Issue 1/2010
Special Issue on Immunoglobulin A; Editor: Dr. Sudhir Gupta, MD, Ph.D, MACP
Content (22 Articles)
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Cellular Mechanisms Leading Autoimmune Reactivity and Disease
Luiza Guilherme, Jorge Kalil
Contribution of Cyclophilin A to the Regulation of Inflammatory Processes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Li Wang, Cong-hua Wang, Jun-feng Jia, Xiao-kui Ma, Yu Li, Hong-bin Zhu, Hao Tang, Zhi-nan Chen, Ping Zhu
A New Model of Induced Experimental Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in Pigs and Its Amelioration by Treatment with a Tolerogenic Peptide
Amir Sharabi, Molly Dayan, Heidy Zinger, Edna Mozes
Elevated Production of B Cell Chemokine CXCL13 is Correlated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity
C. K. Wong, Purple T. Y. Wong, L. S. Tam, Edmund K. Li, D. P. Chen, Christopher W. K. Lam
The −174 G/C Polymorphism in Interleukin-6 (IL-6) Promoter Region is Associated with Serum IL-6 and Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels in Patients with Colorectal Cancers in Taiwan
Kun-Yun Yeh, Ying-Ying Li, Ling-Ling Hsieh, Jim-Ray Chen, Rei-Ping Tang
Implication of Th17 and Th1 Cells in Patients with Chronic Active Hepatitis B
Jian Ge, Kai Wang, Qing-Hua Meng, Zhao-Xia Qi, Fan-Li Meng, Yu-Chen Fan
Association of Interferon-Gamma Gene Polymorphisms in Taiwanese Children with Biliary Atresia
Hung-Chang Lee, Tzu-Yang Chang, Chun-Yan Yeung, Wai-Tao Chan, Chuen-Bin Jiang, Wei-Fang Chen, Hui-Wen Chan, Hsin-Fu Liu, Marie Lin, Yann-Jinn Lee
Proinflammatory Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Elham Barkhordari, Nima Rezaei, Bita Ansaripour, Pegah Larki, Maryam Alighardashi, Hamid Reza Ahmadi-Ashtiani, Mahdi Mahmoudi, Mohammad-Reza Keramati, Peiman Habibollahi, Mohammad Bashashati, Naser Ebrahimi-Daryani, Ali Akbar Amirzargar
Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells, Th17 Effector Cells, and Cytokine Environment in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Nicola Eastaff-Leung, Nicholas Mabarrack, Angela Barbour, Adrian Cummins, Simon Barry
Chemokine Expression Patterns in the Systemic and Genital Tract Compartments are Associated with HIV-1 Infection in Women from Benin
Julie Lajoie, Johanne Poudrier, Marguerite Massinga Loembe, Fernand Guédou, François Leblond, Annie-Claude Labbé, Michel Alary, Michel Roger
B-Cell Reconstitution and BAFF After Alemtuzumab (Campath-1H) Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
Sara A. J. Thompson, Joanne L. Jones, Amanda L. Cox, D. Alastair S. Compston, Alasdair J. Coles
Long-Term Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood Lymphocyte Dynamics After Rituximab for Pediatric Opsoclonus-Myoclonus
Michael R. Pranzatelli, Elizabeth D. Tate, Anna L. Travelstead, Jerry A. Colliver
IGF-I Stimulates In Vivo Thymopoiesis After Stem Cell Transplantation in a Child with Omenn Syndrome
Nina S. Ma, Ami J. Shah, Mitchell E. Geffner, Neena Kapoor
Clinical Characteristics and Genotype-phenotype Correlation in 62 Patients with X-linked Agammaglobulinemia
Pamela P. W. Lee, Tong-Xin Chen, Li-Ping Jiang, Koon-Wing Chan, Wanling Yang, Bee-Wah Lee, Wen-Chin Chiang, Xiang-Yuan Chen, Susanna F. S. Fok, Tsz-Leung Lee, Marco H. K. Ho, Xi-Qiang Yang, Yu-Lung Lau
BAK, BAX, and NBK/BIK Proapoptotic Gene Alterations in Iranian Patients with Ataxia Telangiectasia
Anna Isaian, Natalia V. Bogdanova, Masoud Houshmand, Masoud Movahadi, Asghar Agamohammadi, Nima Rezaei, Lida Atarod, Mahnaz Sadeghi-Shabestari, Seyed Hasan Tonekaboni, Zahra Chavoshzadeh, Seyed Mohammad Seyed Hassani, Reza Mirfakhrai, Taher Cheraghi, Najmoddin Kalantari, Mitra Ataei, Thilo Dork-Bousset, Mohammad Hossein Sanati
IgA Deficiency and the MHC: Assessment of Relative Risk and Microheterogeneity Within the HLA A1 B8, DR3 (8.1) Haplotype
Javad Mohammadi, Ryan Ramanujam, Sara Jarefors, Nima Rezaei, Asghar Aghamohammadi, Peter K. Gregersen, Lennart Hammarström
Differential Deposition of C4d and MBL in Glomeruli of Patients with ANCA-Negative Pauci-Immune Crescentic Glomerulonephritis
Guang-qun Xing, Min Chen, Gang Liu, Xin Zheng, Jie E, Ming-hui Zhao
Mycobacterial ESAT-6 and katG are Recognized by Sarcoidosis CD4+ T Cells When Presented by the American Sarcoidosis Susceptibility Allele, DRB1*1101
Kyra Oswald-Richter, Hiroe Sato, Rana Hajizadeh, Bryan E. Shepherd, John Sidney, Alessandro Sette, Lee S. Newman, Wonder Puryear Drake
Oral Administration of OKT3 Monoclonal Antibody to Human Subjects Induces a Dose-Dependent Immunologic Effect in T Cells and Dendritic Cells
Yaron Ilan, Ehud Zigmond, Gadi Lalazar, Adi Dembinsky, Ami Ben Ya’acov, Nila Hemed, Ibrahim Kasis, Elizabeth Axelrod, Lidya Zolotarov, Athalia Klein, Madi El Haj, Roopali Gandhi, Claire Baecher-Allan, Henry Wu, Gopal Murugaiyan, Pia Kivisakk, Mauricio F. Farez, Francisco J. Quintana, Samia J. Khoury, Howard L. Weiner
Disparate Role of LIGHT in Organ-specific Donor T Cells Activation and Effector Molecules in MHC Class II Disparate GVHD
Geri R. Brown, George W. Lane, Bonnie J. Whittington