Crystal structure of Drosophila PGRP-SD suggests binding to DAP-type but not lysine-type peptidoglycan.

abstract：:Ectopic follicles are non-encapsulated organized lymphoid structures that form at sites of inflammation and presumably contribute to the activation and differentiation of cells with autoreactive potential within target tissues. As such, directed targeting of ectopic follicles in settings of autoimmunity may provide a ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Karnell JL,Mahmoud TI,Herbst R,Ettinger R

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the mechanism by which anti-CD28 antibodies activates IFN-gamma production by murine NK cells. These studies reveal that engagement of CD28 alone by this antibody is a poor activator of this cytokine response. Effective stimulation requires simultaneous ligation of the receptor for Fc (FcgammaRIII...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Cheung JC,Koh CY,Gordon BE,Wilder JA,Yuan D

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is an irreversible physiological process characterized by increased risk of diseases, reduced effectiveness of vaccines, and decreased immune responses. One of the most prominent paradigms of aging and age related conditions is the progressive accumulation of un-repaired DNA breaks leading to apoptosis and exhau...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Puthiyaveetil AG,Caudell DL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease which is susceptible to children and causes great harm to them. Recently, Interferon-related developmental regulator 1 (IFRD1) was proved to be participant in regulating lung diseases, and its abnormal expression was shown in pathological airway tissues. Our study aimed to demon...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Chang M,Zhang Y,Hui Z,Wang D,Guo H

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major product of digestion of bovine IgG2a(A1) with immobilized pepsin is F(ab')2 while similar treatment of IgG2a(A2) yields Fab, Fc and other products. It is postulated that structural differences in the hinge region, including the absence of the most N-terminal disulfide bridge in IgG2a(A2) and a displacement o...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Heyermann H,Butler JE

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Egr-1 is an immediate early gene that is rapidly upregulated in response to mitogenic signals induced by antigen receptor crosslinking on murine B lymphocytes. It has been shown that levels of Egr-1 expression are closely correlated with B cell proliferation in several models of B cell activation and tolerance. We com...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Klaus SJ,Phillips NE,Parker DC

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously noted that a specific amino acid sequence could form the second framework region of human, mouse and rabbit immunoglobulin light chains, suggesting that this sequence has been preserved for 80 million years. Through divergent evolution, each species has acquired a different set of framework region s...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Wu TT,Kabat EA

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin conjugating (ubc) E2 enzyme ubc-9 conjugates the ubiquitin-like peptide sentrin/SUMO-1/PIC1 to target proteins which include the Fas antigen. We show that the mouse genome contains four copies of the ubc-9 gene. These include a structural ubc-9 gene consisting of seven exons which encode a protein identi...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Tsytsykova AV,Tsitsikov EN,Wright DA,Futcher B,Geha RS

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous investigation have demonstrated the presence of the Rho(D) antigen in Rh negative erythrocytes. The intact Rh negative cell, however, does not bind anti-D IgG. Presently we have shown that an anti-D binding antigen resides on the cytoplasmic surface of Rh negative erythrocyte membranes. Unsealed Rh negative m...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Evans JP,Brown PJ,Sinor LT,Tilzer LL,Beck M,Plapp FV

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant cells expressing NKG2D ligands on their cell surface can be directly sensed and killed by NKG2D-bearing lymphocytes. To ensure this immune recognition, accumulating evidence suggests that NKG2D ligands are trafficed via alternative pathways to the cell surface. We have previously shown that the NKG2D ligand ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Uhlenbrock F,van Andel E,Andresen L,Skov S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal effects associated with the binding reaction of concanavalin A and immunoglobulins have been measured by calorimetry. IgG solutions do not generate heat on mixing with concanavalin A, confirming the low reactivity of IgG for the lectin molecule. IgM solutions, on the other hand, show a substantial enthalpi...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Dani M,Manca F,Rialdi G

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent article published in Molecular Immunology [Furukawa, K., Shimizu, T., Murakami, A., Kono, R., Nakagawa, M., Sagawa, T., Yamato, I., Azuma, T., 2007. Strategy for affinity maturation of an antibody with high evolvability to (4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl) acetyl hapten. Mol. Immunol. 44, 2436-2445], the authors m...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Kang J,Warren AS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha 1-Microglobulin (alpha lm), a glycoprotein heterogeneous in charge, was reported to occur both as a 31-kilodalton (kd) monomer [low mol. wt alpha lm (LMW-alpha lm)] and as polymers or complexes formed with other plasma proteins including IgA [high mol. wt alpha lm (HMW-alpha lm)]. The present study was designed ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Vincent C,Bouic P,Revillard JP,Bataille R

