The exploitation of distinct recognition receptors in dendritic cells determines the full range of host immune relationships with Candida albicans.

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：:Interleukin 3 (IL-3) promotes the survival and proliferation of hematopoietic cells of various lineages in culture. Like most other hematopoietic colony stimulating factors, its mode of action is unknown. However, binding of the lymphokine induces protein tyrosine phosphorylation and enhanced glucose transport in some...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Nefesh I,Bauskin AR,Alkalay I,Golembo M,Ben-Neriah Y

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are highly potent activators of the immune response. The precise mechanisms that give rise to the DC phenotype are not known. To investigate the mechanisms that contribute to the generation of the DC phenotype, precursor DC were freshly isolated from human blood and allowed to mature in vitro. The...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Engering AJ,Richters CD,Fluitsma DM,van Pelt AM,Kamperdijk EW,Hoefsmit EC,Pieters J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EBV-encoded latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) is critical for EBV-driven B-cell transformation and most EBV-associated malignancies and is also implicated in exacerbation of autoimmunity. LMP1 functionally mimics the TNFR superfamily member CD40, but LMP1-induced signals and downstream B-cell functions are amplified an...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Arcipowski KM,Stunz LL,Bishop GA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human endothelial cells (ECs) constitutively express OX40L and co-stimulate memory CD4(+) T cell proliferation that is dependent upon OX40-OX40L interaction. In vivo, OX40 prolongs T cell survival; however, an unanswered question is whether it can also prolong synthesis of proliferation-sustaining cytokines such as IL...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mestas J,Crampton SP,Hori T,Hughes CC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although CD4(+) T cells form a major subset of TCRalphabeta T cells, only a small number of TCRgammadelta T cells express CD4. Factors contributing to the down-regulation of CD4(+) TCRgammadelta T cells have not been identified. The CD5 molecule is expressed on most TCRgammadelta T cells in the spleen, whereas only a ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mizoguchi A,Mizoguchi E,de Jong YP,Takedatsu H,Preffer FI,Terhorst C,Bhan AK

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：: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：:In vaccine development, a major objective is to induce strong, specific T cell responses. This might be obtained by targeting antigen to cell surface molecules that efficiently channel the antigen into endocytic compartments for loading of MHC molecules. Antibodies have been used to deliver antigen; however, it is imp...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Schjetne KW,Thompson KM,Aarvak T,Fleckenstein B,Sollid LM,Bogen B

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutagenic analyses have identified structural motifs important for TCR-mediated signaling in the antigen-binding chains, CD3 and zeta subunits of the TCR complex. In this study, we altered selected residues in the transmembrane and extracellular constant regions of the TCR beta chain and expressed the mutants in a T h...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Fuller-Espie S,Hoffman Towler P,Wiest DL,Tietjen I,Spain LM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells (Tregs), which could be down-regulated by IL-28B, were reported to suppress T-cell-mediated immunity. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of IL-28B on the immune responses and protective efficacy of a tuberculosis (TB) subunit vaccine. First, a recombinant adenoviral vector expressing ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Luo Y,Ma X,Liu X,Lu X,Niu H,Yu H,Bai C,Peng J,Xian Q,Wang Y,Zhu B

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are among the major causes of death worldwide due to acute inflammation in the lung. AT-rich interactive domain-containing 5a (Arid5a) is an RNA-binding protein involved in inflammatory autoimmune disease through post-transcriptional control of Il6...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Dubey PK,Masuda K,Nyati KK,-Uz Zaman MM,Chalise JP,Millrine D,Kai W,Ripley B,Kishimoto T

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs 125a and 125b are predicted to be able to bind to the B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1 (BLIMP-1) and IFN regulatory protein-4 (IRF-4) transcription factors, which are essential for plasma cell differentiation. A computational survey of the human and mouse genomes revealed that miR-125a and miR-125b ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Gururajan M,Haga CL,Das S,Leu CM,Hodson D,Josson S,Turner M,Cooper MD

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:Murine complement receptor type 2 (MCR2) is homologous to human CR2, whereas murine CR1 (MCR1) is structurally and evolutionary different from human CR1. Since ligand specificities of MCR1 and MCR2 are not completely clarified, we analyzed their functional characteristics to correlate them with structural information ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Pramoonjago P,Takeda J,Kim YU,Inoue K,Kinoshita T

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：: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：:The invertebrate pattern-recognition protein named coelomic cytolytic factor (CCF) and the mammalian cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF) share functional analogies that are based on a similar saccharide recognition specificity. In particular, CCF and TNF have been shown to interact with ion channels on the surface of...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Bilej M,Josková R,Van den Bergh R,Procházková P,Silerová M,Ameloot P,De Baetselier P,Beschin A

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:We have analyzed transcripts encoding the variable regions of Ig heavy chains from adult and fetal bovine splenocytes and bovine x mouse heterohybridomas. The 13 adult, seven fetal and two heterohybridomas transcripts as well as the six genes that were sequenced had > 83% identity to each other in the VH-encoded regio...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Berens SJ,Wylie DE,Lopez OJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors responsible for the predictable generation of Th1 or Th2 immune responses to microorganisms in vivo are not well characterized, although the ability of antigen presenting cells (APC) to provide co-stimulation, the kinetics of MHC-peptide ligand generation as well as the cytokine environment are all considered ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Pashine A,John B,Rath S,George A,Bal V

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Linomide (LS-2616, quinoline-3-carboxamide) has strong immunomodulating effects in animal models, inhibiting toxic shock, progressive autoimmune disease and cancer. In humans, linomide strongly reduced the appearance of new lesions in multiple sclerosis yet enhanced immune responses after bone marrow transplantation. ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Arad G,Katzenellenbogen M,Levy R,Slavin S,Kaempfer R

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small proportion of the sIg+ B lymphocytes in peripheral lymphoid organs [22% in spleen and 6% in lymph node (LN)] in rat carries the Thy-1 antigen. These Thy-1+ B cells represent newly formed bone marrow (BM) derived (or immature) B cells. In this study we investigated the kinetic behavior of Thy-1+ and Thy-1- B ce...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Deenen GJ,Kroese FG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schnurri (Shn)-2 is a large zinc finger-containing protein, which plays a critical role in cell growth, signal transduction and lymphocyte development. In Shn-2-deficient (Shn-2(-/-)) CD4 T cells, the activation of nuclear factor-kappaB is up-regulated and their ability to differentiate into Th2 is enhanced. Here, we ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Iwamura C,Kimura MY,Shinoda K,Endo Y,Hasegawa A,Yamashita M,Nakayama T

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Structural and functional aspects of the accessory molecule lymphocyte function associated antigen (LFA)-3 (CD58) have been examined following the transfection of DAP.3 and P815 cells with a cDNA clone encoding the glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked form of human LFA-3. Despite earlier observations that DAP.3 ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Greenlaw R,Robinson P,Heaton T,Lombardi G,Lechler R

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) recognizes lipopolysaccharide (LPS). MD-2 is associated with TLR4 and imparts LPS responsiveness to it. Little is known, however, as to whether MD-2 directly regulates LPS recognition by TLR4. To address the issue, we took advantage of a species-specific pharmacology of lipid IVa, an analog...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Akashi S,Nagai Y,Ogata H,Oikawa M,Fukase K,Kusumoto S,Kawasaki K,Nishijima M,Hayashi S,Kimoto M,Miyake K

更新日期：2001-12-01 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 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