Synovial IgG rheumatoid factors show evidence of an antigen-driven immune response and a shift in the V gene repertoire compared to IgM rheumatoid factors.

abstract：:Although in vivo evidence supports a role for the murine intestinal epithelium in the extrathymic generation of certain intraepithelial T lymphocytes (IEL), no intraepithelial cells with in vitro lymphoid progenitor potential have yet been demonstrated. Using reaggregate fetal thymic organ culture techniques, we show ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Woodward J,Jenkinson E

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines are proinflammatory mediators that regulate leukocyte trafficking at different steps of the leukocyte recruitment cascade. Studies using new imaging approaches and new mouse models are giving new insights into the role of chemokines in neutrophil migration at sites of inflammation. Conventional rolling and ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Sanz MJ,Kubes P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent experimental studies have greatly clarified the function of cell surface molecules in the induction and modulation of T cell responses by antigen-presenting cells (APC). However, the differences in ability to stimulate T cells evident for different types and subpopulations of the same APC, such as dendritic cel...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Brooke GP,Parsons KR,Howard CJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The B cell line 721.174 has lost the ability to present intracellular antigens to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). This phenotype results from a homozygous deletion in the MHC that includes the peptide transporter genes TAP1 and TAP2, and the proteasome subunits ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Cerundolo V,Kelly A,Elliott T,Trowsdale J,Townsend A

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnitude and quality of T cell responses generated when Ag is targeted to receptors on DC is influenced by both the specific receptor targeted and its distribution among DC subsets. Here we examine the targeting of the model Ag OVA to potential DC targets, including CD11c, CD205, MHC class II, CD40, TLR2 and Fcga...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Castro FV,Tutt AL,White AL,Teeling JL,James S,French RR,Glennie MJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postganglionic sympathetic neurons innervate secondary lymphoid organs and secrete norepinephrine (NE) as the primary neurotransmitter. NE binds and signals through five distinct members of the adrenergic receptor family. In this study, we show elevated expression of the β2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) on primary human...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Estrada LD,Ağaç D,Farrar JD

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetanus toxin has been a valuable model antigen to study the MHC class II-restricted antigen processing pathway and is also frequently used to provide T helper determinants in vaccine formulations. To date most basic studies on the processing of this antigen have utilized human T and B cell clones. As a first step tow...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Antoniou AN,Watts C

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin (Ig) production by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated cells in the presence of various combinations of interleukin (IL)2, IL4 and IL5 was examined. IgG1, IgM and IgE secretion was studied using a 3T3-fibroblast filler cell-supported B cell culture system, either at low cell density to support maximal I...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： McHeyzer-Williams MG

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies MRC-OX6 and MRC-OX3 were used to define biosynthetically inter-related subsets of I-A-equivalent class II molecules from Lewis rat spleen cells. MRC-OX6 was shown to recognize specifically multiple forms of the class II molecule arising along its maturation pathway from the origin of polypeptide ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Reske K,Weitzel R

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of Th2 cytokines in tuberculosis has been a matter of dispute. Here we report that IL-4 has a profound regulatory effect on the infection of BALB/c mice with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Depletion of IL-4 with a neutralizing mAb caused only evanescent reduction of lung infection, but when combined with i....

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Buccheri S,Reljic R,Caccamo N,Ivanyi J,Singh M,Salerno A,Dieli F

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most cells of the T cell receptor (TcR) gamma/delta lineage are CD4-CD8-, some gamma/delta cells express CD8. We show here that mouse thymic gamma/delta cells express CD8 following in vitro activation by concanavalin A. Staining with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to the CD8 alpha (Ly-2) and CD8 beta (L...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： MacDonald HR,Schreyer M,Howe RC,Bron C

更新日期：1990-04-01 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：:The ligand for the B cell surface antigen CD40 was recently cloned from a murine thymoma cDNA library and shown to be expressed on activated T cells. In this study, we investigate the biological effects of murine recombinant CD40 ligand. The recombinant CD40 ligand expressed on the CV-1/EBNA monkey fibroblast cell lin...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Maliszewski CR,Grabstein K,Fanslow WC,Armitage R,Spriggs MK,Sato TA

更新日期：1993-05-01 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：:DC not only activate CD4 T (Th) cell and cytotoxic CD8 T cell (CTL) responses against pathogens, but they also tolerize autoreactive T cells in order to avoid autoimmunity. Previous studies have demonstrated that steady-state DC can tolerize naïve CTL, naïve Th cells and memory CTL. A study in this issue of the Europe...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kurts C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation requirements for antigen-dependent proliferation of CD4+ T cells are well documented, while the events leading to the inactivation phase are poorly understood. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3), a second major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II ligand, p...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Huard B,Tournier M,Hercend T,Triebel F,Faure F

