IgG subclass switch capacity is low in switched and in IgM-only, but high in IgD+IgM+, post-germinal center (CD27+) human B cells.

abstract：:The stimulatory as well as the inhibitory capacity of alloantisera has been investigated with respect to rat mast cell functions. Alloantibody against alloantigens coded for by the major histocompatibility (H-1) gene region promoted histamine release from purified LEW mast cells. This process was found to be complemen...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Mossmann H,Lauer W,Vortisch U,Gunther E,Bazin H,Hammer DK

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed hypersensitivity (DH) reaction to human Ig, corynebacterium parvum or allogeneic cells at the site of tumor cell injection, suppressed the fibrosarcoma (SCFS) growth in chickens. Spleen cells of SC chickens sensitized to human Ig or C. parvum suppressed SCFS growth when adoptively transferred with tumor cells,...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Palladino MA,Thorbecke GJ

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different subpopulations of anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies were studied during the evolution of experimental autoimmune myasthenia in one rabbit immunized with Torpedo acetylcholine receptor. The results show that the subpopulation of antibodies directed against the toxin-binding site of the receptor might...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Zurn AD,Fulpius BW

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous cytolytic activity of shark peripheral blood leukocytes is observed only during periods of decreased environmental temperature (less than 23 degrees C). The effector cell is adherent to glass and is phagocytic. Leukocytes tested during warmer periods (26-31 degrees C) exhibit no spontaneous activity; howev...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Pettey CL,McKinney EC

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a cytokine which, among other properties, is a principle mediator of inflammation and septic shock. It acts upon target cells by binding to specific cell surface receptors. A10G10 is a murine monoclonal antibody which recognizes human TNF and neutralizes its activity. A rabbit polyclonal...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Galloway CJ,Madanat MS,Sarr T,Espevik T,Dumas ML,Mitra G,Ranges GE

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, Saimiri sciureus boliviensis monkeys have been immunized with four recombinant proteins reproducing part of the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of Plasmodium vivax sporozoites (NS1(81) V20, rPvCS-1, rPvCS-2, rPv-CS-3), or with irradiated sporozoites of P. vivax Salvador I strain. To analyze the anti...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Millet P,Chizzolini C,Wirtz RA,Bathurst I,Broderson JR,Campbell GH,Collins WE

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spleen cells from trypanosome-infected mice strongly suppressed lymphocyte stimulation induced in normal spleen cell populations by lipopolysaccharide, concanavalin A or allogeneic (H-2-different) stimulator cells. This suppression was not H-2-restricted, as responses of spleen lymphocytes both allogeneic and syngenei...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Pearson TW,Roelants GE,Pinder M,Lundin LB,Mayor-Withey KS

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells isolated from germinal centers (GC) of immune mice 2-5 days after antigen (Ag) challenge migrate in response to chemotactic signals, whereas GC B cells isolated at other times and resting B cells do not. Since B cells are in direct contact with follicular dendritic cells (FDC) in GC we reasoned that FDC might ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Burton GF,Kupp LI,McNalley EC,Tew JG

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine monoclonal antibody F23.1 reacts with an allotypic determinant on the beta chain of the T cell receptor expressed by approximately 20% of T helper and cytotoxic T lymphocytes of most common mouse strains. This IgG2a antibody, either in soluble form or covalently coupled to Sepharose beads, can activate rest...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Staerz UD,Bevan MJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autoimmune regulator (AIRE) promotes "promiscuous" expression of tissue-restricted antigens (TRA) in thymic medullary epithelial cells to facilitate thymic deletion of autoreactive T-cells. Here, we show that AIRE-deficient mice showed an earlier development of myelin oligonucleotide glycoprotein (MOG)-induced exp...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ko HJ,Kinkel SA,Hubert FX,Nasa Z,Chan J,Siatskas C,Hirubalan P,Toh BH,Scott HS,Alderuccio F

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) have been shown to be primary mediators in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory joint diseases. However, the relative contributions of these molecules to the development and progression of disease is not known. In the present study...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Probert L,Plows D,Kontogeorgos G,Kollias G

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymic architecture is normally compartmentalized into a central medulla surrounded by a peripheral cortical region. We investigated how compartmentalization of the thymic stroma is regulated using T cell receptor (TCR)-transgenic mouse models. Our studies show that the signals generated by TCR/peptide/major histo...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Brabb T,Huseby ES,Morgan TM,Sant'Angelo DB,Kirchner J,Farr AG,Goverman J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that IL-13 in the presence of TNF-alpha effected an equal or greater antiviral activity against a dual-tropic HIV-1 (R5X4) in macrophages. A temporary or continued exposure of macrophages to both cytokines significantly decreased the infection and replication of R5X4 HIV-1(89.6) (median, 128-fold, n = 9, p = 0...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Bailer RT,Lee B,Montaner LJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIgs) efficiently suppress a variety of autoimmune diseases. Over the past few years several potential mechanisms underlying this antiinflammatory activity have become apparent. Among these, terminal sialic acid residues in the sugar moiety of the immunoglobulin G constant fragment have b...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Schwab I,Seeling M,Biburger M,Aschermann S,Nitschke L,Nimmerjahn F

