Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Deficiencies of Early Components of the Complement Classical Pathway.

abstract：:Granulocytes, the most abundant types of leukocytes, are the first line of defense against pathogen invasion. However, the plasticity and diversity of granulocytes have been increasingly revealed, especially with regard to their versatile functions in orchestrating adaptive immune responses. A substantial body of rece...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Lin A,Loré K

更新日期：2017-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The VH replacement process is a RAG-mediated secondary recombination in which the variable region of a rearranged VHDJH is replaced by a different germline VH gene. In almost all human and mouse VH genes, two sequence features appear to be crucial for VH replacement. First, an embedded heptamer, which is located near ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sun Y,Liu Z,Li Z,Lian Z,Zhao Y

更新日期：2012-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:NH36 is a vital enzyme of the DNA metabolism and a specific target for anti-Leishmania chemotherapy. We developed second-generation vaccines composed of the FML complex or its main native antigen, the NH36 nucleoside hydrolase of Leishmania (L.) donovani and saponin, and a DNA vaccine containing the NH36 gene. All the...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Palatnik-de-Sousa CB

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell signaling is an essential requirement for mammalian cell invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi. Depending on the parasite strain and the parasite developmental form, distinct signaling pathways may be induced. In this short review, we focus on the data coming from studies with metacyclic trypomastigotes (MT) generated in...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Maeda FY,Cortez C,Yoshida N

更新日期：2012-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood-feeding enriched gut-microbiota boosts mosquitoes' anti-Plasmodium immunity. Here, we ask how Plasmodium vivax alters gut-microbiota, anti-Plasmodial immunity, and impacts tripartite Plasmodium-mosquito-microbiota interactions in the gut lumen. We used a metagenomics and RNAseq strategy to address these question...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sharma P,Rani J,Chauhan C,Kumari S,Tevatiya S,Das De T,Savargaonkar D,Pandey KC,Dixit R

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remains the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in children worldwide. Development of a vaccine has been hindered by the risk of developing enhanced respiratory disease (ERD) upon natural exposure to the virus. Generation of higher quality neutralizing antibodies w...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Eichinger KM,Kosanovich JL,Gidwani SV,Zomback A,Lipp MA,Perkins TN,Oury TD,Petrovsky N,Marshall CP,Yondola MA,Empey KM

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a therapeutic vaccine consisting of a mixture of lethally-irradiated allogeneic cutaneous melanoma cell lines with BCG and GM-CSF as adjuvants. The CSF-470 vaccine is currently being assayed in a Phase II-III trial against medium-dose IFN-α2b. All vaccinated patients immunized intradermally developed...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Aris M,Bravo AI,Barrio MM,Mordoh J

更新日期：2015-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are recognition molecules for multiple pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. TLR2 forms heterodimers with TLR1 and TLR6, which is the initial step in a cascade of events leading to significant innate immune responses, development of adaptive immunity to pathogens and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Oliveira-Nascimento L,Massari P,Wetzler LM

更新日期：2012-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) often also called chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a common, debilitating, disease of unknown origin. Although a subject of controversy and a considerable scientific literature, we think that a solid understanding of ME/CFS pathogenesis is emerging. In this study, we compiled recent ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Blomberg J,Gottfries CG,Elfaitouri A,Rizwan M,Rosén A

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The T cell population in an individual needs to avoid harmful activation by self peptides while maintaining the ability to respond to an unknown set of foreign peptides. This property is acquired by a combination of thymic and extra-thymic mechanisms. We extend current models for the development of self/non-self discr...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Best K,Chain B,Watkins C

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by the presence of anti-phospholipid (aPL) antibodies. However, the relationship between the immunoglobulin (Ig) A isotype of aPL positivity and its clinical utility in APS diagnosis is controversial. Presently, we determine the clinical utility of IgA-aPL from...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Hu C,Li X,Zhao J,Wang Q,Li M,Tian X,Zeng X

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectins, a family of animal lectins, play central roles in immune system regulation, shaping both innate and adaptive responses in physiological and pathological processes. These include rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic multifactorial autoimmune disease characterized by inflammatory responses that affects both a...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mendez-Huergo SP,Hockl PF,Stupirski JC,Maller SM,Morosi LG,Pinto NA,Berón AM,Musuruana JL,Nasswetter GG,Cavallasca JA,Rabinovich GA

更新日期：2019-01-09 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：:The complement anaphylatoxin, C5a, through binding to its receptors (C5aR or C5L2), has important biological properties for recruitment and activation of phagocytes. C5a has been identified as a powerful modulator of Toll-like receptor-induced cytokine and chemokine production by macrophages. Both the complement syste...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Grailer JJ,Bosmann M,Ward PA

