The role of cytokine receptor signaling in lymphocyte development.

abstract：:Pig-to-primate organ survival has been extended from a few minutes to weeks and occasionally months, following the development of transgenic pigs that express human complement-regulatory proteins, efficient antibody removal technologies and immunosuppressive strategies. The current limitation to the clinical applicati...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Logan JS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid progress in the discovery of members of the tumor necrosis factor receptor/ligand superfamilies has been made, mainly with the help of massive DNA sequencing and bioinformatic studies. Biological studies of the new members have not only indicated overlapping roles with other members but also provided insights in...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Kwon B,Youn BS,Kwon BS

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the adaptive immune system (T and B cells) causing autoimmunity require activation signals that are normally provided by the innate immune system. Innate signaling receptors are obvious candidates for participation in the induction of autoimmunity, and the nature of these receptors suggests that microbes coul...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Chervonsky A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conceptually, a universal influenza vaccine should elicit broadly protective antibody responses targeting highly conserved epitope(s) shared by various virus strains. Strategically directing antibody immunity to the conserved hemagglutinin stalk has recently emerged as a promising approach that is substantiated by the...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Zhao C,Xu J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells are responsible for directing different types of T cell responses, from thymic negative selection to the generation of effector and memory cells and the induction of peripheral tolerance. Recent studies indicate that the dendritic cell lineage, the extent of recruitment into inflamed tissues and migrat...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Lanzavecchia A,Sallusto F

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presentation of antigenic peptides by MHC class I molecules plays a vital role in generating T cell responses against infection and cancer. Over the last two decades the central role of tapasin as a peptide editor that influences the loading and optimisation of peptides onto MHC class I molecules has been extensiv...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Neerincx A,Boyle LH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell death is an integral part of the functioning of the immune system. For T cells, potentially autoreactive or 'useless' cells are removed through apoptosis in response to signals (or lack of signals) from their T cell receptor complex. A myriad of proteins that can initiate or protect cells from cell death have rec...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Winoto A

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates that genes required for antigen processing are present in the class II region of the MHC. Two new classes of MHC genes that may encode much of the machinery required in the class I (endogenous) antigen-processing pathway have been discovered. There is evidence that genes required in the class...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Monaco JJ

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major problem in the analysis of vaccine candidates is the lack of any agreed upon surrogates of efficacy, which means that for diseases that depend on a strong T cell response (HIV, TB especially) the only option is to perform an efficacy trial, involving thousands of subjects, enormous costs, and years before the ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Davis MM

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments in the field of immune memory research and the accumulating literature on age-related alterations in homeostasis, primary and memory T cell responses make it pertinent to address whether and how memory responses are affected by aging with regard to their generation, maintenance, and protective func...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Nikolich-Zugich J,Rudd BD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While remarkable progress has been made using genetically altered mice to understand the importance of different cytokines in protecting against experimental infections or co-infections, an examination of the opportunistic infections that occur during HIV infection of humans does not yet show a clear picture of cytoki...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Mosier DE

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The germinal center (GC) is an important anatomical site for the development of high affinity antibodies during T-cell dependent B cell responses. Although the importance of the GC response to humoral immunity is well known, much remains to be elucidated about GC induction, maintenance and regulation. Recent studies e...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Cozine CL,Wolniak KL,Waldschmidt TJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy of cancer through adoptive transfer of genetically engineered T-cells constitutes a more powerful strategy than attempts to mobilize the endogenous T-cell repertoire. Application of this technology in patients offers great opportunities towards a long-awaited breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy. However...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Offringa R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last year progress has been made towards elucidating the roles of the MHC gene products in autoimmunity. A major advance has been the recent determination of the crystallographic structure of the human MHC class II molecule, which will be invaluable in delineating the minimum structural requirements for peptide...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Campbell RD,Milner CM

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody deficiencies are the most prevalent forms of primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs). Several disease-causing mutations have been identified to date, but still, the genetic background of most patients remains elusive. During the last 2 years, next generation sequencing has revealed the genetic basis for a number of...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Liadaki K,Sun J,Hammarström L,Pan-Hammarström Q

