Is the A-Chain the Engine That Drives the Diversity of C1q Functions? Revisiting Its Unique Structure.

abstract：:Free heme is an inflammatory molecule capable of inducing migration and activation of neutrophils. Here, we examine the heme-driven oxidative stress-associated cell death mechanisms in human neutrophils infected with Leishmania infantum, an etiologic agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). We first performed exploratory...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Quintela-Carvalho G,Luz NF,Celes FS,Zanette DL,Andrade D,Menezes D,Tavares NM,Brodskyn CI,Prates DB,Gonçalves MS,de Oliveira CI,Almeida RP,Bozza MT,Andrade BB,Borges VM

更新日期：2017-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ebola virus (EBOV) epidemic indicated a great need for prophylactic and therapeutic strategies. The use of plants for the production of biopharmaceuticals is a concept being adopted by the pharmaceutical industry, with an enzyme for human use currently commercialized since 2012 and some plant-based vaccines close ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Rosales-Mendoza S,Nieto-Gómez R,Angulo C

更新日期：2017-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease is the leading global health concern and responsible for more deaths worldwide than any other type of disorder. Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease in the arterial wall, which underpins several types of cardiovascular disease. It has emerged that a strong relationship exists betwee...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zaric BL,Radovanovic JN,Gluvic Z,Stewart AJ,Essack M,Motwalli O,Gojobori T,Isenovic ER

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic approaches that engage immune cells to treat cancer are becoming increasingly utilized in the clinics and demonstrated durable clinical benefit in several solid tumor types. Most of the current immunotherapies focus on manipulating T cells, however, the tumor microenvironment (TME) is abundantly infiltrate...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Clappaert EJ,Murgaski A,Van Damme H,Kiss M,Laoui D

更新日期：2018-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a multisystemic disorder, belonging to the small vessel anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, defined as an eosinophil-rich and necrotizing granulomatous inflammation often involving the respiratory tract, and necrotizing vasculitis p...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Gioffredi A,Maritati F,Oliva E,Buzio C

更新日期：2014-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we demonstrate the feasibility of direct, quantitative measurement of cytokine proteins in single human CD8 lymphocytes from fresh peripheral blood of healthy donors following a brief ex vivo stimulation. Cytokine-secreting cells were identified using cell surface "catch" reagents and single cell data we...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Saxena A,Dagur PK,Desai A,McCoy JP Jr

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Obesity is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Bariatric surgery is considered to be the most effective treatment option for weight reduction in obese patients with and without type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Objective:To evaluate changes in lipoproteins, insulin resistance, mediators of systemi...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Yadav R,Hama S,Liu Y,Siahmansur T,Schofield J,Syed AA,France M,Pemberton P,Adam S,Ho JH,Aghamohammadzadeh R,Dhage S,Donn R,Malik RA,New JP,Jeziorska M,Durrington P,Ammori BA,Soran H

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant breakthroughs in understanding of immunological and physiological features of autoimmune diseases, there is currently no specific therapeutic option with prolonged remission. Cell-based therapy using engineered-T cells has attracted tremendous attention as a practical treatment for autoimmune disea...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sadeqi Nezhad M,Seifalian A,Bagheri N,Yaghoubi S,Karimi MH,Adbollahpour-Alitappeh M

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptive immune response is initiated in lymph nodes by contact between antigen-bearing dendritic cells (DCs) and antigen-specific T cells. A selected number of naïve T cells that recognize a specific antigen may proliferate into expanded clones, differentiate, and acquire an effector phenotype. Despite growing ex...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Azarov I,Peskov K,Helmlinger G,Kosinsky Y

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells are the main orchestrators of protective immunity in the stomach; however, limited information on the presence and function of the gastric T subsets is available mainly due to the difficulty in recovering high numbers of viable cells from human gastric biopsies. To overcome this shortcoming we optimized a cell...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Booth JS,Toapanta FR,Salerno-Goncalves R,Patil S,Kader HA,Safta AM,Czinn SJ,Greenwald BD,Sztein MB

更新日期：2014-06-19 00:00:00

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：:The NT5E (CD73) molecule represents an ecto-5'-nucleotidase expressed on the cell surface of various cell types. Hydrolyzing extracellular adenosine monophosphate into adenosine and inorganic phosphate, NT5E performs numerous homeostatic functions in healthy organs and tissues. Importantly, NT5E can act as inhibitory ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kordaß T,Osen W,Eichmüller SB

更新日期：2018-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria infections remain a serious global health problem in the world, particularly among children and pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Moreover, malaria control and elimination is hampered by rapid development of resistance by the parasite and the vector to commonly used antimalarial drugs and insecticides, res...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kengne-Ouafo JA,Sutherland CJ,Binka FN,Awandare GA,Urban BC,Dinko B

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Host immunity provides wide spectrum protection that serves to eradicate pathogens and cancer cells, while maintaining self-tolerance and immunological homeostasis. Ligation of the T cell receptor (TCR) by antigen activates signaling pathways that coordinately induce aerobic glycolysis, mitochondrial activity, anaboli...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Patsoukis N,Weaver JD,Strauss L,Herbel C,Seth P,Boussiotis VA

