abstract：:Clara cell protein (CC16) is an endogenous anti-inflammatory agent. It is produced mainly in the respiratory and urogenital tracts. CC16 has been quantified in serum, but not in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The aim of this study was to examine CSF CC16 in relation to age, gender and serum CC16, and to examine CC16 level...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： De Jongh R,Vranken J,Kenis G,Bosmans E,Maes M,Stans G,De Ley M,Heylen R

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 2 (IL-2)- and IL-4-mediated stimulation of survival and growth, reflected by the induction of bcl2 and c-myc, respectively, depends on the integrity of the membrane-proximal region (S-region) in the IL-2 receptor beta-chain (IL-2R beta) and the haematopoietin homology box1-containing region of the IL-4 rec...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Deutsch HH,Chung J,Kalthoff FS

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) plays an important role in orchestrating inflammatory responses with the vascular endothelium as main target cell type, and was found to promote migration of endothelial cells, as occurs in wound healing processes. Substantial evidence exists that endothelial cell migration in ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： van Rijen HV,van Kempen MJ,Postma S,Jongsma HJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclasts, the main protagonists involved in bone resorption mechanisms, are generally considered to be of haematopoietic origin, although the exact nature of the primary osteoclastic stem cells is still unknown. In vitro cellular models developed to study the different events of osteoclastic differentiation have re...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Heymann D,Guicheux J,Gouin F,Passuti N,Daculsi G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied plasma cytokine activity using cross reactive polyclonal antibodies to human cytokines in young and old female monkeys to determine if age had any effect on cytokine secretion, and compared hormonal effects as well. While interleukin 1 (IL-1) was not higher in aged cycling monkeys, it was after men...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Kaack MB,Harrison RM,Roberts JA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five adult patients with primary bone tumour, 27 benign and 28 malignant tumours, were assayed for leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) in urine and serum samples. Supernatant was obtained from primary tumour tissue cultures in 24 cases (14 benign, 10 malignant tumours). LIF was found in 11 urine samples (16.7%, 1 ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Gouin F,Heymann D,Raher S,De Groote D,Passuti N,Daculsi G,Godard A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 6 (IL-6) and related gp130-signalling cytokines rapidly activate latent cytoplasmic Stat transcription factors and these are believed to play pivotal roles in the expression of downstream cytokine-responsive genes. We have previously shown in IL-6-deficient (-/-) mice that IL-6 is absolutely required for t...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Alonzi T,Fattori E,Cappelletti M,Ciliberto G,Poli V

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocyte chemotactic protein-3 (MCP-3) is a C-C chemokine which interacts with the CCR1, CCR2 (MCP-1) and CCR3 receptors and has a distinct spectrum of action. The present study was designed to assess whether mycobacterial components were able to induce expression and production of MCP-3 in human monocytes. Mycobacter...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Vouret-Craviari V,Cenzuales S,Poli G,Mantovani A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine fibrosarcoma L929 cells were transfected with human Fas cDNA. The mode of cell death was analysed following treatment either with tumour necrosis factor (TNF) or with agonistic antibodies to Fas. While triggering of the TNF receptors led to necrosis, clustering of the Fas antigen resulted in apoptotic cell deat...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Vercammen D,Vandenabeele P,Beyaert R,Declercq W,Fiers W

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) regulate the structural integrity of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Constitutive expression of human TIMP-3 in human DLD colon carcinoma cells renewed serum-responses and inhibited tumour formation in nude mice. To elucidate the mecha...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Smith MR,Kung H,Durum SK,Colburn NH,Sun Y

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine profiles were studied during 19 episodes of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in 17 patients with haematological malignancies. Circulating concentrations of interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) were measured before chemotherapy and the...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Denecker NE,Kullberg BJ,Drenth JP,Raemaekers JM,Van der Meer JW

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eph family is the largest subfamily of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). Members of this subfamily display specific expression in the developing and adult brain. Recently, cDNAs encoding membrane bound ligands for these receptors have been identified which we have termed LERKs (ligand for eph-related kinases). We ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Kozlosky CJ,VandenBos T,Park L,Cerretti DP,Carpenter MK

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of rhTGF-beta2, dexamethanosome (dex) and 1,25(OH)2D3 on human bone marrow stromal (HBMS) cells in long-term culture. A fraction on HBMS expressed type I collagen (Col I) and osteopontin, and transient treatment (48 h) with dex increased the number of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) positive cel...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Fromigué O,Marie PJ,Lomri A

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imbalance in the production of cytokines and their inhibitors plays a part in inflammation in chronic destructive diseases. Direct cell-cell contact with stimulated T cells markedly induces the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases in monocytes. This study demonstrates that direct cont...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Vey E,Dayer JM,Burger D

