Antigen-independent binding of IgG dimers to C 1 q as studied by sedimentation equilibrium, complement fixation and electron microscopy.

abstract：:Cellular immune responses are likely to play a key role in determining the clinical outcome in acute infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV), but the dynamics of such responses and their relationship to viral clearance are poorly understood. In a previous study we have shown highly activated, multispecific cytotoxic T ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Lechner F,Gruener NH,Urbani S,Uggeri J,Santantonio T,Kammer AR,Cerny A,Phillips R,Ferrari C,Pape GR,Klenerman P

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the effect of interferon (IFN)-alpha on the specific anti-2,4,6-trinitrophenyl (TNP) response induced by TNP-conjugated polyacrylamide beads in cultures of purified human B cells. IFN-alpha alone had no effect. Interleukin 2 (IL2) alone had a restorative effect which could be considerably (10X) enhanced by I...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Delfraissy JF,Wallon C,Galanaud P

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To detect possible differences in immunogenicity between tumors induced in T cell-deficient mice and phenotypically normal congenic mice, 16 sarcomas, 8 having developed in nude BALB/c mice and 8 having developed in congenic normal (nu/+) mice, were transplanted to normal BALB/c recipients and the rates of rejection o...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Svane IM,Engel AM,Nielsen MB,Ljunggren HG,Rygaard J,Werdelin O

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of applications of antibodies in diagnosis and therapy require multivalent reagents either because of the polymeric nature of the antigens or because biological activity depends on an effect on the formation of homodimeric species. Here, we report a procedure for mass screening of phage-derived monomeric anti...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Zaccolo M,Griffiths AP,Prospero TD,Winter G,Gherardi E

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to further characterize the effector cells of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) which are activated in vitro when spleen cells from Lewis rats previously immunized with myelin basic protein and adjuvant are cultured with antigen prior to transfer to syngeneic recipients. The effect...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Holda JH,Swanborg RH

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory cytokine IL-17 plays a critical role in immunity to infection and is involved in the inflammatory pathology associated with certain autoimmune diseases, such as psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis. While CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells are important sources of this cytokine, recent evidence has suggested tha...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Sutton CE,Mielke LA,Mills KH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal macrophages from C57BL/6 mice process antigens from bacteria or coated on polystyrene beads for presentation by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. To investigate this antigen processing pathway, peritoneal macrophages from homozygous TAP1-/- mice, which lack the transporter associated...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Wick MJ,Pfeifer JD

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For homeostasis, T cells integrate non-cognate TCR-dependent and -independent signals to survive and weakly proliferate. In contrast to antigen-specific, stable, and long-lived contacts, signaling in short-lived homeostatic interactions depends upon the coordination of ongoing T-cell migration on the surface of DC and...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Storim J,Bröcker EB,Friedl P

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue 1 (Malt1) regulates immune cell function by mediating the activation of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling through both its adaptor and proteolytic function. Malt1 is also a target of its own protease activity and this self-cleavage further contributes to NF-κB activity. Until now, t...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Baens M,Stirparo R,Lampi Y,Verbeke D,Vandepoel R,Cools J,Marynen P,de Bock CE,Bornschein S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The C-terminal fragment of merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1) of the mouse malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi (AS) stimulates a weak CD4 T cell response when compared to the response to a more structurally simple region of the molecule. The tertiary structure of the C-terminal region of MSP-1 is maintained...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Quin SJ,Seixas EM,Cross CA,Berg M,Lindo V,Stockinger B,Langhorne J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large panel of T cell clones (TCC) specific for the recombinant form of Poa pratensis allergen (rKBG7.2 or Poa p9) were established from the peripheral blood of grass pollen-sensitive donor in the absence or presence of recombinant interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) in bulk culture and their pattern of cytokine secretion,...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Parronchi P,Mohapatra S,Sampognaro S,Giannarini L,Wahn U,Chong P,Mohapatra S,Maggi E,Renz H,Romagnani S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and efficient procedure for the construction of bifunctional molecules is described and their use in a variety of applications documented. This procedure is based on our observation that mouse IgG1 monoclonal antibodies, when mixed with equimolar amounts of a high-affinity rat monoclonal antibody specific for...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Lansdorp PM,Aalberse RC,Bos R,Schutter WG,Van Bruggen EF

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-reactive T cell clones derived from H-2b mice, generated against the allogeneic Ld molecule, were found to recognize the H-2b class II mutant Abm12 molecule as well. In addition, these clones also recognize the class II A(s) molecule, and display a class II-dependent ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Frangoulis B,Urbero B,Pla M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokine interleukin 1 (IL 1) plays an important role in the induction of IL 2 secretion and high-affinity IL 2 receptor (IL 2R) expression by T cells. The events that follow binding of IL 1 to IL 1R, however, are still unknown. In this study we describe two variants of the murine thymoma EL4 (5D3 and D6/76) that ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Von Hoegen I,Falk W,Kojouharoff G,Krammer PH

