abstract：:Autoimmune diseases are either tissue-specific like multiple sclerosis (MS) or multisystemic like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), although clinically both exhibit common features. To gain insight into the properties of the genes involved in each disease we have investigated the gene expression signature of periphe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mandel M,Gurevich M,Pauzner R,Kaminski N,Achiron A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A peptide based on the complementarity determining region (CDR)1 of a human monoclonal anti-DNA autoantibody (hCDR1) was shown to either prevent or treat an already established murine lupus in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-prone mice or in mice with induced experimental SLE. The present study was undertaken to de...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mauermann N,Sthoeger Z,Zinger H,Mozes E

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular basis of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is undefined, and diagnosis requires exclusion of other diseases including X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP). This rare disorder of immunedysregulation presents typically after Epstein-Barr virus infection and results from defects in the SAP (SLAM...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Eastwood D,Gilmour KC,Nistala K,Meaney C,Chapel H,Sherrell Z,Webster AD,Davies EG,Jones A,Gaspar HB

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy of murine autoimmune and allergic diseases by administration of peptides corresponding to the dominant T cell epitope is a reality. However, problems remain in applying this therapy to reduce antibody responses in humans. To overcome these difficulties, a preclinical system was developed to test the effe...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jackson DJ,Elson CJ,Kumpel BM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive immunodeficiency in HIV infection is paralleled by a decrease in IL-12 production, a cytokine crucial for cellular immune function. Here we examine the molecular mechanisms by which HIV infection suppresses IL-12 p40 expression. HIV infection of THP-1 myeloid cells resulted in decreased LPS-induced nuclear...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Chambers KA,Parks RJ,Angel JB

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD3- CD56(+dim) natural killer (NK) cells, which are cytotoxic against virally infected cells, may be important in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients who are successfully treated with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN)-alpha. We used flow cytometry to enumerate activated (CD69+) and apoptotic (annexin-V+) dim (CD3-...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Lin AW,Gonzalez SA,Cunningham-Rundles S,Dorante G,Marshall S,Tignor A,Ha C,Jacobson IM,Talal AH

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-18 (IL-18) has been demonstrated to synergize with BCG for induction of a T-helper-type 1 (Th1) immune response. Since successful treatment of superficial bladder cancer with BCG requires proper induction of Th1 immunity, we have developed a recombinant (r) BCG strain that functionally secretes mouse (m) I...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Luo Y,Yamada H,Chen X,Ryan AA,Evanoff DP,Triccas JA,O'Donnell MA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the inhibitory effect of iron on macrophage production of tumoricidal free radical nitric oxide (NO) has been reported, its possible influence on macrophage anti-tumour activity has not been established. In the present study, FeSO4 markedly reduced IFN-gamma + LPS-induced NO synthesis in mouse and rat macroph...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Harhaji L,Vuckovic O,Miljkovic D,Stosic-Grujicic S,Trajkovic V

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven Norwegian patients (aged 2-33 years, seven males and four females) with Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) and their parents were investigated. Five of the patients were homozygous for the same ATM mutation, 3245delATCinsTGAT, a Norwegian founder mutation. They had the lowest IgG2 levels; mean (95% confidence interval...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Stray-Pedersen A,Jónsson T,Heiberg A,Lindman CR,Widing E,Aaberge IS,Borresen-Dale AL,Abrahamsen TG

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report is focused on the functional capacity of Langerhans cells (LC) in the epithelium of skin and oral mucosa, which both meet different antigenic challenges. The capacity of LC from human oral and skin epithelium to provide co-stimulatory signals to T cells in vitro was compared. LC in a crude suspension of or...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hasséus B,Jontell M,Bergenholtz G,Dahlgren UI

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify immunological differences among patients with Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's disease (HD) at various levels of severity, we examined the expression of the CD154 molecules on peripheral T cells, which regulate B cell activation, B cell differentiation, and T-cell survival. We found decreases in the int...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Watanabe M,Yamamoto N,Matsuzuka F,Miyauchi A,Iwatani Y

