... animal models of disease in implicating candidate susceptibility regions in humans The 1q41–42 region is homologous to a locus linked to a mouse model of lupus, and linkage in humans was first demonstrated ... for linkage of a candidate chromosome region to humansystemiclupuserythematosus J Clin Invest 1997, 99:725-31 Lander ES, Kruglyak L: Genetic dissection of complex traits: guidelines for interpreting ... Miller ME, Kearns GM, Messner RP, King RA, Rich SS, Behrens TW: Genome screening inhumansystemiclupus erythematosus: results from a second Minnesota cohort and combined analyses of 187 sib-pair...
... nucleolar staining disappeared when sera were preincubated with recombinant NPM (Fig 2f) inlupus mice Correlation between anti-nucleophosmin and anti-cardiolipin antibodies inlupus mice A positive ... activity of 4B7 mAb Binding of rhNPM to cardiolipin and effects of nucleophosmin on cardiolipin-binding activity of 4B7 mAb (a) Cardiolipin was coated on plastic plates and incubated with various ... WB mouse andSLE staining pattern of anti-nucleophosmin-positive Immunofluorescence sera on HEp-2 cells WB mouse andSLE sera on HEp-2 cells An anti-nucleophosmin (antiNPM) mouse mAb and anti-NPM...
... activity and the cumulative damage of SLE were evaluated in all patients at the beginning of the study, using the SystemicLupusErythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI)20 andSystemicLupus International ... concentration) and/ or astenozoospermia (low spermatozoid motility) SLEDAI – SystemicLupusErythematosus Disease Activity Index, SLICC/ACR-DI – SystemicLupus International Collaborating Clinics/ACR ... et al The development and initial validation of the SystemicLupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index for systemiclupuserythematosus Arthritis...
... processing in patients with systemiclupuserythematosusIn vivo imaging and clearance studies J Clin Invest 1992, 90:2075-2083 Sullivan KE, Wooten C, Goldman D, Petri M: Mannose-binding protein ... studied in 143 patients with SLEand 200 healthy blood donors DR3 represents the haplotype DR3-DQ2-C4AQ0 donors F, phenylalanine; H, histidine; Int, intermediate; MBL, mannan-binding lectin; R, arginine; ... the pathogenesis of SLE, a concept that may be instrumental in the analysis of the genetics of SLE as well as providing hypotheses for pathways in the pathogenesis of lupus Available online...
... germinal centre (GC) A (b) Staining for CD20 FDC staining suggests two possible GCs within close proximity, but B-cell staining shows no clear demarcation (c) Anti-FDC staining for GC B (d) staining ... with TA-cloning vector pCRII, and transformed into IFN-αF cells (Invitrogen, Paisley, UK) and cloned Immunohistochemical staining of tissue sections Frozen sections were stained using mouse monoclonal ... distinct areas of staining for FDC and one large area of B cells encompassing both FDC regions Very few T cells could be seen within GC A and B, and no plasma cells could be seen at all within...
... inSLE Interactions between IFN and one of TNF, IFN, or E2 had a suggested involvement in the pathogenesis of SLE Competing interests 10 11 The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... Takeda T, Inoue T: Serum levels of interferons in patients with systemiclupuserythematosus Clin Exp Immunol 1987, 70:562-569 Hooks JJ, Moutsopoulos HM, Notkins AL: Circulating interferon inhuman ... MAPK and NFB signaling pathways in a network, and consequently contribute to SLE Indeed, it has been shown that FcRIIb is a gene susceptible to SLE both in humans and mice [24] Means and Luster...
... The Mexican SystemicLupusErythematosus Disease Activity Index and the SystemicLupus International Collaborating Clinics/American Collage of Rheumatology Damage Indexes at the beginning of the ... cytomegalovirus; SLEDAI, SystemicLupusErythematosus Disease Activity Index; SLICC, SystemicLupus International Collaborating Clinics aInformation for treatment was available in 19 patients in this ... (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and then into pDEST17 vector The recombinant protein was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified via nickel affinity column Screening of autoantibodies in human...
... of interleukin-10 and interleukin-12 on the in- vitro production of antidouble-stranded DNA antibodies from patients with systemiclupuserythematosus Clin Exp Immunol 2001, 124:18-125 13 Leandro ... against C1q are correlated with nephritis, hypocomplementaemia and dsDNA antibodies insystemiclupuserythematosus J Rheumatol 1991, 18:230234 Lawman S, Ehrenstein MR: Many paths lead to lupus ... meeting showed the breadth of interest in the role played by different cytokines inSLE A large amount of work in mice, and a smaller body of evidence on the effects of anticytokine antibodies in...
... may explain why TNF blockade can induce increases in antinuclear antibodies and at the same time rapidly reduce inflammation and prevent inflammation-induced damage, also observed inSLE patients ... expression in different tissues is usually for: inflammation and consecutive tissue injury As in experimental lupus, TNF is highly expressed in glomeruli in all forms of lupusnephritis [76–79], and ... of TNF in apoptosis andin immune regulation, its powerful proinflammatory effects are unequivocal and have been numerously reviewed [65] In this regard, murine andhuman data on systemic lupus...
... Kong TQ, Kellum RE, Haserick JR: Clinical diagnosis of cardiac involvement insystemiclupus erythematosus: a correlation of clinical and autopsy findings in thirty patients Circulation 1962, ... Controlling cardiovascular risk factors insystemiclupuserythematosus J Musculoskel Med 1998, 15: 42-52 El-Magadmi M, Ahmad Y, Wajed J, Bruce IN: The bimodal mortality pattern insystemiclupuserythematosus ... and medications Progress will only be made as basic science brings an understanding of the mechanisms of accelerated atherosclerosis inSLEand as clinical studies address both the efficacy and...
