Evidence that the level of the p55 component of the interleukin (IL) 2 receptor can control IL 2 responsiveness in a murine IL 3-dependent cell.

abstract：:CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Treg) are natural suppressors of autoimmunity but they can also dampen the effective clearance of infectious organisms. These cells have the potential to be exploited to prevent transplant rejection and to treat autoimmune disease. A paper in this issue of the European Journal of ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Graça L,Silva-Santos B,Coutinho A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antigen-specific T-T hybridoma was mutagenized with ethylmethane sulfonate and negatively selected by anti-Ly-6 antibody-induced growth inhibition. One of the mutants generated, M4/8, had lost surface expression of a T cell receptor (TcR) V beta 8 epitope detected on the surface of the parental cell line. However, ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Reno TA,Ley S,Sugiyama E,Cantagrel A,Blumberg R,Bonventre J,Terhorst C,Yeh ET

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined which cell population contributes to IL-5 production by Peyer's patch (PP) cells. Thy1.2(-) fraction of PP cells, but not those of splenocytes, secreted IL-5 in response to IL-2. We found that CD3epsilon(-)IL-2Ralpha(+) cells purified from the Thy1.2(-)B220(-) fraction of PP cells secreted I...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kuraoka M,Hashiguchi M,Hachimura S,Kaminogawa S

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:This study analyzes the role of the measles virus (MV) receptor, i.e. the human CD46 molecule, in the MHC class II-restricted presentation of MV hemagglutinin (H). We generated transgenic mice ubiquitously expressing CD46, with a similar level of transgene expression on the surface of antigen-presenting cells (APC), i...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Rivailler P,Trescol-Biémont MC,Gimenez C,Rabourdin-Combe C,Horvat B

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of soluble factors involved in stem cell renewal is a major goal in the assessment of the BM niche. We have previously shown that human endothelial cell (EC) supernatants can induce the proliferation of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs), especially after stimulation with IL-1β. To identify new p...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Moldenhauer A,Futschik M,Lu H,Helmig M,Götze P,Bal G,Zenke M,Han W,Salama A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of cytokine production patterns displayed by T cells activated in vivo was investigated by analyzing short-term antigen-specific CD4+ T cell clones and single CD4+ T cells derived from draining lymph nodes of mice undergoing a T helper 2 (Th2)-like response to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). On average,...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kelso A,Groves P,Troutt AB,Francis K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) employs multiple mechanisms to evade the immune system and succeeds to persist lifelong in the host. Human dendritic cells (DC) are the main antigen-presenting cells and play the key role in inducing and maintaining immune responses. Here, we studied the interaction of HCMV with DC. We fou...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Beck K,Meyer-König U,Weidmann M,Nern C,Hufert FT

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mature T cells first appear in the thymus of the mouse a few days before birth, about 7-8 days after the thymus was colonized by stem cells. These mature cells are exported to the peripheral lymphoid organs beginning at about the time of birth, but because the number is very small at this stage, little is known about ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kelly KA,Scollay R

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：:Gene targeting in hybridoma cells provides a tool for generating chimeric antibodies with great ease and at high yield. We present an evaluation of integration vectors for the chimerization of the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus which are universally applicable to hybridomas of different isotypes and mouse strains. T...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kardinal C,Hooijberg E,Lang P,Zeidler R,Mocikat R

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells (Treg) are vital in maintaining the homeostasis of immune reactions. In chronic infections, such as schistosomiasis, it remains unclear whether engagement of the TLR family is required to induce Treg activity. Thus, we performed in vivo studies using TLR2-/- mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni an...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Layland LE,Rad R,Wagner H,da Costa CU

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell development is dependent on both direct interactions with stromal cells and their secreted cytokines. The precise mechanisms by which these interactions regulate B cell differentiation are currently unknown. We report here that a novel growth factor thymic stromal-derived lymphopoietin (TSLP) can replace the ac...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ray RJ,Furlonger C,Williams DE,Paige CJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptive immune responses have long been considered the "territory" of antigenic proteins, whereas carbohydrates are characterized as T-cell-independent antigens that are not typically recognized by the complete adaptive machinery. The current modus operandi when searching for dominant epitopes is the use of synthetic...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Cobb BA,Kasper DL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathways leading to activation of mucosal lamina propria (LP) T cells differ from those of peripheral T cells. LP T cells exhibit enhanced IFN-gamma secretion when activated through the CD2 pathway. This study demonstrates CD2 signaling is followed by activation of STAT proteins in both peripheral blood mononuclea...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Gonsky R,Deem RL,Young HA,Targan SR

