Ruggero Ceppellini: A Perspective on His Contributions to Genetics and Immunology.

abstract：:A successful outcome to pregnancy is dependent on the ability of the maternal uterine microenvironment to regulate inflammation processes and establish maternal tolerance. Recently, B cells have been shown to influence pregnancy outcomes as aberrations in their numbers and functions are associated with obstetric compl...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Guzman-Genuino RM,Eldi P,Garcia-Valtanen P,Hayball JD,Diener KR

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Class IA phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) catalytic subunits p110α and p110δ are targets in cancer therapy expressed at high levels in T lymphocytes. The role of p110δ PI3K in normal or pathological immune responses is well established, yet the importance of p110α subunits in T cell-dependent immune responses is n...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Aragoneses-Fenoll L,Ojeda G,Montes-Casado M,Acosta-Ampudia Y,Dianzani U,Portolés P,Rojo JM

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients frequently acquire Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections that have been associated with a bad prognosis and an increased rate of pulmonary exacerbations. Respiratory viruses can cause exacerbations in chronic pulmonary diseases including COPD or asthma and have been suggested to contribute to...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sörensen M,Kantorek J,Byrnes L,Boutin S,Mall MA,Lasitschka F,Zabeck H,Nguyen D,Dalpke AH

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:T lymphocytes first carried foreign genes safely into humans over two decades ago. Since these pioneering studies, scientific techniques to better understand the genomic landscape of cells has directly led to a more sophisticated appreciation of the diversity, functional complexity, and therapeutic potential of T cell...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kerkar SP

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by persistently elevated glucose levels. There is no effective treatment strategy for this condition, and it poses a massive economic burden globally. Schistosoma soluble egg antigen (SEA)-induced immunomodulatory mechanisms have been reported in the treatment of a...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Tang CL,Yu XH,Li Y,Zhang RH,Xie J,Liu ZM

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-drug antibodies to coagulation factor VIII (fVIII), often termed inhibitors, present the greatest economical and treatment related obstacle in the management of hemophilia A. Although several genetic and environmental risk factors associated with inhibitor development have been identified, the precise mechanisms ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zakas PM,Healey JF,Smith IW,Lillicrap D,Lollar P

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The axonal guidance molecules, semaphorins, have been described to function both physiologically and pathologically outside of the nervous system. In this review, we focus on the vertebrate semaphorins found in classes 3 through 7 and their roles in vascular development and autoimmune diseases. Recent studies indicate...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Iragavarapu-Charyulu V,Wojcikiewicz E,Urdaneta A

更新日期：2020-03-05 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：:KIR2DL5 (CD158f) is the most recently identified inhibitory member of human killer-cell Ig-like receptors (KIRs), which enable NK cells to sense self-HLA. Unlike KIR2DL1-3, recognizing HLA-C allotypes through Ig-like domains of the D1-D2 type, KIR2DL5 shares a D0-D2 configuration with KIR2DL4, and its ligands have not...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Cisneros E,Estefanía E,Vilches C

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are frequently functionally impaired in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). However, the mechanism underlying their impaired function is unknown. Here, we hypothesized that Treg dysfunction in GPA is due to altered microRNA (miRNA) expression. Methods: RNA isola...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Dekkema GJ,Bijma T,Jellema PG,Van Den Berg A,Kroesen BJ,Stegeman CA,Heeringa P,Abdulahad WH,Sanders JS

更新日期：2019-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Defensins represents an integral part of the innate immune system serving to ward off potential pathogens and to protect the intestinal barrier from microbial encroachment. In addition to their antimicrobial activities, defensins in general, and human β-defensin 2 (hBD2) in particular, also exhibit immunomodulatory ca...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Koeninger L,Armbruster NS,Brinch KS,Kjaerulf S,Andersen B,Langnau C,Autenrieth SE,Schneidawind D,Stange EF,Malek NP,Nordkild P,Jensen BAH,Wehkamp J

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system plays a central role in cancer development, showing both anti-tumor and pro-tumor activities depending on the immune cell subsets and the disease context. While CD8 T cells are associated with a favorable outcome in most cancers, only T helper type 1 (Th1) CD4 T cells play a protective role, in contr...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bohner P,Chevalier MF,Cesson V,Rodrigues-Dias SC,Dartiguenave F,Burruni R,Tawadros T,Valerio M,Lucca I,Nardelli-Haefliger D,Jichlinski P,Derré L

更新日期：2019-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue is considered the most important emerging, human arboviruses, with worldwide distribution in the tropics. Unfortunately, there are no licensed dengue vaccines available or specific anti-viral drugs. The development of a dengue vaccine faces unique challenges. The four serotypes co-circulate in endemic areas, an...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sariol CA,White LJ

更新日期：2014-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectodermal dysplasias (ED) are uncommon genetic disorders resulting in abnormalities in ectodermally derived structures. Many ED-associated genes have been described, of which ectodysplasin-A (EDA) is one of the more common. The NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO encoded by the IKBKG gene) is unique in that mutations res...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Keller MD,Petersen M,Ong P,Church J,Risma K,Burham J,Jain A,Stiehm ER,Hanson EP,Uzel G,Deardorff MA,Orange JS

