abstract：:To investigate the influence of genetic and/or environmental factors in the development and shaping of the human peripheral T cell repertoire the authors studied the T-cell receptor (TCR) V beta usage in 10 adult monozygous (Mz) and nine dizygous (Dz) twin pairs living in a Plasmodium falciparum endemic area in West A...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Troye-Blomberg M,Fogdell A,el-Ghazali G,Larsson A,King MH,Sisay-Joof F,Olerup O,Grunewald J,Jepson A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-infection with virus and bacteria happens frequently and often results in an exacerbated clinical course of the disease, possibly due to mechanisms including altered cytokine production. In the present study, the authors investigated the combined effects of avirulent Semliki Forest virus (SFV-A7) and bacterial lipo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Yang J,Hukkanen V,Seljelid R,Salmi AA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various surface molecules are expressed by activated T cells. Among them, the CD30 antigen has been proposed as a reproducible marker that identifies a subset of differentiated and/or activated T lymphocytes that produce T helper (Th)-2-type cytokines, i.e. interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-5. However, because CD30 has mainly...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Spinozzi F,Agea E,Piattoni S,Falini B,Grignani F,Bertotto A

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous report the authors demonstrated that acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was associated with pathologic amounts of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and the appearance of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the blood of GVH reactive mice just prior to death. In this study the authors have investigated ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Price KS,Nestel FP,Lapp WS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RadLV-Rs infection induces a murine immunodeficiency syndrome associated with a dramatic enlargement of spleen and lymph nodes. Surprisingly, the lymphoproliferation excludes thymus and Peyer's patches (PP). To understand the cellular interactions underlying lymphoproliferation further, the authors investigated the fa...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Colombi S,Moutschen M,de Leval L,Demoitié MA,Trebak M,Martin MT,Boniver J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid (RA-SF) contains a distinct biological activity that selectively induces IgG2b production in LPS-activated murine B blasts. This IgG2b inducing factor (IgG2bIF) acts directly on purified LPS-activated B blasts from normal and Bruton's tyrosine kinase-defective CBA/N mice. In order t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lettesjö H,Ridderstad A,Möller E

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparations have been shown to suppress lymphocyte proliferation in vitro. This study aimed to investigate the effects of an IVIG produced by fractionation/DEAE-Sephadex adsorption on lymphocyte proliferation in vitro, with particular reference to contributions of the stabilizing age...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Alder LB,Morgan LA,Spickett GP

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous work the authors demonstrated that immunization with Schistosoma mansoni 28-kDa glutathione-S-transferase (Sm28GST) was able to reduce hepatic damage in infected mice and that the adoptive transfer of Sm28GST-specific T cells reproduced the protective effect obtained with the recombinant molecule. In the...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Pancré V,Gras-Masse H,Delanoye A,Herno J,Capron A,Auriault C

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have previously reported on the ability of A60, an immunodominant antigenic complex of Mycobacterium bovis BCG, to prevent cancer development in mice challenged with EMT 6 tumour cells. Such effect proved to rely on neoplastic cell lysis by cytolytic T lymphocytes and activated macrophages. The involvement...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Maes H,Cocito C

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most frequent pathogen in haematogenously acquired kidney infections in humans in Staphylococcus aureus. In order to characterize in situ the immunological patterns of septic nephritis we developed a murine model of this disease. A single intravenous injection of S. aureus producing toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 re...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Verba V,Tarkowski A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the so-called natural interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) producing cell (IPC), stimulated to produce IFN-alpha by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV), and of dendritic cells (DC) in peripheral blood leucocytes was investigated. The simultaneous expression of cell surface antigens and intracellular IFN...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Svensson H,Johannisson A,Nikkilä T,Alm GV,Cederblad B

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CD45 glycoprotein isoforms exhibit a receptor-like composition and display intracellular protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPase) activity. The present study links CD45 to the regulation of L-selectin (CD62L), a leucocyte glycoprotein important for extravasation and homotypic aggregation. Monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Stibenz D,Bührer C,Laufer D,Obladen M

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonal selection in the thymus occurs mostly in the CD4+ CD8+ (double positive; DP) stage. Within DP thymocytes, cells in the CD3low subset are believed to be involved in clonal selection, and this subset is generally considered as a homogeneous population. T-cell antigen-receptor (TCR) signals on DP thymocytes are kn...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Sheard M,Sugaya K,Furuta M,Tsuda S,Takahama Y

