Human APECED; a Sick Thymus Syndrome?

abstract：:Heterogeneous populations of myeloid regulatory cells (MRC), including monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, and neutrophils, are found in cancer and infectious diseases. The inflammatory environment in solid tumors as well as infectious foci with persistent pathogens promotes the development and recruitment of MRC...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Dorhoi A,Du Plessis N

更新日期：2018-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children and, in the high-risk group, has a 5-year mortality rate of ~50%. The high mortality rate and significant treatment-related morbidities associated with current standard of care therapies belie the critical need for more tolerable and effective ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： McNerney KO,Karageorgos SA,Hogarty MD,Bassiri H

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) is a signaling molecule involved in development and activation of B cells through B-cell receptor (BCR) and Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling. We have previously shown that transgenic mice that overexpress human Btk under the control of the CD19 promoter (CD19-hBtk) display spontaneous ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Rip J,de Bruijn MJW,Appelman MK,Pal Singh S,Hendriks RW,Corneth OBJ

更新日期：2019-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are considered key players in the prevention of allograft rejection in transplanted patients. Belatacept (BLT) is an effective alternative to calcineurin inhibitors that appears to preserve graft survival and function; however, the impact of this drug in the homeostasis of Tregs in transplan...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Alvarez Salazar EK,Cortés-Hernández A,Alemán-Muench GR,Alberú J,Rodríguez-Aguilera JR,Recillas-Targa F,Chagoya de Sánchez V,Cuevas E,Mancilla-Urrea E,Pérez García M,Mondragón-Ramírez G,Vilatobá M,Bostock I,Hernández-Méndez E,

更新日期：2017-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are under investigation as a therapy for a variety of disorders. Although animal models show long term regenerative and immunomodulatory effects of MSC, the fate of MSC after infusion remains to be elucidated. In the present study the localization and viability of MSC was examined by isola...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Eggenhofer E,Benseler V,Kroemer A,Popp FC,Geissler EK,Schlitt HJ,Baan CC,Dahlke MH,Hoogduijn MJ

更新日期：2012-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders, only clinically diagnosed since the lack of reliable biomarkers. Autism etiology is probably attributable to the combination of genetic vulnerability and environmental factors, and recently, maternal immune activation has been...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Balestrieri E,Cipriani C,Matteucci C,Benvenuto A,Coniglio A,Argaw-Denboba A,Toschi N,Bucci I,Miele MT,Grelli S,Curatolo P,Sinibaldi-Vallebona P

更新日期：2019-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells (MCs) are considered as key effector cells in the elicitation of allergic symptoms, and they are essential players in innate and adaptive immune responses. In mice, two main types of MCs have been described: connective tissue MCs (CTMCs) and mucosal MCs (MMCs). However, little is known about the biological ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Luo Y,Meyer N,Jiao Q,Scheffel J,Zimmermann C,Metz M,Zenclussen A,Maurer M,Siebenhaar F

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells are essential to the balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory responses. There are two major subsets of Treg cells, "natural" Treg (nTreg) cells that develop in the thymus, and "induced" Treg (iTreg) cells that arise in the periphery from CD4(+) Foxp3(-) conventional...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Schmitt EG,Williams CB

更新日期：2013-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-infected individuals with apparently similar clinical and immunological characteristics can vary in responsiveness to vaccinations. However, molecular mechanisms responsible for such impairment, as well as biomarkers able to predict vaccine responsiveness in HIV-infe...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Cotugno N,De Armas L,Pallikkuth S,Rinaldi S,Issac B,Cagigi A,Rossi P,Palma P,Pahwa S

更新日期：2017-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleroderma (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease characterized by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and fibrosis. We have previously demonstrated that low Fli1 expression in SSc fibroblasts and endothelial cells plays an important role in SSc pathogenesis. Cells of myeloid and lymphoid origin also expres...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bujor AM,El Adili F,Parvez A,Marden G,Trojanowska M

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a common autoimmune blistering disease in which autoantibodies target the hemidesmosomal components BP180 and/or BP230 in basal keratinocytes. In BP, 80 to 90% of autoantibodies target the juxtamembranous extracellular non-collagenous 16th A (NC16A) domain of BP180. Recently, the administrat...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mai Y,Nishie W,Izumi K,Shimizu H

更新日期：2019-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is polygenic with more than 100 genes identified to date. These include HLA-B27 and the aminopeptidases (ERAP1, ERAP2, and LNPEPS), which are involved in antigen processing and presentation to T-cells, and several genes (IL23R, IL6R, STAT3, JAK2, IL1R1/2, IL12B, and IL7R) ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Vecellio M,Cohen CJ,Roberts AR,Wordsworth PB,Kenna TJ

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-2 is expressed during T cell activation and induces the proliferation and differentiation of T cells. CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) constitutively express the high affinity IL-2 receptor (CD25/IL-2Rα) and rapidly respond to IL-2 to elaborate numerous suppressive mechanisms that limit immune-me...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Abo H,Flannigan KL,Geem D,Ngo VL,Harusato A,Denning TL

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines aiming to promote T-cell-mediated immune responses have so far showed limited efficacy, and there is a need for novel strategies. Studies indicate that autophagy plays an inherent role in antigen processing and presentation for CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. Here, we report a novel vaccine strategy based on fusio...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Andersen AN,Landsverk OJ,Simonsen A,Bogen B,Corthay A,Øynebråten I

