Differential recognition of a retinal autoantigen peptide and its variants by rat T cells in vitro and in vivo.

abstract：:In vivo administration of NKT cell ligand, alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer), caused the activation of NKT cells to induce a strong NK activity and cytokine production by CD1d-restricted mechanisms. Surprisingly, we also found that alpha-GalCer induced the activation of immunoregulatory cells involved in acquire...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Nishimura T,Kitamura H,Iwakabe K,Yahata T,Ohta A,Sato M,Takeda K,Okumura K,Van Kaer L,Kawano T,Taniguchi M,Nakui M,Sekimoto M,Koda T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadequate co-stimulation of tumor reactive T cells may contribute to the fact that antigenic tumors are not normally rejected by the immune system. We recently reported that the induction of profound unresponsiveness in a T cell clone by melanoma cells expressing MHC class II antigens may provide a mechanism for thes...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Becker JC,Czerny C,Bröcker EB

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is an important porcine bacterial pathogen and a zoonotic agent responsible for sudden death, septic shock and meningitis, with exacerbated inflammation being a hallmark of the systemic and central nervous system (CNS) infections. However, S. suis serotype 2 strains are genetically and ph...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Auger JP,Benoit-Biancamano MO,Bédard C,Segura M,Gottschalk M

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytes circulate in a quiescent (G(0)) state until they encounter specific antigens. In T cells, quiescence is programmed by transcription factors of the forkhead box O (FOXO) and Krüppel-like factor (KLF) families. However, the transcription factors that regulate B cell quiescence are not known. KLF4 is a candid...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yusuf I,Kharas MG,Chen J,Peralta RQ,Maruniak A,Sareen P,Yang VW,Kaestner KH,Fruman DA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently described the novel A6H antigen expressed on human peripheral blood T cells and on renal cell carcinoma cells. Cross-linking of the A6H antigen results in co-stimulation of human CD4(+) T cells, characterized by induction of the transcription factor activator protein-1 (AP-1), proliferation and promin...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Labuda T,Sundstedt A,Dohlsten M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucosa is one of the initial sites of group A streptococcal (GAS) infection and salivary IgA (sIgA) is thought to be critical to immunity. However, the target epitopes of sIgA and the function of sIgA in GAS immunity, in particular the role of accessory cells and complement, is largely unknown. We studied the aqui...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Brandt ER,Hayman WA,Currie B,Carapetis J,Jackson DC,Do KA,Good MF

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) recognizes double-stranded RNA and transmits signals to activate NF-kappaB and the interferon (IFN)-beta promoter via the newly identified adaptor, TICAM-1. The extracellular LRR domain of TLR3 is engaged in the ligand recognition, while the intracellular TIR domain is crucial for the adapt...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Funami K,Matsumoto M,Oshiumi H,Akazawa T,Yamamoto A,Seya T

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and TLR9 sense microbial single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) and ssDNA in endolysosomes. Nucleic acid (NA)-sensing in endolysosomes is thought to be important for avoiding TLR7/9 responses to self-derived NAs. Aberrant self-derived NA transportation to endolysosomes predisposes to autoimmune diseas...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Li X,Saitoh S,Shibata T,Tanimura N,Fukui R,Miyake K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the similarity in primary structure between the newly characterized ligand for CD40 (CD40L) and the tumor necrosis factors (TNFs), we have modeled a detailed 3-D structure for CD40L. We used the known structure of TNF alpha as a template for the generation of the CD40L model. The soundness of the model-buildi...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Peitsch MC,Jongeneel CV

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cis-acting elements regulate the expression of germline transcripts of heavy chain constant region genes and their subsequent switch recombination. To study such elements in the murine gamma1 gene, we have utilized a transgenic approach. In this study we focused on a DNase I hypersensitive site (termed 'Site I...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Adams K,Ackerly H,Cunningham K,Dunnick W

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LPS-binding protein (LBP) can facilitate the transfer of cell wall components of both Gram-negative bacteria (LPS) and Gram-positive bacteria (lipoteichoic acid) to inflammatory cells. Although LBP is predominantly produced in the liver, recent studies have indicated that this protein is also synthesized locally in th...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Branger J,Florquin S,Knapp S,Leemans JC,Pater JM,Speelman P,Golenbock DT,van der Poll T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MHC class II molecules associate with peptides in the endocytic pathway. Different endosomal locations for peptide loading of class II molecules, varying from early endosomes (EE) to lysosomes, have been assigned on the basis of subcellular fractionation experiments. We have determined the intracellular location of HL...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Fernandez-Borja M,Verwoerd D,Sanderson F,Aerts H,Trowsdale J,Tulp A,Neefjes J

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the characteristic features of asthma is chronic airway inflammation typically with eosinophil infiltration. Most asthmatics can be treated successfully with conventional treatment appropriate for their severity, but in some severe cases, asthma cannot be well controlled even with thorough treatment and this co...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ohta K,Nagase H,Suzukawa M,Ohta S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interleukin 2 receptor (IL-2R) is composed of at least two polypeptides--a 55 kd protein (the L chain, p55, or alpha chain) and a 75 kd protein (the H chain, p75 or beta chain). The high-affinity binding of IL-2 results in the formation of a ternary complex consisting of IL-2 and the L and H chains. We found that ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Saito Y,Ogura T,Kamio M,Sabe H,Uchiyama T,Honjo T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD18-deficient PL/J mice develop dermatitis characterized by hyperkeratosis, and a mixed dermal and epidermal inflammatory infiltrate. The development of this disease requires low-level CD18 expression and at least two PL/J loci. Currently, the mechanisms by which decreased beta(2) integrin expression on leukocytes pr...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Barlow SC,Xu H,Weaver CT,Lindsey JR,Schoeb TR,Bullard DC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of bone marrow (BM) lymphocytes in C57BL/6 mice homozygous for the lpr mutation (B6.lpr) disclosed low numbers of pre-B and B cells, as compared with age-matched control B6 mice. BM depletion in B6.lpr mice was selective for B-lineage cells, appeared in young adults, and developed markedly with age and diseas...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Sundblad A,Coutinho A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The third complementarity determining regions of heavy chain variable regions (CDRH3) confer the fine specificities of antibodies. The CDRH3 length distribution of all human or all mouse antibodies appears to be more or less random, with the human distribution having a wider spread. Since the Kabat database of aligned...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Johnson G,Wu TT

