Improving outcome of allogeneic stem cell transplantation by immunomodulation of the early post-transplant environment.

abstract：:Vascular endothelial cells participate in the process of allograft rejection by promoting both the recruitment and the activation of alloreactive T cells. There have been three major recent advances in the field of interactions between T cells and endothelial cells that are of direct relevance to the process of cell-m...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Briscoe DM,Alexander SI,Lichtman AH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NLR (nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat containing) family of intracellular sensors is a crucial component of the innate immune system. A number of NLR family members can form multiprotein complexes, called inflammasomes, and are capable of activating the cysteine protease caspase-1 in response to a wid...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Pedra JH,Cassel SL,Sutterwala FS

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic helminths continue to be a major cause of morbidity in human populations, particularly in the tropics and subtropics. The need for effective vaccines that minimize worm burdens, thus reducing associated pathology, is evident. With this goal in mind, an intense research effort is in progress to characterize i...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Wilson RA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the establishment of methods to isolate genes encoding cytotoxic T lymphocyte defined tumor antigens, several antigens have been identified and characterized for suitability as target antigens for immunotherapy. The development of innovative strategies to generate T cells targeting these antigens and lessons lea...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Yee C,Riddell SR,Greenberg PD

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen presentation by CD80/CD86-positive 'professional APCs' induces T-cell activation, whereas antigen presentation in the absence of sufficient CD80/CD86 costimulation may induce a form of tolerance. Blocking CD80/CD86 constimulation inhibits autoimmune disease progression in a variety of animal models, but whethe...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Lu P,Wang YL,Linsley PS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction allows the characterization of RNA and DNA sequences in samples as small as a single cell. The recent development of amplification systems designed to isolate rearranged immunoglobulin genes from single B lineage cells has provided a powerful tool to investigate various aspects of B-cell ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Ehlich A,Küppers R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred years ago, the 1918 H1N1 Pandemic killed 20 million people worldwide. Despite the introduction of a worldwide surveillance system, large-scale production of influenza vaccines coupled with annual vaccination schemes, influenza remains a major public health concern. Prevention of influenza on a population b...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Andrews SF,McDermott AB

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The invariant chain (Ii) has been shown to play a critical role in the assembly, intracellular transport and function of MHC class II molecules. Recent studies suggest that these distinct activities can in many cases be attributed to distinct isoforms of Ii or to specific regions within it. Thus, regulation of Ii synt...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Sant AJ,Miller J

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Not surprisingly, most of the publications on enzyme immunoassays or latex agglutination tests in 1990 have been applications for specific antigens or antibodies. Nevertheless, a large number of studies of considerable interest to all users have been reported. In this short review, we have chosen to highlight investig...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Tijssen P,Adam A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strong skeleton relies on adaptation to varying physical demands and on maintenance of the bone tissue in order to avoid accumulation of micro-damage. In bone, the purinergic P2X7 ion channel receptor is expressed on both cells of the stromal lineage such as the bone forming osteoblasts and the mechano-sensing osteo...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Jørgensen NR

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated T cells undergo metabolic reprogramming which promotes glycolytic flux and lactate production as well as elevated production of lipids, proteins, nucleic acids and other carbohydrates (i.e. induction of biomass) even in the presence of oxygen. Activated T cells show induced expression of, among other things,...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Maciolek JA,Pasternak JA,Wilson HL

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past year has seen the discovery of new isolates which do not readily fit into the established categories HIV-1, HIV-2 and SIV, as well as the availability of new assays including the use of the polymerase chain reaction. New combination enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays can detect viruses from two or more groups...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Dalgleish AG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past year has seen a spate of research in the use of HLA transgenic mice in the identification of self antigens associated with autoimmunity. Dominant T cell determinants - and, in a few cases, B cell determinants - have been characterized in the context of disease-predisposing HLA DR and DQ genes for at least thr...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Abraham RS,David CS

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classification of T helper (T(H)) cells in subsets has progressively expanded and more effector subsets, besides T(H)1 and T(H)2, have been documented. These include follicular helper T cells (T(FH)), and the more recent T(H)17, 'T(H)9', and 'T(H)22'. In addition, T(H) are no longer thought of as terminally commit...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Veldhoen M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological cell death, which occurs as a continuous byproduct of cellular turnover, is non-immunogenic or even tolerogenic, thereby avoiding autoimmunity. By contrast, cancer cell death elicited by radiotherapy and some chemotherapeutic agents such as anthracyclines is immunogenic. Recent data suggest that innate a...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Tesniere A,Apetoh L,Ghiringhelli F,Joza N,Panaretakis T,Kepp O,Schlemmer F,Zitvogel L,Kroemer G

