Immuno-inflammatory mechanisms in refractory asthma

Doctoral thesis (2012)

An immuno-PF2D-MS/MS proteomic approach for bacterial antigenic characterization: To Bacillus and beyond

in Journal of Proteome Research (2007), 6(6), 2168-2175

We are confronted daily to unknown microorganisms that have yet to be characterized, detected, and/ or analyzed. We propose, in this study, a multidimensional strategy using polyclonal antibodies ... [more ▼]

We are confronted daily to unknown microorganisms that have yet to be characterized, detected, and/ or analyzed. We propose, in this study, a multidimensional strategy using polyclonal antibodies, consisting of a novel proteomic tool, the ProteomeLab PF2D, coupled to immunological techniques and mass spectrometry ( i-PF2D-MS/MS). To evaluate this strategy, we have applied it to Bacillus subtilis, considered here as our unknown bacterial model. [less ▲]

Immunoassays for CK-MB and myoglobin: application to the early diagnosis and follow-up of myocardial infarction

Conference (1993, May)

ImmunoCAP© ISAC: interest in allergy diagnosis

Conference (2009, April 28)

Immunocastration of farm animals.

in Biotechnology in animal husbandry (2001)

Immunochemical, biomolecular and biochemical characterization of bovine epithelial intestinal primocultures

in BMC Cell Biology (2005), 6

Background: Cultures of enterocytes and colonocytes represent valuable tools to study growth and differentiation of epithelial cells. In vitro models may be used to evaluate passage or toxicity of drugs ... [more ▼]

Background: Cultures of enterocytes and colonocytes represent valuable tools to study growth and differentiation of epithelial cells. In vitro models may be used to evaluate passage or toxicity of drugs, interactions of enteropathogenes bacteria strains with intestinal epithelium and other physiologic or pathologic phenomenon involving the digestive tract. Results: Cultures of bovine colonocytes and jejunocytes were obtained from organoid-enriched preparations, using a combination of enzymatic and mechanical disruption of the intestine epithelium, followed by an isopicnic centrifugation discarding most single cells. Confluent cell monolayers arising from plated organoids exhibited epithelium typical features, such as the pavement-like structure, the presence of apical microvilli and tight junctions. Accordingly, cells expressed several markers of enterocyte brush border (i.e. maltase, alkaline phosphatase and fatty acid binding protein) as well as an epithelial cytoskeleton component (cytokeratin 18). However, enterocyte primocultures were also positive for the vimentin immunostaining (mesenchyme marker). Vimentin expression studies showed that this gene is constitutively expressed in bovine enterocytes. Comparison of the vimentin expression profile with the pattern of brush border enzymes activities, suggested that the decrease of cell differentiation level observed during the enterocyte isolation procedure and early passages of the primoculture could result from a post-transcriptional de-repression of vimentin synthesis. The low differentiation level of bovine enterocytes in vitro could partly be counteracted adding butyrate (1-2 mM) or using a glucose-deprived culture medium. Conclusion: The present study describes several complementary approaches to characterize bovine primary cultures of intestinal cells. Cultured cells kept their morphologic and functional characteristics during several generations. [less ▲]

Immunocytochemical demontration of hormones in cell granules of several human pituitary adenomas

in Histochemical Journal (The) (1986), 18(1), 55

Immunocytochemical evidence for production of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone in separate cells in the bovine.

in Biology of Reproduction (1991), 45(5), 788-96

In all mammalian females, follicular growth and maturation are essentially dependent on the pituitary gonadotropins, FSH and LH. These glycoprotein hormones have many similarities, but their action, based ... [more ▼]

In all mammalian females, follicular growth and maturation are essentially dependent on the pituitary gonadotropins, FSH and LH. These glycoprotein hormones have many similarities, but their action, based on high affinity binding to specific membrane receptors, are quite different. The purpose of this study was to perform a sensitive localization of FSH and LH in secretory granules of gonadotrophs using highly specific antisera. This morphological study included light microscopy (PAP) and electron microscopy (immunogold single and double labeling) procedures. Histologically, approximatively 11.5% of cells were positive for LH, whereas only 5.4% of cells were positive for FSH. With the electron microscope, single labeling allowed identification of morphologically distinct LH-containing cells and FSH-containing cells. Double immunostaining confirmed that no cells contained both hormones. The finding that FSH and LH are produced in separate pituitary cells is in agreement with recent studies that have suggested a specific role and regulatory process for gonadotropins in the bovine species. [less ▲]

Immunocytochemical Localization of Androgen Receptors in the Male Songbird and Quail Brain

in Journal of Comparative Neurology (The) (1992), 317(4), 407-20

The distribution of androgen receptors was studied in the brain of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), and the canary (Serinus canaria) by immunocytochemistry ... [more ▼]

The distribution of androgen receptors was studied in the brain of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), and the canary (Serinus canaria) by immunocytochemistry with a polyclonal antibody (AR32) raised in rabbit against a synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence located at the N-terminus of the androgen receptor molecule. In quail, androgen receptor-immunoreactive cells were observed in the nucleus intercollicularis and in various nuclei of the preoptic-hypothalamic complex, namely, the nucleus preopticus medialis, the ventral part of the nucleus anterior medialis hypothalami, the nucleus paraventricularis magnocellularis, the nucleus ventromedialis hypothalami, and the tuberal hypothalamus. In the two songbird species, labeled cells were also observed in various nuclei in the preoptic-hypothalamic region, in the nucleus taeniae, and in the nucleus intercollicularis. Additional androgen receptor-immunoreactive cells were present in the androgen-sensitive telencephalic nuclei that are part of the song control system. These immunoreactive cells filled and outlined the boundaries of the hyperstriatum ventrale, pars caudalis, nucleus magnocellularis neostriatalis anterioris (both in the lateral and medial subdivisions), and nucleus robustus archistriatalis. The immunoreactive material was primarily present in cell nuclei but a low level of immunoreactivity was also clearly detected in cytoplasm in some brain areas. These studies demonstrate, for the first time, that androgen receptors can be detected by immunocytochemistry in the avian brain and the results are in general agreement with the binding data obtained by autoradiography with tritiated dihydrotestosterone. Immunocytochemical methods offer several advantages over autoradiography and their use for the study of the androgen receptor will greatly facilitate the analysis of steroid-sensitive systems in the avian brain. [less ▲]

Immunocytochemical Localization of Aromatase in the Brain

in Brain Research (1990), 514(2), 327-33

An immunocytochemical peroxidase-antiperoxidase procedure using a purified polyclonal antibody raised against human placental aromatase was used to localize aromatase-containing cells in the Japanese ... [more ▼]

An immunocytochemical peroxidase-antiperoxidase procedure using a purified polyclonal antibody raised against human placental aromatase was used to localize aromatase-containing cells in the Japanese quail brain. Immunoreactive cells were found only in the preoptic area and hypothalamus, with a high density of positive cells being present in the sexually dimorphic medial preoptic nucleus, in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus and in the infundibulum. The positive material was localized in the perikarya and in adjacent cytoplasmic processes. Aromatase-containing cells were a specific marker for the sexually dimorphic preoptic nucleus. Treatment with testosterone produced a 6-fold increase in the aromatase activity of the preoptic area and a 4-fold increase in the number of immunoreactive cells in the medial preoptic nucleus. Thus, the increase in aromatase activity observed after testosterone administration is caused by a change in enzyme concentration. [less ▲]