Activation of mast cells by incorporation of cholesterol into rafts.

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：:The extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway is strongly activated in response to TCR stimulation in normal T cells. However, the extent to which activation of the ERK pathway is necessary for TCR-stimulated cytokine production is not clear. We have addressed this question by use of two separate m...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Egerton M,Fitzpatrick DR,Kelso A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline CH transcripts initiate from a non-coding I exon and terminate downstream of the associated CH exons. Ig heavy chain class switch recombination from the VDJ-C mu gene to particular downstream CH genes appears to be regulated by a process that involves mitogen and/or cytokine induction of germline CH transcrip...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Li SC,Rothman PB,Zhang J,Chan C,Hirsh D,Alt FW

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of alpha i2 subunit of heterotrimeric G proteins induces a 2-4-fold increase in the proportions of CD4 and CD8 single-positive (SP) thymocytes as compared with wild-type littermates, but how G alpha i2 is involved in thymocyte development is unknown. To determine a role for G alpha i2 in a specific developmen...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zhang Y,Finegold MJ,Jin Y,Wu MX

更新日期：2005-03-01 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

abstract：:The efficacy of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) has been shown to be highly dependent upon their functional avidity (the sensitivity of their cellular response to MHC-peptide complexes). To examine this relationship, we employed target cell lysis as a quantitative measure and established a set of four CTL clones that ex...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Derby MA,Wang J,Margulies DH,Berzofsky JA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether astrocytes utilize B7:CD28 co-stimulation to activate T cells mediating CNS inflammatory disease is controversial. In this report, primary astrocytes and murine astrocyte lines, generated by immortalization at two different times, day 7 or 45 of culture, were examined for their capability to express B7 co-stim...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Soos JM,Ashley TA,Morrow J,Patarroyo JC,Szente BE,Zamvil SS

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are specialized antigen-presenting cells that play pivotal roles in initiating immune responses. However, DC maturation is usually strongly restricted by the stromal microenvironment, especially in non-lymphoid tissues, such as skin and mucosa. Although suppression of DC maturation by stromal cel...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Shiraishi H,Yoshida H,Saeki K,Miura Y,Watanabe S,Ishizaki T,Hashimoto M,Takaesu G,Kobayashi T,Yoshimura A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a 3 week course (approximately), during which there is marked lymphoid hyperplasia, Trypanosoma musculi infections in young-adult mice are cured by an immune mechanism involving antibodies of the IgG2a isotype. Both the lymphoid hyperplasia and IgG2a antibody response are T-cell-dependent events and both process...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Utsuyama M,Albright JW,Holmes KL,Hirokawa K,Albright JF

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microphthalmic (mi) mouse exhibits deficiencies in the development of osteoclasts, melanocytes, mast cells and marrow B cells. Previously, we demonstrated that the marrow of such mice over-express receptor activator of nuclear factor kappaB (RANK) ligand (RANKL). RANKL has been shown to induce the production of IF...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Roundy KM,Spangrude G,Weis JJ,Weis JH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-18 is a proinflammatory cytokine that plays an important role in NK cell activation and T(h)1 response. IL-18 has a structural homology to IL-1, particularly IL-1beta. IL-18R, composed of IL-1R-related protein (IL-18Ralpha) and IL-1R accessory protein-like (IL-18Rbeta), belongs to the IL-1R family. Furthermore, IL-...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Tominaga K,Yoshimoto T,Torigoe K,Kurimoto M,Matsui K,Hada T,Okamura H,Nakanishi K

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gelatin sponge model of concomitant tumor immunity was employed in order to examine the clonality of T cells associated with progressing and rejected tumor sites. Here we show that freshly isolated T cells bearing TCR V(beta)1, CDR3 RPGTGN, J(beta)1.1 and TCR V(beta)8, CDR3 GD, J(beta)1.6 predominated progressing an...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kurt RA,Park JA,Schluter SF,Marchalonis JJ,Akporiaye ET

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T(h)17 cells, an inflammatory T helper cell subset, are involved in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory, autoimmune and allergic diseases. Recent evidence supports the idea that immune cell functions and the inflammatory response are finely regulated by various physiological substances. Calcitonin gene-related pe...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mikami N,Watanabe K,Hashimoto N,Miyagi Y,Sueda K,Fukada S,Yamamoto H,Tsujikawa K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T lymphocyte responses to the MHC of an evolutionarily distant species are known to be weak compared with responses against allogeneic MHC products within a species. This fact was used to examine the regions of human MHC class II molecules required for the stimulation of strong primary immune responses against MHC all...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ramesh P,Barber L,Batchelor JR,Lechler RI