更新日期：2013-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets (PLTs) are the major source of high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a protein that is involved in sterile inflammation of blood vessels and thrombosis. Megakaryocytes (MKs) synthesize HMGB1 and transfer both protein and mRNA into PLTs and PLT-derived microvesicles (MV). Free HMGB1 found in supernatants of in v...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mardente S,Mari E,Massimi I,Tafani M,Guerriero R,Morsilli O,Pulcinelli FM,Bianchi ME,Zicari A

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-10 and IL-22 are key members of the IL-10 cytokine family that share characteristic properties such as defined structural features, usage of IL-10R2 as one receptor chain, and activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-3 as dominant signaling mode. IL-10, formerly known as c...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mühl H

更新日期：2013-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The barrier surfaces of the gastrointestinal tract are in constant contact with various microorganisms. Cytokines orchestrate the mucosal adaptive and innate immune cells in the defense against pathogens. IL-10 and IL-22 are the best studied members of the IL-10 family and play essential roles in maintaining mucosal h...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wei HX,Wang B,Li B

更新日期：2020-06-26 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：:Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) play a crucial role in regulating the intestinal immune response during colitis. We previously revealed an essential role of MDSC in promoting TH17 cell polarization, which was found to be arginase-1 (Arg-1)-dependent; however, the underlying mechanism remains obscure. Here we r...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ma Z,Zhen Y,Hu C,Yi H

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to their detrimental role in allergic diseases, mast cells (MCs) are well known to be important cells of the innate immune system. In the last decade, they have been shown to contribute significantly to optimal host defense against numerous pathogens including parasites, bacteria, and viruses. The contribu...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Saluja R,Metz M,Maurer M

更新日期：2012-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania parasites infect macrophages, causing a wide spectrum of human diseases, from cutaneous to visceral forms. In search of novel therapeutic targets, we performed comprehensive in vitro and ex vivo mapping of the signaling pathways upstream and downstream of antioxidant transcription factor [nuclear factor ery...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Vivarini ÁC,Calegari-Silva TC,Saliba AM,Boaventura VS,França-Costa J,Khouri R,Dierckx T,Dias-Teixeira KL,Fasel N,Barral AMP,Borges VM,Van Weyenbergh J,Lopes UG

更新日期：2017-09-15 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：:It is now clear that the outcome of an inflammatory process caused by infections depends on the balance of responses by several components of the immune system. Of particular relevance is the interplay between regulatory T cells (Tregs) and CD4+ T cells that produce IL-17 (Th17 cells) during immunoinflammatory events....

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sehrawat S,Rouse BT

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory of genetics and physiology 2 (LGP2) is a key component of RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs). However, the lack of the caspase recruitment domains (CARDs) results in its controversial functional performance as a negative or positive regulator in antiviral responses. Especially, no sufficient evidence uncovers the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Rao Y,Wan Q,Yang C,Su J

更新日期：2017-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The large family of chemoattractant cytokines (chemokines) embraces multiple, in part unrelated functions that go well beyond chemotaxis. Undoubtedly, the control of immune cell migration (chemotaxis) is the single, unifying response mediated by all chemokines, which involves the sequential engagement of chemokine rec...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wolf M,Moser B

更新日期：2012-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic AMP/protein kinase A (cAMP/PKA) pathway is one of the most common and versatile signal pathways in eukaryotic cells. A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) target PKA to specific substrates and distinct subcellular compartments providing spatial and temporal specificity for mediation of biological effects chan...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wehbi VL,Taskén K

更新日期：2016-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies are commonly used in organ transplant induction therapy and to treat autoimmune disorders. The effects of some biologics on the human immune system remain incompletely characterized and a deeper understanding of their mechanisms of action may provide useful insights for their clinical application. The goal ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Binder C,Sellberg F,Cvetkovski F,Berglund E,Berglund D

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Lack of disease during chronic human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection depends on the maintenance of a high-frequency CMV-specific T cell response. The composition of the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire underlying this response remains poorly characterised, especially within African populations in which CMV is endemic ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Attaf M,Malik A,Severinsen MC,Roider J,Ogongo P,Buus S,Ndung'u T,Leslie A,Kløverpris HN,Matthews PC,Sewell AK,Goulder P

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:H7N9 viruses pose a threat to human health and they are no less harmful to the poultry industry than the H5N1 avian influenza viruses. However, the pathogenesis, transmissibility, and the host immune response of the H7N9 virus in chickens and mice remain unclear. In this study, we found that H7N9 viruses replicated in...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Jiao P,Song Y,Huang J,Xiang C,Cui J,Wu S,Qu N,Wang N,Ouyang G,Liao M

更新日期：2018-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex-related differences in asthma prevalence are well established and change through the reproductive phases of life. As children, boys have increased prevalence of asthma compared to girls. However, as adults, women have increased prevalence of asthma compared to men. Many factors, including genetics, environment, im...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Shah R,Newcomb DC

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00