abstract：:Appropriate activation of the immune system and effective targeting of tumour cells are the primary hurdles to be overcome for cancer immunotherapy to be successful and applicable to a wide range of tumour types. Our studies have examined the ability of bacterial-stimulated dendritic cells (DCs), loaded with tumour-as...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Shilling DA,Smith MJ,Tyther R,Sheehan D,England K,Kavanagh EG,Redmond HP,Shanahan F,O'Mahony L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4(+) CD25(+) regulatory T cells produce the anti-inflammatory cytokines transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta or interleukin (IL)-10. Regulatory T cells have been recognized to suppress autoimmunity and promote self-tolerance. These cells may also facilitate pathogen persistence by down-regulating the host defence r...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mason CM,Porretta E,Zhang P,Nelson S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with reactive arthritis (ReA)/undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy (uSpA), synovial fluid mononuclear cells (SFMC) show proliferation to bacterial antigens that trigger ReA, i.e. Chlamydia, Yersinia, Campylobactor, Shigella and Salmonella species. We have shown previously that SFMC proliferate significantl...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Singh R,Shasany AK,Aggarwal A,Sinha S,Sisodia BS,Khanuja SP,Misra R

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of pancreatic beta-cells in type I diabetes is associated with an increase in T helper 1 (Th1) proinflammatory cytokines in the islet milieu, with a concomitant reduction in Th2 anti-inflammatory cytokines. In animal models, manoeuvres designed to polarize Th1 responses towards Th2, particularly involving interle...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kaminski A,Kaminski ER,Morgan NG

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the role of quantitative graft composition and donor killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genotype in clinical outcome following unmanipulated peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) from human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-identical siblings, 43 consecutive transplants for haematological mali...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Clausen J,Wolf D,Petzer AL,Gunsilius E,Schumacher P,Kircher B,Gastl G,Nachbaur D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is emerging that exposure to mercury (Hg) may elicit many pathological manifestations, including immunomodulation. We tested whether changing cellular activation pathways may affect the immunomodulation by Hg. Human cell cultures were set up where isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells, activated by mono...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hemdan NY,Lehmann I,Wichmann G,Lehmann J,Emmrich F,Sack U

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of action of methotrexate (MTX) in autoimmune diseases (AID) is unclear. A pro-apoptotic effect has been demonstrated in mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), but studies employing conventional antigens have disputed a pro-apoptotic effect. CD4+ T helper (Th) cells play a signific...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nielsen CH,Albertsen L,Bendtzen K,Baslund B

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare form of systemic vasculitis occurring in patients with asthma and hypereosinophilia; however, its mechanisms involved in the severe tissue inflammation with vasculitis are poorly understood. High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein, originally identified as a DNA binding protein...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Taira T,Matsuyama W,Mitsuyama H,Kawahara KI,Higashimoto I,Maruyama I,Osame M,Arimura K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is often considered the prototype organ-specific autoimmune disease in clinical immunology circles. The key disease features - precise destruction of a single endocrine cell type occurring on a distinct genetic and autoimmune background - have been unravelled in recent years to such an extent tha...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Staeva-Vieira T,Peakman M,von Herrath M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical evidence implicates polymorphonuclear leucocytes in the pathogenesis of vasculitis in Kawasaki disease. We examined modulation of expression of adhesion molecules (CD11b and CD62L) on polymorphonuclear leucocytes and how this expression is related to serum cytokine concentrations. In 18 patients with Kawasaki...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kobayashi T,Kimura H,Okada Y,Inoue Y,Kobayashi T,Shinohara M,Morikawa A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to characterize the proinflammatory and T helper (Th)1/Th2 cytokine responses during acute parvovirus B19 (B19) infection and determine whether an imbalance of the Th1/Th2 cytokine pattern is related to persistent B19 infection. Cytokines were quantified by multiplex beads immunoassay in seru...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Isa A,Lundqvist A,Lindblom A,Tolfvenstam T,Broliden K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recommended control option against onchocerciasis is repeated ivermectin treatment, which will need to be implemented for decades, and it remains unknown how repeated ivermectin therapy might affect immunity against Onchocerca volvulus in the long term. O. volvulus-specific antibody reactivity and cellular cytokin...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mai CS,Hamm DM,Banla M,Agossou A,Schulz-Key H,Heuschkel C,Soboslay PT

