简介：Highlevelsoflowmolecularweight(LMW)IgMincertaindiseasesareassociatedwithclinicalandlaboratoryindiceswhichreflecttheseverityofthedisease.TheseassociationssuggestthatLMWIgMmayplayanimportantroleintheimmunopathogenesisofthesediseases.TofurtherapproachthequestionconcerningthefunctionalactivityofLMWIgMindisease,apanelofLMWIgMandhighmolecularweight(HMW)IgMpreparationswithorwithoutrheumatoidfactor(RF)activitywereusedtoinvestigatetheirantibodybindingactivityandtheireffectorfunction.ItwasfoundthatLMWIgM-RFandHMWIgM-RFhadasimilarbindingcapacitytoFcfragmentastherewasnosignificantdifferenceintheaffinityindexbetweenthem.ItfurthershowedthattherateofactivationandtotalamountofutilizationofcomplementbyLMWIgMandHMWIgMwassimilar,althoughthemeanfluorescenceofC3depositionbyIgM-RFandHMWIgM-RFwasslightlyhigherthanthatofLMWIgM-RFandothercontrolRFantibodies.However,thecurrentstudydemonstratedthatLMWIgMhadstrongneutrophilactivatingpropertieswhencomparedwithHMWIgM.ThesefindingssuggestthatonemechanismofLMWIgMcontributingtotheimmunopathogenesisofRAmaybeduetotheformationofcirculatingimmunecomplex(CIC)byLMWIgMwithsubsequentactivationofneutrophils.WhetherLMWIgMhasotherfunctionalactivityindiseaseisunclearandneedsfurtherinvestigation.

简介：ImmunizationwithinactivatedautoreactiveTcells(Tcellvaccination)selectedfromindividual'sownTcellrepertoireprovidesauniqueinvivosettingfortestingimmuneregulationthatisknowntoinvolveinteractionsofavarietyofrelatedsurfacemolecules(1).ItinducesregulatoryimmuneresponsesthatcloselyresembletheinvivosituationwheretheimmunesystemischallengedbyclonalactivationandexpansionofgivenTcellpopulationsinvariousautoimmunediseases.TcellvaccinationprovidesapowerfulmeansofelicitingnaturalreactionsoftheimmunesysteminresponsetoclonalexpansionofTcells,whichcanusedasatherapeuticapproachtosuppressoreliminatespecificpathogenicautoreactiveTcellsinautoimmuneconditions.ClinicaltrialsusingTcellvaccinationtodepleteautoreactiveTcellsinhumanautoimmuneconditionshavebeguntorevealthepathologicrelevanceofvariousautoimmuneTcellpopulationsinthediseaseprocesses,providingauniqueopportunitytotesttheautoimmunetheoriesinaclinicalsetting.Cellular&MolecularImmunology.2004;1(5):321-327.

简介：瞄准：为了评估磁性的回声cholangiopancreatography(MRCP)，与磁性的回声(先生)一起的调查结果在自体免疫的胰腺炎(AIP)想象病人。方法：有AIP的九个病人经历了MRI，MRCP，内视镜后退cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)，计算断层摄影术，和ultrasonography。在类固醇治疗前后拿的MRCP和先生图象被考察并且与另外的成像形式相比。AIP盒子的MRCP调查结果与有胰的头的癌的10个盒子的那些相比。结果：在MRCP上，在ERCP上注意的主要的胰腺的管的缩小的部分没被设想，当主要的胰腺的管的非包含的片断被设想时。近似的主要的胰腺的管的在上游的膨胀的度比在胰腺的癌的情况下看温和。更低的胆汁管的狭窄或阻塞在8个病人被检测。先生图象在T1加权的先生图象上与减少的信号紧张显示出胰的增大，T2加权的先生图象上的增加的信号紧张，并且，在3个病人，低亚硫酸钠强烈像囊的边界。在类固醇治疗以后，以前没设想主要的胰腺的管的部分被看见，与胆汁管狭窄的改进一起。胰腺的增大减少了，并且T1加权、T2加权的先生图象上的反常信号紧张成为了isointense。结论：MRCP不能区分从与胰腺的癌看见的主要的胰腺的管的狭窄与AIP看见的主要的胰腺的管的不规则的变窄。然而，与在T1加权、T2加权的先生图象上显示出反常信号紧张的胰腺的增大的先生成像一起的MRCP调查结果在支持AIP的诊断是有用的。

简介：Ltmedisease(Lymeborreliosis)iscausedbythetick-bornespiro-elraeteBorreliaburgdooCeri.Erythemamigrans,anearlyskinlesion,isthemostcommonclinicalpresentation.Theorganismmayspread,causingvariouslatermanifestations.