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CD4 molecule is an important cell surface molecule expressed on many cell types including T-helper cells. CD4 can be shed from cells, and the truncated soluble form of CD4 (sCD4) has been found elevated in serum in several diseases. In this study the authors show that migration of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PM...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Goto H,Gidlund M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have established a new immunodeficient mouse strain on the genetic background of the diabetes prone non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse. A deletion mutant of the RAG-2 gene was back crossed 10 generations onto the NOD/Bom strain background. The homozygous NODrag-2-/- mice lack functionally mature B and T lympho...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Söderstrøm I,Bergman ML,Colucci F,Lejon K,Bergqvist I,Holmberg D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors recently reported that CD2 ligation rescues B cells from antigen-induced apoptosis by upregulation of intracellular Bcl-2 levels. However, the characterization of the early signals involved in apoptosis rescue by CD2 ligation has not been well established. In this context, CD2 does not promote either phosp...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Baixeras E,Garcia-Lozano E,Martinez-A C

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serum amyloid A (SAA) clone was isolated from a Tammar wallaby cDNA library, the most distantly related mammalian species for which an SAA has been described to date. The clone predicts a premolecule of 127 amino acids with good homology to other mammalian SAAs, and consists of an 18 residue leader peptide and a mat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Uhlar CM,Black IL,Shields DC,Brack CM,Schreiber G,Whitehead AS

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have recently shown that the ability of immune complexes (IC) to trigger Fc gamma R-dependent cell responses can be dramatically enhanced when the isoelectric point (pI) of normal IgG antibodies is increased from 5.8-8.5 to 8.5-9.8 by treatment with 1-ethyl-3-2(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide HCl and e...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Trevani AS,Andonegui G,Kempfer C,Malchiodi E,Geffner JR

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant bacillus Calmette-Guérin (rBCG) secretion system utilizing an extracellular alpha antigen of Mycobacterium kansasii (alpha-K) was characterized biochemically and immunologically. The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) p17gag B cell epitope fused to alpha-K was secreted in extremely large amoun...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Wada N,Ohara N,Kameoka M,Nishino Y,Matsumoto S,Nishiyama T,Naito M,Yukitake H,Okada Y,Ikuta K,Yamada T

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the epitope recognition pattern of La(SS-B) autoantibodies in sera from patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using overlapping synthetic decapeptides on solid phase. Eighty different decapeptides with five amino acids overlap from the hum...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Haaheim LR,Halse AK,Kvakestad R,Stern B,Normann O,Jonsson R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients with myasthenia gravis were shown to have T and B cells specific for a beta-bungarotoxin binding protein, presynaptic membrane receptor (PsmR). Such autoreactive T cells may be subdivided into different subsets according to the pattern of cytokine production. In this study the authors examined...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Yi Q,Pirskanen R,Lefvert AK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between homing receptors on circulating leucocytes and endothelial addressins regulate tissue-specific cellular extravasation. Although integrin alpha 4 beta 7 appears to be the main receptor for gut-homing T lymphocytes, less is known about molecules mediating mucosal B cell homing. Expression of integri...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Farstad IN,Halstensen TS,Lazarovits AI,Norstein J,Fausa O,Brandtzaeg P

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta 2-glycoprotein I (beta 2-GPI) is a 50 kDa protein in human plasma composed of five repeating complement control protein modules thereby closely resembling complement factor H which has 20 such units. Both beta 2-GPI and factor H (150 kDa) have binding sites for negatively charged polyions. beta 2-GPI has been sho...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Puurunen M,Jokiranta S,Vaarala O,Meri S

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multifactorial involvement in the pathogenesis of autoimmune NZB/W F1 mice has been well documented. To further elucidate the role of cytokines in the disease development of murine lupus, single spleen cells isolated from NZB/W F1 and non-autoimmune C57BL/6 mice were stimulated with T cell mitogens or anti-CD3 antibod...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lin LC,Chen YC,Chou CC,Hsieh KH,Chiang BL

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response of adult BALB/c mice against the bacterial antigen dextran B1355S (Dex) is well characterized as thymus independent (TI type 2) and Igha linked. The antisera consist of mainly IgM/lambda antibodies directed against the alpha(1-->3) glucosidic linkage. This study describes the immune response agains...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Willers J,Weiler E,Kolb C

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using PCR, we have found previously that differences in T cell receptor alpha/beta chain variable region (TCR alpha/beta) gene expression in lymph nodes (LN) existed between susceptible and resistant mice following anterior chamber (AC) inoculation with herpes simplex virus (HSV). We now report and compare the immu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Arrunategui-Correa VR,Dutt JE,Foster CS

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular status of Abs in the vaginal fluid is reconsidered as a basis for immunization strategies for women' vaccination against HIV. Analysis of separated immunoglobulins (Igs) shows a large proportion of uncleaved IgG, whereas the low amount of IgA includes SIgA, monomers and fragments. SIgM is at a very low l...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Hocini H,Barra A,Bélec L,Iscaki S,Preud'homme JL,Pillot J,Bouvet JP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pair of microH-chain and kappa L-chain transgenes encoding the Sp6 TNP/DNA-specific IgM was bred onto the rearrangement-deficient genetic background of RAG-2T mice, and onto the kappa L-chain expression-deficient background of iE kappa T mice. Bone marrow of Sp6 transgenic RAG-2T mice contained normal numbers of B...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Andersson J,Melchers F,Rolink A

