Unique and conserved functions of B cell-activating factor of the TNF family (BAFF) in the chicken.

abstract：:We have evaluated the capacity of a novel, nanoparticle-based tumor vaccine to eradicate established tumors in mice. C57BL/6 mice were intradermally (i.d.) inoculated with ovalbumin (OVA)-expressing EG-7 tumor cells. When the tumor size reached 7-8 mm, the tumor-bearing mice were i.d. injected near the tumor-draining ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wakita D,Chamoto K,Zhang Y,Narita Y,Noguchi D,Ohnishi H,Iguchi T,Sakai T,Ikeda H,Nishimura T

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-obese diabetic mice spontaneously develop a type 1 diabetes. The entry of leukocytes in the islets of Langerhans was studied in untreated and in irradiated mice. FITC-labeled cells from spleen, lymph nodes or bone marrow of healthy or diabetic donors did home to the inflamed islets of unmanipulated recipients. B a...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Faveeuw C,Gagnerault MC,Kraal G,Lepault F

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to investigate the quantitative relationship between inoculation doses and physiological responses to infection by Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. Rats were orally inoculated with 10-10(9) c.f.u. of S. Enteritidis and monitored for 6 days. Neutrophil and delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) respons...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Takumi K,Garssen J,Havelaar A

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:The mechanism underlying selective IgG subclass deficiency is largely unknown in humans. We have previously reported the acquisition of a complete IgG2 deficiency in a leukemia patient after bone marrow transplantation. Southern blot analysis showed a deletion including the Cgamma2 and Cgamma4 genes on one chromosome ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zhao Y,Pan-Hammarström Q,Zhao Z,Wen S,Hammarström L

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:We have investigated the B cell response to Mycobacterium leprae in leprosy patients and healthy controls. A comparison of Western-blotted proteins separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and probed with pooled sera from LL and BT patients revealed distinct antigen recognition patterns for the two classificat...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mahon AC,Gebre N,Nurlign A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the involvement of retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-alpha in allograft rejection, we investigated the effect of a novel selective agonist to the receptor, ER-38925, in a mouse cardiac allograft model. Prophylactic treatment with ER-38925 inhibited the acute rejection of the mouse cardiac allograft (BALB/c -...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Seino K,Yamauchi T,Shikata K,Kobayashi S,Nagai M,Taniguchi M,Fukao K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

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：:The specificity of self MHC-restricted T cells responding to peptide fragments of processed antigen has been well characterized. However, the means by which alloreactive T lymphocytes recognize MHC alloantigen remain poorly understood. We now provide evidence that the recognition of class I human leukocyte antigen (HL...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Breur-Vriesendorp BS,Ivanyi P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three MHC class II-derived synthetic peptides (I-A beta (g7)1-16, I-A beta (g7)52-77 and I-A alpha (g7)63-82YC) were analyzed for their ability to bind to syngeneic and allogeneic MHC class II molecules using a whole cell, competitive peptide binding assay. These studies demonstrated that the A beta (g7)1-16 peptide w...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Feili-Hariri M,Kao H,Mietzner TA,Morel PA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate if osteoclasts (OCs) and dendritic cells (DCs), both of monocyte origin, can support the survival of normal human plasma cells (PCs). PCs differentiate from plasmablasts (PBs) arising from activated B cells, essentially memory B cells. To study the survival of both PBs (C...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Geffroy-Luseau A,Jégo G,Bataille R,Campion L,Pellat-Deceunynck C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (i-IEL) of aged rats comprise CD4+CD8alphaalpha+ and CD4-CD8alphaalpha+ T cells expressing TCR alphabeta. In the present study, we compared characteristics between CD4+CD8alphaalpha+ and CD4-CD8alphaalpha+ i-IEL, which were purified by a cell sorter from the i-IEL of 6-month-old ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yamada K,Kimura Y,Nishimura H,Namii Y,Murase M,Yoshikai Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania donovani resides within the host macrophages by dampening host defence mechanisms and thereby it modulates the host cell functions for its survival. Multiple host cell factors compete during the interplay between the host and the parasite. Roles for dual-specificity phosphatases (DUSPs) are implicated in va...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Parveen S,Bandhyopadhyay S,Das S,Majumdar SB,Jawed JJ,Chowdhury BP,Saha B,Majumdar S

