The macrophage: past, present and future.

abstract：:We and others have demonstrated that adipose tissue is a reservoir for HIV. Evaluation of the mechanisms responsible for viral persistence may lead to ways of reducing these reservoirs. Here, we evaluated the immune characteristics of adipose tissue in HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) and i...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Damouche A,Pourcher G,Pourcher V,Benoist S,Busson E,Lataillade JJ,Le Van M,Lazure T,Adam J,Favier B,Vaslin B,Müller-Trutwin M,Lambotte O,Bourgeois C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte infiltration to pancreatic islets is associated to chemoattraction, as are other inflammatory autoimmune processes. We examined whether development of insulitis and diabetes depends on chemoattraction of lymphocytes via the CCR5 chemokine receptor. In non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, a substantial fraction of...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Carvalho-Pinto C,García MI,Gómez L,Ballesteros A,Zaballos A,Flores JM,Mellado M,Rodríguez-Frade JM,Balomenos D,Martínez-A C

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-15 is involved in lymphocyte homeostasis. To investigate the role of IL-15 in the skin in vivo, mice were generated that overexpress IL-15 in keratinocytes, resulting in increased IL-15 protein levels in the skin but not elevated IL-15 serum concentrations. Keratin 14 (K14)-IL-15 transgenic (tg) mice showed increas...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Loser K,Mehling A,Apelt J,Ständer S,Andres PG,Reinecker HC,Eing BR,Skryabin BV,Varga G,Schwarz T,Beissert S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA coding for the human interleukin 1 receptor antagonist protein (IL 1Ra) was used to clone the corresponding murine cDNA. The nucleotide sequence of the open reading frame coding for the processed form of mIL 1Ra predicted a 152-residue protein that was 77% identical to human IL 1Ra. The cellular and tissue dist...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Shuck ME,Eessalu TE,Tracey DE,Bienkowski MJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional up-regulation of the VCAM-1 gene, induced by proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1beta and TNF-alpha, requires activation of not only NF-kappaB, but also involves interferon regulatory factor (IRF)-1. During a study of gene induction by mechanical stimuli in cultured human endothelial cells, we noted ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ochi H,Masuda J,Gimbrone MA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-18 is involved in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and allergic contact dermatitis. CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 recruit type 1 T cells, and the production of these chemokines by keratinocytes is enhanced in these dermatoses. We examined the in vitro effects of IL-18 on IFN-gamma-induced CXCL9, CXCL10...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kanda N,Shimizu T,Tada Y,Watanabe S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the bone marrow (BM), memory plasma cells (PCs) survive for long time periods in dedicated microenvironmental survival niches, resting in terms of proliferation. Several cell types, such as eosinophils and reticular stromal cells, have been reported to contribute to the survival niche of memory PCs. However, until ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Zehentmeier S,Roth K,Cseresnyes Z,Sercan Ö,Horn K,Niesner RA,Chang HD,Radbruch A,Hauser AE

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lamina propria lymphocytes were recovered from surgical specimens of unaffected large bowel and compared with peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from the same individual. We investigated their capacities to respond to triggering stimuli delivered by mitogenic monoclonal antibodies directed at the T cell receptor...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Pirzer UC,Schürmann G,Post S,Betzler M,Meuer SC

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CD11c(+) cell population in the non-parenchymal cell population of the mouse liver contains dendritic cells (DC), NK cells, B cells and T cells. In the hepatic CD11c(+) DC population from immunocompetent or immunodeficient [recombinase-activating gene-1 (RAG1)(-/-)] C57BL/6 mice (rigorously depleted of T cells, B ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Jomantaite I,Dikopoulos N,Kröger A,Leithäuser F,Hauser H,Schirmbeck R,Reimann J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tertiary lymphoid organs can form at sites of chronic inflammation. Their presence has been mainly associated with tissue destruction. In transplantation, there is a dynamic immune response as in chronic inflammation. Indeed, the presence of tertiary lymphoid organs has been associated with chronic rejection. In addit...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Brown K,Sacks SH,Wong W

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous apoptosis in germinal center (GC) B cells can be arrested either by engaging cell surface immunoglobulin (Ig) with immobilized ligand or, more effectively, by treatment with soluble monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against CD40. The present study examines the intracellular signal transduction pathways th...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Knox KA,Gordon J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression and action of Fas/Fas ligand (FasL) in multiple sclerosis has been postulated as a major pathway leading to inflammatory demyelination. To formally test this hypothesis, C57BL/6-lpr and -gld mice, which due to gene mutation express Fas and FasL in an inactive form, were immunized with myelin oligodendro...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Malipiero U,Frei K,Spanaus KS,Agresti C,Lassmann H,Hahne M,Tschopp J,Eugster HP,Fontana A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycolipid alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer) is a potent activator of invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells and has been shown to be an effective agent against cancer, infections and autoimmune diseases. The effectiveness of alpha-GalCer and its alkyl chain analogues depends on efficient loading and presen...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Denkberg G,Stronge VS,Zahavi E,Pittoni P,Oren R,Shepherd D,Salio M,McCarthy C,Illarionov PA,van der Merwe A,Besra GS,Dellabona P,Casorati G,Cerundolo V,Reiter Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell lymphopenia following BM transplantation or diseases such as AIDS result in immunodeficiency. Novel approaches to ameliorate this situation are urgently required. Herein, we describe a novel stromal cell free culture system in which Lineage(-) Sca1(+)c-kit(+) BM hematopoietic progenitors very efficiently differ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Gehre N,Nusser A,von Muenchow L,Tussiwand R,Engdahl C,Capoferri G,Bosco N,Ceredig R,Rolink AG

