abstract：:The tryptic FAD-peptide carrying the flavin in 8alpha-(N3)histidyl linkage as natural hapten was isolated by HPLC from the bacterial enzyme 6-hydroxy-d-nicotine oxidase. The same flavin protein linkage is found in the mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase flavoprotein subunit, the predominant flavoprotein with covalen...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Cicek G,Schiltz E,Staiger J,Neumann FJ,Melchers I,Brandsch R

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human red cells (RBC) coated with IgG anti-D are cleared from the circulation to the spleen by macrophages which express IgG receptors (Fcgamma R). Polymorphisms of Fcgamma RIIa and Fcgamma RIIIa affect IgG binding in vitro, and may alter the efficiency of clearance of immune complexes in vivo. In a RBC clearance stud...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kumpel BM,De Haas M,Koene HR,Van De Winkel JG,Goodrick MJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sarcoidosis, a T helper 1 (Th1) response is an essential event and the up-regulation of interleukin-12 (IL-12) has been detected in affected disease sites. In order to investigate the clinical usefulness of circulating IL-12, we measured the serum concentrations of IL-12 by ELISA and performed immunohistochemistry ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Shigehara K,Shijubo N,Ohmichi M,Kamiguchi K,Takahashi R,Morita-Ichimura S,Ohchi T,Tatsuno T,Hiraga Y,Abe S,Sato N

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perturbation of epithelial structure is a prominent but poorly understood feature of the immunopathological response to bacterial antigens which characterizes the destructive lesion of periodontitis. Western analysis of sera from 22 patients with periodontitis detected multiple antigens in extracts of epithelial cells...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ye P,Harty DW,Chapple CC,Nadkarni MA,Carlo AA,Hunter N

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept that during an immune challenge the release of glucocorticoids (GC) provides feedback inhibition on evolving immune responses has been drawn primarily from studies of autoimmune and/or inflammatory processes in animal models. The epidemic form of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) occurs secondary to infect...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gómez SA,Fernández GC,Vanzulli S,Dran G,Rubel C,Berki T,Isturiz MA,Palermo MS

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier data suggest that gamma/delta T cells may play an important role in the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The aim of this study was to determine the percentage of different gamma/delta subsets in peripheral blood of active tuberculosis patients with a positive or negative tuberculin reaction. Thir...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Szereday L,Baliko Z,Szekeres-Bartho J

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that high levels of IL-6/sIL-6R complexes are present in sera of patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (s-JIA) and that the amount of IL-6 estimated in the IL-6/sIL-6R complexes is markedly higher than that measured by the B9 assay. Here, we show that two additional bioassays,...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pignatti P,Ciapponi L,Galle P,Hansen MB,Massa M,Meazza C,Paonessa G,Novick D,Ciliberto G,Martini A,De Benedetti F

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy has, besides the beneficial effects, several adverse effects. Suppression of the immune system is one of the most important problems. Infections caused by encapsulated bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae are responsible for a major part of infectious problems during and after treatment. The splenic mar...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Zandvoort A,Lodewijk ME,Klok PA,Breukels MA,Rijkers GT,Timens W

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA class II-restricted proliferative and cytotoxic T cell (CTL) responses to B cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) can be generated using autologous dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with tumour cell lysate. In this study a number of different approaches were used to optimize further the in vitro system. First, the...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Goddard RV,Prentice AG,Copplestone JA,Kaminski ER

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin-reactive T cells are considered to play an essential role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. We have previously studied the effects of T cell vaccination (TCV), a procedure by which MS patients are immunized with attenuated autologous myelin basi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Van der Aa A,Hellings N,Medaer R,Gelin G,Palmers Y,Raus J,Stinissen P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphyllococcus aureus-induced infections often result in high mortality and permanent joint destruction, despite treatment with antibiotics. IL-10 is typically regarded as an anti-inflammatory cytokine because it promotes a T helper cell type 2 response, and subsequently down-regulates cell mediated immune functions....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Gjertsson I,Hultgren OH,Tarkowski A