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:It has been demonstrated that in vivo T cell priming requires CD154-CD40 interaction, which is suggested to be critical in the induction of co-stimulatory activities on antigen-presenting cells (APC). In the current study, we demonstrate that in vivo administration of a high dose of a superantigen, staphylococcal ente...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Eshima K,Choi Y,Flavell RA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate here that human necrosis factor-alpha, a potent neutrophil activator, induces rapid (within 3 h) apoptosis of these cells, i.e. neutrophils treated with this cytokine exhibit (i) light and electron microscopic changes characteristic to apoptotic cells, (ii) reduced propidium iodide binding to DNA, and (...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Takeda Y,Watanabe H,Yonehara S,Yamashita T,Saito S,Sendo F

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NK cells were first identified in 1975 and represent the prototypical group 1 innate lymphoid cell (ILC). More recently, the discovery of new members of the ILC family has highlighted the complexity of this innate lymphoid lineage. Importantly, it has been recognized that different subsets exist within the group 1 ILC...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Seillet C,Belz GT

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:LPS-binding protein (LBP) can facilitate the transfer of cell wall components of both Gram-negative bacteria (LPS) and Gram-positive bacteria (lipoteichoic acid) to inflammatory cells. Although LBP is predominantly produced in the liver, recent studies have indicated that this protein is also synthesized locally in th...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Branger J,Florquin S,Knapp S,Leemans JC,Pater JM,Speelman P,Golenbock DT,van der Poll T

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:In vascularized organ transplantation, vascular endothelial cells (EC) confronting recipient T cells are potentially significant APC initiating cellular immune responses that lead to rejection. In the present study, we studied the ability of human EC to stimulate allogeneic T cells and the co-stimulatory molecules inv...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Seino K,Azuma M,Bashuda H,Fukao K,Yagita H,Okumura K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Man has been found to produce highly conserved chitinases. The most prominent is the phagocyte-derived chitotriosidase, the plasma levels of which are markedly elevated in some pathological conditions. Here, we report that both polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) and macrophages (m) are a source of chitotriosidase. T...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： van Eijk M,van Roomen CP,Renkema GH,Bussink AP,Andrews L,Blommaart EF,Sugar A,Verhoeven AJ,Boot RG,Aerts JM

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Naturally occurring CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells (nT(R)) comprise a separate lineage of T cells that are essential for maintaining immunological tolerance to self. Here we demonstrate that the level of phosphorylation of the TCR zeta-chain is approximately 1.5- to 4-fold higher in nT(R) as compared with CD4(+)CD25...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Andersson J,Stefanova I,Stephens GL,Shevach EM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class II transactivator (CIITA) controls both the constitutive and IFN-gamma inducible expression of HLA-D genes. In addition, through the squelching of another transactivator CREB-binding protein, CIITA was more recently shown to have a wider cellular function, including cell cycle control or cellular response to...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Barbieri G,Deffrennes V,Prod'homme T,Vedrenne J,Baton F,Cortes C,Fischer A,Bono MR,Lisowska-Grospierre B,Charron D,Alcaïde-Loridan C

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's syndrome (BS) is a systemic inflammatory disorder with unknown etiology. Features of both innate and adaptive immunity have been claimed in the pathogenesis of BS. To test the possible dysregulation of the NLRP3/cryopyrin (Nod-like receptor with a pyrin domain 3) inflammasome, as a result of mutation(s), we p...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yüksel Ş,Eren E,Hatemi G,Sahillioğlu AC,Gültekin Y,Demiröz D,Akdiş C,Fresko İ,Özören N

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00