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human IgG3 (b) allotype is associated with a high and the (g) allotype with a low mean serum level of IgG3 which is due to a low frequency of B cell switching in the latter. In the present study, we found a polymorphism in position -73 (C --> A), located in the 4th NF-kappaB site of the germ-line (GL) gamma3 promo...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Pan Q,Petit-Frére C,Hammarström L

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During mammalian pregnancy, one or more semiallogeneic fetuses gestate in direct contact with the maternal circulation and uterine tissue. However, a damaging maternal immune response is not normally provoked. We studied two possible mechanisms for this maternal-fetal tolerance, alone and in combination. First, we dir...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Rogers AM,Boime I,Connolly J,Cook JR,Russell JH

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The delivery of T-cell help to B cells is antigen-specific, MHC-restricted, and CD40L (CD154) dependent. It has been thought that when a T cell recognizes an antigen-presenting B cell, CD40L expressed on the T-cell surface engages with CD40 on the surface of B cells as long as the cells remain conjugated. By adding fl...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Gardell JL,Parker DC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin, a protein produced by adipocytes, exerts several functions, including modulation of the immune response. A report in this issue of the European Journal of Immunology describes for the first time the effect of either leptin receptor deficiency or blockade on murine dendritic cell (DC) maturation, survival and f...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Fantuzzi G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The repertoire of V regions of alpha/beta+ T cell receptor (TcR) on CD4+ and CD8+ T cells from the peripheral blood of six patients with a novel X-linked combined immunodeficiency was investigated by flow cytometry. The relative frequencies of V region subfamilies V alpha 2a on CD4+ T lymphocytes and V beta 5b and V b...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Goldman AS,Palkowetz KH,Rudloff HE,Brooks EG,Schmalstieg FC

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thapsigargin (TG), which inhibits endoplasmic reticulum-dependent Ca(2 +)-ATPase and thereby increases cytosolic Ca(2 +), has been reported to cause apoptosis in T lymphocytes another cell types. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms that are involved in the apoptosis induced by TG in T cell hybridom...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Liu W,Youn HD,Liu JO

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonal deletion, anergy and suppression have all been considered mechanisms of immunological tolerance. Although adoptive transfer of immunosuppression has been shown to occur in the periphery, particularly for transplantation tolerance, it has proven difficult to characterize this phenomenon further, due to the lack ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Teng YT,Gorczynski RM,Iwasaki S,Williams DB,Hozumi N

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue macrophages and their precursors-the blood monocytes-respond rapidly to a bacterial infection with the release of inflammatory mediators. These mediators are involved in the recruitment of phagocytic cells, principally neutrophils, from the blood to the site of infection. To initiate this process macrophages an...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Jack RS,Grunwald U,Stelter F,Workalemahu G,Schütt C

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In intestine, neutrophils are recruited in response to bacterial infiltration and their anti-cellular activities contribute to inflammatory bowel diseases. In contrast, little is known regarding the recruitment of MPhi to the intestinal epithelium. Extracellular adenosine and uridine 5'-triphosphate (ATP and UTP) can ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Langlois C,Gendron FP

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage inflammatory protein-3alpha (MIP-3alpha)/CCL20 and MIP-3beta/CCL19 are members of the CC chemokine subfamily which exert their effects through specific receptors, CCR6 and CCR7, respectively. Previously, we have reported that human neutrophils have the capacity to produce a number of chemokines, including I...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Scapini P,Laudanna C,Pinardi C,Allavena P,Mantovani A,Sozzani S,Cassatella MA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporin A (CSA), an immunosuppressive agent used in organ transplantation and to treat some autoimmune diseases, blocks the Ca2+-dependent steps involved in T cell receptor triggering leading to interleukin (IL)-2 production. Considering that the early steps of T cell activation are insensitive to CSA, we asked wh...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Bemer V,Truffa-Bachi P

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of synergistic complement-mediated lysis of rat red cells was investigated using rat monoclonal antibodies against class I RT1Aa antigens. The increased lytic activity when using two antibodies simultaneously is due to the increase in the number of activated C1 molecules on the cell surface and this resu...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Hughes-Jones NC,Gorick BD,Howard JC

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired control of chronic pathogen replication may be associated to alterations of NK-cell function. Whether mechanisms underlying this dysfunction involve perturbations of differentiating NK cells is still unknown. We studied an "in vitro" model of differentiation from CD34(+)Lin(-) precursors growing only myelomon...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Costa P,Sivori S,Bozzano F,Martini I,Moretta A,Moretta L,De Maria A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MyD88 is a key adaptor molecule in innate resistance, engaged in most Toll-like receptor, as well as IL-1 and IL-18, signalling. Here, we analyzed the role of MyD88 in innate resistance during infection with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) using myd88(-/-) mice. We found an increased susceptibility to VSV in myd88(-/...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Lang KS,Navarini AA,Recher M,Lang PA,Heikenwalder M,Stecher B,Bergthaler A,Odermatt B,Akira S,Honda K,Hengartner H,Zinkernagel RM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reciprocal expression of CD45RA and CD45RO in human CD4+ T cells defines populations understood to be naive cells (CD45RA+CD45RO-) and memory cells (CD45RA-CD45RO+). We investigate two subsets of CD45RA-CD45RO+ CD4+ human T cells which differ by fourfold in their expression of the CD45RB isoform; one is CD45RBbright a...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Horgan KJ,Tanaka Y,Luce GE,van Seventer GA,Nutman TB,Shaw S

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the efficacy of a combination of anti-CD80 and CD86 (CD80 + 86) monoclonal antibodies (mAb), anti-interleukin (IL)-12 mAb, or both, for prophylaxis in a mouse acute graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) model. The treatment with a combination of anti-CD80 + 86 mAb efficiently reduced the lethality of GVHD, ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Saito K,Yagita H,Hashimoto H,Okumura K,Azuma M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00