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the name given to a clinically heterogeneous group of hypogammaglobulinaemic immunodeficiency states. Bronchiectasis is a feature of this disease and is believed to be the result of recurrent bacterial infection affecting the respiratory tract. Bronchiectasis is also a featur...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sansom ME,Ferry BL,Sherrell ZP,Chapel HM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis with cardiac and noncardiac complications. Anti--endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) are found among many patients with KD. The aim of this study was to investigate the pathogenic role of AECA in KD using in vitro and in vivo experimental models. F(ab)2 fragments of IgG-AE...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Grunebaum E,Blank M,Cohen S,Afek A,Kopolovic J,Meroni PL,Youinou P,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies in murine systems have suggested a role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of leishmaniasis. However, the role of apoptosis in visceral leishmaniasis in man has not been explored. In this study, we show that patients with visceral leishmaniasis demonstrate significant dysregulation of Fas and Fas ligand....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Eidsmo L,Wolday D,Berhe N,Sabri F,Satti I,El Hassan AM,Sundar S,Chiodi F,Akuffo H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A T helper (Th) 1 immune response is important for host defense against tuberculosis. The multidrug resistance protein (Mrp) 1 is constitutively present at low levels on Th2 lymphocytes, and is expressed on Th1 lymphocytes upon activation. To determine the role of Mrp1 in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis, Mrp1 deficie...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Verbon A,Leemans JC,Weijer S,Florquin S,Van Der Poll T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insufficient stimulatory capacities of autologous dendritic cells (DC) may contribute in part to impaired T cell stimulation and therefore viral persistence in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In order to characterize the antigen presenting functions of DC from chronic HBV carriers and controls...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Löhr HF,Pingel S,Böcher WO,Bernhard H,Herzog-Hauff S,Rose-John S,Galle PR

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercuric chloride (HgCl2)-induced autoimmunity in Brown Norway (BN) rats is a highly polarized polyclonal Th2-driven autoimmune response with increased IgE production, lymphoproliferation, vasculitis and proteinuria. The increase in serum IgE concentration is clearly measurable by day 4 after the first HgCl2 injection...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

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

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seeking better immunological markers indicating the long-term outcome of cystic echinococcosis (CE) after chemotherapy we studied 23 patients receiving albendazole, clinically followed for 8 years, and grouped ultrasonographically according to therapeutic outcome. Antibody responses against a partially purified fracti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Riganò R,Ioppolo S,Ortona E,Margutti P,Profumo E,Ali MD,Di Vico B,Teggi A,Siracusano A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) against proteinase 3 (PR3) are strongly associated with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) and are thought to be involved in its pathogenesis. Levels of PR3-ANCA do not always correspond to clinical disease activity. To investigate the relationship between functional effects of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： van der Geld YM,Tool AT,Videler J,de Haas M,Tervaert JW,Stegeman CA,Limburg PC,Kallenberg CG,Roos D

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses towards malignant plasma cells have clearly been demonstrated in the course of monoclonal B cell dyscrasias and shown to be mostly specific for idiotypic determinants of the monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig). These responses are specifically efficient against lymphoma cells expressing a membrane form of ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Galea HR,Cogné M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2) expressed by Plasmodium falciparum asexual blood stages has been identified as a promising vaccine candidate. In order to explore allelic family-specific humoral responses which may be responsible for parasite neutralization during natural infections, isolates from individuals with e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ekala MT,Jouin H,Lekoulou F,Mercereau-Puijalon O,Ntoumi F

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta7 Integrins have been shown to have an important role in the localization of T cells to the intestine. Utilizing two different experimental mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), this study was undertaken to determine if beta7 integrin expression is critical for T cell localization to the intestine and ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sydora BC,Wagner N,Lohler J,Yakoub G,Kronenberg M,Muller W,Aranda R

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerulonephritis with organized microtubular monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits (GOMMID) and glomerulonephritis related to type I cryoglobulin are well-known but rare complications of B cell derived chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. In these disorders, monoclonal Ig have never been studied at the molecular level. We co...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Galea HR,Bridoux F,Aldigier JC,Paraf F,Bordessoule D,Touchard G,Cogné M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though the existence of phosphodiesterase (PDE) 7 in T cells has been proved, the lack of a selective PDE7 inhibitor has confounded an accurate assessment of PDE7 function in such cells. In order to elucidate the role of PDE7 in human T cell function, the effects of two PDE inhibitors on PDE7A activity, cytokine ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nakata A,Ogawa K,Sasaki T,Koyama N,Wada K,Kotera J,Kikkawa H,Omori K,Kaminuma O

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally accepted that multiple sclerosis (MS) is mediated by autoreactive T cells and that myelin basic protein (MBP) is one of the target autoantigens. The T-cell response to MBP has been analysed extensively, largely through the use of T-cell lines (TCL) and T-cell clones (TCC), and to date, three immunodomi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mazza G,Ponsford M,Lowrey P,Campbell MJ,Zajicek J,Wraith DC

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported recently that mouse liver NK cells and NK1 x 1+ T cells were activated by bacterial superantigens via the IL-12 production from Kupffer cells. In the present study, we examined the effect of staphyloccoccal enterotoxin A (SEA) on human T cells with NK cell markers, CD56 or CD57 (NK-type T cells). Afte...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ami K,Ohkawa T,Koike Y,Sato K,Habu Y,Iwai T,Seki S,Hiraide H

