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2. Blood monitoring of circulating tumor plasma cells by next generation flow in multiple myeloma after therapy
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Sanoja-Flores, L., Flores-Montero, J., Puig, N., Contreras-Sanfeliciano, T., Pontes, R., Corral-Mateos, A., Garcia-Sanchez, O., Diez-Campelo, M., Magalhaes, R.J.P. de, Garcia-Martin, L., Alonso-Alonso, J.M., Garcia-Mateo, A., Aguilar-Franco, C., Labrador, J., Barez-Garcia, A., Maiolino, A., Paiva, B., San Miguel, J., Costa, E.S. da, Gonzalez, M., Mateos, M.V., Durie, B., Dongen, J.J.M. van, Orfao, A., Bitter, W.M., Lubbers, B.R., Meij, A.S.M. van der, Teodosio, C.I., Zlei, M., Sluijs-Gelling, A.J. van der, Burg, M. van der, Velden, V.H.J. van der, Langerak, A.W., Marvelde, J. te, Schilperoord-Vermeulen, J., Blijkerk, A., Heezen, K.C., Almeida, J., Vidriales, M.B., Perez-Andres, J.F.M.M., Matarraz, S., Blanco, E., Martin, L., Lecrevisse, Q., Perez-Moran, J.J., Almeida, A.M., Silva, M.G. da, Faria, T., Bruggemann, M., Ritgen, M., Szczepanowski, M., Kohlscheen, S., Steinert, A., Harbst, E., Finke, J., Asnafi, V., Lhermitte, L., Duroyon, E., Trka, J., Hrusak, O., Kalina, T., Mejstrikova, E., Novakova, M., Thurner, D., Kanderova, V., Szczepanski, T., Sedek, L., Bulsa, J., Slota, L., Kulis, J., Pedreira, C.E., Nierkens, S., Jong, A. de, Koning, A. de, Lima, M., Santos, A.H., Bottcher, S., Lange, S., Engelmann, R., Paape, D., Machka, C., Gaipa, G., Burracchi, C., Bugarin, C., Lopez-Granados, E., Molina, L.D., Vlkova, M., Nechvatalova, J., Roussel, M., Campos-Guyotat, L., Aanei, C., Burgos, L., Villamor-Casas, N., Magnano, L., Philippe, J., Bonroy, C., Denys, B., Willems, A., Breughe, P., Wolf, J. de, Sousa, A.E., Silva, S.L., Fernandez, P., Morf, D., EuroFlow Consortium, and Immunology
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Immunology ,Plasma Cells ,Cell Biology ,Hematology ,medicine.disease ,Flow Cytometry ,Neoplastic Cells, Circulating ,Prognosis ,Biochemistry ,Flow cytometry ,Immunophenotyping ,Text mining ,Flow (mathematics) ,medicine ,Humans ,business ,Multiple Myeloma ,Letter to Blood ,Multiple myeloma - Published
- 2019
3. Chronic immune activation in common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is associated with elevated serum levels of soluble CD14 and CD25 but not endotoxaemia
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Litzman, J., Nechvatalova, J., Xu, J., Ticha, O., Vlkova, M., and Hel, Z.
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- 2012
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4. EuroFlow-Based Flowcytometric Diagnostic Screening and Classification of Primary Immunodeficiencies of the Lymphoid System
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van Dongen, JJM, Burg, M. (Mirjam) van der, Kalina, T. (Tomas), Perez-Andres, M., Mejstříková, E. (Ester), Vlkova, M. (Marcela), Lopez-Granados, E., Wentink, M.W.J. (Marjolein), Kienzler, A.K., Philippé, J. (Jan), Sousa, A.E., van Zelm, MC, Blanco, E., Orfao, A. (Alberto), van Dongen, JJM, Burg, M. (Mirjam) van der, Kalina, T. (Tomas), Perez-Andres, M., Mejstříková, E. (Ester), Vlkova, M. (Marcela), Lopez-Granados, E., Wentink, M.W.J. (Marjolein), Kienzler, A.K., Philippé, J. (Jan), Sousa, A.E., van Zelm, MC, Blanco, E., and Orfao, A. (Alberto)
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Guidelines for screening for primary immunodeficiencies (PID) are well-defined and several consensus diagnostic strategies have been proposed. These consensus proposals have only partially been implemented due to lack of standardization in laboratory procedures, particularly in flow cytometry. The main objectives of the EuroFlow Consortium were to innovate and thoroughly standardize the flowcytometric techniques and strategies for reliable and reproducible diagnosis and classification of PID of the lymphoid system. The proposed EuroFlow antibody panels comprise one orientation tube and seven classification tubes and corresponding databases of normal and PID samples. The 8-color 12-antibody PID Orientation tube (PIDOT) aims at identification and enumeration of the main lymphocyte and leukocyte subsets; this includes naïve pre-germinal center (GC) and antigen-experienced post-GC memory B-cells and plasmablasts. The seven additional 8(-12)-color tubes can be used according to the EuroFlow PID algorithm in parallel or subsequently to the PIDOT for more detailed analysis of B-cell and T-cell subsets to further classify PID of the lymphoid system. The Pre-GC, Post-GC, and immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH)-isotype B-cell tubes aim at identification and enumeration of B-cell subsets for evaluation of B-cell maturation blocks and specific defects in IgH-subclass production. The severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) tube and T-cell memory/effector subset tube aim at identification and enumeration of T-cell subsets for assessment of T-cell defects, such as SCID. In case of suspicion of antibody deficiency, PIDOT is preferably directly combined with the IgH isotype tube(s) and in case of SCID suspicion (e.g., in newborn screening programs) the PIDOT is preferably directly combined with the SCID T-cell tube. The proposed ≥8-color antibody panels and corresponding reference databases combined with the EuroFlow PID algorithm are designed to provide fast, sensitive and cost-effect
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- 2019
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5. EuroFlow-based flowcytometric diagnostic screening and classification of primary immunodeficiencies of the lymphoid system
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Dongen, J.J.M. (Jacques) van, Burg, M. (Mirjam) van der, Kalina, T. (Tomas), Perez-Andres, M., Mejstříková, E. (Ester), Vlkova, M. (Marcela), Lopez-Granados, E. (Eduardo), Wentink, M.W.J. (Marjolein), Kienzler, A.-K. (Anne-Kathrin), Philippé, J. (Jan), Sousa, A.E. (Ana E.), Zelm, M.C. (Menno) van, Blanco, E. (Elena), Orfao, A. (Alberto), Dongen, J.J.M. (Jacques) van, Burg, M. (Mirjam) van der, Kalina, T. (Tomas), Perez-Andres, M., Mejstříková, E. (Ester), Vlkova, M. (Marcela), Lopez-Granados, E. (Eduardo), Wentink, M.W.J. (Marjolein), Kienzler, A.-K. (Anne-Kathrin), Philippé, J. (Jan), Sousa, A.E. (Ana E.), Zelm, M.C. (Menno) van, Blanco, E. (Elena), and Orfao, A. (Alberto)
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Guidelines for screening for primary immunodeficiencies (PID) are well-defined and several consensus diagnostic strategies have been proposed. These consensus proposals have only partially been implemented due to lack of standardization in laboratory procedures, particularly in flow cytometry. The main objectives of the EuroFlow Consortium were to innovate and thoroughly standardize the flowcytometric techniques and strategies for reliable and reproducible diagnosis and classification of PID of the lymphoid system. The proposed EuroFlow antibody panels comprise one orientation tube and seven classification tubes and corresponding databases of normal and PID samples. The 8-color 12-antibody PID Orientation tube (PIDOT) aims at identification and enumeration of the main lymphocyte and leukocyte subsets; this includes naïve pre-germinal center (GC) and antigen-experienced post-GC memory B-cells and plasmablasts. The seven additional 8(-12)-color tubes can be used according to the Eur
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- 2019
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6. The EuroFlow PID Orientation Tube for Flow Cytometric Diagnostic Screening of Primary Immunodeficiencies of the Lymphoid System
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Burg, M. (Mirjam) van der, Kalina, T. (Tomas), Perez-Andres, M., Vlkova, M. (Marcela), Lopez-Granados, E., Blanco, E., Bonroy, C., Sousa, A.E., Kienzler, A.K., Wentink, M.W.J. (Marjolein), Mejstriikovaa, E., Siinkorova, V., Stuchly, J., van Zelm, MC, Orfao, A. (Alberto), van Dongen, JJM, Burg, M. (Mirjam) van der, Kalina, T. (Tomas), Perez-Andres, M., Vlkova, M. (Marcela), Lopez-Granados, E., Blanco, E., Bonroy, C., Sousa, A.E., Kienzler, A.K., Wentink, M.W.J. (Marjolein), Mejstriikovaa, E., Siinkorova, V., Stuchly, J., van Zelm, MC, Orfao, A. (Alberto), and van Dongen, JJM
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In the rapidly evolving field of primary immunodeficiencies (PID), the EuroFlow consortium decided to develop a PID orientation and screening tube that facilitates fast, standardized, and validated immunophenotypic diagnosis of lymphoid PID, and allows full exchange of data between centers. Our aim was to develop a tool that would be universal for all lymphoid PIDs and offer high sensitivity to identify a lymphoid PID (without a need for specificity to diagnose particular PID) and to guide and prioritize further diagnostic modalities and clinical management. The tube composition has been defined in a stepwise manner through several cycles of design-testing-evaluationredesign in a multicenter setting. Equally important appeared to be the standardized preanalytical procedures (sample preparation and instrument setup), analytical procedures (immunostaining and data acquisition), the software analysis (a multidimensional view based on a reference database in Infinicyt software), and data interpretation. This standardized EuroFlow concept has been tested on 250 healthy controls and 99 PID patients with defined genetic defects. In addition, an application of new EuroFlow software tools with multidimensional pattern recognition was designed with inclusion of maturation pathways in multidimensional patterns (APS plots). The major advantage of the EuroFlow approach is that data can be fully exchanged between different laboratories in any country of the world, which is especially of interest for the PID field, with generally low numbers of cases per center.