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4 and CD8 T cell subsets involved in primary allo-MLR responses were re-evaluated in the present study. The slope analysis of B6 allo-MLR responses to MHC class I-disparate bm1 and class II-disparate bm12 revealed the presence of a T-T cell interaction between CD4 and CD8 T cell subsets. The allo-MLR response of B6 ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Asano Y,Komuro T,Tada T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the paracrine effect of IL-10 on autoimmune insulitis and diabetes, we produced IL-10 transgenic non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice (NOD-IL-10) in which murine IL-10 was expressed in pancreatic islet A cells under the control of a rat glucagon promoter without directly manipulating pancreatic islet B cells. Among ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Moritani M,Yoshimoto K,Tashiro F,Hashimoto C,Miyazaki J,Ii S,Kudo E,Iwahana H,Hayashi Y,Sano T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The co-existence of tumor specific immunity with a progressing tumor is observed in a variety of experimental systems and remains one of the major paradoxes of tumor immunology. We now report that a human melanoma cell line (SMC) expressing MHC class II was able to induce clonal anergy in a specific, MHC-restricted CD...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Becker JC,Brabletz T,Czerny C,Termeer C,Bröcker EB

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 is an important swine pathogen and an agent of zoonosis. Although meningitis is the most common form of disease, septicemia and septic shock are also frequently reported. Despite reports that CD14 is involved in the recognition of encapsulated S. suis by host cells, the mechanisms un...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Graveline R,Segura M,Radzioch D,Gottschalk M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal non-specific suppressor factor (MNSF), a lymphokine produced by a murine hybridoma, was originally found to inhibit the generation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced Ig-secreting cells. Most recently, we demonstrated the recombinant form of the ubiquitin-like segment (rUbi-L) or MNSF beta, an isoform of MN...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Nakamura M,Nagata T,Xavier M,Tanigawa Y

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blocking T cell co-stimulatory signals by anti-B7-1/B7-2 mAb is an attractive approach to treat autoimmune diseases. However, anti-B7-1/B7-2 mAb treatment is known to exacerbate autoimmune diseases through mechanisms not fully understood. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) also p...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Khan N,Ghousunnissa S,Jegadeeswaran SM,Thiagarajan D,Hasnain SE,Mukhopadhyay S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of the process of Peyer's patch (PP) formation has been hampered by difficulties in identifying its initial step in the embryo. In this study, we overcame this problem by means of whole-mount immunohistochemistry using mAb against the molecules which were expressed in the cells accumulated at the site of...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Adachi S,Yoshida H,Kataoka H,Nishikawa S

更新日期：1997-04-01 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

abstract：:In this study, a B cell growth stimulatory factor, constitutively secreted by a human CD4+ T cell hybridoma clone, MP6, has been purified and characterized. Serum-free 24 h culture media from MP6 cells were collected, concentrated by ultrafiltration and separated by gel chromatography. Fractions were analyzed for stim...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Rosen A,Lundman P,Carlsson M,Bhavani K,Srinivasa BR,Kjellström G,Nilsson K,Holmgren A

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At birth, virtually all peripheral CD8(+) T cells express the CD28 co-stimulatory molecule, but healthy human adults accumulate CD28(-)CD8(+) T cells that often express the CD57 marker. While these CD28(-) subpopulations are known to exert effector-type functions, the generation, maintenance and regulation of CD28(-) ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Labalette M,Leteurtre E,Thumerelle C,Grutzmacher C,Tourvieille B,Dessaint JP

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrins have been grouped into three subfamilies based on the utilization of three distinct beta chain subunits, beta 1, beta 2, and beta 3. The recent discovery of beta 4 and beta 5 subunits, and the sharing of alpha subunits between beta subfamilies reflects a greater structural and functional diversity of the...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yuan QA,Jiang WM,Krissansen GW,Watson JD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging data suggest an important role for IL-7 in T lymphocyte maturation as illustrated by the severe T lymphopenia observed in IL-7-deficient mice. We recently reported that IL-7 preferentially promotes the in vitro expansion of a discrete MHC class I-dependent lymphocyte subset comprising both CD4+ and CD4-CD8-...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Gombert JM,Tancrède-Bohin E,Hameg A,Leite-de-Moraes MC,Vicari A,Bach JF,Herbelin A

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NKT cells are characterized by their expression of an NKT-cell-specific invariant antigen-receptor α chain encoded by Vα14Jα18 gene segments. These NKT cells bridge the innate and acquired immune systems to mediate effective and augmented responses; however, the limited number of NKT cells in vivo hampers their analys...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ren Y,Dashtsoodol N,Watarai H,Koseki H,Quan C,Taniguchi M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00