A critical analysis of rejection in vascularized composite allotransplantation: clinical, cellular and molecular aspects, current challenges, and novel concepts.

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journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mandal A,Das S,Kumar A,Roy S,Verma S,Ghosh AK,Singh R,Abhishek K,Saini S,Sardar AH,Purkait B,Kumar A,Mandal C,Das P

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease in which immunoglobulin G (IgG) autoantibodies are formed against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) or other components of the neuromuscular junction. Though effective treatments are currently available, many commonly used therapies have important limitations and al...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Gable KL,Guptill JT

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Though promoting remyelination in multiple sclerosis (MS) has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy, it does not address inflammatory signals that continue to induce neuronal damage and inhibit effectiveness of repair mechanisms. Our lab has previously characterized the immunomodulatory tetrapeptide, tuftsin, wh...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Thompson KK,Nissen JC,Pretory A,Tsirka SE

更新日期：2018-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are important for immune function. Limited evidence indicates that immune cell activation involves endogenous PUFA synthesis, but this has not been characterised. To address this, we measured metabolism of 18:3n-3 in quiescent and activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sibbons CM,Irvine NA,Pérez-Mojica JE,Calder PC,Lillycrop KA,Fielding BA,Burdge GC

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical experience gathered throughout the years has raised awareness of primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD). T cell receptor excision circles (TREC) and kappa-deleting recombination excision circles (KREC) assays for thymic and bone marrow outputs measurement have been widely implemented in newborn screenin...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kwok JSY,Cheung SKF,Ho JCY,Tang IWH,Chu PWK,Leung EYS,Lee PPW,Cheuk DKL,Lee V,Ip P,Lau YL

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike mice and humans, porcine γδ T cells represent a prominent subset of T cells in blood and secondary lymphatic organs. GATA-3, T-bet and Eomesodermin (Eomes) are transcription factors with crucial functions in T-cell development and functional differentiation, but their expression has not been investigated in por...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Rodríguez-Gómez IM,Talker SC,Käser T,Stadler M,Reiter L,Ladinig A,Milburn JV,Hammer SE,Mair KH,Saalmüller A,Gerner W

更新日期：2019-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, defined as CD161++TCR iVα7.2+ T cells, play an important role in the innate defense against bacterial infections, and their functionality is impaired in chronic viral infections. Here, we investigated the frequency and functional role of MAIT cells in chronic hepatitis B vi...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Yong YK,Saeidi A,Tan HY,Rosmawati M,Enström PF,Batran RA,Vasuki V,Chattopadhyay I,Murugesan A,Vignesh R,Kamarulzaman A,Rajarajeswaran J,Ansari AW,Vadivelu J,Ussher JE,Velu V,Larsson M,Shankar EM

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is regarded as the main etiological risk factor in the process of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as it promotes an immunosuppressive microenvironment that is partially mediated by the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) signaling pathway. The tumo...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Li B,Yan C,Zhu J,Chen X,Fu Q,Zhang H,Tong Z,Liu L,Zheng Y,Zhao P,Jiang W,Fang W

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable evidence has been gathered over the last 10 years showing that the tumor microenvironment (TME) is not simply a passive recipient of immune cells, but an active participant in the establishment of immunosuppressive conditions. It is now well documented that hypoxia, within the TME, affects the functions o...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Baginska J,Viry E,Paggetti J,Medves S,Berchem G,Moussay E,Janji B

更新日期：2013-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Disialoganglioside GD2 is an important target on several pediatric and adult cancer types including neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, melanoma, small-cell lung cancer, brain tumors, sarcomas, and cancer stem cells. We have utilized structural and computational methods to refine the framework of humanized monoclonal antib...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ahmed M,Hu J,Cheung NK

更新日期：2014-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells are implicated as detrimental players in inflammatory lung diseases, particularly asthma. Mast cells respond to activating stimuli by releasing a wide panel of pro-inflammatory compounds that can contribute profoundly to the pathology, and there is currently an unmet need for strategies that efficiently ame...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Paivandy A,Sandelin M,Igelström H,Landelius P,Janson C,Melo FR,Pejler G

更新日期：2017-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:There is accumulating evidence to indicate that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are important regulators of the inflammatory response. In this report, we have employed next generation sequencing to identify 14 lncRNAs that are differentially expressed in human lung fibroblasts following the induction of inflammation us...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Hadjicharalambous MR,Roux BT,Feghali-Bostwick CA,Murray LA,Clarke DL,Lindsay MA

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Interleukin-9 (IL9) plays a critical role in immunity and the pathogenesis of endometrial cancer (EC), especially endometrioid EC (EEC). This study aimed to identify the IL9+ immune cell subsets and their pleiotropic functions and establish an optimized prognostic nomogram towards the promotion of personaliz...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Tong H,Feng H,Hu X,Wang MF,Song YF,Wen XL,Li YR,Wan XP

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeostasis of T cell populations depends on migration, division and death of individual cells (1). T cells migrate between spatial compartments (spleen, lymph nodes, lung, liver, etc.), where they may divide or differentiate, and eventually die (2). The kinetics of recirculation influences the speed at which loca...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： de la Higuera L,López-García M,Castro M,Abourashchi N,Lythe G,Molina-París C

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Inducible Bronchus Associated Lymphoid Tissue (iBALT) is an ectopic lymphoid tissue associated with severe forms of chronic lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatoid lung disease, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and asthma, suggesting that iBALT may exacerbate these clinical conditions. H...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Hwang JY,Silva-Sanchez A,Carragher DM,Garcia-Hernandez ML,Rangel-Moreno J,Randall TD

