Cytolytic effector pathways and IFN-γ help protect against Japanese encephalitis.

abstract：:Class I molecules, encoded by diverse alleles at several loci of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are assembled in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) from heavy chain, beta2 microglobulin and peptide in association with accessory proteins of the peptide loading complex. We show here, that mutations in the alpha2...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Beissbarth T,Sun J,Kavathas PB,Ortmann B

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 20S proteasome is a protease complex of functional importance for antigen processing. Two of the 14 proteasome subunits, delta and MB1, can be replaced by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-encoded and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-inducible subunits LMP2 and LMP7, respectively. LMP2 and LMP7 alter the clea...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Groettrup M,Kraft R,Kostka S,Standera S,Stohwasser R,Kloetzel PM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adoptive transfer of CD4(+)CD25(+) natural regulatory T cells (Treg) is a promising strategy for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and the prevention of alloresponses after transplantation. Clinical trials exploring this strategy require efficient in vitro expansion of this rare cell population. Protocols devel...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Hoffmann P,Boeld TJ,Eder R,Huehn J,Floess S,Wieczorek G,Olek S,Dietmaier W,Andreesen R,Edinger M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to obtain additional information on the mechanism by which interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is able to regulate gene expression in macrophages. The expression of the genes for class II histocompatibility I-A beta, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and complement component C3 was assayed after treat...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Celada A,Klemsz MJ,Maki RA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathelicidins are a family of host defence peptides that are known to selectively alter innate immunity in response to infection and other changes in immune status. A study in this issue of the European Journal of Immunology elucidates a new role for mouse cathelin-related antimicrobial peptide in the adaptive immune ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Wuerth K,Hancock RE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells (CD56(+)/CD3(-)) in the circulation of cancer patients were reported to have low NK activity and undergo spontaneous apoptosis. A possible relationship between apoptosis and impaired NK activity was studied by Annexin V-binding and NK-cell assays performed with peripheral blood mononuclear ce...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Bauernhofer T,Kuss I,Henderson B,Baum AS,Whiteside TL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mice infected with the non-lethal malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi AS, a prominent switch from a Th1 to a Th2 type of response occurs in CD4+ T cells at the time of peak parasitemia or shortly thereafter (9-15 days after infection). This is accompanied by a major increase in IL-4, and a similar decreas...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Poorafshar M,Helmby H,Troye-Blomberg M,Hellman L

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling via the IL-7 receptor complex (IL-7Ralpha/CD127 and IL-2Rgamma/CD132) is required for T-cell development and survival. Decreased CD127 expression has been associated with persistent viral infections (e.g. HIV, HCV) and cancer. Many IL-2Rgamma-sharing (gammaC) cytokines decrease CD127 expression on CD4+ and C...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Crawley AM,Vranjkovic A,Young C,Angel JB

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the lymphoid tissues, adaptive immune responses are initiated by the interaction of interdigitating dendritic cells (IDC) with naive T cells. To understand this interplay better, we used mature Langerhans cells (mLC), migrating from human epidermis, as the correlate of IDC ex vivo to evaluate the different effects ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ludewig B,Graf D,Gelderblom HR,Becker Y,Kroczek RA,Pauli G

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic CBA (H-2k haplotype) mice expressing the H-2 Kb major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I gene under control of transcriptional promoter elements from a milk protein gene display high-level H-2 Kb transcription in lactating mammary glands and low-level transcription in skin and thymus of male and virgi...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Husbands SD,Schönrich G,Arnold B,Chandler PR,Simpson E,Philpott KL,Tomlinson P,O'Reilly L,Cooke A,Mellor AL

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A considerable fraction of T cells express two distinct T cell receptors (TCR), mainly due to expression of two TCR alpha chains. It has been suggested that such dual-TCR cells could have a role in autoimmunity. However, as such cells express less of each TCR, they could be less sensitive to their physiological ligand...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Blichfeldt E,Munthe LA,Røtnes JS,Bogen B

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for achieving the efficient production of proteins of biological interest by the establishment of hybridomas from lymphocytes of transgenic animals carrying a fusion gene having promoter-regulatory sequences functional in lymphocytes fused to the coding sequences of the protein to be produced. Wh...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Babinet C,Morello D,Rougeot C,Rouyre S

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl-3 is an atypical member of the IκB family. Bcl-3 functions as a cofactor of p50/NF-κB1 or p52/NF-κB2 homodimers in nuclei, where it modulates NF-κB-regulated transcription in a context-dependent way. Bcl-3 has tumorigenic potential, is critical in host defense of pathogens, and has been reported to ameliorate or e...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Tassi I,Rikhi N,Claudio E,Wang H,Tang W,Ha HL,Saret S,Kaplan DH,Siebenlist U

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global transcriptional technologies have revolutionised the study of lymphoid cell populations, but human γδ T lymphocytes specific for phosphoantigens remain far less deeply characterised by these methods despite the great therapeutic potential of these cells. Here we analyse the transcriptome of circulating TCRVγ(+)...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Pont F,Familiades J,Déjean S,Fruchon S,Cendron D,Poupot M,Poupot R,L'faqihi-Olive F,Prade N,Ycart B,Fournié JJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoglobulin lambda light chain system displays a limited diversity in inbred mice. Indeed, the lambda locus is organized in two recombination units: V lambda 2-V lambda x-J lambda 2-C lambda 2-psi J lambda 4-psi C lambda 4, which can produce either lambda 2(V2) or lambda 2(Vx) chains; and V lambda 1-J lambda 3-...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Boudinot P,Drapier AM,Cazenave PA,Sanchez P