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7. Defects in memory B-cell and plasma cell subsets expressing different immunoglobulin-subclasses in patients with CVID and immunoglobulin subclass deficiencies
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Blanco, E, Perez-Andres, M, Arriba-Mendez, S, Serrano, C, Criado, I, Del Pino-Molina, L, Silva, S, Madruga, I, Bakardjieva, M, Martins, C, Serra-Caetano, A, Romero, A, Contreras-Sanfeliciano, T, Bonroy, C, Sala, F, Martin, A, Bastida, JM, Lorente, F, Prieto, C, Davila, I, Marcos, M, Kalina, T, Vlkova, M, Chovancova, Z, Cordeiro, AI, Philippe, J, Haerynck, F, Lopez-Granados, E, Sousa, AE, van der Burg, Mirjam, van Dongen, JJM, Orfao, A, Blanco, E, Perez-Andres, M, Arriba-Mendez, S, Serrano, C, Criado, I, Del Pino-Molina, L, Silva, S, Madruga, I, Bakardjieva, M, Martins, C, Serra-Caetano, A, Romero, A, Contreras-Sanfeliciano, T, Bonroy, C, Sala, F, Martin, A, Bastida, JM, Lorente, F, Prieto, C, Davila, I, Marcos, M, Kalina, T, Vlkova, M, Chovancova, Z, Cordeiro, AI, Philippe, J, Haerynck, F, Lopez-Granados, E, Sousa, AE, van der Burg, Mirjam, van Dongen, JJM, and Orfao, A
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- 2019
8. The EuroFlow PID Orientation Tube for Flow Cytometric Diagnostic Screening of Primary Immunodeficiencies of the Lymphoid System
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van der Burg, Mirjam, Kalina, T, Perez-Andres, M, Vlkova, M, Lopez-Granados, E, Blanco, E, Bonroy, C, Sousa, AE, Kienzler, AK, Wentink, Marjolein, Mejstriikovaa, E, Siinkorova, V, Stuchly, J, van Zelm, MC, Orfao, A, Dongen, Jacques, van der Burg, Mirjam, Kalina, T, Perez-Andres, M, Vlkova, M, Lopez-Granados, E, Blanco, E, Bonroy, C, Sousa, AE, Kienzler, AK, Wentink, Marjolein, Mejstriikovaa, E, Siinkorova, V, Stuchly, J, van Zelm, MC, Orfao, A, and Dongen, Jacques
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- 2019
9. Absence of surface IgD does not impair naive B cell homeostasis and memory B cell formation in humans
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Nechvatalova, J., primary, Bartol, S.J.W., additional, Chovancova, Z., additional, Boon, L., additional, Vlkova, M., additional, and van Zelm, M.C., additional
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- 2018
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10. Strength and weakness of B cell phenotype based classification of patients with common variable immunodeficiency
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Warnatz, K, Wehr, C, Schmitt, C, Ferry, B, Witte, T, Eren, E, Hernandez, M, Detkova, D, Litzman, J, Rosado, M, Bos, P, Poerksen, G, von Bernuth, H, Baumann, U, Gameiro, C, Cruyssen, F, Le Graff, M, Vlkova, M, Jacobs, R, Jones, J, Bateman, E, Gutenberger, S, Schlesier, M, van Hagen, P, and Carsetti, R
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- 2016
11. Dissection of the peripheral B-cell compartment and immunoglobulin subclass subsetting
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Perez-Andres, M, Blanco, E, de Arriba, S, Lopez-Granados, E, Torres-Canizales, J, van der Burg, Mirjam, Kalina, T, Kienzler, AK, Vlkova, M, Sobral, ES, Chapel, H, Lorente, F, van Zelm, Menno, Dongen, Jacques, Orfao, A, van Dongen, J.J.M., and Immunology
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- 2015
12. The recombinant protein rSP03B is a valid antigen for screening dog exposure to Phlebotomus perniciosus across foci of canine leishmaniasis
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KOSTALOVA, T., primary, LESTINOVA, T., additional, MAIA, C., additional, SUMOVA, P., additional, VLKOVA, M., additional, WILLEN, L., additional, POLANSKA, N., additional, FIORENTINO, E., additional, SCALONE, A., additional, OLIVA, G., additional, VERONESI, F., additional, CRISTÓVÃO, J. M., additional, COURTENAY, O., additional, CAMPINO, L., additional, GRADONI, L., additional, GRAMICCIA, M., additional, and VOLF, P., additional
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- 2016
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13. The recombinant protein r SP03B is a valid antigen for screening dog exposure to Phlebotomus perniciosus across foci of canine leishmaniasis.
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KOSTALOVA, T., LESTINOVA, T., MAIA, C., SUMOVA, P., VLKOVA, M., WILLEN, L., POLANSKA, N., FIORENTINO, E., SCALONE, A., OLIVA, G., VERONESI, F., CRISTÓVÃO, J. M., COURTENAY, O., CAMPINO, L., GRADONI, L., GRAMICCIA, M., and VOLF, P.
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PHLEBOTOMUS fever ,IMMUNOGLOBULINS ,PHLEBOTOMUS ,LEISHMANIASIS ,RECOMBINANT proteins - Abstract
The frequency of sandfly-host contacts can be measured by host antibody levels against sandfly salivary proteins. Recombinant salivary proteins are suggested to represent a valid replacement for salivary gland homogenate ( SGH); however, it is necessary to prove that such antigens are recognized by antibodies against various populations of the same species. Phlebotomus perniciosus ( Diptera: Psychodidae) is the main vector of Leishmania infantum ( Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae) in southwest Europe and is widespread from Portugal to Italy. In this study, sera were sampled from naturally exposed dogs from distant regions, including Campania (southern Italy), Umbria (central Italy) and the metropolitan Lisbon region ( Portugal), where P. perniciosus is the unique or principal vector species. Sera were screened for anti- P. perniciosus antibodies using SGH and 43- kDa yellow-related recombinant protein ( rSP03B). A robust correlation between antibodies recognizing SGH and rSP03B was detected in all regions, suggesting substantial antigenic cross-reactivity among different P. perniciosus populations. No significant differences in this relationship were detected between regions. Moreover, rSP03B and the native yellow-related protein were shown to share similar antigenic epitopes, as canine immunoglobulin G ( IgG) binding to the native protein was inhibited by pre-incubation with the recombinant form. These findings suggest that rSP03B should be regarded as a universal marker of sandfly exposure throughout the geographical distribution of P. perniciosus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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14. Strength and weakness of B cell phenotype based classification of patients with common variable immunodeficiency
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Warnatz, K, Wehr, C, Schmitt, C, Ferry, B, Witte, T, Eren, E, Hernandez, M, Detkova, D, Litzman, J, Rosado, M, Bos, PR, Poerksen, G, von Bernuth, H, Baumann, U, Gameiro, C, Cruyssen, FBVD, Le Graff, M, Vlkova, M, Jacobs, R, Jones, J, Bateman, E, Gutenberger, S, Schlesier, M, van Hagen, PM, Carsetti, R, Quinti, I, Plebani, A, Schmidt, RE, Thon, V, Espanol, T, Oksenhendler, E, Webster, AD, Chapel, H, and Peter, H
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- 2005
15. The EUROclass trial: Defining subgroups in common variable immunodeficiency
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Wehr, C. (Claudia), Kivioja, T. (Teemu), Schmitt, C. (Christian), Ferry, B. (Berne), Witte, T. (Torsten), Eren, E. (Efrem), Vlkova, M. (Marcela), Hernandez, M. (Manuel), Detkova, D. (Drahomira), Bos, P.R. (Philip), Poerksen, G. (Gonke), Bernuth, H. (Horst) von, Baumann, U. (Ulrich), Goldacker, S. (Sigune), Gutenberger, S. (Sylvia), Schlesier, M. (Michael), Bergeron-Van der Cruyssen, F. (Florence), Le Garff, M. (Magali), Debré, P. (Patrice), Jacobs, R. (Roland), Jones, J. (John), Bateman, E. (Elizabeth), Litzman, J. (Jiri), Hagen, P.M. (Martin) van, Plebani, A. (Alessandro), Schmidt, R. (Reinhold), Thon, V. (Vojtech), Quinti, I. (Isabella), Espanol, T. (Teresa), Webster, A.D. (David), Chapel, H. (Helen), Vihinen, M. (Mauno), Oksenhendler, E. (Eric), Peter, H.H., Warnatz, K. (Klaus), Wehr, C. (Claudia), Kivioja, T. (Teemu), Schmitt, C. (Christian), Ferry, B. (Berne), Witte, T. (Torsten), Eren, E. (Efrem), Vlkova, M. (Marcela), Hernandez, M. (Manuel), Detkova, D. (Drahomira), Bos, P.R. (Philip), Poerksen, G. (Gonke), Bernuth, H. (Horst) von, Baumann, U. (Ulrich), Goldacker, S. (Sigune), Gutenberger, S. (Sylvia), Schlesier, M. (Michael), Bergeron-Van der Cruyssen, F. (Florence), Le Garff, M. (Magali), Debré, P. (Patrice), Jacobs, R. (Roland), Jones, J. (John), Bateman, E. (Elizabeth), Litzman, J. (Jiri), Hagen, P.M. (Martin) van, Plebani, A. (Alessandro), Schmidt, R. (Reinhold), Thon, V. (Vojtech), Quinti, I. (Isabella), Espanol, T. (Teresa), Webster, A.D. (David), Chapel, H. (Helen), Vihinen, M. (Mauno), Oksenhendler, E. (Eric), Peter, H.H., and Warnatz, K. (Klaus)
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The heterogeneity of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) calls for a classification addressing pathogenic mechanisms as well as clinical relevance. This European multicenter trial was initiated to develop a consensus of 2 existing classification schemes based on flowcytometric B-cell phenotyping and the clinical course. The clinical evaluation of 303 patients with the established diagnosis of CVID demonstrated a significant coincidence of granulomatous disease, autoimmune cytopenia, and splenomegaly. Phenotyping of B-cell subpopulations confirmed a severe reduction of switched memory B cells in most of the patients that was associated with a higher risk for splenomegaly and granulomatous disease. An expansion of CD21lowB cells marked patients with splenomegaly. Lymphadenopathy was significantly linked with transitional B-cell expansion. Based on these findings and pathogenic consideration of B-cell differentiation, we suggest an improved classification for CVID (EUROclass), separating patients with nearly absent B cells (less than 1%), severely reduced switched memory B cells (less than 2%), and expansion of transitional (more th
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16. ChemInform Abstract: Potential Antidepressants: 3-Aryl-3-(arylthio)propylamines as Selective Inhibitors of 5-Hydroxytryptamine Re-Uptake in the Brain.
