Antifungal Immunological Defenses in Newborns.

abstract：:Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, which are enriched in human blood and express a semi-invariant TCR chain, play important roles in conditions such as infectious diseases and cancer. The influence of age on levels and functional characteristics of circulating MAIT cells have not been fully addressed. Here w...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Chen P,Deng W,Li D,Zeng T,Huang L,Wang Q,Wang J,Zhang W,Yu X,Duan D,Wang J,Xia H,Chen H,Huang W,Li J,Zhang D,Zhong XP,Gao J

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal term and spontaneous preterm births (PTB) are documented to be associated with oxidative stress (OS), and imbalances in the redox system (balance between pro- and antioxidant) have been reported in the maternal-fetal intrauterine compartments. The exact mechanism of labor initiation either at term or preterm by...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Menon R

更新日期：2014-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic autoantibodies can cause inflammation and tissue injury in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although IgG4 is considered non-inflammatory owing to the unique structure of its hinge region, the role of IgG4 autoantibodies in SLE remains largely unknown. The titers of serum anti-nuclear-IgG antibodies (ANA-...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Pan Q,Xiao H,Shi L,He Y,Cai J,Wu J,Li A,Ye L,Yang C,Liu HF

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 10% of individuals latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) develop active tuberculosis (TB) during their lifetime. Although it is well recognized that T-helper 1 immune responses are crucial for containing latent TB infection, the full array of host factors conferring protective immunity ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ronacher K,Sinha R,Cestari M

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of cancer-related deaths are due to metastasis, a process that requires evasion of the host immune system. In addition, a significant percentage of cancer patients do not benefit from our current immunotherapy arsenal due to either primary or secondary immunotherapy resistance. Importantly, select su...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： DeVito NC,Plebanek MP,Theivanthiran B,Hanks BA

更新日期：2019-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile (WN) virus infection of humans is frequently asymptomatic, but can also lead to WN fever or neuroinvasive disease. CD4 T cells and B cells are critical in the defense against WN virus, and neutralizing antibodies, which are directed against the viral glycoprotein E, are an accepted correlate of protection. F...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Koblischke M,Spitzer FS,Florian DM,Aberle SW,Malafa S,Fae I,Cassaniti I,Jungbauer C,Knapp B,Laferl H,Fischer G,Baldanti F,Stiasny K,Heinz FX,Aberle JH

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is a complex disease and a leading cause of death worldwide. Immunity is critical for cancer control. Cancer cells exhibit high mutational rates and therefore altered self or neo-antigens, eliciting an immune response to promote tumor eradication. Failure to mount a proper immune response leads to cancer progre...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Guri Y,Nordmann TM,Roszik J

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr) are a unique subset of CD4 T cells that control and impact adaptive immune responses in the lymphoid follicles and germinal centers (GC). Since their relatively recent discovery, several studies have revealed that Tfr interact with other cells within this niche and shape ensuing res...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Miles B,Connick E

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease, which was once thought to be confined to endemic regions of Latin America, has now gone global becoming a new worldwide challenge. For more than a century since its discovery, it has remained neglected with no effective drugs or vaccines. The mechanisms by which Trypanosoma cruzi regulates and uses the...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Nde PN,Lima MF,Johnson CA,Pratap S,Villalta F

更新日期：2012-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Piscirickettsia salmonis, an aggressive intracellular pathogen, is the etiological agent of salmonid rickettsial septicemia (SRS). This is a chronic multisystemic disease that generates high mortalities and large losses in Chilean salmon farming, threatening the sustainability of the salmon industry. Previous reports ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Pérez-Stuardo D,Espinoza A,Tapia S,Morales-Reyes J,Barrientos C,Vallejos-Vidal E,Sandino AM,Spencer E,Toro-Ascuy D,Rivas-Pardo JA,Reyes-López FE,Reyes-Cerpa S

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:pH is highly variable in different tissues and affects many enzymatic reactions in neutrophils. In response to calcium ionophores such as A23187 and ionomycin, neutrophils undergo nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NOX)-independent neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation (NETosis). However, how...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Naffah de Souza C,Breda LCD,Khan MA,de Almeida SR,Câmara NOS,Sweezey N,Palaniyar N

更新日期：2018-01-09 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：:Natural killer (NK) cells are potent cytotoxic effector cells for cancer therapy and potentially for severe viral infections. However, there are technical challenges to obtain sufficient numbers of functionally active NK cells from a patient's blood since they represent only 10% of the lymphocytes and are often dysfun...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Klingemann H,Boissel L,Toneguzzo F

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The apparition of adaptive immunity in Gnathostomata correlates with the expansion of the E-protein family to encompass E2-2, HEB, and E2A. Within the family, E2-2 and HEB are more closely evolutionarily related but their concerted action in hematopoiesis remains to be explored. Here we show that the combined disrupti...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bouderlique T,Peña-Pérez L,Kharazi S,Hils M,Li X,Krstic A,De Paepe A,Schachtrup C,Gustafsson C,Holmberg D,Schachtrup K,Månsson R

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the chemokine receptor XCR1 has been found to be exclusively expressed on a subset of dendritic cell (DC) known to be involved in antigen cross-presentation. This review aims to summarize the known biology of the XCR1 receptor and its chemokine ligand XCL1, both in the mouse and the human. Further, any invol...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kroczek RA,Henn V

