A novel CD11c.DTR transgenic mouse for depletion of dendritic cells reveals their requirement for homeostatic proliferation of natural killer cells.

abstract：:We have investigated the role of TNF-alpha in mast cell-mediated late airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) using mast cell-deficient WBB6F1-W/W(v) (W/W(v)) mice in a murine model of asthma, which exhibits a biphasic increase in AHR. TNF-alpha levels in the airway and magnitude of late AHR in response to airway allergen ch...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kim YS,Ko HM,Kang NI,Song CH,Zhang X,Chung WC,Kim JH,Choi IH,Park YM,Kim GY,Im SY,Lee HK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose infusion of IgG (IVIG) is used to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including Kawasaki disease (KD). Although the immunomodulatory effects of IVIG on blood cells such as macrophages have been well studied, its effects on tissue cells remain unclear. Here, we show that high-dose IgG specifically and...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Matsuda A,Morita H,Unno H,Saito H,Matsumoto K,Hirao Y,Munechika K,Abe J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae stimulates potently maturation of and cytokine secretion by bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDDC). BMDDC responses depend mainly on Toll-like receptor (TLR)2 and to a minor extent on TLR4. We demonstrate here using C. pneumoniae in an infectious model with the replication-permissive epitheli...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Costa CP,Kirschning CJ,Busch D,Dürr S,Jennen L,Heinzmann U,Prebeck S,Wagner H,Miethke T

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T (T(reg)) cells play a key role in the maintenance of the immune system homeostasis. T(reg) cells can be generated in the periphery under control of TGF-beta, a cytokine involved in the negative control of the immune system. However, TGF-beta cooperates with IL-6 in the generation of Th17 cells, a novel cl...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Fantini MC,Rizzo A,Fina D,Caruso R,Becker C,Neurath MF,Macdonald TT,Pallone F,Monteleone G

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have utilized the sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to determine whether cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) hybridomas generated from peritoneal exudate lymphocytes (PEL) and mixed lymphocyte cultures (MLC) express transcripts for perforin and the cytotoxic cell proteinases CCP1 to CCP5. We could readily detect l...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Helgason CD,Prendergast JA,Berke G,Bleackley RC

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Missing-self-reactivity can be mimicked by blocking self-specific inhibitory receptors on NK cells, leading to increased rejection of syngeneic tumor cells. Using a mouse model, we investigated whether Ab-mediated blocking of inhibitory receptors, to a degree where NK cells rejected syngeneic tumor cells, would still ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Vahlne G,Lindholm K,Meier A,Wickström S,Lakshmikanth T,Brennan F,Wilken M,Nielsen R,Romagné F,Wagtmann NR,Kärre K,Johansson MH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-12, IL-23, and IL-27, which are produced by APC, modulate innate and adaptive immunities. Human beta-defensin-2 (hBD-2) produced by epidermal keratinocytes promotes cutaneous antimicrobial defense and inflammation. We examined the in vitro effects of IL-12, IL-23, and IL-27 on hBD-2 production in human keratinocyte...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kanda N,Watanabe S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological behavior of immune cells is determined by their intrinsic properties and interactions with other cell populations within their microenvironment. Several studies have confirmed the existence of tight spatial interactions between mast cells (MCs) and Tregs in different settings. For instance, we have rece...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Frossi B,D'Incà F,Crivellato E,Sibilano R,Gri G,Mongillo M,Danelli L,Maggi L,Pucillo CE

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal gammopathies (MG) are monoclonal proliferative disorders of B cells at the differentiation stage of Ig production. They can be detected in the serum, either as transient or as persistent homogenous immunoglobulin (H-Ig) components. The exact phenotype, localization, and cell lineage origin of the precursor ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： van Arkel C,Hopstaken CM,Zurcher C,Bos NA,Kroese FG,Savelkoul HF,Benner R,Radl J

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:We have characterized the peripheral B cell repertoire in T cell-mediated insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDMM) and in B cell-mediated autoimmune idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP). The VH6-containing repertoire in adult patients with IDDM or AITP and healthy control subjects was investigated by PCR ampli...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Söderström I,van Dijk-Härd I,Feld S,Hillörn V,Holmberg D,Lundkvist I

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delivery of foreign antigens to mucosal surfaces, such as the pulmonary airways, has been shown to preferentially induce Th2-mediated responses in humans and in mice. What is not clear from these studies is whether this preferential skewing in responses is the result of the limited types of antigen being administered ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Constant SL,Lee KS,Bottomly K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LIGHT is a recently identified member of the TNF superfamily that is up-regulated on activated T cells and can cooperate with CD40L to condition DC for the priming of CTL. In this report, we show that an intracellular pool of LIGHT is found selectively in some CD45RA-CD27+CD4+ "central" memory T cells and to a greater...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Morel Y,Truneh A,Costello RT,Olive D

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of activation markers and proliferative status were measured in peripheral CD4+ and CD8+ T cells of various T cell receptor (TCR)-transgenic mice either before or after intentional antigenic stimulation. In the absence of intentional immunization, CD4+ T cells persisted as resting or partially activated and...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Bruno L,von Boehmer H,Kirberg J

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Young (less than 3 months of age) and old (greater than 1 year of age) C.B-17 scid/scid mice were tested for the presence of immunoglobulin in serum and CD3+ T cells in spleen and peritoneal cavity. In all old severe combined immune deficiency (scid) mice tested we found detectable, but very variable levels of serum i...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Rudolphi A,Spiess S,Conradt P,Claësson MH,Reimann J

