Targeting Lipid Rafts-A Potential Therapy for COVID-19.

abstract：:Aim: We assessed whether different complement factors and complement activation products were associated with poor outcome in patients with necrotizing soft-tissue infection (NSTI). Methods: We conducted a prospective, observational study in an intensive care unit where treatment of NSTI is centralized at a national l...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kristensen MK,Hansen MB,Madsen MB,Hansen CB,Pilely K,Hyldegaard O,Garred P

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy chain-only antibodies (HCAbs) do not associate with light chains and their VH regions are functional as single domains, forming the smallest active antibody fragment. These VH regions are ideal building blocks for a variety of antibody-based biologics because they tolerate fusion to other molecules and may also ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Clarke SC,Ma B,Trinklein ND,Schellenberger U,Osborn MJ,Ouisse LH,Boudreau A,Davison LM,Harris KE,Ugamraj HS,Balasubramani A,Dang KH,Jorgensen B,Ogana HAN,Pham DT,Pratap PP,Sankaran P,Anegon I,van Schooten WC,Brüggem

更新日期：2019-01-07 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：: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：:The role of inflammation in atherosclerosis has been recognized several decades ago and existing treatments provide benefits in part through non-specific anti-inflammatory actions. Compared with other cytokines, interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is associated with acute and chronic inflammation. Anti-inflammatory therapy with ca...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Mai W,Liao Y

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are uniquely potent antigen presenting cells that acquire microbial products and prime adaptive immune responses against pathogens. Furthermore, DCs also play a key role in induction and maintenance of tolerance. Although numerous studies have assessed the diverse functions of DCs, many unanswere...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Zelante T,Fric J,Wong AY,Ricciardi-Castagnoli P

更新日期：2012-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) play a crucial role in regulating the intestinal immune response during colitis. We previously revealed an essential role of MDSC in promoting TH17 cell polarization, which was found to be arginase-1 (Arg-1)-dependent; however, the underlying mechanism remains obscure. Here we r...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ma Z,Zhen Y,Hu C,Yi H

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic chemotherapeutics (CCTs) are widely used in the treatment of cancer. Although their mechanisms of action have been best understood in terms of targeting the apparatus of mitosis, an ability to stimulate anti-tumor immune responses is increasing the recognition of these agents as immunotherapies. Immune check...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Opzoomer JW,Sosnowska D,Anstee JE,Spicer JF,Arnold JN

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic DNA fragments are recognized as pathogen- and danger-associated molecular patterns that induce a cascade of innate immune responses. Moreover, excessive cytosolic DNA can enhance chronic inflammation, predominantly by activating inflammasomes, and thereby contributing to the pathogenesis of chronic diseases,...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Danis J,Göblös A,Bata-Csörgő Z,Kemény L,Széll M

更新日期：2017-08-29 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：:The so-called shock and kill therapies aim to combine HIV-1 reactivation by latency-reversing agents (LRA) with immune clearance to purge the HIV-1 reservoir. The clinical use of LRA has demonstrated detectable perturbations in the HIV-1 reservoir without measurable reductions to date. Consequently, fundamental questi...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Ruiz A,Blanch-Lombarte O,Jimenez-Moyano E,Ouchi D,Mothe B,Peña R,Galvez C,Genescà M,Martinez-Picado J,Goulder P,Barnard R,Howell B,Clotet B,Prado JG

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the chemokine receptor XCR1 has been found to be exclusively expressed on a subset of dendritic cell (DC) known to be involved in antigen cross-presentation. This review aims to summarize the known biology of the XCR1 receptor and its chemokine ligand XCL1, both in the mouse and the human. Further, any invol...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Kroczek RA,Henn V

更新日期：2012-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Under non-inflammatory conditions HLA class II is predominantly expressed on hematopoietic cells. Therefore, donor CD4 T-cells after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT) may mediate graft-vs.-leukemia reactivity without graft-vs.-host disease (GVHD). We analyzed immune responses in four patients converting f...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： van Balen P,van Bergen CAM,van Luxemburg-Heijs SAP,de Klerk W,van Egmond EHM,Veld SAJ,Halkes CJM,Zwaginga JJ,Griffioen M,Jedema I,Falkenburg JHF

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The catabolic process of autophagy plays important functions in inflammatory and immune responses by modulating innate immunity and adaptive immunity. Over the last decade, a cell-intrinsic role for autophagy in modulating CD4 T cell functions and differentiation was revealed. After the initial observation of autophag...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Jacquin E,Apetoh L

更新日期：2018-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) exert immunosuppressive effects on immune cells including dendritic cells (DCs). However, many details of the bidirectional interaction of MSCs with DCs are still unsolved and information on key molecules by which DCs can modulate MSC functions is limited. Here, we report that osteopon...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Scutera S,Salvi V,Lorenzi L,Piersigilli G,Lonardi S,Alotto D,Casarin S,Castagnoli C,Dander E,D'Amico G,Sozzani S,Musso T

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells are effective in combating infections and tumors and as such are tempting for adoptive transfer therapy. However, they are not homogeneous but can be divided into three main subsets, including cytotoxic, tolerant, and regulatory NK cells, with disparate phenotypes and functions in diverse tis...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Wu Y,Tian Z,Wei H

