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List of works by Sigurbjörg Torsteinsdóttir

A preventive immunization approach against insect bite hypersensitivity: Intralymphatic injection with recombinant allergens in Alum or Alum and monophosphoryl lipid A.

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

A prospective study on insect bite hypersensitivity in horses exported from Iceland into Switzerland

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Activation of B lymphocytes by Epstein-Barr virus/CR2 receptor interaction

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Allele-specific down-regulation of MHC class I antigens in Burkitt lymphoma lines.

scientific article published in May 1989

Allo-restricted cytotoxicity recognizing EBV-determined antigens. Comments

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Antibody and cellular immune responses of naïve mares to repeated vaccination with an inactivated equine herpesvirus vaccine.

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Antigen processing and presentation by EBV-carrying cell lines: cell-phenotype dependence and influence of the EBV-encoded LMP1.

scientific article published on March 1993

Barley produced Culicoides allergens are suitable for monitoring the immune response of horses immunized with E. coli expressed allergens

scientific article published on 14 May 2018

Biological and genetic differences between lung- and brain-derived isolates of maedi-visna virus

scientific article published on January 1998

Cloning and sequencing of a cDNA expressing a ribosomal P0 peptide from Culicoides nubeculosus (Diptera).

scientific article published in May 2004

Cloning of IgE-binding proteins from Simulium vittatum and their potential significance as allergens for equine insect bite hypersensitivity

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Combined treatment with interferon (IFN)-gamma and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha up-regulates the expression of HLA class I determinants in Burkitt lymphoma lines.

scientific article published in December 1988

Constitutive and visna virus induced expression of class I and II major histocompatibility complex antigens in the central nervous system of sheep and their role in the pathogenesis of visna lesions

scientific article published in June 1998

Developing a preventive immunization approach against insect bite hypersensitivity using recombinant allergens: A pilot study

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Diagnostic tests for small ruminant lentiviruses.

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Different sensitivity of B cell lines derived from Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and normal cells (LCL) to cytotoxic T cell clones generated by autologous and allogeneic stimulation

scientific article published on April 1986

Differential expression of HLA antigens on human B-cell lines of normal and malignant origin: a consequence of immune surveillance or a phenotypic vestige of the progenitor cells?

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Differential recognition of tumor-derived and in vitro Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B-cell lines by fetal calf serum-specific T4-positive cytotoxic T-lymphocyte clones.

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Differentiation-dependent sensitivity of human B-cell-derived lines to major histocompatibility complex-restricted T-cell cytotoxicity

scientific article published on August 1986

Equine insect bite hypersensitivity: immunoblot analysis of IgE and IgG subclass responses to Culicoides nubeculosus salivary gland extract.

scientific article published on 23 June 2006

Establishment and characterization of fetal equine kidney and lung cells with extended lifespan. Susceptibility to equine gammaherpesvirus infection and transfection efficiency.

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

Evaluation of an in vitro sulphidoleukotriene release test for diagnosis of insect bite hypersensitivity in horses.

scientific article published on January 2006

Generation of equine TSLP-specific antibodies and their use for detection of TSLP produced by equine keratinocytes and leukocytes.

scientific article published on 20 April 2012

Genetic diversity of equine gammaherpesviruses (γ-EHV) and isolation of a syncytium forming EHV-2 strain from a horse in Iceland

scientific article published on 3 August 2012

Human and ovine lentiviral infections compared

scientific article published on January 1991

Identification and isolation of cDNA clones encoding the abundant secreted proteins in the saliva proteome of Culicoides nubeculosus.

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Immune response against equine gammaherpesvirus in Icelandic horses.

scientific article published on 20 January 2009

Immune response to maedi-visna virus

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Immune response to recombinant visna virus Gag and Env precursor proteins synthesized in insect cells

scientific article published on February 1998

In vitro analysis of expression vectors for DNA vaccination of horses: the effect of a Kozak sequence

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In vivo and in vitro infection with two different molecular clones of visna virus.

scientific article published on March 1997

Increased IL-4 and decreased regulatory cytokine production following relocation of Icelandic horses from a high to low endoparasite environment.

scientific article published on 9 July 2009

Inhibitory effect of 9-(2-phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine on visna virus infection in lambs: a model for in vivo testing of candidate anti-human immunodeficiency virus drugs

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Insect bite hypersensitivity in the horse: comparison of IgE-binding proteins in salivary gland extracts from Simulium vittatum and Culicoides nubeculosus.