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family and associated signalling pathways provides a key molecular basis for our understanding of the relationship between exposure to microbial products and susceptibility to immune-mediated disorders. Indeed, ligation of TLR controls innate and adaptive immune respons...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Goldman M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and interferon (IFN)-gamma exert detrimental effects in organ-specific autoimmune disease, while both destructive and protective roles have been demonstrated for interleukin (IL)-10, IL-4 and IL-5. We examined the production of these cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (P...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Nielsen CH,Hegedüs L,Rieneck K,Moeller AC,Leslie RG,Bendtzen K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both CC- and CXC-chemokines are known to be potent leucocyte activators and chemoattractants and play important roles in inflammatory responses. However, chemokine response to bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infection remains incompletely defined. In this study, we investigated human CC- [macrophage-derived chemokine (...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Luo Y,Chen X,O'Donnell MA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha 7 nicotinic receptor is reportedly a key element in the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. Because a prototypical ligand for this receptor is nicotine, we studied the in vivo human response to bacterial endotoxin or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the context of nicotine or placebo pretreatment. Twelve adult...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Wittebole X,Hahm S,Coyle SM,Kumar A,Calvano SE,Lowry SF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments to evaluate the effect of the level and duration of endotoxaemia on the meningeal inflammatory response were performed in order to determine if systemic inflammation alters meningitis. Rabbits received either saline or Escherichia coli O111:B4 lipopolysacharide (LPS) intravenously at various doses (1, 3 or...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： O'Reilly T,Ostergaard C,Vaxelaire J,Zak O

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nickel (Ni), the main cause of contact allergy to metals, induces in vitro production of both Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from allergic subjects. Because the knowledge of the cellular immune response to other metals involved in contact allergy has been limited, we investiga...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Minang JT,Areström I,Troye-Blomberg M,Lundeberg L,Ahlborg N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal transmission of islet autoantibodies to children born to mothers with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been shown to protect from autoantibodies and diabetes development later in life. However, the factors conferring disease protection are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate comparatively proinf...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Holm BC,Svensson J,Akesson C,Arvastsson J,Ljungberg J,Lynch K,Ivarsson SA,Lernmark A,Cilio CM,Diabetes Prediction Study in Skåne (DiPiS).

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory response, probably to a range of initiating causes. Chronic infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae (C.pn) has been suggested as one cause, but the nature of the association is controversial, in large part due to lack of an identified mechanism to link infection with the atherosclerotic ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Clancy R,Ren Z,Pang G,Fletcher P,D'Este C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a debilitating and potentially fatal neuromuscular disease characterized by the generation of autoantibodies reactive with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChR) that cause loss of AChR from the neuromuscular endplate with resultant failure of neuromuscular transmission. A role for compleme...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Chamberlain-Banoub J,Neal JW,Mizuno M,Harris CL,Morgan BP

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) plays a role in the fibrotic process of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Because hypoxia is associated with fibrosis in several profibrogenic conditions, we investigated whether CTGF expression in SSc fibroblasts is regulated by hypoxia. Dermal fibroblasts from patients with SSc and hea...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hong KH,Yoo SA,Kang SS,Choi JJ,Kim WU,Cho CS

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoreactivity to heat shock protein 60 (Hsp60) has been implicated in the pathogenesis and regulation of chronic inflammation, especially in autoimmune diseases. In transplantation, there is a lack of information regarding the cytokine profile and specificity of cells that recognize self-Hsp60 as well as the kinetics...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Caldas C,Luna E,Spadafora-Ferreira M,Porto G,Iwai LK,Oshiro SE,Monteiro SM,Fonseca JA,Lemos F,Hammer J,Ho PL,Kalil J,Coelho V

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently separated a PG1828-encoded triacylated lipoprotein (Pg-LP), composed of two palmitoyl and one pentadecanoyl groups at the N-terminal of glycerocysteine from Porphyromonas gingivalis, a periodontopathic bacteria, and found that Pg-LP exhibited definite biological activities through Toll-like receptor (TLR) ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Makimura Y,Asai Y,Taiji Y,Sugiyama A,Tamai R,Ogawa T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smokers exhibit airway inflammation and increased number of alveolar macrophages (AM), but not all develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We hypothesized that AMs in COPD patients have an altered functional capacity mirrored in a different phenotype. Sixteen steroid-naive COPD patients [forced expirator...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Löfdahl JM,Wahlström J,Sköld CM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conversion of arginyl to citrullyl residues (citrullination) is essential for the formation of the epitopes recognized by rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA). ACPA are secreted by plasma cells of the rheumatoid synovial tissue where their major target, citrullinated fib...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Duplan V,Foulquier C,Clavel C,Al Badine R,Serre G,Saoudi A,Sebbag M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed whether complement and its factor C4 or abnormal immunoglobulin levels are associated with chronic or recurrent rhinosinusitis. We used multiple patient and control groups to obtain clinically meaningful data. Adult chronic or recurrent rhinosinusitis and acute purulent rhinosinusitis patients were compare...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Seppänen M,Suvilehto J,Lokki ML,Notkola IL,Järvinen A,Jarva H,Seppälä I,Tahkokallio O,Malmberg H,Meri S,Valtonen V

