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Zhu T, Ma DL, Zeng YP, Song L, Li L. Bullous pemphigoid associated with silicosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2017. [PMID: 28622458 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.14419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- T Zhu
- Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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Lee S, Hayashi H, Kumagai-Takei N, Matsuzaki H, Yoshitome K, Nishimura Y, Uragami K, Kusaka M, Yamamoto S, Ikeda M, Hatayama T, Fujimoto W, Otsuki T. Clinical evaluation of CENP-B and Scl-70 autoantibodies in silicosis patients. Exp Ther Med 2017; 13:2616-2622. [PMID: 28587321 PMCID: PMC5450599 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.4331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Silicosis patients (SIL) suffer from respiratory disorders and dysregulation of autoimmunity. Frequent complications such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis (SSc) and vasculitis are known in SIL. Furthermore, we reported previously that some SIL exhibited better respiratory conditions in association with a worse immunological status. In this study, the clinical roles of anti-CENP-B and Scl-70 autoantibodies in SIL were analyzed. The titer index (Log10) of anti-CENP-B autoantibody in SIL was higher than that of healthy volunteers (HV), and that of SSc was higher than those of HV and SIL. This titer index was positively correlated with an assumed immune status of 1 for HV, 2 for SIL, and 3 for SSc. Moreover, although factor analysis revealed that the titer index of the anti-CENP-B autoantibody formed the same factor with the anti-Scl-70 autoantibody, IgG value and age in SIL cases, another extracted factor indicated that the IgA value and anti-Scl-70 antibody were positively related, but anti-CENP-B showed an opposite pattern in the results of the factor analysis. These findings indicated that the titer index of anti-CENP-B autoantibody may be a biomarker for dysregulation in SIL cases. Future clinical follow-up of SIL may therefore require both respiratory and immunological assessment.
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- Suni Lee
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Hinase Uragami Iin, Bizen, Okayama 701-3204, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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Van Drongelen V, Holoshitz J. A reciprocal HLA-Disease Association in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Pemphigus Vulgaris. Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) 2017; 22:909-919. [PMID: 27814654 DOI: 10.2741/4524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) have been extensively studied as being antigen presenting receptors, but many aspects of their function remain elusive, especially their association with various autoimmune diseases. Here we discuss an illustrative case of the reciprocal relationship between certain HLA-DRB1 alleles and two diseases, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and pemphigus vulgaris (PV). RA is strongly associated with HLA-DRB1 alleles that encode a five amino acid sequence motif in the 70-74 region of the DR beta chain, called the shared epitope (SE), while PV is associated with the HLA-DRB1*04:02 allele that encodes a different sequence motif in the same region. Interestingly, while HLA-DRB1*04:02 confers susceptibility to PV, this and other alleles that encode the same sequence motif in the 70-74 region of the DR beta chain are protective against RA. Currently, no convincing explanation for this antagonistic effect is present. Here we briefly review the immunology and immunogenetics of both diseases, identify remaining gaps in our understanding of their association with HLA, and propose the possibility that the 70-74 DR beta epitope may contribute to disease risk by mechanisms other than antigen presentation.
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- University of Michigan, 5520D MSRB1, SPC 5680, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5680,
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Otsuki T, Miura Y, Nishimura Y, Hyodoh F, Takata A, Kusaka M, Katsuyama H, Tomita M, Ueki A, Kishimoto T. Alterations of Fas and Fas-Related Molecules in Patients with Silicosis. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 231:522-33. [PMID: 16636300 DOI: 10.1177/153537020623100506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Persons with silicosis have not only respiratory disorders but also autoimmune diseases. To clarify the mechanisms involved in the dysregulation of autoimmunity found in patients with silicosis, we have been focusing on Fas and Fas-related molecules in the Fas-mediated apoptotic pathway, because Fas is one of the most important molecules regulating autoimmunity involving T cells. Our findings showed that patients with silicosis exhibited elevated serum soluble Fas levels, an increased relative expression of the soluble fas and dcr3 genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, high levels of other variant messages of the fas transcript, relatively decreased expression of genes encoding several physiological inhibitors (such as survivin and toso), and dominancy of lower-membrane Fas expressers in lymphocytes, which transcribe soluble fas dominantly, compared with soluble fas transcription in healthy donors. These findings are consistent with known features regarding immunological factors, such as serum immunogulobulin G levels and the titer of anti-nuclear autoantibodies in silicosis. In addition, anti-caspase 8 autoantibody and anti-Fas autoantibody were detected in serum specimens from patients with silicosis, and a functional assay showed that anti-Fas antibody stimulated Fas-mediated apoptosis. We hypothesize that there are two subpopulations of silicosis lymphocytes. One is a long-term surviving fraction that includes self-recognizing clones showing lower levels of membrane Fas and inhibition of Fas/Fas ligand binding in extracellular spaces. The other subpopulation exhibits apoptosis caused by silica and silicates, is recruited from bone marrow, shows higher levels of membrane Fas, and is sensitive to anti-Fas autoantibody. Further investigation should be performed to confirm the effects of silica and silicates on the human immune system.
