon (IFN)-gamma, interleukin (IL)-4 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta in association with the autoimmune process leading to type 1 diabetes. Expression levels of mRNAs specific for each cytokine were determined in periph...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Halminen M,Simell O,Knip M,Ilonen J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive antibody can both suppress and augment immune responses. Until recently, there was virtual unanimity on the importance of the interaction of the Fc portion of modulating antibody with Fc-receptors (Fc-signalling), especially in experiments involving the suppression by antibody. Experiments reported in the last...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Sinclair NR

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine serum amyloid A1.1 (SAA1.1) has been conjugated with the fluorophore Texas Red (TxR), and its interaction with peritoneal macrophages has been visualized by scanning confocal microscopy. Binding of TxR-SAA to cell surfaces was inhibited by an excess of unlabelled SAA indicating the involvement of saturable rece...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Kluve-Beckerman B,Manaloor J,Liepnieks JJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The humoral response against the bacterial polysaccharide antigen alpha(1-->3) dextran (Dex) is controlled by J558 idiotype-(Id) specific T cells. These T cells of which the cell clone 178-4 Ts is a representative by all relevant criteria, recognize J558 Id-bearing B cells in an I-Ed-restricted manner. Costimulation v...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Rademaekers A,Specht C,Kölsch E

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midtrimester amniotic fluid cytokines may reflect the function of the maternal immune system in the maternal-fetal interface and thus be predictive of pre-eclampsia. We determined the concentrations of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-15, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and transforming growth fact...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Heikkinen J,Möttönen M,Pulkki K,Lassila O,Alanen A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of interleukin (IL)-1 beta, IL-6 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha were compared when freshly isolated autologous monocytes or monocytederived macrophages (MDMs) were co-cultured in vitro with autologous fragment (F)-spheroids established from a series of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Heimdal JH,Aarstad HJ,Olsnes C,Olofsson J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus is the major primary immune tissue for the production of functional T lymphocytes in vertebrates. However, its evolutionary origin is unknown. It has recently been shown that the generation of local T cells also occurs in gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALT). This suggests that the thymus and GALT have si...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Matsunaga T,Rahman A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral CD4 T-cell depletion has been observed in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). To investigate more accurately this alteration, we studied peripheral blood CD45RA(+) and CD29(high) CD4 subsets in 79 TB patients with (HIV(+)TB(+)) or without (HIV(-)TB(+)) HIV ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Diagbouga S,Chiron JP,Sanou O,Ledru E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-cell repertoire is shaped by the positive and negative selection of immature CD4(+) CD8(+) double positive (DP) thymocytes. Positive selection of DP T cells to the CD4(+) CD8(-) and CD4(-) CD8(+) simple positive (SP) lineages is a multistep process which involves cellular interactions between thymocytes and stro...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Nepomnaschy I,Lombardi G,Bekinschtein P,Berguer P,Francisco V,de Almeida J,Buggiano V,Pasqualini CD,Piazzon I

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central events in the host defence system and immune-mediated damage are tightly regulated by cell adhesion molecules. Sera from 28 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infected children divided into groups according to disease severity, six seroreverting (SR) children and 25 healthy controls were studied to detect th...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Gaddi E,Laucella S,Balbaryski J,Cantisano C,Barboni G,Candi M,Giraudi V

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haematopoietic precursors first colonizing the avian embryonic thymus are derived from the intraembryonic sites located around the dorsal aortae. These intraembryonic precursors have previously been demonstrated to include cells that harbour T-cell progenitor capacity and express the Ikaros transcription factor, known...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Liippo J,Koskela K,Lassila O

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In murine schistosomiasis mansoni the worm egg-induced granulomatous inflammation is bi-phasic: an initial Th1 type is subsequently switched to a Th2 type response. Analysis of the cellular, molecular base of the Th1-associated response (5-6 weeks post infection) revealed mRNA messages for interleukin (IL)-12 p40, IL-...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Todt JC,Whitfield JR,Ivard SR,Boros DL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural transplantation may become an important treatment alternative for focal brain disorders. To date, the most successful grafts have been obtained in patients with Parkinson's disease. Completely normalized dopamine production and reduction of Parkinsonian symptoms have been demonstrated 10 years after grafting. H...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Larsson LC,Widner H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii is an opportunistic pathogen that causes pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts. In the normal host, P. carinii is susceptible to an array of first line host defense mechanisms that are operative in the lung. Alveolar macrophages play a central role in the clearance of inhaled organisms. The macroph...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Stehle SE,Rogers RA,Harmsen AG,Ezekowitz RA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres are unique terminal chromosomal structures, the length of which has been shown to decrease with cell division in vitro and with increased age in vivo for human somatic cells. In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection, decrease of telomere length is primarily found in CD8+ T cells, and not in CD4+ T c...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Aladdin H,Ullum H,Schjerling P,Skov Jensen M,Dam Nielsen S,Mathiesen L,Gerstoft J,Skinhøj P,Klarlund Pedersen B

