Circumventricular Organs and Parasite Neurotropism: Neglected Gates to the Brain?

abstract：:The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is the cause of one of the most economically important diseases affecting swine worldwide. Efforts to develop a next-generation vaccine have largely focused on envelope glycoproteins to target virus-neutralizing antibody responses. However, these approach...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mokhtar H,Pedrera M,Frossard JP,Biffar L,Hammer SE,Kvisgaard LK,Larsen LE,Stewart GR,Somavarapu S,Steinbach F,Graham SP

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:CLEC12A has been proposed as a suitable target for delivering antigen to dendritic cells (DCs) to enhance vaccine efficacy both in human and mouse. In this study, we have characterized the porcine homolog of CLEC12A (poCLEC12A). Using new monoclonal antibodies (mAb), raised against its ectodomain, poCLEC12A was found ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Álvarez B,Nieto-Pelegrín E,Martínez de la Riva P,Toki D,Poderoso T,Revilla C,Uenishi H,Ezquerra A,Domínguez J

更新日期：2020-05-13 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：:Adjuvanted whole inactivated virus (WIV) influenza vaccines show promise as broadly protective influenza vaccine candidates. Using WIV as basis we assessed the relative efficacy of different adjuvants by carrying out a head-to-head comparison of the liposome-based adjuvants CAF01 and CAF09 and the protein-based adjuva...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bhide Y,Dong W,Gribonika I,Voshart D,Meijerhof T,de Vries-Idema J,Norley S,Guilfoyle K,Skeldon S,Engelhardt OG,Boon L,Christensen D,Lycke N,Huckriede A

更新日期：2019-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical management of neuropathic pain is unsatisfactory, mainly due to its resistance to the effects of available analgesics, including opioids. Converging evidence indicates the functional interactions between chemokine and opioid receptors and their influence on nociceptive processes. Recent studies highlight that...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kwiatkowski K,Pawlik K,Ciapała K,Piotrowska A,Makuch W,Mika J

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. It was previously shown that toll-like receptor (TLR)-2 signaling plays a key role in the murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of MS, and that TLR2-stimulation of regulatory T cells (...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Hossain MJ,Morandi E,Tanasescu R,Frakich N,Caldano M,Onion D,Faraj TA,Erridge C,Gran B

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic and multifactorial disease of the gastrointestinal tract. The exact etiology of IBD remains complex and unclear involving an inadequately defined relationship between microbial insult, genetic predisposition, altered intestinal barrier permeability, oxidative stress compon...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Senhaji N,Kojok K,Darif Y,Fadainia C,Zaid Y

更新日期：2015-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Th17/T-regulatory (Treg) cell imbalance is involved in the occurrence and development of organ inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Metabolic pathways can regulate T cell differentiation and function, thus contributing to SLE inflammation. Increasingly, data have shown metabolism influences and repr...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Shan J,Jin H,Xu Y

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system is a dynamic subset of the innate immune system, playing roles in host defense, clearance of immune complexes and cell debris, and priming the adaptive immune response. Over the last 40 years our understanding of the complement system has evolved from identifying its presence and recognizing its ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Nauser CL,Howard MC,Fanelli G,Farrar CA,Sacks S

更新日期：2018-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to analyze the relationship between plasma inflammatory biomarkers and CD4+ T-cells evolution in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) elite controllers (HIV-ECs) with a suppressed viremia. We carried out a retrospective study in 30 HIV-ECs classified into two groups: those showing no significant loss of CD4+...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Gutiérrez-Rivas M,Jiménez-Sousa MÁ,Rallón N,Jiménez JL,Restrepo C,León A,Montero-Alonso M,González-García J,Muñoz-Fernández MÁ,Benito JM,Resino S,ECRIS Integrated in the Spanish AIDS Research Network.

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is characterized by the host's dysregulated immune response to an infection followed by a potentially fatal organ dysfunction. Although there have been some advances in the treatment of sepsis, mainly focused on broad-spectrum antibiotics, mortality rates remain high, urging for the search of new therapies. Oxi...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Navegantes-Lima KC,Monteiro VVS,de França Gaspar SL,de Brito Oliveira AL,de Oliveira JP,Reis JF,de Souza Gomes R,Rodrigues CA,Stutz H,Sovrani V,Peres A,Romão PRT,Monteiro MC

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) are at increased risk for many infections, whether viral, bacterial, or fungal, due to immunosuppressive therapy to prevent organ rejection. The same immune defects that render transplanted patients susceptible to infection dampen their immune response to vaccination. Therefor...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Scanlon N,Saklawi Y,Rouphael N

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies have proven their high value in antitumor therapy over the last two decades. They are currently being used as the first-choice to treat some of the most frequent metastatic cancers, like HER2+ breast cancers or colorectal cancers, currently treated with trastuzumab (Herceptin) and bevacizumab (Avastin), res...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Corraliza-Gorjón I,Somovilla-Crespo B,Santamaria S,Garcia-Sanz JA,Kremer L

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:COVID-19 is a distinctive infection characterized by elevated inter-human transmission and presenting from absence of symptoms to severe cytokine storm that can lead to dismal prognosis. Like for HIV, lymphopenia and drastic reduction of CD4+ T cell counts in COVID-19 patients have been linked with poor clinical outco...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Peng X,Ouyang J,Isnard S,Lin J,Fombuena B,Zhu B,Routy JP

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old Italian physician affected by Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) was hospitalized due to progressive abdominal enlargement, which had begun 6 months before admission. Physical examination revealed ascites and bilateral leg edema. Abdominal CT scan showed ascitic fluid and extensive multiple peritoneal im...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Talerico R,Cardillo C,De Vito F,Schinzari F,Soldato M,Giustiniani MC,Verrecchia E,Manna R