... protein autoantibody; CRP, C-reactive protein; mSLEDAI, modified systemiclupuserythematosus disease activity index; n.s., not significant; SLEDAI, systemiclupuserythematosus disease activity index ... Vigushin DM, Pepys MB, Hawkins PN: Metabolic and scintigraphic studies of radioiodinated human C-reactive protein in health and disease J Clin Invest 1993, 91:1351-1357 35 Sturfelt G, Sjöholm AG: Complement ... complement system and to bind to apoptotic cells [4,17] Phosphocholine and antigens, for instance chromatin, histones and small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), that are targeted during systemic...
... Wang GR, Lin KT, Chuang CY, Chen CY: The study of anticardiolipin antibodies and interleukin-6 in cerebrospinal fluid and blood of Chinese patients with systemiclupuserythematosusand central ... Alarcon-Segovia D: Interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 activities are increased in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with CNS lupuserythematosusand correlate with local late T-cell activation markers Lupus ... valuable in detecting even minor lesions caused by CNS lupusand correlated to CNS manifestations inSLE [8] Pleocytosis and elevated protein levels are found in some but not all patients with CNS lupus...
... dH20 SLE 13 SLE 12 SLE 11 SLE 10 SLESLESLESLESLESLESLESLESLE Type (c) Type Type systemiclupuserythematosus (SLE) in mouthwash samples Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) typing of normal individuals ... virus insystemiclupuserythematosus Lancet 1971, 1:167-168 29 Rothfield NF, Evans AS, Niederman JC: Clinical and laboratory aspects of raised virus antibody titers insystemiclupuserythematosus ... hypothesis that EBV infection could trigger at least some SLE cases Hence, clarifying the precise status of an EBV infection in patients would be valuable in improving our understanding of the role...
... AECA and psychiatric disorders in patients with SLEIn 1999, the ACR nomenclature for NPSLE provides case definitions for 19 neuropsychiatric syndromes seen in SLE, with reporting standards and ... involvement in endothelial dysfunction and a pathogenic role of AECA inSLE [30-34] Interestingly, some in vitro andin vivo reports have demonstrated an increased expression of adhesion molecules on human ... in the pathogenesis of NPSLE should be clarified by prospective studies with both intrathecal and serum determination Finally, anxiety and depression are frequently detected inSLE patients and...
... iodide staining, according to the method of Nicoletti and colleagues [19], and by the binding of FITCconjugated Annexin V, using the Apoptest binding kit, containing annexin V-FITC and binding buffer ... 4°C and then soaked in balanced salt solution (Sigma) for 30 at 25°C Cells were then incubated for 30 at 25°C in the blocking buffer (2% bovine serum albumin in PBS, containing 5% glycerol and ... design of the study andin analysis of data and helped to draft the manuscript FD carried out the cloning and sequencing of cDNA and protein expression and contributed in the interpretation of...
... 20:829-833 Ginsburg WW, Finkelman FD, Lipsky PE: Circulating and pokeweed mitogen-induced immunoglobulin-secreting cells insystemiclupuserythematosus Clin Exp Immunol 1979, 35:76-88 Klinman DM, ... interpretation of the results andin writing the final version of the manuscript DMH assisted in the design in the study, in the interpretation of the results, andin writing the final version of the manuscript ... assays and assisted in the interpretation of the results andin writing the final version of the manuscript TSM performed the plasma BLyS protein and anti-BLyS assays and assisted in the interpretation...
... participated in acquisition of data and helped in drafting and revising the manuscript SJ have been involved in drafting and revising the manuscript for important intellectual content and have given final ... Deficient gamma-interferon production in patients with systemiclupuserythematosus Arthritis Rheum 1986, 29:1210-1215 Kelley VR, Wuthrich RP: Cytokines in the pathogenesis of systemiclupuserythematosus ... polymorphism and many non-skeletal diseases [20] Although SLE has features consistent with Th2-type cytokine predominance, both Th1 and Th2 cytokine may be involved in the pathogenesis of SLE [21]...
... SA12 (broken line), or biotinylated JMAb23 (human IgG2; thin line) and streptavidin-FITC, and then analyzed using flow cytometry (e) Human ICOS expressing CHO-K1 cells were stained biotinylated SA12 ... (phosphate-buffered saline [PBS] containing 0.1% bovine serum albumin and 0.1% sodium azide) and incubated on ice for five minutes with 10 µg purified human immunoglobulin (Cappel, ICN, Aurora, OH, USA) and/ or ... active SLE was significantly greater than the percentages in inactive SLEand normal control individuals Interestingly, percentages of both CD4+CD45RO+ and CD8+CD45RO+ T cells expressing ICOS in inactive...
... induced in mice by the administration of a single high dose of LPS This induces a pulse of nucleosomes and chromatin in the plasma within the first 12 hours post-injection accompanied by an increase ... of factors, including the longevity of the injected protein and the level of free G-actin in the circulation at sites of inflammation inhibiting the DNase I activity Our data obtained by a transgenic ... to DNA in murine systemiclupuserythematosus Scand J Immunol 2003, 57:525-533 Izui S, Lambert PH, Fournie GJ, Turler H, Miescher PA: Features of systemiclupuserythematosusin mice injected...
... For annexin-V/PI staining × 106 cells were resuspended in 50 µl binding buffer (Roche Diagnostics, Lewes, UK) and incubated with annexin-V/FITC (Roche) and annexin-V/PI (Roche) for 15 minutes at ... difference in the type of LDL present in patients and control individuals may explain our observation of an inverse correlation of TGF-β1 AI and LDL inSLE patients, which was not seen in control individuals ... TGF-β1 activation during blood clotting in patients and control individuals, and examined whether TGF-β1 activation was associated with clinical phenotype, in particular inflammatory disease...