Immunological homeostasis of the eye

M Mochizuki, S Sugita, K Kamoi - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2013 - Elsevier
Uveitis is a sight-threatening disease caused by autoimmune or infection-related immune
responses. Studies in experimental autoimmune uveitis and in human diseases imply that …

Inflammatory manifestations of HTLV-1 and their therapeutic options

F Martin, GP Taylor, S Jacobson - Expert review of clinical …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is one of the most intriguing retroviruses
infecting humans. Most commonly, infection remains undetected, since it does not cause …

HTLV-1 proviral load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells quantified in 100 HAM/TSP patients: a marker of disease progression

S Olindo, A Lézin, P Cabre, H Merle, M Saint-Vil… - Journal of the …, 2005 - Elsevier
A high proviral load of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in peripheral blood
mononuclear cells (PBMCs) has been reported in patients with HTLV-1-associated …

A significant association of viral loads with corneal endothelial cell damage in cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis

M Miyanaga, S Sugita, N Shimizu, T Morio… - British Journal of …, 2010 - bjo.bmj.com
Aim The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between the clinical
manifestation and the cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load in the aqueous humour of patients …

Applications of the polymerase chain reaction to diagnosis of ophthalmic disease

RN Van Gelder - Survey of ophthalmology, 2001 - Elsevier
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a powerful molecular biologic technique for the
analysis of very small amounts of DNA. This technique has found increasing use in the past …

[HTML][HTML] A new era of uveitis: impact of polymerase chain reaction in intraocular inflammatory diseases

M Mochizuki, S Sugita, K Kamoi, H Takase - Japanese Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Uveitis is a sight-threatening intraocular inflammatory disorder which may occur from both
infectious and non-infectious or autoimmune causes. The frequency of infectious uveitis and …

[HTML][HTML] HTLV-1 uveitis

K Kamoi, M Mochizuki - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the first retrovirus described as a
causative agent of human disease. Following adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma and HLTV-1 …

Monitoring the HTLV‐1 proviral load in the peripheral blood of asymptomatic carriers and patients with HTLV‐associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis from …

MSBS Furtado, RG Andrade… - Journal of medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Human T‐lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV‐1) infection is associated with HTLV‐associated
myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), which affects approximately 5% of …

[HTML][HTML] Increased proviral load in HTLV-1-infected patients with rheumatoid arthritis or connective tissue disease

M Yakova, A Lézin, F Dantin, G Lagathu, S Olindo… - Retrovirology, 2005 - Springer
Background Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) proviral load is related to the
development of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and …

Involvement of IL-2/IL-2R system activation by parasite antigen in polyclonal expansion of CD4+ 25+ HTLV-1-infected T-cells in human carriers of both HTLV-1 and S …

M Satoh, H Toma, K Sugahara, K Etoh, Y Shiroma… - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
The intermediate state of HTLV-1 infection, often found in individuals dually infected with
Strongyloides stercoralis (S. stercoralis) and HTLV-1, is assumed to be a preleukemic state …