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VALENTA, V., primary, VLKOVA, M., additional, VALCHAR, M., additional, DOBROVSKY, K., additional, and POLIVKA, Z., additional
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- 2010
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17. Early manifestation and recognition of C2 complement deficiency in the form of pyogenic infection in infancy
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Litzman, J, primary, Freiberger, T, additional, Bartonkova, D, additional, Vlkova, M, additional, Thon, V, additional, and Lokaj, J, additional
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- 2003
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18. ChemInform Abstract: Tricyclic Neuroleptics: Synthesis of Metabolites of Isofloxythepin and Some Related Compounds.
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SINDELAR, K., primary, JILEK, J., additional, POMYKACEK, J., additional, VALENTA, V., additional, HRUBANTOVA, M., additional, VLKOVA, M., additional, HOLUBEK, J., additional, SVATEK, E., additional, RYSKA, M., additional, METYSOVA, J., additional, and PROTIVA, M., additional
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- 1990
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19. ChemInform Abstract: Potential Neuroleptics of the Orthopramide Series; Synthesis of N-(3-(tert.-Amino)propyl)-5-sulfamoyl-2-methoxybenzamides.
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VALENTA, V., primary, VLKOVA, M., additional, HOLUBEK, J., additional, SVATEK, E., additional, METYSOVA, J., additional, and PROTIVA, M., additional
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- 1990
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20. Edible plants sold on marginal rural markets in fergana valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan
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Vlkova, M., Vladimir Verner, Kandakov, A., Polesny, Z., Karabaev, N., Pawera, L., Nadvornikova, I., and Banout, J.
21. ChemInform Abstract: Potential Neurotropic and Antiinflammatory Agents: 2‐Chloro‐10,11‐dihydrodibenzo(b,f)thiepin‐10‐yl Sulfides.
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VALENTA, V., primary, VLKOVA, M., additional, and PROTIVA, M., additional
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- 1989
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22. ChemInform Abstract: Potential Antidepressants: 10‐Amino‐2‐chloro‐10,11‐dihydrodibenzo(b,f)thiepins.
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VALENTA, V., primary, VLKOVA, M., additional, HOLUBEK, J., additional, METYSOVA, J., additional, and PROTIVA, M., additional
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- 1989
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23. ChemInform Abstract: Potential Antidepressants: 3-Aryl-3-(arylthio)propylamines as Selective Inhibitors of 5-Hydroxytryptamine Re-Uptake in the Brain.
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VALENTA, V., VLKOVA, M., VALCHAR, M., DOBROVSKY, K., and POLIVKA, Z.
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- 1991
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24. Chapter Flow Based Enumeration of Plasmablasts in Peripheral Blood After Vaccination as a Novel Diagnostic Marker for Assessing Antibody Responses in Patients with Hypogammaglobulinaemia
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Thon, Vojtěch, Vlkova, Marcela, Litzman, Jiří, Chovancová, Zita, and Lokaj, Jindřich
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Computing & information technology ,bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UY Computer science::UYM Computer modelling & simulation - Abstract
Computer modelling & simulation
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- 2012
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25. B cell subsets reconstitution and immunoglobulin levels in children and adolescents with B non-Hodgkin lymphoma after treatment with single anti CD20 agent dose included in chemotherapeutic protocols: single center experience and review of the literature.
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Hlavackova E, Krenova Z, Kerekes A, Slanina P, and Vlkova M
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- Humans, Child, Adolescent, Male, Retrospective Studies, Female, B-Lymphocyte Subsets immunology, B-Lymphocyte Subsets drug effects, Child, Preschool, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use, Lymphoma, B-Cell drug therapy, Lymphoma, B-Cell immunology, Immunoglobulins administration & dosage, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin drug therapy, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin immunology, Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological administration & dosage, Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological therapeutic use, Rituximab therapeutic use, Rituximab administration & dosage
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Background: RTX, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, added to chemotherapy has proven to be effective in children and adolescents with high-grade, high-risk and matured non-Hodgkin lymphoma. RTX leads to prompt CD19+ B lymphocyte depletion. However, despite preserved immunoglobulin production by long-lived plasmablasts after treatment, patients remain at risk of prolonged hypogammaglobulinemia. Further, there are few general guidelines for immunology laboratories and clinical feature monitoring after B cell-targeted therapies. The aim of this paper is to describe B cell reconstitution and immunoglobulin levels after pediatric B-NHL protocols, that included a single RTX dose and to review the literature., Methods: A retrospective single-center study on the impact of a single RTX dose included in a chemotherapeutic pediatric B Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (B-NHL) treatment protocols. Immunology laboratory and clinical features were evaluated over an eight hundred days follow-up (FU) period, after completing B-NHL treatment., Results: Nineteen patients (fifteen Burkitt lymphoma, three Diffuse large B cell lymphoma, and one Marginal zone B cell lymphoma) fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Initiation of B cell subset reconstitution occurred a median of three months after B-NHL treatment. Naïve and transitional B cells declined over the FU in contrast to the marginal zone and the switched memory B cell increase. The percentage of patients with IgG, IgA, and IgM hypogammaglobulinemia declined consistently over the FU. Prolonged IgG hypogammaglobulinemia was detectable in 9%, IgM in 13%, and IgA in 25%. All revaccinated patients responded to protein-based vaccines by specific IgG antibody production increase. Following antibiotic prophylaxes, none of the patients with hypogammaglobulinemia manifested with either a severe or opportunistic infection course., Conclusion: The addition of a single RTX dose to the chemotherapeutic treatment protocols was not shown to increase the risk of developing secondary antibody deficiency in B-NHL pediatric patients. Observed prolonged hypogammaglobulinemia remained clinically silent. However interdisciplinary agreement on regular long-term immunology FU after anti-CD20 agent treatment is required., Competing Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
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26. Phenotype and oxidative burst of low-density neutrophil subpopulations are altered in common variable immunodeficiency patients.
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Slanina P, Stichova J, Bosakova V, Zambo IS, Kohoutkova MH, Laznickova P, Chovancova Z, Litzman J, Plucarova T, Fric J, and Vlkova M
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- Humans, Respiratory Burst, Flow Cytometry, Phenotype, Neutrophils, Common Variable Immunodeficiency
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Common variable immunodeficiency disorder (CVID) is the most common form of primary antibody immunodeficiency. Due to low antibody levels, CVID patients receive intravenous or subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacement therapy as treatment. CVID is associated with the chronic activation of granulocytes, including an increased percentage of low-density neutrophils (LDNs). In this study, we examined changes in the percentage of LDNs and the expression of their surface markers in 25 patients with CVID and 27 healthy donors (HD) after in vitro stimulation of whole blood using IVIg. An oxidative burst assay was used to assess the functionality of LDNs. CVID patients had increased both relative and absolute LDN counts with a higher proportion of mLDNs compared to iLDNs, distinguished based on the expression of CD10 and CD16. Immature LDNs in the CVID and HD groups had significantly reduced oxidative burst capacity compared to mature LDNs. Interestingly we observed reduced oxidative burst capacity, reduced expression of CD10 after stimulation of WB, and higher expression of PD-L1 in mature LDNs in CVID patients compared to HD cells. Our data indicate that that the functional characteristics of LDNs are closely linked to their developmental stage. The observed reduction in oxidative burst capacity in mLDNs in CVID patients could contribute to an increased susceptibility to recurrent bacterial infections among CVID patients., (© 2023 The Authors. Cytometry Part B: Clinical Cytometry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Clinical Cytometry Society.)
