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Immunological reactions in Helicobacter pyroli infections

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Chmiela M., Rudnicka W.
Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
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1997
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vol. 51
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issue 2
115-138
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Helicobacter pylori is recognized as an important cause of chronic antral gastritis and peptic ulceration. Moreover, H. pylori associated inflammatory process has been linked with gastric carcinoma. Many putative virulence factors of H. pylori have been suggested, including motility, urease and cytotoxins production and bacterial adhesins. An accessory function of CagA antigen and bacterial heat - shock proteins in the pathogenesis of H. pylori infections have been also considered. H. pylori - induced immunological response is discussed as regards local and general antibody production, the interaction of the bacteria with the phagocytes and still controversial involvement of T cells. Data on the importance of cytokines and inflammatory mediators in the disruption of the gastric mucosal barriers as well as the evidence to support a role for H. pylori as a risk factor for gastric carcinoma are also presented.
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Feto-maternal immunoregulation

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Klink M., Rozalska B., Rudnicka W.
Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
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1994
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vol. 48
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issue 5
543-563
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One of the great mysteries in modern immunology is how extraembryonic membranes escape rejection by maternal immune response, although they express paternal genes/antigenes which should stimulate allogenic recognition and rejection.Generally, two theories try to explain the pregnancy phenomenon.One of them emphasizes the role of immunosuppresive reactions in the protection of the fetus.On the contrary, the "immunotropism" theory insist on the importance of mother's immune antigens of the conceptus.Moreover, the last years abounded in discoveries on molecules regulating cell-cell interaction at the level of the initiation and effect or stage of the immune response.The best examples of such molecules could be extracellular matrix proteins, integrins, interleukins and various growth factors.The discussion of those molecules as regards their role in the protection of the fetus was the main aim of this article.
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Mannose-binding lectin enhances the attachment and phagocytosis of mycobacteria in vitro

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Bonar A., Chmiela M., Rudnicka W., Rozalska B.
Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis
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2005
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vol. 53
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issue 5
437-441
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Phagocytosis is the critical first step in the Mycobacterium (M.) tuberculosis-phagocyte interaction. The process involves microbial ligands and phagocyte surface receptors. It is known that serum mannose-binding lectin (MBL), an innate immune system component, may enhance the uptake of microbes by phagocytic cells and activate the complement system. Since phagocytes are the replicative environment for mycobacteria and, as we described earlier, tuberculosis patients differ from controls in serum MBL level, we asked whether MBL plays a role in promoting M. tuberculosis access to phagocytic cells. To estimate the influence of MBL on the phagocytic process, FITC-labeled Mycobacterium bovis BCG was used as a model bacterium. Neutrophils from healthy individuals were used as phagocytes. Phagocytosis was performed in the presence or absence of recombinant MBL (rMBL; 2 or 20 g/ml). The activation of complement was determined by dot-blot immune assay with monoclonal antibodies against C5b-C9. We showed that phagocytosis of the bacteria was more intensive in the presence of human rMBL. Both attachment and ingestion of mycobacteria were enhanced when MBL and active complement components (fresh serum) were present in the medium. The dot-blot method showed that the bacteria slightly activated complement by themselves. This effect was enhanced in the phagocyte-bacteria co-cultures containing rMBL.It is possible that MBL may serve in vivo as one of the factors facilitating the entry of mycobacteria into phagocytes, pathogen spread, and the establishment of infection.
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Serological differentiation of H. pylori CagA(+) and CagA(-) infections

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Chmiela M., Wisniewska M., Bak-Romaniszyn L., Rechcinski T., Planeta-Malecka I., Bielanski W., Konturek S. J., Plonka M., Klink M., Rudnicka W.
Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis
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2003
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vol. 51
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issue 2
131-136
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Many of H. pylori strains causing gastroduodenal diseases have a cagA gene encoding CagA protein, a virulence factor of these bacteria. Anti-CagA antibodies produced by majority of people infected with CagA(+) strains can indicate such infection. In this study the efficacy of three immunoenzymatic tests: immunoblot (MileniaID Blot H. pylori IgG, DPC Biermann GmbH, Germany) (MB) and ELISA, conducted with a recombinant immunodominant fragment of CagA (rCagA) and full length CagA molecule (flCagA), in detecting CagA(+) and CagA(-) infections, was compared. The 13C urea breath test (13C-UBT) was used for establishing H. pylori status. The serum samples from 157 individuals were used for serodiagnosis. The H. pylori CagA(+) infection was detected in H. pylori infected individuals with similar frequency by MB (64%) and flCagA-ELISA (60%) and little less frequently by rCagA-ELISA (53%). There was a high coincidence between the negative results of these three tests for H. pylori uninfected individuals with no anti-CagA IgG in the serum (96-100%). The results show that rCagA-ELISA and especially flCagA-ELISA are easy, inexpensive and useful noninvasive assays for discrimination of CagA(+) and CagA(-) H. pylori infections in the subjects examined by urea breath test.
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Lack of relationship between serum content of MBL, sCD14, anti-PPD and anti-Hsp65 IgG, and ingestion of Mycobacterium bovis BCG bacilli by phagocytes

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Paziak-Domanska B., Bonar A., Kowalewicz-Kulbat M., Klink M., Kowalski M., Karhukorpi J., Karttunen R., Jurkiewicz M., Rozalska B., Rudnicka W.
Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis
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2002
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vol. 50
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issue 5
337-344
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Prophylactic vaccination against tuberculosis (TB) with a live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmett?e-Gerin (BCG) has been used worldwide. However, TB remains one of the most significant diseases of humans and animals. Better understanding of the mechanisms of human immunity to mycobacteria is essential for development of new vaccines and estimation of their efficacy. In this study we determined the levels of known humoral mediators of mycobacterial phagocytosis - mannose binding lectin (MBL), soluble CD14 (sCD14), antibodies of IgG class against mycobacterial purified protein derivative (PPD) and mycobacterial Hsp65 antigen, in the sera from healthy young volunteers vaccinated with BCG and presenting positive and negative Mantoux responses to PPD. Than we asked a question as to whether macrophages and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) from the individuals with positive (TT(+)) and negative (TT(-)) tuberculin tests differ by the ability to ingest mycobacteria. Also we were looking for a relation between the intensity of mycobacterial ingestion by phagocytes in the medium with autologous sera containing different concentration of MBL, sCD14 andf anti-mycobacterial IgG. We found no significant differences between the investigated parameters for TT(+) and TT(-) volunteers. Our result suggest that ability of macrophages and PMNs to ingest mycobacteria depends on an individual intrinsic capacity of phagocytes.
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