MBL2, FCN1, FCN2 and FCN3-The genes behind the initiation of the lectin pathway of complement.

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：BACKGROUND:Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is involved in inflammatory responses in atherosclerosis. We propose an in vitro cellular assay to evaluate the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of potential modifiers such as food extracts. In the current model we assessed an anti-inflammatory effect of polyphenol-rich peanut ext...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Catalán Ú,Fernández-Castillejo S,Anglès N,Morelló JR,Yebras M,Solà R

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of cells of the rat basophilic leukemia line RBL-2H3, which are used as a model in biochemical studies of mast cells, by antigen or by the calcium ionophore ionomycin, are known to cause secretion of mediators of inflammation. These stimuli have now been found to cause a decrease in the cells' cytosolic pH...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Gertler R,Pecht I

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The migration of dendritic cells (DCs) from the site of antigen-encounter to regional lymphoid organs is crucial for DCs to function as potent antigen-presenting cells. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is critically for DCs migration across extracellular matrix (ECM). We verified in previous studies that hypoxia dim...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Zhao P,Li XG,Yang M,Shao Q,Wang D,Liu S,Song H,Song B,Zhang Y,Qu X

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages play an important role both in innate and adaptive immune responses. Treatment with interferon (IFN) γ together with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activates pro-inflammatory macrophages which secrete various pro-inflammatory cytokines including IL-12. IL-12 promotes a Th1 type immune response by directly contro...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Boonyatecha N,Sangphech N,Wongchana W,Kueanjinda P,Palaga T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent publication in Molecular Immunology by Leo and Goldman doi:10.1016/j.molimm.2009.02.024 has shown that the Escherichia coli immunoglobulin-binding (Eib) proteins are receptors for IgG and IgA. We would like to highlight important issues that were not addressed in their recent manuscript whilst providing possi...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Pleass RJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of proteins with significant similarity to the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) have been identified over the last years. Upon interaction with their cognate receptor (members of the TNF-receptor family), all members of this protein family induce either cell death or proliferation/differentiation of the receptor-...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Peitsch MC,Tschopp J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antigen-coated plate radioimmunoassay was used to detect antibodies against homologous glutaraldehyde-modified albumin (in monomeric or polymeric form) in normal mouse sera. Mouse antibodies reacted also with heterologous glutaraldehyde-treated albumin; for instance human albumin. Immunoelectrophoresis of purified ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Onică D,Mărgineanu I,Medeşan C,Călugăru A,Manciulea M

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4 T cells play an important role in the immune response against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Woodchucks represent an excellent animal model to study HBV infection. In this study, we characterized the cDNA sequence of woodchuck CD4 (wCD4). The deduced wCD4 protein has four extracellular immunoglobulin-like doma...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Yang Y,Zhang X,Zhang C,Tao Y,Fan W,Wang Z,Wang H,Lu M,Yang D,Fiedler M,Wang B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p38 mitogen-actived protein kinases (MAPKs) broadly exist from yeast to mammals and participate in diverse cellular responses to various stimuli, whose activation can be induced by the MAPK kinase 6 (MKK6). In this study, a novel MKK6 homolog from Litopenaeus vannamei (LvMKK6) was cloned and characterized. The transcr...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Li H,Wang S,Qian Z,Wu Z,Lǚ K,Weng S,He J,Li C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between a single-chain Fv (sFv) of the monoclonal antibody 3A21 and its antigen, bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A), was studied by site-directed mutagenesis of the hypervariable regions and fluorescence polarization analysis. The affinity constants of wild-type sFv and a mutant sFv D31A (Asp31...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Katakura Y,Kumamoto T,Iwai Y,Kurokawa Y,Omasa T,Suga K

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is critical for immunoglobulin (Ig) diversification in B cells. The majority of evidence supports the model that AID modifies Ig genes at the DNA level by deaminating cytosines into uracils. The mutagenic activity is largely restricted to Ig genes to avoid genomic damage in ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Kim Y,Tian M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maintenance of intestinal tissue homeostasis is vital for the resistance against inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Necroptosis is identified as an alternative mode of regulated cell death, which plays a pivotal role in tissue homeostasis. Thus, the roles of RIP3-mediated necroptosis in intestinal inflammation ha...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Zhang J,Qin D,Yang YJ,Hu GQ,Qin XX,Du CT,Chen W