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NK cells can kill transformed, infected and stressed cells while most normal cells are spared. NK cells are activated by various endogenous self-ligands, some of which are actually expressed by normal cells. Thus, NK cells are inherently self-reactive and consequently, potentially auto-aggressive. How these cells are ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Held W

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conditions under which tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) induces apoptosis in primary microvascular endothelial cells (MVEC) were investigated. In the absence of sensitizing agents, TNF induced apoptosis after 3 days of incubation in confluent MVEC. In contrast, upon addition of the transcriptional inhibitor actin...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Lucas R,Garcia I,Donati YR,Hribar M,Mandriota SJ,Giroud C,Buurman WA,Fransen L,Suter PM,Nunez G,Pepper MS,Grau GE

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human natural killer (NK) cells are divided into two subsets: CD56bright and CD56dim NK cells, which differ in maturation, function and distribution. Mechanisms regulating NK cell functions are not completely understood. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor, that binds to a variet...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Moreno-Nieves UY,Mundy DC,Shin JH,Tam K,Sunwoo JB

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Btk is a member of the Tec family of protein tyrosine kinases expressed in B cells. It is stimulated following cross-linking of the B cell receptor which leads to the autophosphorylation of a specific residue in the SH3 domain, Y223. Previous work using Btk-derived fusion proteins has shown that the Btk SH3 domain bin...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Morrogh LM,Hinshelwood S,Costello P,Cory GO,Kinnon C

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is an inflammatory cytokine whose role in autoimmune diseases has not been fully elucidated. Th17 cells have been shown to play critical roles in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) models. In this study, we demonstrate that blockade of IL-15 signaling by TMβ-1 mAb treatment aggravat...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Yu P,Bamford RN,Waldmann TA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 2 (IL2)-dependent cytolytic hybrids usually loose IL2 dependence and cytolytic activity concomittantly. Here we describe an exceptional IL2-independent variant which lost IL2 receptor but retained cytolytic activity. When the IL2-independent cytolytic hybrid cells were fused with IL2-dependent cytolytic cl...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Haas W,Kisielow P

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD59 is a 18-20-kDa membrane glycoprotein that inhibits formation of the membrane attack complex of complement (C) on homologous cells. In the present study we analyzed the expression and function of CD59 on human endothelial cells. Immunohistochemical analysis of renal cortex demonstrated a predominant expression of ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Brooimans RA,Van der Ark AA,Tomita M,Van Es LA,Daha MR

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidant stress can initiate or enhance inflammatory responses during tissue injury, possibly through activation of redox-sensitive chemokines. Because the transcription factor Nrf2 (NF-E2-related factor 2) is responsive to oxidative stress, and induces expression of cytoprotective and antioxidant genes that attenuate ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Zhang X,Chen X,Song H,Chen HZ,Rovin BH

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:In June 2009, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation (DAIT), sponsored a workshop entitled Mast Cells in Innate and Adaptive Immunity. International experts in mast cell biology discussed recent advances in the field and future areas of re...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Palker TJ,Dong G,Leitner WW

更新日期：2010-01-01 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

abstract：:We identified the presence in the Aleutian skate, Bathyraja aleutica, of two classes of immunoglobulins (Ig), a high molecular weight Ig analogous to mammalian IgM and a low molecular weight Ig, similarly to the spiny rasp skate, Raja kenojei, (Kobayashi, K. et al., Mol. Immunol. 1984. 21: 397), using an immunological...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kobayashi K,Tomonaga S,Teshima K,Kajii T

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential development of antibody titer, functional avidity, helper and suppressor activities were investigated in rhesus monkeys. These were immunized with a single dose of 0.1 microgram to 10 mg of a streptococcal protein antigen (SA) in aluminium hydroxide. The IgG antibody titers followed the classical pattern fi...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Lehner T,Caldwell J,Avery J

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyguanosine (dGuo) has been implicated as the toxic metabolite causing a severe impairment of cellular immunity in children with a genetic deficiency of purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP). In peripheral blood T cells of normal donors both the pathway which leads to phosphorylation of dGuo (ultimately resulting i...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Scharenberg JG,Spaapen LJ,Rijkers GT,Duran M,Staal GE,Zegers BJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proliferative state of functionally defined populations of size-separated pre-B cells was investigated. The results presented here support the hypothesis that pre-B cells are in the G2 phase when stable membrane IgM is first expressed. Small resting precursor cells significantly adhere to nylon wool columns, unlik...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Deslauriers-Boisvert N,Mercier G,Lafleur L

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the identification and characterization of murine CCX-CKR, a high affinity receptor for the murine beta-chemokines SLC/mCCL21, MIP-3beta/mCCL19 and TECK/mCCL25. Unlike most other chemokine receptors, CCX-CKR is unable to mediate Ca(2+) fluxes upon ligand binding when expressed in HEK293 cells. Murine CC...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Townson JR,Nibbs RJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00