The Expanding Field of Secondary Antibody Deficiency: Causes, Diagnosis, and Management.

abstract：:Developing lymphocytes express the recombination activating genes (RAGs) 1 and 2 products that form a site specific recombinase complex (RAG), introducing double strand DNA breaks (DSBs) at recombination signal sequences (RSSs) flanking the V, D, and J gene segments in the antigen receptor loci. The subsequent steps i...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bonnet M,Sarmento LM,Martins AC,Sobral D,Silva J,Demengeot J

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is a crucial defense mechanism that protects the body from the devastating effects of invading pathogens. However, an unrestrained inflammatory reaction may result in systemic manifestations with dire consequences to the host. The extent of activation of the inflammatory response is tightly regulated thro...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Al-Barazie RM,Bashir GH,Qureshi MM,Mohamed YA,Al-Sbiei A,Tariq S,Lammers WJ,Al-Ramadi BK,Fernandez-Cabezudo MJ

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Delivery of cell-associated antigen represents an important strategy for vaccination. While many experimental models have been developed in order to define the critical parameters for efficient cross-priming, few have utilized quantitative methods that permit the study of the endogenous repertoire. Comparing different...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bouvier I,Jusforgues-Saklani H,Lim A,Lemaître F,Lemercier B,Auriau C,Nicola MA,Leroy S,Law HK,Bandeira A,Moon JJ,Bousso P,Albert ML

更新日期：2011-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The genome has the ability to respond in a precise and co-ordinated manner to cellular signals. It achieves this through the concerted actions of transcription factors and the chromatin platform, which are targets of the signaling pathways. Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms through which transcription fact...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Brettingham-Moore KH,Taberlay PC,Holloway AF

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Paneth cells contribute to intestinal innate immunity by sensing bacteria and secreting α-defensin. In Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) mice, α-defensin termed cryptdin (Crp) in Paneth cells consists of six major isoforms, Crp1 to 6. Despite accumulating evidences that α-defensin functions in controlling the intesti...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Nakamura K,Yokoi Y,Fukaya R,Ohira S,Shinozaki R,Nishida T,Kikuchi M,Ayabe T

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is under constant selective pressure from the immune system in vivo. Study of HCMV genes that have been lost in the absence of, or genetically altered by, such selection can focus research toward findings of in vivo significance. We have been particularly interested in the most pronounced ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Patel M,Vlahava VM,Forbes SK,Fielding CA,Stanton RJ,Wang ECY

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 40% of preterm births are preceded by microbial invasion of the intrauterine space; ascent from the vagina being the most common pathway. Within the cervical canal, antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMPs) are important components of the cervical barrier which help to prevent ascending vaginal infectio...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Suff N,Karda R,Diaz JA,Ng J,Baruteau J,Perocheau D,Taylor PW,Alber D,Buckley SMK,Bajaj-Elliott M,Waddington SN,Peebles D

更新日期：2020-02-11 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：:Loss-of-function mutations in the Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) gene cause a rare inherited form of autoimmune disease, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy, also known as autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1. The patients suffer from multiple endocrine deficiencies, the most common manifes...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Arstila TP,Jarva H

更新日期：2013-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main functions of the human placenta is to provide a barrier between the fetal and maternal blood circulations, where gas exchange and transfer of nutrients to the developing fetus take place. Despite being a barrier, there is a multitude of crosstalk between maternal immune cells and fetally derived semi-a...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kaipe H,Raffetseder J,Ernerudh J,Solders M,Tiblad E

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, and facial anomaly (ICF) syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic condition with severe immunodeficiency, which leads to lethal infections if not recognized and treated in early childhood. Up-to-date treatment regimens consist of prophylactic and supportive treatment of...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Gössling KL,Schipp C,Fischer U,Babor F,Koch G,Schuster FR,Dietzel-Dahmen J,Wieczorek D,Borkhardt A,Meisel R,Kuhlen M

更新日期：2017-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural Killer (NK) cells are characterized by their potential to kill tumor cells by different means without previous sensitization and have, therefore, become a valuable tool in cancer immunotherapy. However, their efficacy against solid tumors is still poor and further studies are required to improve it. One of the...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Terrén I,Orrantia A,Vitallé J,Zenarruzabeitia O,Borrego F

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors must evade the immune system to survive and metastasize, although the mechanisms that lead to tumor immunoediting and their evasion of immune surveillance are far from clear. The first line of defense against metastatic invasion is the innate immune system that provides immediate defense through humoral immunit...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Benito-Martin A,Di Giannatale A,Ceder S,Peinado H

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional activation and repression of genes that are developmentally regulated or exhibit cell-type specific expression patterns is largely achieved by modifying the chromatin template at a gene locus. Complex formation of stable epigenetic histone marks, loss or gain of DNA methylation, alterations in chromoso...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Aune TM,Collins PL,Collier SP,Henderson MA,Chang S

更新日期：2013-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is increasingly recognized for its association with autoimmune and inflammatory complications. Despite recent advances in immunophenotypic and genetic discovery, clinical care of CVID remains limited by our inability to accurately model risk for non-infectious disease developmen...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Farmer JR,Ong MS,Barmettler S,Yonker LM,Fuleihan R,Sullivan KE,Cunningham-Rundles C,USIDNET Consortium.,Walter JE

