The influence of partial or total thymectomy during open heart surgery in infants on the immune function later in lifeClinical and Experimental Immunology - Tập 136 Số 2 - Trang 349-355 - 2004
Jenna Huld Eysteinsdóttir, Jona Freysdóttir, Ásgeir Haraldsson, Jenna Stefansdottir, I. Skaftadóttir, Hróðmar Helgason, Helga M. Ögmundsdóttir
SUMMARY
Infants undergoing open heart surgery often have all or part of their thymus removed. The activity of the immune system has not been investigated thoroughly in these children, and only shortly after the operation. Therefore, it was decided to investigate the activity of the immune system in more detail in children several years after their op...... hiện toàn bộ
Intrinsic defect of the immune system in children with Down syndrome: a reviewClinical and Experimental Immunology - Tập 156 Số 2 - Trang 189-193 - 2009
Maaike A. Kusters, Ruud H J Verstegen, Eugenie Gemen, Esther de Vries
SummaryDown syndrome (DS) is the most frequent cause of mental retardation in man. Immunological changes in DS have been observed since the 1970s. The neurological system appears to be ageing precociously, with early occurrence of Alzheimer disease; until now, the observed immunological differences have been interpreted in the same context. Looking back at past and...... hiện toàn bộ
Microarray analysis of human milk cells: persistent high expression of osteopontin during the lactation periodClinical and Experimental Immunology - Tập 138 Số 1 - Trang 47-53 - 2004
T. Nagatomo, Shouichi Ohga, Hidetoshi Takada, A Nomura, Shunji Hikino, Mitsuo Imura, Koichi Ohshima, Toshiro Hara
SUMMARYTo continue the search for immunological roles of breast milk, cDNA microarray analysis on cytokines and growth factors was performed for human milk cells. Among the 240 cytokine-related genes, osteopontin (OPN) gene ranked top of the expression. Real-time PCR revealed that the OPN mRNA levels in colostrum cells were approximately 100 times higher than those...... hiện toàn bộ
The Th1/Th2 cytokine balance changes with the progress of the immunopathological lesion of Sjogren's syndromeClinical and Experimental Immunology - Tập 128 Số 3 - Trang 562-568 - 2002
Dimitris I. Mitsias, Athanasios G. Tzioufas, CI Veiopoulou, Ηλίας Ζιντζαράς, Ioannis Tassios, Olga Kogopoulou, H M Moutsopoulos, Georges Thyphronitis
SUMMARYExpression of type-1 and type-2 cytokines at the mRNA level in labial salivary glands (LSG) of patients with Sjogren's syndrome (SS), as reported by several groups, have generated conflicting results. In the present study we have directly examined the production of IL-4, IL-13 and IFN-γ by lymphocytes infiltrating the LSG of 44 consecutive patients referred ...... hiện toàn bộ
Transfection of single-stranded hepatitis A virus RNA activates MHC class I pathwayClinical and Experimental Immunology - Tập 127 Số 2 - Trang 234-242 - 2002
Koichi Suzuki, Masayuki Yanagi, Atsumi Mori-Aoki, Emiko Moriyama, Ken J. Ishii, Leonard D. Kohn
SummaryAlthough infection of single-stranded RNA viruses can enhance expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes, the mechanism underlying this process remains unclear. Recent studies have indicated that exposure of non-immune cells to double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA) of viral origin can directly increase ...... hiện toàn bộ
The frequency of CLA+ CD8+ T cells in the blood of psoriasis patients correlates closely with the severity of their diseaseClinical and Experimental Immunology - Tập 126 Số 2 - Trang 365-369 - 2008
Hekla Sigmundsdóttir, Jóhann E. Guðjónsson, Ingileif Jónsdóttir, Björn R. Lúdvíksson, H Valdimarsson
SummaryPsoriasis is thought to be a T cell-mediated skin disease and the cutaneous lymphocyte antigen (CLA) is an important skin homing epitope for T cells. We have studied the relationship between disease severity (PASI) and phenotypic analysis of T cells in the blood of 36 patients with psoriasis focusing on the expression of CLA, VLA-4 and CD25 on CD4+ and CD8+ ...... hiện toàn bộ
Immunosuppressive properties of human amniotic membrane for mixed lymphocyte reactionClinical and Experimental Immunology - Tập 129 Số 3 - Trang 464-470 - 2002
Mayumi Ueta, M-N Kweon, Y Sano, Chie Sotozono, Jun Yamada, Noriko Koizumi, Hiroshi Kiyono, Shigeru Kinoshita
SUMMARYThe combination of allograft limbal transplantation (ALT) and amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) has been applied in the treatment of severe ocular surface diseases. The beneficial effect of this combination has been thought to result from possible immunosuppressive ability of amniotic membrane (AM). However, the mechanisms of any such ability remain un...... hiện toàn bộ