Distinct gut-derived lactic acid bacteria elicit divergent dendritic cell-mediated NK cell responses.

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：:Previously we have described the role of two 14mer peptides in autoimmune uveitis, PDSAg from the retinal autoantigen S-antigen (S-Ag) and B27PD from the sequence of disease-associated HLA-B molecules, which show antigenic mimicry. The retinal peptide gave rise to severe uveitis in the Lewis rat model of experimental ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wildner G,Diedrichs-Möhring M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To delineate the role of the IgH 3' enhancer in the regulation of Ig heavy (IgH) chain gene expression, mice harbouring rearranged IgH transgenes, with (PSVmu3) and without (PSVmu1) this element, were produced. RNA and protein analysis from the different transgenic lines revealed a 5- to 7-fold increase in the express...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Arulampalam V,Furebring C,Samuelsson A,Lendahl U,Borrebaeck C,Lundkvist I,Pettersson S

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

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：:The granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) promoter contains a 10 bp element known as CK-1 or CD28RE that specifically responds to the co-stimulatory signal delivered to T cells via the CD28 surface receptor. This element is a variant NFkappaB site that does not function alone but requires an adjace...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Shang C,Attema J,Cakouros D,Cockerill PN,Shannon MF

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of the process of Peyer's patch (PP) formation has been hampered by difficulties in identifying its initial step in the embryo. In this study, we overcame this problem by means of whole-mount immunohistochemistry using mAb against the molecules which were expressed in the cells accumulated at the site of...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Adachi S,Yoshida H,Kataoka H,Nishikawa S

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA of normal mouse thymocytes with a JH4 probe, a probe for JH4 of Igh genes, consistently showed a second band in addition to a germline band. The same band was also observed in analysis with a 5' DQ probe, a 5'-flanking sequence of DQ52, thus suggesting the use of DQ52. By analyzin...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Suzuki H,Abe M,Nishikawa S,Nakayama E,Shiku H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye-derived antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are known to contribute to the immune privilege status of the eye by inducing a form of peripheral tolerance that deviates T(h)1 type of pro-inflammatory immune responses. Similar systemic tolerance can also be induced by non-ocular APCs exposed to transforming growth factor...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Masli S,Turpie B,Streilein JW

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize a variety of microbial products and induce defense responses. Pathogen sensing by TLRs occurs either on the cell surface or in endolysosomes. TLR-dependent responses are greatly influenced by the site of pathogen sensing. TLR heterodimers TLR1/TLR2 and TLR2/TLR6 recognize tri- or d...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Motoi Y,Shibata T,Takahashi K,Kanno A,Murakami Y,Li X,Kasahara T,Miyake K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:House dust mite (HDM) is a common allergen of allergic asthma. Eosinophils are principal effector cells of allergic inflammation and their adhesion onto human bronchial epithelial cells is mediated by a CD18-intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1)-dependent interaction. We studied the effects of HDM Dermatophagoide...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wong CK,Li ML,Wang CB,Ip WK,Tian YP,Lam CW

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NK cells limit the emergence of cancers and viral infections by surveillance of 'missing-self' and 'induced-self' ligands, and by direct recognition of pathogen-associated molecules. We examined individual roles for Toll-like receptors (TLRs)-7 and -8 in human NK-cell activation using synthetic, small molecule agonist...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Gorski KS,Waller EL,Bjornton-Severson J,Hanten JA,Riter CL,Kieper WC,Gorden KB,Miller JS,Vasilakos JP,Tomai MA,Alkan SS

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Mutagenic analyses have identified structural motifs important for TCR-mediated signaling in the antigen-binding chains, CD3 and zeta subunits of the TCR complex. In this study, we altered selected residues in the transmembrane and extracellular constant regions of the TCR beta chain and expressed the mutants in a T h...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Fuller-Espie S,Hoffman Towler P,Wiest DL,Tietjen I,Spain LM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1, Pdcd1), an immunoreceptor belonging to the CD28/CTLA-4 family negatively regulates antigen receptor signaling by recruiting protein tyrosine phosphatase, SHP-2 upon interacting with either of two ligands, PD-L1 or PD-L2. Because of the wide range of ligand distribution in the body, its b...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Okazaki T,Honjo T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein antigens elicit humoral responses in mice that consist predominantly of IgG1 antibodies. We have now investigated the ability of IL-12, a cytokine reported to augment IgG2a anti-hapten responses through activation of Th1 cells, to alter antibody responses to hen eggwhite lysozyme (HEL). The normal response of ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Buchanan JM,Vogel LA,Van Cleave VH,Metzger DW

