Emerging Concepts about NAIP/NLRC4 Inflammasomes.

abstract：:Obesity-induced chronic low-grade inflammation, in particular in adipose tissue, contributes to the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, the mechanism by which obesity induces adipose tissue inflammation has not been completely elucidated. Recent studies suggest that alteration of the nuclea...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kim Y,Bayona PW,Kim M,Chang J,Hong S,Park Y,Budiman A,Kim YJ,Choi CY,Kim WS,Lee J,Cho KW

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines and their cognate receptors have been identified as major factors initiating and governing cell movement and interaction. These ligands and their receptors are expressed on a wide variety of cells and act during steady-state migration as well as inflammatory recruitment. CCR6 is a non-promiscuous chemokine ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Lee AY,Eri R,Lyons AB,Grimm MC,Korner H

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airway. Its major symptoms are reversible breathing problems causing airway narrowing and obstruction. IL-19 is a member of the IL-10 family cytokines. We previously showed that IL-19 induces T-helper 2 (Th2) cytokines and that asthma patients had higher serum IL-19 leve...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Weng YH,Chen WY,Lin YL,Wang JY,Chang MS

更新日期：2019-04-30 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：:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) family cytokines are key signaling molecules in both the innate and adaptive immune systems, mediating inflammation in response to a wide range of stimuli. The basic mechanism of signal initiation is a stepwise process in which an agonist cytokine binds its cognate receptor. Together, this cytokin...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Fields JK,Günther S,Sundberg EJ

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 1376 in vol. 8, PMID: 29104576.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kim JH,Sim JH,Lee S,Seol MA,Ye SK,Shin HM,Lee EB,Lee YJ,Choi YJ,Yoo WH,Kim JH,Kim WU,Lee DS,Kim JH,Kang I,Kang SW,Kim HR

更新日期：2017-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Newborns are at significantly increased risk of severe disease following infection with influenza virus. This is the collective result of their naïve status, altered immune responsiveness, and the lack of a vaccine that is effective in these individuals. Numerous studies have revealed impairments in both the innate an...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Alexander-Miller MA

更新日期：2020-09-16 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：:Fungal bioaerosols are ubiquitous in the environment and human exposure can result in a variety of health effects ranging from systemic, subcutaneous, and cutaneous infections to respiratory morbidity including allergy, asthma, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Recent research has focused on the role of microRNAs (miR...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Croston TL,Lemons AR,Beezhold DH,Green BJ

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue performs immunoregulatory functions in addition to fat storage. Various T cells in different fat depots either help maintain metabolic homeostasis under healthy conditions or contribute to metabolic disorders in pathological conditions such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, or even cancer. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wang Q,Wu H

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are specialized antigen presenting cells that are exquisitely adapted to sense pathogens and induce the development of adaptive immune responses. They form a complex network of phenotypically and functionally distinct subsets. Within this network, individual DC subsets display highly specific rol...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Chopin M,Allan RS,Belz GT

更新日期：2012-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Donor-specific blood transfusion (DST) can lead to significant prolongation of allograft survival in experimental animal models and sometimes human recipients of solid organs. The mechanisms responsible for the beneficial effect on graft survival have been a topic of research and debate for decades and are not yet ful...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mohr Gregoriussen AM,Bohr HG

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal function of the adaptive immune system requires trafficking of T cells between the blood and lymphoid organs. Lymphocyte homing to lymph nodes requires that they cross endothelial barriers present in blood vessels and lymphatics. This multi-step process requires a remodeling of the lymphocyte plasma membrane, w...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Dios-Esponera A,Melis N,Subramanian BC,Weigert R,Samelson LE

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: IL-17A has effects on several cell types and is a therapeutic target in several inflammatory diseases. IL-17F shares 50% homology and biological activities with IL-17A. It is now of interest to target both cytokines. The objective was to compare the IL-17A and IL-17F effect on cytokine production by RA syn...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Noack M,Beringer A,Miossec P

更新日期：2019-07-23 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 recent discoveries of broadly potent neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies represent a new generation of antiretrovirals for the treatment and prophylaxis. Antibodies are generally considered more effective and safer and have been proved to provide passive protection against mucosal challenge in humanized mice ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sun M,Li Y,Zheng H,Shao Y