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defined tumor-associated antigens (TAA) are attractive targets for anti-tumor immunotherapy. Here, we describe a novel genome-wide approach to identify multiple TAA from any given tumor. A panel of transplantable thymomas was established from an inbred p53-/- mouse strain. The resulting tumors were examined for gene e...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Mathiassen S,Lauemøller SL,Ruhwald M,Claesson MH,Buus S

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:Radiolabeled protein A from Staphylococcus aureus (SpA) injected i.v. into mice and rabbits forms a soluble [(IgG)2-(SpA)1]2 complex (Mr = 684 000) which is identical in composition to that formed by SpA in vitro with an equivalent amount or an excess of IgG. A soluble rabbit IgG-SpA complex injected into a mice or ra...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Dima S,Medeşan C,Moţa G,Moraru I,Sjöquist J,Gheţie V

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical and functional studies have demonstrated major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-restricted presentation of peptides derived from cytosolic proteins, but the underlying processing and presentation pathways have remained elusive. Here we show that endogenous presentation of an epitope derived from t...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Nimmerjahn F,Milosevic S,Behrends U,Jaffee EM,Pardoll DM,Bornkamm GW,Mautner J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms leading to anti-double-stranded (ds) DNA antibody production in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are poorly understood. We describe here the immunoglobulin variable region genes of six human hybridomas secreting IgG anti-dsDNA antibodies derived from three SLE patients. The monoclonal IgG an...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Winkler TH,Fehr H,Kalden JR

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas the role of CD4 T cells in B cell memory generation is well established and unequivocal, the role that CD4 T cells play in CD8 responses was until recently far more elusive and controversial. A series of recent reports, however, have re-assessed the role of CD4 help on CD8 responses and have given rise to surp...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Bourgeois C,Tanchot C

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody, B20.1, was generated by fusing spleen cells from a Lou rat immunized with a soluble alpha/beta T cell receptor (TcR; V alpha 2/V beta 2) to mouse myeloma cells. Analysis of a panel of V alpha 2 mRNA-expressing T cell lines, hybridomas and transfectants revealed that the B20.1 antibody was specif...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Pircher H,Rebaï N,Groettrup M,Grégoire C,Speiser DE,Happ MP,Palmer E,Zinkernagel RM,Hengartner H,Malissen B

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD40 ligand (CD40L) and IL-4 are sufficient to induce resting murine B cells to divide and switch isotypes from IgM and IgD to IgG1 and IgE. Tracking of cell division following (5- and 6) carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE) labeling revealed that B cells expressed IgG1 after three cell divisions, an...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Hasbold J,Lyons AB,Kehry MR,Hodgkin PD

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FTY720 is a novel immunosuppressant that improves the outcomes after solid organ and bone marrow transplantation (BMT) due to the sequestration of T cells into LN. We tested the hypothesis that the sequestration of donor T cells in LN by FTY720 would enhance their interaction with host APC, thus causing a greater degr...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Hashimoto D,Asakura S,Matsuoka K,Sakoda Y,Koyama M,Aoyama K,Tanimoto M,Teshima T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the biological consequences of cytokine production and apoptosis by intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL), we have studied these characteristics in both the high and low density CD3+ IEL populations. Stimulation of low- or high-density CD3+ IEL via the T cell receptor (TCR)-CD3 complex using monoclonal anti-CD3, ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Yamamoto M,Fujihashi K,Amano M,McGhee JR,Beagley KW,Kiyono H

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work the suppressive activity of splenic T cells from young and aged BALB/c mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi were compared and correlated with the development of autoimmune myocarditis. The T cells from young adult BALB/c mice with acute T. cruzi infection exhibit suppressor activity when added to full all...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Cardillo F,Falcão RP,Rossi MA,Mengel J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat-stable antigen (HSA)/mouse CD24 (formerly termed Nectadrin) is a membrane glycoprotein with an unusual structure consisting of a small protein core and extensive glycosylation. It is expressed by hematopoietic cells but not by mature T lymphocytes. HSA on accessory cells is an important costimulatory molecule req...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Hubbe M,Altevogt P

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2 , is converted by riboflavin kinase (RFK) into flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), which are essential cofactors of dehydrogenases, reductases, and oxidases including the phagocytic NADPH oxidase 2 (Nox2). Riboflavin deficiency is common in young adul...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Schramm M,Wiegmann K,Schramm S,Gluschko A,Herb M,Utermöhlen O,Krönke M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell-activating factor belonging to the TNF family (BAFF) and its receptor BAFF-R play critical roles in the maturation and survival of conventional peripheral B cells. However, they appeared to be dispensable for the generation and maintenance of CD5(+) B-1 cells as BAFF(-/-) and BAFF-R(-/-) mice have normal B-1 ce...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ng LG,Ng CH,Woehl B,Sutherland AP,Huo J,Xu S,Mackay F,Lam KP

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colony-stimulating factors are required for survival proliferation, differentiation and functional activation of granulocytes, macrophages and their precursor cells. In the present report, however, we demonstrate antiproliferative activity of recombinant human (rh) granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Lindemann A,Riedel D,Oster W,Mertelsmann R,Herrmann F

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00