A DNase I hypersensitive site near the murine gamma1 switch region contributes to insertion site independence of transgenes and modulates the amount of transcripts induced by CD40 ligation.

abstract：:Liver fibrosis is commonly observed in chronic liver disease. However, the immunological mechanisms underlying hepatic fibrosis due to chronic inflammation are not well defined, mainly because suitable experimental models have not been established. We have found that weekly i.v. administration of concanavalin A (Con A...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kimura K,Ando K,Ohnishi H,Ishikawa T,Kakumu S,Takemura M,Muto Y,Moriwaki H

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD25(+)CD4(+) regulatory T cells inhibit the activation of autoreactive T cells in vitro and in vivo, and suppress organ-specific autoimmune diseases. The mechanism of CD25(+)CD4(+) T cells in the regulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is poorly understood. To assess the role of CD25(+)CD4(+) T ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zhang X,Koldzic DN,Izikson L,Reddy J,Nazareno RF,Sakaguchi S,Kuchroo VK,Weiner HL

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease, caused by autoantibodies against the muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR), an oligomeric transmembrane glycoprotein composed of alpha(2)beta gamma delta subunits. The alpha subunit carries in its N-terminal extracellular domain the main immunogenic region (MIR), a group...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Tsouloufis T,Mamalaki A,Remoundos M,Tzartos SJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that the bacterial superantigens bind to both TCR beta-chain and, with moderate affinity, to MHC class II molecules. Class II-bearing cells bind the superantigen and present the superantigen to T cells expressing certain TCR beta-chain variable region alleles. We have observed that the superanti...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Rogers TJ,Guan L,Zhang L

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural cytotoxicity receptors and NKG2D correspond to major activating receptors involved in triggering of tumor cell lysis by human NK cells. In this report, we investigated the expression of NKG2D ligands (NKG2DLs), MHC class I-related chain (MIC) A, MICB and UL16-binding proteins 1, 2 and 3, on a panel of human no...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Le Maux Chansac B,Missé D,Richon C,Vergnon I,Kubin M,Soria JC,Moretta A,Chouaib S,Mami-Chouaib F

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequestration of neutrophils and release of histotoxic mediators are considered important for the development of pathologic alterations of the lung defined as adult respiratory distress syndrome. Mechanisms of inflammatory lung injury caused by abdominal sepsis were investigated using the colon ascendens stent periton...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Neumann B,Zantl N,Veihelmann A,Emmanuilidis K,Pfeffer K,Heidecke CD,Holzmann B

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD9 is a member of the tetraspanin superfamily which is characterized by four transmembrane (TM) domains and associates with other surface molecules. This tetraspanin was recently found to be expressed on mature T cells. Here, we investigated which molecules associate with CD9 on T cells and which CD9 domains are requ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Toyo-oka K,Yashiro-Ohtani Y,Park CS,Tai XG,Miyake K,Hamaoka T,Fujiwara H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has the ability to persist in the majority of infected people. Strong, multispecific and sustained T-cell response is correlated with viral clearance. The mechanisms of chronicity by HCV are unclear. HCV could restrain the immune system and establish chronic infection by modulating dendritic ce...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Krishnadas DK,Ahn JS,Han J,Kumar R,Agrawal B

