... rate, and pulse rate), and liver (bilirubin, GGT, and ALP) and kidney (BUN and creatinine) functions were not affected by UC -II treatment, suggesting that UC -II is well toler- 320 ated and does not ... in UC -II induced pharmacological anti-arthritic effects in humans, dogs or horses is not clearly established TypeIIcollagen is the primary form of collagen contained in cartilage TypeIIcollagen ... human OA (7) An emerging novel nutraceutical ingredient known as UC -II has received considerable attention in the treatment of OA UC -II is a novel undenatured typeIIcollagen derived from chicken...
... femoral heads: normal versus mild and severe osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2003, 11:217-227 Pfander D, Rahmanzadeh R, Scheller EE: Presence and distribution of collagen II, collagen I, ... of collagentypeII C-telopeptide fragments in patients with osteoarthritis Pathobiology 2004, 71:70-76 31 Garnero P, Conrozier T, Christgau S, Mathieu P, Delmas PD, Vignon E: Urinary typeIIcollagen ... OA progression by means of early and late disease markers is quite an attractive prospect According to our data, col IIand YKL40 are good candidates for use as robust, early and sensitive markers...
... and macropinocytosis Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/8/4/R93 Figure typeIIcollagen (CII) Confocal micrographs of dendritic cells and macrophages pulsed with typeIIcollagen ... intracellular CII dropped, probably due to terminal lysosomal transport and degradation IIcollagen (CII) by macrophages The effect of inhibitors of uptake on the intracellular processing of typeIIcollagen ... derived typeIIcollagen for autoreactive T cells Int Immunol 2004, 16:717-726 Manoury-Schwartz B, Chiocchia G, Lotteau V, Fournier C: Selective increased presentation of typeIIcollagenby leupeptin...
... Materials and methods Purification of typeIIcollagen Bovine collagen was purified from articular cartilage, and mouse and chicken collagens were purified from non-articular (sternal) cartilage All collagens ... Larsson P, Andersson M, Holmdahl R: Association of pepsin with typeIIcollagen (CII) breaks control of CII autoimmunity and triggers development of arthritis in rats Scand J Immunol 1993, 37:337-342 ... 2-mercaptoethanol (20 μM), L-glutamine (1% wt/vol), penicillin (100 U/ mL), and streptomycin (100 μg/mL) in the presence or absence of typeIIcollagen or the synthetic collagen fragment CII256-270...
... CII-6 and CM-5), clones (C2B14, CII-6 and CM-5), clones (CII-3, CII-6 and CM-5), clones (CII-3, C2B-14 and CM-5), and clones (CII-3, C2B-14 and CII-6) on day followed by LPS Each value is the mean ... arthritis and the ability of mAbs to activate complement and bind mouse CII has not fully been examined We have previously developed IgG2a (CII-6) and IgG2b (CII-3) subtypes of anti-CII mAbs from ... circulating and cartilage-bound antibodies produced by outbred and inbred rats using cyanogen bromide-derived peptides purified from heterologous and homologous typeII collagens J Immunol 1992,...
... CII-6 and CM-5), clones (C2B14, CII-6 and CM-5), clones (CII-3, CII-6 and CM-5), clones (CII-3, C2B-14 and CM-5), and clones (CII-3, C2B-14 and CII-6) on day followed by LPS Each value is the mean ... arthritis and the ability of mAbs to activate complement and bind mouse CII has not fully been examined We have previously developed IgG2a (CII-6) and IgG2b (CII-3) subtypes of anti-CII mAbs from ... circulating and cartilage-bound antibodies produced by outbred and inbred rats using cyanogen bromide-derived peptides purified from heterologous and homologous typeII collagens J Immunol 1992,...
... two types The rst type, exemplied by Trypanosoma cruzi GPXII, apparently shows specic, but low activity with glutathione and none at all with tryparedoxin [22] This enzyme is specic for linoleic ... were separated by SDS PAGE and stained with Coomassie Brilliant Blue: lanes and 2, TDPX1 wild -type; lanes and 4, TDPX1 Cys35Ala; lanes and 6, TDPX1 Cys83Ala; lanes and 8, TryP1 wild -type Odd numbered ... for linoleic hydroperoxide and shows no activity towards hydrogen peroxide or short-chain hydroperoxides The second type, exemplied by T cruzi GPXI [23] and T brucei Px III [24], are actually tryparedoxin-dependent...