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-step purification procedure of Par j I from the whole Parietaria judaica pollen extract is described. The first step consisted of gel filtration HPLC using a TSKG 3000 SW column, and 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid as the eluant. By this method, proteins were separated from the highly colored material present in the e...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Polo F,Ayuso R,Carreira J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TNFα converting enzyme (TACE) is responsible for converting membrane-anchored TNFα to its soluble form in mammalian. However, the function and characteristics of TACE in teleosts is unclear. In this study, we report the cloning of a cDNA sequence of the PaTACE from ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis. PaTACE encodes an 865-aa...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Lu XJ,Chen Q,Yang GJ,Chen J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complement component C5-derived C5a locally generated in the brain has been shown to protect against glutamate-induced neuronal apoptosis and beta-amyloid (Aβ) toxicity, but the mechanism is not clear. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that C5a influences upstream signal transduction pathways associate...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Gong B,Pan Y,Zhao W,Knable L,Vempati P,Begum S,Ho L,Wang J,Yemul S,Barnum S,Bilski A,Gong BY,Pasinetti GM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies (Ab) are bifunctional molecules with two domains, a constant region (C) that confers effector properties and a variable (V) region responsible of antigen (Ag) binding. Historically the C and V regions were considered to be functionally independent, with Ag specificity being solely determined by the V region...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Janda A,Casadevall A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor NF-kappaB plays critical roles in immune and inflammatory responses. Here we show that filarial parasitic sheath proteins cause activation of NF-kappaB in the airway epithelial HEp-2 cell line. This activation was transient and saturable, and involved degradation of the cytoplasmic inhibitor p...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Narayanan K,Balakrishnan A,Miyamoto S

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In periodontal disease, IgG1 and IgA1 antibodies produced in situ deposit on antigens in the affected tissues. Thus, there is an interest in the effect of co-deposited IgA1 antibodies on complement activation by IgG1-immune complexes. In the present study, we first analyzed the effect of IgA1-immune complexes on compl...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Boackle RJ,Nguyen QL,Leite RS,Yang X,Vesely J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capability of NK lymphocytes to kill tumor cells depends on different receptors/ligands interactions. In order to identify the cellular ligands recognized by "orphan" triggering receptors, mice were immunized with NK susceptible target cells. mAbs were selected that inhibited NK cytotoxicity and recognized two dif...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Pende D,Bottino C,Castriconi R,Cantoni C,Marcenaro S,Rivera P,Spaggiari GM,Dondero A,Carnemolla B,Reymond N,Mingari MC,Lopez M,Moretta L,Moretta A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene regulatory network (GRN) subcircuits have been described for cell fate progressions in animal development. The hallmark of these subcircuits is the integration of promoters, and positive- and negative-acting promoter binding proteins, such that an alteration in function of any one member of the defined subcircuit...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Xu L,Niesen MI,Blanck G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) is a marine orthomyxovirus of significant interest not only as a cause of a fatal disease of farmed Atlantic salmon resulting in severe economic losses to the aquaculture industry, but also as the only poikilothermic orthomyxovirus. ISAV targets vascular endothelial cells and mac...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Workenhe ST,Hori TS,Rise ML,Kibenge MJ,Kibenge FS

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD20 is a cell-surface marker expressed on mature B cells and most malignant B cells, but not stem or plasma cells. It is an ideal target for monoclonal antibodies (mAb), such as rituximab and ofatumumab, as it is expressed at high levels on most B-cell malignancies, but does not become internalized or shed from the p...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Glennie MJ,French RR,Cragg MS,Taylor RP

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease and currently has no effective therapy. The genome-wide analyses indicate that interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase 1 (IRAK1) is associated with the susceptibility of SLE in humans. In the present study, we identified that IRAK1 was ov...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Li M,Yu D,Ni B,Hao F

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals genetically deficient of properdin are more susceptible to meningococcal disease. Likewise low concentration or decreased biological activity of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is associated with higher incidence of bacterial infections during childhood. In this study we report our findings in a Dan...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Bathum L,Hansen H,Teisner B,Koch C,Garred P,Rasmussen K,Wang P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of ruminants and humans with Fasciola gigantica is attracting increasing attention due to its economic impact and public health significance. However, little is known of innate immune responses during F. gigantica infection. Here, we investigated the expression profiles of genes involved in Toll-like recepto...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Zhang FK,Hou JL,Guo AJ,Tian AL,Sheng ZA,Zheng WB,Huang WY,Elsheikha HM,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regarding the role of micro RNAs (miRNA) in the proliferation and differentiation of T cells as well as the controversy around the role of bacteria in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), the effects of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) and Lactobacillus acidophilus (La) were investigated in the induction of mi...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Kalani M,Hodjati H,Ghoddusi Johari H,Doroudchi M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization of the site on the IgE molecule which accommodates the high affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RI) should allow the design of IgE analogues which can be utilized to block allergic responses. Using chimeric human IgE molecules in which different constant region domains were exchanged with their ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Nissim A,Eshhar Z

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triptolide has been used extensively in China for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and tumor for many centuries. Nevertheless, little is known about its exact immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory properties. Increasing recognition of the importance of renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs) in renal diseases rais...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Chen Y,Zhang J,Li J,Zhao T,Zou L,Tang Y,Zhang X,Wu Y

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of glycosylation in membrane expression and secretion of IgM and IgA was investigated in murine lymphoma and hybridoma cell lines, derived from I.29 tumor, which synthesize IgM or IgA with identical variable regions. Tunicamycin, a selective inhibitor of N-linked glycosylation, prevented the membrane expressi...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Sitia R,Rubartelli A,Hämmerling U

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00