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Src homology region 2-domain-containing phosphatase-1 (SHP-1) plays an important role in the regulation of signaling from various receptors in hematopoietic cells. In mast cells, SHP-1 has been shown to negatively regulate the initial signaling triggered by high-affinity receptor for IgE (FcepsilonRI) and positively r...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ozawa T,Nakata K,Mizuno K,Yakura H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune gastritis is a CD4+ T cell-mediated disease induced in genetically susceptible mice by thymectomy on the third day after birth. Previous linkage analysis indicated that Gasa1 and Gasa2, the major susceptibility loci for gastritis, are located on mouse chromosome 4. Here we verified these linkage data by sho...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ang DK,Brodnicki TC,Jordan MA,Wilson WE,Silveira P,Gliddon BL,Baxter AG,van Driel IR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin of anti-DNA antibodies remains speculative. We argue that some of these antibodies may arise inadvertently in nature during the course of a normal immune response due to their induction by antibodies which bear structures (mimotopes) that mimic DNA. These antibodies are not necessarily DNA specific but, lik...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wun HL,Leung DT,Wong KC,Chui YL,Lim PL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (iIEL) are a unique population of predominantly CD8 alpha beta+, TCR alpha beta+ lymphocytes and, to a lesser extent, TCP gamma delta+ lymphocytes that proliferate poorly to anti-CD3 mitogenic signals but display significant cytolytic activity. Studies in mouse model system...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Balk SP,Polischuk JE,Probert C,Stevens C,Ebert E,She J,Terhorst C,Blumberg RS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term side effects may represent a relevant burden of antiretroviral treatment (ART) in HIV-infected patients with good CD4 immune reconstitution over extended time spans. CD4-guided treatment interruption (TI) has been evaluated to address this point and may result in a wide spectrum of time off ART in different ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Bozzano F,Nasi M,Bertoncelli L,Nemes E,Prati F,Marras F,Mussini C,Moretta L,Cossarizza A,De Maria A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous sensitization of C57BL/6 (B6) mice with class II H-2-disparate B6-C-H-2bm12(bm12) resting B cells induced anti-bm12 CD4+ T cell tolerance as shown by hyporesponsiveness in the anti-bm12 mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). The present study investigated the mechanism(s) of the failure of bm12 B cells to stimul...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Toyooka K,Maruo S,Iwahori T,Yamamoto N,Tai XG,Abe R,Takahama Y,Murakami M,Uede T,Hamaoka T,Fujiwara H

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's syndrome (BS) is a systemic inflammatory disorder with unknown etiology. Features of both innate and adaptive immunity have been claimed in the pathogenesis of BS. To test the possible dysregulation of the NLRP3/cryopyrin (Nod-like receptor with a pyrin domain 3) inflammasome, as a result of mutation(s), we p...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yüksel Ş,Eren E,Hatemi G,Sahillioğlu AC,Gültekin Y,Demiröz D,Akdiş C,Fresko İ,Özören N

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After activation, populations of antigen-specific T cells flow between sites of antigen expression, local lymphoid structures and other lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs. In this study, we documented the in vivo dynamics of a CD8(+) T cell response to antigen delivered using herpes simplex virus amplicon vectors and re...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Azadniv M,Dugger K,Bowers WJ,Weaver C,Crispe IN

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that FOXP3 is an oligomeric component of a large supramolecular complex. Certain FOXP3 mutants with single amino acid deletions in the leucine zipper domain of FOXP3 are associated with the X-linked autoimmunity-allergic dysregulation (XLAAD) and immunodysregulation, polyendocrinopathy and enteropathy, X...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Li B,Samanta A,Song X,Iacono KT,Brennan P,Chatila TA,Roncador G,Banham AH,Riley JL,Wang Q,Shen Y,Saouaf SJ,Greene MI

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pp56lck is a member of the src family of tyrosine kinases mainly expressed in T lymphocytes. Src tyrosine kinases have been implicated in the control of cell growth and differentiation in different cell types, but the mechanism of regulation of these enzymes is poorly understood. In order to characterize the distinct ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Carrera AC,Li P,Roberts TM

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MHC class I antigens enhance the T cell response to various mitogenic stimuli. Class I antigens co-cap and associate with the CD3 structure on these cells. The present work shows that co-aggregation of these MHC antigens with CD3 induces a sustained elevated Ca2+ response in T cells. The duration required for a 50...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Dasgupta JD,Granja CB,Yunis EJ,Relias V