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have sequenced the variable heavy chain regions of a number of VH4-21 encoded monoclonal IgM anti-Rh(D) antibodies produced in response to deliberate immunization. These were compared with the sequences of similarly encoded IgM anti-I cold agglutinins (CA) derived from patients with lympho-proliferative diseases. T...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Børretzen M,Chapman C,Stevenson FK,Natvig JB,Thompson KM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometric analysis of splenocytes from mice infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus revealed marked and long-standing up-regulation of LFA-1 expression on CD8+, but not on CD4+ T cells. Appearance of CD8+ T cells with a changed expression of adhesion molecules reflected polyclonal activation and expansi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Andersson EC,Christensen JP,Scheynius A,Marker O,Thomsen AR

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to investigate the patterns of proliferation and differentiation of infiltrating cells in inflammatory myopathies. Immunohistochemical staining was performed on muscle biopsy specimens from 18 patients with inclusion body myositis, polymyositis and dermatomyositis using monoclonal and polyclonal anti...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lindberg C,Oldfors A,Tarkowski A

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which glucocorticoids suppress immune responses have not yet been clearly defined. In steroid-sensitive pathological conditions, an increase in gamma delta T cells can occur in certain untreated systemic autoimmune disorders and seems to be a peristent feature in most cases of systemic lupus erythema...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Spinozzi F,Agea E,Bistoni O,Travetti A,Migliorati G,Moraca R,Nicoletti I,Riccardi C,Paoletti FP,Vaccaro R

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An idiotypic network model of AIDS pathogenesis is described in which the T cell receptor plays a role both in infection and as a target of autoimmunity. This is an extension of a previously published autoimmunity model, and provides explanations for several otherwise puzzling aspects of AIDS pathogenesis. In the mode...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Hoffmann GW

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the sera of patients with acute bacterial infections specific autoantibodies (sIAPa) of the immunoglobulin class G (IgG) were found which bind to intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) through the Fab portion. This was demonstrated using immunoaffinity (IA) isolation of sIAPa from patients' sera (particularly bacter...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Kolbus N,Beuche W,Schlaf G,Nüsslein HG,Felgenhauer K,Mäder M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-cell regulatory function has been evaluated in lines of mice genetically selected according to the High (H) and Low (L) antibody responsiveness to heterologous erythrocytes. The inhibition of antibody production following CD4+ subset depletion was stronger in L than in H mice. The dose of CD4-specific monoclonal...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Cabrera WH,Siqueira M,Takahashi NS,Ribeiro OG,Araujo LM,Mouton D,Ibanez OM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined for the presence or absence of T cell receptor V-alpha (VA) and V-beta (VB) gene expression in infiltrating T lymphocytes (ITL) isolated from Graves' thyroid glands in comparison to paired peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) samples using a qualitative based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Sequen...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Caso-Peláez E,McGregor AM,Banga JP

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell precursors in the chick embryo have been localized into the intraembryonic mesenchyme (IEM) and into the para-aortic region before the first wave of the thymic colonization on embryonic day (ED) 6,5-8. The cell surface markers of avian prethymic stem cells are not known. It is also not known whether these precu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Lampisuo M,Karvinen J,Petteri Arstila T,Lassila O

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consecutive sera from before and after treatment were collected from 23 patients with a Schistosoma mansoni infection, seven of whom had an early infection. All sera were analysed for IgG1, IgG3 and IgG4 antibody activity against three peptides from the protein Sm 28 GST (24-43, 115-131 and 140-153 aa). In addition, s...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Evengård B,Wolowczuk I,Marguerite M,Hammarström L,Smith E,Auriault C

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymopentin (TP-5) is a synthetic pentapeptide that corresponds to the active 32-36 amino acid sequence of the thymic hormone thymopoietin, of which it retains all the immunomodulatory properties. In this study, we have evaluated the effects of long term prophylactic treatment with TP-5 on the clinical, immunological ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Nicoletti F,Zaccone P,Magro G,Barcellini W,Cavallaro V,Belli G,Cocuzza C,di Marco R,Meroni PL

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we describe the production and characterization of a panel of monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) directed against cruzipain (Crz), the major cysteine proteinase from Trypanosoma cruzi. The five MoAbs, BD6, BF2, CG2, CH8, and DC10 were analysed with respect to affinity and specificity. None of the MoAbs...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of immunology

authors： Gonzalez G,Orn A,Cazzulo JJ,Grönvik KO

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00