The interaction of monocytes with rheumatoid synovial cells is a key step in LIGHT-mediated inflammatory bone destruction.

abstract：:The chemokine receptor CCR7 is crucial for migration of mature dendritic cells (DC) directed toward secondary lymphoid organs; however, there is little knowledge about the function of the homeostatic chemokine receptor CXCR4 in DC and its contribution to directional migration of DC during inflammation. By comparing th...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Humrich JY,Humrich JH,Averbeck M,Thumann P,Termeer C,Kämpgen E,Schuler G,Jenne L

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class switch recombination (CSR) is a T-cell-dependent mechanism regulating isotype switching in activated mature B cells. Recently we showed that T-cell-independent CSRs occur spontaneously during B lymphopoiesis, but such cells are negatively selected by Fas signalling. In immunoglobulin mu-deficient mice, lack of F...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Seagal J,Melamed D

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five of twenty-three patients with paraproteinaemia (two IgM, three IgG) have been shown to exhibit marked classical pathway complement activation. The mechanisms of hypocomplementaemia proposed for the five patients are cryoglobulinaemia in one and in vivo immunoglobulin aggregation in the other four. Three further p...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Naish PF,Collins C,Barratt J

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the hs1,2 transcriptional enhancer identified downstream of the human alpha1 gene of the immunoglobulin H (IgH) locus, for which two different allelic configurations (a and b) were previously reported by Southern blotting. By using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method we amplified minisatellites within ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Denizot Y,Pinaud E,Aupetit C,Le Morvan C,Magnoux E,Aldigier JC,Cogné M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undesired immunological responses to products of therapeutic gene replacement have been obstacles to successful gene therapy. Understanding such responses of the host immune system to achieve immunological tolerance to a transferred gene product is therefore crucial. In this article, we review relevant studies of immu...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Eghtesad S,Morel PA,Clemens PR

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene ablation studies in mice indicate that lymphotoxin (LT)alpha, LTbeta and LTbetaR are essential for the genesis of lymph nodes (LN), normal structural development of peripheral lymphoid tissues and the differentiation of natural killer (NK) cells. LTbetaR binds to the heterotrimeric cytokines LTalpha1beta2 and LIG...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kather A,Chantakru S,He H,Minhas K,Foster R,Markert UR,Pfeffer K,Croy BA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basophils are implicated in the pathogenesis of the late-phase allergic reaction, but the mechanisms by which circulating basophils adhere to vascular endothelium and migrate to lesional sites remain unclear. In order to assess the biological similarity of the basophilic cell line KU-812 to normal human basophils, we ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Bacon KB,Flores-Romo L,Aubry JP,Wells TN,Power CA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are an important component of the innate immune system that execute important effector functions at barrier surfaces, such as lung and skin. Like T helper type 2 cells, ILC2s are able to release high amounts of type 2 cytokines that are essential in inducing allergic inflammation ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Lei A,He Y,Yang Q,Li X,Li R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haptoglobin (Hp), a major acute-phase plasma protein, has been found in arthritic synovial fluid (SF). However, the function and structural modifications of Hp in arthritic SF are unknown. To investigate in vivo generation of modified Hp associated with inflammatory disease, we examined a new Hp isoform in SF from pat...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Park HJ,Oh MK,Kim NH,Cho ML,Kim IS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies with gene-deficient and gnotobiotic mice have identified many host and microbial factors that contribute to induced colitis, but information on whether specific factors determine susceptibility under more physiological conditions is lacking. Using wild-type strains that differ in their IgA response but harbor ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Gupta S,Basu S,Bal V,Rath S,George A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marmosets are natural blood chimeras, this condition resulting from the high frequency of fraternal twinning and the consistent development of placental vasular anastomoses between the two embryos. Identification of chimerism by sex-chromosome analysis of cultured blood lymphocytes provided a means of determining the ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Niblack GD,Kateley JR,Gengozian N

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified pertussis toxin (PPT) is a potent mitogen for human T lymphocytes and is shown to cause rapid calcium mobilization in resting T cells, a T-cell line and CD3- lymphocytes with natural killer (NK) activity. In resting T cells the PPT activation is associated with cytoplasmic alkalinization. A similar rise in in...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Macintyre EA,Tatham PE,Abdul-Gaffar R,Linch DC

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported previously that environmental antigens such as intestinal microflora play an important role in an age-associated increase in number of T-cell receptor gamma/delta-bearing T cells. To extend the scope of this finding, this study examined the influences of local inflammation on the accumulation and/...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Yoshikai Y,Matsuzaki G,Inoue T,Nomoto K

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-expression of EP2 and EP3 subtypes of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) receptors (R) by U937 human monocytic cells permitted comparative studies of desensitization of each subtype. Specific binding of [3H]PGE2 to membranes of U937 cells showed a Kd of 2.9 +/- 0.3 nM (mean +/- SEM) and a Bmax of 40.5 +/- 1.0 fmol/mg protein,...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Zeng L,An S,Goetzl EJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice spontaneously develop insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) as a consequence of autoimmune aggression of beta cells of the endocrine pancreas by T cells. T lymphocytes of NOD mice are resistant to apoptosis induced by glucocorticoids, or by starving or DNA-damaging treatments, a feat...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Martins TC,Aguas AP