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- Takemi Otsuki
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 7010192, Japan.
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Otsuki T, Matsuzaki H, Lee S, Kumagai-Takei N, Yamamoto S, Hatayama T, Yoshitome K, Nishimura Y. Environmental factors and human health: fibrous and particulate substance-induced immunological disorders and construction of a health-promoting living environment. Environ Health Prev Med 2015; 21:71-81. [PMID: 26663174 DOI: 10.1007/s12199-015-0499-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 11/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Among the various scientific fields covered in the area of hygiene such as environmental medicine, epidemiology, public health and preventive medicine, we are investigating the immunological effects of fibrous and particulate substances in the environment and work surroundings, such as asbestos fibers and silica particles. In addition to these studies, we have attempted to construct health-promoting living conditions. Thus, in this review we will summarize our investigations regarding the (1) immunological effects of asbestos fibers, (2) immunological effects of silica particles, and (3) construction of a health-promoting living environment. This review article summarizes the 2014 Japanese Society for Hygiene (JSH) Award Lecture of the 85th Annual Meeting of the JSH entitled "Environmental health effects: immunological effects of fibrous and particulate matter and establishment of health-promoting environments" presented by the first author of this manuscript, Prof. Otsuki, Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan, the recipient of the 2014 JSH award. The results of our experiments can be summarized as follows: (1) asbestos fibers reduce anti-tumor immunity, (2) silica particles chronically activate responder and regulatory T cells causing an unbalance of these two populations of T helper cells, which may contribute to the development of autoimmune disorders frequently complicating silicosis, and (3) living conditions to enhance natural killer cell activity were developed, which may promote the prevention of cancers and diminish symptoms of virus infections.
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- Takemi Otsuki
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan.
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan
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Pietkiewicz P, Gornowicz-Porowska J, Bowszyc-Dmochowska M, Dmochowski M. A retrospective study of antihypertensives in pemphigus: a still unchartered odyssey particularly between thiols, amides and phenols. Arch Med Sci 2015; 11:1021-7. [PMID: 26528346 PMCID: PMC4624747 DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2015.54857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Autoimmune pemphigus diseases comprise several entities with serious prognoses, including the pemphigus vulgaris (PV) group and pemphigus foliaceus (PF) group. Antihypertensives are suspected to be one of the factors triggering/sustaining pemphigus. Here, the data of pemphigus patients regarding arterial hypertension (AH) and taking potentially noxious drugs were statistically analyzed in a setting of a Polish university dermatology department. MATERIAL AND METHODS Medical histories of pemphigus patients (40 admissions of 24 female patients - 13 PV, 11 PF; and 102 admissions of 38 male patients - 24 PV, 14 PF), diagnosed at both immunopathological and biochemical-molecular levels, were studied. RESULTS Ten of 16 (62.50%) AH-positive PV patients received known PV triggers/sustainers 11 times (1-3 per patient). Fourteen of 15 (93.33%) AH-positive PF patients received known PF triggers/sustainers 21 times (1-3 per patient). No differences in numbers of patients taking potentially culprit drugs were shown between PV and PF (Fisher's exact test: p = 0.0829; Yates' χ(2) test: p = 0.1048). The most frequently used culprit drugs were ramipril in PV and enalapril in PF. On average, each PV/PF AH-positive patient received 3.161 different antihypertensives in his/her history of admissions (2.155 antihypertensives per admission). CONCLUSIONS Drug triggering should be suspected in every case of newly diagnosed or exacerbated pemphigus, as eliminating possible PV/PF triggers/sustainers may alleviate the clinical symptoms and enable the decrease of dose/range of immunosuppressants regardless of pemphigus form. Eliminating possible drug PV/PF triggers/sustainers may alleviate the clinical symptoms and enable the decrease of dose/range of immunosuppressants regardless of pemphigus form.
