Immunomodulation of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases with intravenous immune globulin

MD Kazatchkine, SV Kaveri - New England Journal of Medicine, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
Intravenous immune globulin has been used in the treatment of primary and secondary
antibody deficiencies for more than 25 years. It is a safe preparation with no long-term side …

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: progress in the first 44 years

JF Seymour, JJ Presneill - … journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare clinical syndrome that was first described in 1958.
Subsequently, over 240 case reports and small series have described at least 410 cases in …

Interleukin-1α antibodies

J Simard - US Patent 8,034,337, 2011 - Google Patents
US8034337B2 - Interleukin-1α antibodies - Google Patents US8034337B2 - Interleukin-1α
antibodies - Google Patents Interleukin-1α antibodies Download PDF Info Publication number …

Idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis as an autoimmune disease with neutralizing antibody against granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor

T Kitamura, N Tanaka, J Watanabe… - The Journal of …, 1999 - rupress.org
Idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (I-PAP) is a rare disease of unknown etiology in
which the alveoli fill with lipoproteinaceous material. We report here that I-PAP is an …

Infection and atherosclerosis: emerging mechanistic paradigms

SE Epstein, YF Zhou, J Zhu - Circulation, 1999 - Am Heart Assoc
Although definitive proof of a causal role of infection contributing to atherogenesis is lacking,
multiple investigations have demonstrated that infectious agents evoke cellular and …

Anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibodies are a risk factor for central nervous system infection by Cryptococcus gattii in otherwise …

T Saijo, J Chen, SCA Chen, LB Rosen, J Yi, TC Sorrell… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcosis is caused by either Cryptococcus neoformans or C. gattii. While cryptococcal
meningoencephalitis is caused mostly by C. neoformans in immunocompromised patients …

The role of GM-CSF autoantibodies in infection and autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a concise review

A Ataya, V Knight, BC Carey, E Lee, EJ Tarling… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Autoantibodies to multiple cytokines have been identified and some, including antibodies
against granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), have been associated …

Inhibition of maturation and function of dendritic cells by intravenous immunoglobulin

J Bayry, S Lacroix-Desmazes… - Blood, The Journal …, 2003 - ashpublications.org
Normal immunoglobulin G for therapeutic use (intravenous immunoglobulin [IVIg]) is used in
an increasing number of immune-mediated conditions, including acute and …

The molecular basis of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

B Carey, BC Trapnell - Clinical immunology, 2010 - Elsevier
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) comprises a heterogenous group of diseases
characterized by abnormal surfactant accumulation resulting in respiratory insufficiency, and …

Intravenous immunoglobulin: an update on the clinical use and mechanisms of action

VS Negi, S Elluru, S Siberil, S Graff-Dubois… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - Springer
Initially used as a replacement therapy for immunodeficiency diseases, intravenous
immunoglobulin (IVIg) is now widely used for a number of autoimmune and inflammatory …