更新日期：2011-11-08 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：:Interleukin-10 plays important, yet contrasting, roles in host protection against bacterial infections and in the septic response. To determine the role of IL-10 in the host defense against Acinetobacter baumannii infection, wild-type (WT) and IL-10-deficient mice were infected intranasally with the bacteria. IL-10-de...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kang MJ,Jang AR,Park JY,Ahn JH,Lee TS,Kim DY,Lee MS,Hwang S,Jeong YJ,Park JH

更新日期：2020-02-21 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：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are known to limit immune responses in vivo by multiple soluble factors. Dickkopf-3 (DKK3), a secreted glycoprotein, has recently been identified as a novel immune modulator. Since DKK3 has been reported to be produced by MSCs, we investigated whether DKK3 contributes to the immune suppre...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Lu KH,Tounsi A,Shridhar N,Küblbeck G,Klevenz A,Prokosch S,Bald T,Tüting T,Arnold B

更新日期：2015-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pediatric Acute Liver Failure (PALF) study is a multicenter, observational cohort study of infants and children diagnosed with this complex clinical syndrome. Outcomes in PALF reflect interactions among the child's clinical condition, response to supportive care, disease severity, potential for recovery, and, if n...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Vodovotz Y,Barclay D,Yin J,Squires RH,Zamora R

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Induced expression of serum amyloid A (SAA) is a hallmark of many inflammatory diseases, but whether SAA exacerbates inflammation or protects tissues against injury remains unclear. In dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis, SAA3 is the predominant isoform of inducible SAA proteins that also include SAA1 and SAA...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zhang G,Liu J,Wu L,Fan Y,Sun L,Qian F,Chen D,Ye RD

更新日期：2018-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a debilitating disease that affects the skin and peripheral nerves. It is possible that tissue changes during infection with leprosy are related to alterations in the activity of the Notch signaling pathway, an innate signaling pathway in t...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Serrano-Coll H,Ospina JP,Salazar-Peláez L,Cardona-Castro N

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine cathepsins are key regulators of the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system. Their expression, activity, and subcellular localization are associated with the distinct development and differentiation stages of immune cells. They promote the activation of innate myeloid immune cells since they contribute...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Jakoš T,Pišlar A,Jewett A,Kos J

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are central to the adoptive immune response, and their function is regulated by diverse signals in a context-specific manner. Different DCs have been described in physiologic conditions, inflammation, and cancer, prompting a series of questions on how adoptive immune responses, or tolerance, deve...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Palombo F,Focaccetti C,Barnaba V

更新日期：2014-01-06 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：:The potential of tolerogenic dendritic cells (tolDCs) to shape immune responses and restore tolerance has turn them into a promising therapeutic tool for cellular therapies directed toward immune regulation in autoimmunity. Although the cellular mechanisms by which these cells can exert their regulatory function are w...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： García-González PA,Maggi J,Schinnerling K,Sepúlveda-Gutiérrez A,Soto L,Neira O,Mehdi AM,Nel HJ,Pesce B,Aravena O,Molina MC,Catalán D,Thomas R,Verdugo RA,Aguillón JC

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLR) triggering of B cells are known to promote B cell expansion, differentiation of B cells into antibody-producing and memory cells, but the TLR responses of porcine B cells is poorly characterized. Therefore, this study investigated the response pattern of porcine B cell subsets to a large coll...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Braun RO,Python S,Summerfield A

更新日期：2017-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Variants in recombination-activating genes (RAG) are common genetic causes of autosomal recessive forms of combined immunodeficiencies (CID) ranging from severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), Omenn syndrome (OS), leaky SCID, and CID with granulomas and/or autoimmunity (CID-G/AI), and even milder present...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sharapova SO,Skomska-Pawliszak M,Rodina YA,Wolska-Kuśnierz B,Dabrowska-Leonik N,Mikołuć B,Pashchenko OE,Pasic S,Freiberger T,Milota T,Formánková R,Szaflarska A,Siedlar M,Avčin T,Markelj G,Ciznar P,Kalwak K,Kołtan S,Ja

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The omentum is enriched with pro-inflammatory effector memory CD8+ T cells in patients with the obesity-associated malignancy, esophagogastric adenocarcinoma (EAC) and we have identified the chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha as a key player in their active migration to this inflamed tissue. More recentl...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Conroy MJ,Maher SG,Melo AM,Doyle SL,Foley E,Reynolds JV,Long A,Lysaght J

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+ T cells comprise multiple functionally distinct cell populations that play a key role in immunity. Despite blood monitoring of CD4+ T-cell subsets is of potential clinical utility, no standardized and validated approaches have been proposed so far. The aim of this study was to design and validate a single 14-colo...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Botafogo V,Pérez-Andres M,Jara-Acevedo M,Bárcena P,Grigore G,Hernández-Delgado A,Damasceno D,Comans S,Blanco E,Romero A,Arriba-Méndez S,Gastaca-Abasolo I,Pedreira CE,van Gaans-van den Brink JAM,Corbiere V,Mascart F,van El

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children and, in the high-risk group, has a 5-year mortality rate of ~50%. The high mortality rate and significant treatment-related morbidities associated with current standard of care therapies belie the critical need for more tolerable and effective ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： McNerney KO,Karageorgos SA,Hogarty MD,Bassiri H

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00