Structure, function and molecular genetics of human and murine C1r.

abstract：:The aim of the work was to justify the use of trifluoromethyl-dinitrobenzene sulfonate (CF3-DNBS) modification rather than trinitrobenzene-sulfonate (TNBS) modification, so as to be able to take advantage of the presence of fluorine atoms in the analogue, which allow the analysis of the hapten-carrier bonds by 19F-NMR...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Bischoff P,Maugras M,Llorens MC,Oth D

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P2X7 receptor activation is involved in a number of pro-inflammatory responses in macrophages and other immune cells. Their expression can be positively modulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and TNFalpha, reinforcing their role during inflammation. We investigated the effect of substances capable of recruiting macro...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Marques da Silva C,Miranda Rodrigues L,Passos da Silva Gomes A,Mantuano Barradas M,Sarmento Vieira F,Persechini PM,Coutinho-Silva R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Living organisms have strong defense mechanisms against invading microorganisms as survival strategies. One of the defense mechanisms is the complement system, composed of more than 30 serum and cell surface components. This system collaborates in recognition and elimination of pathogens as a part of both the innate a...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Endo Y,Takahashi M,Fujita T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates immune complexes in thyroid glands of Obese strain (OS) chickens, that consist of thyroglobulin (Tg) and antibodies to Tg. In IIF tests it was shown that these complexes fix complement with an age-dependent increase from 12% in 19-day-old embryos up to 100% in 6-week-old animals. This finding a...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Kofler H,Kofler R,Wolf H,Wick G

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed variation in plasma levels of the complement regulatorC1 inhibitor (C1inh) in patients with age related macular degeneration (AMD) and controls. Plasma from391 AMD cases and 370 controls was assayed by rate nephelometry to determine C1inh protein levels. Protein levels were analysed for relationshi...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Gibson J,Hakobyan S,Cree AJ,Collins A,Harris CL,Ennis S,Morgan BP,Lotery AJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of acid phosphatase was found to be higher in T than in non-T cells of human peripheral blood lymphocytes. The T cell mitogen PHA induced an increase in the magnitude of acid phosphatase activity, while the B cell mitogen LPS was not able to produce any effect on acid phosphatase activity. Acid phosphatase ac...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Myśliwska J,Myśliwski A,Grzegorzewski K,Witkowski J

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic fungus causing life threatening infections in humans. The present in vitro study aimed to investigate the opsonizing properties of a well characterized serum ficolin (rat ficolin-A), a member of carbohydrate-recognition molecules of the innate immune system, in the defence again...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Schelenz S,Kirchhof N,Bidula S,Wallis R,Sexton DW

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-mediated elimination of foreign antigens contributes to immune protection from viral infection. We have generated phycoerythrin-conjugated HIV-1 Gag/p24 and influenza virus nucleoprotein tetramers for flow cytometric analysis of blood cell populations involved in antibody-mediated immunity. We show that in th...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Reiche S,Bussmann BM,Dwai Y,Jassoy C

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant protein D has multiple functions in innate immunity in the lung. The generation of SP-D knock-out mice has revealed a central role for this protein in the control of lung inflammation. Accumulating evidence in mouse models of infection and inflammation indicates that truncated recombinant forms of surfactan...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Clark H,Reid KB

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When sheep red blood cells (SRBC) were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.), intravenously (i.v.), or into the Peyer's patches, definite plaque-forming cell (PFC) and rosette-forming cell (RFC) responses were induced in the spleen but not in the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN). When SRBC were injected directly into the sple...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Kojima T,Kamei H,Kondo T,Nakashima I,Kato N

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the role of CD8+ T cells in cutaneous leishmaniasis, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-deficient mice of C57BL/6 background lacking functional CD4+ T cells were infected with Leishmania major. In contrast to C57BL/6 wild-type mice which are resistant to infection with L. major, these...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Erb K,Blank C,Ritter U,Bluethmann H,Moll H

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytes from spleen, thymus and lymph nodes from individual young adult (3--4 months) and aged (26--30 months) NMRI mice were stimulated with the mitogens Con A, PHA and LPS. 24 hours later, the number of cell with increased RNA-content (G1 cells) was determined by cytofluorometry. In parallel the 3H-thymidine inc...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Joncourt F,Bettens F,Kristensen F,de Weck AL

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IFN-γ produced during viral infections activates the IFN-γ receptor (IFNGR) complex for STAT1 transcriptional activity leading to expression of Interferon Regulatory Factors (IRF). Simultaneous activation of TBK/IKKε via TLR3 during viral infections activates the transcription factor IRF3. Together these transcription...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Guinn ZP,Petro TM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are ubiquitous compounds present in plant extracts. They represent a major active component of the plant extract and are often known for their anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effects. Previously, we demonstrated that Ligaria cuneifolia (R et P) Tiegh. (Loranthaceae) extracts inhibit proliferation of murine...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Cerdá Zolezzi P,Fernández T,Aulicino P,Cavaliere V,Greczanik S,Caldas Lopes E,Wagner M,Ricco R,Gurni A,Hajos S,Alvarez E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi is a real challenge to the host's immune system, because it requires strong humoral and cellular immune response to remove circulating trypomastigote forms, and to prevent the replication of amastigote forms in tissues, involving many regulator and effector components. This protozoan is responsible f...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Basso B,Marini V

