In vitro generated mast cells express natural cytotoxicity against tumour cells.

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that involves dysregulation of B and T cells. A tolerogenic peptide, designated hCDR1, ameliorates disease manifestations in SLE-afflicted mice. In the present study, the effect of treatment with hCDR1 on the CD74/macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Lapter S,Ben-David H,Sharabi A,Zinger H,Telerman A,Gordin M,Leng L,Bucala R,Shachar I,Mozes E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While many aspects of memory T-cell immunobiology have been characterized, we suggest that we know only a fraction of the effector functions that CD4 T cells can bring to bear during secondary challenges. Exploring the full impact of memory CD4 T-cell responses is key to the development of improved vaccines against ma...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： McKinstry KK,Strutt TM,Swain SL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the degradation of soluble immune complexes or aggregates (AIgG) by normal peritoneal macrophages can be enhanced by complement. The enhancement of degradation was shown to be at least in part dependent on the number of C3b molecules bound per complex. The present investigations indica...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Daha MR,Van Es LA

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with adults, the circulating Vγ2Vδ2 T-cell population in cord blood is present at low levels and does not show the strong bias for Vγ2-Jγ1.2 rearrangements. These features may be a result of limited exposure to stimulatory phosphoantigens, lack of T-cell-derived interleukin-2 (IL-2) or both. In cord blood mon...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Cairo C,Sagnia B,Cappelli G,Colizzi V,Leke RG,Leke RJ,Pauza CD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressive effect of cyclosporin A (CS-A) was investigated in RIC-Sprague-Dawley rats. In vivo, CS-A totally abolished the formation of antibodies to the hapten dinitrophenyl (DNP) in rats immunized with DNP-keyhole limpet haemocyanin. In vitro, the effect of CS-A was investigated in spleen cell cultures st...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Burckhardt JJ,Guggenheim B

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that intranasal (i.n.) administration of the major encephalitogenic peptide, Ac1-9 of myelin basic protein (MBP), inhibited T-cell responsiveness in vitro and induced tolerance in the H-2u mouse model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). The peptide analogue Ac1-9[4Y] wit...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Metzler B,Wraith DC

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-16 (IL-16) acts as a chemoattractant for CD4+ cells, as a modulator of T-cell activation, and plays a key role in asthma. This report describes the cytokine-inducing effects of IL-16 on total peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and PBMC subpopulations. While CD4+ T lymphocytes did not secrete cytokin...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Mathy NL,Scheuer W,Lanzendörfer M,Honold K,Ambrosius D,Norley S,Kurth R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different cell types, including dendritic cells, macrophages and Ia+ B cells, have been described to present soluble antigen (Ag) to T-cell hybridomas. However, it is still not clear whether these different cell types can act as antigen-presenting cells (APC) for complex and insoluble Ag such as viral particles. Using...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Scheerlinck JP,Burssens G,Brys L,Michel A,Hauser P,De Baetselier P

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mice, the plasma cell (PC) niche in the bone marrow is close to the haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) niche. We investigated whether PCs can be mobilized into the peripheral blood (PB) in healthy donors receiving granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) for the induction of HSC mobilization into the PB. G-CSF inc...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Caraux A,Perez-Andres M,Larroque M,Requirand G,Lu ZY,Kanouni T,Rossi JF,Orfao A,Klein B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that immunoglobulin A (IgA)(-/-) knockout (KO) mice exhibit levels of susceptibility to influenza virus infection that are similar to those of their normal IgA(+/+) littermates. To understand the mechanism of this apparent mucosal immunity without IgA, immunoglobulin isotype and T helpe...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Zhang Y,Pacheco S,Acuna CL,Switzer KC,Wang Y,Gilmore X,Harriman GR,Mbawuike IN

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the role of T cells on the alteration of terminal sugars of goblet cell mucins in the small intestinal mucosa of parasitized rats and to clarify the biological significance of the altered mucins in the mucosal defence against intestinal helminths. For this purpose, Nippostrongylus ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Ishikawa N,Horii Y,Oinuma T,Suganuma T,Nawa Y

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation in the sequence of T-cell epitopes between dengue virus (DENV) serotypes is believed to alter memory T-cell responses during second heterologous infections. We identified a highly conserved, novel, HLA-B57-restricted epitope on the DENV NS1 protein. We predicted higher frequencies of B57-NS1(26-34) -specific...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Townsley E,Woda M,Thomas SJ,Kalayanarooj S,Gibbons RV,Nisalak A,Srikiatkhachorn A,Green S,Stephens HA,Rothman AL,Mathew A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The OKT3 antibody activates locomotion of human blood T lymphocytes as measured by polarization assays and invasion of collagen gels. The proportion of motile cells increases during a period of 24-48 hr of culture, even following only a brief initial contact with OKT3. The motile cells are the growing population. Loco...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Wilkinson PC,Higgins A

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results presented in this paper demonstrate that a mouse IgM monoclonal antibody (T-80) recognizes an antigen on cells of the T-lymphocyte lineage of sheep. However, this antibody does not identify all T cells, as 10-20% of thymocytes and some peripheral-blood T cells are negative. T-80- thymocytes reside in the m...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Miyasaka M,Heron I,Dudler L,Cahill RN,Forni L,Knaak T,Trnka Z