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Intratracheal inoculation as an efficient route of experimental infection with maedi-visna virus.

scientific article published in December 2003

Isolation and partial sequencing of Equid herpesvirus 5 from a horse in Iceland.

scientific article published in May 2010

Longitudinal analysis of allergen-specific IgE and IgG subclasses as potential predictors of insect bite hypersensitivity following first exposure to Culicoides in Icelandic horses

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Mimicry of a 21.5 kDa myelin basic protein peptide by a Maedi Visna virus polymerase peptide does not contribute to the pathogenesis of encephalitis in sheep.

scientific article published in December 1996

Mucosal immunization against ovine lentivirus using PEI-DNA complexes and modified vaccinia Ankara encoding the gag and/or env genes

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

Mucosal vaccination with an attenuated maedi-visna virus clone

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Mutational analysis of a principal neutralization domain of visna/maedi virus envelope glycoprotein

scientific article published on March 2008

Natural killer cell sensitivity of human lymphoid lines of B-cell origin does not correlate with tumorigenicity or with the expression of certain differentiation markers.

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Naturally occurring mutations within 39 amino acids in the envelope glycoprotein of maedi-visna virus alter the neutralization phenotype

scientific article published on October 1999

Neonatal Immunization with a Single IL-4/Antigen Dose Induces Increased Antibody Responses after Challenge Infection with Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) at Weanling Age.

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Oral administration of transgenic barley expressing a Culicoides allergen induces specific antibody response

scientific article published on 17 November 2016

Over-expression of C-myc increases the sensitivity of Epstein-Barr virus immortalized lymphoblastoid cells to non-MHC-restricted cytotoxicity

scientific article published in April 1993

Paired Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-negative and EBV-converted Burkitt lymphoma lines: stimulatory capacity in allogeneic mixed lymphocyte cultures

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Pathogenesis of central nervous system lesions in visna cell-mediated immunity and lymphocyte subsets in blood, brain, and cerebrospinal fluid.

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Pathogenesis of central nervous system lesions in visna: cell-mediated immunity and lymphocyte subsets in blood, brain and cerebrospinal fluid

scientific article published in December 1992

Phorbol esters inhibit the functional activation of cytotoxic precursors in mixed lymphocyte cultures

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Production of monoclonal antibodies specific for native equine IgE and their application to monitor total serum IgE responses in Icelandic and non-Icelandic horses with insect bite dermal hypersensitivity

scientific article published on 29 March 2006

Report of the 3rd Havemeyer workshop on allergic diseases of the Horse, Hólar, Iceland, June 2007.

scientific article published on 31 July 2008

Reversion of tumorigenicity and decreased agarose clonability after EBV conversion of an igh/myc translocation-carrying be line

scientific article published on 01 February 1989

Search for the critical characteristics of phenotypically different B cell lines, Burkitt lymphoma cells and lymphoblastoid cell lines, which determine differences in their functional interaction with allogeneic lymphocytes

scientific article published on January 1991

Selective cloning, characterization, and production of the Culicoides nubeculosus salivary gland allergen repertoire associated with equine insect bite hypersensitivity

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Selective inhibitory effect of Hu-IFN-gamma on the agarose clonability of tumor-derived lymphoid cell lines.

scientific article published in January 1985

Simultaneous mutations in CA and Vif of Maedi-Visna virus cause attenuated replication in macrophages and reduced infectivity in vivo

scientific article published on December 2005

Skin-infiltrating T cells and cytokine expression in Icelandic horses affected with insect bite hypersensitivity: a possible role for regulatory T cells

scientific article published in December 2010

Stimulation with allogeneic Epstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines generates HLA class I-specific CTLs with different target cell avidity.

scientific article published in October 1991

Studies of sublines selected for loss of HLA expression from an EBV-transformed lymphoblastoid cell line. Changes in sensitivity to cytotoxic T cells activated by allostimulation and natural killer cells activated by IFN or IL-2.

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Study of equid herpesviruses 2 and 5 in Iceland with a type-specific polymerase chain reaction

scientific article published on 11 March 2008

Systemic DNA immunization against ovine lentivirus using particle-mediated epidermal delivery and modified vaccinia Ankara encoding the gag and/or env genes

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T lymphocyte culture established by repeated stimulation with the autologous lymphoblastoid line. MHC class II restricted interactions with B blasts

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The effect of cyclosporin A on visna infection in sheep.

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The vif gene of maedi-visna virus is essential for infectivity in vivo and in vitro

scientific article (publication date: 5 January 2004)

Transmission of small ruminant lentiviruses.

scientific article published in July 2004

Treatment of visna virus infection in lambs with the acyclic nucleoside phosphonate analogue 9-(2-phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine (PMEA).

scientific article published in May 1998

Vaccination of sheep with Maedi-visna virus gag gene and protein, beneficial or harmful?

scientific article published on 26 July 2007

Visna in sheep as a model for chemotherapy of lentiviral central nervous system infections

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Visna virus dUTPase is dispensable for neuropathogenicity.

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