更新日期：2017-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of natural killer (NK) cells to target numerous malignancies in vitro has been well documented; however, only limited success has been seen in the clinic. Although NK cells prove non-toxic and safe regardless of the cell numbers injected, there is often little persistence and expansion observed in a pati...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Domogala A,Madrigal JA,Saudemont A

更新日期：2015-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrarenal robust inflammatory response following ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major factor in the pathogenesis of renal injury in ischemic acute kidney injury (AKI). Although numerous studies have investigated various agents of immune modulation or suppression for ischemic AKI, few showed reproducible effec...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Jang HR,Lee K,Jeon J,Kim JR,Lee JE,Kwon GY,Kim YG,Kim DJ,Ko JW,Huh W

更新日期：2020-10-14 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：:Adipose depots are heterogeneous tissues that store and sense fuel levels. Through the secretion of lipids, cytokines, and protein hormones (adipokines), they communicate with other organ systems, informing them of the organism's nutritional status. The adipose tissues include diverse types of adipocytes (white, beige...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Chaurasia B,Talbot CL,Summers SA

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of diseases in humans, including trauma, certain cancers, and infection, are known to be associated with l-arginine deficiency. In addition, l-arginine must be supplemented by diet during pregnancy to aid fetal development. In conditions of l-arginine depletion, T cell proliferation is impaired. We ha...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Yu HR,Tsai CC,Chang LS,Huang HC,Cheng HH,Wang JY,Sheen JM,Kuo HC,Hsieh KS,Huang YH,Yang KD,Hsu TY

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The RTS,S/AS01 vaccine provides partial protection against Plasmodium falciparum infection but determinants of protection and/or disease are unclear. Previously, anti-circumsporozoite protein (CSP) antibody titers and blood RNA signatures were associated with RTS,S/AS01 efficacy against controlled human malaria infect...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Du Y,Thompson EG,Muller J,Valvo J,Braun J,Shankar S,van den Berg RA,Jongert E,Dover D,Sadoff J,Hendriks J,Gardner MJ,Ballou WR,Regules JA,van der Most R,Aderem A,Ockenhouse CF,Hill AV,Wille-Reece U,Zak DE

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronan (HA), the major extracellular matrix component, is often anchored to CD44, a family of structurally/functionally important cell surface receptors. Recent results indicate that UV irradiation (UVR)-induced cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) overexpress a variety of CD44 variant isoforms (CD44v), with d...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Bourguignon LY,Bikle D

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently identified a new human subset of NK-like [KIR/NKG2A(+)] CD8(+) T cells with a marked/memory phenotype, high Eomesodermin expression, potent antigen-independent cytotoxic activity, and the capacity to generate IFN-γ rapidly after exposure to pro-inflammatory cytokines. These features support the hypothesis ...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Jacomet F,Cayssials E,Barbarin A,Desmier D,Basbous S,Lefèvre L,Levescot A,Robin A,Piccirilli N,Giraud C,Guilhot F,Roy L,Herbelin A,Gombert JM

更新日期：2017-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is one of the most common and clinically important primary immune deficiencies. CVID patients have poor humoral immunity, resulting in recurrent infections of the gastrointestinal and upper respiratory tracts, as well as increased incidence of some forms of cancers and autoimmun...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Paquin-Proulx D,Sandberg JK

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated serum amyloid A (SAA) levels may promote endothelial dysfunction, which is linked to cardiovascular and renal pathologies. We investigated the effect of SAA on vascular and renal function in apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE-/-) mice. Male ApoE-/- mice received vehicle (control), low-level lipopolysaccharide (...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Chami B,Hossain F,Hambly TW,Cai X,Aran R,Fong G,Vellajo A,Martin NJJ,Wang X,Dennis JM,Sharma A,Shihata WA,Chin-Dusting JPF,de Haan JB,Sharland A,Geczy CL,Freedman B,Witting PK

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The salivary scavenger and agglutinin (SALSA), also known as gp340, salivary agglutinin and deleted in malignant brain tumor 1, is a 340-kDa glycoprotein expressed on mucosal surfaces and secreted into several body fluids. SALSA binds to a broad variety of microbes and endogenous ligands, such as complement factor C1q...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Reichhardt MP,Loimaranta V,Thiel S,Finne J,Meri S,Jarva H

更新日期：2012-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Around four decades ago, it had been observed that there were cell lines as well as cells in the fetal liver that expressed antibody μ heavy (μH) chains in the apparent absence of bona fide light chains. It was thus possible that these cells expressed another molecule(s), that assembled with μH chains. The ensuing stu...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Winkler TH,Mårtensson IL

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is one of the well-established diseases with specific patterns of neutrophil dysfunctions. Previous studies demonstrated sepsis-related neutrophil dysfunctions in comparison with subjects without infection. Since sepsis and infection are recently recognized as distinctive processes, whether these neutrophil dys...

journal_title：Frontiers in immunology

authors： Seree-Aphinan C,Vichitkunakorn P,Navakanitworakul R,Khwannimit B

更新日期：2020-12-23 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