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (400 microg/kg body weight) induced the expression of mRNAs of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in the submandibular gland (SMG) of C3H/HeN mice but not that of C3H/HeJ mice, a mutant strain for ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Yao C,Li X,Murdiastuti K,Kosugi-Tanaka C,Akamatsu T,Kanamori N,Hosoi K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently described interleukin-13 (IL-13) has been shown to share many of the effects of IL-4 on normal B cells, including growth-promoting activity and induction of CD23. In this study, we compared the effects of IL-13 and IL-4 on B chronic lymphocytic leukaemias (B-CLL) cells. After anti-CD40 activation, both IL...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Fluckiger AC,Brière F,Zurawski G,Bridon JM,Banchereau J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD59 is the sole characterized regulator of the complement membrane attack complex in humans. It is very widely and abundantly distributed, being present on all circulating cells, endothelia and epithelia, and in most tissues. CD59 analogues in rodents are distributed similarly. Interest in complement regulation in th...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Hanna SM,Williams GT,Van Den Berg CW,Morgan BP

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR)-infected bovine kidney cells (MDBK) by neutrophils was demonstrated. Neutrophils from bovine and sheep mammary exudate and peripheral blood, and also from human peripheral blood, were all active in the presence of anti-IBR ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Thorne KJ,Norman JM,Haydock SF,Lammas DA,Duffus PH

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that the single autosomal recessive lpr and gld genes are responsible for the accumulation of unusual T-cell subsets. Although these subsets have been assigned to the T-cell lineage, they share certain antigenic cell surface markers with mature B lymphocytes. Consequently the maturational path...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Waterfield JD,Fairhurst M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are obligate epithelial pathogens and typically cause localized mucosal infections. We therefore hypothesized that T-cell responses to HPV antigens would be greater at sites of pathology than in the blood. Focusing on HPV-16 because of its association with cervical cancer, the magnitude o...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Passmore JA,Milner M,Denny L,Sampson C,Marais DJ,Allan B,Gumbi PP,Hitzeroth II,Rybicki EP,Williamson AL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular prion protein (PrPc) is a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked cell surface protein, which is expressed at high density on nervous tissues and at lower levels on most other solid-organ tissues. It is also expressed on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of all lineages. In lymphocytes, its lev...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Morelon E,Dodelet V,Lavery P,Cashman NR,Loertscher R

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were first primed with a type A or a type B influenza virus and then challenged intranasally at least 1 month later with another type A virus. Potent cytotoxic T cell populations were found in lung, and effector T cell function was also demonstrated in blood, spleen and mediastinal lymph nodes. Lymphocytes isolat...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Bennink J,Effros RB,Doherty PC

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a global health problem characterized by a high rate of chronic infection, which may in part be due to a defect in myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs). This defect appears to be remedied by treatment with interferon-α (IFN-α) -based antiviral therapies; however, the molecular mechanisms...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Ma L,Zhou Y,Zhang Y,Li Y,Guo Y,He Y,Wang J,Lian J,Hao C,Moorman JP,Yao ZQ,Zhou Y,Jia Z

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BLT mice, constructed by surgical implantation of human fetal thymus-liver tissues and intravenous delivery of autologous CD34+ haematopoietic stem cells into adult non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency mice, were evaluated for vaccine-induced humoral immune responses. Following engraftment, these mice d...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Biswas S,Chang H,Sarkis PT,Fikrig E,Zhu Q,Marasco WA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host-versus-graft (HVG) syndrome is the fatal allogenic disease which develops in susceptible strains of inbred mice following their perinatal inoculation with related F1 hybrid spleen cells. Deaths are caused by pathogenic immune complexes. It is thought that the antibody components of these complexes are produced by...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Hard RC,Patel MR,Keller LM,Linna TJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testing of extracts of Toxoplasma gondii (RH strain) indicated that delayed hypersensitivity as manifested by delayed skin reactions and inhibition of macrophage migration was induced only by those fractions containing RNA. ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Lai CH,Tizard IR,Quinn PJ,Ingram DG

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using mast cell-deficient mutant W/Wv mice and their normal counterpart we re-evaluated the significance of participation of mast cells in allergic inflammatory response. W/Wv mice developed immediate hypersensitivity (IH) footpad reaction (FPR) to a somewhat lesser degree than the normal mice, suggesting that the mas...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Torii I,Morikawa S,Harada T,Kitamura Y

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are important pattern recognition molecules that activate the nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB pathway leading to the production of antimicrobial immune mediators. As keratinocytes represent the first barrier against exogenous pathogens in human skin, we investigated their complete functional TLR1...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Köllisch G,Kalali BN,Voelcker V,Wallich R,Behrendt H,Ring J,Bauer S,Jakob T,Mempel M,Ollert M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines has been implicated in the pathogenesis of infectious and auto-immune diseases, and its modulation has been proposed as a potential therapeutic target. The results reported in the present study show that modulators of the renin-angiotensin system, such as the an...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Peeters AC,Netea MG,Kullberg BJ,Thien T,van der Meer JW

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective cytotoxicity of the lysosomotropic methyl esters of leucine or its lysosomal condensation product leucyl-leucine has been used to investigate the effect of cytolytic cells on the clonal outgrowth, cellular proliferation and antibody secretion of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed human B cells. Large g...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Ohlin M,Danielsson L,Carlsson R,Borrebaeck CA

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00