Essential role for cathepsin S in MHC class II-associated invariant chain processing and peptide loading.

abstract：:The transcription factor Pax5 is a critical regulator of B lymphocyte commitment and identity. In this issue of Immunity, Schebesta et al. (2007) demonstrate how Pax5 activates 170 different genes involved in B cell signaling, adhesion, migration, and maturation. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Hagman J,Lukin K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4(+)CD25(+) immunoregulatory T cells represent a unique lineage of thymic-derived cells that potently suppress both in vitro and in vivo effector T cell function. We analyzed CD4(+)CD25(+) and CD4(+)CD25(-) T cells by DNA microarray, identifying 29 genes differentially expressed in the resting subpopulations, and 77...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： McHugh RS,Whitters MJ,Piccirillo CA,Young DA,Shevach EM,Collins M,Byrne MC

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoid tissue inducer (LTi) cells are key components of the machinery required for the construction of the lymphoid structures underlying immune responses. In this issue of Immunity, Vonarbourg et. al. (2010) describe how these cells assume several different guises, each associated with different LTi functions. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Strober W

更新日期：2010-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factors of the NFAT family play a critical role in the immune response by activating the expression of cytokines and other inducible genes in antigen-stimulated cells. Here we show that a member of this family, NFAT1, is involved in down-regulating the late phase of IL-4 gene transcription, thus inhibiti...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Kiani A,Viola JP,Lichtman AH,Rao A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Why patients with chronic kidney disease have elevated cardiovascular risk remains elusive. In this issue of Immunity, Speer et al. (2013) show that natural modification of high density lipoprotein promotes hypertension through a Toll-like receptor-dependent mechanism. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Moore KJ,Fisher EA

更新日期：2013-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of gallstones (cholelithiasis) is a highly prevalent and severe disease and one of the leading causes of hospital admissions worldwide. Due to its substantial health impact, we investigated the biological mechanisms that lead to the formation and growth of gallstones. We show that gallstone assembly essen...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Muñoz LE,Boeltz S,Bilyy R,Schauer C,Mahajan A,Widulin N,Grüneboom A,Herrmann I,Boada E,Rauh M,Krenn V,Biermann MHC,Podolska MJ,Hahn J,Knopf J,Maueröder C,Paryzhak S,Dumych T,Zhao Y,Neurath MF,Hoffmann MH,Fuchs T

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Foxp3(+) Treg cells express transcription factors normally expressed by specific T helper cells at sites of inflammation. In this issue of Immunity, Koch et al. (2012) and Hall et al. (2012) demonstrate that IFN-γ and IL-27 distinctly induces T-bet(+) Treg cells via STAT-1 transcription factor activation. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Ohkura N,Sakaguchi S

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) signaling is important for multiple potentially pathogenic processes in the central nervous system (CNS), but the cell-type-specific roles of IL-1 signaling are unclear. We used a genetic knockin reporter system in mice to track and reciprocally delete or express IL-1 receptor 1 (IL-1R1) in specif...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Liu X,Nemeth DP,McKim DB,Zhu L,DiSabato DJ,Berdysz O,Gorantla G,Oliver B,Witcher KG,Wang Y,Negray CE,Vegesna RS,Sheridan JF,Godbout JP,Robson MJ,Blakely RD,Popovich PG,Bilbo SD,Quan N

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cellular receptors for immunoglobulins were first identified nearly 40 years ago, their central role in the immune response was discovered only in the last decade. They are key players in both the afferent and efferent phase of an immune response, setting thresholds for B cell activation, regulating the matur...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Nimmerjahn F,Ravetch JV

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated during T cell activation and serve a signaling function but can also be damaging. In this issue of Immunity, Zhang et al. (2016) show that miR-23a prevents ROS-elicited necrosis by suppressing cyclophilin D (PPIF), a regulator of ROS escape from mitochondria. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Agudo J,Brown BD

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the RIG-I signaling molecule is essential for antiviral immunity but mechanisms downmodulating the response are ill defined. In this issue of Immunity, Rajput et al. (2011) describe caspase-8-mediated RIP1 cleavage as a key step for restricting RIG-I signaling. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Roth S,Ruland J

更新日期：2011-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) protein feeds back to terminate further V(H) gene recombination, a phenomenon also referred to as allelic exclusion. Here we provide evidence to support the proposition that allelic exclusion is the consequence of terminating signals that activate V(H) genes for recombina...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Chowdhury D,Sen R

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skin barrier is essential for host defense, but how the skin provides protection when the barrier is breached is not well understood. In this issue of Immunity, Gallo and colleagues report that keratinocytes integrate signals from antimicrobial peptides via MAVS signaling to amplify their antiviral immune response...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Mack MR,Kim BS

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the archetypal pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) envisioned by as innate sensors of pathogen attack and host triggers of an adaptive immune response. Two recent papers (Choe et al., 2005; Bell et al., 2005) reveal the distinctive architecture of a TLR sensor domain and hint at how thi...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Kirk P,Bazan JF

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 9 (IL-9) is a pleiotropic cytokine that can regulate autoimmune responses by enhancing regulatory CD4(+)FoxP3(+) T regulatory (Treg) cell survival and T helper 17 (Th17) cell proliferation. Here, we analyzed the costimulatory requirements for the induction of Th9 cells, and demonstrated that Notch pathway ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Elyaman W,Bassil R,Bradshaw EM,Orent W,Lahoud Y,Zhu B,Radtke F,Yagita H,Khoury SJ