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals are exposed to influenza viruses throughout their lifetime. Accumulating evidence shows the first viruses an individual is exposed to leaves an imprint on the antibody response induced by subsequent drifted and novel influenza viral exposures. Imprinted humoral immunity against influenza viruses relies on ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Guthmiller JJ,Wilson PC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV) is the most recent mosquito-transmitted virus to cause a global health crisis following its entrance into a naïve population in the Western Hemisphere. Once the ZIKV outbreak began investigators rapidly established small and large animal models of pathogenesis, developed a number candidate vaccines u...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Richner JM,Diamond MS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The divergence of alphabeta and gammadelta T cells from a common precursor in the thymus is regulated by multiple cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic factors, most of which are not well defined. Recent studies have provided crucial data regarding the precise timing of lineage commitment and some clarification on the ext...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Narayan K,Kang J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy of cancer through adoptive transfer of genetically engineered T-cells constitutes a more powerful strategy than attempts to mobilize the endogenous T-cell repertoire. Application of this technology in patients offers great opportunities towards a long-awaited breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy. However...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Offringa R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suppressor T cells down-regulate the activity of other cells in the immune system, and, albeit controversial, are believed to play a role in immunological tolerance and immunoregulation. Significant progress has been made in characterizing suppressor T cells and their receptors, and in elucidating mechanisms of immuno...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Murphy DB

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with elevated serum IgE levels and sensitization to a variety of inhalant, food and microbial allergens. Controlled challenges have provided substantial evidence that allergens can trigger acute IgE-mediated mast-cell dependent exacerbations of eczema...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Leung DY

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The steep rise in the incidence and prevalence of food allergy (FA) in the last few decades have focused attention of environmental mechanisms which act to promote disease, chief among which is the microbiome. Recent studies have now established the presence of pathogenic dysbiosis in FA that could be precipitated by ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Stephen-Victor E,Chatila TA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three known lineages of antigen-presenting molecules restrict T-cell responses to microbial antigens: MHC class I and MHC encoded class I like molecules present peptides derived from the proteolysis of intracellular pathogens, MHC class ii molecules present peptides derived from the proteolysis of extracellular pathog...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Melián A,Beckman EM,Porcelli SA,Brenner MB

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killer Ig-like receptors (KIRs) are surface inhibitory receptors specific for allelic forms of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules, which are expressed by natural killer (NK) cells and a subset of T lymphocytes. Upon engagement with HLA class I molecules, KIRs block NK cell activation and function. Cells l...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Moretta L,Moretta A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adoptive transfer of donor-type CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) regulatory T cells (Treg) protects from graft-versus-host disease in murine bone marrow transplantation models. Results from first clinical trials exploring such strategies have recently been presented and seem to confirm the efficacy of Treg for the prevention...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Edinger M,Hoffmann P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor vaccinology is as old as immunological thought and as young as our rapidly evolving understanding of antigen processing and presentation. The recent availability of carbohydrate and peptide tumor antigens suitable for vaccine construction, conjugate and recombinant vector technologies capable of augmenting helpe...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Livingston PO

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental models of transplantation provide strong support for the role of regulatory cells in tolerance. However, limited studies of humans who display sustained tolerance following transplantation have not definitively demonstrated a role for regulatory cells in this process. Rather than excluding or minimizing t...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Newell KA,Phippard D,Turka LA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of the CD1 antigen-presenting system reveals that T cells survey the lipid content of target cells via T-cell receptor (TCR) contact with CD1 bound to lipids, glycolipids and small molecules. Recently, CD1 proteins have been found to present mycobacterial lipopeptides that are involved in scavenging iron...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Van Rhijn I,Zajonc DM,Wilson IA,Moody DB

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immune perception is the first line of inducible defense against invading pathogens. Plants lack specialized circulating immune cells. Therefore, diverse cell types are able to recognize and respond to pathogens. Surface-localized and intracellular plant innate immune receptors are capable of recognizing divers...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Lolle S,Stevens D,Coaker G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:V(D)J recombination not only comprises the molecular mechanism that insures diversity of the immune system but also constitutes a critical checkpoint in the developmental program of B and T lymphocytes. The analysis of human patients with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) has enabled (and will enable in the fut...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： de Villartay JP,Poinsignon C,de Chasseval R,Buck D,Le Guyader G,Villey I

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00