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 15 (IL-15) is a cytokine with many functional characteristics that are similar to IL-2. Most of the functional activities that IL-2 and IL-15 support have been evaluated in short-term assays. It was our intention, then, to determine the long-term effects of IL-15 in comparison to IL-2. These studies were p...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Farner NL,Gan J,de Jong JL,Leary TP,Fenske TS,Buckley P,Dunlap S,Sondel PM

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) is a pleiotropic cytokine which plays a central role in infection, inflammation and autoimmune diseases. Its functions are mediated through binding to high affinity cell surface receptors. An approach to modulate excessive levels of TNF-alpha in the serum is the use of soluble receptors. I...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Chirinos-Rojas CL,Steward MW,Partidos CD

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the design and validation of a competitive RT-PCR method for the efficient and reproducible quantitation of mRNA molecules of IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-4 and IL-10 in mouse spleen RNA extracts. Before being subjected to RT-PCR, the RNA extracts were supplemented with internal control RNAs (IC-RNAs)...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Zhou NM,Matthys P,Polacek C,Fiten P,Sato A,Billiau A,Froyen G

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using different binding assays we examined the interaction of the cytokine interleukin 4 (IL-4) with basement membrane. Equilibrium binding analysis revealed a high-affinity site characterized by a dissociation constant (Kd) of 0.3 nM. This interaction was confirmed by native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, which ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Lortat-Jacob H,Garrone P,Banchereau J,Grimaud JA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to clone and characterize the bovine IL-1rII. Using a human IL-1rII probe, three putative exons of the bovine IL-1rII were identified from a bovine genomic library. The full length cDNA for bovine IL-1rII was cloned from a bovine endometrial cDNA library using oligonucleotides designed fr...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Yu PW,Chen HT,Czuprynski CJ,Schuler LA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) is a recently discovered cytokine that was isolated based on its ability to induce cardiac myocyte hypertrophy in vitro. In this study, the effects of chronic administration of CT-1 to mice (0.5 or 2 microg by intraperitoneal injection, twice a day for 14 days) were determined. A dose-dependent ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Jin H,Yang R,Keller GA,Ryan A,Ko A,Finkle D,Swanson TA,Li W,Pennica D,Wood WI,Paoni NF

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supernatant from normal liver cell (Clone 1469) culture enhanced polyclonal antibody production in mouse spleen cells but not in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. The supernatants from transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta)-treated C3H/HeN spleen cells augmented greatly polyclonal antibody responses compared...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Ishizaka S,Saito S,Yoshikawa M,Kimoto M,Nishiyama T

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have shown previously that in addition to its survival effects on neurons and glia, ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) induced potent cachectic effects and acute phase proteins when present in the peripheral circulation at concentrations of < or = 10 ng/ml. These effects did not depend upon the induction o...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Henderson JT,Mullen BJ,Roder JC

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ether lipid 1-O-Octadecyl-2-O-methoxy-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (ET-18-OCH3), platelet activating factor (PAF) and carbamyl activating factor (CPAF) on the release of IL-6 in human thymic epithelium cultivated in vitro was studied. ET-18-OCH3 significantly increased the release of IL-6, giving the gre...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Cardile V,Mascarucci P,De Simoni MG,Jiang X,Bindoni M

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aims to characterize the role of the citrulline-nitric oxide cycle in the response of adult human and rat pancreatic islets to cytokines. Citrulline (0.1-1.0 mM) or arginine (0.1-1.0 mM) led to a similar dose dependent nitric oxide (NO) production by rat islets exposed to interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 bet...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Flodström M,Morris SM Jr,Eizirik DL

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific high titre polyclonal antibodies rapidly obtained by intralymphnode immunization of rabbits with recombinant M-CSF and LIF (< 60 micrograms/animal) have been used to develop specific, accurate and sensitive EIAs. The same batch of purified anti-M-CSF or anti-LIF Igs has been used for the coating of 96-well pl...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Fixe P,Lorgeot V,Le Meur Y,Coupey L,Heymann D,Godard A,Praloran V

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for C10, a member of the beta-chemokine family of cytokines, contains a novel second exon encoding a 16 amino acid sequence which is inserted into the amino-terminal region of the protein. We propose a model of C10 structure in which the sequence encoded by the second exon is located on the surface of the pro...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Berger MS,Taub DD,Orlofsky A,Kleyman TR,Coupaye-Gerard B,Eisner D,Cohen SA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the human TNF promoter we have identified two sites at positions -189 and -101 that show C/EBP specific binding of nuclear proteins from cells of the human monocytic line Mono Mac 6. Supershift analysis with anti C/EBP antibodies revealed that the complexes formed consist of both C/EBP alpha and C/EBP beta. Whe...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Wedel A,Sulski G,Ziegler-Heitbrock HW

