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    Clinical & Experimental Immunology: Volume 155, Issue 1

    1-124
    January 2009
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Review Article

Free Access

The role of infections in autoimmune disease

A. M. Ercolini,  S. D. Miller, 
  • Pages: 1-15
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Translational Studies

Autoimmunity

Involvement of REG Iα protein in the regeneration of ductal epithelial cells in the minor salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome

T. Kimura,  H. Fukui,  A. Sekikawa,  H. Yamagishi,  K. Ichikawa,  S. Tomita,  S. Fujii,  J. Imura,  H. Kawamata,  T. Chiba,  Y. Imai,  T. Fujimori, 
  • Pages: 16-20
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Immunodeficiency

Proinflammatory cytokine gene single nucleotide polymorphisms in common variable immunodeficiency

N. Rezaei,  A. A. Amirzargar,  Y. Shakiba,  M. Mahmoudi,  B. Moradi,  A. Aghamohammadi, 
  • Pages: 21-27
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection in human peripheral blood leucocytes-SCID reconstituted mice by rapamycin

F. Nicoletti,  C. Lamenta,  S. Donati,  M. Spada,  A. Ranazzi,  B. Cacopardo,  K. Mangano,  F. Belardelli,  C. Perno,  S. Aquaro, 
  • Pages: 28-34
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Infection

Level, phenotype and activation status of CD4+FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in patients chronically infected with human immunodeficiency virus and/or hepatitis C virus

N. I. Rallón,  M. López,  V. Soriano,  J. García-Samaniego,  M. Romero,  P. Labarga,  P. García-Gasco,  J. González-Lahoz,  J. M. Benito, 
  • Pages: 35-43
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Increased levels of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients after 5 years of highly active anti-retroviral therapy may be due to increased thymic production of naive Tregs

L. Kolte,  J. C. Gaardbo,  K. Skogstrand,  L. P. Ryder,  A. K. Ersbøll,  S. D. Nielsen, 
  • Pages: 44-52
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Inflammation

Genetics of C-reactive protein and complement factor H have an epistatic effect on carotid artery compliance: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

J. Jylhävä,  C. Eklund,  T. Pessi,  O. T. Raitakari,  M. Juonala,  M. Kähönen,  J. S. A. Viikari,  T. Lehtimäki,  M. Hurme, 
  • Pages: 53-58
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Lack of association between polymorphisms in C4b-binding protein and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome in the Spanish population

R. Martínez-Barricarte,  E. Goicoechea de Jorge,  T. Montes,  A. G. Layana,  S. Rodríguez de Córdoba, 
  • Pages: 59-64
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease may have a transforming growth factor-β-, interleukin (IL)-2- or IL-10-deficient state induced by intrinsic neutralizing antibodies

E. C. Ebert,  A. Panja,  K. M. Das,  R. Praveen,  X. Geng,  C. Rezac,  M. Bajpai, 
  • Pages: 65-71
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Basic Studies

Inflammation

Effect of muramyl peptides on mitochondrial respiration†

N. El-Jamal,  G. M. Bahr,  K. S. Echtay, 
  • Pages: 72-78
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Animal Studies

Autoimmunity

The biocompatible polysaccharide chitosan enhances the oral tolerance to type II collagen

C. Porporatto,  M. M. Canali,  I. D. Bianco,  S. G. Correa, 
  • Pages: 79-87
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Helminth antigen-based strategy to ameliorate inflammation in an experimental model of colitis

Y. Motomura,  H. Wang,  Y. Deng,  R. T. El-Sharkawy,  E. F. Verdu,  W. I. Khan, 
  • Pages: 88-95
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Inflammation

Malnutrition alters the rates of apoptosis in splenocytes and thymocyte subpopulations of rats

R. Ortiz,  L. Cortés,  E. Cortés,  H. Medina, 
  • Pages: 96-106
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

An investigation of the impact of the location and timing of antigen-specific T cell division on airways inflammation

S. Hutchison,  B. S. W. Choo-Kang,  V. B. Gibson,  R. V. Bundick,  A. J. Leishman,  J. M. Brewer,  I. B. McInnes,  P. Garside, 
  • Pages: 107-116
  • First Published: 02 December 2008

Mercury and silver induce B cell activation and anti-nucleolar autoantibody production in outbred mouse stocks: are environmental factors more important than the susceptibility genes in connection with autoimmunity?

M. Abedi-Valugerdi, 
  • Pages: 117-124
  • First Published: 02 December 2008