Neuroinvasive Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with a Negative Spinal Fluid Cryptococcus Antigen by Rocio C. Garcia-Santibanez, Veenu Gill, Stanley Yancovitz, DeWitt Pyburn

“…Brain MRI showed meningeal enhancement and herniation. Serum Cryptococcus antigen was positive but spinal fluid antigen and cultures were negative. …”
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Flow Cytometric Analysis of T, B, and NK Cells Antigens in Patients with Mycosis Fungoides by Serkan Yazıcı, Emel Bülbül Başkan, Ferah Budak, Barbaros Oral, Şaduman Balaban Adim, Zübeyde Ceylan Kalin, Güven Özkaya, Kenan Aydoğan, Hayriye Saricaoğlu, Şükran Tunali

“…We retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathological correlation and prognostic value of cell surface antigens expressed by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with mycosis fungoides (MF). 121 consecutive MF patients were included in this study. …”
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Surveillance Following Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Loss: An Issue Requiring Attention by Shuai-Wen Huang, Hong Long, Jia-Quan Huang

“…The latest guidelines recommend (hepatitis B surface antigen) HBsAg loss as the ideal treatment target for improving liver function, histopathology, and long-term prognosis. …”
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Cytokine Profiles of Trophoblast Antigen-Stimulated Maternal Lymphocytes by Raj Raghupathy, Majedah Al-Azemi, Fawaz Azizieh

“…We studied cytokine production by maternal peripheral blood lymphocytes stimulated by trophoblast antigens. 36 women with a diagnosis of IUGR and 22 healthy women with normal fetal growth were inducted. …”
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Naturally Acquired Antibody Responses to a Synthetic Malaria Antigen AS202.11 by Rebeka Nazareth, Pius Horumpende, Tolbert Sonda, Arnold Ndaro, Edson Mollel, Eliakim Paul, Emmanuel Athanase, Jaffu Chilongola

“…We report a high degree of recognition of AS202.11 by IgG elicited by field P. falciparum strains, suggesting its close similarity to native P. falciparum antigens and possible suitability of the peptide as a future malaria vaccine candidate.…”
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HLA-A02 restricted T-cell cross-reactivity to a microbial antigen by Alar Aints, Marina Šunina, Raivo Uibo

“…From these outcomes, it is possible to conclude that certain bacterial proteins may initiate CD8+ T-cell-mediated immune reaction toward homologous human antigens.…”
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Production of recombinant norovirus VP1 protein and its antigenic and immunogenic properties by Vladislav A. Lapin, Dmitry V. Novikov, Ekaterina V. Mokhonova, Dmitry A. Melentyev, Maria I. Tsyganova, Dmitry E. Zaitsev, Viktor V. Novikov

“…Immunization of BALB/c mice by protein lead to antibodies production with a titer greater than 1 : 1000. When evaluating antigenic properties, it was shown that human IgG, IgM, and IgA antibodies interact with recombinant VP1. …”
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Interrelationship of the Kinin System, Nitric Oxide and Eicosanoids in the Antigen-Induced Arthritis in Rabbits by Fernando Alfonso Salamea Palácios, Gilberto Santos Novaes, Maria Luiza Guzzo, Ieda Maria Magalhães Laurindo, Suzana Beatriz Verissimo de Mello

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the interrelationship of the kinin system, nitric oxide and eicosanoids in the acute phase of antigen-induced arthritis (AIA) in rabbits. The arthritis was induced in immunized rabbits and the following parameters were evaluated 24 hours later: leukocyte influx (total and differential white cell count), vascular permeability (Evans's blue method), and synovial PMN cell infiltrate. …”
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Structure of WzxE the lipid III flippase for Enterobacterial Common Antigen polysaccharide by Audrey Le Bas, Bradley R. Clarke, Tanisha Teelucksingh, Micah Lee, Kamel El Omari, Andrew M. Giltrap, Stephen A. McMahon, Hui Liu, John H. Beale, Vitaliy Mykhaylyk, Ramona Duman, Neil G. Paterson, Philip N. Ward, Peter J. Harrison, Miriam Weckener, Els Pardon, Jan Steyaert, Huanting Liu, Andrew Quigley, Benjamin G. Davis, Armin Wagner, Chris Whitfield, James H. Naismith

Subjects: “…enterobacterial common antigen…”
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Preparation of recombinant myoglobin and investigation of the liquid antigen stability for quality control materials by Yu-Hui Wang, Xi-Feng Sun, Chun-Xin Xu, Feng-Qiang Sun, Rong-Rong Wang, Xiao-Kun Bian, Zhan-Zhao Wang, Qiang Wu

“…The concentrations per gradient measured using different kits had no significant difference (p-value>0.05), which indicated that the reactivity between the Mb antigen and Mb antibodies with different epitopes was good. …”
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Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast Lysate Antigen Combinations: Antibody Detection in Dogs with Blastomycosis by Alex R. Boyd, Jamie L. VanDyke, Gene M. Scalarone

