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  • 11
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    Electronic Resource
    s.l. : American Chemical Society
    The @journal of physical chemistry 〈Washington, DC〉 92 (1988), S. 4712-4719 
    Source: ACS Legacy Archives
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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  • 12
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Scandinavian journal of immunology 53 (2001), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-3083
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The molecular mechanisms underlying protective granuloma formation and control of bacterial growth during infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) are not yet completely understood. MTB-infected mice with natural deficiency in complement component C5 are unable to develop productive granulomatous responses, and are impaired in limiting organism growth within the lung. To address the molecular basis for this histologic dysfunction, congenic complement C5-sufficient (B10.D2-H2d H2-T18c Hcl/nSnJ) and complement C5-deficient strains (B10.D2-H2d H2-T18c Hco/oSnJ) congenic mice were infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and cytokine and chemokine responses were examined. Twelve and 28 days after infection, lungs showed elevated messages for multiple inflammatory cytokines in both congenic strains. Interleukin (IL)-12(p40) mRNA was also induced during infection in C5-deficient mice, although levels were significantly decreased compared to C5-sufficient congenics. C5-deficient mice also demonstrated reduced KC, MIP-2, IP-10, and MCP-1 mRNA. The defect may directly involve C5-mediated effects on macrophage responses; C5-deficient bone marrow derived macrophages had significantly reduced secretion of KC, MIP-1α and MIP-2 compared to C5-sufficient macrophages following in vitro infection. These findings indicate a role for C5 in mediation of chemotactic and activation events that are the basis for granulomatous responses during murine tuberculosis.
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  • 13
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK; Malden, USA : Blackwell Science Ltd/Inc.
    Scandinavian journal of immunology 59 (2004), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-3083
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: T lymphocytes play a major role in many immune responses. In the last decade, special focus has been on the function of Th1 and Th2 effector cells. Now the importance of regulatory CD4+CD25+ T cells in maintenance of the immunological homeostasis emerges. Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder often affecting the lungs. The typical sarcoid granulomas consists of epitheloid cells, macrophages and lymphocytes, mainly CD4+ T cells of Th1 phenotype. We have cultured T cells from bronchial biopsies of patients with sarcoidosis as well as from controls in high levels of interleukin 2 (IL-2) and IL-4 and demonstrate spontaneously arising CD4+ CD25+ populations and high concentrations of IL-10 in these cultures. The main difference between cultures of sarcoid origin compared to controls is a very much higher concentration of the inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α in cultures of sarcoid origin.
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  • 14
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, U.K. and Cambridge, USA : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Scandinavian journal of immunology 52 (2000), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-3083
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) causes tuberculosis in man, which occurs as an acute, chronic or dormant disease reactivating over several years. The mechanisms of persistence and reactivation are not well understood and there is a need for animal models. Moderate-dose, aerosol infection killed A/J mice earlier than partially resistant C57Bl/6 mice, whereas a low-dose, aerosol-induced chronic infection exacerbated earlier in A/J mice. A/J mice lethally infected with MTB but drug cured of disease underwent reactivation of tuberculosis at least 100 days before similarly infected C57Bl/6 mice. Because A/J mice were C5 deficient, congenic B10 mice sufficient and deficient for C5 were infected intravenously with MTB to define the role of C5. C5-deficient mice again showed enhanced growth of MTB in the lungs. MTB-infected macrophages from C5-deficient mice showed enhanced growth of MTB coinciding with a reduced secretion of both cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-12) and chemokines (KC, MIP-2 and MIP-1α) in A/J and TNF-α and chemokines in C5-deficient mice. Because C5-deficient macrophages could be activated from extraneous C5 and TNF-α we suggest that both play a role in the macrophage-mediated killing as well as containment mechanisms in tuberculosis.
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  • 15
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK; Malden, USA : Blackwell Science Ltd/Inc.
    Scandinavian journal of immunology 59 (2004), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-3083
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Combining inhaled long-acting β-2 agonist (LABA) and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) seems to offer asthma control at a lower dose of ICS than achieved by ICS alone. Fine mapping of T-cell surface markers by flow cytometry offers a detailed status of the individual's inflammatory response. The frequency of MT2 (CD4+CD45RA–CD62L+CD11adim) and MT1 (CD4+CD45RA–CD62L–CD11abright) cells in peripheral blood, and their ratio, has been shown to differ predictably in atopics and patients with leprosy, where MT2 correlates with a Th2 phenotype and MT1 with a Th1 phenotype. Stable asthmatics, requiring fluticasone propionate (FP) 750–1000 µg daily or equivalent, were randomized to receive, double-blinded, either Seretide®[salmeterol and fluticasone propionate (SFC, n = 16)] 50 µg/500 µg bd or FP 500 µg bd (n = 17). If asthma was controlled based on lung function and symptoms at clinic visits every 6 weeks, ICS dose was tapered until asthma exacerbated or 0 µg was reached. The frequency and ratio of MT2 and MT1 T cells of the patients was monitored at 6 week intervals. As treatment tapered, the frequency of MT2 cells decreased (P = 0038 from first to final visit), whereas that of MT1 cells increased. The ratio of MT2/MT1 decreased (P = 0049 from first to final visit). In patients receiving LABA + ICS, the fall in MT2/MT1 ratio appeared to be more pronounced than in patients receiving ICS alone. Thus, the MT2 phenotype may be associated with stable asthma, whereas an imminent exacerbation may associate with an increase in the MT1 phenotype. LABA may allow for a greater effect of FP on the MT ratio.
