Clinical & Experimental Immunology

The emergence of Beijing family genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and low-level protection by bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccines: is there a link?
pp. 389-397(9)
Authors: Abebe, F.; Bjune, G.

Presence of plasma complement regulatory proteins clusterin (Apo J) and vitronectin (S40) on circulating immune complexes (CIC)
pp. 398-406(9)
Authors: Chauhan, A. K.; Moore, T. L.

Evidence for extrathymic T cell maturation after thymectomy in infancy
pp. 407-412(6)
Authors: Torfadottir, H.; Freysdottir, J.; Skaftadottir, I.; Haraldsson, A.; Sigfusson, G.; Ogmundsdottir, H. M.

Compartmentalization of intracellular proinflammatory cytokines in bronchial intraepithelial T cells of stable lung transplant patients
pp. 413-419(7)
Authors: Hodge, G.; Hodge, S.; Reynolds, P. N.; Holmes, M.

Defective maturation of dendritic cells in common variable immunodeficiency
pp. 420-427(8)
Authors: Scott-Taylor, T. H.; Green, M. R.; Raeiszadeh, M.; Workman, S.; Webster, A. D.

Different inflammatory cell pattern and macrophage phenotype in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, smokers and non-smokers
pp. 428-437(10)
Authors: Löfdahl, J. M.; Wahlström, J.; Sköld, C. M.

A reproducible method for the enumeration of functional (cytokine producing) versus non-functional peptide-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in human peripheral blood
pp. 438-447(10)
Authors: Markovic, S. N.; Nevala, W. K.; Uhl, C. B.; Celis, E.; McKean, D. J.

Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM-1) is regulated post-transcriptionally and its ligand is present in the sera of some septic patients
pp. 448-455(8)
Authors: Wong-Baeza, I.; González-Roldán, N.; Ferat-Osorio, E.; Esquivel-Callejas, N.; Aduna-Vicente, R.; Arriaga-Pizano, L.; Astudillo-de la Vega, H.; Villasis-Keever, M. A.; Torres-González, R.; Estrada-García, I.; López-Macías, C.; Isibasi, A.

Expression and function of Toll-like receptor 9 in severely injured patients prone to sepsis
pp. 456-462(7)
Authors: Baiyee, E. E.; Flohe, S.; Lendemans, S.; Bauer, S.; Mueller, N.; Kreuzfelder, E.; Grosse-Wilde, H.

Mannan-binding lectin plasma levels in leprosy: deficiency confers protection against the lepromatous but not the tuberculoid forms
pp. 463-468(6)
Authors: Dornelles, L. N.; Pereira-Ferrari, L.; Messias-Reason, I.

The activity of the immunoregulatory enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase is decreased in smokers
pp. 469-473(5)
Authors: Pertovaara, M.; Heliövaara, M.; Raitala, A.; Oja, S. S.; Knekt, P.; Hurme, M.

Intracellular cytokine profile of T lymphocytes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
pp. 474-479(6)
Authors: Barceló, B.; Pons, J.; Fuster, A.; Sauleda, J.; Noguera, A.; Ferrer, J. M.; Agustí, A. G. N.

Association of interferon-γ and interleukin 10 genotypes and serum levels with partial clinical remission in type 1 diabetes
pp. 480-484(5)
Authors: Alizadeh, B. Z.; Hanifi-Moghaddam, P.; Eerligh, P.; van der Slik, A. R.; Kolb, H.; Kharagjitsingh, A. V.; Arias, A. M. Pereira; Ronkainen, M.; Knip, M.; Bonfanti, R.; Bonifacio, E.; Devendra, D.; Wilkin, T.; Giphart, M. J.; Koeleman, B. P. C.; Nolsøe, R.; Poulsen, T. Mandrup; Schloot, N. C.; Roep, B. O.

(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate protects mice from concanavalin A-induced hepatitis through suppressing immune-mediated liver injury
pp. 485-492(8)
Authors: Wang, Y.; Mei, Y.; Feng, D.; Xu, L.

Ablation of ovomucoid-induced allergic response by desensitization with recombinant ovomucoid third domain in a murine model
pp. 493-501(9)
Authors: Rupa, P.; Mine, Y.

In the rat, citrullinated autologous fibrinogen is immunogenic but the induced autoimmune response is not arthritogenic
pp. 502-512(11)
Authors: Duplan, V.; Foulquier, C.; Clavel, C.; Al Badine, R.; Serre, G.; Saoudi, A.; Sebbag, M.

The role of CD4⁺CD25⁺ T cells in autoantibody production in murine lupus
pp. 513-519(7)
Authors: Hsu, W.-T.; Suen, J.-L.; Chiang, B.-L.

Assessment of in vitro immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a human peripheral blood infection model using a luciferase reporter construct of M. tuberculosis H37Rv
pp. 520-527(8)
Authors: Al-Attiyah, R.; El-Shazly, A.; Mustafa, A. S.

Ultraviolet-A (UVA-1) radiation suppresses immunoglobulin production of activated B lymphocytes in vitro
pp. 528-534(7)
Authors: Polderman, M. C. A.; van Kooten, C.; Smit, N. P. M.; Kamerling, S. W. A.; Pavel, S.

Treatment of monocytes with interleukin (IL)-12 plus IL-18 stimulates survival, differentiation and the production of CXC chemokine ligands (CXCL)8, CXCL9 and CXCL10
pp. 535-544(10)
Authors: Coma, G.; Peña, R.; Blanco, J.; Rosell, A.; Borras, F. E.; Esté, J. A.; Clotet, B.; Ruiz, L.; Parkhouse, R. M. E.; Bofill, M.

Arginine-specific gingipains from Porphyromonas gingivalis deprive protective functions of secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor in periodontal tissue
pp. 545-554(10)
Authors: Into, T.; Inomata, M.; Kanno, Y.; Matsuyama, T.; Machigashira, M.; Izumi, Y.; Imamura, T.; Nakashima, M.; Noguchi, T.; Matsushita, K.

A potential role for interleukin-18 in inhibition of the development of Cryptosporidium parvum
pp. 555-562(8)
Authors: McDonald, V.; Pollok, R. C. G.; Dhaliwal, W.; Naik, S.; Farthing, M. J. G.; Bajaj-Elliott, M.

Increased susceptibility of cord blood B lymphocytes to undergo spontaneous apoptosis
pp. 563-570(8)
Authors: Kessel, A.; Yehudai, D.; Peri, R.; Pavlotzky, E.; Bamberger, E.; Tov, N.; Toubi, E.

Obituary: John Leslie Turk MD, DSc, MB, BS (HONS), FRCP, FRCPath, FRCS
pp. 571-572(2)

Author Index
pp. 573-578(6)

Subject index
pp. 579-581(3)