“…All of the 6 antigenic preparations were able to detect antibody in the serum specimens, but the antigen combinations detected antibody to a higher degree than the individual antigen. …”
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Mapping naturally presented T cell antigens in medulloblastoma based on integrative multi-omics by Julia Velz, Lena K. Freudenmann, Gioele Medici, Marissa Dubbelaar, Malte Mohme, David R. Ghasemi, Jonas Scheid, Daniel J. Kowalewski, Angelica B. Patterson, Anna M. Zeitlberger, Katrin Lamszus, Manfred Westphal, Matthias Eyrich, Martina Messing-Jünger, Andreas Röhrig, Harald Reinhard, Kévin Beccaria, Rogeiro B. Craveiro, Beat M. Frey, Martin Sill, Sven Nahnsen, Marie Gauder, Konstantina Kapolou, Manuela Silginer, Tobias Weiss, Hans-Georg Wirsching, Patrick Roth, Michael Grotzer, Niklaus Krayenbühl, Oliver Bozinov, Luca Regli, Hans-Georg Rammensee, Elisabeth J. Rushing, Felix Sahm, Juliane S. Walz, Michael Weller, Marian C. Neidert

“…Here, we present an atlas of naturally presented T cell antigens in medulloblastoma. We map the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-presented peptidomes of 28 tumors and perform comparative immunopeptidome profiling against an in-house benign database. …”
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Effects of different vaccination regimes on the immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis in goats and evaluation of defined antigens by Patricia Cuenca-Lara, Patricia Cuenca-Lara, Miriam Blay-Benach, Miriam Blay-Benach, Zoraida Cervera, Zoraida Cervera, Cristian Melgarejo, Cristian Melgarejo, Julia Moraleda, Julia Moraleda, Iker A. Sevilla, Joseba M. Garrido, Mahavir Singh, Gareth J. Jones, Bernat Pérez de Val, Bernat Pérez de Val

“…In addition, the defined antigens ESAT-6, CPF10, and EspC were evaluated as alternative diagnostic reagents to PPDs. …”
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Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen as Target for Neuroimaging of Central Nervous System Tumors by Brittany M. Stopa, James Crowley, Csaba Juhász, Cara M. Rogers, Mark R. Witcher, Jackson W. Kiser

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with prostate-specific membrane antigen- (PSMA-) binding tracers has been found incidentally to demonstrate uptake in CNS tumors. …”
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Immune Responses to Tissue-Restricted Nonmajor Histocompatibility Complex Antigens in Allograft Rejection by Ankit Bharat, T. Mohanakumar

“…Chronic diseases that result in end-stage organ damage cause inflammation, which can reveal sequestered self-antigens (SAgs) in that organ and trigger autoimmunity. …”
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Editorial: Specific targeting of MHC antigens for T-cells and immune cells in human disease by Ali Afzal, Ali Afzal, Muhammad Babar Khawar, Muhammad Babar Khawar, Muhammad Babar Khawar, Weijuan Gong, Weijuan Gong, Weijuan Gong, Brian M. Baker, Brian M. Baker, Haibo Sun, Haibo Sun

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Identifying plasma exosome antigens as a potential diagnostic biomarker for tuberculosis disease by Yan Jiang, Li Yan, Baoru Zhou, Jianming Hong, Huixing Tan, Xiaonan Li, Yong Wang

“…The concentration and diameter of exosomes from different groups were detected using NTA. The antigen Ag85A, MPT64, CFP-10 of Mtb in exosomes was detected by ELISA. …”
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Indicative features of tissue and microbial sensitization in the pathogenesis of generalized parodontitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis by A.M. Proschenko, N.S. Proschenko, L.L. Reshetnyk, N.A. Zelinskaya, N.V. Chervonna, Т.А. Melnychyk

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Uterine Natural Killer Cell and Human Leukocyte Antigen-G1 and Human Leukocyte Antigen-G5 Expression in Vaginal Discharge of Threatened-Abortion Women: A Case-Control Study by Saeideh Sadat Shobeiri, Zahra Rahmani, Hadi Hossein Nataj, Hossein Ranjbaran, Masoud Mohammadi, Saeid Abediankenari

“…The immunotolerant human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) molecules have a major role in fetal-maternal tolerance during pregnancy. …”
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High Detection Rates for Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen–avid Prostate Cancer Recurrence at Low Prostate-specific Antigen levels on Extended Axial Field-of-view Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography by Sarah Thomas, Jason Callahan, Paul Conway, Daniel Moon, Hugh Morgan, Johanna Ingbritsen, Melissa Munro, Robert E. Ware, Phil Dundee, Rodney J. Hicks

Subjects: “…Prostate-specific membrane antigen…”
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