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27. TNFR2 expression is a hallmark of human memory B cells with suppressive function.
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Ticha O, Slanina P, Moos L, Stichova J, Vlkova M, and Bekeredjian-Ding I
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- B-Lymphocytes, Regulatory immunology, B-Lymphocytes, Regulatory metabolism, Case-Control Studies, Cell Communication immunology, Cell Differentiation immunology, Common Variable Immunodeficiency etiology, Common Variable Immunodeficiency metabolism, Cytokines metabolism, Humans, Interleukin-10 metabolism, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II metabolism, T-Lymphocytes immunology, T-Lymphocytes metabolism, Toll-Like Receptor 9 metabolism, B-Lymphocytes immunology, B-Lymphocytes metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Immunologic Memory, Immunomodulation genetics, Lymphocyte Activation genetics, Lymphocyte Activation immunology, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II genetics
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Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 2 (TNFR2) expression is increasingly being linked to tolerogenic immune reactions and cells with suppressor function including a subset of T-regulatory cells. B-regulatory cells play an important role in control of T-cell responses and inflammation. Recently, we described TNFR2 as a marker for IL-10-producing B cells, a hallmark of this cell subset. Here, we demonstrate that proliferation of T cells is reduced in the presence of TNFR2 positive human memory B cells generated with TLR9 ligand, while TNFR2- and TNFR2+CD27- B cells display costimulatory activity. Our data further reveal that IL-10 secretion is characteristic of IgM+ naïve and memory B cells but suppressive activity is not restricted to IL-10: (i) the inhibitory effect of TNFR2+ switched memory B cells was comparable to that exerted by TNFR2+ IgM+ memory B cells although IL-10 secretion levels in the cocultures were lower; (ii) supernatants from TNFR2+ memory B cells failed to suppress T-cell proliferation. Based on our findings, we propose that formation of Breg is a specific characteristic of human memory B cells undergoing terminal differentiation. Our data further corroborate that TNFR2 represents a viable marker for identification of memory B cells with regulatory function., (© 2021 The Authors. European Journal of Immunology published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.)
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28. Novel SAMD9 Mutation in a Patient With Immunodeficiency, Neutropenia, Impaired Anti-CMV Response, and Severe Gastrointestinal Involvement.
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Formankova R, Kanderova V, Rackova M, Svaton M, Brdicka T, Riha P, Keslova P, Mejstrikova E, Zaliova M, Freiberger T, Grombirikova H, Zemanova Z, Vlkova M, Fencl F, Copova I, Bronsky J, Jabandziev P, Sedlacek P, Soukalova J, Zapletal O, Stary J, Trka J, Kalina T, Skvarova Kramarzova K, Hlavackova E, Litzman J, and Fronkova E
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- Child, Preschool, Cytomegalovirus Infections genetics, Cytomegalovirus Infections immunology, Humans, Infant, Male, Mutation, Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes genetics, Neutropenia genetics, Smad8 Protein genetics
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Mutations in the Sterile alpha motif domain containing 9 ( SAMD9 ) gene have been described in patients with severe multisystem disorder, MIRAGE syndrome, but also in patients with bone marrow (BM) failure in the absence of other systemic symptoms. The role of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in the management of the disease is still unclear. Here, we present a patient with a novel mutation in SAMD9 (c.2471 G>A, p.R824Q), manifesting with prominent gastrointestinal tract involvement and immunodeficiency, but without any sign of adrenal insufficiency typical for MIRAGE syndrome. He suffered from severe CMV (cytomegalovirus) infection at 3 months of age, with a delayed development of T lymphocyte functional response against CMV, profound T cell activation, significantly reduced B lymphocyte counts and impaired lymphocyte proliferative response. Cultured T cells displayed slightly lower calcium flux and decreased survival. At the age of 6 months, he developed severe neutropenia requiring G-CSF administration, and despite only mild morphological and immunophenotypical disturbances in the BM, 78% of the BM cells showed monosomy 7 at the age of 18 months. Surprisingly, T cell proliferation after CD3 stimulation and apoptosis of the cells normalized during the follow-up, possibly reflecting the gradual development of monosomy 7. Among other prominent symptoms, he had difficulty swallowing, requiring percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), frequent gastrointestinal infections, and perianal erosions. He suffered from repeated infections and periodic recurring fevers with the elevation of inflammatory markers. At 26 months of age, he underwent HSCT that significantly improved hematological and immunological laboratory parameters. Nevertheless, he continued to suffer from other conditions, and subsequently, he died at day 440 post-transplant due to sepsis. Pathogenicity of this novel SAMD9 mutation was confirmed experimentally. Expression of mutant SAMD9 caused a significant decrease in proliferation and increase in cell death of the transfected cells. Conclusion: We describe a novel SAMD9 mutation in a patient with prominent gastrointestinal and immunological symptoms but without adrenal hypoplasia. Thus, SAMD9 mutations should be considered as cause of enteropathy in pediatric patients. The insufficient therapeutic outcome of transplantation further questions the role of HSCT in the management of patients with SAMD9 mutations and multisystem involvement., (Copyright © 2019 Formankova, Kanderova, Rackova, Svaton, Brdicka, Riha, Keslova, Mejstrikova, Zaliova, Freiberger, Grombirikova, Zemanova, Vlkova, Fencl, Copova, Bronsky, Jabandziev, Sedlacek, Soukalova, Zapletal, Stary, Trka, Kalina, Skvarova Kramarzova, Hlavackova, Litzman and Fronkova.)
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29. Defects in memory B-cell and plasma cell subsets expressing different immunoglobulin-subclasses in patients with CVID and immunoglobulin subclass deficiencies.
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Blanco E, Pérez-Andrés M, Arriba-Méndez S, Serrano C, Criado I, Del Pino-Molina L, Silva S, Madruga I, Bakardjieva M, Martins C, Serra-Caetano A, Romero A, Contreras-Sanfeliciano T, Bonroy C, Sala F, Martín A, Bastida JM, Lorente F, Prieto C, Dávila I, Marcos M, Kalina T, Vlkova M, Chovancova Z, Cordeiro AI, Philippé J, Haerynck F, López-Granados E, Sousa AE, van der Burg M, van Dongen JJM, and Orfao A
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cell Count, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Immunoglobulins deficiency, Immunoglobulins immunology, Male, Middle Aged, Young Adult, B-Lymphocyte Subsets immunology, Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes immunology, Plasma Cells immunology
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Background: Predominantly antibody deficiencies (PADs) are the most prevalent primary immunodeficiencies, but their B-cell defects and underlying genetic alterations remain largely unknown., Objective: We investigated patients with PADs for the distribution of 41 blood B-cell and plasma cell (PC) subsets, including subsets defined by expression of distinct immunoglobulin heavy chain subclasses., Methods: Blood samples from 139 patients with PADs, 61 patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), 68 patients with selective IgA deficiency (IgAdef), 10 patients with IgG subclass deficiency with IgA deficiency, and 223 age-matched control subjects were studied by using flow cytometry with EuroFlow immunoglobulin isotype staining. Patients were classified according to their B-cell and PC immune profile, and the obtained patient clusters were correlated with clinical manifestations of PADs., Results: Decreased counts of blood PCs, memory B cells (MBCs), or both expressing distinct IgA and IgG subclasses were identified in all patients with PADs. In patients with IgAdef, B-cell defects were mainly restricted to surface membrane (sm)IgA
+ PCs and MBCs, with 2 clear subgroups showing strongly decreased numbers of smIgA+ PCs with mild versus severe smIgA+ MBC defects and higher frequencies of nonrespiratory tract infections, autoimmunity, and affected family members. Patients with IgG subclass deficiency with IgA deficiency and those with CVID showed defects in both smIgA+ and smIgG+ MBCs and PCs. Reduced numbers of switched PCs were systematically found in patients with CVID (absent in 98%), with 6 different defective MBC (and clinical) profiles: (1) profound decrease in MBC numbers; (2) defective CD27+ MBCs with almost normal IgG3 + MBCs; (3) absence of switched MBCs; and (4) presence of both unswitched and switched MBCs without and; (5) with IgG2 + MBCs; and (6) with IgA1 + MBCs., Conclusion: Distinct PAD defective B-cell patterns were identified that are associated with unique clinical profiles., (Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
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30. EuroFlow-Based Flowcytometric Diagnostic Screening and Classification of Primary Immunodeficiencies of the Lymphoid System.
