The role of natural killer cells in multiple sclerosis and their therapeutic implications.

abstract：:Abundant clinical, epidemiological, imaging, genetic, molecular, and pathophysiological data together indicate that there occur an unusual inflammatory reaction and a disruption of the innate-immune signaling system in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain. Despite many years of intense study, the origin and molecular mechan...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zhao Y,Cong L,Jaber V,Lukiw WJ

更新日期：2017-09-04 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：:Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) is a curative treatment option for hematologic malignancies but relapse remains the most common cause of death. Infusion of donor lymphocytes (DLIs) can induce remission and prolong survival by exerting graft-vs.-leukemia (GVL) effects. However, sufficient tumor...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Jahnke S,Schmid H,Secker KA,Einhaus J,Duerr-Stoerzer S,Keppeler H,Schober-Melms I,Baur R,Schumm M,Handgretinger R,Bethge W,Kanz L,Schneidawind C,Schneidawind D

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental evidence indicates that mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) may regulate tumor microenvironment (TME). It is conceivable that the interaction with MSC can influence neoplastic cell functional behavior, remodeling TME and generating a tumor cell niche that supports tissue neovascularization, tumor invasion an...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Poggi A,Varesano S,Zocchi MR

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CART) therapy, administration of certain T cell-agonistic antibodies, immune check point inhibitors, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) caused by streptococcal as well as staphylococ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kale SD,Mehrkens BN,Stegman MM,Kastelberg B,Carnes H,McNeill RJ,Rizzo A,Karyala SV,Coutermarsh-Ott S,Fretz JA,Sun Y,Koff JL,Rajagopalan G

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:NK cells play an important role in the innate defenses against tumor growth and metastases. Human NK cell activation and function are regulated by an array of HLA class I-specific inhibitory receptors and activating receptors recognizing ligands expressed de novo on tumor or virus-infected cells. NK cells have been ex...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Vacca P,Pietra G,Tumino N,Munari E,Mingari MC,Moretta L

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental origin of allergic diseases has been suggested, but the molecular basis remains enigmatic. Exposure to environmental factors, such as di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP; a common plasticizer), is suggested to be associated with increased childhood allergic asthma, but the causal relationship and its u...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Suen JL,Wu TT,Li YH,Lee CL,Kuo FC,Yan PS,Wu CF,Tran M,Wang CJ,Hung CH,Wu MT,Chan MWY,Huang SK

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed graft function (DGF) occurs in a significant proportion of deceased donor kidney transplant recipients and was associated with graft injury and inferior clinical outcome. The aim of the present multi-center study was to identify the immunological and non-immunological predictors of DGF and to determine its inf...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Morath C,Döhler B,Kälble F,Pego da Silva L,Echterdiek F,Schwenger V,Živčić-Ćosić S,Katalinić N,Kuypers D,Benöhr P,Haubitz M,Ziemann M,Nitschke M,Emmerich F,Pisarski P,Karakizlis H,Weimer R,Ruhenstroth A,Scherer S,Tr

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:CD1d restricted invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are important in the activation and regulation of immune responses. Limited information is available regarding the functional role of iNKT cells in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression. Methodology:α-GalCer stimulated iNKT cells w...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Singh D,Ghate M,Godbole S,Kulkarni S,Thakar M

更新日期：2018-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction due to dysregulated response to infection. Patients with sepsis exhibit wide heterogeneity stemming from genetic, molecular, and clinical factors as well as differences in pathogens, creating challenges for the development of effective treatments. Several gaps in knowledge ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Talisa VB,Yende S,Seymour CW,Angus DC

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Effector CD8+ T cells generally produce type-1 cytokines and mediators of the perforin/granzyme cytolytic pathway, yet type-2-polarized CD8+ cells (Tc2) are detected in type-2 (T2) cytokine-driven diseases such as asthma. It is unclear whether T2 cytokine exposure during activation is sufficient to polarize human CD8+...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Fox A,Harland KL,Kedzierska K,Kelso A

更新日期：2018-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat-labile toxins (LT) produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli display adjuvant effects to coadministered antigens, leading to enhanced production of serum antibodies. Despite extensive knowledge of the adjuvant properties of LT derivatives, including in vitro-generated non-toxic mutant forms, little is know...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Maeda DLNF,Batista MT,Pereira LR,de Jesus Cintra M,Amorim JH,Mathias-Santos C,Pereira SA,Boscardin SB,Silva SDR,Faquim-Mauro EL,Silveira VB,Oliveira DBL,Johnston SA,Ferreira LCS,Rodrigues JF

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells engaging in inflammation undergo drastic changes of their transcriptomes. In order to tailor these alterations in gene expression to the requirements of the inflammatory process, tight and coordinate regulation of gene expression by environmental cues, microbial or danger-associated molecules or cytokines, are m...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Platanitis E,Decker T

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection and inflammation of the male reproductive tract are relevant causes of infertility. Inflammatory damage occurs in the special immunosuppressive microenvironment of the testis, a hallmark termed testicular immune privilege, which allows tolerance to neo-antigens from developing germ cells appearing at puberty...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Lustig L,Guazzone VA,Theas MS,Pleuger C,Jacobo P,Pérez CV,Meinhardt A,Fijak M