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- Paweł Pietkiewicz
- Cutaneous Histopathology and Immunopathology Section, Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Cutaneous Histopathology and Immunopathology Section, Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Cutaneous Histopathology and Immunopathology Section, Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Cutaneous Histopathology and Immunopathology Section, Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Lee S, Matsuzaki H, Kumagai-Takei N, Yoshitome K, Maeda M, Chen Y, Kusaka M, Urakami K, Hayashi H, Fujimoto W, Nishimura Y, Otsuki T. Silica exposure and altered regulation of autoimmunity. Environ Health Prev Med 2014; 19:322-9. [PMID: 25135741 DOI: 10.1007/s12199-014-0403-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Silica particles and asbestos fibers, which are known as typical causatives of pneumoconiosis, induce lung fibrosis. Moreover, silicosis patients often complicate with autoimmune diseases, and asbestos-exposed patients suffer from malignant diseases such as pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer. We have been conducting experimental studies to investigate altered regulation of self-tolerance caused by silica exposure, including analyses using specimens such as plasma and immunocompetent cells obtained from silicosis patients, as a means of examining the supposition that silica exposure induces molecular and cellular biological alterations of immune cells. These approaches have resulted in the detection of several specific autoantibodies, alterations of CD95/Fas and its related molecules, and evidence of chronic activation of responder T cells and regulatory T cells following silica exposure. In this review, we present details of our investigations as an introduction to scientific approaches examining the immunological effects of environmental and occupational substances.
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- Suni Lee
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan
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Silicon, a Possible Link between Environmental Exposure and Autoimmune Diseases: The Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis. ARTHRITIS 2012; 2012:604187. [PMID: 23119159 PMCID: PMC3483651 DOI: 10.1155/2012/604187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Silicon is one of the most common chemicals on earth. Several compounds such as silica, asbestos, silicone or, nanoparticles are built from tetrahedral units with silicon as the central atom. Despite these, structural similarities, they have rarely been analyzed as a group. These compounds generate significant biological alterations that include immune hyperactivation, production of the reactive species of oxygen and tissue injury. These pathological processes may trigger autoimmune responses and lead to the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Populations at risk include those that constantly work in industrial process, mining, and agriculture as well as those that undergo silicone implants. Herein a review on the main features of these compounds and how they may induce autoimmune responses is presented.
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Environmental factors producing autoimmune dysregulation – Chronic activation of T cells caused by silica exposure. Immunobiology 2012; 217:743-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2011.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Hayashi H, Miura Y, Maeda M, Murakami S, Kumagai N, Nishimura Y, Kusaka M, Urakami K, Fujimoto W, Otsuki T. Reductive alteration of the regulatory function of the CD4(+)CD25(+) T cell fraction in silicosis patients. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2011; 23:1099-109. [PMID: 21244759 DOI: 10.1177/039463201002300414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Causal links have been documented between silica and rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis and glomerulonephritis. Two different effects of silica have been suggested, an enhanced inflammatory response in the pulmonary region (e.g. activation of alveolar macrophages) and dysregulation of autoimmunity. Based on our previous reports showing in vitro activation of peripheral T cells by silica and reduced regulatory function of the peripheral CD4(+)CD25(+) fraction in which FoxP(3)+ regulatory T cells (Treg) are located, reconstitution of the CD4(+)CD25(+) fraction in silicosis patients (SILs) was investigated. Since T cells in peripheral CD4(+)CD25(+) and CD4(+)CD25(-) (effector T cells; Teff) fractions from SILs showed higher expression of pd-1 (a marker gene for T cell activation) in comparison to that of healthy donors (HDs), chronic T cell activation was considered to have occurred in SILs. In this study, a higher expression of the CD95/Fas molecule in Treg was recorded from silicosis patients (SILs) compared to healthy donors (HDs), and excess loss of FoxP3(+) Treg in freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from SILs relative to HDs was demonstrated when these cells were cultured with silica ex vivo, whereas CD25(+) cells were not reduced due to contamination of activated Teff in the CD4(+)CD25(+) fraction. The activation of both Teff and Treg results in reconstitution of the peripheral CD4(+)CD25(+) fraction, loss of Treg and contamination of activated Teff, resulting in reduction of the number and function of Treg. These results contribute to our understanding of the development of autoimmune diseases found in SILs.