更新日期：2012-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunopathological functions associated with human C1q are still growing in terms of novelty, diversity, and pathologic relevance. It is, therefore, not surprising that C1q is being recognized as an important molecular bridge between innate and adaptive immunity. The secret of this functional diversity, in turn, r...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ghebrehiwet B,Kandov E,Kishore U,Peerschke EIB

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors (TNFis) have revolutionized the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), however despite considerable progress, only a small proportion of patients maintain long-term clinical response. Selection of, and switching between, biologics is mainly empirical, experiential, and not evidence...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mehta P,Manson JJ

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In human brucellosis, the liver is frequently affected. Brucella abortus triggers a profibrotic response on hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) characterized by inhibition of MMP-9 with concomitant collagen deposition and TGF-β1 secretion through type 4 secretion system (T4SS). Taking into account that it has been reported ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Arriola Benitez PC,Pesce Viglietti AI,Gomes MTR,Oliveira SC,Quarleri JF,Giambartolomei GH,Delpino MV

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni is a significant risk factor for the development of long-term intestinal dysfunction although the cellular and molecular mechanisms remain scantily defined. IL-23 is an emerging therapeutic target for the treatment of inflammatory intestinal diseases, however its role in C. jejuni-d...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Jing X,Korchagina AA,Shein SA,Muraoka WT,Koroleva E,Tumanov AV

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Proximal tubular epithelial cells are particularly sensitive to damage. In search of a biomarker, this study evaluated the potential of different cell activation models (hypoxia/replenishment and protein overload) to lead to a release of trefoil factor 3 (TFF3). Surprisingly, we found disparity in the ability of the d...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zwaini Z,Alammari D,Byrne S,Stover C

更新日期：2016-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemagglutinin glycoprotein (HA) is a principle influenza vaccine antigen. Recombinant HA-based vaccines become a potential alternative for traditional approach. Complexity and variation of HA N-glycosylation are considered as the important factors for the vaccine design. The number and location of glycan moieties in t...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Macioła AK,Pietrzak MA,Kosson P,Czarnocki-Cieciura M,Śmietanka K,Minta Z,Kopera E

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been exhaustive efforts to develop an efficient vaccine against leishmaniasis. Factors like host and parasite genetic characteristics, virulence, epidemiological scenarios, and, mainly, diverse immune responses triggered by Leishmania species make the achievement of this aim a complex task. It is already cl...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： De Luca PM,Macedo AB

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Apart from IgG oligoclonal bands, no other biomarker has, to date, been validated for diagnostic and/or prognostic purposes in multiple sclerosis (MS). Aim: To investigate a wide panel of cytokines and chemokines in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients and evaluate their ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Puthenparampil M,Stropparo E,Zywicki S,Bovis F,Cazzola C,Federle L,Grassivaro F,Rinaldi F,Perini P,Sormani MP,Gallo P

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading global health problem that is aggravated by emergence of drug-resistant strains, which account for increasing number of treatment-refractory cases. Thus, eradication of this disease will strongly require better therapeutic strategies. Identification of host factors promoting disease...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ndlovu H,Marakalala MJ

更新日期：2016-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The catabolic process of autophagy plays important functions in inflammatory and immune responses by modulating innate immunity and adaptive immunity. Over the last decade, a cell-intrinsic role for autophagy in modulating CD4 T cell functions and differentiation was revealed. After the initial observation of autophag...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Jacquin E,Apetoh L

更新日期：2018-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system represents an effective arsenal of innate immunity as well as an interface between innate and adaptive immunity. Activation of the complement system culminates with the assembly of the C5b-9 terminal complement complex on cell membranes, inducing target cell lysis. Translation of this sequence of...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Vlaicu SI,Tatomir A,Rus V,Rus H

更新日期：2019-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterologous immunity (H.I.) is a consequence of an encounter with a specific antigen, which can alter the subsequent immune response to a different antigen. This can happen at the innate immune system level-often called trained immunity or innate immune memory-and/or at the adaptive immune system level involving T me...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Balz K,Trassl L,Härtel V,Nelson PP,Skevaki C

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Vascular microthrombotic lesions in lupus nephritis with or without antiphospholipid antibodies may relate to worse renal outcomes. Whether microthrombotic lesions are a consequence of renal inflammation or independently contribute to renal damage is unclear. Our aim was to investigate the relationship bet...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Gonzalo-Gil E,García-Herrero C,Toldos O,Usategui A,Criado G,Pérez-Yagüe S,Barber DF,Pablos JL,Galindo M

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are prone to developing chronic anterior uveitis (JIA-U+). Although several risk factors for JIA-U+ have been identified, the underlying etiology is poorly understood. Histopathological studies demonstrate B cell infiltrates in eye tissues of patients with JIA-U...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wennink RAW,Pandit A,Haasnoot AJW,Hiddingh S,Kalinina Ayuso V,Wulffraat NM,Vastert BJ,Radstake TRDJ,de Boer JH,Kuiper JJW

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are unconventional, innate-like T lymphocytes that recognize vitamin B metabolites of microbial origin among other antigens displayed by the monomorphic molecule MHC class I-related protein 1 (MR1). Abundant in human tissues, reactive to local inflammatory cues, and endowed w...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Yao T,Shooshtari P,Haeryfar SMM

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00