Thymocytes and RelB-dependent medullary epithelial cells provide growth-promoting and organization signals, respectively, to thymic medullary stromal cells.

abstract：:Spleen cells from BALB/c mice primed with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), were stimulated with heat-killed vaccine of rough Pneumococcus pneumoniae R36A (Pn) and/or phosphorylcholine (PC)-coupled KLH to induce an anti-PC response in vitro. The response to PC-KLH was found to be T-dependent while it is T-independent t...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Quintáns J,Cosenza H

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous publications it was shown by avidity measurements, cross-reactivity patterns and genetic analyses, that the tetrapeptide T-T-G-G is the immuno-dominant epitope of the synthetic polypeptide (T, G)-A--L. In the present study this close immunological relationship between the random multichain copolymer (T, G)...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Cramer M,Schwartz M,Mozes E,Sela M

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell-depleted B cells from a patient with LFA-1 deficiency were tested in costimulation assays for responsiveness to recombinant human IL4 (BSF-1) and purified low molecular weight B cell growth factor (BCGFlow). In both cases the response of LFA-1-deficient B cells was comparable with normal controls. Monoclonal an...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Shields JG,Smith SH,Strobel S,Levinsky RJ,Defrance T,De Vries J,Banchereau J,Callard RE

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the control of immunoglobulin kappa light chain gene rearrangement, we generated transgenic mice carrying a germ-line human kappa minilocus (HK) containing the J kappa-proximal V gene, V kappa IV, the V-J intergenic region, the five J kappa segments and the C kappa gene. This construct includes the intronic, ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Cavelier P,Nato F,Coquilleau I,Rolink A,Rougeon F,Goodhardt M

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogens such as pokeweed mitogen, Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I, concanavalin A and phytohemagglutinin and monoclonal anti-CD antibodies were examined for their capacity to induce IgE synthesis by peripheral blood leukocytes obtained from both atopic and nonatopic individuals. While lectins failed to induce IgE synth...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Yang XD,De Weck AL,Stadler BM

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum stimulates peripheral blood gamma delta + T cells from unexposed donors. The responding cells bear V gamma 9+ chains of the T cell receptor, the majority of which, but not all, are associated with V delta 2 chains. We have analyzed whether the precursor frequency of these V gamma 9+ cells approac...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Goodier M,Krause-Jauer M,Langhorne J

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA class II molecules are involved in the OKT3-induced T cell activation, since monoclonal antibodies (mAb) to monomorphic determinants of class II antigens are able to inhibit T cell proliferation. This effect involves several of the events leading to T cell activation and proliferation, i.e. interleukin (IL) 1, IL ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ruggiero G,Racioppi L,Manzo C,Pirozzi G,D'Oro U,Ferrone S,Zappacosta S,Fontana S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of IL-10, a potent immunosuppressive cytokine, must be strictly regulated to ensure a balanced immune response. IFN-γ, a key cytokine in multiple immune processes and pathologies, is known as an inhibitor of IL-10 production by monocytes and macrophages, but also has some regulatory functions. In the pr...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Imbrechts M,De Samblancx K,Fierens K,Brisse E,Vandenhaute J,Mitera T,Libert C,Smets I,Goris A,Wouters C,Matthys P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the competitive repopulation by different B cells of irradiated mice reconstituted with bone marrow from either congenic or Ig-transgenic (TG) mice mixed at different ratios. We found that after reconstitution, the number of B cells recovered in the different chimeras is similar and independent of the ratio...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Freitas AA,Rosado MM,Viale AC,Grandien A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delivery of foreign antigens to mucosal surfaces, such as the pulmonary airways, has been shown to preferentially induce Th2-mediated responses in humans and in mice. What is not clear from these studies is whether this preferential skewing in responses is the result of the limited types of antigen being administered ...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Constant SL,Lee KS,Bottomly K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice carrying the H-2b and H-2s haplotypes are genetically nonresponsive to hen egg-white lysozyme (HEL). Analysis of the anti-HEL response patterns of F1, F2 and backcross progeny showed that responsiveness was dominant and H-2 linked. From plaque-forming cell and serum assays in intra-H-2 recombinant mice, it was es...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Hill SW,Kipp DE,Melchers I,Frelinger JA,Sercarz EE

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NK cells are important for the control of vaccinia virus (VV) in vivo. Recent studies have shown that multiple pathways are required for effective activation of NK cells. These include both TLR-dependent and -independent pathways, as well as the NKG2D activating receptor that recognizes host stress-induced NKG2D ligan...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Brandstadter JD,Huang X,Yang Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:CTLA-4 is a crucial immune regulator that mediates both negative costimulation signals to T cells, and regulatory T (Treg)-cell extrinsic control of effector responses. Here we present evidence supporting a novel mechanism for this extrinsic suppression, executed by the alternatively spliced soluble CTLA-4 isoform (sC...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Ward FJ,Dahal LN,Wijesekera SK,Abdul-Jawad SK,Kaewarpai T,Xu H,Vickers MA,Barker RN

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both interleukin-7 (IL-7) and IL-7 receptor (R) gene knockout (IL-7-/- and IL-7R-/-) mice were employed in order to directly investigate the importance of the IL-7 and IL-7R signaling pathway for the development of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL). Loss of the IL-7R-specific gene resulted in complete defic...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Fujihashi K,McGhee JR,Yamamoto M,Peschon JJ,Kiyono H