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- H Hayashi
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
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Maeda M, Nishimura Y, Kumagai N, Hayashi H, Hatayama T, Katoh M, Miyahara N, Yamamoto S, Hirastuka J, Otsuki T. Dysregulation of the immune system caused by silica and asbestos. J Immunotoxicol 2010; 7:268-78. [PMID: 20849352 DOI: 10.3109/1547691x.2010.512579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Silica and asbestos cause pneumoconioses known as silicosis and asbestosis, respectively, that are each characterized by progressive pulmonary fibrosis. While local effects of inhaled silica particles alter the function of alveolar macrophages and sequential cellular and molecular biological events, general systemic immunological effects may also evolve. One well-known health outcome associated with silica exposure/silicosis is an increase in the incidence of autoimmune disorders. In addition, while exposure to silica--in the crystalline form--has also been seen to be associated with the development of lung cancers, it remains unclear as to whether or not silicosis is a necessary condition for the elevation of silica-associated lung cancer risks. Since asbestos is a mineral silicate, it would be expected to also possess generalized immunotoxicological effects similar to those associated with silica particles. However, asbestos-exposed patients are far better known than silicotic patients for development of malignant diseases such as lung cancer and mesothelioma, and less so for the development of autoimmune disorders. With both asbestos and crystalline silica, one important dysregulatory outcome that needs to be considered is an alteration in tumor immunity that allows for silica- or asbestos- (or asbestos-associated agent)-induced tumors to survive and thrive in situ. In this review, the immunotoxicological effects of both silica and asbestos are presented and contrasted in terms of their abilities to induce immune system dysregulation that then are manifest by the onset of autoimmunity or by alterations in host-tumor immunity.
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- Megumi Maeda
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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Kumagai N, Nishimura Y, Maeda M, Hayashi H, Otsuki T. [Immunological effects of silica/asbestos]. Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi 2010; 65:493-499. [PMID: 20885075 DOI: 10.1265/jjh.65.493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Silica and asbestos cause pneumoconioses known as silicosis and asbestosis, respectively, that are each characterized by progressive pulmonary fibrosis. On the other hand, silicosis patients often suffer from a type of immunological dysregulation that gives rise to autoimmunity. These epidemiological findings suggest that silica may affect the immune system in humans. In addition, as asbestos itself is a mineral silicate, it may possess generalized immunotoxicological effects similar to those associated with silica particles. Because asbestos-exposed patients are well-known to often develop malignant diseases such as lung cancer and mesothelioma, one silica-like dysregulatory outcome that needs to be considered (apart from autoimmunity) is an alteration in host tumor immunity. In this review, the immunotoxicological effects of both silica and asbestos are presented and discussed in terms of immune system dysregulation as manifested by the onset of autoimmunity or alterations in host tumor immunity.
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- Naoko Kumagai
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan
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A prospective analysis of anti-desmoglein antibody profiles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with thiol compounds. J Dermatol Sci 2010; 59:170-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2010.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2010] [Revised: 06/15/2010] [Accepted: 06/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Yasuda M, Amano H, Yamanaka M, Tamura A, Ishikawa O. Coincidental association of mycosis fungoides and occupational systemic sclerosis? J Dermatol 2008; 35:21-4. [PMID: 18181771 DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00405.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We report a 58-year-old man with mycosis fungoides (MF) and occupational systemic sclerosis (SSc) induced by silica exposure. He was engaged in tunnel construction from the age of 18 to 33 years. He developed MF at the age of 30. Diagnosis of silicosis was made at the age of 52 and SSc at the age of 58. Physical examinations revealed sclerotic skin changes on his forearms and fingers and poikiloderma on the left popliteal fossa and inguinal region. Both antinuclear antibody and antitopoisomerase-I antibody were positive. We could find no apparent difference between his clinical features and those of idiopathic SSc except for the presence of silicosis and MF. Systemic therapy with interferon-gamma for MF did not improve the skin sclerosis. We discuss the relationship of silica exposure to both MF and SSc.