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  • 16
    ISSN: 1365-2222
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background Atopy is closely associated with the cellular T helper type-2 (Th2) phenotype, that is dominated by the pleiotrophic cytokine IL-4. The cellular source of IL-4 has yet to be determined, although basophils have been proposed. Eosinophils and mast cells are likely contenders investigated here, and the eosinophil-like leukaemia line AML14.3D10 is compared to eosinophils as an in vitro culturable model for eosinophils. Lectins can cross-link-specific surface glycoproteins and are found in the ingested (processed foods) and inhaled (airborne pollen grains) human environment. Therefore it is of interest to determine whether lectins can elicit the release of IL-4 from Th2-associated granulocytes other than basophils.Method This study investigated the ability of eosinophils, AML14.3D10 and mast cells to secrete preformed IL-4 in response to stimulation with lectins, and explored molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction.Results Purified eosinophils and basophils, and cultured mast cells and AML14.3D10 cells were incubated with 1 µm lectin. Agglutination was scored by microscopy. IL-4 secretion was measured by enayme-linked immunosorbent assay. Biotinylated lectins were used to determine binding to cells by flow cytometry and in lectin blots of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) gels.Discussion Purified human eosinophils, AML14.3D10 cells and cultured mast cells secrete IL-4 with a pattern similar to that found in basophils when stimulated with a panel of reactive and unreactive lectins. The lectin SNA induces IL-4 secretion from mast cells and basophils, but not from eosinophils or AML14.3D10. Eosinophils appear to secrete only pre-formed IL-4, whereas mast cells may synthesize IL-4 on ligation with the lectin LCA. Lectins that agglutinate the granulocytes investigated do not necessarily induce secretion of IL-4. Lectins that elicit secretion of IL-4 bind more to eosinophils than unreactive lectins as determined by flow cytometry and lectin blotting of SDS gels.Conclusion As granulocytes with functions related to that of basophils, eosinophils, AML14.3D10 and cultured mast cells respond to stimulation with lectins similarly to basophils. This emphasizes the possibility that eosinophils and mast cells may be linked in their cellular heritage as the cellular partners, and lectins as ligands, may contribute to the maintenance of a Th2-favoured microenvironment that is thought to underlie the allergic march.
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  • 17
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    Electronic Resource
    Copenhagen : International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
    Applied crystallography online 21 (1988), S. 777-780 
    ISSN: 1600-5767
    Source: Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Time-dependent anisotropic small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) patterns of rodlike micelles in a shear gradient Γ, suddenly changing its value from zero to a constant value, are presented. The time resolution of the experiment was 100 ms. By an analysis of the steady-state pattern a rotational diffusion coefficient D of ̃2 s−1 is deduced. Furthermore it is shown that in a well aligned sample the SANS pattern is sensitive to the rod length distribution in spite of correlation peaks which are caused by repulsive inter-micellar interaction.
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  • 18
    ISSN: 1398-9995
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background:  Mast cells have long been recognized as the principal cell type that initiates the inflammatory response characteristic of acute allergic type 1 reactions. Our goal has been to further characterize maturation of progenitors to mast cells.Methods:  Mast cells were cultured from human cord blood derived CD133+ progenitors. Mast cell function was tested using histamine release. During differentiation mast cells surface marker expression was monitored by flow cytometry.Results:  CD133+ progenitors expressed the early haematopoietic and myeloid lineage markers CD34, CD117, CD13 and CD33. Mature mast cells expressed CD117, CD13 and CD33, and expression of the high affinity immunoglobulin E recpetor FcɛRI increased during culture. Cytokine receptors interleukin (IL)-5R, IL-3R, granulocyte-macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)R and IL-18R were expressed at high levels during maturation. Chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CXCR2 were highly expressed on both newly purified CD133+ cells and mature cells.Conclusion:  Human mast cells can be cultured from a CD34+/CD117+/CD13+/CD33+ progenitor cell population in cord blood that is tryptase and chymase negative. Developing and mature mast cells express a wide range of chemokine and cytokine receptors. We found high levels of expression of CD123, IL-5R and GM-CSF receptors, also found on eosinophils and basophils, and high levels of expression of the receptor for the inflammatory cytokine IL-18.
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  • 19
    ISSN: 1435-1536
    Keywords: Key words Small vesicles ; Phase behaviour ; Small-angle neutron scattering ; Charged surfactants
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract  The phase behaviour and properties of the tetradecyldimethylamine oxide/HCl/hexanol/water quaternary surfactant system have been studied by means of electric conductivity, rheology, freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy (FF-TEM) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). In this system the originally zwitterionic surfactant can become increasingly charged by protonation through the addition of HCl, i.e. the degree of charging can be changed continuously. An interesting, isotropic phase (L1 * phase) of low viscosity was observed for intermediate degrees of charging. From viscosity and conductivity measurements this phase can clearly be distinguished from the conventional L1 phase that is composed of micelles. Investigation of the structures present by means of FF-TEM and SANS showed that the L1 * phase is made up of unilamellar vesicles of extremely small diameter of 8–10 nm. Evidently such highly curved structures are stabilized by the electrostatic conditions in this system.
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  • 20
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    Springer
    International journal of legal medicine 13 (1928), S. 253-256 
    ISSN: 1437-1596
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine , Law
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