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van Dongen JJM, van der Burg M, Kalina T, Perez-Andres M, Mejstrikova E, Vlkova M, Lopez-Granados E, Wentink M, Kienzler AK, Philippé J, Sousa AE, van Zelm MC, Blanco E, and Orfao A
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Flow Cytometry methods, Humans, Immunologic Memory immunology, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Leukocytes immunology, Male, Middle Aged, Neonatal Screening methods, Plasma Cells immunology, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency diagnosis, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency immunology, T-Lymphocytes immunology, Young Adult, Lymphocytes immunology, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases diagnosis, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases immunology
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Guidelines for screening for primary immunodeficiencies (PID) are well-defined and several consensus diagnostic strategies have been proposed. These consensus proposals have only partially been implemented due to lack of standardization in laboratory procedures, particularly in flow cytometry. The main objectives of the EuroFlow Consortium were to innovate and thoroughly standardize the flowcytometric techniques and strategies for reliable and reproducible diagnosis and classification of PID of the lymphoid system. The proposed EuroFlow antibody panels comprise one orientation tube and seven classification tubes and corresponding databases of normal and PID samples. The 8-color 12-antibody PID Orientation tube (PIDOT) aims at identification and enumeration of the main lymphocyte and leukocyte subsets; this includes naïve pre-germinal center (GC) and antigen-experienced post-GC memory B-cells and plasmablasts. The seven additional 8(-12)-color tubes can be used according to the EuroFlow PID algorithm in parallel or subsequently to the PIDOT for more detailed analysis of B-cell and T-cell subsets to further classify PID of the lymphoid system. The Pre-GC, Post-GC, and immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH)-isotype B-cell tubes aim at identification and enumeration of B-cell subsets for evaluation of B-cell maturation blocks and specific defects in IgH-subclass production. The severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) tube and T-cell memory/effector subset tube aim at identification and enumeration of T-cell subsets for assessment of T-cell defects, such as SCID. In case of suspicion of antibody deficiency, PIDOT is preferably directly combined with the IgH isotype tube(s) and in case of SCID suspicion (e.g., in newborn screening programs) the PIDOT is preferably directly combined with the SCID T-cell tube. The proposed ≥8-color antibody panels and corresponding reference databases combined with the EuroFlow PID algorithm are designed to provide fast, sensitive and cost-effective flowcytometric diagnosis of PID of the lymphoid system, easily applicable in multicenter diagnostic settings world-wide.
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31. Neutrophils Are Dysregulated in Patients with Hereditary Angioedema Types I and II in a Symptom-Free Period.
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Grymova T, Vlkova M, Soucek P, Hakl R, Nechvatalova J, Slanina P, Stichova J, Litzman J, and Freiberger T
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- Adolescent, Adult, B7-H1 Antigen metabolism, CD11b Antigen metabolism, Cells, Cultured, Child, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Flow Cytometry, Humans, Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein metabolism, Interleukin-1beta metabolism, Interleukin-8 metabolism, Leukocytes, Mononuclear metabolism, Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 metabolism, Pancreatic Elastase blood, Peroxidase blood, RNA, Messenger, Receptors, IgG metabolism, Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator metabolism, Toll-Like Receptor 4 metabolism, Young Adult, Hereditary Angioedema Types I and II metabolism, Neutrophils metabolism
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Neutrophils impact on processes preceding the formation of bradykinin, a major swelling mediator in hereditary angioedema (HAE), yet their potential role in HAE pathogenesis has not been sufficiently studied. We assessed the relative mRNA expression of 10 genes related to neutrophil activation using RNA extracted from the peripheral blood neutrophils of 23 HAE patients in a symptom-free period and 39 healthy donors. Increased relative mRNA expression levels of CD274 , IL1B , IL1RN , IL8 , MMP9 , and TLR4 , together with a lack in their mutual correlations detected in HAE patients compared to healthy controls, suggested a preactivated state and dysregulation of patients' neutrophils. Patients' neutrophil-alerted state was further supported by increased CD11b, decreased CD16 plasma membrane deposition, and increased relative CD274
+ and CD87+ neutrophil counts, but not by increased neutrophil elastase or myeloperoxidase plasma levels. As CD274 mediates inhibitory signals to different immune cells, neutrophils were cocultured with T-cells/PBMC. The decrease in CD25+ and IFN- γ+ T-cell/PBMC ratio in patients indicated the patients' neutrophil suppressive functions. In summary, the results showed neutrophils' alerted state and dysregulation at the transcript level in patients with HAE types I and II even in a symptom-free period, which might make them more susceptible to edema formation. Neutrophils' T-cell suppressive capacity in HAE patients needs to be further investigated.- Published
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32. The EuroFlow PID Orientation Tube for Flow Cytometric Diagnostic Screening of Primary Immunodeficiencies of the Lymphoid System.
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van der Burg M, Kalina T, Perez-Andres M, Vlkova M, Lopez-Granados E, Blanco E, Bonroy C, Sousa AE, Kienzler AK, Wentink M, Mejstríková E, Šinkorova V, Stuchly J, van Zelm MC, Orfao A, and van Dongen JJM
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Case-Control Studies, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Immunophenotyping methods, Infant, Male, Middle Aged, Reference Standards, Young Adult, Flow Cytometry methods, Immune System pathology, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases diagnosis
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In the rapidly evolving field of primary immunodeficiencies (PID), the EuroFlow consortium decided to develop a PID orientation and screening tube that facilitates fast, standardized, and validated immunophenotypic diagnosis of lymphoid PID, and allows full exchange of data between centers. Our aim was to develop a tool that would be universal for all lymphoid PIDs and offer high sensitivity to identify a lymphoid PID (without a need for specificity to diagnose particular PID) and to guide and prioritize further diagnostic modalities and clinical management. The tube composition has been defined in a stepwise manner through several cycles of design-testing-evaluation-redesign in a multicenter setting. Equally important appeared to be the standardized pre-analytical procedures (sample preparation and instrument setup), analytical procedures (immunostaining and data acquisition), the software analysis (a multidimensional view based on a reference database in Infinicyt software), and data interpretation. This standardized EuroFlow concept has been tested on 250 healthy controls and 99 PID patients with defined genetic defects. In addition, an application of new EuroFlow software tools with multidimensional pattern recognition was designed with inclusion of maturation pathways in multidimensional patterns (APS plots). The major advantage of the EuroFlow approach is that data can be fully exchanged between different laboratories in any country of the world, which is especially of interest for the PID field, with generally low numbers of cases per center.
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33. Neutrophil and Granulocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell-Mediated T Cell Suppression Significantly Contributes to Immune Dysregulation in Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders.
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Vlkova M, Chovancova Z, Nechvatalova J, Connelly AN, Davis MD, Slanina P, Travnickova L, Litzman M, Grymova T, Soucek P, Freiberger T, Litzman J, and Hel Z
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, B7-H1 Antigen metabolism, CD11b Antigen metabolism, Cells, Cultured, Female, Humans, Immune Tolerance, Male, Middle Aged, Neutrophil Activation, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism, Young Adult, Common Variable Immunodeficiency immunology, Granulocytes physiology, Lipocalin-2 blood, Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells physiology, Neutrophils physiology, T-Lymphocytes immunology
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Common variable immunodeficiency disorders (CVID) represent a group of primary immunodeficiency diseases characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia and impaired specific Ab response, resulting in recurrent infections due to dysfunctional immune response. The specific mechanisms mediating immune deficiency in CVID remain to be determined. Previous studies indicated that immune dysregulation in CVID patients is associated with chronic microbial translocation, systemic immune activation, and altered homeostasis of lymphocytic and myeloid lineages. A detailed phenotypic, functional characterization of plasma markers and immune cell populations was performed in 46 CVID patients and 44 healthy donors. CVID patients displayed significantly elevated plasma levels of a marker of neutrophil activation neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin. Neutrophils from CVID patients exhibited elevated surface levels of CD11b and PD-L1 and decreased levels of CD62L, CD16, and CD80, consistent with a phenotype of activated neutrophils with suppressive properties. Neutrophils from CVID patients actively suppressed T cell activation and release of IFN-γ via the production of reactive oxygen species. Furthermore, CVID was associated with an increased frequency of low-density neutrophils (LDNs)/granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells. LDN/granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cell frequency in CVID patients correlated with reduced T cell responsiveness. Exogenous stimulation of whole blood with bacterial LPS emulated some but not all of the phenotypic changes observed on neutrophils from CVID patients and induced neutrophil population with LDN phenotype. The presented data demonstrate that neutrophils in the blood of CVID patients acquire an activated phenotype and exert potent T cell suppressive activity. Specific targeting of myeloid cell-derived suppressor activity represents a novel potential therapeutic strategy for CVID., (Copyright © 2018 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.)
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34. Absence of Surface IgD Does Not Impair Naive B Cell Homeostasis or Memory B Cell Formation in IGHD Haploinsufficient Humans.
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Nechvatalova J, Bartol SJW, Chovancova Z, Boon L, Vlkova M, and van Zelm MC
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- Cell Differentiation, Cells, Cultured, Haploinsufficiency, Homeostasis, Humans, Immunoglobulin Class Switching, Immunoglobulin D genetics, Immunoglobulin M metabolism, Immunologic Memory, Lymphocyte Activation, B-Lymphocyte Subsets immunology, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Immunoglobulin D metabolism, Membrane Proteins metabolism, Plasma Cells immunology
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Surface IgD is coexpressed with IgM on naive mature B cells. Still, the role of surface IgD remains enigmatic even 50 y after its initial discovery. In this study, we examined the in vivo role of surface IgD in human B cell homeostasis and Ab responses in four individuals with heterozygous nonsense mutations in IGHD All IGHD heterozygous individuals had normal numbers of B cells and serum Igs and did not show signs of immunodeficiency or immune dysregulation. IgD
+ and IgD- naive mature B cells were present in equal numbers and showed similar immunophenotypes, except for decreased expression of CD79b in the IgD- subset. Furthermore, both IgD+ and IgD- naive mature B cells had normal replication histories and similar capacities to differentiate into plasma cells upon in vitro stimulation, and Ig class-switched memory B cells showed similar levels of somatic hypermutations. Thus, human B cells lacking IgD expression develop normally and generate immunological memory in vivo, suggesting that surface IgD might function more restrictedly in regulating of B cell activation to specific antigenic structures., (Copyright © 2018 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.)- Published
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35. Selective IgM Deficiency: Clinical and Laboratory Features of 17 Patients and a Review of the Literature.