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokine CCL21 can effectively attract CCR7(+) dendritic cells (DCs), however its role in this event is poorly understood. In this report, we investigated the effect of exogenous CCL21 expressed in breast cancer MCF-7 on human monocyte-derived DCs. CCL21-transfected MCF-7 stimulation prompted DC functions: migration,...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Wu S,Xing W,Peng J,Yuan X,Zhao X,Lei P,Li W,Wang M,Zhu H,Huang B,Huang L,Shen G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-lymphocyte clones showing proliferative and cytotoxic responses specific for HLA antigens were isolated. To obtain enriched numbers of functionally active colonies, the cells were first sensitized in vitro in a tertiary mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC), using 10 stimulating cells for each responding cell. To ass...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Schendel DJ,Wank R

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomere erosion and residual replicative capacity can be used as markers of the replicative history of somatic cells. We have investigated telomere length, in vitro replicative capacity and rate of telomere erosion in T and B lymphocyte populations from patients with primary antibody deficiency requiring immunoglobul...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Tucker VC,Rye AD,Harrison J,King L,Duddridge M,Browning MJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate some immunological patterns involved in natural and acquired resistance against MHV3 using the original model of genetically modified lines of mice selected for high (HIII) and low (LIII) antibody responsiveness. As previously shown, a lower pre-existing anti-MHV antibody level wa...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Vassão RC,Consales CA,Sant'Anna OA,Pereira CA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (Hsps) or stress proteins are highly conserved molecules and expressed in all cell types under stressful conditions like heat, cold, hypoxia and infections. The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of dengue virus infection on relative expression of stress proteins and their r...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Padwad YS,Mishra KP,Jain M,Chanda S,Karan D,Ganju L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cell lines of myelo/monocytic origin express the cellular receptor for urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA-R). The receptor localizes urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) to the surface of the cell, where it can convert plasminogen to the active serine proteinase plasmin. Plasmin may subsequently acc...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Herijgers N,Vettel U,Schaefer B,Spring H,Todd RF 3rd,Kramer MD

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lymphotoxin beta receptor (LTbetaR) mediates crucial signals in host defense against intracellular bacteria and viruses. Mice deficient in LTbetaR readily succumb to infections with Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and murine cytomegalovirus (mCMV). LTbetaR has been shown to be important for the ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Kutsch S,Degrandi D,Pfeffer K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the characteristics of T suppressor inducer (Ts ind) cells which can interact with T suppressor effector (Ts eff) cells and thereby can account for suppression of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) to alloantigens. Adoptive transfer of spleen cells from mice intravenously (i.v.) injected with all...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Molendijk A,van Gurp RJ,Knulst AC,Benner R

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are key players not only during initiation of inflammation but also during its resolution. This is achieved by their high functional plasticity and the demand to recognize an enormous repertoire of danger signals and cytokines/chemokines derived from adaptive immune cells. Studies predominantly conducted o...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Ley S,Weigert A,Brüne B

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a hormone nuclear receptor regulating bone and calcium homeostasis. Studies revealing the expression of VDR on immune cells point toward a role for VDR-dependent signaling pathways in immunity. Here we verified the ability of the natural VDR ligand, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25(OH)(...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Korf H,Wenes M,Stijlemans B,Takiishi T,Robert S,Miani M,Eizirik DL,Gysemans C,Mathieu C

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) T regulatory cells (Tregs) and CD1d-restricted invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are two cell types that are known to regulate immune reactions. Depletion or inactivation of Tregs using specific anti-CD25 antibodies in combination with immunostimulation is an attractive modality especially ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Rosalia RA,Štěpánek I,Polláková V,Šímová J,Bieblová J,Indrová M,Moravcová S,Přibylová H,Bontkes HJ,Bubeník J,Sparwasser T,Reiniš M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic B cells of BALB/c mice were stimulated in vitro either with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), dextran sulphate (DxS), or with both LPS and DxS. The absolute frequency of B cells that differentiate into clones of immunoglobulin (Ig)-secreting cells upon activation with these mitogens was determined by means of limiting...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Bos NA,Meeuwsen CG,de Visser H,Benner R

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms that mediate accelerated atherosclerosis in autoimmune diseases remain unclear. One common mechanism that has been documented in autoimmune diseases and atherosclerosis is formation of hypoglycosyalted N-glycans on the cell surface. In this study we tested the effects of swainsonine, a class II α-mannos...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Scott DW,Black LL,Vallejo MO,Kabarowski JH,Patel RP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Synuclein plays a crucial role in Parkinson's disease and dementias defined as synucleinopathies. α-Synuclein is expressed in hematopoietic and immune cells, but its functions in hematopoiesis and immune responses are unknown. We utilized α-synuclein(-/-) (KO) mice to investigate its role in hematopoiesis and B cell...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Xiao W,Shameli A,Harding CV,Meyerson HJ,Maitta RW

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified CD8+ T cells from influenza A/WSN-immune BALB/c (H-2d) mice respond with the generation of secondary A/WSN-specific Tc cells in vitro when stimulated with a synthetic peptide (NPP) with a sequence derived from influenza A virus nucleoprotein with high affinity for Kd class I MHC molecules. The process of the ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Kos FJ,Müllbacher A

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00