简介：春季是传染性疾病的高发时段，预防工作一定要做到及时、有效。也许从下面的短文中我们可以得到一些启示！

简介：LastWednesday,AgricultureSecretaryAnnVenemanannouncedthefirstcaseofmadcowdiseaseintheUnitedStates.Atestseemedtoshowbovinespongiformencephalopathy,orB-S-E.inacowfromWashingtonstate.Thenextday,alaboratoryinWaybridge,England,Confirmed(证实）thecase。

简介：Asthmadevelopsinaboutoneadultperthousandpopulationperyear,andepidemiologicalstudiesindicatethatabout10%ofcasescanbeattributedtoexposuresatwork.However,occupationalasthmaisidentifiedlesscommonlythanthisinclinicalpractice;anincidenceof800-1000casesperyearisestimatedbytheUKSurveillanceofWork-RelatedandOccupationalRespiratoryDiseasescheme.Occupationalasthmaiseasilymissedbecause,apartfromitsassociationwithwork,

简介：HeartdiseaseistheleadingkillerofAmericans.Butitkillsmorewomenthanmen.TheAmericanHeartAssociationsaysheartdiseaseandothercardiovascular(心血管的)disorderskillaboutfivehundredthousandwomenayear.Thatismorethanthenextsevencausesofdeathcombined.

简介：通过ubiquitin-proteasome系统的蛋白质降级是细胞内部的蛋白质的non-lysosomal解朊作用的主要小径。它在象房间周期的规定那样的许多基本细胞的过程起重要作用有免疫力、煽动性的回答的前进，分割，开发和区别，apoptosis，房间trafficking，和调整。这个系统的中央元素是到指向的蛋白质的ubiquitin的连接，它是然后由26Sproteasome认出了的共有原子价，腺苷triphosphate依赖的、多催化的朊酶。损坏，氧化，否则象控制许多批评细胞的函数的规章的蛋白质一样的错误褶层蛋白质在这降级进程的目标之中。这个系统的错误导致细胞的动态平衡的dysregulation和多重疾病的发展。在这评论，我们在煽动性、自体免疫的疾病的开发描述了基本生物化学和ubiquitin-proteasome系统，和它的复杂角色的分子的生物学。另外，与ubiquitin-proteasome系统有关的治疗和潜在的治疗学的目标也被讨论。细胞与分子的免疫学。2006；3(4):255-261。

简介：<正>Immunologicaltolerancetoselfisessentialformaintainingtheintegrityoftheorgansystems,anditsbreakdownmayleadtothedevelopmentofautoimmunediseases.Tolerancetoselfismaintainedthroughseveralmechanisms,whichincludenegativeselection,functionalinactivation(anergy)andsuppressionofautoreactivelymphocytes.However,onlynegativeselectionpermanentlyremovesautoreactivecellsthroughapoptosis.WhileithaslongbeenknownthatnegativeselectionrequiresaTcellreceptor(TCR)signal,itisunclearwhetheradeathligandsignalisalsoinvolved.TRAIL,thetumornecrosisfactor(TNF)-relatedapoptosis-inducingligand,isanewlydescribedmemberoftheTNFfamily.Unlikeotherdeathligandsof

简介：Paget'sdiseaseofboneisafocaldisorderofboneremodellingcausedbyabnormallyincreasedosteoclast-mediatedboneresorption.qtleaffectedboneschangeinshaw,sizeanddirection,whiletherestoftheskeletonremainsnormal.TheclinicalconsequencesofthediseasewerefirstdescribedbySirJanlesPagetin1876(Figure1).

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简介：TheJanuskinase-signaltransducersandactivatorsoftranscription(JAK-STAT)signalingpathway,activatedbymorethan50cytokinesorgrowthfactors,playscriticalrolesinawidevarietyofcellularfunctionsinthehematopoietic,immune,neuronalandhepaticsystems.Intheliver,thissignalingpathway,activatedbymorethan20cytokines,growthfactors,hormones,andhepatitisviralproteins,playscriticalrolesinantiviraldefense,acutephaseresponse,hepaticinjury,repair,inflammation,transformation,andhepatitis.ThisarticlereviewsthebiologicalsignificanceofSTAT1,2,3,4,5,6inhepaticfunctionsanddiseases.Cellular&MolecularImmunology.2005;2(2):92-100.