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunodominant T cell epitopes preferentially targeted in multiple individuals are the critical element of successful vaccines and targeted immunotherapies. However, the underlying principles of this "convergence" of adaptive immunity among different individuals remain poorly understood. To quantitatively describe epi...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ogishi M,Yotsuyanagi H

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal nematodes are among the most prevalent parasites infecting humans and livestock worldwide. Infective larvae of the soil-transmitted nematode Ascaris spp. enter the host and start tissue migration by crossing the intestinal epithelial barrier. The initial interaction of the intestinal epithelium with t...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ebner F,Kuhring M,Radonić A,Midha A,Renard BY,Hartmann S

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G (IgG), a glycoprotein secreted by plasma B-cells, plays a major role in the human adaptive immune response and are associated with a wide range of diseases. Glycosylation of the Fc binding region of IgGs, responsible for the antibody's effector function, is essential for prompting a proper immune resp...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wahl A,van den Akker E,Klaric L,Štambuk J,Benedetti E,Plomp R,Razdorov G,Trbojević-Akmačić I,Deelen J,van Heemst D,Slagboom PE,Vučković F,Grallert H,Krumsiek J,Strauch K,Peters A,Meitinger T,Hayward C,Wuhrer M,Beekm

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is a public health concern worldwide, and Togo has proven to be no exception. Effective approaches to provide information on biological insights for disease elimination are therefore a research priority. Local selection on malaria pathogens is due to multiple factors including host immunity. We undertook genom...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kassegne K,Komi Koukoura K,Shen HM,Chen SB,Fu HT,Chen YQ,Zhou XN,Chen JH,Cheng Y

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid metabolism plays a key role in many cellular processes. We show here that regulatory T cells have enhanced lipid storage within subcellular lipid droplets (LD). They also express elevated amounts of both isoforms of diacylglycerol acyl transferase (DGAT1 & 2), enzymes required for the terminal step of triacylgly...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Howie D,Ten Bokum A,Cobbold SP,Yu Z,Kessler BM,Waldmann H

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver has long been known to possess tolerogenic properties. Early experiments in liver transplantation demonstrated that in animal models, hepatic allografts could be accepted across MHC-mismatch without the use of immunosuppression, and that transplantation of livers from the same donor was capable of inducing t...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： McCaughan GW,Bowen DG,Bertolino PJ

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multiple solid cancers contain tertiary lymphoid organs (TLO). However, it is unclear whether they promote tumor rejection, facilitate tumor evasion, or simply whether they are a byproduct of chronic inflammation. We hypothesize that although chronic inflammation induces TLO formation, the tumor milieu can mo...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： García-Hernández ML,Uribe-Uribe NO,Espinosa-González R,Kast WM,Khader SA,Rangel-Moreno J

更新日期：2017-05-17 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：:The progressive infiltration of immune cells is associated with the progression of melanoma. Specifically, Th17 cells in melanoma microenvironment have both antitumor and protumor effects. It is now necessary to understand the contradictory data associated with how Th17 cells play a role in melanoma. This review will ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Chen C,Gao FH

更新日期：2019-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of antibodies against protein antigens (such as donor-specific HLA molecules) requires that T follicular helper cells (Tfh) provide help to B cells. Immunosuppressive (IS) armamentarium prevents T cell activation, yet a significant proportion of renal transplant patients develop donor-specific antibodie...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Dahdal S,Saison C,Valette M,Bachy E,Pallet N,Lina B,Koenig A,Monneret G,Defrance T,Morelon E,Thaunat O

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a common and devastating autoimmune disease, characterized by a dysregulated adaptive immune response against intracellular antigens, which involves both autoreactive T and B cells. In SLE, mainly intracellular autoantigens generate autoantibodies and these assemble into immune co...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ugarte-Berzal E,Boon L,Martens E,Rybakin V,Blockmans D,Vandooren J,Proost P,Opdenakker G

更新日期：2019-03-22 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：: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：:Macrophages have been found to both promote liver fibrosis and contribute to its resolution by acquiring different phenotypes based on signals from the micro-environment. The best-characterized phenotypes in the macrophage spectrum are labeled M1 (classically activated) and M2 (alternatively activated). Until now the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Beljaars L,Schippers M,Reker-Smit C,Martinez FO,Helming L,Poelstra K,Melgert BN

更新日期：2014-09-08 00:00:00