Cell adhesion by membrane-bound paf-acether.

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：: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：: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：:Two peptides based on the complementarity-determining regions (CDR) 1 and 3 (pCDR1 and pCDR3) of a murine monoclonal anti-DNA autoantibody that expresses the common idiotype 16/6Id were shown to down-regulate systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-associated T cell responses and to prevent the development of clinical symp...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zinger H,Eilat E,Meshorer A,Mozes E

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA class II molecules present superantigens more efficiently than their murine counterpart. Therefore, transgenic mice expressing HLA-DQ8 with and without CD28 were used to address the role of CD28 in staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)-driven immune responses. SEB-induced in vitro proliferation of naive DQ8.CD28(-/-)...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Rajagopalan G,Smart MK,Marietta EV,David CS

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive expression of p35 and p40 IL-12 mRNA was detected in splenic macrophages isolated from aged mice. Macrophages were also implicated as the cell type responsible for the dysregulated IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha commonly observed to be constitutively produced by lymphoid cells from aged donors...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Spencer NF,Daynes RA

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：:Although IL-2 receptor beta chain (IL-2R beta) expressed in various lymphoid cell lines binds IL-2 with an intermediate affinity, IL-2R beta expressed in fibroblasts is unable to bind IL-2, suggesting that IL-2R beta is on its own not sufficient for generating the intermediate-affinity receptor and that lymphoid-speci...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kuida K,Tanaka T,Kitamura F,Toyama-Sorimachi N,Miyasaka M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell development is a complex process involving interactions between B cell precursors, stroma, and known and unknown ligands and cytokines. In order to more fully understand the requirements for Ig in that development we have created transgenic mice that carry a gamma 2b transgene and express it early in B cell dev...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kurtz BS,Witte PL,Storb U

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the similarity in primary structure between the newly characterized ligand for CD40 (CD40L) and the tumor necrosis factors (TNFs), we have modeled a detailed 3-D structure for CD40L. We used the known structure of TNF alpha as a template for the generation of the CD40L model. The soundness of the model-buildi...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Peitsch MC,Jongeneel CV

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells bearing the gamma delta form of the TCR make up only 1-3% of T cells in the adult murine thymus and peripheral lymphoid organs. Evidence from studies of nude mice suggests that the development of at least some gamma delta T cells is thymus dependent; however, until now it has not been directly demonstrated that ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kelly KA,Pearse M,Lefrancois L,Scollay R

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated two cDNA clones encoding the guinea pig receptor for the Fc portion of IgG2 (Fc gamma 2R) from a guinea pig peritoneal macrophage cDNA library. Analysis of the predicted amino acid sequence of the one cDNA clone indicated that the guinea pig Fc gamma 2R is a type I transmembrane protein and has approx...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Isashi Y,Yamashita T,Nagasawa S,Murakami M,Uede T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 1 (TRAF1), an intracellular protein, which binds to a range of molecules, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family members, regulates TNF-induced NF-kappaB and AP-1 signaling as well as TCR-triggered proliferative responses ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Bryce PJ,Oyoshi MK,Kawamoto S,Oettgen HC,Tsitsikov EN

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative expression of class I genes varies widely in different tissues, during development and in some neoplastic cells. Regulatory DNA sequences controlling levels of transcription of class I genes have been characterized in the murine and swine promoters. Although some regulatory features appear to be retained ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Blanchet O,Gazin C,L'Haridon M,Tatari Z,Degos L,Sigaux F,Paul P

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, the thymus is the primary lymphoid organ able to support the development of T cells through its three-dimensional (3D) organization of the thymic stromal cells. Since a remarkable number of similarities are shared between the thymic epithelial cells (TECs) and skin-derived keratinocytes and fibroblasts, in ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Palamaro L,Guarino V,Scalia G,Antonini D,De Falco L,Bianchino G,Fusco A,Romano R,Grieco V,Missero C,Del Vecchio L,Ambrosio L,Pignata C