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between mannan-binding lectin (MBL) status and severity of lung function impairment in cystic fibrosis (CF) has been found in several studies, but not in others. To explore the possible basis for discrepancies in the literature, we related both MBL and L-ficolin concentrations to lung function and exami...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Muhlebach MS,MacDonald SL,Button B,Hubbard JJ,Turner ML,Boucher RC,Kilpatrick DC

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the efficiency of phagocytosis is a function of cell cycle and that phagocytosis promotes cell cycle progression. Because phagocytosis is dependent on cellular receptors we hypothesized that Fcgamma receptors (FcgammaR) and complement receptors (CR) expression varied with cell cycle. C...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Luo Y,Cook E,Fries BC,Casadevall A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) (also known as cicatricial pemphigoid) is a rare autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering disease that affects mucous membranes derived from stratified squamous epithelium and the skin. A subset of MMP affects only the oral cavity and is referred to as the oral pemphigoid (OP). MMP and OP a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Mignogna M,Lanza A,Rossiello L,Ruocco V,Ahmed AR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of an experimental human immunoglobulin preparation for intravenous use, containing normal pooled IgM (IVIgM), have shown its beneficial therapeutic effect in experimental autoimmune diseases. The mechanisms of its immunomodulatory activity remain however, poorly understood. In the experiments reporte...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Vassilev T,Mihaylova N,Voynova E,Nikolova M,Kazatchkine M,Kaveri S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes (MO) migrating into normal, non-inflamed intestinal mucosa undergo a specific differentiation resulting in a non-reactive, tolerogenic intestinal macrophage (IMAC). Recently we demonstrated the differentiation of MO into an intestinal-like macrophage (MAC) phenotype in vitro in a three-dimensional cell cultu...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Spoettl T,Hausmann M,Herlyn M,Gunckel M,Dirmeier A,Falk W,Herfarth H,Schoelmerich J,Rogler G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most frequent symptomatic primary immunodeficiency disease, characterized by low levels of circulating immunoglobulins and recurrent bacterial infections, particularly of the respiratory tract. T cell dysfunction is often present, and lymphoproliferative and autoimmune di...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Holm AM,Tjønnfjord G,Yndestad A,Beiske K,Müller F,Aukrust P,Frøland SS

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadequate apoptosis may contribute to the synovial hyperplasia associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The Fas-associated death domain protein (FADD)-like interleukin (IL)-1beta-converting enzyme (FLICE)-inhibitory protein (FLIP), which is an apoptotic inhibitor, has been implicated in the resistance to Fas-mediat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Kim WU,Yoo SA,Min SY,Park SH,Koh HS,Song SW,Cho CS

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells may play a role in the different clinical presentations of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection by suppressing CD4+ T cell responses. Peripheral CD4+CD25+ T cells from chronic HCV carriers with normal and abnormal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were analysed for specificity and effect...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Bolacchi F,Sinistro A,Ciaprini C,Demin F,Capozzi M,Carducci FC,Drapeau CM,Rocchi G,Bergamini A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and prostaglandins (PG) regulate the cell-mediated immune response, so it has been proposed that they affect the progression of pulmonary tuberculosis. Here we report that the administration of soluble betaglycan, a potent TGF-beta antagonist, and niflumic acid, a PG synthesi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hernández-Pando R,Orozco-Esteves H,Maldonado HA,Aguilar-León D,Vilchis-Landeros MM,Mata-Espinosa DA,Mendoza V,López-Casillas F

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proliferation of mesangial cells is a hallmark of glomerular disease, and understanding the regulatory mechanisms is critically important. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between mesangial cell proliferation and phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 and to d...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Hirai T,Masaki T,Kuratsune M,Yorioka N,Kohno N

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common primary glomerulonephritis, with various pathological phenotypes. Our previous study suggested that aberrant glycosylation of serum IgA1 was associated with different pathological phenotypes of IgAN, and substantial evidence indicated that deglycosylated IgA1 had an increased ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Yan Y,Xu LX,Zhang JJ,Zhang Y,Zhao MH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins reduce plasma cholesterol, but clinical trials and in vitro studies indicate that they might also possess anti-inflammatory properties. The effect of simvastatin on circulating cytokines and leucocytes was evaluated in a human in vivo model of low-grade inflammation. Thirty young healthy male participants rece...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Erikstrup C,Ullum H,Pedersen BK

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of sarcoidosis, an inflammatory granulomatous multi-system disorder, is unclear. It is thought to be the product of an unknown exogenous antigenic stimulus and an endogenous genetic susceptibility. Toll-like receptors (TLR) are signal molecules essential for the cellular response to bacterial cell wall c...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental immunology

authors： Pabst S,Baumgarten G,Stremmel A,Lennarz M,Knüfermann P,Gillissen A,Vetter H,Grohé C

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00