... [46], and neomycin [47–49] and N-butanol [50–52] as specific inhibitors of PLD The inhibition of PC-PLC by D609 (Fig 5B) and inhibition of PLD by neomycin (Fig 5C) as well as by N-butanol (not shown) ... persistent increase in steady state amounts of type I andtype III collagenand fibronectin mRNAs in normal human dermal fibroblasts Biochem J 247, 597–604 42 Ignotz RA & Massague J (1986) Transforming ... stimulated by 180 pm TGF-b1 [41,42] were included in all subsequent analyses Induction of collagen I by TGF-b1 andby ET-1 was perceptible by coomassie staining as well as by immunoblotting (Fig...
... with 20 ng/ ml TNF, 15 ng/ml IFN, ng/ml E2, and 500 U/ml IFN or null, and were co-stimulated with TNF and IFN, with IFN and IFN, or with E2 and IFN PBMCs were cultured at a final concentration ... mononuclear cells by TNF stimulation for SLE patients and healthy individuals Seven downregulated genes (CD40, CD1C, CD14, chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 7, IL12B, IL-4 receptor, and prostaglandin ... as IFIT1, IFIT3, OAS1, ISG15 and IRF7, and IL8RA were upregulated in vivo, but IFIT1, IFIT3, OAS1 and IL8RA were downregulated, while ISG15 and IRF7 showed almost no response to TNF in vitro These...
... AS, Kang AH: Incidence and specificity of antibodies to type I, II, III, IV, and V collagen in rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic disease as measured by 125I-radioimmunoassay Arthritis Rheum ... normal DBA/1, and tolerized and nontolerized collagen- induced arthritis (CIA) mice at weeks after primary immunization with typeIIcollagen (CII) for induction of CIA Mononuclear cells were isolated ... IL-10 and (b) transforming growth factor (TGF)-β production by mononuclear lymphocytes from lymphoid organs of tolerized and nontolerized mice Organs were extracted from normal DBA/1, and tolerized...
... Abs to human CII human CII Correlation of antibodies against bovine typeIIcollagen (CII) and human CII Scatter plot of the levels of IgG antibodies against human CII and bovine CII in sera of ... Hasty DL, Townes AS: Physicochemical and immunological studies of the renatured alpha 1 (II) chains and isolated cyanogen bromide peptides of typeIIcollagenCollagen Relat Res 1985, 5:469-480 ... Ayad S, Phinn SD, Holt PJ: Incidence of antibodies to native and denatured cartilage collagens (types II, IX, and XI) and to type I collagen in rheumatoid arthritis Ann Rheum Dis 1987, 46:902-907...
... acid decarboxylase [24] CIIC1, CIIF4 and GAD6 are IgG2a, and M2139 is IgG2b The mAbs CIIC1, M2139 and CIIF4 were derived from hybridomas derived from CII immunized mice and GAD6 was obtained from ... studies with typeIIcollagen antibody in B10.D2/old and new line and C57Bl/6 normal and beige (Chediak-Higashi) strains: evidence of important roles for C5 and multiple inflammatory cell types in ... collagen J Immunol 1992, 148:2103-2108 Nandakumar KS, Andren M, Martinsson P, Bajtner E, Hellstrom S, Holmdahl R, Kleinau S: Induction of arthritis by single monoclonal IgG anti -collagen typeII antibodies...
... whereas typeIIcollagen (CII) was coated at 10 µg/ml CIIC1, M2139 and UL1 are mouse monoclonal antibodies and were all tested at a concentration of µg/ml; 122.9 is a rat monoclonal antibody and ... Origin of the autoreactive anti -type IIcollagen response II Specificities, antibody isotypes and usage of V gene families of anti -type IIcollagen B cells J Immunol 1989, 142:1881-1886 Schulte ... of arthritis by single monoclonal IgG anti -collagen typeII antibodies and enhancement of arthritis in mice lacking inhibitory Fcγ RIIB Eur J Immunol 2003, 33:2269-2277 Hietala MA, Nandakumar KS,...
