TNF-alpha-mediated expression of membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase in rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts.

abstract：:Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) interact with polymorphic human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules, modulating natural killer (NK) cell functions and affecting both the susceptibility and outcome of immune-mediated diseases. The KIR locus is highly diverse in gene content, copy number and allel...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Tao S,Kichula KM,Harrison GF,Farias TDJ,Palmer WH,Leaton LA,Hajar CGN,Zefarina Z,Edinur HA,Zhu F,Norman PJ

更新日期：2020-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-induced allergic airway inflammation is mediated by T helper type 2 (Th2) cells and their cytokines, but the mechanism that initiates the Th2 immunity is not fully understood. Recent studies show that basophils play important roles in initiating Th2 immunity in some inflammatory models. Here we explored the ro...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Zhong W,Su W,Zhang Y,Liu Q,Wu J,Di C,Zhang Z,Xia Z

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of nude mice with Mesocestoides corti results in spleen enlargement, with a decrease in percentage positive, but overall increase in Thy-1 positive cells. A low frequency of both parasite antigen-specific and alloantigen-reactive T-cell clones were isolated from the spleen, mesenteric lymph nodes, peritoneal...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Sanderson CJ,Strath M

更新日期：1985-02-01 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：:Binding of streptococcal antigen was compared between T8+ cells and monocytes (Mo) from DRw6+ and DRw6- subjects. Both T8+ cells and Mo from DRw6- subjects bind streptococcal antigen (SA) specifically and almost entirely at a concentration of 1000 ng per 0.1 ml. However, the DRw6+, T8+ cells bind SA at a concentration...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Lehner T,Jones T

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that influence the generation and maintenance of memory CD8+ T cells are not fully understood. The homeostasis of memory T cells is highly dynamic and tightly regulated by various stimuli, including cytokines and antigen-major histocompatibility complex ligands. We characterized the hepatitis C virus (HCV)-spe...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Elrefaei M,El-Sheikh N,Kamal K,Cao H

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunopotentiation has been demonstrated when Klebsiella O3 lipopolysaccharide (KO3 LPS), which possesses a linear mannan as the O-specific side chain, was injected subcutaneously into endotoxin resistant C3H/HeJ mice together with soluble protein antigens. The LPS exhibited significantly positive adjuvant effects on ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Ohta M,Kido N,Nakashima I,Kato N

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innate immune response provides the initial defence mechanism against infection by other organisms. However, an excessive immune response will cause damage to host tissues. In an attempt to identify microRNAs (miRNAs) that regulate the innate immune response in inflammation and homeostasis, we examined the differe...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Niu Y,Mo D,Qin L,Wang C,Li A,Zhao X,Wang X,Xiao S,Wang Q,Xie Y,He Z,Cong P,Chen Y

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of host (circulating) forms of T. cruzi to cell-mediated immunological destruction and requirements for the reaction were examined. Both human and mouse leucocytes were found to kill significant numbers of parasites in the presence of specific antibodies against the flagellates. Antibody involvement wa...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kierszenbaum F,Hayes MM

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of respiratory disease in young calves. Recent studies in calves, in which different T-cell subsets were depleted, have shown that CD8+ T cells play a central role in recovery from RSV infection. The present study demonstrates that RSV-specific, major histocomp...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Gaddum RM,Cook RS,Thomas LH,Taylor G

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of invasive bacteria on the release of proinflammatory mediators (oxygen radicals, leukotriene release) from human polymorphonuclear neutrophils was studied. Bacterial stimuli were used including genetically cloned invasive Yersinia enterocolitica strains 108-P (bearing the phagocytosis-resistance plasmid) ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Gröne M,Scheffer J,König W

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal epithelium is rich in γδ T cells and the gut is a site of residence for a wide variety of pathogens, including nematodes. Although CD4+ T-cell receptor (TCR) -αβ+ T helper type 2 T cells are essential for the expulsion of intestinal nematodes, little information is available on the function of γδ T cell...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Inagaki-Ohara K,Sakamoto Y,Dohi T,Smith AL

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IgE antibody responses of inbred BALB/c mice to subcutaneously injected antigens, given without adjuvant, were studied. Cocksfoot grass pollen extract (GPE) (100-100,000 pnu) induced no detectable primary IgE antibody responses but following second and subsequent injections, substantial secondary responses were pr...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Taylor WA,Sheldon D,Francis DH

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human leukaemia and lymphoma cell lines were investigated as stimulating cells in an allogeneic mixed lymphocyte response. Purified T cells and unfractionated mononuclear cells from normal donors were used as responders. The cell lines fell into three groups: (i) those which stimulated allogeneic responder T cells in ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： O'Keefe D,Ashman L

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of CD5 and CD28 in the pathogenesis of the decreased cellular immune function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) we analysed the expression and function of these T-cell surface molecules. The expression of CD5 as well as of CD28 in synovial and peripheral blood T cells was similar to that of...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Verwilghen J,Corrigall V,Pope RM,Rodrigues R,Panayi GS

