Role of the thymus in the generation of skin-homing alpha beta and gamma delta virgin T cells.

abstract：:HLA-A2.1-binding peptides (n = 38) were screened for immunogenicity with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells in cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) induction experiments in vitro and with splenocytes from HLA-A2.1/Kb transgenic mice following immunization in vivo. These data were compiled and analyzed to determine the l...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Wentworth PA,Vitiello A,Sidney J,Keogh E,Chesnut RW,Grey H,Sette A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokine receptors are important for recruiting leukocytes to sites of infection and may contribute to immune cell activation. The present study investigated the role of the chemokine receptor CCR2 in polymicrobial septic peritonitis. The results showed that peritoneal production of the CCR2 ligands CCL2 and CCL12 in...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Feterowski C,Mack M,Weighardt H,Bartsch B,Kaiser-Moore S,Holzmann B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-presenting cells (APC), including dendritic cells and macrophages, produce a large amount of interferon (IFN)-gamma, a crucial cytokine for the control of infectious diseases. To elucidate the role of IFN-gamma from APC in vivo, we employed cytokine receptor common gamma subunit (gamma c) and recombination-act...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Suzue K,Asai T,Takeuchi T,Koyasu S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection frequently develops into liver disease and is accompanied by extra-hepatic autoimmune manifestations. The tetraspanin CD81 is a putative HCV receptor as it binds the E2 envelope glycoprotein of HCV and bona fide HCV particles. Here we show that HCV E2 binding to CD81 on human ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Wack A,Soldaini E,Tseng C,Nuti S,Klimpel G,Abrignani S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell-activating factor belonging to the TNF family (BAFF) and its receptor BAFF-R play critical roles in the maturation and survival of conventional peripheral B cells. However, they appeared to be dispensable for the generation and maintenance of CD5(+) B-1 cells as BAFF(-/-) and BAFF-R(-/-) mice have normal B-1 ce...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ng LG,Ng CH,Woehl B,Sutherland AP,Huo J,Xu S,Mackay F,Lam KP

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored CD59 protein (human protectin) protects cells against complement-induced lysis, binds to CD2 and also transduces activation signals within T cells. We have further examined the biochemical signals transduced by CD59 and addressed its role in regard to the CD3-mediated si...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Deckert M,Ticchioni M,Mari B,Mary D,Bernard A

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that topical flagellin induces profound mucosal innate protection in the cornea against microbial infection, a response involving multiple genes and cell types. In this study, we used a Candida albicans (CA)-C57BL/6 mouse keratitis model to delineate the contribution of CXCL10- and CXCR3-expressin...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Liu X,Gao N,Dong C,Zhou L,Mi QS,Standiford TJ,Yu FS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between T-cell lymphopenia and autoimmunity has long been proposed, but it remains to be elucidated whether T-cell lymphopenia affects B-cell responses to autoantigens. Human neonatal thymectomy (Tx) results in a decrease in T-cell numbers and we used this model to study the development of autoreactivit...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： van den Broek T,Madi A,Delemarre EM,Schadenberg AWL,Tesselaar K,Borghans JAM,Nierkens S,Redegeld FA,Otten HG,Rossetti M,Albani S,Sorek R,Cohen IR,Jansen NJG,van Wijk F

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the biology of human natural killer (NK) cells has significantly advanced in recent years upon identification of a family of NK cell-expressed genes that encode killer cell inhibitory receptors (KIR). Individual KIR can selectively bind various HLA class I allotypes and consequently transduce inhi...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Campbell KS,Cella M,Carretero M,López-Botet M,Colonna M

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently discovered B6.C-H-2bm12 (bm12) histocompatibility mutant bears a mutation of the I-A subregion of the H-2b haplotype. We have studied cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) generated in secondary mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) between the bm12 mutant and the strain of origin C57BL/6 (B6). In both directions, stron...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： de Waal LP,Melief CJ,Melvold RW

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonal deletion, anergy and suppression have all been considered mechanisms of immunological tolerance. Although adoptive transfer of immunosuppression has been shown to occur in the periphery, particularly for transplantation tolerance, it has proven difficult to characterize this phenomenon further, due to the lack ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Teng YT,Gorczynski RM,Iwasaki S,Williams DB,Hozumi N

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma arthritidis produces in culture a polyclonal mitogen which is active for murine and human T lymphocytes in the presence of accessory cells (AC). We studied the requirements for processing and presentation by AC of Mycoplasma arthritidis supernatant (MAS) mitogen to human T cells. As inhibitors of AC process...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Bauer A,Rutenfranz I,Kirchner H

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to acquiring a memory phenotype, antigen-activated CD8(+) T cells need to expand and then undergo a contraction phase. Utilizing two different antigenic stimuli, we provide evidence that the tumor necrosis factor receptors OX40 and CD30 integrate synergistic signals during the expansion phase to help maintain CD...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Bekiaris V,Gaspal F,Kim MY,Withers DR,Sweet C,Anderson G,Lane PJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon (IFN) was detected upon co-culture of cloned Sendai virus (SV)-specific T lymphocyte with SV-presenting syngeneic stimulator cells. The antiviral activity was defined as IFN-alpha, beta. The T cell clones, upon contact with antigen-presenting stimulator cells, stimulated adherent cells present in the stimul...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ertl HC,Brown EG,Finberg RW