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-7 is a required factor for T-cell homeostasis. Because of low expression levels and poor reagent availability, the cellular sources of IL-7 have proven challenging to characterize. In this study, we describe a reporter mouse in which enhanced GFP is expressed from the endogenous Il7 locus. We show that IL-7 is prod...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Miller CN,Hartigan-O'Connor DJ,Lee MS,Laidlaw G,Cornelissen IP,Matloubian M,Coughlin SR,McDonald DM,McCune JM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokine receptors (CCRs) are important co-stimulatory molecules found on many blood cells and associated with various diseases. The expression and function of CCRs on mast cells has been quite controversial. In this study, we report for the first time that murine bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMC) express messeng...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Fifadara NH,Aye CC,Raghuwanshi SK,Richardson RM,Ono SJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial tissues are frequent sites of inflammatory disorders in which dendritic cells (DCs) may play an important role. This study examines potential antigen-presenting cells obtained from synovium-rich tissues (SRTs) by vascular perfusion of rat hind limbs with collagenase and further enzymatic digestion of the disa...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Moghaddami M,Cleland LG,Mayrhofer G

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NK cells limit the emergence of cancers and viral infections by surveillance of 'missing-self' and 'induced-self' ligands, and by direct recognition of pathogen-associated molecules. We examined individual roles for Toll-like receptors (TLRs)-7 and -8 in human NK-cell activation using synthetic, small molecule agonist...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Gorski KS,Waller EL,Bjornton-Severson J,Hanten JA,Riter CL,Kieper WC,Gorden KB,Miller JS,Vasilakos JP,Tomai MA,Alkan SS

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The B cell-activating factor from the tumor necrosis factor family (BAFF) is an important regulator of B cell immunity. Recently, we demonstrated that recombinant BAFF also provides a co-stimulatory signal to T cells. Here, we studied expression of BAFF in peripheral blood leukocytes and correlated this expression wit...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Huard B,Arlettaz L,Ambrose C,Kindler V,Mauri D,Roosnek E,Tschopp J,Schneider P,French LE

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immediate responses to aerosolized staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) in respiratory toxic shock were studied in the circulation of rhesus monkeys with low antibody levels following immunization with SEB toxoid-containing microspheres. Both the surviving and dying monkeys had toxic shock syndrome 4-48 h after SEB ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Weng CF,Komisar JL,Hunt RE,Johnson AJ,Pitt ML,Ruble DL,Tseng J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4(+) T cell-mediated, inflammatory disease with similarities to multiple sclerosis in humans. Intranasal (i.n.) administration of a myelin basic protein (MBP)-derived peptide can protect susceptible mice from EAE. The mechanisms underlying this phenomenon, however...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Burkhart C,Liu GY,Anderton SM,Metzler B,Wraith DC

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulitis develops in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice as a multicentric and asynchronous process. In an effort to understand how this T cell mediated process expands within each islet and propagates between the islets of the same pancreas, we have analyzed the junctional diversity of TCR V beta 6 and V beta 8.2 transcri...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Sarukhan A,Bedossa P,Garchon HJ,Bach JF,Carnaud C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CT1 is a carbohydrate moiety of CD45 that is expressed on fetal thymocytes in vivo. Examination of CT1 expression on thymocyte subsets revealed that primarily pro-T cells (CD44+ CD25+) and pre-T cells (CD44- CD25+) expressed CT1. Interestingly, non-T-lineage committed lymphoid progenitors (CD44+ CD25-) lacked CT1 indi...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Reed DS,Olson S,Lefrançois L

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of celiac disease (CD) with HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 is indicative of preferential mucosal T cell recognition of gluten fragments bound to either DQ allele. We have recently identified two gluten-derived, HLA-DQ8-restricted T cell stimulatory peptides, one each from gliadin and glutenin, recognized by speci...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Moustakas AK,van de Wal Y,Routsias J,Kooy YM,van Veelen P,Drijfhout JW,Koning F,Papadopoulos GK

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data suggest that initiation of signal transduction via type 1 Fc epsilon receptor (Fc epsilon RI) and other immunoreceptors is spatially constrained to lipid rafts. In order to better understand the complexity and function of these structures, we prepared mAb against lipid rafts from the rat basophilic leukemi...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Hálová I,Dráberová L,Dráber P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00