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory support improvements have aided survival of premature neonates, but infection susceptibility remains a predominant problem. We previously reported that neonatal mice have a rapidly evolving T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire that impairs CD8+ T cell immunity. To understand the impact of prematurity on the hu...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Carey AJ,Hope JL,Mueller YM,Fike AJ,Kumova OK,van Zessen DBH,Steegers EAP,van der Burg M,Katsikis PD

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells expressing the fusion of the NKG2D protein with CD3ζ (NKG2D-CAR T Cells) acquire a specificity for stress-induced ligands expressed on hematological and solid cancers. However, these stress ligands are also transiently expressed by activated T cells implying that NKG2D-based T c...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Breman E,Demoulin B,Agaugué S,Mauën S,Michaux A,Springuel L,Houssa J,Huberty F,Jacques-Hespel C,Marchand C,Marijsse J,Nguyen T,Ramelot N,Violle B,Daro D,De Waele P,Gilham DE,Steenwinckel V

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are major players regulating immune responses toward inflammatory and tolerogenic results. In organ and bone marrow transplantation, new reagents are needed to inhibit tissue destructive mechanisms and eventually induce immune tolerance without overall immunosuppression. IL-34 is a cytokine with no significa...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bézie S,Freuchet A,Sérazin C,Salama A,Vimond N,Anegon I,Guillonneau C

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy has been proved effective in a stream of clinical trials, especially in hematologic malignancies. However, current CAR therapy is highly personalized as cells used are derived from patients themselves, which can be costly, time-consuming, and sometimes fails to achieve optimal t...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zhang Y,Li P,Fang H,Wang G,Zeng X

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonal evolution of B cells in germinal centers (GCs) is central to affinity maturation of antibodies in response to pathogens. Permanent or tamoxifen-induced multi-color recombination of B cells based on the brainbow allele allows monitoring the degree of color dominance in the course of the GC reaction. Here, we use...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Meyer-Hermann M,Binder SC,Mesin L,Victora GD

更新日期：2018-09-25 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：:Cell migration is indispensable for various biological processes including angiogenesis, wound healing, and immunity. In general, there are two different migration modes described, the mesenchymal migration mode and the amoeboid migration mode. Neutrophils rapidly migrate toward the sites of injury, infection, and inf...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Salvermoser M,Begandt D,Alon R,Walzog B

更新日期：2018-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims: Heart failure is a clinical syndrome characterized by subclinical systemic inflammation and immune system activation associated with iron deficiency. No data exist on the various activations of immune-mediated mechanisms of inflammation in heart failure patients with reduced/preserved ejection fraction. We aimed...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Perticone M,Zito R,Miceli S,Pinto A,Suraci E,Greco M,Gigliotti S,Hribal ML,Corrao S,Sesti G,Perticone F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Optimal timing of gestational tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination is not well-defined. No well-established specific anti-pertussis antibody level correlates with protection, suggesting the importance of antibody quality such as avidity. We aimed to determine the effect of timing of va...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Abu-Raya B,Giles ML,Kollmann TR,Sadarangani M

更新日期：2019-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A common feature of many acute and chronic oral diseases is microbial-induced inflammation. Innate immune responses are the first line of defense against pathogenic microorganisms and are initiated by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that specifically recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns and danger-ass...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wang L,Sun L,Byrd KM,Ko CC,Zhao Z,Fang J

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity-associated inflammation stems from a combination of cell-intrinsic changes of individual immune cell subsets and the dynamic crosstalk amongst a broad array of immune cells. Although much of the focus of immune cell contributions to metabolic disease has focused on adipose tissue-associated cells, these potent...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Liu R,Nikolajczyk BS

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-system autoimmune disease including the cardiovascular system. Atherosclerosis is the most common cardiovascular complication of SLE and a significant risk factor for morbidity and mortality. Vascular damage/protection mechanism in SLE patients is out of balance, caused by...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ding X,Xiang W,He X

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokine biology is mediated by more complex interactions than simple monomolecular ligand-receptor interactions, as chemokines can form higher order quaternary structures, which can also be formed after binding to glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) on endothelial cells, and their receptors are found as dimers and/or oligomer...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Proudfoot AE,Uguccioni M

更新日期：2016-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC), master antigen-presenting cells that orchestrate interactions between the adaptive and innate immune arms, are increasingly utilized in cancer immunotherapy. Despite remarkable progress in our understanding of DC immunobiology, as well as several encouraging clinical applications - such as DC-bas...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Datta J,Berk E,Cintolo JA,Xu S,Roses RE,Czerniecki BJ

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Formerly considered as a passive process, the resolution of acute inflammation is now recognized as an active host response, with a cascade of coordinated cellular and molecular events that promotes termination of the inflammatory response and initiates tissue repair and healing. In a state of immune fitness, the reso...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Barnig C,Bezema T,Calder PC,Charloux A,Frossard N,Garssen J,Haworth O,Dilevskaya K,Levi-Schaffer F,Lonsdorfer E,Wauben M,Kraneveld AD,Te Velde AA

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The lungs, a special site that is frequently challenged by tumors, pathogens and other environmental insults, are populated by large numbers of innate immune cells. Among these, natural killer (NK) cells are gaining increasing attention. Recent studies have revealed that NK cells are heterogeneous populations consisti...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Cong J,Wei H

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00