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic intracellular bacteria often hijack macrophages for their propagation. The infected macrophages release IL-1β and IL-18 and simultaneously commit suicide, which is called pyroptosis; both responses require caspase-1. Here, we found that pyroptotic cells induced by microbial infection were efficiently engulf...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wang Q,Imamura R,Motani K,Kushiyama H,Nagata S,Suda T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence from several different experimental systems suggests that regulatory cells specific for self-antigens exist in the normal immune repertoire, and that these cells are necessary for maintenance of self-tolerance and prevention of autoimmune disease. We attempted to demonstrate the existence of regulatory cells ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Lindsey JW,Jin R

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of bone marrow (BM) lymphocytes in C57BL/6 mice homozygous for the lpr mutation (B6.lpr) disclosed low numbers of pre-B and B cells, as compared with age-matched control B6 mice. BM depletion in B6.lpr mice was selective for B-lineage cells, appeared in young adults, and developed markedly with age and diseas...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Sundblad A,Coutinho A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD18-deficient PL/J mice develop dermatitis characterized by hyperkeratosis, and a mixed dermal and epidermal inflammatory infiltrate. The development of this disease requires low-level CD18 expression and at least two PL/J loci. Currently, the mechanisms by which decreased beta(2) integrin expression on leukocytes pr...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Barlow SC,Xu H,Weaver CT,Lindsey JR,Schoeb TR,Bullard DC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of the HLA-DRB1, -B3, and -B5 gene products in the recognition of Dermatophagoides spp. (house dust mite) by helper T cells isolated from an atopic individual (HLA-DRw12, DR7; DRw52b) with perennial rhinitis was investigated. Using a panel of histocompatible and histoincompatible accessory cells, the ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： O'Hehir RE,Mach B,Berte C,Greenlaw R,Tiercy JM,Bal V,Lechler RI,Trowsdale J,Lamb JR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pp56lck is a member of the src family of tyrosine kinases mainly expressed in T lymphocytes. Src tyrosine kinases have been implicated in the control of cell growth and differentiation in different cell types, but the mechanism of regulation of these enzymes is poorly understood. In order to characterize the distinct ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Carrera AC,Li P,Roberts TM

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs 125a and 125b are predicted to be able to bind to the B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1 (BLIMP-1) and IFN regulatory protein-4 (IRF-4) transcription factors, which are essential for plasma cell differentiation. A computational survey of the human and mouse genomes revealed that miR-125a and miR-125b ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Gururajan M,Haga CL,Das S,Leu CM,Hodson D,Josson S,Turner M,Cooper MD

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The co-existence of tumor specific immunity with a progressing tumor is observed in a variety of experimental systems and remains one of the major paradoxes of tumor immunology. We now report that a human melanoma cell line (SMC) expressing MHC class II was able to induce clonal anergy in a specific, MHC-restricted CD...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Becker JC,Brabletz T,Czerny C,Termeer C,Bröcker EB

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) sense saprophytic yeast and pathogenic, filamentous forms of Candida albicans in a specific way, resulting in disparate patterns of DC and T(h) cell activation. Using human and murine DC, such disparate patterns could be traced to the exploitation of distinct recognition receptors. Although usage ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Romani L,Montagnoli C,Bozza S,Perruccio K,Spreca A,Allavena P,Verbeek S,Calderone RA,Bistoni F,Puccetti P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternative complement pathway (ACP) in vertebrates is known to be important in inflammatory reactions, and to be activated by foreign substances such as bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and zymosan, although to date no intrinsic activators have been identified except complement receptor type 2. From the point o...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Oshima H,Soma G,Mizuno D

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CD2 co-receptor expressed on the surface of T lymphocytes is able to stimulate T cell activation, proliferation and cytokine production in the absence of direct engagement of the antigen-specific TCR. Engagement of human CD2 by mitogenic pairs of anti-CD2 mAb induces tyrosine phosphorylation of a number of intrace...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Lin H,Martelli MP,Bierer BE

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune tolerance in the lung is important for preventing hypersensitivity, such as allergic asthma. Maintenance of tolerance in the lung is established by coordinated activities of poorly understood cellular and molecular mechanisms, including participation of dendritic cells (DCs). We have previously identified DC ex...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Han D,Walsh MC,Kim KS,Hong SW,Lee J,Yi J,Rivas G,Choi Y,Surh CD

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:Absence of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) signaling to T cells in mice results in an increase in T cell numbers, an activated CD44 high, CD69-, CD25- T cell phenotype and a T cell-mediated injury to many organs. It is not known if such T cell activation in the absence of TGF-beta signaling is spontaneous o...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mehal WZ,Sheikh SZ,Gorelik L,Flavell RA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombination activating genes Rag-1 and Rag-2 were isolated on the basis of their ability to confer V(D)J recombination activity when co-expressed in fibroblasts. The mode of action of the confer V(D)J recombination activity when co-expressed in fibroblasts. The mode of action of the products of these genes is not kn...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kallenbach S,Brinkmann T,Rougeon F

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00