Background and Objective: The outcome of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection may be influenced by host factors like Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA). We have investigated HLA-A and DRB1 alleles in patients with persistent hepatitis B infection compared to subjects who had spontaneously recovered from HBV infection. To complete the findings of this study we performed another survey in certain HLA ...

Objective(s): This study aimed to investigate the association between human leukocyte antigen Cw (HLA-Cw) polymorphisms and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Chinese Han patients in the Jiangsu area (Southern China).Materials and Methods: Polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers were used to detect HLA-Cw01–08 of 201 RA patients an...

The ability to achieve immunologic tolerance after transplantation is a therapeutic goal. Here, we report interim results from an ongoing trial of tolerance in HLA-identical sibling renal transplantation. The immunosuppressive regimen included alemtuzumab induction, donor hematopoietic stem cells, tacrolimus/mycophenolate immunosuppression converted to sirolimus, and complete drug withdrawal by...

Schistosome infection induces profound Th-biasing and immune suppression. Although much has been examined in mice, few studies have examined responses of naïve humans to schistosome antigens. In this study, we examined the response of naïve human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (nPBMC) to stimulation with Schistosoma mansoni soluble egg antigen (SEA) using a priming in vitro (PIV) assay. We ...

OBJECTIVES We conducted a genome-wide association study to explore whether common host genetic variants (>5% frequency) were associated with presence of virus able to use CXCR4 for entry. METHODS Phenotypic determination of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 coreceptor usage was performed on pretreatment plasma HIV-1 samples from treatment-naive participants in AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5...

BackgroundIn patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), autoantibodies are associated specific clinical phenotypes suggesting a pathogenic role of adaptive immunity. We explored if autoantibody profiles HLA genetic variants and manifestations in IIM.MethodsWe included 1348 IIM determined the occurrence 14 myositis-specific or –associated autoantibodies. used unsupervised cluster an...

On-going automation in plant phenotyping has led to an increasing amount of measurement data, which is often managed by specialized, rarely interconnected systems with custom hardand software. Experiment and analysis scenarios across different systems and the setup of new systems quickly get expensive and tedious. Therefore, we propose a distributed information system, Phenomis, for managing ph...

Abstract Immunotherapeutic approaches in cancer aim to booster T cell mediated immune responses. Tumor-specific cells recognize target via human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules before specific lysis is initiated. Malignant gliomas are known for their immunoevasive and immunosuppressive properties which impede effective tumor-specific responses, including clinical responses checkpoint inhibiti...