更新日期：2012-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mice specific for hen egg lysozyme (HEL) were crossed with mice expressing HEL on the thyroid epithelium, on pancreatic islet beta cells, or systemically. Depending on the pattern of HEL expression, deletion of double-positive thymocytes ranged from minimal to complete, and peripheral ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Akkaraju S,Ho WY,Leong D,Canaan K,Davis MM,Goodnow CC

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Immunity, Schweighoffer et al. (2013) report that full BAFF responsiveness in B cells requires the tyrosine kinase Syk and that BAFF may co-opt components of the B cell receptor in transmitting its survival signal. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Infantino S,Tarlinton DM

更新日期：2013-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunological synapse is characterized by the reorganization of membrane proteins at the immunological synapse. Active cytoskeletal mechanisms are involved in recruiting the TCR, accessory molecules, and the integrin LFA-1 to the contact area. Other molecules like CD43 are excluded from the contact area, but the m...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Shaw AS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the mice deficient for SPA-1, a Rap1 GTPase-activating protein, developed hematopoietic stem cell disorders. Here, we demonstrate that SPA-1(-/-) mice show an age-dependent increase in B220(high) B1a cells producing anti-dsDNA antibody and lupus-like nephritis. SPA-1(-/-) peritoneal B1 cell...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Ishida D,Su L,Tamura A,Katayama Y,Kawai Y,Wang SF,Taniwaki M,Hamazaki Y,Hattori M,Minato N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of surface T cell antigen receptor (TCR) expression is an important mechanism for the regulation of immune responses and the prevention of T cell hyperactivation and autoimmunity. The TCR is rapidly internalized after antigen stimulation and then degraded in lysosomes. However, few of the molecules involved...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Ouchida R,Yamasaki S,Hikida M,Masuda K,Kawamura K,Wada A,Mochizuki S,Tagawa M,Sakamoto A,Hatano M,Tokuhisa T,Koseki H,Saito T,Kurosaki T,Wang JY

更新日期：2008-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses have evolved elaborate mechanisms to target many aspects of the host's immune response. The cytokine IFN-gamma plays a central role in resistance of the host to infection via direct antiviral effects as well as modulation of the immune response. In this study, we demonstrate that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) i...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Morrison TE,Mauser A,Wong A,Ting JP,Kenney SC

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superantigens (SAgs) are proteins produced by pathogenic microbes to elicit potent, antigen-independent T cell responses that are believed to enhance the microbes' pathogenicity. Here we show that the human lymphotropic herpesvirus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transcriptionally activates the env gene of an endogenous retr...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Sutkowski N,Conrad B,Thorley-Lawson DA,Huber BT

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ikaros family members play an important role in hematopoietic development. Thompson et al. (2007) show that pre-BCR signaling induces Aiolos expression, which in turn suppresses the expression of the pre-BCR component lambda5 and eliminates the very structure that signaled its appearance. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Kioussis D

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of bacterial peptidoglycan by the Drosophila IMD pathway triggers NF-κB activation and an associated immune response. In this issue of Immunity, Kleino et al. (2017) show that proteins in the IMD pathway form functional amyloids via a cryptic motif resembling the RHIM motif found in mammalian RIPK proteins...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Shin S,Cherry S

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Janus kinases are critical for cytokine signaling. Mutations of Jak3 cause primary immunodeficiency, but Minegishi et al. (2006) now show that mutation of another Jak, tyrosine kinase 2, underlies another human immunodeficiency syndrome. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Watford WT,O'Shea JJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TNF clearly contributes to immunity to intracellular pathogens, but how it does so is incompletely understood. In this issue of Immunity, Clay et al. (2008) provide unique insights, using intravital microscopy and the zebrafish-embryo model of tuberculosis. ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Miller EA,Ernst JD

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful organ transplantation requires an optimal innate immune response to avoid tissue injury. In this issue of Immunity, Braza et al. (2018) inhibit pro-inflammatory activation of infiltrating graft macrophages using nanotechnology tools to promote immune tolerance, leading to long-term transplant acceptance in ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Pascual-Gil S,Epelman S

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Minor or histocompatibility (H) antigens are recognized by CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes as short polymorphic peptides associated with MHC molecules. They are the targets of graft versus host and graft versus leukemia responses following bone marrow transplantation between HLA-identical siblings. Several genes encoding ...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Scott D,Addey C,Ellis P,James E,Mitchell MJ,Saut N,Jurcevic S,Simpson E

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic predisposition plays a crucial role in susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in both human patients and animal models. Recent progress in experimental systems and human linkage analysis is providing key insights into the genetic basis for susceptibility and elucidating the manner in which geneti...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Wakeland EK,Liu K,Graham RR,Behrens TW

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interferon-producing plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) share common progenitors with antigen-presenting classical dendritic cells (cDCs), yet they possess distinct morphology and molecular features resembling those of lymphocytes. It is unclear whether the unique cell fate of pDCs is actively maintained in the s...

journal_title：Immunity

authors： Ghosh HS,Cisse B,Bunin A,Lewis KL,Reizis B

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00