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- Masahito Yasuda
- Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan.
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Cirillo N, Gombos F, Ruocco V, Lanza A. Searching for experimental models of Pemphigus vulgaris. Arch Dermatol Res 2007; 299:9-12. [PMID: 17377799 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-007-0733-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2006] [Accepted: 12/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The current knowledge on Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) pathophysiology suggests that blister formation relies on both PV IgG and non-IgG serum factors activity. PV autoimmunity seems to develop against both desmoglein 1/3 and acetylcholine receptors leading to transduction of signals to the cell mediated by phosphorilation events. Serum factors other than IgG also participate to PV acantholysis through apoptotic or cytokine-mediated mechanisms. Apart from the role played by each actor within the acantholysis, however, the current scenario arises important methodological issues. For example, the use of PV IgG or monoclonal anti-Dsg3 antibodies to experimentally reproduce the disease appears inadequate, as it does not take into account the role of non-IgG factors. On the basis of the above observations and those from our laboratories, here we propose that using whole sera from PV patients with active disease represents the most faithful manner to mimic the disease.
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- Nicola Cirillo
- Regional Center on Craniofacial Malformations-MRI, First School of Medicine and Surgery, Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Miura Y, Nishimura Y, Katsuyama H, Maeda M, Hayashi H, Dong M, Hyodoh F, Tomita M, Matsuo Y, Uesaka A, Kuribayashi K, Nakano T, Kishimoto T, Otsuki T. Involvement of IL-10 and Bcl-2 in resistance against an asbestos-induced apoptosis of T cells. Apoptosis 2006; 11:1825-35. [PMID: 16850164 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-006-9235-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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To analyze the possibility that immunological alteration in asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) such as asbestosis (ASB) and malignant mesothelioma (MM) may affect the progression of cancers, a human adult T cell leukemia virus-immortalized T cell line (MT-2Org) was continuously exposed to 10 mug/ml of chrysotile-B (CB), an asbestos. After at least 8 months of exposure, the rate of apoptosis in the cells became very low and the resultant subline was designated MT-2Rst. The MT-2Rst cells were characterized by (i) enhanced expression of bcl-2, with regain of apoptosis-sensitivity by reduction of bcl-2 by siRNA, (ii) excess IL-10 secretion and expression, and (iii) activation of STAT3 that was inhibited by PP2, a specific inhibitor of Src family kinases. These results suggested that the contact between cells and asbestos may affect the human immune system and trigger a cascade of biological events such as activation of Src family kinases, enhancement of IL-10 expression, STAT3 activation and Bcl-2 overexpression. This speculation was partially confirmed by the detection of elevated bcl-2 expression levels in CD4 + peripheral blood T cells from patients with MM compared with those from patients with ASB or healthy donors. Further studies will be required to verify the role of T cells with enhanced bcl-2 expression in tumor progression induced by asbestos exposure.
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- Yoshie Miura
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama 7010192, Japan
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Wu P, Miura Y, Hyodoh F, Nishimura Y, Hatayama T, Hatada S, Sakaguchi H, Kusaka M, Katsuyama H, Tomita M, Otsuki T. Reduced function of CD4+25+ regulatory T cell fraction in silicosis patients. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2006; 19:357-68. [PMID: 16831302 DOI: 10.1177/039463200601900212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The quality and quantity of CD4+25+ regulatory T cells (Treg) in silicosis patients (SIL) were examined and compared with results from healthy donors (HD) because SIL often develop autoimmune diseases along with pulmonary disorders. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 57 SIL and 50 HD were analyzed for Treg. Treg frequency and clinical parameters were subjected to a factor analysis. Treg and CD4+25- T cells (Tneg) from five HD and five SIL, sorted by flow-cytometer, were used for functional assays of Treg, the expression pattern of Treg specific genes (FoxP3, GITR and CTLA-4) and activation-related genes (CD122 and CD123). Although the actual frequency of Treg did not differ between SIL and HD, the age-corrected level was reduced in SIL. The factor analysis showed that Treg frequency was positively associated with the serum level of IL-2. The inhibitory effect of Treg on Tneg activation was decreased when the Treg:Tneg ratio was 1:1/4 to 1/2. In addition, Treg dominancy of FoxP3 and CTLA-4 expression and Tneg dominancy of CD132 expression found in HD were lost in SIL. These results indicated that the Treg fraction in SIL may be substituted with chronically activated T cells due to recurrent exposure to silica, resulting in a reduction in the frequency and function of Treg. Since the reduction of Treg may precede the clinical manifestation, as silicosis may be a pre-clinical status for autoimmune diseases, control of Treg function using cell and/or gene therapy may be a good way to manage autoimmune disease.