简介：ToinvestigatethesignificanceoftheSARS-associatedcoronavirus(SARS-CoV)antibody,detectedbyELISAandindirectimmunofluorescenceassays(IFA)fortheSARS-CoVVeroE6celllysates,innon-SARSsubjects,114serumsamplesfromhealthycontrolsand104serumspecimensfromautoimmunediseasepatientswerecollected.TheresultsofELISAshowedthatamong114serafromhealthycontrols,4(3.5%)werepositiveofSARS-CoV-IgGantibodyand114(100%)wereallnegativeofSARS-CoV-IgMantibody;thespecificityofSARS-CoV-IgGantibodyforSARSpatientswas96.5%,butthespecificityofbothSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodiesforSARSpatientswas100%.In58caseswithSLE,positiveratesofSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodieswere32.8%(19/58)and8.6%(5/58),respectively,inwhich11cases(19%)werepositiveofbothSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodies;in10caseswithSS,positiverateofbothSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodieswas10%(1/10);in16caseswithMCTD,positiverateofSARS-CoV-IgGwas37.5%(6/16),positiverateofbothSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodieswas6.3%(1/16);in20caseswithRA,onecasewaspositive(5%)ofSARS-CoV-IgG.However,ofallsampleswithpositiveSARS-CoV-IgGand-IgMantibodiesforautoimmunediseasesandhealthycontrols,SARS-CoVRNAandantibodieswereallnegativebyRT-PCRandIFA.AllserafornegativeorpositiveELISAresultswerealsonegativeorpositiveresultsusingELISAwithVeroE6cellslysates.ThesestudiesshowedthatSARS-CoVVeroE6celllysatesfortheELISAtodetectSARS-CoVantibodiescouldleadtothefalse-positivereactionsorcross-reactionsofSARS-CoVantibodiesinnon-SARSdiseasesandhealthycontrols,andthefalse-positivereactionsorcross-reactionswererelatedtoVeroE6celllysatesandautoantibodiesinnon-SARSpopulation.

简介：Toinvestigatetheetiologyofgenitalulcerdisease(GUD)amongpatientsattendingsexuallytransmitteddisease(STD)clinicsinGuangzhou,China.BetweenSeptember8,1998,andAugust9,assessed.ClinicaletiologyofGUDwasdependentonincludingthefollowing:darkfieldmicroscopyandserologyforTreponemapallidum(TP),swabsofgenitalulcerforsimultaneousdetectionofHSV,TP,Haemophiusducreyi(HD),Humanpapillomavirus(HPV),andserologyforHIVinfection.Twohundredthirtymenandthirty-sevenwomenwithamedianageof33.4(range16-74years)wereanalyzed.TheetiologyofGUDwassyphilis(26.59%)(71/267),genitalherpes(17.60%)(47/267),condylomataacuminata(4.87%)(13/267),candidiasis(3.37%)(10/267),andmultipeinfection(6.74%)(18/267).TheseroprevalenceofHIVwas0.07%(2/267).Noetiologywasidentifiedin50.56%(135/267).TheetiologyofGUDamongSTDpatientsinourareawasmultifactorialwithapredominanceofsyphilisandgenitalherpes.BasedonthislimiteddataobtainedatSTDclinics,HIVinfectionwasnotcommon.

简介：Toinvestigatetheexpressionofapoptosis-relatedprotein(Fas,FasL,andBcl-2)inthepathogenesisofautoimmunethyroiddisorders(ATDs),immunohistochemicalstainingwasperformedon20Hashimoto'sthyroiditis(HT),20Graves'disease(GD),and20thyroidfollicularadenoma(TFA,ascontrol).AllthecasesexpressedFas,mainlyonthecellsurfaceandcytoplasm.FasLwasfoundin17casesoftheTFA.Bcl-2wasdetectedin15casesofHT,19ofGDand17ofTFA.InTFA,amoderateFasexpressionandaminimalornoFasLexpressionwasdetectedonfollicularcells.InHT,thefolliclesadjacenttoinfiltratinglymphocytesshowedincreasedlevelsofFasandFasLexpression.AweakerstainingofFasandFasLwasexhibitedoninfiltratinglymphocytesthanonthyrocytes.InacomparisonofGDwithHT,thyrocytesandlymphocytesshowedsimilarFasstaining,butforFasLthestainingwasratherweakerinHT.TheexpressionofBcl-2wasnearlyidenticalinGDandTFA,butmuchweakeronthefollicularcellsinvicinityoflymphocytesandonthelymphocyteslocatedingerminalcentersofHTtissues.TheexpressionofFas,FasL,Bcl-2inHashimoto'sthyroiditisandGraves'diseasewerealmostsame.FasLstrongexpressionandBcl-2weakexpressiononthefolliclesinHTmayinduceapoptosis.TheseresultsprovidedevidenceforexpressionofFas,FasLandBcl-2inthepathogenesisofautoimmunethyroiddisease.ThelymphocytesseemnottobedirectlyengagedintheprocessviatheirownFasL,buttheymayprovidesomecytokinesthat,inturn,upregulateFasand/orFasLexpressiontoinduceapoptosis.

