The impact of HIV-1 infection and exposure on natural killer (NK) cell phenotype in Kenyan infants during the first year of life.

abstract：:The lymphatic vasculature plays a crucial role in regulating the inflammatory response by influencing drainage of extravasated fluid, inflammatory mediators, and leukocytes. Lymphatic vessels undergo pronounced enlargement in inflamed tissue and display increased leakiness, indicating reduced functionality. Interferin...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Schwager S,Detmar M

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Objectives: The live non-pathogenic Leishmania tarantolae has recently provided a promising approach as an effective vaccine candidate against experimental leishmaniasis (ILL). Here, we evaluated the immunoprotective potential of the live Iranian Lizard Leishmania mixed with CpG adjuvant against L. majo...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Keshavarzian N,Noroozbeygi M,Haji Molla Hoseini M,Yeganeh F

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common pathogen that infects virtually all children by 2 years of age and is the leading cause of hospitalization of infants worldwide. While most children experience mild symptoms, some children progress to severe lower respiratory tract infection. Those children with severe dis...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Fonseca W,Lukacs NW,Ptaschinski C

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to traumatic or infectious insults results in a rapid activation of the complement cascade as major fluid defense system of innate immunity. The complement system acts as a master alarm system during the molecular danger response after trauma and significantly contributes to the clearance of DAMPs and PAMPs. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Karasu E,Nilsson B,Köhl J,Lambris JD,Huber-Lang M

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been previously shown that the amyloid precursor protein (APP) support the innate immune defense as an immune receptor. Amyloid β (Aβ) peptides seem to have properties of an antimicrobial peptide and can act as opsonines. In APP-deficient mouse models, a reduced secretion of cytokines has been observed. Still, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Spitzer P,Walter M,Göth C,Oberstein TJ,Linning P,Knölker HJ,Kornhuber J,Maler JM

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Neosporosis is considered as one of the main causes of abortion and severe economic losses in dairy industry. The Canis genus serving as one of the confirmed definitive hosts of the apicomplexan parasite Neospora caninum (N. caninum) plays a critical role in its life cycle. However, the effects of N. caninum on its de...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wei Z,Hermosilla C,Taubert A,He X,Wang X,Gong P,Li J,Yang Z,Zhang X

更新日期：2016-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic glycolysis is a recognized feature shared by tumors, leading to the accumulation of lactic acid in their local microenvironments. Like the tumors, the blastocysts, placenta, trophoblasts and decidual immune cells can also produce a large amount of lactic acid through aerobic glycolysis during the early pregnan...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ma LN,Huang XB,Muyayalo KP,Mor G,Liao AH

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a live-attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis developed a century ago by repeated subculture. It remains the only vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) in use today, and it offers variable protection against the respiratory forms of TB responsible for transmission. The principal genetic ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Gonzalo-Asensio J,Marinova D,Martin C,Aguilo N

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing prevalence in obesity has become a significant public concern. C57BL/6J mice are prone to diet-induced obesity (DIO) when fed high-fat diet (HFD), and develop chronic inflammation and metabolic syndrome, making them a good model to analyze mechanisms whereby obesity elicits pathologies. DIO mice demonstrate...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Lainez NM,Jonak CR,Nair MG,Ethell IM,Wilson EH,Carson MJ,Coss D

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:HERV-H endogenous retroviruses are thought to be essential to stem cell identity in humans. We embrace several decades of HERV-H research in order to relate the transcription of HERV-H loci to their genomic structure. We find that highly transcribed HERV-H loci are younger, more fragmented, and less likely to be prese...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Gemmell P,Hein J,Katzourakis A

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) as a disease entity was first codified in the 1930s by soviet scientists investigating patients suffering from hantavirus infection. The group of hemorrhagic fever viruses (HFVs) has since expanded to include members from at least four different virus families: Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae,...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Schönrich G,Raftery MJ

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Immunotherapies targeting CTLA-4 and PD-1 have elicited promising responses in a variety of cancers. However, the relatively low response rates warrant the identification of additional immunosuppressive pathways. V domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA) plays a critical role in antitum...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Xie X,Zhang J,Shi Z,Liu W,Hu X,Qie C,Chen W,Wang Y,Wang L,Jiang J,Liu J

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we outline an overview of the mammalian immune system that updates and extends the classical clonal selection paradigm. Rather than focusing on strict self-not-self discrimination, we propose that the system orchestrates variable inflammatory responses that maintain the body and its symbiosis with the microbiome...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Cohen IR,Efroni S

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectodermal dysplasias (ED) are uncommon genetic disorders resulting in abnormalities in ectodermally derived structures. Many ED-associated genes have been described, of which ectodysplasin-A (EDA) is one of the more common. The NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO encoded by the IKBKG gene) is unique in that mutations res...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Keller MD,Petersen M,Ong P,Church J,Risma K,Burham J,Jain A,Stiehm ER,Hanson EP,Uzel G,Deardorff MA,Orange JS

更新日期：2011-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The limited efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccines is usually attributed to ongoing variation in the major antigenic targets for protective antibody responses including hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). Hence, vaccine development has largely focused on broadening antigenic epitopes to generate cross-reactive...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sato-Kaneko F,Yao S,Lao FS,Shpigelman J,Messer K,Pu M,Shukla NM,Cottam HB,Chan M,Chu PJ,Burkhart D,Schoener R,Matsutani T,Carson DA,Corr M,Hayashi T