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement receptor 1-related gene/protein y (Crry) is a potent murine complement regulator that inhibits C3 convertases. Transgenic mice that overexpress soluble Crry (sCrry), directed systemically by the metallothionein-I promoter, have been used as an animal model for chronic blockade of complement activation. Rece...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kang HJ,Bao L,Xu Y,Quigg RJ,Giclas PC,Holers VM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal epithelial cell (IEC)-derived cytokines, such as stem cell factor (SCF), interleukin (IL)-7 and IL-15 are known to be required for the development of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs). A newly described cytokine, IL-18, has also been shown to be produced by intestinal epithelial cells. To demons...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Okazawa A,Kanai T,Nakamaru K,Sato T,Inoue N,Ogata H,Iwao Y,Ikeda M,Kawamura T,Makita S,Uraushihara K,Okamoto R,Yamazaki M,Kurimoto M,Ishii H,Watanabe M,Hibi T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the immune response directed against Leishmania is critical for the establishment of effective control of the disease. It is likely that some types of immune responses directed against Leishmania can lead to more severe clinical forms of leishmaniasis causing a poor control of the pathogen and/or patholo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Antonelli LR,Dutra WO,Almeida RP,Bacellar O,Gollob KJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lymphotoxin-beta receptor (LTbetaR) pathway is critical for maintenance of organized lymphoid structures and is involved in the development of colitis. To investigate the mechanisms by which LTbetaR activation contributes to the pathology of chronic inflammation we used a soluble LTbetaR-Ig fusion protein as a com...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Stopfer P,Obermeier F,Dunger N,Falk W,Farkas S,Janotta M,Möller A,Männel DN,Hehlgans T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked platelet/immunodeficiency disease. The affected gene encodes WASP, a multidomain protein that regulates cytoskeletal assembly in blood cells. Patients have recurring infections, and their lymphocytes exhibit deficient proliferative responses in vitro. We report an evaluati...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Park JY,Kob M,Prodeus AP,Rosen FS,Shcherbina A,Remold-O'Donnell E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization with thyrotropin receptor (TSHR)-adenovirus is an effective approach for inducing thyroid stimulating antibodies and Graves' hyperthyroidism in BALB/c mice. In contrast, mice of the same strain vaccinated with TSHR-DNA have low or absent TSHR antibodies and their T cells recognize restricted epitopes on t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pichurin PN,Chen CR,Nagayama Y,Pichurina O,Rapoport B,McLachlan SM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new disease which has spread rapidly and widely. We wished to know whether evaluation of in vitro cytokine production could contribute to improved understanding of disease pathogenesis and to better patient management. Numbers of unstimulated and mitogen-stimulated cytokin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Jones BM,Ma ES,Peiris JS,Wong PC,Ho JC,Lam B,Lai KN,Tsang KW

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most likely source of autoantigens in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is apoptotic material. Because increased levels of circulating apoptotic cells are found in SLE we wanted to investigate the capacity of serum from patients with SLE or other autoimmune or infectious diseases and normal healthy donors (NHD) t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bengtsson AA,Sturfelt G,Gullstrand B,Truedsson L

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in-vivo clearance of Bordetella pertussis infections in murine models in naive mice and animals vaccinated with whole-cell vaccine is considered to be via a Th-1-dependent mechanism in which interleukin-12 (IL)-12 may play a prominent role. It has also been demonstrated clearly that the treatment of animals with m...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Carter CR,Dagg BM,Whitmore KM,Keeble JR,Asokanathan C,Xing D,Walker KB

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paneth cells are important contributors to the intestinal antimicrobial barrier through synthesis and release of antimicrobial peptides and proteins. Animal studies indicate that Paneth cell numbers, location and granule morphology are altered by infection and zinc status. We examined human tissue to determine whether...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kelly P,Feakins R,Domizio P,Murphy J,Bevins C,Wilson J,McPhail G,Poulsom R,Dhaliwal W

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One approach to study the role of distinct cellular mechanisms in susceptibility/resistance to tuberculosis (TB) is to compare parameters of response to infection in the lungs of mouse strains exhibiting genetically determined differences in TB susceptibility/severity. Interstrain differences in antimycobacterial macr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Eruslanov EB,Majorov KB,Orlova MO,Mischenko VV,Kondratieva TK,Apt AS,Lyadova IV

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection against intracellular pathogens such as Mycobacterium leprae is critically dependent on the function of NK cells at early stages of the immune response and on Th1 cells at later stages. In the present report we evaluated the role of IL-18 and IL-13, two cytokines that can influence NK cell activity, in the ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： de la Barrera S,Finiasz M,Fink S,Ilarregui J,Aleman M,Olivares L,Franco MC,Pizzariello G,del Carmen Sasiain M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine the diagnostic value for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of anti-filaggrin autoantibodies (autoAb) recognizing citrullinated recombinant rat filaggrin (ACRF) in community cases of very early arthritis. To evaluate the diagnostic value of ACRF, were studied sera from patients with ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Vittecoq O,Incaurgarat B,Jouen-Beades F,Legoedec J,Letourneur O,Rolland D,Gervasi G,Ménard JF,Gayet A,Fardellone P,Daragon A,Jolivet M,le Loët X,Tron F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are the most professional antigen-presenting cells of the immune system and are capable of initiating immune responses in vitro and in vivo. One of the great challenges in immunotherapy protocols is to introduce relevant antigens into DC for stimulation of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) cl...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ponsaerts P,Van Tendeloo VF,Berneman ZN

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the expression of chemokines and their receptors in leprosy skin lesions using immunohistochemistry. Skin biopsies from 25 leprosy patients across the leprosy spectrum, 11 patients undergoing type I reversal reactions and four normal donors were immunostained by ABC peroxidase method using antibod...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kirkaldy AA,Musonda AC,Khanolkhar-Young S,Suneetha S,Lockwood DN