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Chovancova Z, Kralickova P, Pejchalova A, Bloomfield M, Nechvatalova J, Vlkova M, and Litzman J
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- Adult, Aged, Autoimmunity, Cohort Studies, Female, Humans, Immunoglobulin E blood, Immunoglobulin G blood, Immunoglobulin M deficiency, Male, Middle Aged, Young Adult, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Immunoglobulin M metabolism, Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes immunology, Infections immunology
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Purpose: Primary selective IgM deficiency (sIgMD) is a primary immunodeficiency with unclear pathogenesis and a low number of published cases., Methods: We reviewed clinical and laboratory manifestations of 17 sIgMD patients. Serum IgM, IgG, and its subclasses, IgA, IgE, antibodies against tetanus toxoid, pneumococcal polysaccharides and Haemophilus influenzae type b, isohemagglutinins, and T and B lymphocyte subsets, expressions of IgM on B cells and B lymphocyte production of IgM were compared with previously reported case reports and a small series of patients, which included 81 subjects in total., Results: We found that some patients in our cohort (OC) and published cases (PC) had increased IgE levels (OC 7/15; PC 21/37), decreased IgG4 levels (OC 5/14), very low titers of isohemagglutinins (OC 8/8; PC 18/21), increased transitional B cell counts (OC 8/9), decreased marginal zone B cell counts (OC 8/9), and increased 21
low B cell counts (OC 7/9). Compared with the PC (20/20), only two of five OC patients showed very low or undetectable production of IgM after stimulation. A majority of the patients had normal antibody production to protein and polysaccharide antigens, basic lymphocyte subset counts, and expression of surface IgM molecules on B cells., Conclusions: Low IgM levels are associated with various immunopathological disorders; however, pathogenic mechanisms leading to decreased IgM serum level in selective IgM deficiency remain unclear. Moreover, it is difficult to elucidate how strong these associations are and if these immunopathological conditions are primary or secondary.- Published
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36. Terminally differentiated memory T cells are increased in patients with common variable immunodeficiency and selective IgA deficiency.
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Nechvatalova J, Pavlik T, Litzman J, and Vlkova M
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Introduction: Previous studies showed that several lymphocyte abnormalities seen in the most frequent symptomatic immunoglobulin deficiency, common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), were also observed in a genetically related asymptomatic disorder - selective IgA deficiency (IgAD). In this study we searched for abnormalities in the differentiation stages of T cells as well as for similarities of these abnormalities in CVID and IgAD patients., Material and Methods: Using flow cytometry in 80 patients with IgAD, 48 patients with CVID, and 80 control persons we determined T-lymphocyte subsets: both CD4 and CD8 were divided into the naïve CD45RO
- CD27+ , early differentiated CD45RO+ CD27+ , late differentiated CD45RO+ CD27- and fully differentiated effector CD45RO- CD27- memory T cells, as well as Treg cells, defined as CD4+ CD25highCD127low T cells., Results: An increase of CD4+ and CD8+ late differentiated memory cells was observed comparing CVID patients to controls, as well as comparing IgAD patients to controls. In CVID patients an increase of CD4+ early differentiated memory cells, a decrease of CD8+ intermediate memory cells, and CD4+ and CD8+ naïve cells were found as well. The abnormalities in IgAD patients might be explained by higher CMV seropositivity observed in our IgAD. We confirmed the repeatedly published decrease of Treg cells in CVID patients, while Treg cells in IgAD patients were increased compared to controls., Conclusions: Our results show T-cell activation not only in CVID, but also in IgAD patients. The increase in IgAD patients may be influenced by a more frequent CMV infection in our group of IgAD patients., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.- Published
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37. Regulatory B cells in CVID patients fail to suppress multifunctional IFN-γ+ TNF-α+ CD4+ T cells differentiation.
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Vlkova M, Ticha O, Nechvatalova J, Kalina T, Litzman J, Mauri C, and Blair PA
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes metabolism, Cell Differentiation immunology, Cytokines immunology, Cytokines metabolism, Female, Flow Cytometry, Humans, Interferon-gamma immunology, Interferon-gamma metabolism, Lymphocyte Activation, Male, Middle Aged, T-Lymphocytes immunology, T-Lymphocytes metabolism, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha immunology, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha metabolism, B-Lymphocytes, Regulatory immunology, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes immunology, Common Variable Immunodeficiency immunology
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Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) refers to primary hypogammaglobulinemia with unknown pathogenesis. Although there is evidence for intrinsic B cell defects in some CVID patient groups, various abnormalities in cytokine production by T cells in CVID patients are frequently observed. Here, we demonstrate a relationship in the production of pro-inflammatory Th1 cytokines and regulatory B cells producing IL-10 between CVID patients and healthy controls. We describe CD19(+)CD24(hi)CD38(hi)IL-10(+) regulatory B cells generated after T cell stimulation of human peripheral blood lymphocytes ex vivo are able to suppress IFN-γ(+)TNF-α(+) producing CD4(+) T cells. This process is impaired in CVID patients, who present with both low numbers of CD19(+)CD24(hi)CD38(hi)IL-10(+) B cells and increased numbers of IFN-γ(+)TNF-α(+)CD4(+) T cells. Disruption of the regulatory B cell response to T cell stimulation explains the excessive T cell activation regarded as an immunoregulatory abnormality that is a frequent finding in CVID patients., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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38. Successful renal transplantation in a patient with a Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) gene mutation.
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Chovancova Z, Kuman M, Vlkova M, and Litzman J
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- Adolescent, Genetic Markers, Glomerulonephritis, IGA diagnosis, Glomerulonephritis, IGA etiology, Humans, Male, Mutation, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome diagnosis, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome genetics, Glomerulonephritis, IGA surgery, Kidney Transplantation, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome complications, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein genetics
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disorder caused by mutations in the WAS protein (WASP) gene. Renal disease progressing to renal failure is a well-recognized complication in patients with WAS. Only a few case reports of renal transplantation have been reported to date. Here, we present a patient with a WASP mutation who suffered from severe atopic eczema, mild thrombocytopenia and only a slightly increased frequency of infections, who then developed IgA nephropathy and consequently underwent renal transplantation, which was successful. This study demonstrates that renal transplantation is possible in patients with WAS, regardless of conceivable complications., (© 2015 Steunstichting ESOT.)
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39. Pregnancy Outcome in Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency.
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Kralickova P, Kurecova B, Andrys C, Krcmova I, Jilek D, Vlkova M, and Litzman J
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Child, Preschool, Cohort Studies, Common Variable Immunodeficiency complications, Female, Humans, Immunoglobulin A genetics, Middle Aged, Obstetric Labor, Premature etiology, Pregnancy Outcome, Uterine Hemorrhage etiology, Young Adult, Common Variable Immunodeficiency immunology, Pregnancy immunology, Pregnancy Complications immunology
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Purpose: The aim of our retrospective study was to clarify fertility, pregnancy complications and outcomes in common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) females., Methods: Retrospective data were obtained from three Czech referral centres. The data were compared with data obtained from the Czech National Registry of Reproduction Health., Results: Our cohort of patients comprised 54 women with 115 pregnancies; 88 pregnancies in 50 females were finished with live births (77 %). In only 8 women (15%) was the diagnosis of CVID established before the first pregnancy. Replacement immunoglobulin therapy was performed in 10 patients without any moderate or severe adverse effects. Compared with the Czech population, the CVID patients suffered significantly more frequently from the threat of preterm labour (p < 0.0001), vaginal bleeding (p = 0.0001), eclampsia/preeclampsia (p = 0.009) and a higher number of stillbirths (p < 0.0001). Furthermore, the frequency of babies with low birth weight (less than 2500 g) born to the CVID patients was increased compared with the normal population (p < 0.0001). Serum IgG, IgA and IgM determination was done in 57 children of 50 mothers showing 13 cases of IgA deficiency (23%). There was no significant difference among the non-symptomatic, symptomatic untreated and symptomatic treated females in any of the determined gynaecological complications. The number of unsuccessful pregnancies was higher in the symptomatic untreated women., Conclusions: Fertility in CVID patients is not decreased, and their pregnancies could be considered more risky compared with those of the general population.
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40. Canine Antibodies against Salivary Recombinant Proteins of Phlebotomus perniciosus: A Longitudinal Study in an Endemic Focus of Canine Leishmaniasis.