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells expressing indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), an enzyme which catabolizes tryptophan, prevent T-cell proliferation in vitro, suppress maternal antifetal immunity during pregnancy and inhibit T-cell-mediated responses to tumour-associated antigens. To examine the mechanistic basis of these phenomena we activated ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Lee GK,Park HJ,Macleod M,Chandler P,Munn DH,Mellor AL

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the immunization of BALB/c mice with MOPC-104E myeloma protein (M104E) induced idiotype-specific Ly 1-negative B lymphocytes that had an ability to enhance idiotype-positive anti-dextran antibody production. It was also shown that the cell interaction between idiotypic and anti-idiotyp...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Bitoh S,Fujimoto S,Yamamoto H

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the Fc receptors for IgG subclasses displayed on the epithelium of the small intestine in neonatal rats was examined by comparing results gained from 125I-IgG binding studies using isolated enterocyte brush borders, and from experiments where in vivo transmission from the gut to the bloodstream was quant...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Peppard JV,Jackson LE,Mackenzie NM

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometric analyses of the surface immunoglobulins of murine memory B cells revealed the existence of populations expressing multiple isotypes, including an IgM+/IgG+ population that could be stimulated in vitro with antigen to secrete both IgM and IgG. Female BALB/c mice were immunized with R-phycoerythrin (RPE)...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Wu CJ,Karttunen JT,Chin DH,Sen D,Gilbert W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently it has been shown that selective subconjunctival macrophage depletion reduced the incidence and severity of stromal herpes simplex virus (HSV) keratitis in mice. In this study, we examined the effect of conjunctival macrophage depletion on the corneal and systemic T-cell-mediated immune response. BALB/c mice ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Bauer D,Schmitz A,Van Rooijen N,Steuhl KP,Heiligenhaus A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light (UV) is known to lead to premature skin ageing, increased incidence of cataract and a high risk of developing skin cancers. UV-B irradiation, even if given as a single suberythemal dose, suppresses some immune responses, possibly reducing the production of T helper (Th) 1 cytoki...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： el-Ghorr AA,Norval M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typhoid fever is a persistent infection caused by host-adapted Salmonella strains adept at circumventing immune-mediated host defences. Given the importance of T cells in protection, the culling of activated CD4+ T cells after primary infection has been proposed as a potential immune evasion strategy used by this path...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Ertelt JM,Johanns TM,Mysz MA,Nanton MR,Rowe JH,Aguilera MN,Way SS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of gut-derived CD4+ T cells in clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the lung was studied by cell transfer experiments. Mesenteric lymph node cells from unimmunized rats, or rats orally immunized with either killed P. aeruginosa or Helicobacter pylori, were transferred to naive rats which were subsequently...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Dunkley ML,Clancy RL,Cripps AW

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A suppressive B-cell factor (SBF)-producing hybridoma termed TS-4.44 was established by fusion of B cells which possessed receptors for the Fc portion of IgG (FcR gamma + B cells) and thymidine kinase defective fibroblasts, 3T3-4E cells. The biological properties of hybridoma-produced SBF (Hyb-SBF) are almost the same...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Suzuki T,Miyama-Inaba M,Masuda T,Uchino H,Ishii K

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine embryonic stem (ES) cell-derived haematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) engraft and populate lymphoid organs. In vivo, HPCs engraft across MHC barriers protecting donor-type allografts from rejection. However, the underlying phenomenon remains elusive. Here, we sought to determine the mechanism by which ES cell...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kim EM,Miyake B,Aggarwal M,Voetlause R,Griffith M,Zavazava N

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies in mice have highlighted the importance of polymorphic genetic loci such as the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) or minor lymphocyte-stimulating antigen (Mls) in determining the nature of the peripheral T-cell receptor (TcR) population. As our knowledge of the equivalent process in humans is incom...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Loveridge JA,Rosenberg WM,Kirkwood TB,Bell JI

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human histocompatibility leucocyte antigen (HLA) class II-associated invariant chain comprises at least four polypeptides. One of these is expressed as a membrane-bound subunit and has been designated as CD74. We investigated the expression of CD74 on B- and T-cell types utilizing monoclonal antibodies (mAb) speci...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Wilson KM,Labeta MO,Pawelec G,Fernandez N

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T lymphocytes and macrophages (M phi) have been seen to accumulate at sites of lesions in blood vessel walls, suggesting that these cells may contribute to the pathogenesis of inflammatory reactions. Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a cytokine produced by both M phi and T lymphocytes, plays a major role in in...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Hershkoviz R,Gilat D,Miron S,Mekori YA,Aderka D,Wallach D,Vlodavsky I,Cohen IR,Lider O

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat or chemically aggregated IgA or IgG stimulated degranulation of neutrophils with comparable efficiency. The same aggregates induced a neutrophil respiratory burst which could be measured by lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence. Serum IgA1 or IgA2 coated onto microtitre plates were both capable of inducing a respi...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Stewart WW,Kerr MA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus is often associated in asthmatic patients with the exacerbation of asthma symptoms. The pathomechanism of this phenomenon has not been fully understood. Here, we evaluated the immunological mechanisms and the role of the prostaglandin D2 / Chemoattractant Receptor-Homologous Molecule Expressed on...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Liu H,Zheng M,Qiao J,Dang Y,Zhang P,Jin X

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00