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides presented by MHC class I molecules are mostly derived from proteins synthesized by the antigen-presenting cell itself, while peptides presented by MHC class II molecules are predominantly from materials acquired by endocytosis. External antigens can also be presented by MHC class I molecules in a process refe...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Hari A,Ganguly A,Mu L,Davis SP,Stenner MD,Lam R,Munro F,Namet I,Alghamdi E,Fürstenhaupt T,Dong W,Detampel P,Shen LJ,Amrein MW,Yates RM,Shi Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) suppresses T cell responses by its action in catabolising tryptophan. It is important in maintenance of immune privilege in the placenta. We investigated the activity of IDO in the cornea, following corneal transplantation and the effect of IDO over-expression in donor corneal endothe...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Beutelspacher SC,Pillai R,Watson MP,Tan PH,Tsang J,McClure MO,George AJ,Larkin DF

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the genetic control of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II gene expression during the transition from B cell to plasma cell has been analyzed. Class II molecules are not expressed in plasma cells because of an active suppression resulting in the abrogation of class II gene transcription. We s...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Sartoris S,Tosi G,De Lerma Barbaro A,Cestari T,Accolla RS

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common reason for heart failure in young adults is dilated cardiomyopathy often resulting from myocarditis. Clinical studies and animal models provide evidence that an autoimmune response against heart myosin is the underlying reason for the disease. IL-12 has been suggested to play a key role in development ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Sonderegger I,Röhn TA,Kurrer MO,Iezzi G,Zou Y,Kastelein RA,Bachmann MF,Kopf M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is one of the key primary response genes in the immune system that can be activated by a variety of stimuli. Previous analysis of chromatin accessibility to DNaseI demonstrated open chromatin conformation of the TNF proximal promoter in T cells. Here, using chromatin probing with restrictio...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Shebzukhov YV,Horn K,Brazhnik KI,Drutskaya MS,Kuchmiy AA,Kuprash DV,Nedospasov SA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cornea is an immune privileged tissue. Since arginase has been found to modulate T-cell function by depleting arginine, we investigated the expression of arginase in the cornea and its possible role in immune privilege using a murine transplant model. We found that both the endothelium and epithelium of murine cor...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Fu H,Khan A,Coe D,Zaher S,Chai JG,Kropf P,Müller I,Larkin DF,George AJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To delineate the extent of O-galactosyltransferase deficiency within the lymphoid lineage, monoclonal antibody specific for the Thomsen-Friedenreich (TF) antigen (Gal beta 1----3GalNAc alpha 1-O-Ser/Thr) and its precursor the Tn antigen (GalNAc alpha 1-O-Ser/Thr) were applied to the flow cytometric analysis of periphe...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Thurnher M,Clausen H,Fierz W,Lanzavecchia A,Berger EG

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major contributing factor to the final magnitude and breadth of CD8(+) T-cell responses to complex antigens is immunodomination, where CD8(+) T cells recognizing their cognate ligand inhibit the proliferation of other CD8(+) T cells engaged with the same APC. In this study, we examined how the half-life of cell s...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Galea I,Stasakova J,Dunscombe MS,Ottensmeier CH,Elliott T,Thirdborough SM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that immunization of BALB/c mice with alpha(1----3) dextran (Dex) is accompanied by a reduction in the subsequent immune response to the acetylcholine receptor (AChR), depending on the timing of the Dex administration relative to AChR challenge. Here, we report that suppression of th...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Tong Z,Dwyer DS

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of a novel technique for identification and isolation of MHC class II-restricted antigen-specific T cells, we describe here in non-transgenic BALB / c mice physiological positive selection of an oligoclonal population of T cells which recognizes both a self MHC-derived peptide (Ialpha52) and a bacterial homol...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Bonnin D,Prakken B,Samodal R,La Cava A,Carson DA,Albani S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the study of the expression of an idiotype in the human population which is associated with antibodies to N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) present in most human sera presumably due to streptococcal infections. The idiotype is identified with antisera and monoclonal antibodies prepared against the ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Emmrich F,Greger B,Eichmann K

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By stimulating peripheral blood mononuclear cells of four healthy donors with a mixture of overlapping peptides representing the core domain of p53, we established two CD4+ alphabeta T cell clones and four lines that recognized wild-type and mutant p53 proteins as well as p53 self peptides in an HLA class II-restricte...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Fujita H,Senju S,Yokomizo H,Saya H,Ogawa M,Matsushita S,Nishimura Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunoglobulin epsilon-chain fragment was synthesized in E. coli by cloning and expression of the gene coding for the second, third and fourth constant domains of the human IgE heavy chain. The bacterial CH2-4 polypeptide product was assembled by oxidation into a covalently linked dimeric epsilon-chain molecule pre...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Coleman JW,Helm BA,Stanworth DR,Gould HJ

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanism of the interleukin (IL) 2-induced differentiation of human B cells has been investigated. The experimental results show that Staphylococcus aureus Cowan strain I (SAC) activation alone induces IL6 secretion from B cells. When B cells were activated by SAC, there was an increased transcription o...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Xia X,Lee HK,Clark SC,Choi YS

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the molecular mechanisms of T cell stimulation by staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA), we examined the expression of T cell receptor (TcR) V beta on the T cells from four strains of mice stimulated in vitro with SEA, using flow cytometric analysis for the number of T cells bearing V beta 3, V beta 6, V bet...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Takimoto H,Yoshikai Y,Kishihara K,Matsuzaki G,Kuga H,Otani T,Nomoto K

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of cyclic AMP (cAMP) in human lymphocytes in the presence or absence of isoproterenol stimulation was studied in various lymphocyte subpopulations containing different proportions of B and T lymphocytes. Lymphocytes from thymus and peripheral blood (which contain a majority of T cells) were more sensitive to...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Niaudet P,Beaurain G,Bach MA

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00