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have investigated the specificity of bioassays in which interleukin (IL) 1 and/or IL 6 are active. The thymocyte assay cannot be used to discriminate between IL 1 and IL 6; both monokines are active in this assay. Moreover the detection limit for both IL 1 and IL 6 is around 100 pg/ml. IL 6 activity c...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Helle M,Boeije L,Aarden LA

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoglin is an homodimeric membrane antigen with capacity to bind transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and whose expression is up-regulated on myeloid cells upon differentiation to macrophages. We have isolated full-length cDNA clones from a lambda gt 10 library, prepared from phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-dif...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Bellón T,Corbí A,Lastres P,Calés C,Cebrián M,Vera S,Cheifetz S,Massague J,Letarte M,Bernabéu C

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells from bursa of Fabricius of newly hatched chickens are able to reconstitute the B cell compartment of chemically bursectomized chickens. The resulting B cell chimerism can be detected with monoclonal antibodies against donor B cell alloantigen. Chimeric chickens accept donor-type skin grafts and are unresponsiv...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Lehtonen L,Vainio O,Veromaa T,Toivanen P

更新日期：1989-03-01 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：:IL-12 is a potent inducer of IFN-gamma production and drives the development of Th1 cells. Human polarized Th2 cells do not express the signaling beta2-subunit of the IL-12R and, therefore, do not signal in response to IL-12. The question was raised as to what extent the loss of the IL-12Rbeta2 chain in Th2 cells has ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Smits HH,van Rietschoten JG,Hilkens CM,Sayilir R,Stiekema F,Kapsenberg ML,Wierenga EA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-31 (IL-31) is a Th2 cell-derived cytokine that has been closely linked to pruritic skin inflammation. More recently, enhanced IL-31 serum levels have also been observed in patients with allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to unravel the contribution of IL-31 to ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Neuper T,Neureiter D,Sarajlic M,Strandt H,Bauer R,Schwarz H,Suchanek P,Korotchenko E,Dillon SR,Hammerl P,Stoecklinger A,Weiss R,Horejs-Hoeck J

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ILCs are classically categorized into five subsets; cytotoxic CD127- CD94+ NK cells and non-cytotoxic CD127+ CD94- , ILC1s, ILC2s, ILC3s, and LTi cells. Here, we identify a previously unrecognized subset within the CD127+ ILC population, characterized by the expression of the cytotoxic marker CD94. These CD94+ I...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Krabbendam L,Heesters BA,Kradolfer CMA,Spits H,Bernink JH

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells from mouse bone marrow, thymus and spleen were exposed to 125I-labeled concanavalin A (Con A). Lens culinaris lectin (LCL), soybean agglutinin (SBA), Helix pomatia agglutinin (HPA), phytohemagglutinin-P (PHA-P), peanut agglutinin (PNA), or wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) in a range of concentrations and examined rad...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Saveriano N,Drinnan M,Santer V,Osmond DG

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies (HP-Id20 and HP-Id22) recognizing two different public idiotopes expressed in the anti-poly(Glu60,Ala30,Tyr10) (GAT) response were used to immunize BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice. From these animals hybridomas were isolated. From BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice eight and seven monoclonal anti...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Roth C,Sommé G,Schiff C,Thèze J

更新日期：1985-06-01 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：:Regulation of the development of thymocytes into mature T cells within the thymus is now known to involve antigen-induced deletion, by apoptosis, of potentially autoreactive thymocytes, and it can be mimicked either by stimulating the T cell receptor (TcR) complex by monoclonal antibody (mAb) or by ionophore-induced e...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Conroy LA,Jenkinson EJ,Owen JJ,Michell RH

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among human peripheral blood B cells we localized the precursors of two interleukin-dependent B cell activation processes: the specific response to a particulate antigen, trinitrophenylated polyacrylamide beads (TNP-PAA) and the polyclonally induced response to pokeweed mitogen. In both cases the precursors belong to ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Richard Y,Leprince C,Treton D,Galanaud P

更新日期：1986-10-01 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：:GTPase immune-associated proteins (Gimap) genes encode evolutionarily conserved GTP-binding proteins that are preferentially expressed in immune cells. Specific members have been shown to be involved in lymphocyte development, or are associated with inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. However, the function of these ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ciucci T,Bosselut R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporozoite surface protein 2 has been identified as a target of malaria vaccines designed to produce protective CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) because mice immunized with mastocytoma cells expressing a fragment of Plasmodium yoelii sporozoite surface protein 2 (PySSP2) are protected against malaria by an immune re...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Wizel B,Rogers WO,Houghten RA,Lanar DE,Tine JA,Hoffman SL

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00