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A systemic immune related response (SIME) of radiotherapy has been occasionally observed on metastatic tumors, but the clinical outcomes remain poor. Novel treatment approaches are therefore needed to improve SIME ratio. We used a combination of hypo-fractionated radiation therapy (H-RT) with low-dose total body irrad...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Liu J,Zhou J,Wu M,Hu C,Yang J,Li D,Wu P,Chen Y,Chen P,Lin S,Cui Y,Fu S,Wu J

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-tumor immunity is limited by a number of factors including the lack of fully activated T-cells, insufficient antigenic stimulation and the immune-suppressive tumor microenvironment. We addressed these hurdles by developing a novel class of immunoconjugates, Antibody-Targeted Pathogen-derived Peptides (ATPPs), whi...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sefrin JP,Hillringhaus L,Mundigl O,Mann K,Ziegler-Landesberger D,Seul H,Tabares G,Knoblauch D,Leinenbach A,Friligou I,Dziadek S,Offringa R,Lifke V,Lifke A

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes stromal keratitis (HSK) is one of the primary diseases that cause vision loss or even blindness after herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 infection. HSK-associated vision impairment is predominantly due to corneal scarring and neovascularization caused by inflammation. In the infected cornea, HSV can activate innate a...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wang L,Wang R,Xu C,Zhou H

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells are a promising tool for the use in adoptive immunotherapy, since they efficiently recognize and kill tumor cells. In this context, ex vivo cultivation is an attractive option to increase NK cells in numbers and to improve their antitumor potential prior to clinical applications. Consequently...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Granzin M,Wagner J,Köhl U,Cerwenka A,Huppert V,Ullrich E

更新日期：2017-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are promising new antimicrobial agents against a wide range of skin and mucosal pathogens. However, their interaction with the immune system is currently not fully understood. Dendritic cells (DCs) are crucial during development of T cell-specific responses against bacterial and viral path...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Orlowski P,Tomaszewska E,Ranoszek-Soliwoda K,Gniadek M,Labedz O,Malewski T,Nowakowska J,Chodaczek G,Celichowski G,Grobelny J,Krzyzowska M

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A sudden outbreak of COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in Wuhan, China in December 2019 quickly grew into a global pandemic, putting at risk not only the global healthcare system, but also the world economy. As the disease continues to spread rapidly, the development of prophylactic and therapeutic a...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Liang Y,Wang ML,Chien CS,Yarmishyn AA,Yang YP,Lai WY,Luo YH,Lin YT,Chen YJ,Chang PC,Chiou SH

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that the treatment with nanoparticles (NPs) loaded with tolerogenic cytokines suppressed the manifestations of lupus-like disease induced by the transfer of donor CD4+ T cells from DBA/2 mice into (C57BL/6 × DBA/2)F1 (BDF1) mice. Although the protective effects were ascribed to the induction of ad...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Horwitz DA,Liu A,Bickerton S,Castaldo G,Matarese G,Fahmy TM,La Cava A

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections have a major impact on morbidity and mortality of immunosuppressed solid organ transplant (SOT) patients because of missing or failure of adequate pharmacologic antiviral treatment. Adoptive antiviral T-cell therapy (AVTT), regenerating disturbed endogenous T-cell immunity, emerged as an attractive al...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Amini L,Vollmer T,Wendering DJ,Jurisch A,Landwehr-Kenzel S,Otto NM,Jürchott K,Volk HD,Reinke P,Schmueck-Henneresse M

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody evolution studies have been traditionally limited to either tracing a single clonal lineage (B cells derived from a single V-(D)-J recombination) over time or examining bulk functionality changes (e.g., tracing serum polyclonal antibody proteins). Studying a single B cell disregards the majority of the humora...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Yermanos AD,Dounas AK,Stadler T,Oxenius A,Reddy ST

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycolic acid (MA), a major lipid component of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) cell wall, can be presented by the non-polymorphic antigen presenting molecule CD1b to T cells isolated from Mtb-infected individuals. These MA-specific CD1b-restricted T cells are cytotoxic, produce Th1 cytokines, and form memory populatio...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Shang S,Kats D,Cao L,Morgun E,Velluto D,He Y,Xu Q,Wang CR,Scott EA

更新日期：2018-11-27 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：:Immunomodulation and chronic inflammation are important mechanisms utilized by cancer cells to evade the immune defense and promote tumor progression. Therefore, various efforts were focused on the development of approaches to reprogram the immune response to increase the immune detection of cancer cells and enhance p...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Hammoudeh SM,Venkatachalam T,Ansari AW,Bendardaf R,Hamid Q,Rahmani M,Hamoudi R

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Microparticles (MPs) are vesicles derived from the plasma membrane of different cells, are considered a source of circulating autoantigens, and can form immune complexes (MPs-ICs). The number of MPs and MPs-ICs increases in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). MPs activate myeloid cells by inducing IL-6 a...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Burbano C,Villar-Vesga J,Orejuela J,Muñoz C,Vanegas A,Vásquez G,Rojas M,Castaño D

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is assumed to be an autoimmune disease initiated by autoreactive T cells that recognize central nervous system antigens. Although adaptive immunity is clearly involved in MS pathogenesis, innate immunity increasingly appears to be implicated in the disease. We and others have presented evidence...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Chanvillard C,Jacolik RF,Infante-Duarte C,Nayak RC

更新日期：2013-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is the third most important vector-borne disease worldwide. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe and frequently lethal protozoan disease of increasing incidence and severity due to infected human and dog migration, new geographical distribution of the insect due to global warming, coinfection with imm...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Palatnik-de-Sousa CB

更新日期：2012-04-17 00:00:00