Correlation between invariant chain expression level and capability to present antigen to MHC class II-restricted T cells.

abstract：:The human IL-3 gene, located on chromosome 5, contains several cis-acting DNA sequences, i.e. CLE (conserved lymphokine element) and a GC-rich region, similar to the GM-CSF gene. To investigate the role of these elements, the 5' flanking region of the IL-3 gene was attached to a bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransfe...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Nishida J,Yoshida M,Arai K,Yokota T

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:Specific antibodies increase antigen uptake and presentation by antigen-presenting cells via the B cell receptor in B cells or FcgammaR in dendritic cells. To determine whether the interaction between antibody and antigen could influence the set of peptides presented by MHC II molecules, we analyzed the presentation o...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Guermonprez P,Lo-Man R,Sedlik C,Rojas MJ,Poljak RJ,Leclerc C

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：: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：:We report the characterization of the Fc epsilon RI gamma chain which associates with the transmembrane form of CD16 to form the low affinity receptor for IgG (Fc gamma RIII) expressed on human natural killer (NK) cells. cDNA cloning and sequence analysis of Fc epsilon RI gamma from a polyclonal CD3-CD16+ NK line esta...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Moingeon P,Lucich JL,Reinherz EL

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two-signal model states that activation of naive T cells requires a signal 1 stimulus through the TCR and a co-stimulatory signal 2. By contrast, signal 1 alone is sufficient for pre-activated T cells. Recently, however, it has been shown that under certain conditions T cells can bypass the requirement for co-stim...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Pardigon N,Bercovici N,Calbo S,Santos-Lima EC,Liblau R,Kourilsky P,Abastado JP

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established an experimental system in vitro to examine the developmental capacity of individual hematopoietic progenitors to generate T, B and myeloid (M) cells. By using this system we analyzed the process of lineage commitment of hematopoietic progenitors in murine fetal liver (FL). It is known that small numbers...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kawamoto H,Ohmura K,Katsura Y

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：:Leptin, one of the typical adipokines, is reported to promote Th17 cell responses and to enhance production of proinflammatory cytokines. To clarify the role of leptin in the regulation of the IL-23/IL-17 axis and the development of kidney disease, we used a murine model of nephrotoxic serum (NTS) nephritis (NTN). She...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Goto K,Kaneko Y,Sato Y,Otsuka T,Yamamoto S,Goto S,Yamamoto K,Yamamoto T,Kawachi H,Madaio MP,Narita I

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:We examined effects of c-fos overexpression on the development and property of peritoneal B-1 cells using transgenic (H2-c-fos) mice carrying the c-fos gene under the control of the constitutive H-2Kb promoter. The number of B-1b cells in the peritoneal cavity of H2-c-fos mice was 4-fold larger than that in control li...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mori S,Sakamoto A,Yamashita K,Fujimura L,Arima M,Hatano M,Miyazaki M,Tokuhisa T

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatic fever (RF) follows a throat infection with different M-serotypes of beta-hemolytic group A streptococci (GAS) and can affect different tissues, predominantly the heart. It is thought to be an autoimmune illness. Although histological examination of affected heart shows an infiltrate consisting mainly of T ce...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Pruksakorn S,Currie B,Brandt E,Phornphutkul C,Hunsakunachai S,Manmontri A,Robinson JH,Kehoe MA,Galbraith A,Good MF

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:The peptide motifs of two HLA molecules, B8 and DR3(17), which are associated with autoimmune diseases including myasthenia gravis, were determined from natural peptide pools using Edman degradation. The majority of HLA-B8 ligands are nonamers preferentially terminated by leucine. As a characteristic feature of the HL...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Malcherek G,Falk K,Rötzschke O,Rammensee HG,Stevanović S,Gnau V,Jung G,Melms A

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal epithelium not only acts as the physical structure that separates the intestinal lumen from the body but also actively participates in intestinal barrier functions. In the past decade, significant progress has been made in the development of culture technologies to maintain intestinal epithelial cells (...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Nakamura T

更新日期：2019-02-06 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：: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：:Infection by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania results in the development of leishmaniasis, an increasingly prevalent group of diseases affecting over 12 million people worldwide. Leishmaniasis can have very different outcomes ranging from cutaneous lesions, mucosal lesions to visceralization depending on th...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Rossi M,Fasel N

更新日期：2018-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An alloreactive CTL clone, 27.B2, produced in the mouse strain combination B6.C-H-2bm1 (bm1) against C57BL/6 (B6) and nominally directed against the Kb molecule has been shown to be peptide dependent. The clone recognizes intact B6, but not intact bm1 or bm3 target cells. However, peptides recognized by 27.B2 CTL can ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Falk K,Rötzschke O,Rammensee HG

更新日期：1992-03-01 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：:Candida albicans is a commensal fungus that predominantly resides on mucosal surfaces and can cause lethal systemic infection when the host defense is compromised. Candidalysin is a cytolytic peptide toxin produced by C. albicans hyphae that is essential for mucosal tissue damage and is believed to contribute to the e...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Hanaoka M,Domae E

更新日期：2020-10-10 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：:bcl-2 transgenic mice develop anti-double-stranded (ds) DNA antibodies similar to those present in systemic lupus erythematosus. To begin to understand where a breakdown in the regulation of autoreactive lymphocytes is occurring, we have used a bcl-2 transgene (Tg) in conjunction with an Ig Tg that allows us to identi...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mandik-Nayak L,Nayak S,Sokol C,Eaton-Bassiri A,Madaio MP,Caton AJ,Erikson J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the evidence that CD8+ cytotoxic T cells (CTL) precursors do not appear to distinguish between virus-infected cells and viral peptide-pulsed syngeneic cells, we have developed methods for priming class I MHC molecule restricted CD8+ CTL with such peptides without using any adjuvant. We were able to prime in v...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Takahashi H,Nakagawa Y,Yokomuro K,Berzofsky JA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AbstractImmune homeostasis is critically regulated by the balance between activating and inhibitory receptors expressed on various immune cells such as T and B lymphocytes, and myeloid cells. The inhibitory receptors play a fundamental role in the immune checkpoint pathway, thus maintaining peripheral tolerance. We re...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wong YL,Su MT,Sugahara-Tobinai A,Itoi S,Kezuka D,Endo S,Inui M,Takai T

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we show that IFNalpha increases the chemotaxis of human B cells to CCL20, CCL21 and CXCL12 in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The effect was maximal with 2000 IU ml(-1) IFNalpha. It peaked at 24 h and decreased thereafter. At 24 h, IFNalpha had increased B-cell chemotaxis to CCL20 by 20 +/- 6.2% (n =...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Badr G,Borhis G,Treton D,Richard Y

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects of early complement components (C1, C4 and C2) are associated with the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The availability of complement knockout mice has increased our knowledge on the role of complement in the regulation of adaptive immunity. An impaired removal of apoptotic bodies, a disturb...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zachrau B,Finke D,Kropf K,Gosink HJ,Kirchner H,Goerg S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human chymase (HC) is a major granule constituent of mast cells (MCs) residing in the connective tissue and the sub-mucosa. Although many potential substrates have been described for this important MC enzyme, its full range of in vivo substrates has most likely not yet been identified. A major step toward a better...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Andersson MK,Enoksson M,Gallwitz M,Hellman L

更新日期：2009-01-01 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