... the incidence and severity of anti -collagen typeII (CII) antibody-induced arthritis (CAIA) In addition to clinical amelioration, decreased leukocytic infiltration of synovial tissue and protective ... purified to homogeneity by a multistep purification protocol by ion-exchange, metalchelate and size-exclusion chromatography as originally described by Heinzel-Wieland and colleagues [16] Analytical ... Holmdahl R: Epitope-specific recognition of typeIIcollagenby rheumatoid arthritis antibodies is shared with recognition by antibodies that are arthritogenic in collagen- induced arthritis in the mouse...
... with typeIIcollagen (CII) and analog peptides Immunizing antigen Core of co-immunogen Incidence of arthritis CII antibodies CII alone 11/18 (61%) 61 ± 11 CII + A13 (1:480) N A - 0/10a ± 2b CII ... shown for DR1 and suggest that positions 263 and 266 in CII are critical for T-cell Figure typeIIcollagen Proliferation of DR4-(DRB1*0401)-restricted T cells in response to typeIIcollagen A ... transgenic mice were immunized with CII, CII plus A12, CII plus A13, or CII plus the control peptide 266D, and were observed for the development of arthritis When CII and either A12 or A13 were used...
... with 20 ng/ ml TNF, 15 ng/ml IFN, ng/ml E2, and 500 U/ml IFN or null, and were co-stimulated with TNF and IFN, with IFN and IFN, or with E2 and IFN PBMCs were cultured at a final concentration ... mononuclear cells by TNF stimulation for SLE patients and healthy individuals Seven downregulated genes (CD40, CD1C, CD14, chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 7, IL12B, IL-4 receptor, and prostaglandin ... as IFIT1, IFIT3, OAS1, ISG15 and IRF7, and IL8RA were upregulated in vivo, but IFIT1, IFIT3, OAS1 and IL8RA were downregulated, while ISG15 and IRF7 showed almost no response to TNF in vitro These...
... IL-6 in arthritis, by examining the effects of anti-IL-6 mAb treatment in a murine model of typeIIcollagen induced arthritis (CIA) Methods Induction and Assessment of TypeII Collagen- induced ... surfaces Loss of joint landmarks Complete fibrosis andcollagen bridging Overall score Classical normal joint appearance Minor changes; consistent with remission; may be clinically normal Moderate inflammatory ... the SAA ELISA and real time RT-PCR assays XS and PW conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination DS reviewed and edited the manuscript All authors read and approved...
... administration of typeIIcollagen suppresses pro-inflammatory mediator production by synoviocytes in rats with adjuvant arthritis Clin Exp Immunol 2003, 132:416-423 Trentham DE: Evidence that typeIIcollagen ... (ESR) and C-reactive protein decreased, but changes in the two variables in the chicken typeIIcollagen (CCII) group were not significant Rheumatoid factor was not significantly affected by either ... laboratory found that collagen- induced arthritis (CIA) could be established in Wistar rats, Kunming mice, and DBA/1 mice with chicken typeIIcollagen (CCII) [15,16] Feeding CCII to rats by oral administration...
... 1999, 52: 332-340 28 Andersson M, Holmdahl R: Analysis of typeIIcollagen reactive T cells in the mouse I Different regulation of autoreactive versus nonautoreactive anti -type IIcollagen T cells ... Immunol Rev 1995, 144: 109-135 Stuart JM, Tomoda K, Yoo TJ, Townes AS, Kang AH: Serum transfer of collagen- induced arthritis II Identification and localization of autoantibody to typeIIcollagen ... well-defined animal model Collagen induced arthritis (CIA) has been extensively used as an animal model for human RA, and is induced by immunization with typeIIcollagen (CII) Development of CIA...
... EC domains not affect the adhesive strength of Type I andTypeII cadherins, the EC domains explored in the present study should be enough for the comparison between Type I andTypeII cadherins ... them, classical Type I andTypeII cadherins are the best understood families in both structure and physiological function so far The sequence characteristics of Type I andTypeII cadherins result ... (12, 13) However, Type I andII cadherins show no heterophilic adhesion between each other (14) The distinct adhesive strength and binding specificity between Type I andTypeII cadherins are...