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Kostalova T, Lestinova T, Sumova P, Vlkova M, Rohousova I, Berriatua E, Oliva G, Fiorentino E, Scalone A, Gramiccia M, Gradoni L, and Volf P
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- Animals, Dogs, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Italy, Leishmaniasis immunology, Longitudinal Studies, Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, Risk Factors, Antibodies immunology, Dog Diseases immunology, Endemic Diseases veterinary, Leishmaniasis veterinary, Phlebotomus immunology, Recombinant Proteins immunology, Salivary Proteins and Peptides immunology
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Background: Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of Leishmania parasites. During blood feeding, sand flies deposit into the host skin immunogenic salivary proteins which elicit specific antibody responses. These anti-saliva antibodies enable an estimate of the host exposure to sand flies and, in leishmaniasis endemic areas, also the risk for Leishmania infections. However, the use of whole salivary gland homogenates as antigen has several limitations, and therefore, recombinant salivary proteins have been tested to replace them in antibody detection assays. In this study, we have used for the first time sand fly salivary recombinant proteins in a longitudinal field study on dogs., Methodology/principal Findings: Sera from dogs naturally exposed to P. perniciosus bites over two consecutive transmission seasons in a site endemic for canine leishmaniasis (CanL) were tested at different time points by ELISA for the antibodies recognizing whole saliva, single salivary 43 kDa yellow-related recombinant protein (rSP03B), and a combination of two salivary recombinant proteins, 43 kDa yellow-related protein and 35.5 kDa apyrase (rSP01). Dogs were also tested for Leishmania infantum positivity by serology, culture, and PCR and the infection status was evaluated prospectively. We found a significant association between active CanL infection and the amount of anti-P. perniciosus saliva antibodies. Importantly, we detected a high correlation between IgG antibodies recognizing rSP03B protein and the whole salivary antigen. The kinetics of antibody response showed for both a whole saliva and rSP03B a similar pattern that was clearly related to the seasonal abundance of P. perniciosus., Conclusions: These results suggest that P. perniciosus rSP03B protein is a valid alternative to whole saliva and could be used in large-scale serological studies. This novel method could be a practical and economically-sound tool to detect the host exposure to sand fly bites in CanL endemic areas.
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41. Phlebotomus papatasi exposure cross-protects mice against Leishmania major co-inoculated with Phlebotomus duboscqi salivary gland homogenate.
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Lestinova T, Vlkova M, Votypka J, Volf P, and Rohousova I
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- Animals, Antigens immunology, Cytokines immunology, Mice, Phlebotomus parasitology, Salivary Glands, Species Specificity, Antibodies, Protozoan immunology, Cross Protection immunology, Leishmania major immunology, Leishmaniasis immunology, Phlebotomus immunology, Salivary Proteins and Peptides immunology
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Leishmania parasites are inoculated into host skin together with sand fly saliva and multiple exposures to uninfected sand fly bites protect mice against Leishmania infection. However, sand fly vectors differ in composition of the saliva and therefore the protection elicited by their salivary proteins was shown to be species-specific. On the other hand, the optimal vaccine based on sand fly salivary proteins should be based on conserved salivary proteins conferring cross-reactivity. In the present study we therefore focused on cross-protective properties of saliva from Phlebotomus papatasi and Phlebotomus duboscqi, the two natural vectors of Leishmania major. Two groups of mice exposed to bites of P. papatasi and two control, non-immunized groups were infected with L. major promastigotes along with either P. papatasi or P. duboscqi salivary gland homogenate. All mice were followed for the development of Leishmania lesions, parasite burdens, specific antibodies, and for production of NO, urea, or cytokines by peritoneal macrophages. Protection against Leishmania infection was observed not only in exposed mice challenged with homologous saliva but also in the group challenged with P. duboscqi saliva. Comparing both exposed groups, no significant differences were observed in parasite load, macrophage activity, or in the levels of anti-L. major and anti-P. papatasi/P. duboscqi antibodies. This is the first study showing cross-protection caused by salivary antigens of two Phlebotomus species. The cross-protective effect suggests that the anti-Leishmania vaccine based on P. papatasi salivary proteins might be applicable also in areas where L. major is transmitted by P. duboscqi., (Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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42. Altered serum cytokine signature in common variable immunodeficiency.
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Hel Z, Huijbregts RP, Xu J, Nechvatalova J, Vlkova M, and Litzman J
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- Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Immunoglobulin A blood, Immunoglobulin D blood, Male, Middle Aged, Common Variable Immunodeficiency blood, Cytokines blood
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Purpose: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most frequent form of primary symptomatic hypogammaglobulinemia. CVID patients display a number of abnormalities in lymphocyte subpopulations including chronic T-cell activation and decreased numbers of circulating CD4(+) T cells and NK cells. We and others have recently shown that CVID is associated with increased concentration of soluble CD14 (sCD14) and other factors indicating limited microbial translocation., Methods: To address the mechanisms of chronic immune activation in CVID, we performed a detailed analysis of cytokine serum levels in 36 patients with CVID, 52 patients with selective IgA deficiency (IgAD), and 56 healthy volunteers., Results: We show that CVID is associated with elevated serum levels of CXCL-10/IP-10, IL-1R antagonist, TNF-α, IL-10, IL-12 (p40), CCL-2/MCP-1, G-CSF, and CCL-11/eotaxin. The detected cytokine signature is consistent with an ongoing activation of cells of myeloid lineage. In contrast, the levels of cytokines typically produced by CD4(+) T helper cells of Th1 (IFN-γ, IL-2), Th2 (IL-9, IL-13), and Th17 (IL-17) subtypes were suppressed in CVID patients compared to healthy donors., Conclusions: Presented data suggest that the altered cytokine profile observed in patients with CVID may be attributed to the activation of monocyte-macrophage and granulocyte lineages, possibly driven by the translocation of bacterial components across the gastrointestinal or respiratory tracts mucosal barrier.
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- 2014
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43. Comparative analysis of salivary gland transcriptomes of Phlebotomus orientalis sand flies from endemic and non-endemic foci of visceral leishmaniasis.
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Vlkova M, Sima M, Rohousova I, Kostalova T, Sumova P, Volfova V, Jaske EL, Barbian KD, Gebre-Michael T, Hailu A, Warburg A, Ribeiro JM, Valenzuela JG, Jochim RC, and Volf P
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Enzymes chemistry, Enzymes classification, Enzymes genetics, Ethiopia, Female, Leishmaniasis, Visceral immunology, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Molecular Sequence Data, Salivary Glands enzymology, Salivary Proteins and Peptides chemistry, Salivary Proteins and Peptides classification, Salivary Proteins and Peptides immunology, Sequence Alignment, Insect Vectors genetics, Phlebotomus genetics, Salivary Glands chemistry, Salivary Proteins and Peptides genetics, Transcriptome genetics
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Background: In East Africa, Phlebotomus orientalis serves as the main vector of Leishmania donovani, the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Phlebotomus orientalis is present at two distant localities in Ethiopia; Addis Zemen where VL is endemic and Melka Werer where transmission of VL does not occur. To find out whether the difference in epidemiology of VL is due to distant compositions of P. orientalis saliva we established colonies from Addis Zemen and Melka Werer, analyzed and compared the transcriptomes, proteomes and enzymatic activity of the salivary glands., Methodology/principal Findings: Two cDNA libraries were constructed from the female salivary glands of P. orientalis from Addis Zemen and Melka Werer. Clones of each P. orientalis library were randomly selected, sequenced and analyzed. In P. orientalis transcriptomes, we identified members of 13 main protein families. Phylogenetic analysis and multiple sequence alignments were performed to evaluate differences between the P. orientalis colonies and to show the relationship with other sand fly species from the subgenus Larroussius. To further compare both colonies, we investigated the humoral antigenicity and cross-reactivity of the salivary proteins and the activity of salivary apyrase and hyaluronidase., Conclusions: This is the first report of the salivary components of P. orientalis, an important vector sand fly. Our study expanded the knowledge of salivary gland compounds of sand fly species in the subgenus Larroussius. Based on the phylogenetic analysis, we showed that P. orientalis is closely related to Phlebotomus tobbi and Phlebotomus perniciosus, whereas Phlebotomus ariasi is evolutionarily more distinct species. We also demonstrated that there is no significant difference between the transcriptomes, proteomes or enzymatic properties of the salivary components of Addis Zemen (endemic area) and Melka Werer (non-endemic area) P. orientalis colonies. Thus, the different epidemiology of VL in these Ethiopian foci cannot be attributed to the salivary gland composition.
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- 2014
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44. B-lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with selective IgA deficiency.
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Nechvatalova J, Pikulova Z, Stikarovska D, Pesak S, Vlkova M, and Litzman J
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, B-Lymphocyte Subsets cytology, Cell Differentiation, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Young Adult, B-Lymphocyte Subsets immunology, Common Variable Immunodeficiency immunology, IgA Deficiency immunology
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Introduction: Selective deficiency IgA (IgAD) is the most common primary abnormality of immunoglobulin production with unknown pathophysiology. It is genetically related to common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), where besides IgA also IgG and frequently IgM serum levels are decreased. In this study we focused on determination of B-lymphocyte developmental stages and searching for similarities between CVID and IgAD., Materials and Methods: Using flow cytometry we determined major lymphocyte subpopulations and B-lymphocyte subsets: naïve (CD27(-)IgD(+)), marginal zone cells (CD27(+)IgD(+)), class-switched memory cells (CD27(+)IgD(-)), "double-negative" B cells (CD27(-)IgD(-)), transitional cells (IgM(++)CD38(++)), plasmablasts (CD38(+++)IgM(+) or IgM(-)), and CD21(low)CD38(low) cells in 80 patients with IgAD, 48 patients with CVID, and 80 control persons., Results: Compared to healthy controls, a decrease in the absolute number and frequency of CD4+ cells (both < 0.001) was observed in IgAD patients. A decrease in the frequency of switched memory cells (P < 0.001), transitional cells (P = 0.035) as well as plasmablasts (P < 0.001) and an increase in the CD21(low)CD38(low) subset (P = 0.007) was observed in IgAD patients compared to control persons. No significant differences were observed in the remaining B-cell developmental subsets. A decrease in CD27(+)IgD(-) (<0.4% of peripheral blood lymphocytes), frequently observed in CVID patients and also previously reported in IgAD, was found in only five patients (6%) with IgAD, two of them being first-degree relatives of CVID patients., Conclusion: Our results show a decrease of terminally differentiated B-lymphocyte subsets in patients with IgAD, similar as previously found in patients with CVID, but these results are less expressed than in CVID patients.
