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Serge D Steinfeld Laure Tant Gerd R Burmester Nick KW Teoh William A Wegener David M Goldenberg Olivier Pradier 《Arthritis research & therapy》2006,8(4):R129-11
This open-label, phase I/II study investigated the safety and efficacy of epratuzumab, a humanised anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody, in the treatment of patients with active primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). Sixteen Caucasian patients (14 females/2 males, 33–72 years) were to receive 4 infusions of 360 mg/m2 epratuzumab once every 2 weeks, with 6 months of follow-up. A composite endpoint involving the Schirmer-I test, unstimulated whole salivary flow, fatigue, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and immunoglobulin G (IgG) was devised to provide a clinically meaningful assessment of response, defined as a ≥20% improvement in at least two of the aforementioned parameters, with ≥20% reduction in ESR and/or IgG considered as a single combined criterion. Fourteen patients received all infusions without significant reactions, 1 patient received 3, and another was discontinued due to a mild acute reaction after receiving a partial infusion. Three patients showed moderately elevated levels of Human anti-human (epratuzumab) antibody not associated with clinical manifestations. B-cell levels had mean reductions of 54% and 39% at 6 and 18 weeks, respectively, but T-cell levels, immunoglobulins, and routine safety laboratory tests did not change significantly. Fifty-three percent achieved a clinical response (at ≥20% improvement level) at 6 weeks, with 53%, 47%, and 67% responding at 10, 18, and 32 weeks, respectively. Approximately 40%–50% responded at the ≥30% level, while 10%–45% responded at the ≥50% level for 10–32 weeks. Additionally, statistically significant improvements were observed in fatigue, and patient and physician global assessments. Further, we determined that pSS patients have a CD22 over-expression in their peripheral B cells, which was downregulated by epratuzumab for at least 12 weeks after the therapy. Thus, epratuzumab appears to be a promising therapy in active pSS, suggesting that further studies be conducted. 相似文献
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Autologous disc cell implantation, growth factors and gene therapy appear to be promising therapies for disc regeneration. Unfortunately, the replicative lifespan and growth kinetics of human nucleus pulposus (NP) cells related to host age are unclear. We investigated the potential relations among age, replicative lifespan and growth rate of NP cells, and determined the age range that is suitable for cell-based biological therapies for degenerative disc diseases. We used NP tissues classified by decade into five age groups: 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. The mean cumulative population doubling level (PDL) and population doubling rate (PDR) of NP cells were assessed by decade. We also investigated correlations between cumulative PDL and age, and between PDR and age. The mean cumulative PDL and PDR decreased significantly in patients in their 60s. The mean cumulative PDL and PDR in the younger groups (30s, 40s and 50s) were significantly higher than those in the older groups (60s and 70s). There also were significant negative correlations between cumulative PDL and age, and between PDR and age. We found that the replicative lifespan and growth rate of human NP cells decreased with age. The replicative potential of NP cells decreased significantly in patients 60 years old and older. Young individuals less than 60 years old may be suitable candidates for NP cell-based biological therapies for treating degenerative disc diseases. 相似文献
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Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of the acid alpha-mannosidase from Trypanosoma cruzi 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Vandersall-Nairn AS; Merkle RK; O'Brien K; Oeltmann TN; Moremen KW 《Glycobiology》1998,8(12):1183-1194
The acid alpha-mannosidase of Trypanosoma cruzi is a broad-specificity
hydrolase involved in the catabolism of glycoconjugates, presumably in the
digestive vacuole. We have cloned the alpha-mannosidase gene from a T.cruzi
epimastigote genomic library. The alpha-mannosidase gene was determined to
be single copy by Southern analysis, and similar sequences were not
detected in genomic digests of either Trypanosoma brucei or Leishmania
donovani. The coding region was subcloned into the Pichia pastoris
expression vector pPICZ, and alpha-mannosidase activity was detected in the
medium of induced cultures. The recombinant alpha- mannosidase demonstrated
a pH optimum, inhibition by swainsonine, Km, and substrate specificity
consistent with the characteristics of the alpha-mannosidase previously
purified from T.cruzi epimastigotes. The recombinant enzyme was purified
103-fold from the culture medium of Pichia pastoris and had a native
molecular mass of 359 kDa by gel filtration. A combination of SDS-PAGE,
deglycosylation with endo H, and NH2-terminal sequencing indicates that the
enzyme is originally synthesized as a homodimeric polypeptide that is
subsequently cleaved to form a heterotetramer composed of 57 and 46 kDa
subunits. A polyclonal antibody raised to the recombinant enzyme was shown
to immunoprecipitate the alpha-mannosidase from T.cruzi cell extracts and
will be used in future immunolocalization studies.
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