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) seems to be the target self-antigen for endomysial antibodies in coeliac disease (CD) and to catalyse the critical deamidation of gliadin which strengthens its recognition by HLA-restricted gut-derived T cells. To date, it has not been demonstrated whether gliadin is cross-linked to tTG w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ciccocioppo R,Di Sabatino A,Ara C,Biagi F,Perilli M,Amicosante G,Cifone MG,Corazza GR

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and experimental models of colitis is characterized by a dysregulated intestinal immune response with elevated levels of Th1 cytokines. The luminal flora has been implicated as a major factor contributing to the initiation and perpetuation of inflammation in ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Obermeier F,Dunger N,Strauch UG,Grunwald N,Herfarth H,Schölmerich J,Falk W

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis cysteine proteinases (gingipains) have been associated with virulence in destructive periodontitis, a disease process that has been linked with Th2 pathways. Critical in maintaining Th2 activity is the response of B lymphocytes to environmental interleukin (IL)-4, a cytokine that also countera...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Yun LW,Decarlo AA,Collyer C,Hunter N

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae infection may result in asymptomatic carriage, mucosal or invasive disease. We hypothesize that self-limiting or fatal disease outcome follows infection with S. pneumoniae differential activation of the host immune response. BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice were inoculated intranasally with S. pneumoni...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mizrachi-Nebenzahl Y,Lifshitz S,Teitelbaum R,Novick S,Levi A,Benharroch D,Ling E,Dagan R

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that a high percentage of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-infected lymphocytes in peripheral blood of patients with chronic, active EBV infection (CAEBV) is of T cell origin. Although T cells are expanded oligoclonally in CAEBV, it is not clear whether the restricted diversity of T cells arise f...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Toyabe S,Harada W,Uchiyama M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically, corticosteroids (CS) are among the first line drugs in the therapy of autoimmune and allergic diseases and potently inhibit the activation of immune cells. However, due to their pleiotropic mode of action, the prolonged use of CS is generally associated with a range of undesirable side-effects. In this stu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kalthoff FS,Chung J,Musser P,Stuetz A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease (CD) is described as an autoimmune enteropathy associated with the presence of IgG and IgA antigliadin and antitransglutaminase autoantibodies. While of diagnostic significance, the role of these autoantibodies in the immunopathogenesis of CD is elucidated. An inappropriate T cell immune response to gl...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Cremata JA,Sorell L,Montesino R,Garcia R,Mata M,Cabrera G,Galvan JA,Garcia G,Valdes R,Garrote JA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement C5a is aetiologically linked to inflammatory tissue damage in conditions like septicaemia, immune complex diseases and ischaemia-reperfusion injury. We here describe a monoclonal antibody (mAb), 137-26, that binds to the C5a moiety of human C5 and neutralizes the effects of C5a without interfering with C5 c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Fung M,Lu M,Fure H,Sun W,Sun C,Shi NY,Dou Y,Su J,Swanson X,Mollnes TE

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different genetic mutations have been described in complement component C7 deficiency, a molecular defect which is clinically associated with an increased susceptibility to neisserial recurrent infections, although some cases remain asymptomatic. In this work we report the genetic bases of C7 deficiency in one Spanish...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Vázquez-Bermúdez MF,Barroso S,Walter K,Alvarez AJ,Alarcón A,López-Trascasa M,Wichmann I,Aguilar F,Núñez-Roldán A,Sánchez B

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is known to be a major pathogen of swine, causing mainly meningitis. It is also a zoonotic agent leading predominantly to meningitis in humans working in close contact with pigs. In this study, we investigated the ability of S. suis to up-regulate the expression of adhesion molecules invo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Al-Numani D,Segura M,Doré M,Gottschalk M

更新日期：2003-07-01 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

abstract：:It is well known that monocytes may play an active role in thrombogenesis, since they may express on their surface tissue factor, the major initiator of the clotting cascade. The results of this investigation demonstrate beta-2-glycoprotein I (beta2-GPI) mRNA expression by human peripheral blood monocytes, indicating ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Conti F,Sorice M,Circella A,Alessandri C,Pittoni V,Caronti B,Calderaro C,Griggi T,Misasi R,Valesini G

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is strongly associated with cigarette smoking. More than 20 lung carcinogens have been identified in cigarette smoke and one of the most abundant is 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK). We hypothesized that NNK modulates alveolar macrophage (AM) mediator production, thus contributing to ca...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Therriault MJ,Proulx LI,Castonguay A,Bissonnette EY

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) regulates B cell activation and differentiation and is an autocrine survival factor for memory B lymphocytes. We have reported recently that the number of memory B cells is reduced during HIV-1 infection. In this study we evaluated whether alteration in the NGF supply was involved in memory B...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Titanji K,Nilsson A,Mörch C,Samuelsson A,Sönnerborg A,Grutzmeier S,Zazzi M,De Milito A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00