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- P Wu
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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Lanza A, Cirillo N, Femiano F, Gombos F. How does acantholysis occur in pemphigus vulgaris: a critical review. J Cutan Pathol 2006; 33:401-12. [PMID: 16776715 DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2006.00523.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pemphigus vulgaris is a life-threatening autoimmune blistering disease targeting skin and mucous membranes, characterized by disruption of keratinocytes' adhesion termed acantholysis. Today multiple classes of targets are considered to play a role in the genesis of the acantholysis; of these, the classical pemphigus antigens, desmosomal cadherins (desmoglein 1 and 3) are the best characterized and considered as the most important. Additional antigens include the novel epithelial acetylcholine receptors (alpha9 and pemphaxin). Thus, acantholysis in pemphigus seems to result from a cooperative action of antibodies to different keratinocyte self-antigens, but the mechanisms by which epithelial cleft occurs are not yet clearly understood. In fact, the binding of the autoantibodies to these targets generates a plethora of biological effects due, on one hand, to their direct interference with adhesive function and, on the other, to more complex events involving intracellular pathways that modify proteases activity or calcium metabolism, leading to loss of cell-cell adhesion.
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- Alessandro Lanza
- Regional Center on Craniofacial Malformations, School of Medicine, II University of Naples, 80100 Naples, Italy.
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Takata-Tomokuni A, Ueki A, Shiwa M, Isozaki Y, Hatayama T, Katsuyama H, Hyodoh F, Fujimoto W, Ueki H, Kusaka M, Arikuni H, Otsuki T. Detection, epitope-mapping and function of anti-Fas autoantibody in patients with silicosis. Immunology 2005; 116:21-9. [PMID: 16108814 PMCID: PMC1802403 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2005.02192.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Dysregulation of apoptosis through the Fas-Fas ligand pathway is associated with the onset of autoimmune disease. Since autoantibodies directed against unknown antigens are present in the sera of these patients, sera samples were examined for the presence of autoantibodies directed against the Fas molecule. Using Western blotting and a ProteinChip analysis, autoantibodies against Fas were detected in patients with silicosis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc), and weakly detected in healthy individuals. Using epitope mapping employing 12-amino-acid polypeptides with the SPOTs system, a minimum of four epitopes and a maximum of 10 epitopes were found. Several amino acid residues involved in binding FasL, such as C66, R87, L90, E93 and H126, were presented within the epitopes. Serum containing a large amount of anti-Fas autoantibody from silicosis patients inhibited the growth of a Fas-expressing human cell line, but did not inhibit the growth of a low Fas-expresser nor a Fas-expresser in which the Fas gene had been silenced by small interference RNA. All epitopes in the intracellular region of Fas were located in the death domain. The possible roles of anti-Fas autoantibody detected in healthy volunteers and patients with silicosis or autoimmune diseases are discussed here.
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical SchoolKurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical SchoolKurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical SchoolKurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical SchoolKurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical SchoolKurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical SchoolKurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kusaka HospitalBizen, Japan
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- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical SchoolKurashiki, Japan
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Hyodoh F, Takata-Tomokuni A, Miura Y, Sakaguchi H, Hatayama T, Hatada S, Katsuyama H, Matsuo Y, Otsuki T. Inhibitory Effects of Anti-Oxidants on Apoptosis of a Human Polyclonal T-Cell Line, MT-2, Induced by an Asbestos, Chrysotile-A. Scand J Immunol 2005; 61:442-8. [PMID: 15882436 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2005.01592.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To clarify the effects of silica and silicates on cellular features of lymphocytes, a human T-lymphotropic virus type-1-immortalized polyclonal T-cell line, MT-2, was exposed to various concentrations of chrysotile-A, an asbestos classified as silicate. MT-2 cells underwent apoptosis in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The mitochondrial apoptotic pathway was activated during chrysotile-A-induced apoptosis of MT-2 cells, because of the phosphorylation of JNK and p38, increase of BAX and release of cytochrome-c from mitochondria to cytoplasma. In addition, anti-oxidants such as hydroxyl-radical excluders and capturers of superoxide and inhibitors of superoxide production effectively reduced the size of the apoptotic fraction in MT-2 cells cultured with chrysotile-A. These results indicate that the activation of reactive oxygen species may play a central role in asbestos-induced T-cell apoptosis, and anti-oxidants may help to prevent complications of pneumoconiosis.