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigen receptor of the T lymphocytes is one of the most complex eukaryotic membrane structures studied to date. The T cell receptor (TcR) consists of two disulfide-linked glycoprotein chains (alpha/beta or gamma/delta) and is noncovalently associated with a group of small and invariable CD 3 proteins. Four CD 3 c...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Clevers H,Dunlap S,Terhorst C

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-10 is a potent anti-inflammatory molecule, which regulates TNF-alpha at multiple levels. We investigated whether IL-10 also modulated the activity of the TNF-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE). Using an ex vivo fluorogenic assay we observed that LPS rapidly induced TACE activity in monocytes coinciding with release of ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Brennan FM,Green P,Amjadi P,Robertshaw HJ,Alvarez-Iglesias M,Takata M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the role of murine eosinophils as antigen-presenting cells (APC). Eosinophils have several characteristics that support the hypothesis of its function as potential APC: they have phagocytic capacity, express adhesion molecules and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigens and can produce...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Del Pozo V,De Andrés B,Martín E,Cárdaba B,Fernández JC,Gallardo S,Tramón P,Leyva-Cobian F,Palomino P,Lahoz C

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study allelic exclusion of TcR genes we analyzed two types (I and II) of TcR beta transgenic mice. T cells derived from both types of mice contained similar amounts of transgenic RNA transcripts; however, surface expression of the transgenic beta chain was drastically reduced in type II compared to type I. In type ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Pircher H,Ohashi P,Miescher G,Lang R,Zikopoulos A,Bürki K,Mak TW,MacDonald HR,Hengartner H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidant systems maintain cellular redox homeostasis. The thioredoxin-1 (Trx1) and the glutathione (GSH)/glutaredoxin-1 (Grx1) systems are key players in preserving cytosolic redox balance. In fact, T lymphocytes critically rely on reducing equivalents from the Trx1 system for DNA biosynthesis during metabolic repr...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Muri J,Thut H,Heer S,Krueger CC,Bornkamm GW,Bachmann MF,Kopf M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of Trypanosoma brucei infections on parasite-specific antibody responses was examined by immunization of infected mice with radio-attenuated trypanosomes of a noncross-reacting clone. Antibody titers (total Ig) against variant surface antigen were determined by indirect immunofluorescence. The suppression r...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Sacks DL,Askonas BA

更新日期：1980-12-01 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：:Activation of mature CD8+ T cells requires recognition, via the T cell receptor (TCR), of peptide + MHC (pMHC) complexes with an avidity that exceeds a designated threshold. Multiple indicators of T cell avidity have been described that provide unique information on the characteristics of T cell interactions. However,...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： La Gruta NL,Doherty PC,Turner SJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell activation and the subsequent transformation of activated T cells into T-cell blasts require profound changes in cell volume. However, the impact of cell volume regulation for T-cell immunology has not been characterized. Here we studied the role of the cell-volume regulating osmolyte transporter Taut for T-cel...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kaesler S,Sobiesiak M,Kneilling M,Volz T,Kempf WE,Lang PA,Lang KS,Wieder T,Heller-Stilb B,Warskulat U,Häussinger D,Lang F,Biedermann T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver and activation-regulated chemokine (LARC), also termed MIP-3alpha and Exodus, is a novel human CC chemokine with a selective chemotactic activity for lymphocytes and dendritic cells. Here we describe genomic and cDNA clones encoding the murine orthologue of LARC (mLARC). The gene consists of four exons and t...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Tanaka Y,Imai T,Baba M,Ishikawa I,Uehira M,Nomiyama H,Yoshie O

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) suppresses T cell responses by its action in catabolising tryptophan. It is important in maintenance of immune privilege in the placenta. We investigated the activity of IDO in the cornea, following corneal transplantation and the effect of IDO over-expression in donor corneal endothe...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Beutelspacher SC,Pillai R,Watson MP,Tan PH,Tsang J,McClure MO,George AJ,Larkin DF

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is one of the key primary response genes in the immune system that can be activated by a variety of stimuli. Previous analysis of chromatin accessibility to DNaseI demonstrated open chromatin conformation of the TNF proximal promoter in T cells. Here, using chromatin probing with restrictio...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Shebzukhov YV,Horn K,Brazhnik KI,Drutskaya MS,Kuchmiy AA,Kuprash DV,Nedospasov SA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are innate immune receptors that respond to both exogenous and endogenous stimuli and are suggested to contribute to the perpetuation of chronic inflammation associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In particular, the endosomal TLRs 3, 7, 8, and 9 have more recently been postulated to be o...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Sacre S,Lo A,Gregory B,Stephens M,Chamberlain G,Stott P,Brennan F

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that plays an important role in regulating the local inflammatory immune response, but regulatory mechanisms of this cytokine have not been fully elucidated. Here, we demonstrate that IL-10 deficiency renders LPS treatment ineffective in regulating the expression...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Zhou F,Ciric B,Li H,Yan Y,Li K,Cullimore M,Lauretti E,Gonnella P,Zhang GX,Rostami A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the high-affinity receptor for IgE (FcεRI) provides mast cells with the ability to react in a proinflammatory manner to antigens (Ags). In particular, the immediate secretion of preformed mediators from secretory lysosomes (degranulation) is typical for FcεRI-mediated mast cell activation. In addition to...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Huber M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2 , is converted by riboflavin kinase (RFK) into flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), which are essential cofactors of dehydrogenases, reductases, and oxidases including the phagocytic NADPH oxidase 2 (Nox2). Riboflavin deficiency is common in young adul...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Schramm M,Wiegmann K,Schramm S,Gluschko A,Herb M,Utermöhlen O,Krönke M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00