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J Dermatol Sci. 2001 Feb;25(2):116-26.
Evaluation of mite allergen-induced Th1 and Th2 cytokine secretion of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from atopic dermatitis patients: association between IL-13 and mite-specific IgE levels.
Wakugawa M, Hayashi K, Nakamura K, Tamaki K.
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. wakugawa-tkmin.ac.jp
There have been several reports about Th1/Th2 imbalances in atopic dermatitis (AD), but there have been few precise investigations about the differences between Th1 and Th2 cytokine secretion patterns of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in such patients. We cultured PBMCs, taken from AD patients and healthy subjects, with dust mite extract (DME) and measured subsequent immunoreactive interferon (IFN)-gamma (Th1 cytokine), interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, and IL-13 (Th2 cytokines) levels in the supernatants by ELISA assays. There is a difference between IL-4 and IL-13 secretion patterns by DME-stimulated PBMCs in AD subjects; immunoreactive IL-4 levels were detectable maximally within 24-h cultures, while IL-13 levels increased time-dependently within 7-day cultures. IL-13 levels were significantly elevated in AD subjects compared to healthy subjects, while IFN-gamma levels did not significantly differ between the two groups. IL-13 levels were significantly higher in AD patients who had high levels (>100 U/ml) of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus-specific IgE (Dp-IgE) than in those AD patients who had low levels (<10 U/ml) of Dp-IgE. Tacrolimus (FK-506), at a concentration of 10(-8) M, significantly inhibited DME-induced IL-13 production from PBMCs. These findings suggest that IL-13 produced by Th2 cells are involved in IgE overproduction in AD subjects.
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Hepatol Res. 2001 Feb;19(2):131-143.
Change of the host immune response during the early phase of interferon therapy correlates with its long-term efficacy for chronic hepatitis C.
Momosaka Y, Yamada S, Harada Y, Mine S, Tsuchiya Y, Okubo H, Eto S.
First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Fukuoka, Japan
Host immunomodulation through T cell action may play a pivotal role in determining the response to interferon (IFN) therapy for chronic hepatitis C. We examined whether the early changes in the host immune response were helpful in predicting the final effect in 31 patients with chronic hepatitis C receiving IFN. IFN treatment significantly reduced the serum levels of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and E-selectin, and significantly increased those of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and interleukin-2 receptor alpha (IL-2Ralpha) in the first 7-10 days. Serum levels of these immunological parameters did not correlate with serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) when evaluated with either absolute values or relative values (over pre-treatment value), implying that our results are not just secondary to improvement in hepatic inflammation. The relative changes (Delta) in these parameters reflected the long-term response to IFN therapy, i.e. the lower the change, the more effective the therapy was. Among these serum parameters, DeltaIL-2Ralpha within the first 7-10 days of IFN treatment was the most useful parameter in predicting the response to therapy. In conclusion, a dynamic immunomodulation during the early phase of IFN therapy may determine the subsequent long-term response to IFN therapy.
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11164738&dopt=Abstract [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Hepatol Res. 2001 Feb;19(2):144-157.
Does the control of alanine aminotransferase levels lead to a regression of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients?
Yagura M, Murai S, Kojima H, Tokita H, Kamitsukasa H, Harada H.
Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo National Chest Hospital, 3-1-1 Takeoka, Kiyose-city, 204-8585, Tokyo, Japan
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of various medications other than interferon (IFN) on liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (CH-C) patients, and the results were compared with those obtained in CH-C patients without therapy. Fifty CH-C patients (32 men and 18 women; mean age 58.5 years) without previous IFN therapy, who randomly received medicines other than IFN such as Stronger Neo-Minophagen C, Ursodeoxycholic acid and a herbal medicine, Sho-saiko-to (TJ-9) (Group I), and as a control group, 45 CH-C patients (27 men and 18 women; mean age 56.6 years) without therapy (Group II) were examined. All patients had persistent alanine aminotransferase (ALT) elevation more than 6 months before this study and were also subdivided into three subgroups according to different pattern of ALT during the observation period, i.e. (a): persistently ALT<60 IU/l (below about twice the upper limit of normal range); (b): persistently ALT>/=60 IU/l; and (c) other than (a) and (b). All patients were biopsied twice before starting this study and during observation period and the liver fibrosis was compared between them by staging in each case. When the fibrosis stage was the same between two specimens, we determined whether the degree of fibrosis had improved or worsened by computed image analysis. Blood tests for fibrosis marker, serum aminoterminal peptide of type III procollagen (P III P) and liver enzyme such as albumin (Alb) and zinc turbidity test (ZTT) levels, and platelet (Plt) counts were also examined on the two times of liver biopsy. As a result, there were no significant differences in fibrotic improvement rate when assessed by both staging only and staging together with fibrotic ratio, determined by computed image analysis and also in yearly change of P III P (P/Y) and fibrosis (F/Y), the changed rate of Alb, ZTT levels and Plt counts between Group I and Group II, except for P/Y in subgroup (a) which was rather higher in Group I than in Group II. There were also no significant relationship between the changes of histological activity and fibrosis staging in both groups. In conclusion, other medications than IFN could not significantly improve both liver fibrosis and its associated laboratory data irrespective of ALT levels in CH-C patients as compared to the control group during average 3 years' follow-up period.
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11164739&dopt=Abstract [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
J Neuroimmunol. 2001 Feb 15;113(2):202-11.
Intra-CNS activation by antigen-specific T lymphocytes in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
Muhallab S, Lidman O, Weissert R, Olsson T, Svenningsson A.
Neuroimmunology Unit, Center of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Identification and quantitation of autoreactive T lymphocytes is crucial in order to understand the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. We used flow cytometry to analyze autoantigen-specific T cellular responses in the well characterized rat experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model. Cells isolated from both the central nervous system (CNS) tissue and peripheral lymph nodes were analyzed directly ex vivo or after short term in vitro culture with specific autoantigen. CNS infiltrating T lymphocytes displaying an interferon-gamma response to selected encephalitogenic myelin protein epitopes were measured kinetically during an individual disease episode and also between relapses in a chronic rat EAE model. One of the EAE models used displays a restriction towards TCRBV8S2 chain usage by the encephalitogenic T cells. In this model, in vitro production of intracellular interferon-gamma was selectively detected within this T cell subset derived from both the CNS and peripheral lymph nodes. Furthermore, antigen-specific cells infiltrating the CNS in this model produced several-fold higher amounts of interferon-gamma upon antigen stimulation and displayed a significantly increased in vivo proliferation compared with peripheral lymphocytes. These data thus directly demonstrates that T cells stimulated by a specific autoantigen in the periphery primarily acquire effector functions in the cellular environment of the target organ of the autoantigen.
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11164903&dopt=Abstract
Rocz Akad Med Bialymst. 2002;47:276-86.
Serum concentration of TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta in patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon alpha--a preliminary report.
Zajkowska JM, Hermanowska-Szpakowicz T, Pancewicz SA, Kondrusik M, Swierzbinska R, Grygorczuk S.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfection, Medical Academy of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. zajkowski.pl
The aim of the study was to evaluate the concentration of TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta in 14 chronic hepatitis C patients during interferon treatment in a correlation with biochemical indicators of hepatic cell damage, AspAT and ALAT activity. The study included the sera obtained every month (10-12 measurements) during 48-week therapy. IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha concentrations were determined by ELISA method. Statistic analysis were performed with AnStat program. The wide range of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha concentration values may prove a differentiated response to immunomodulating treatment with INF-alpha. Concentrations of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, show decreasing tendency during therapy. A positive correlation between proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha), ALAT and AspAT indicates the role of these cytokines and their relation to a necrotic-inflammatory process demonstrated by aminotransferases concentration.
online pharmacy ref. source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12533971&dopt=Abstract
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