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foxp3-expressing Tregs play a non-redundant role in protecting against immune pathologies. Foxp3(+) Tregs can arise intra- and extra-thymically, however, the signals directing their differentiation and maintenance in the periphery are not well understood. We show that stimulation of mouse naïve CD4(+) T cells in vitro...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Gabryšová L,Christensen JR,Wu X,Kissenpfennig A,Malissen B,O'Garra A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-free (AGF) and germ-free (GF) mice, although essentially free of serum IgG, maintain normal levels of circulating IgM. Using a quantitative immunoblot assay, we have now analyzed the repertoire of serum IgM from AGF, GF, and specific pathogen-free (SPF) BALB/c mice, on large panels of natural antigens from hom...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Haury M,Sundblad A,Grandien A,Barreau C,Coutinho A,Nobrega A

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse peritoneal macrophages were charged with IgG molecules in monomeric (mIgG), heat-aggregated (agIgG) or antigen-complexed (acIgG) form. Upon exposure to 37 degrees C, all bound IgG ligand types are redistributed on the cell surface due to the mobilization of their corresponding Fc receptor (FcR). The major findin...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Sulica A,Gherman M,Medeşan C,Gheţie V,Sjöquist J

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of forkhead box p3 (FOXP3), the master gene for naturally occurring regulatory T cells (nTregs), are responsible for the impaired function of nTregs, resulting in an autoimmune disease known as the immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) syndrome. The relevance of other periphe...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Passerini L,Di Nunzio S,Gregori S,Gambineri E,Cecconi M,Seidel MG,Cazzola G,Perroni L,Tommasini A,Vignola S,Guidi L,Roncarolo MG,Bacchetta R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic hypermutation (SH) in B cells undergoing T cell-dependent immune responses generates high-affinity antibodies that provide protective immunity. Most current models of SH postulate the introduction of a nick into the DNA and subsequent replication-independent, error-prone short-patch synthesis by one or more DN...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Schenten D,Gerlach VL,Guo C,Velasco-Miguel S,Hladik CL,White CL,Friedberg EC,Rajewsky K,Esposito G

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As we approach the centenary of Elie Metchnikoff's Nobel Prize (1908), it is opportune to reflect upon the history of macrophage immunobiology, take stock of current knowledge and anticipate questions for the future. Starting from his appreciation of phagocytosis as an important determinant of host defence against inf...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Gordon S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Majority of HIV-2-infected individuals meet the criteria of long-term non-progressors. This has been linked to superior qualitative HIV-2-specific cellular immune responses that correlate with viral control. However, it is unknown whether this is due to frequent targeting of immunodominant Gag epitopes in HIV-2 than H...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ondondo BO,Rowland-Jones SL,Dorrell L,Peterson K,Cotten M,Whittle H,Jaye A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients with severe atopic dermatitis (AD) has been on the rise recently. We are therefore urgently in need of a treatment that can suppress Th2 cell-mediated responses in an Ag-specific fashion. Oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN)containing CpG motifs (CpG ODN) have been highlighted as immunomodulators that re...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kootiratrakarn T,Fujimura T,Sano K,Okuyama R,Aiba S,Tagami H,Terui T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide (PRP) conjugate vaccines, which are thought to induce T cell-dependent antibody production, induce protective responses after a single dose in individuals under 15 months of age. However, multiple doses of these vaccines are required to induce protective antibody r...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Pérez-Melgosa M,Ochs HD,Linsley PS,Laman JD,van Meurs M,Flavell RA,Ernst RK,Miller SI,Wilson CB

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of naive T cells is tightly controlled and depends on cognate interactions with professional antigen-presenting cells. We analyzed dependency on secondary lymphoid tissues for the activation of naive and memory CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells following primary and secondary Listeria monocytogenes infection, respe...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Kursar M,Jänner N,Pfeffer K,Brinkmann V,Kaufmann SH,Mittrücker HW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) are highly prevalent, persistent human pathogens that not only evade but also shape our immune responses. Natural killer (NK) cells play an important role in the control of CMV and CMVs have in turn developed a plethora of immunoevasion mechanisms targeting NK cells. This complex interplay can...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Goodier MR,Jonjić S,Riley EM,Juranić Lisnić V

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription of the gene encoding the transcriptional coactivator Oct-binding factor 1 (OBF-1)/OCA-B/Bob.1 is largely restricted to B cells. During B cell development OBF-1 expression shows two peaks, one in immature B cells in the bone marrow and the other in germinal center B cells. Promoter analysis has identified...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Massa S,Junker S,Schubart K,Matthias G,Matthias P

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+ helper T lymphocytes and CD8+ killer T lymphocytes are both generated in the thymus from common precursor cells expressing CD4 and CD8. The development of immature CD4 CD8+ thymocytes into mature 'single-positive' T cells requires T cell antigen-receptor (TCR)-mediated positive selection signals. Although it is k...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Takahama Y,Tokoro Y,Sugawara T,Negishi I,Nakauchi H

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Similarities between the physical structures of avian and mammalian major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I glycoproteins have been proposed based on comparative alignment of their amino acid sequences. To investigate the physical structure of the chicken class I glycoprotein, we cloned the cDNA representing th...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Fulton JE,Thacker EL,Bacon LD,Hunt HD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00