Thrombospondin orchestrates the tolerance-promoting properties of TGFbeta-treated antigen-presenting cells.

abstract：:BALB.xid mice, carrying an X-linked mutation leading to the absence of CD5+ B cells, are highly resistant to Trypanosoma cruzi infection. These mice clear blood parasites in the acute phase of infection and do not develop the inflammatory infiltration characteristically observed in the chronic phase of susceptible str...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Cordeiro da Silva A,Lima EC,Vicentelli MH,Minoprio P

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：:Autoimmune gastritis is a CD4+ T cell-mediated disease induced in genetically susceptible mice by thymectomy on the third day after birth. Previous linkage analysis indicated that Gasa1 and Gasa2, the major susceptibility loci for gastritis, are located on mouse chromosome 4. Here we verified these linkage data by sho...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ang DK,Brodnicki TC,Jordan MA,Wilson WE,Silveira P,Gliddon BL,Baxter AG,van Driel IR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ileal Peyer's patch (PP) plays a central role in B cell development in young sheep and it is hypothesized that this B cell development occurs independent of extrinsic antigen and T cells. Therefore, it was of interest to examine ileal PP follicular (iPf) B cell responses to CD40 ligand, a molecule integral to T ce...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Griebel P,Ferrari G

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:The regulation of MHC class II expression by the class II transactivator (CIITA) is complex and differs in various cell types depending on the relative activity of three CIITA promoters. Here we show that, in plasma cell tumors, the deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) elicits PIII-CIITA but does not activate th...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Chou SD,Khan AN,Magner WJ,Tomasi TB

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:A novel system to study the effects of co-cross-linking CD23/FceRII and sIg on murine B lymphocytes utilizes a highly multivalent form of anti-Ig prepared by covalently linking anti-Ig antibodies to a DNP-dextran backbone. CD23-sIg co-cross-linking is accomplished by the addition of DNP-specific monoclonal IgE. Previo...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Campbell KA,Studer EJ,Kilmon MA,Lees A,Finkelman F,Conrad DH

更新日期：1997-08-01 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

abstract：:Antibody responses to ingested antigens can be inhibited by a mechanism known as oral tolerance which acts to prevent excessive stimulation from luminal contents. Local IgA responses can be induced in this non-responsive environment and during intestinal inflammation, mucosal IgG responses can also be increased. The p...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zettel L,Clark DA,Ernst PB

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic behaviour of isolated populations of peritoneal LPS-reactive (LPSr) B lymphocytes was studied upon transfer of peritoneal cells (PerC) from C57BL/6 LPS responder into C57BL/10ScCr LPS non-responder mice. We have followed the persistence and life-span of the transferred LPSr donor B cells in the spleen and ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Thomas-Vaslin V,Feitas AA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are abundant in the gastrointestinal tract where they continuously regulate the immune system. NK cells are potently activated by dendritic cells (DCs) matured by inflammatory stimuli, and NK cells are present in the gut epithelium and in mesenteric lymph nodes, but it is not known how NK-DC...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Fink LN,Zeuthen LH,Christensen HR,Morandi B,Frøkiaer H,Ferlazzo G

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 (STAT1) signaling mediate most biological functions of IFNalpha, IFNbeta and IFNgamma although recent studies indicate that IFNgamma can alter expression of several genes via a STAT1-independent pathway. STAT1 is critical for immunity against a variety of intracellula...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Roth KM,Gunn JS,Lafuse W,Satoskar AR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal human sera contained 10-60 ng/ml of soluble membrane cofactor protein (MCP, CD46) whereas sera of > 50% of the cancer patients contained > 60 ng/ml. MCP purified by immunoaffinity chromatography from both normal and cancer patients' sera consisted of three bands of 56, 47 and 29 kDa on SDS-PAGE/immunoblotting. ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Seya T,Hara T,Iwata K,Kuriyama S,Hasegawa T,Nagase Y,Miyagawa S,Matsumoto M,Hatanaka M,Atkinson JP

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we propose that certain modifications in cellular metabolism might function as danger signals triggering inflammasome-mediated immune responses. We propose to call them danger-associated metabolic modifications (DAMMs). As intracellular bacteria can actively modulate macrophage metabolism for their ben...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Dramé M,Buchrieser C,Escoll P