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TLR and complement activation ensures efficient clearance of infection. Previous studies documented synergism between TLRs and the receptor for the pro-inflammatory complement peptide C5a (C5aR/CD88), and regulation of TLR-induced pro-inflammatory responses by C5aR, suggesting crosstalk between TLRs and C5aR. However,...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Raby AC,Holst B,Davies J,Colmont C,Laumonnier Y,Coles B,Shah S,Hall J,Topley N,Köhl J,Morgan BP,Labéta MO

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plaque-forming cell (PFC) assays were used to investigate in vitro the immunoregulatory mechanism operating in the self-limiting anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) autoantibody response of Brown Norway (BN) rats given HgCl2. The peak splenic PFC response occurred at day 9; thereafter the response fell sharply and...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Chalopin JM,Lockwood CM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse T cell hybrid specific for pigeon cytochrome c in the context of I-Ek responds by secreting interleukin 2 when co-cultured with the native antigen and the B cell lymphoma, LK-35.2, or naive splenic B cells as antigen-presenting cells (APC). Cytochromes c and their corresponding C-terminal fragments which are n...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Lakey EK,Margoliash E,Flouret G,Pierce SK

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of antigen to the multicomponent T cell antigen receptor (TcR)-CD3 complex leads to the activation of several signal transduction pathways which result in T lymphocyte proliferation and lymphokine secretion by molecular mechanisms and catalytic molecules as yet poorly defined. One of the earliest events th...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Gassmann M,Guttinger M,Amrein KE,Burn P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human T cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) is the etiologic agent of adult T cell leukemia (ATL). Since the HTLV-I-encoded transactivator Tax has been shown to activate many cellular genes including cytokine genes interleukin (IL-)1alpha, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 15, we ask whether Tax also affects IL-4 expression. In ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Li-Weber M,Giaisi M,Chlichlia K,Khazaie K,Krammer PH

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymectomy was performed on the urodele amphibian Pleurodeles waltlii Michah. from the 5th to the 20th week of larval development. Thymectomized animals were allografted at 7 months of age. The results obtained are as follows: (1) Pleurodeles thymectomized before 10 weeks always tolerated allografts: (2) Pleurodeles t...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Fache B,Charlemagne J

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have investigated the anatomic distribution and the function of different populations of HIV-1- and cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific memory CD8 T cells. The different populations of virus-specific memory CD8 T cells were distinguished on the basis of the expression of CD45RA and CCR7, and the co...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ellefsen K,Harari A,Champagne P,Bart PA,Sékaly RP,Pantaleo G

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:Following immunization with a complex antigen, a B cell internalizes this antigen through an interaction between its surface immunoglobulins and an epitope of the antigen. Enzymatic processing of the antigen frees one or more short peptide determinants (TD) which bind to class II molecules of the B cell. If the comple...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Sarobe P,Lasarte JJ,Golvano J,Gullón A,Civeira MP,Prieto J,Borrás-Cuesta F

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen type II-induced arthritis (CIA) is an experimental model of arthritis that has been successfully used to dissect the pathogenesis of human rheumatoid arthritis and to identify potential therapeutic targets. We have used this model to evaluate the role of T cell co-stimulation in both disease development and p...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Webb LM,Walmsley MJ,Feldmann M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viral CC chemokine macrophage inhibitory protein-II (vMIP-II) encoded by human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) binds to multiple chemokine receptors, however, its ability to control the initial recruitment of specific leukocyte subtypes from the peripheral circulation has not been fully clarified. Here we show that vMIP-II...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Weber KS,Gröne HJ,Röcken M,Klier C,Gu S,Wank R,Proudfoot AE,Nelson PJ,Weber C

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IFN-gamma plays a crucial role in the defense against infection with Candida albicans. Since IL-18 and IL-12 are strong stimuli of IFN-gamma production, we investigated whether endogenous IL-18 and IL-12 are involved in the host defense during disseminated candidiasis. IL-18 knockout (IL-18-/-) mice, but not IL-12-/- ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Netea MG,Vonk AG,van den Hoven M,Verschueren I,Joosten LA,van Krieken JH,van den Berg WB,Van der Meer JW,Kullberg BJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forkhead-family transcription factor FoxP3 is important for the development and function of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells. While the overall phenotypic effects of FoxP3 expression are evident, the mechanism by which FoxP3 regulates T cell activation is not well understood. CD4+ T cells from mice that express a FoxP...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kasprowicz DJ,Droin N,Soper DM,Ramsdell F,Green DR,Ziegler SF

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:The cloned human gamma 1 heavy chain gene (HIG1) was scarcely expressed in the stable transformants of a mouse fibroblast line, L cell or a T cell line, EL4, and no gamma 1 heavy chain was produced in these cells. Upon treatment with cycloheximide or other kinds of protein synthesis inhibitors, the transcription of HI...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kitamura D,Maeda H,Araki K,Kudo A,Watanabe T

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00