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic techniques in inbred mouse strains are powerful tools to investigate the specific roles of genes in biological pathways and disease models. However, there is increasing concern over the influence of a variable genetic background in such experiments. To date there have been few investigations of the immunolo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Johansson AC,Vestberg M,Holmdahl R

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency of complement components within the classical pathway is associated with increased risk for immune complex disease. However, C2-deficient individuals often have a mild disease and about 50% are healthy. To study the importance of the different components for immune complex clearance, bovine serum albumin (B...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Klint C,Gullstrand B,Sturfelt G,Truedsson L

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular immune responses to recombinant (r) Sm14 were examined in chronic, treated patients and uninfected individuals living in an endemic area for schistosomiasis. The lymphocyte proliferative responses and cytokine profile to this antigen were evaluated. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of all groups stud...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Brito CF,Caldas IR,Coura Filho P,Correa-Oliveira R,Oliveira SC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils are essential for the host defence against infection. However, neutrophils may also mediate damage namely during immune mediated pathologies. We therefore tested whether targeting of different cell adhesion molecules with specific monoclonal antibodies might reduce immune mediated neutrophil recruitment bu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Gonçalves AS,Appelberg R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One successful approach to generate dendritic cells (DC) is to cultivate peripheral blood monocytes in fetal calf serum (FCS)-containing medium in the presence of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin (IL)-4. Because the use of xenogenic proteins has to be strictly avoided for clini...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Pietschmann P,Stöckl J,Draxler S,Majdic O,Knapp W

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allograft rejection involves T-cell activation, requiring T-cell receptor interactions with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules and costimulatory signals delivered through the B7-CD28 pathway. We evaluated the effect of blocking this pathway on graft rejection and survival, in a rat experimental model of ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Kurlberg G,Haglind E,Schön K,Törnqvist H,Lycke N

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) level is a common finding in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). IgA might not be properly eliminated because of an abnormal glycosylation. We reported previously that IgA1 from patients with pSS was oversialylated. We extend this finding by showing that monomeric IgA1 contains mor...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Basset C,Durand V,Jamin C,Clément J,Pennec Y,Youinou P,Dueymes M,Roitt IM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum Amyloid A (SAA) is an acute-phase protein secreted mainly by hepatocytes and is largely associated with high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in plasma. It has been suggested that SAA alters HDL binding to the cell surface and that this in turn changes HDL-mediated cholesterol delivery to cells. Incorporation of SAA in...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Hayat S,Raynes JG

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work from our laboratory demonstrated that a synthetic heptapeptide (Ch7: RGSDIAG), corresponding to a conserved sequence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) core protein p24 (amino acids 232- 238), was able to specifically abrogate antigen-induced responses in cultures of normal human peripheral blood mono...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Giacomini E,Chersi A,Giordani L,Luzzati AL

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of advanced molecular biological techniques in the last two decades has allowed the study of genetic factors in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A variety of techniques have been employed to elucidate the effects of genes, starting with the clinical observations that IBD is more common in the relatives of ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Orchard TR,Satsangi J,Van Heel D,Jewell DP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture filtrate from Mycobacterium tuberculosis contains protective molecules which have been used successfully in experimental vaccines against tuberculosis. Despite an increasing number of mycobacterial proteins being characterised, a major effort is still needed to get an overview of the many potentially interesti...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Weldingh K,Hansen A,Jacobsen S,Andersen P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The parvalbumin from white muscle of Atlantic salmon was previously found to be a major allergen, and designated Sal s1. Two distinct cDNAs, 14.1 and 24.1, which comprise the entire parvalbumin-encoding regions, were cloned, revealing transcripts from two different parvalbumin genes. In the present study, the protein-...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Van Do T,Hordvik I,Endresen C,Elsayed S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of T-cell apoptosis is regulated in part by monocytes (CD14+ cells). Human peripheral blood monocytes inhibited the spontaneous cell death of activated T cells in vitro. The inhibition of T-cell apoptosis did not require autologous monocytes. Inhibition required direct contact with monocytes and was not ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Sakata K,Sakata A,Kong L,Vela-Roch N,Talal N,Dang H

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human haptoglobin (Hp) is synthesized at hepatic and extrahepatic sites as an acute-phase reactant protein (APP). We investigated the effects of Hp on granulocyte function. The chemotaxis of freshly isolated human granulocytes and differentiated HL-60 cells in response to the bacterial tripeptide, f-met-leu-phe, was i...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Rossbacher J,Wagner L,Pasternack MS

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00