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- F Hyodoh
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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Wu P, Hyodoh F, Hatayama T, Sakaguchi H, Hatada S, Miura Y, Takata-Tomokuni A, Katsuyama H, Otsuki T. Induction of CD69 antigen expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells on exposure to silica, but not by asbestos/chrysotile-A. Immunol Lett 2005; 98:145-52. [PMID: 15790520 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2004.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2004] [Revised: 10/20/2004] [Accepted: 11/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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While cases of silicosis are often complicated by various autoimmune disorders, patients with asbestosis develop malignant tumors such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. These differences may derive from different biological effects, particularly on immunological cells, of silica and asbestos. To find differences between silica and asbestos, the early activation antigen, CD69, on T cells was examined because dysregulated and continuous activation of T cells may promote the survival of self-recognizing T cells. After cultivation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells with or without silica or chrysotile-A, an asbestos, only silica induced CD69 expression on the lymphocytes. This induction of CD69 expression was mediated by protein kinase C activation. In addition, cell-cell contact mediated by HLA-DR was more important than soluble factors secreted from silica-phagocytosed cells such as IL-1beta, IL-6, and IL-8, even though IL-6 and IL-8 were produced during the culture of PBMCs with silica and chrysotile-A. It should be examined how these activated, CD69-expressing lymphocytes affect other immune systems as well as alter themselves in terms of cytokine production and cell-cell interaction, leading to autoimmune disorders in silicosis patients.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Asbestos, Serpentine/pharmacology
- Coculture Techniques
- Humans
- Lectins, C-Type
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/drug effects
- Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors
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- Ping Wu
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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Ueki A, Isozaki Y, Tomokuni A, Ueki H, Kusaka M, Tanaka S, Otsuki T, Sakaguchi H, Hyodoh F. Different distribution of HLA class II alleles in anti-topoisomerase I autoantibody responders between silicosis and systemic sclerosis patients, with a common distinct amino acid sequence in the HLA-DQB1 domain. Immunobiology 2001; 204:458-65. [PMID: 11776400 DOI: 10.1078/0171-2985-00055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Autoantibodies against DNA topoisomerase I (anti-topo I) have been reported to be specific to systemic sclerosis (SSc), however, anti-topo I was detected in patients with silicone breast implants, SLE without features of SSc, and rheumatic diseases. We detected anti-topo I positive silicosis patients without any symptoms of autoimmune diseases. The correlation between anti-topo I autoantibody responses and HLA class II has been established. HLA-DRB1*1502; DQB1*0601 has been reported to be the most frequent anti-topo I associated haplotype among Japanese SSc patients. In this study, haplotype HLA-DR15; DQ6 was detected in all 4 anti-topo I positive Asian Japanese SSc patients randomly selected. Furthermore, HLA-DQB1*0402 was identified in 3 of 4 anti-topo I positive silicosis patients. These findings coincide with the results of a previous study, in which all 4 Japanese patients with anti-topo I had the DQB1*04 alleles, whereas no studies among Caucasian-Americans, African-Americans and Choctaw Indians found the involvement of DQB1*04. We investigated common features among various DQB 1 alleles. HLA-DQB I with a distinct characteristic is clearly involved in the anti-topo I response irrespective of ethnic groups, the main disease, or silica exposure. A common positioning of distinct amino acids, (i.e. positions 14, 30, 57 and 77 of the DQbeta1 domain are methionine, tyrosine, aspartic acid and threonine, respectively,) seems to be associated with anti-topo I response. The above-mentioned amino acid sequence is detected in alleles *0301, *0303, *0306, *0401, *0402, *0601 and *0602.
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- A Ueki
- Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
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