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven B cell hybridomas derived from spleen cells of nonimmunized, 6-day-old BALB/c mice and previously characterized serologically were screened for VH-gene expression: hybridomas expressing the two most D-proximal VH-gene families, 7183 and QUPC 52 were over-represented in this sample. Strikingly, clones sero...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Holmberg D

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2) contributes to the signals triggered by IL-12 for IFN-gamma production by NK cells and T cells. We found in this study that Tyk2-deficient (-/-) mice showed increased susceptibility at the early stage after an i.p. infection with Listeria monocytogenes, accompanied by impaired IFN-gamma produc...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Aizu K,Li W,Yajima T,Arai T,Shimoda K,Nimura Y,Yoshikai Y

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diabetes-associated peptide in the glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) molecule, p524-543, activates two distinct populations of T cells, which apparently play opposite roles in the development of diabetes in NOD mice. By comparing the fine specificity of these two T cell repertoires using a nested set of truncat...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Dai YD,Jensen KP,Marrero I,Li N,Quinn A,Sercarz EE

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granzyme A (TSP-1) is a serine esterase expressed in cytotoxic T and natural killer (NK) cell lines. Its presence in in vivo primed T cells is disputed at present. Here we show that normal rat NK cells contain granzyme A in vivo and that its expression is augmented by their short-term in vitro treatment with IL 2. Gra...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Velotti F,Palmieri G,Morrone S,Piccoli M,Frati L,Santoni A

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beside diabetes, non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice develop sporadic lymphoid infiltration of the thyroid gland, mimicking Hashimoto's thyroiditis. We have examined the prevalence of those manifestations in NOD mice, the influence of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and the association with autoantibodies. The in...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Damotte D,Colomb E,Cailleau C,Brousse N,Charreire J,Carnaud C

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells provide crucial help to germinal center B (GCB) cells for proper antibody production, and a specialized subset of regulatory T cells, follicular regulatory T (Tfr) cells, modulate this process. However, Tfr-cell function in the GC is not well understood. Here, we define Tfr cells as a C...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Wu H,Chen Y,Liu H,Xu LL,Teuscher P,Wang S,Lu S,Dent AL

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoid follicles of the ileal Peyer's patch (PP) of young sheep function as the major source of B cells and a site of immunoglobulin (Ig) receptor diversification. However, extensive cell death in culture has restricted investigations of ileal PP follicular (iPf)B cell biology. We investigated the possibility that s...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Griebel PJ,Ferrari G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now recognized that Th17 cells constitute the third effector arm of Th cells, complementing the Th1 and Th2 lineages. Although secretion of IL-17 is a primary defining characteristic of Th17 cells, the expression profile of specific chemokine receptors, cell surface molecules and cytokines are also part of the T...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Unutmaz D

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease of the skin affecting 2-3% of the population, characterized by a thickening of the epidermis and immune infiltrates throughout the dermis and epidermis, causing skin lesions that can seriously affect quality of life. The study of psoriasis has historically been hampered by the lack...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Flutter B,Nestle FO

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From human precursor B cells which had both immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy (H) chain loci in germ-line configuration, various IgH chain germ-line transcripts were isolated and sequenced. These transcripts were shown to contain sequences derived from the JH region, the IgH chain enhancer element or the Ig switch region. A n...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Thompson A,Timmers E,Schuurman RK,Hendriks RW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF-beta1 was examined for the ability to regulate Ag-presentation by B cells, using A20-HL B lymphoma cells bearing TNP-specific IgM receptors. Treatment of A20-HL cells with TGF-beta1 at 1 ng/ml, a concentration that inhibited proliferation, enhanced presentation of Ag internalized via surface IgM (sIgM), but not vi...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Arai C,Ichijo T,Tanaka Y,Okada Y,Umeda M,Uchida T,Kiniwa M,Kakiuchi T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Vγ9Vδ2 T cells are potent anti-tumor lymphocytes that specifically respond to pyrophosphate (phospho-) antigens, which constitute the basis of current γδ T-cell-based immunotherapy strategies. Despite a clear involvement of the TCR, the costimulation requirements of Vγ9Vδ2 T cells remain ill-defined. Here, we sh...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： DeBarros A,Chaves-Ferreira M,d'Orey F,Ribot JC,Silva-Santos B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell destiny during thymic selection depends on the affinity of the TCR for autologous peptide ligands presented in the context of MHC molecules. This is a delicately balanced process; robust binding leads to negative selection, yet some affinity for the antigen complex is required for positive selection. All TCRs o...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Aleksic M,Liddy N,Molloy PE,Pumphrey N,Vuidepot A,Chang KM,Jakobsen BK

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:H-2 gene-dependent nonresponsiveness and responsiveness to H-2-matched male cells can be observed in cytotoxic assays in several mouse strains. H-2 genes of several low responder strains can complement each other in cis or trans position to produce high responders. One of the H-2 gene products functions at the level o...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： von Boehmer H,Fathman CG,Haas W

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal amino acid sequence (26 residues) of a delta-chain of a human myeloma (Er I) is homologous with the prototype sequence of the human VHIII subgroup. This indicates that the delta-chain is using for its V region the same pool of V genes as the rest of the immunoglobulin classes. Implications of this findi...

journal_title：European journal of immunology

authors： Milstein CP,Northrop F

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00