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma cells (PCs), the B lineage cells responsible for producing and secreting antibodies (Abs), are critical cellular components of the humoral immune system. While most of the antibody-secreting cells in the body have a rather short lifetime of a few days, some of them can become long-lived and persist in the body ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Lindquist RL,Niesner RA,Hauser AE

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In primary systemic small vessel vasculitis autoantibodies are common and seem to play an important role in the pathogenesis. Autoantibodies in vasculitis are preferentially directed against components of the immune system or directly against components of the vessel wall. Plasmapheresis is often applied in emergency ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Segelmark M,Björck L

更新日期：2019-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) are immature myeloid cells with immunomodulatory function. To study the mechanism by which MDSC affect antimicrobial immunity, we infected mice with two M. avium strains of differential virulence, highly virulent Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium strain 25291 (MAA) and low virule...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Abdissa K,Nerlich A,Beineke A,Ruangkiattikul N,Pawar V,Heise U,Janze N,Falk C,Bruder D,Schleicher U,Bogdan C,Weiss S,Goethe R

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) family of intracellular checkpoint inhibitors has received little recognition compared to other checkpoint inhibitors. Two members of this family, SOCS1 and SOCS3, are indispensable, since SOCS1 knockout in mice results in neonatal death due to interferon gamma (IFNγ) induce...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Johnson HM,Lewin AS,Ahmed CM

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from a haploidentical donor is increasingly used and has become a standard donor option for patients lacking an appropriately matched sibling or unrelated donor. Historically, prohibitive immunological barriers resulting from the high degree of HLA-mismatch included graft-vs.-ho...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Baumeister SHC,Rambaldi B,Shapiro RM,Romee R

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Considering the critical role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in regulation of cell activation, we investigated their role in circulating type-2 conventional dendritic cells (cDC2s) of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) compared to healthy controls (HC). Methods: CD1c-expressing cDC2s were isolated from ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Lopes AP,van Roon JAG,Blokland SLM,Wang M,Chouri E,Hartgring SAY,van der Wurff-Jacobs KMG,Kruize AA,Burgering BMT,Rossato M,Radstake TRDJ,Hillen MR

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell memory to pathogens can be envisioned as a receptor-based imprint of the pathogenic environment on the naïve repertoire of clonotypes. Recurrent exposures to a pathogen inform and reinforce memory, leading to a mature state. The complexity and temporal stability of this system in man is only beginning to be ade...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Naumova EN,Yassai MB,Demos W,Reed E,Unruh M,Haribhai D,Williams CB,Naumov YN,Gorski J

更新日期：2019-08-06 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：:T cells play a critical role in cancer control, but a range of potent immunosuppressive mechanisms can be upregulated in the tumor microenvironment (TME) to abrogate their activity. While various immunotherapies (IMTs) aiming at re-invigorating the T-cell-mediated anti-tumor response, such as immune checkpoint blockad...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Vigano S,Alatzoglou D,Irving M,Ménétrier-Caux C,Caux C,Romero P,Coukos G

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Re-directing T cells via chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) was first tested in HIV-infected individuals with limited success, but these pioneering studies laid the groundwork for the clinically successful CD19 CARs that were recently FDA approved. Now there is great interest in revisiting the concept of using CAR-expr...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kim GB,Hege K,Riley JL

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with the macrolide antibiotic azithromycin (AZM) is an important intervention for controlling infection of children with Bordetella pertussis and as a prophylaxis for preventing transmission to family members. However, antibiotics are known to have immunomodulatory effects independent of their antimicrobial ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Borkner L,Misiak A,Wilk MM,Mills KHG

更新日期：2018-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional impairment of T-cells and a concomitant augmented expression of programmed death-1 (PD-1) have been observed in visceral leishmaniasis patients, as well as in experimental models for visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis. The PD-1/PD-1-ligand (PD-1/PD-L) interaction negatively regulates T-cell effector funct...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Filippis C,Arens K,Noubissi Nzeteu GA,Reichmann G,Waibler Z,Crauwels P,van Zandbergen G

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenicity of group A Streptococcus (GAS) is mediated by direct bacterial invasivity and toxin-associated damage. Among the extracellular products, the exotoxin streptolysin O (SLO) is produced by almost all GAS strains. SLO is a pore forming toxin (PFT) hemolitically active and extremely toxic in vivo. Recent ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Vita GM,De Simone G,Leboffe L,Montagnani F,Mariotti D,Di Bella S,Luzzati R,Gori A,Ascenzi P,di Masi A

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T-cells (Tregs) mediate their suppressive action by acting directly on conventional T-cells (Tcons) or dendritic cells (DCs). One mechanism of Treg suppression is the increase of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) levels in target cells. Tregs utilize cAMP to control Tcon responses, such as prolife...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Rueda CM,Jackson CM,Chougnet CA

更新日期：2016-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Construction of an optimal vaccine against tumors relies on the availability of appropriate tumor-specific antigens capable to stimulate CD4+ T helper cells (TH) and CD8+ cytolytic T cells (CTL). CTL are considered the major effectors of the anti-tumor adaptive immune response as they recognize antigens presented on M...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Accolla RS,Ramia E,Tedeschi A,Forlani G

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few in vivo studies on the effect of aluminum hydroxide adjuvant and its influence on the immune response to vaccination. In this study, lambs received a parallel subcutaneous treatment with either commercial vaccines containing aluminum hydroxide or an equivalent dose of this compound only with the ai...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Varela-Martínez E,Abendaño N,Asín J,Sistiaga-Poveda M,Pérez MM,Reina R,de Andrés D,Luján L,Jugo BM

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00