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简介：Objective:Toobservetheeffectofelectroacupuncture(EA)onMeniere'sdisease.Methods:Atotalof114cases(38malesand76females)ofMeniere'sdiseaseweretreatedwithEAofErmen(耳门TE21),Tinggong(听宫SI19),Tinghui(听会GB2),Yifeng(NFDB1风TE17),Fengchi(风池GB20)andBaihui(百会GV20).Thetreatmentwasgiven3timesaweek,9timesaltogether.Follow-upwasmadeattheendofthe3rd,6thand12thmonthsaftertreatment.Results:Follow-upin114patientsshowedthatafterEAtreatment,63cases(55.26%)werecured,30(26.31%)hadremarkableimprovementintheirsymptoms,10(8.77%)respondedwithimprovementand11(9.65%)failedinthetreatment,withatotaleffectiverateof90.35%.Conclusion:EAtreatmentwaseffectiveincontrollingMeniere'sdiseasepatients'symptomsandreducingattack.

简介：CD3-specificmonoclonalantibodywasthefirstoneusedforclinicalpracticeinfieldoftransplantation.Recently,renewedinterestshaveelicitedinitscapacitytopreventautoimmunediabetesbyinducingimmunetolerance.Inthisstudy,wetestedwhetherthisantibodycanalsobeusedtotreatanotherkindofautoimmunediseasemyastheniagravis(MG)andexploredthepossiblemechanisms.MGiscausedbyanautoimmunedamagemediatedbyantibody-andcomplement-mediateddestructionofAChRattheneuromuscularjunction.WefoundthatadministrationofCD3-specificantibody(Fab)2toananimalmodelwithexperimentalautoimmunemyastheniagravis(EAMG)(B6micereceived3timesofAChR/CFAimmunization)couldnotsignificantlyimprovetheclinicalsignsandclinicalscore.Whenthepossiblemechanismsweretested,wefoundthatCD3antibodytreatmentslightlydown-regulatedtheT-cellresponsetoAChR,modestlyup-regulationthemusclestrength.AndnosignificantdifferenceinthetitersofIgG2bwasfoundbetweenCD3antibodytreatedandcontrolgroups.ThesedataindicatedthatCD3-specificantibodywasnotsuitablefortreatingMG,anantibody-andcomplementmediatedautoimmunedisease,afterthisdiseasehasbeenestablished.TheroleofCD3-specificantibodyintreatingthiskindofdiseaseremainstobedetermined.

简介：Objective:Toinvestigatethedepressionstatusofpatientswithsexuallytransmitteddiseases(STDs).Methods:Thedepressionstatusoffifty-onehospitalizedSTDpatientswasevaluatedinarandomizedcontrolstudyusingZung'sQuantitativeTable.18healthycontrolpatientswithsimilardemographicbackgroundswererandomlychosenascontrols.Patientswithscoresaboveorequalto40wereconsideredtobesufferingfromdepression.Results:Theprevalencerateofdepressioninthepatientgroupwasobviouslyhigherthanthatofinthecontrol(X2=16.456,P<0.01).Prevalenceofdepressionwasfoundtobesignificantlyrelatedtooccupation(P<0.05).Thoughtheprevalencewasnotfoundtodiffersignificantlybetweenthosewithatreatmentcourselessthan2monthsandthosewithonelongerorequalto2months(X2=0.041,P>0.05),themeandepressionscoresoftheformergroupweresignificantlyhigherthanthoseofthelatter(P<0.01).Nosignificantdifferenceswerefoundbetweennewversusrelapsingdisease,marriedversusnon-married,maleversusfemale,ordifferingeducationalbackgrounds.