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45. Kinetics of antibody response in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice bitten by Phlebotomus papatasi.
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Vlkova M, Rohousova I, Hostomska J, Pohankova L, Zidkova L, Drahota J, Valenzuela JG, and Volf P
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- Animals, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Immunoglobulin E blood, Immunoglobulin G blood, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Salivary Proteins and Peptides immunology, Time Factors, Antibody Formation, Insect Proteins immunology, Phlebotomus immunology
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Background: Phlebotomine sand flies are blood-sucking insects transmitting Leishmania parasites. In bitten hosts, sand fly saliva elicits specific immune response and the humoral immunity was shown to reflect the intensity of sand fly exposure. Thus, anti-saliva antibodies were suggested as the potential risk marker of Leishmania transmission. In this study, we examined the long-term kinetics and persistence of anti-Phlebotomus papatasi saliva antibody response in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice. We also tested the reactivity of mice sera with P. papatasi salivary antigens and with the recombinant proteins., Methodology/principal Findings: Sera of BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice experimentally bitten by Phlebotomus papatasi were tested by ELISA for the presence of anti-saliva IgE, IgG and its subclasses. We detected a significant increase of specific IgG and IgG1 in both mice strains and IgG2b in BALB/c mice that positively correlated with the number of blood-fed P. papatasi females. Using western blot and mass spectrometry we identified the major P. papatasi antigens as Yellow-related proteins, D7-related proteins, antigen 5-related proteins and SP-15-like proteins. We therefore tested the reactivity of mice sera with four P. papatasi recombinant proteins coding for most of these potential antigens (PpSP44, PpSP42, PpSP30, and PpSP28). Each mouse serum reacted with at least one of the recombinant protein tested, although none of the recombinant proteins were recognized by all sera., Conclusions: Our data confirmed the concept of using anti-sand fly saliva antibodies as a marker of sand fly exposure in Phlebotomus papatasi-mice model. As screening of specific antibodies is limited by the availability of salivary gland homogenate, utilization of recombinant proteins in such studies would be beneficial. Our present work demonstrates the feasibility of this implementation. A combination of recombinant salivary proteins is recommended for evaluation of intensity of sand fly exposure in endemic areas and for estimation of risk of Leishmania transmission.
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46. Canine antibody response to Phlebotomus perniciosus bites negatively correlates with the risk of Leishmania infantum transmission.
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Vlkova M, Rohousova I, Drahota J, Stanneck D, Kruedewagen EM, Mencke N, Otranto D, and Volf P
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- Animals, Blotting, Western, Dog Diseases prevention & control, Dogs, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Germany, Immunoglobulin G blood, Italy, Leishmaniasis transmission, Mass Spectrometry, Risk Assessment, Dog Diseases transmission, Insect Bites and Stings complications, Insect Proteins immunology, Leishmania infantum isolation & purification, Leishmaniasis veterinary, Phlebotomus immunology, Salivary Proteins and Peptides immunology
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Background: Phlebotomine sand flies are blood-sucking insects that can transmit Leishmania parasites. Hosts bitten by sand flies develop an immune response against sand fly salivary antigens. Specific anti-saliva IgG indicate the exposure to the vector and may also help to estimate the risk of Leishmania spp. transmission. In this study, we examined the canine antibody response against the saliva of Phlebotomus perniciosus, the main vector of Leishmania infantum in the Mediterranean Basin, and characterized salivary antigens of this sand fly species., Methodology/principal Findings: Sera of dogs bitten by P. perniciosus under experimental conditions and dogs naturally exposed to sand flies in a L. infantum focus were tested by ELISA for the presence of anti-P. perniciosus antibodies. Antibody levels positively correlated with the number of blood-fed P. perniciosus females. In naturally exposed dogs the increase of specific IgG, IgG1 and IgG2 was observed during sand fly season. Importantly, Leishmania-positive dogs revealed significantly lower anti-P. perniciosus IgG2 compared to Leishmania-negative ones. Major P. perniciosus antigens were identified by western blot and mass spectrometry as yellow proteins, apyrases and antigen 5-related proteins., Conclusions: Results suggest that monitoring canine antibody response to sand fly saliva in endemic foci could estimate the risk of L. infantum transmission. It may also help to control canine leishmaniasis by evaluating the effectiveness of anti-vector campaigns. Data from the field study where dogs from the Italian focus of L. infantum were naturally exposed to P. perniciosus bites indicates that the levels of anti-P. perniciosus saliva IgG2 negatively correlate with the risk of Leishmania transmission. Thus, specific IgG2 response is suggested as a risk marker of L. infantum transmission for dogs.
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- 2011
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47. Antibody forming cells and plasmablasts in peripheral blood in CVID patients after vaccination.
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Chovancova Z, Vlkova M, Litzman J, Lokaj J, and Thon V
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- Adult, Aged, Antibodies, Bacterial biosynthesis, Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay, Female, Flow Cytometry, Humans, Lymphocyte Subsets immunology, Male, Middle Aged, Pneumococcal Vaccines administration & dosage, Tetanus Toxoid administration & dosage, B-Lymphocytes cytology, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Cell Differentiation, Common Variable Immunodeficiency diagnosis, Common Variable Immunodeficiency immunology, Pneumococcal Vaccines immunology, Tetanus Toxoid immunology
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Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), the most frequent primary antibody disorder, is characterized by hypogammaglobulinaemia and impaired antibody production. Poor vaccination response is essential for the diagnosis of CVID. Their under laying defects remain to be elucidated. Routine determination of antibody production in serum from CVID patients after vaccination and investigation of B cell function in vivo is complicated due to substitution therapy. Therefore we investigated antibody production on the B-cell level by ELISPOT and characterized changes in B-cell subpopulations in CVID patients, including plasmablasts, in peripheral blood by flow cytometry after vaccination for specification of the diagnosis. Thirty-seven CVID patients and eighty healthy volunteers were immunized with tetanus toxoid and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines. Specific antibody levels and B cell subpopulations were measured before vaccination and on day 7 after vaccination by ELISPOT assay and flow cytometry respectively. Of the thirty-seven well defined CVID patients studied, thirty lacked detectable spot forming cells producing specific IgG, IgA or IgM antibodies against employed vaccines and seven had only weak responses compared to controls. In the control group, an increase in circulating plasmablasts on day 7 post immunization corresponded with the appearance of antibody forming cells. In contrast, CVID patients failed to increase plasmablasts significantly in peripheral blood after antigen challenge. Our findings indicate that CVID patients have a block in terminal B-cell differentiation and that flow based assessment of plasmablasts in peripheral blood after vaccination serves as a surrogate diagnostic marker for assessing in vivo antibody responses in patients suspected to have CVID., (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2011
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48. The EUROclass trial: defining subgroups in common variable immunodeficiency.
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Wehr C, Kivioja T, Schmitt C, Ferry B, Witte T, Eren E, Vlkova M, Hernandez M, Detkova D, Bos PR, Poerksen G, von Bernuth H, Baumann U, Goldacker S, Gutenberger S, Schlesier M, Bergeron-van der Cruyssen F, Le Garff M, Debré P, Jacobs R, Jones J, Bateman E, Litzman J, van Hagen PM, Plebani A, Schmidt RE, Thon V, Quinti I, Espanol T, Webster AD, Chapel H, Vihinen M, Oksenhendler E, Peter HH, and Warnatz K
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- Adult, B-Lymphocytes immunology, B-Lymphocytes pathology, Cohort Studies, Common Variable Immunodeficiency epidemiology, Common Variable Immunodeficiency pathology, Consensus, Europe epidemiology, Female, Flow Cytometry, Homeostasis immunology, Humans, Immunoglobulins blood, Male, Middle Aged, Common Variable Immunodeficiency classification, Common Variable Immunodeficiency immunology, Immunophenotyping
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The heterogeneity of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) calls for a classification addressing pathogenic mechanisms as well as clinical relevance. This European multicenter trial was initiated to develop a consensus of 2 existing classification schemes based on flowcytometric B-cell phenotyping and the clinical course. The clinical evaluation of 303 patients with the established diagnosis of CVID demonstrated a significant coincidence of granulomatous disease, autoimmune cytopenia, and splenomegaly. Phenotyping of B-cell subpopulations confirmed a severe reduction of switched memory B cells in most of the patients that was associated with a higher risk for splenomegaly and granulomatous disease. An expansion of CD21(low) B cells marked patients with splenomegaly. Lymphadenopathy was significantly linked with transitional B-cell expansion. Based on these findings and pathogenic consideration of B-cell differentiation, we suggest an improved classification for CVID (EUROclass), separating patients with nearly absent B cells (less than 1%), severely reduced switched memory B cells (less than 2%), and expansion of transitional (more than 9%) or CD21(low) B cells (more than 10%). Whereas the first group contains all patients with severe defects of early B-cell differentiation, severely reduced switched memory B cells indicate a defective germinal center development as found in inducible constimulator (ICOS) or CD40L deficiency. The underlying defects of expanded transitional or CD21(low) B cells remain to be elucidated. This trial is re-gistered at http://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/zks/live/uklregister/Oeffentlich.html as UKF000308.
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- 2008
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