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides presented by MHC class I molecules are typically produced through antigen degradation by the proteasome followed by trimming by exopeptidases. According to recent results, these include both aminopeptidases and carboxypeptidases in the cytosol and the endoplasmic reticulum. While cytosolic peptidases have a n...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Weimershaus M,Evnouchidou I,Saveanu L,van Endert P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells) express a restricted T cell antigen receptor (TCR) repertoire and they respond rapidly to glycolipid antigens presented by CD1d. These glycolipid antigens have hexose sugars in alpha-linkage to two types of lipids that can bind to CD1d. Recent work has shown that the respo...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Kronenberg M,Kinjo Y

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymocytes co-expressing the CD4 and CD8 co-receptors differentiate into mature T cells that express either CD4 or CD8 and have helper or cytotoxic functions, respectively. Recent studies indicate that commitment to the CD4+ or CD8+ lineages occurs stochastically, but retention of the appropriate co-receptor is requir...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Davis CB,Littman DR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell antigen receptor-induced signals are required for normal T cell development and function. Recent studies have investigated the mechanism(s) by which signals of different strengths are converted into distinct cellular fates during thymocyte development. These studies indicate the importance of the strength and d...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Love PE,Chan AC

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic helminths continue to be a major cause of morbidity in human populations, particularly in the tropics and subtropics. The need for effective vaccines that minimize worm burdens, thus reducing associated pathology, is evident. With this goal in mind, an intense research effort is in progress to characterize i...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Wilson RA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of novel vaccine candidates against infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis has highlighted our limited understanding of immune mechanisms required to kill M. tuberculosis. The induction of a Th1 immunity is vital, but new studies are required to identify other mechanisms that may be necessary. Nove...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Izzo AA

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an enormously successful human pathogen that can infect its host for decades without causing clinical disease, only to reactivate when host immunity is compromised. A normal immune response thus contains bacterial spread without inducing sterilizing immunity, therefore benefitting both ho...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Huynh KK,Joshi SA,Brown EJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of colony stimulating factors in clinical bone marrow transplantation is rapidly evolving. Both granulocyte colony stimulating factor and granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor have shown efficacy in bone marrow transplant patients in accelerating the rate of myeloid recovery. The use of colony stimu...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Negrin RS,Greenberg PL

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research developments support the following views regarding antigen recognition in autoimmune demyelinating disease: there may be no single autoimmune target protein; diverse peptide self-determinants from multiple myelin proteins can be recognized; target determinant epitopes may differ among individuals; and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Tuohy VK,Fritz RB,Ben-Nun A

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrid resistance refers to the rejection of parental strain bone marrow cells by natural killer cells of mice that are F1 hybrids derived from two inbred parental strains. This pattern of rejection is not seen in solid organ transplants. Progress in understanding this exception to the laws of transplantation genetics...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Kumar V,George T,Yu YY,Liu J,Bennett M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fundamental advances in the fields of molecular biology and immunology have facilitated investigation of the autoimmune blistering disorders. Recently, the use of human autoantibodies has helped to identify biologically important adhesion molecules of the skin, and the pathogenic mechanisms involved in bullous skin di...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Nousari HC,Anhalt GJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the pathogens that cause human infectious diseases do not infect rodents or other mammalian species. Small animal models that allow studies of the pathogenesis of these agents and evaluation of drug efficacy are critical for identifying ways to prevent and treat human infectious diseases. Immunodeficient mice ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Brehm MA,Jouvet N,Greiner DL,Shultz LD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiviral T-cell responses between individuals that have similar major histocompatibility complex molecules share similarities in epitope hierarchies and T-cell receptor variable gene usage (public specificities), yet the T-cell receptor amino acid sequences differ between individuals (private specificities). The sign...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Welsh RM

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of some tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens may define the stage, rate and phenotype of tumor progression and may have prognostic value. Some of these antigens are now recognized as adhesion molecules that define the site of metastasis. Monoclonal antibodies to tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens, or ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Hakomori S

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings indicate that activated T lymphocytes, showing restricted T-cell receptor repertoire and a Th1-like profile of cytokine production, are responsible for macrophage activation and release of inflammatory cytokines, toxic oxygen metabolites and nitric oxide, which initiate and maintain the transmural inte...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Romagnani P,Annunziato F,Baccari MC,Parronchi P

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00