Disease Recurrence-The Sword of Damocles in Kidney Transplantation for Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.

abstract：:Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) are the specialized lymphoid stromal cells initially identified as triggering T-cell recruitment and dynamic motion in secondary lymphoid organs. Interestingly, FRCs also display antigen presentation capacities and support lymphocyte survival. CXCR5+CD4+ follicular T cells are impor...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Misiak J,Jean R,Rodriguez S,Deleurme L,Lamy T,Tarte K,Amé-Thomas P

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of γδ T cells in immunotherapy has gained specific importance in the recent years because of their prominent function involving directly or indirectly in the rehabilitation of the diseases. γδ T cells represent a minor population of T cells that express a distinct T cell receptor (TCR) composed of γδ chains i...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Latha TS,Reddy MC,Durbaka PV,Rachamallu A,Pallu R,Lomada D

更新日期：2014-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are important for immune function. Limited evidence indicates that immune cell activation involves endogenous PUFA synthesis, but this has not been characterised. To address this, we measured metabolism of 18:3n-3 in quiescent and activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sibbons CM,Irvine NA,Pérez-Mojica JE,Calder PC,Lillycrop KA,Fielding BA,Burdge GC

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a clinically and genetically well-defined immunodeficiency and the most common form of agammaglobulinemia. It is characterized by susceptibility to recurrent bacterial infections, profound hypogammaglobulinemia, and few or no circulating B cells. XLA is caused by mutations in the B...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Rivière JG,Franco-Jarava C,Martínez-Gallo M,Aguiló-Cucurull A,Blasco-Pérez L,Paramonov I,Antolín M,Martín-Nalda A,Soler-Palacín P,Colobran R

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based therapeutics are the fastest growing class of human pharmaceuticals. They are typically IgG1 molecules with N-glycans attached to the N297 residue on crystallizable fragment (Fc). Different Fc glycoforms impact their effector function, pharmacokinetics, stability, aggregation, safety, a...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Li W,Zhu Z,Chen W,Feng Y,Dimitrov DS

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of the highly polymorphic Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene cluster on the outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCST) is subject of current research. To further understand the involvement of this gene family into Natural Killer (NK) cell-mediated graft-versus-leukemia reacti...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Solloch UV,Schefzyk D,Schäfer G,Massalski C,Kohler M,Pruschke J,Heidl A,Schetelig J,Schmidt AH,Lange V,Sauter J

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the dominant type of primary glomerulonephritis worldwide. However, IgAN rarely affects African Blacks and is uncommon in African Americans. Polymeric IgA1 with galactose-deficient hinge-region glycans is recognized as auto-antigen by glycan-specific antibodies, leading to formation of circul...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zachova K,Kosztyu P,Zadrazil J,Matousovic K,Vondrak K,Hubacek P,Julian BA,Moldoveanu Z,Novak Z,Kostovcikova K,Raska M,Mestecky J

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Neosporosis is considered as one of the main causes of abortion and severe economic losses in dairy industry. The Canis genus serving as one of the confirmed definitive hosts of the apicomplexan parasite Neospora caninum (N. caninum) plays a critical role in its life cycle. However, the effects of N. caninum on its de...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wei Z,Hermosilla C,Taubert A,He X,Wang X,Gong P,Li J,Yang Z,Zhang X

更新日期：2016-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Many current vaccines are less immunogenic and less effective in elderly compared to younger adults due to age-related changes of the immune system. Most vaccines utilized in the elderly contain antigens, which the target population has had previous contact with due to previous vaccination or infection. Therefore, mos...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Weinberger B,Haks MC,de Paus RA,Ottenhoff THM,Bauer T,Grubeck-Loebenstein B

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional impairment of T-cells and a concomitant augmented expression of programmed death-1 (PD-1) have been observed in visceral leishmaniasis patients, as well as in experimental models for visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis. The PD-1/PD-1-ligand (PD-1/PD-L) interaction negatively regulates T-cell effector funct...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Filippis C,Arens K,Noubissi Nzeteu GA,Reichmann G,Waibler Z,Crauwels P,van Zandbergen G

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cell (RBC) alloimmunization can make it difficult to procure compatible RBCs for future transfusion, directly leading to increased morbidity and mortality in transfusion-dependent patients. However, the factors that regulate RBC alloimmunization remain incompletely understood. As complement has been shown to...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mener A,Arthur CM,Patel SR,Liu J,Hendrickson JE,Stowell SR

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are safe and effective in preventing HPV infection and cervical precancers. Neutralizing antibodies are thought to be the primary mechanism of protection for HPV vaccines, although the exact level required for protection has not been identified. Three common serological assays used ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Toh ZQ,He L,Chen C,Huang A,Russell FM,Garland SM,Reyburn R,Ratu T,Tuivaga E,Frazer IH,Mulholland EK,Licciardi PV

更新日期：2020-10-28 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

abstract：:Inflammasomes are intracellular protein complexes of pattern recognition receptors and caspase-1, with essential functions in regulating inflammatory responses of macrophages and dendritic cells. The primary role of inflammasomes is to catalyze processing and secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. Re...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Cypryk W,Nyman TA,Matikainen S

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) are genetic disorders impairing host immunity, leading to life-threatening infections, autoimmunity, and/or malignancies. Genomic technologies have been critical for expediting the discovery of novel genetic defects underlying PIDs, expanding our knowledge of the complex clinical phen...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Seleman M,Hoyos-Bachiloglu R,Geha RS,Chou J