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF), a pleiotropic cytokine detected in various inflammatory body fluids, plays a poorly defined role in the pathogenesis of human disease. This study was conducted to correlate the LIF concentrations in pleural effusions with the type of pathology and to compare its levels with those of ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Heymann D,L'Her E,NGuyen JM,Raher S,Canfrère I,Coupey L,Fixe P,Chailleux E,De Groote D,Praloran V,Godard A

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-4 promotes simultaneous expression of both the CD23 and CD25 antigens in resting human B lymphocytes in a dose-dependent manner. Simultaneous three-colour flow cytometric analysis revealed that CD19+/CD23+/CD25+ triple-positive cells were derived from a CD19+/CD23-/CD25- pool, and that induction of CD23 required lo...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： McKay CE,Cushley W

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 5 (IL-5) is a T-cell derived cytokine that induces eosinophil growth and differentiation in both mouse and human bone marrow cultures. Elevated levels of IL-5 as well as eosinophils have been detected in the sputum and Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids of asthmatics. Since the recruitment of inflammatory...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Fattah D,Page KR,Bezbaruah S,Priest RC,Horgan CM,Solari R

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraarticular injection of zymosan (1 mg) into the knee joints of male Wistar rats led to infiltration of neutrophils and monocytes, joint swelling and elevation of tumour necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) in joint lavage fluids. Neutrophil infiltration was maximal at 5 h after induction of arthritis but had declined by 24...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Pettipher ER,Salter ED

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the anti-neoplastic urinary protein (ANUP), a unique cytokine present in human granulocytes, was determined to be: Pyroglu-Leu-Lys-X-Tyr-Thr-X-Lys-Glu-Pro-Met-Thr-Ser(Thr)-Ala-Ala... This sequence showed no significant homology with any other protein when used in database searches...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Ridge RJ,Sloane NH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriatic fibroblasts produce enhanced amounts of IL-6 in vitro. This state of activation may reflect an altered expression of cytokine receptors, involved in auto/paracrine induction of IL-6. Cultures of dermal fibroblasts derived from lesional psoriatic (PP) and normal control (NN) skin were therefore analysed for t...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Debets R,Hegmans JP,Buurman WA,Benner R,Prens EP

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that interleukin (IL)-1 is a potent activator of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in the rat. Many studies have reported that prostaglandins (PGs), especially PGE2, in the brain may mediate the IL-1 stimulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone release, which then leads to adrenocorticotropin (...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Watanobe H,Sasaki S,Takebe K

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant ascites of epithelial ovarian cancer patients contains high levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6). The present study was conducted to compare the secretion of IL-6 by seven different human ovarian cancer cell lines (OVCA) and cultured human peritoneal mesothelial cells (HPMC) and to examine the regulation of its pr...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Offner FA,Obrist P,Stadlmann S,Feichtinger H,Klingler P,Herold M,Zwierzina H,Hittmair A,Mikuz G,Abendstein B

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of cytokine expression in monocytes/macrophages by bacterial endotoxin or lipopolysaccharide is a critical, highly regulated host defence response. The augmentation of LPS responses by interferon gamma (IFN-gamma), referred to as priming, is well established. However, the mechanism(s) by which priming oc...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Hayes MP,Freeman SL,Donnelly RP

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human interleukin 4(IL-4), the carboxyl and amino termini of the 129 amino acid hormone are close to each other and this region is believed to be important for binding to the IL-4 receptor (IL-4r). We constructed plasmids encoding circularly permuted IL-4 mutants with the peptide Gly-Gly-Asn-Gly-Gly (GGNGG) joining...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Kreitman RJ,Puri RK,McPhie P,Pastan I

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that rapamycin (rap), cyclosporin A (CsA) and FK506 have immunosuppressive effect during the activation process of murine T cells. These drugs were investigated for their suppressive effect on a murine T cell line expressing intermediate (TS1 beta) or high (TS1 alpha beta) affinity IL-2R. Rap and ...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Rebollo A,Mérida I,Gómez J,Pitton C,Silva A,Martínez C,García A

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic action of leukocytes may be involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory heart muscle disorders. We investigated the expression of rat leukocyte chemotactic cytokines--cytokine induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC) and JE--in cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes; CINC belongs to the interleukin 8 (IL-8...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Seino Y,Ikeda U,Sekiguchi H,Morita M,Konishi K,Kasahara T,Shimada K

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ICAM-1-mediated cell-cell adhesion is essential for different immunologic functions including non-MHC-restricted cytotoxicity. The shedding of a soluble form of ICAM-1 from melanoma impairs immune recognition and leads to tumour escape. Pretreatment of the Foss human melanoma cell line with HILDA/LIF or OSM, two cytok...

journal_title：Cytokine

authors： Heymann D,Godard A,Raher S,Ringeard S,Lassort D,Blanchard F,Harb J

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00