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunopathological functions associated with human C1q are still growing in terms of novelty, diversity, and pathologic relevance. It is, therefore, not surprising that C1q is being recognized as an important molecular bridge between innate and adaptive immunity. The secret of this functional diversity, in turn, r...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ghebrehiwet B,Kandov E,Kishore U,Peerschke EIB

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: CXCL13 is preferentially secreted by Follicular Helper T cells (TFH) to attract B cells to germinal centers. Plasma levels of CXCL13 have been reported to be elevated during chronic HIV-infection, however there is limited data on such elevation during early phases of infection and on the effect of ART. Mor...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mehraj V,Ramendra R,Isnard S,Dupuy FP,Lebouché B,Costiniuk C,Thomas R,Szabo J,Baril JG,Trottier B,Coté P,LeBlanc R,Durand M,Chartrand-Lefebvre C,Kema I,Zhang Y,Finkelman M,Tremblay C,Routy JP

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjects are considered infected with Trypanosoma cruzi when tested positive by at least two out of three serological tests, whereas a positive result in only one of up to three tests is termed "serodiscordant" (SD). Assessment of parasite-specific T-cell responses may help discriminate the uninfected from i...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Castro Eiro MD,Alvarez MG,Cooley G,Viotti RJ,Bertocchi GL,Lococo B,Albareda MC,De Rissio AM,Natale MA,Parodi C,Tarleton RL,Laucella SA

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:DExD/H-box helicase 36 (DHX36) is known to be an ATP-dependent RNA helicase that unwinds the guanine-quadruplexes DNA or RNA, but emerging data suggest that it also functions as pattern recognition receptor in innate immunity. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is an Arterivirus that has been ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Jing H,Zhou Y,Fang L,Ding Z,Wang D,Ke W,Chen H,Xiao S

更新日期：2017-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cells (RBCs) have a well-defined lifespan, indicating a mechanism by which senescent cells of a certain age are removed from circulation. However, the specifics by which senescent cells are recognized and removed are poorly understood. There are multiple competing hypotheses for this process, perhaps the mos...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Hudson KE,de Wolski K,Kapp LM,Richards AL,Schniederjan MJ,Zimring JC

更新日期：2017-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages, as professional phagocytes of the immune system, possess the ability to detect and clear invading pathogens and apoptotic cells through phagocytosis. Phagocytosis involves membrane reorganization and remodeling events on the cell surface, which play an essential role in innate immunity and tissue homeosta...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Rubio JM,Astudillo AM,Casas J,Balboa MA,Balsinde J

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is one of the two main forms of pemphigus and is characterized by circulating IgG to the desmosomal cadherin desmoglein 1 (DSG1) and by subcorneal blistering of the skin. The pathomechanism of blister formation in PF is unknown. Previously we have shown that PF IgG induces aggregation of DSG1,...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Oktarina DAM,Sokol E,Kramer D,Jonkman MF,Pas HH

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive autoimmune disease of the central nervous system in which inflammation plays a key role in the induction, development, and progression. Most of the MS patients present with relapsing-remitting (RR) form, characterized by flare-ups followed by periods of recov...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： D'Angelo C,Reale M,Costantini E,Di Nicola M,Porfilio I,de Andrés C,Fernández-Paredes L,Sánchez-Ramón S,Pasquali L

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor Alpha (PDGFRA) mutations occur in only about 5-7% of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), notably with alterations on exons 12/14/18. The most frequent PDGFRA mutation is the exon 18 D842V, which is correlated to specific clinico-pathological features, such as primary imatini...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Indio V,Ravegnini G,Astolfi A,Urbini M,Saponara M,De Leo A,Gruppioni E,Tarantino G,Angelini S,Pession A,Pantaleo MA,Nannini M

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The lung is a primary organ for gas exchange in mammals that represents the largest epithelial surface in direct contact with the external environment. It also serves as a crucial immune organ, which harbors both innate and adaptive immune cells to induce a potent immune response. Due to its direct contact with the ou...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kumar V

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety percent of those diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus are female, with peak incidence between the ages of 15 and 45, when women are most hormonally active. Despite significant research effort, the mechanisms underlying this sex bias remain unclear. We previously showed that a functional knockout of estro...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Cunningham MA,Wirth JR,Scott JL,Eudaly J,Collins EL,Gilkeson GS

更新日期：2016-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoke (CS) is the major cause of chronic lung injuries, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In patients with severe COPD, tertiary lymphoid follicles containing B lymphocytes and B cell-activating factor (BAFF) overexpression are associated with disease severity. In addition, BAFF promotes ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Nascimento M,Huot-Marchand S,Gombault A,Panek C,Bourinet M,Fanny M,Savigny F,Schneider P,Le Bert M,Ryffel B,Riteau N,Quesniaux VFJ,Couillin I

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A large proportion of the world is inflicted with health concerns arising from infectious diseases. Moreover, there is a widespread emergence of antibiotic resistance among major infectious agents, partially stemming from their continuous dialog with the host, and their enormous capacity to remodel the latter toward a...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mukherjee T,Balaji KN

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system plays an important role in the innate and acquired immune response against pathogens. It consists of more than 30 proteins found in soluble form or attached to cell membranes. Most complement proteins circulate in inactive forms and can be sequentially activated by the classical, alternative, or ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Macedo AC,Isaac L

更新日期：2016-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a highly conserved, nuclear protein present in all cell types. It is a multi-facet protein exerting functions both inside and outside of cells. Extracellular HMGB1 has been extensively studied for its prototypical alarmin functions activating innate immunity, after being actively r...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Yang H,Wang H,Andersson U

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00