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Mice lacking the IL-2 receptor beta chain (IL-2R beta) exhibit an autoimmune reaction characterized by generalized T cell activation, production of autoantibodies, myeloproliferation and severe anemia. T cells of IL-2R beta-/- mice were examined to elucidate the mechanism responsible for their abnormal activation and ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Suzuki H,Hayakawa A,Bouchard D,Nakashima I,Mak TW

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a novel approach to probe the molecular basis of TCR recognition of the MHC class I-peptide complex and to determine how constraints placed on peptide binding by the class I molecule influence T cell recognition. We synthesized peptide pairs derived from the N- and C-terminal regions of class I peptide li...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Gillanders WE,Hanson HL,Rubocki RJ,Hansen TH,Connolly JM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin affinity maturation depends on somatic hypermutation (SHM) in immunoglobulin variable (IgV) regions initiated by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). AID induces transition mutations by C→U deamination on both strands, causing C:G→T:A. Error-prone repairs of U by base excision and mismatch repai...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Eid MMA,Shimoda M,Singh SK,Almofty SA,Pham P,Goodman MF,Maeda K,Sakaguchi N

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-18 is a proinflammatory cytokine that plays an important role in NK cell activation and T(h)1 response. IL-18 has a structural homology to IL-1, particularly IL-1beta. IL-18R, composed of IL-1R-related protein (IL-18Ralpha) and IL-1R accessory protein-like (IL-18Rbeta), belongs to the IL-1R family. Furthermore, IL-...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Tominaga K,Yoshimoto T,Torigoe K,Kurimoto M,Matsui K,Hada T,Okamura H,Nakanishi K

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4(+) T cell-mediated, inflammatory disease with similarities to multiple sclerosis in humans. Intranasal (i.n.) administration of a myelin basic protein (MBP)-derived peptide can protect susceptible mice from EAE. The mechanisms underlying this phenomenon, however...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Burkhart C,Liu GY,Anderton SM,Metzler B,Wraith DC

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a major mechanism whereby HIV-1 depletes uninfected CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. We previously showed that resting peripheral blood T cells derived from healthy donors were killed by an apoptotic mechanism after adsorption to gp120-containing, protease-defective HIV-1 (L-2) particles, more effectively than pare...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kameoka M,Suzuki S,Kimura T,Fujinaga K,Auwanit W,Luftig RB,Ikuta K

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop predictive markers for a beneficial humoral immune response, we evaluated the in vivo and in vitro response to the pandemic (p)H1N1 vaccine in young and elderly individuals. We measured serum antibody response and associated this with the in vitro B-cell response to the vaccine, measured by activat...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Frasca D,Diaz A,Romero M,Phillips M,Mendez NV,Landin AM,Blomberg BB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have followed CD4 and CD8 TCR V beta repertoires during the acute phase of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a resistant mouse strain (C57BL/6). No major changes were found in the V beta TCR distributions analyzed (covering roughly 40% of the TCR repertoire) in peripheral CD4 T lymphocytes, confirming the polyclonal n...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Leite-de-Moraes MC,Coutinho A,Hontebeyrie-Joskowicz M,Minoprio P,Eisen H,Bandeira A

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：: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：:Antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) in respiratory tract tissues provide a first line of defense against invading pathogens. These cells often secrete IgA that is efficiently transcytosed across epithelial barriers into the airway lumen where pathogens can be blocked at their point of entry. Previous literature has report...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Sealy RE,Surman SL,Vogel P,Hurwitz JL

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:In this study, we analyzed peripheral blood CD4+CD8+ double-positive (DP) lymphocytes in adult cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). Forty of 55 monkeys had > 5% of the peripheral blood DP subpopulation (9.3 +/- 5.9%; mean +/- SD) in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) in contrast to a low percentage of peripheral ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Akari H,Terao K,Murayama Y,Nam KH,Yoshikawa Y

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta has been shown to stimulate isotype switching to IgA in cultures of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated B cells. The induction of isotype switching is associated with the appearance of novel germline alpha transcripts that cannot be found in cultures stimulated with LPS alone. TGF...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Lebman DA,Park MJ,Hansen-Bundy S,Pandya A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00