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here that different organ grafts are not equally competent to induce tolerance of the host even if they are performed early in development, i.e. before the host's immune system has started to develop. We have grafted the epithelio-mesenchymal rudiment of the bursa of Fabricius between histoincompatible chick...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Martin C,Belo M,Le Douarin NM,Corbel C

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：:The B cell-activating factor from the tumor necrosis factor family (BAFF) is an important regulator of B cell immunity. Recently, we demonstrated that recombinant BAFF also provides a co-stimulatory signal to T cells. Here, we studied expression of BAFF in peripheral blood leukocytes and correlated this expression wit...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Huard B,Arlettaz L,Ambrose C,Kindler V,Mauri D,Roosnek E,Tschopp J,Schneider P,French LE

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MHC class I antigens enhance the T cell response to various mitogenic stimuli. Class I antigens co-cap and associate with the CD3 structure on these cells. The present work shows that co-aggregation of these MHC antigens with CD3 induces a sustained elevated Ca2+ response in T cells. The duration required for a 50...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Dasgupta JD,Granja CB,Yunis EJ,Relias V

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lewis rat, an inbred rat strain susceptible to several well-characterized experimental autoimmune diseases, provides a good model to study peptide-mediated immunotherapy. Peptide immunotherapy focussing on the modulation of T cell responses by interfering with TCR-peptide-MHC complex formation requires the elucida...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wauben MH,van der Kraan M,Grosfeld-Stulemeyer MC,Joosten I

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O-acetyl GD3 ganglioside is a cell surface molecule of some neural, neural crest and renal cells. Here we show, by using mAbs specific for O-acetyl GD3 (clone 27A) and flow-cytometric, biochemical or immunological techniques, that it is also expressed at high intensity level on the surface of 49.6% (median) of the CD3...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Reivinen J,Holthöfer H,Miettinen A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under physiological conditions immune complexes (IC) are efficiently cleared from the circulation and meanwhile provide important feedback signals for the immune system via Fc gamma Rs and complement receptors. Dysregulation of these mechanisms have been implicated in conditions where IC concentrations reach pathologi...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Isaák A,Gergely P Jr,Szekeres Z,Prechl J,Poór G,Erdei A,Gergely J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG is the major immunoglobulin class produced during an immune response against foreign antigens and efficiently provides protection through its bifunctional nature. While the Fab domains confer highly specific recognition of the antigen, the Fc domain mediates a wide range of effector functions that modulate several...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Bournazos S,Ravetch JV

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin of cell activation in post-radiation fibrosis and its chronic extension are still poorly understood. Since local IL-2 cancer treatment sometimes triggers intraperitoneal fibrosis we have analyzed three myofibroblastic cell strains from post-radiation skin fibrosis (FPR7, FPR10 and FPR15) for their interacti...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Alileche A,Han D,Plaisance S,Assier E,Sahraoui Y,Clemanceau C,Metivier D,Brouty-Boyer D,Jasmin C,Azzarone B

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective vaccination using in vitro peptide-loaded heat-shock proteins (HSP), tumor-derived HSP and HSP fusion proteins has been shown in viral, parasite and tumor model systems. We demonstrate protective DNA vaccination using gp96-peptide fusion proteins against the intracellular bacterial pathogen Listeria monocyto...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Rapp UK,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fc receptors play important roles for a wide array of immune responses. In contrast to the well-defined Fcγ and Fcε receptors, the molecular and functional characteristics of Fc receptors for IgA and IgM have remained incompletely understood for years. Recent progress has unveiled the characteristics of Fc receptors f...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Shibuya A,Honda SI,Shibuya K

更新日期：2017-12-30 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：: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：: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：:M cells are responsible for uptake of mucosal antigens in Peyer's patches (PPs). Differentiation of M cells is thought to be induced by interactions between follicle-associated epithelium and PP cells; however, it remains elusive what types of immune cells function as M-cell inducers. Here, we attempted to identify th...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ebisawa M,Hase K,Takahashi D,Kitamura H,Knoop KA,Williams IR,Ohno H

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00