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is an essential micronutrient for most living species. In mammals, hemoglobin (Hb) stores more than two thirds of the body's iron content. In the bloodstream, haptoglobin (Hp) and hemopexin (Hpx) sequester free Hb or heme. Pathogenic microorganisms usually acquire iron from their hosts and have evolved complex sy...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mozzi A,Forni D,Clerici M,Cagliani R,Sironi M

更新日期：2018-09-11 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：:Human coronavirus (HCoV) is one of the most common causes of respiratory tract infections throughout the world. Two phenomena observed so far in the development of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic deserve further attention. First, the relative absence of clinical signs of infections in children, second, the early appearance of...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Fierz W,Walz B

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria vaccine development has largely focused on Plasmodium falciparum; however, a reawakening to the importance of Plasmodium vivax has spurred efforts to develop vaccines against this difficult to treat and at times severe form of relapsing malaria, which constitutes a significant proportion of human malaria cases...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： de Cassan SC,Shakri AR,Llewellyn D,Elias SC,Cho JS,Goodman AL,Jin J,Douglas AD,Suwanarusk R,Nosten FH,Rénia L,Russell B,Chitnis CE,Draper SJ

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A key aspect to finding an efficacious human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine is the optimization of vaccine schedules that can mediate the efficient maturation of protective immune responses. In the present study, we investigated the effect of alternate booster regimens on the immune responses to a candidate HIV-...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kratochvil S,McKay PF,Kopycinski JT,Bishop C,Hayes PJ,Muir L,Pinder CL,Cizmeci D,King D,Aldon Y,Wines BD,Hogarth PM,Chung AW,Kent SJ,Held K,Geldmacher C,Dally L,Santos NS,Cole T,Gilmour J,Fidler S,Shattock RJ

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells in fish were recently proven to have potent innate immune activities like macrophages. This inspired us to further explore the innate nature of B cells in fish. Moreover, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are representative molecules of innate immunity, and they can modulate the functions of macrophages. These mak...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zhang XJ,Wang P,Zhang N,Chen DD,Nie P,Li JL,Zhang YA

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We are living through an unprecedented accumulation of data on gene expression by macrophages, reflecting their origin, distribution, and localization within all organs of the body. While the extensive heterogeneity of the cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system is evident, the functional significance of their diver...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Gordon S,Plüddemann A

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an important role by controlling allergic inflammation of airways. Recently, it has been shown that statins have immunomodulatory properties, probably mediated by their effects on Tregs. Therefore, we evaluated the in vivo effect of atorvastatin (ATV) on Tregs and its association with t...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Blanquiceth Y,Rodríguez-Perea AL,Tabares Guevara JH,Correa LA,Sánchez MD,Ramírez-Pineda JR,Velilla PA

更新日期：2016-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is a common inflammatory skin disease with a prevalence of approximately 20% in the European population. ACD is caused by contact allergens that are reactive chemicals able to modify non-immunogenic self-proteins to become immunogenic proteins. The most frequent contact allergens are ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mraz V,Geisler C,Bonefeld CM

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen capturing at the periphery is one of the earliest, crucial functions of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) to initiate immune responses. Langerhans cells (LCs), the epidermal APCs migrate to draining lymph nodes (DLNs) upon acquiring antigens. An arsenal of endocytic molecules is available to this end, including ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Becerril-García MA,Yam-Puc JC,Maqueda-Alfaro R,Beristain-Covarrubias N,Heras-Chavarría M,Gallegos-Hernández IA,Calderón-Amador J,Munguía-Fuentes R,Donis-Maturano L,Flores-Langarica A,Flores-Romo L

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has generated a significant repercussion on the administration of adoptive cell therapies, including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells. The closing of borders, the reduction of people transit and the confinement of the...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ortiz de Landazuri I,Egri N,Muñoz-Sánchez G,Ortiz-Maldonado V,Bolaño V,Guijarro C,Pascal M,Juan M

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy is a chronic bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Cytokines are known to play vital role as a peacekeeper during inflammatory and other immunocompromised conditions such as leprosy. This study has tried to bridge the gap of information on cytokine gene polymorphisms and its potential role in the p...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Tarique M,Naz H,Saini C,Suhail M,Shankar H,Khanna N,Sharma A

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Vγ9Vδ2-T cells are considered as potent effector cells for tumor immunotherapy through directly killing tumor cells and indirectly regulating other innate and adaptive immune cells to establish antitumoral immunity. The antitumoral activity of Vγ9Vδ2-T cells is governed by a complicated set of activating and inhibitor...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Xiang Z,Tu W

更新日期：2017-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of semi-automated devices that can reduce the hands-on time and standardize the production of clinical-grade CAR T-cells, such as CliniMACS Prodigy from Miltenyi, is key to facilitate the development of CAR T-cell therapies, especially in academic institutions. However, the feasibility of manufacturing CAR...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Castella M,Caballero-Baños M,Ortiz-Maldonado V,González-Navarro EA,Suñé G,Antoñana-Vidósola A,Boronat A,Marzal B,Millán L,Martín-Antonio B,Cid J,Lozano M,García E,Tabera J,Trias E,Perpiña U,Canals JM,Baumann T,Benítez

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hantaan virus (HTNV) causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Previous studies have identified interferon-induced transmembrane proteins (IFITMs) as an interferon-stimulated gene family. However, the role of IFITMs in HTNV infection is unclear. In this study, we observed that IFITM3 single nucleotide polym...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Xu-Yang Z,Pei-Yu B,Chuan-Tao Y,Wei Y,Hong-Wei M,Kang T,Chun-Mei Z,Ying-Feng L,Xin W,Ping-Zhong W,Chang-Xing H,Xue-Fan B,Ying Z,Zhan-Sheng J

更新日期：2017-01-03 00:00:00