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Children may be the optimal target for HIV vaccine development as they generate substantially more frequent and more potent broadly HIV neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) than adults. Development of a biomarker that correlates with neutralization breadth in this group could function as a powerful tool to facilitate the d...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Roider J,Porterfield JZ,Ogongo P,Muenchhoff M,Adland E,Groll A,Morris L,Moore PL,Ndung'u T,Kløverpris H,Goulder PJR,Leslie A

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal tract contains the largest lymphoid organ to react with pathogenic microorganisms and suppress excess inflammation. Patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) can suffer from refractory diarrhea. In this study, we present two siblings who began to suffer from refractory diarrhea with a...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Lien R,Lin YF,Lai MW,Weng HY,Wu RC,Jaing TH,Huang JL,Tsai SF,Lee WI

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex chronic disease in which T cell-mediated pulmonary inflammation has been shown to play a key role. Accumulating evidence shows that COPD has many of the characteristics of an autoimmune response. An adaptive immune response directed against lung self-antigens, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Hou J,Sun Y

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to microenvironmental cues, macrophages undergo a profound phenotypic transformation acquiring distinct activation phenotypes ranging from pro-inflammatory (M1) to anti-inflammatory (M2). To study how activation phenotype influences phagocytosis and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediated by r...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mendoza-Coronel E,Ortega E

更新日期：2017-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in the composition of the gut microbiota have profound effects on human health. Consequently, there is great interest in identifying, characterizing, and understanding factors that initiate these changes. Despite their high prevalence, studies have only recently begun to investigate how viral lung infectio...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Groves HT,Cuthbertson L,James P,Moffatt MF,Cox MJ,Tregoning JS

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A major obstacle in kidney transplantation for primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the risk of disease recurrence. Recurrent FSGS affects up to 60% of first kidney grafts and exceeds 80% in patients who have lost their first graft due to recurrent FSGS. Clinical and experimental evidence support the h...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kienzl-Wagner K,Waldegger S,Schneeberger S

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding affinity maturation of antibodies that can target many variants of HIV-1 is important for vaccine development. While the antigen-binding site of antibodies is known to mutate throughout the co-evolution of antibodies and viruses in infected individuals, the roles of the mutations in the antibody framewor...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zhou JO,Zaidi HA,Ton T,Fera D

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by a breakdown of self-tolerance, production of auto-antibodies and immune-mediated injury, resulting in damage accrual in multiple organs. Kidney involvement, termed lupus nephritis, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality that affects over...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Yung S,Chan TM

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction and modulation of the immune response to vaccination can be rationally designed by combining different vaccine formulations for priming and boosting. Here, we investigated the impact of heterologous prime-boost approaches on the vaccine-specific cellular and humoral responses specific for a mycobacterial...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ciabattini A,Pettini E,Fiorino F,Lucchesi S,Pastore G,Brunetti J,Santoro F,Andersen P,Bracci L,Pozzi G,Medaglini D

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternative pathway is a continuously active surveillance arm of the complement system, and it can also enhance complement activation initiated by the classical and the lectin pathways. Various membrane-bound and plasma regulatory proteins control the activation of the potentially deleterious complement system. Am...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sánchez-Corral P,Pouw RB,López-Trascasa M,Józsi M

更新日期：2018-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immune dysfunction persists in HIV+ individuals despite effective combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). We recently demonstrated that an adaptive-like CD56dim NK cell population lacking the signal transducing protein FcRγ is expanded in HIV+ individuals. Here, we analyzed a cohort of HIV+ men who have sex ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Hearps AC,Agius PA,Zhou J,Brunt S,Chachage M,Angelovich TA,Cameron PU,Giles M,Price P,Elliott J,Jaworowski A

更新日期：2017-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (M-MDSCs) and granulocytic MDSCs (G-MDSCs) have been found to be massively induced in TB patients as well in murine Mtb infection models. However, the interaction of mycobacteria with MDSCs and its role in TB infection is not well studied. Here, we investigated the role of Ca...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： John V,Kotze LA,Ribechini E,Walzl G,Du Plessis N,Lutz MB

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system is composed of two subsystems-the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system. The innate immune system is the first to respond to pathogens and does not retain memory of previous responses. Innate immune responses are evolutionarily older than adaptive responses and elements of innate immuni...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Smith NC,Rise ML,Christian SL

更新日期：2019-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy serology reflects the bacillary load of patients and multidrug therapy (MDT) reduces Mycobacterium leprae-specific antibody titers of multibacillary (MB) patients. The Clinical Trial for Uniform Multidrug Therapy Regimen for Leprosy Patients in Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR) compared outcomes of regular 12 doses MDT/R-M...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Hungria EM,Bührer-Sékula S,Oliveira RM,Aderaldo LC,Pontes MAA,Cruz R,de Gonçalves HS,Penna MLF,Penna GO,Stefani MMA

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections has been designed to optimize CD4 T-cell survival and limit HIV replication. Cell types other than CD4 T cells such as monocytes/macrophage, dendritic cells, and granulocytes (collectively known as myeloid cells), are generally not consider...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Murray SM,Zhang Y,Douek DC,Sekaly RP

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations in the Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) gene cause a rare inherited form of autoimmune disease, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy, also known as autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1. The patients suffer from multiple endocrine deficiencies, the most common manifes...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Arstila TP,Jarva H

更新日期：2013-10-07 00:00:00