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the prevalent causes of death worldwide, with 95% of these deaths occurring in developing countries, like India. The causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) has the tenacious ability to circumvent the host's immune system for its own advantage. Macrophages are one of the phagocyti...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ahluwalia PK,Pandey RK,Sehajpal PK,Prajapati VK

更新日期：2017-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystallopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases caused by intrinsic or environmental microparticles or crystals, promoting tissue inflammation and scarring. Certain proteins interfere with crystal formation and growth, e.g., with intrarenal calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystal formation, a common cause of kidney ston...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Steiger S,Grill JF,Ma Q,Bäuerle T,Jordan J,Smolle M,Böhland C,Lech M,Anders HJ

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Diet is a major factor determining gut microbiota composition and perturbances in this complex ecosystem are associated with the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Here, we used gnotobiotic approach to analyze, how interaction between diet rich in proteins and gut microbiota influences the sensitivity to intestinal inf...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kostovcikova K,Coufal S,Galanova N,Fajstova A,Hudcovic T,Kostovcik M,Prochazkova P,Jiraskova Zakostelska Z,Cermakova M,Sediva B,Kuzma M,Tlaskalova-Hogenova H,Kverka M

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes that migrate into tissues during inflammatory episodes and differentiate to macrophages were previously classified as classically (M1) or alternatively (M2) activated macrophages, based on their exposure to different fate-determining mediators. These macrophage subsets display distinct molecular markers and ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ariel A,Serhan CN

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanistic requirements of antigen recognition by T cells expressing a γδ TCR has revealed important differences with those of αβ TCR cells and, despite impressive new data generated in the very recent years, they remain poorly understood. Based on the structure of the TCR chains and the tissue distribution, γδ c...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： De Libero G,Lau SY,Mori L

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of Natural Killer (NK) cells is a stepwise process having its origin in the bone marrow and proceeding in the periphery, where these cells follow organ specific trajectories. Several soluble factors and cytokines regulate the distinct stages of NK cell differentiation, and ultimately, their functional ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Scarno G,Pietropaolo G,Di Censo C,Gadina M,Santoni A,Sciumè G

更新日期：2019-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarization has been a useful concept for describing activated macrophage phenotypes and gene expression profiles. However, macrophage activation status within tumors and other settings are often inferred based on only a few markers. Complicating matters for relevance to human biology, many macrophage activation mark...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Sudan B,Wacker MA,Wilson ME,Graff JW

更新日期：2015-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered T cells represent a breakthrough in personalized medicine. In this strategy, a patient's own T lymphocytes are genetically reprogrammed to encode a synthetic receptor that binds a tumor antigen, allowing T cells to recognize and kill antigen-expressing cancer cells. As a resu...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Long KB,Young RM,Boesteanu AC,Davis MM,Melenhorst JJ,Lacey SF,DeGaramo DA,Levine BL,Fraietta JA

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are the brain-innate immune cells which actively surveil their environment and mediate multiple aspects of neuroinflammation, due to their ability to acquire diverse activation states and phenotypes. Simplified, M1-like microglia are defined as pro-inflammatory cells, while the alternative M2-like cells prom...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Collmann FM,Pijnenburg R,Hamzei-Taj S,Minassian A,Folz-Donahue K,Kukat C,Aswendt M,Hoehn M

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is challenged by acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD and cGVHD) and viral infections due to long-lasting immunodeficiency. Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is a cytokine essential for de novo T cell generation in thymus and peripheral T cell ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kielsen K,Enevold C,Heilmann C,Sengeløv H,Pedersen AE,Ryder LP,Müller K

更新日期：2018-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin superfamily member (IgSF) proteins play a significant role in regulating immune responses with surface expression on all immune cell subsets, making the IgSF an attractive family of proteins for therapeutic targeting in human diseases. We have developed a directed evolution platform capable of engineeri...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Levin SD,Evans LS,Bort S,Rickel E,Lewis KE,Wu RP,Hoover J,MacNeil S,La D,Wolfson MF,Rixon MW,Dillon SR,Kornacker MG,Swanson R,Peng SL

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation plays vital roles in protective responses against pathogens and tissue repair, however, improper resolution of inflammatory networks is centrally involved in the pathogenesis of many acute and chronic diseases. Extensive advances have been made in recent years to define the inflammatory processes that are...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Lukens JR,Gross JM,Kanneganti TD

更新日期：2012-10-09 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：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health issue globally. Although typically the disease can be cured by chemotherapy in all age groups, and prevented in part in newborn by vaccination, general consensus exists that development of novel intervention measures requires better understanding of disease mechanisms. Human TB is c...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Dorhoi A,Iannaccone M,Maertzdorf J,Nouailles G,Weiner J 3rd,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：2014-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma mansoni trematode worm, affects more than 1.5 million people in Brazil. The current treatment consists in the administration of Praziquantel, the only medicine used for treatment for more than 40 years. Some of the limitations of this drug consist in its inactivity against schist...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Cagnazzo TDO,Nogueira CT,de Castro CA,Neris DM,Fattori ACM,Correia RO,Albuquerque YR,Fragelli BDL,Mendes TMF,Allegretti SM,Soares EG,Romanello L,Torini JR,Pereira HD,Anibal FF

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00