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of lung homeostasis involves a complex interaction between T lymphocytes and alveolar macrophages (AM), in which AM suppress pulmonary T cell proliferation to antigenic stimuli. To assess whether AM-mediated suppression is attenuated in healthy young infants, AM and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bunn HJ,Hewitt CR,Grigg J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an RNA virus which is estimated to persistently infect about 170 million people worldwide. After acute infection, there is an initial period during which long-term outcome is decided. There is strong evidence that the cellular immune responses, involving both CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes, are...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ward S,Lauer G,Isba R,Walker B,Klenerman P

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells are thought to play an important regulatory role in atopic asthma. We hypothesized that human blood and BAL T cell subsets bearing various TCR-Vbeta genes might show selective differences in their cytokine profile. Peripheral blood (PB) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) T cells from seven atopic asthmatic and s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bakakos P,Pickard C,Smith JL,Frew AJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinochoroiditis caused by Toxoplasma gondii infection results in inflammation and necrosis of the retina. We have used human retinal pigment epithelial cultures (HRPE) as an in vitro model to investigate the role of TGF-beta in T. gondii-induced retinochoroiditis. RT-PCR analyses showed enhanced steady state levels ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nagineni CN,Detrick B,Hooks JJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulatory effect of prostaglandin (PG) E2 and a cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitor on Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-induced macrophage cytotoxicity in a bladder cancer cell, MBT-2, was studied in vitro. BCG stimulated thioglycollate-elicited murine peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) to induce cytotoxic activity and to pr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Yamada H,Kuroda E,Matsumoto S,Matsumoto T,Yamada T,Yamashita U

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By immunological screening of a cDNA library derived from protoscoleces of Echinococcus granulosus with IgE from patients with cystic echinococcosis (CE) and allergic manifestations, we isolated a protein identical to E. granulosus cyclophilin. The protein, named EA21, has close homology with Malassezia furfur cycloph...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Ortona E,Vaccari S,Margutti P,Delunardo F,Rigano R,Profumo E,Buttari B,Rasool O,Teggi A,Siracusano A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells (ECs) are a target in inflammation, and the death of EC is regulated by various factors. Although intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparations are known to be beneficial therapeutic agents for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and systemic inflammatory disorders, their mechanism of action have n...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nakatani K,Takeshita S,Tsujimoto H,Sekine I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (DC) are present in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in non-inflammatory neurological diseases (NIND) and elevated in clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS) and in early MS - acute monosymptomatic optic neuritis (ON). Here, we show that expression of CCR5, a chemokine receptor fo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pashenkov M,Teleshova N,Kouwenhoven M,Kostulas V,Huang YM,Soderstrom M,Link H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous fungus, is implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of clinically different allergic diseases in man, including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Peptide-based immunotherapy may offer an alternative treatment strategy for the management of allergic disease. The objective of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Svirshchevskaya EV,Alekseeva L,Marchenko A,Viskova N,Andronova TM,Benevolenskii SV,Kurup VP

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of atopic diseases in children has increased during the last decades. Atopic symptoms usually appear early in life. This implies an early priming for atopic disease, possibly even at the fetal level. We therefore compared the presence and production of IgE in the local in utero environment during pregna...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sverremark Ekstrom E,Nilsson C,Holmlund U,van der Ploeg I,Sandstedt B,Lilja G,Scheynius A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulnerability to Streptococcus pneumoniae is most pronounced in children. The microbial virulence factors and the features of the host immune response contributing to this phenomenon are not completely understood. In the current study, the humoral immune response to separated Strep. pneumoniae surface proteins and the...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Lifshitz S,Dagan R,Shani-Sekler M,Grossman N,Fleminger G,Friger M,Nebenzahl YM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting cartilaginous joints but also extra-articular tissues such as the nose and upper respiratory tract. We have investigated extra-articular cartilage involvement in two commonly used animal models for RA, collagen-induced and pristane-induced...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hansson AS,Lu S,Holmdahl R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The balance between Type 1 and Type 2 cytokines is important for the outcome of several infectious diseases. As elderly humans show increased morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases, this study tests if ageing is associated with a change towards Type 2 dominance in T cells. Expression of IFN-gamma, and IL-4 w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Sandmand M,Bruunsgaard H,Kemp K,Andersen-Ranberg K,Pedersen AN,Skinhøj P,Pedersen BK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory, hyperproliferative skin disease, in which autoimmunity plays a great role. Natural killer T cells (NK T cells), are suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of different autoimmune diseases. To examine the involvement of CD3+CD56+ NK T cells in the pathogenesis of psoriasis, w...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Koreck A,Surányi A,Szöny BJ,Farkas A,Bata-Csörgö Z,Kemény L,Dobozy A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00