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Among all T and NK cell subsets, regulatory T (Treg) cells typically respond to the lowest concentrations of IL-2 due to elevated surface expression of the IL-2R alpha chain (IL2RA; CD25) and the high affinity IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) complex. This enhanced sensitivity forms the basis for low-dose (LD) IL-2 therapy for t...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ghelani A,Bates D,Conner K,Wu MZ,Lu J,Hu YL,Li CM,Chaudhry A,Sohn SJ

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological disorders caused by neuroviral infections are an obvious pathogenic manifestation. However, non-neurotropic viruses or peripheral viral infections pose a considerable challenge as their neuropathological manifestations do not emerge because of primary infection. Their secondary or bystander pathologies de...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mishra R,Banerjea AC

更新日期：2020-09-10 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：:Efficient tuberculosis (TB) control depends on early TB prediction and prevention. Solution to these tasks requires knowledge of TB protection correlates (TB CoPs), i.e., laboratory markers that are mechanistically involved in the protection and which allow to determine how well an individual is protected against TB o...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Lyadova I,Nikitina I

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Every human possesses millions of distinct antibodies. It is now possible to analyze this diversity via next-generation sequencing of immunoglobulin genes (Ig-seq). This technique produces large volume sequence snapshots of B-cell receptors that are indicative of the antibody repertoire. In this paper, we enrich these...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Krawczyk K,Kelm S,Kovaltsuk A,Galson JD,Kelly D,Trück J,Regep C,Leem J,Wong WK,Nowak J,Snowden J,Wright M,Starkie L,Scott-Tucker A,Shi J,Deane CM

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are specialized sentinel cells that bridge the innate and adaptive immune response and play a crucial role in shaping the adaptive immune response. Vitamin D, a known epidemiological risk factor for the development of several autoimmune diseases, influences the development of dendritic cells. Cons...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Saul L,Mair I,Ivens A,Brown P,Samuel K,Campbell JDM,Soong DY,Kamenjarin N,Mellanby RJ

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin (Ig) replacement therapy dramatically changed the clinical course of primary hypogammaglobulinemias, significantly reducing the incidence of infectious events. Over the last two decades its use has been extended to secondary antibody deficiencies, particularly those related to hematological disorders as...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Compagno N,Malipiero G,Cinetto F,Agostini C

更新日期：2014-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:During the entire processes of thymus organogenesis, maturation, and involution, gene regulation occurs post-transcriptionally via recently discovered microRNA (miRNA) transcripts. Numerous reports indicate that miRNAs may be involved in the construction of a normal thymic microenvironment, which constitutes a critica...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Xu M,Gan T,Ning H,Wang L

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal infiltration of neutrophils is a hallmark of psoriasis, where their activation leads to release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). The contribution of NETs to psoriasis pathogenesis has been unclear, but here we demonstrate that NETs drive inflammatory responses in skin through activation of epidermal...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Shao S,Fang H,Dang E,Xue K,Zhang J,Li B,Qiao H,Cao T,Zhuang Y,Shen S,Zhang T,Qiao P,Li C,Gudjonsson JE,Wang G

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is a DNA repair disorder characterized by combined immunodeficiency and a high predisposition to lymphoid malignancies. The majority of NBS patients are identified with a homozygous five base pair deletion in the Nibrin (NBN) gene (c.657_661del5, p.K219fsX19) with a founder effect obse...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sharapova SO,Pashchenko OE,Bondarenko AV,Vakhlyarskaya SS,Prokofjeva T,Fedorova AS,Savchak I,Mareika Y,Valiev TT,Popa A,Tuzankina IA,Vlasova EV,Sakovich IS,Polyakova EA,Rumiantseva NV,Naumchik IV,Kulyova SA,Aleshkevich

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer cells (NK) represent a population of lymphocytes involved in innate immune response. In addition to their role in anti-viral and anti-tumor defense, they also regulate several aspects of the allo-immune response in kidney transplant recipients. Growing evidence suggests a key role of NK cells in the pat...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Pontrelli P,Rascio F,Castellano G,Grandaliano G,Gesualdo L,Stallone G

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the ever present need for an effective Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) vaccine, efforts for development have been largely unsuccessful. Correlates of immune protection against Mtb are not wholly defined, but Th1 and likely Th17 adaptive immune responses have been demonstrated to be necessary for vaccine-media...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Smith AJ,Miller SM,Buhl C,Child R,Whitacre M,Schoener R,Ettenger G,Burkhart D,Ryter K,Evans JT

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Attenuated vaccinia virus (VACV) vectors are considered prime vaccine candidates for use in immunotherapy of infectious disease. In spite of this, recent data show that the level of attenuation may hamper the efficient generation of protective CD8 T cells. This suggests that additional adjuvant-like activities may nee...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zhao Y,Tahiliani V,Salek-Ardakani S,Croft M

更新日期：2012-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy approaches currently make their way into the clinics to improve the outcome of standard radiochemotherapy (RCT). The programed cell death receptor ligand 1 (PD-L1) is one possible target that, upon blockade, allows T cell-dependent antitumor immune responses to be executed. To date, it is unclear which R...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Derer A,Spiljar M,Bäumler M,Hecht M,Fietkau R,Frey B,Gaipl US

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy comprises a unique immunological condition, to allow fetal development and to protect the host from pathogenic infections. Viral infections during pregnancy can disrupt immunological tolerance and may generate deleterious effects on the fetus. Despite these possible links between pregnancy and infection-indu...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Alberca RW,Pereira NZ,Oliveira LMDS,Gozzi-Silva SC,Sato MN

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00