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：:STAT6, NF-kappaB (p50) and C/EBPbeta transcription factors (TF) were examined with respect to CD23 regulation. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), competition and supershift analysis demonstrated that STAT6 binds the CD23a promoter but with a lower affinity than the consensus site. STAT6-/- mice were analyzed...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Tinnell SB,Jacobs-Helber SM,Sterneck E,Sawyer ST,Conrad DH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies point to glycolipid-enriched membrane (GEM) microdomains as the critical sites for TCR-mediated signal transduction. However, whether the TCR complex is localized in the GEM domain is not well-defined. In the present study, we analyzed localization of the TCR-CD3 complex in the GEM domain by isolating t...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kosugi A,Saitoh S,Noda S,Yasuda K,Hayashi F,Ogata M,Hamaoka T

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:Ig are multifunctional molecules with distinct properties assigned to individual domains. To assess the importance of IgM domain assembly in B cell development we generated two transgenic mouse lines with truncated muH chains by homologous integration of the neomycin resistance gene (neo(r)) into exons C(mu)1 and C(mu...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zou X,Ayling C,Xian J,Piper TA,Barker PJ,Brüggemann M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auto-antibodies against heat shock proteins (HSPs) are frequently found in the sera of patients with rheumatic and other autoimmune diseases. However, it is unclear whether these auto-antibodies play a role in the pathophysiology and etiology of these diseases. We found that a murine anti-HSP60 mAb enhanced the produc...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yokota S,Minota S,Fujii N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we observed elevation of the serum concentration of two acute-phase protein (AFP) complement components (C9 and C1-inhibitor) in patients with chronic hepatitis C who responded (R) to IFN-alpha therapy, but not in non-responders (NR). In the present study we investigated the effect of high-dose IFN-alpha th...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kalabay L,Nemesánszky E,Csepregi A,Pusztay M,Dávid K,Horváth G,Ibrányi E,Telegdy L,Pár A,Bíró A,Fekete B,Gervain J,Horányi M,Ribiczey P,Csöndes M,Kleiber M,Walentin S,Prohászka Z,Füst G

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:CD70 and CD80 are co-stimulatory molecules which belong to the tumor necrosis factor family and the B7 family respectively. When they are co-expressed by gene-modified TS/A tumor cells, they provide an efficient protective and long-lasting T-dependent antitumor response. We first showed that when CD70 and CD80 were de...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Douin-Echinard V,Péron JM,Lauwers-Cancès V,Favre G,Couderc B

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated macrophages exert strong arginase (ASE) activity that converts L-arginine into ornithine, the key precursor for putrescine and polyamine biosynthesis. Macrophages were previously also shown to generate nitric oxide that is derived from the guanido group of arginine by the oxidative deiminase (OAD) reaction. ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Benninghoff B,Lehmann V,Eck HP,Dröge W

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of IgE FcR (Fc epsilon R)-positive and -negative B cells was examined in normal adult mice. Using three-color flow cytometry, the expression of the Fc epsilon R was analyzed on various B-cell subsets present in the peritoneum and spleen. The results demonstrate that in the peritoneal cavity, the Fc ep...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Waldschmidt TJ,Kroese FG,Tygrett LT,Conrad DH,Lynch RG

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intranasal administration of high amount of allergen was shown to induce tolerance and to reverse the allergic phenotype. However, mechanisms of tolerance induction via the mucosal route are still unclear. OBJECTIVES:To characterize the therapeutic effects of intranasal application of ovalbumin (OVA) in a m...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Pellaton-Longaretti C,Boudousquié C,Barbier N,Barbey C,Argiroffo CB,Donati Y,Sauty A,Spertini F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p40 was previously described as a regulatory molecule capable of inhibiting both the natural and the CD16-mediated cytotoxicity of NK cells. In this study, we analyze the effect of p40 molecule engagement on the NK cell triggering induced by activating HLA class I-specific NK receptors (NKR) or on TCR alpha beta-media...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Poggi A,Tomasello E,Revello V,Nanni L,Costa P,Moretta L

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is increasingly evident that neutrophils are able to cross-talk with other leukocytes to shape ongoing inflammatory and immune responses. In this study, we analyzed whether human NK cells may influence the survival and activation of neutrophils under co-culture conditions. We report that NK cells exposed to either ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Costantini C,Micheletti A,Calzetti F,Perbellini O,Pizzolo G,Cassatella MA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse spontaneously develops T-cell-mediated autoimmune insulitis. We analyzed the clonotypes of T cell infiltrates of the NOD mouse islets using a new method we have developed recently, which consists of RT-PCR amplification of the CDR3 region of the TCR beta chain mRNA and subsequent sin...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Komagata Y,Masuko K,Tashiro F,Kato T,Ikuta K,Nishioka K,Ito K,Miyazaki J,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BALB/c mice injected at birth with 10(8) semi-allogeneic (C57BL/6 x BALB.IgHb)F1 spleen cells develop a lupus-like syndrome in which autoantibodies bear exclusively the donor allotype. We have analyzed the evolution of donor B cell chimerism and the autoimmune manifestations during the first year of life in these mice...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： de la Hera M,de la Hera A,Ramos A,Buelta L,Alonso JL,Rodriguez-Valverde V,Merino J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00