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monolayer depletion/adoptive immunization protocol that biased the immune response towards recognition of placental macrophage (pMO) antigens was established. BALB/c spleen cells immune to human pMO were adsorbed onto monolayers of the B-cell line QIMR-WIL. Monolayer-depleted or unfractionated cells were transferred...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Nash AD,Uren S,Hawes CS,Boyle W

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive investigation of the signals required for development of T helper type 1 (Th1) and type 2 (Th2) immune responses, the mechanisms involved are still not well-defined. A critical role for Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3 (EBI3) in these responses has been proposed. EBI3, initially discovered as a tran...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Dokmeci E,Xu L,Robinson E,Golubets K,Bottomly K,Herrick CA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the hs1,2 transcriptional enhancer identified downstream of the human alpha1 gene of the immunoglobulin H (IgH) locus, for which two different allelic configurations (a and b) were previously reported by Southern blotting. By using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method we amplified minisatellites within ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Denizot Y,Pinaud E,Aupetit C,Le Morvan C,Magnoux E,Aldigier JC,Cogné M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MCA44 is a monoclonal antibody (mAb) to guinea-pig decay-accelerating factor (DAF) and, using this mAb, tissue distribution of guinea-pig DAF was studied by immunofluorescence. Guinea-pig DAF was found to be expressed not only on the vascular endothelium but also on different types of cells, such as the tubular epithe...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Nishikawa K,Matsuo S,Tamai H,Okada N,Okada H

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among immunological abnormalities present in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals are dysregulation of cytokine production and CD4 down-regulation in both T-helper cells and monocytes/macrophages. The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein 120 (gp120) has the ability to induce different cytokines in p...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Karsten V,Gordon S,Kirn A,Herbein G

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptides can influence immune effector cell function at both systemic and mucosal immune sites. We examined the ability of substance P (SP) to modulate the natural killer (NK) activity of intestinal intraepithelial leucocytes (IEL). Yac-1 killing by IEL but not splenic cells was increased after either 18 hr prein...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Croitoru K,Ernst PB,Bienenstock J,Padol I,Stanisz AM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protective CD4+ T cells against Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), which are characterized by the ability to produce interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), could be induced by immunization of mice with viable BCG but not with killed BCG. A high level of IFN-gamma mRNA was observed when normal spleen cells were...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Yang J,Mitsuyama M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative intracellular bacterium that is the causative agent of tularaemia. Concerns regarding its use as a bioterrorism agent have led to a renewed interest in the biology of infection, host response and pathogenesis. A robust T-cell response is critical to confer protection against F...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Valentino MD,Maben ZJ,Hensley LL,Woolard MD,Kawula TH,Frelinger JA,Frelinger JG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymocytes expressing self-reactive T-cell receptors (TCR) are eliminated in the thymus through a TCR-mediated signal. This cell death signal (negative selection) generates nuclear morphological change and DNA fragmentation in thymocytes. However, the pathway leading to DNA fragmentation of thymocytes following TCR en...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Nagata T,Kishi H,Liu QL,Matsuda T,Imanaka T,Tsukada K,Kang D,Muraguchi A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of Fc gamma receptors on human placental trophoblast was investigated by immunostaining and immunoblotting using a panel of Fc gamma receptor monoclonal antibodies (mAb). Fc gamma receptors typical of other cell types were not detected on syncytiotrophoblast in term placentae when transplacental IgG transpo...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Wainwright SD,Holmes CH

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine embryonic stem (ES) cell-derived haematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) engraft and populate lymphoid organs. In vivo, HPCs engraft across MHC barriers protecting donor-type allografts from rejection. However, the underlying phenomenon remains elusive. Here, we sought to determine the mechanism by which ES cell...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kim EM,Miyake B,Aggarwal M,Voetlause R,Griffith M,Zavazava N

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) produce a significant amount of interleukin-5 (IL-5), which supports eosinophil responses in various tissues; they also produce IL-13, which induces mucus production and contributes to tissue repair or fibrosis. The ILC2s are activated by alarmins, such as IL-33 released from epit...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Kudo F,Ikutani M,Seki Y,Otsubo T,Kawamura YI,Dohi T,Oshima K,Hattori M,Nakae S,Takatsu K,Takaki S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescence-activated cell sorter and a rosette-depletion technique were used to separate rat spleen lymphocytes and BCG-activated lymphocytes into subpopulations with and without the antigens defined by W3/13, W3/23 and OX8 monoclonal antibodies. The resultant populations were then tested for natural killer (NK)...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Cantrell DA,Robins RA,Brooks CG,Baldwin RW

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual young adult, middle-aged, and old C57BL/6J male mice were tested for in vitro generated proliferative and cytotoxic responses to H-2 alloantigens under a variety of sensitization conditions. Proliferation in mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) had decreased by 14 months of age (middle-aged), whether measured by ...

journal_title：Immunology

authors： Gottesman SR,Kristie JA,Walford RL

更新日期：1981-11-01 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