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The A/J murine hybridoma cell line 40-150 secretes antidigoxin antibodies with high affinity for digoxin. A first-order spontaneous mutant (40-150 A2.4) produces antibodies containing a mutation at heavy chain position 94 resulting in reduced affinity for digoxin. A second-order mutant (40-150 A2.4 P.10) derived from ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Shaw SY,Margolies MN

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation is an important protein post-translational modification. In this process, the intermediate product, Tn antigen, arises from somatic mutations in core1β3-galactosyltransferase-specific molecular chaperone (Cosmc), which is required for the formation of active core1β3-galactosyltransferase (T-synthase). As...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Shi C,Xu X,Yu X,Du Z,Luan X,Liu D,Hu T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucosal surface of the gastrointestinal tract represents a major entry point and ecological niche for many microbes. It forms an important immune barrier, absorbing nutrients, whilst preventing invasion by organisms. Of the extra-ordinarily diverse species that comprise the microbial world, relatively few organism...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Dommett R,Zilbauer M,George JT,Bajaj-Elliott M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five murine A/J hybridomas (the 35-20 group) produce anti-digoxin antibodies that have homologous heavy and light chain immunoglobulin variable regions (VH and VL), yet differ from each other in fine specificity and affinity for digoxin and related cardiac glycosides [Mudgett-Hunter et al. Molec. Immun. 22, 477-488 (1...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Near RI,Haber E

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large quantities of antibodies are transported into the yolk of the chicken's egg. We have identified several regions within the antibody molecule important for its uptake into the egg yolk. An intact Fc and hinge region but not the Fc-associated carbohydrate are required for transport. Our data suggest that the C(H)2...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Morrison SL,Mohammed MS,Wims LA,Trinh R,Etches R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire diversity, thymic output, clonal size and peripheral T-lymphocyte numbers largely depend on intra-thymic and post-thymic T-lymphocyte proliferation. However, quantitative insight into thymocyte and T-lymphocyte proliferation is still lacking. We developed a new TCRG-based TCR excision ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： van der Weerd K,Dik WA,Schrijver B,Bogers AJ,Maat AP,van Nederveen FH,van Hagen PM,van Dongen JJ,Langerak AW,Staal FJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary exposure to innocuous aeroallergens is a common event leading to inhalation tolerance. Distinct subsets of pulmonary dendritic cells (DC) and regulatory T cells (T(Reg)) play critical roles in mediating and maintaining such tolerance. In asthmatics, the same aeroallergens drive a maladaptive, Th2-biased immu...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Köhl J,Wills-Karp M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of human tonsillar mononuclear cells with interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) rapidly induced the activation of distinct nuclear factors with different mobilities, both of which bind the IL-4 response element (IL-4RE) of CD23b promoter as examined by electrophoretic mobility shift assays ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Park HJ,So EY,Lee CE

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepcidins are antimicrobial peptides that play important roles in resisting pathogenic infection. Through hybridization of a phage library, the cDNA sequences of three hepcidin-like antimicrobial peptides (named TH1-5, TH2-2, and TH2-3) in tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus, were determined. The complete hepcidin cDNA s...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Huang PH,Chen JY,Kuo CM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is an opportunistic human-pathogenic fungus, which can cause superficial but also life-threatening invasive infections. The pH-regulated antigen 1 (Pra1) of C. albicans is a surface-associated and secreted protein highly expressed in the hyphal form. Pra1 can bind to complement receptor 3 (CD11b/CD18)...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Losse J,Svobodová E,Heyken A,Hube B,Zipfel PF,Józsi M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven murine monoclonal anti-hen egg-white lysozyme (HEL) antibodies were tested with a panel of nine antigens; eight avian lysozymes and human lysozyme. The antibodies were arranged into 10 groups based on their antigen specificity and cross-reactivity. Antigenic determinants recognized by each group of antibo...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Harper M,Lema F,Boulot G,Poljak RJ

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system is a vital component of the immune-priveliged human eye that is always active at a low-grade level, preventing harmful intraocular injuries caused by accumulation of turnover products and controlling pathogens to preserve eye homeostasis and vision. The complement system is a double-edged sword t...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Mohlin C,Sandholm K,Ekdahl KN,Nilsson B

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An IgGl(lambda) Mot myeloma protein showed a unique susceptibility toward papain digestion. The Fab fragment of Mot was more digestible with papain than the Fc fragment. This phenomenon was found to occur by unusual cleavage of the Fd fragment with papain. Determination of the complete primary structure of the V regio...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Kojima M,Koide T,Odani S,Ono T

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ectodomain of matrix protein 2 (M2e) has remained remarkably conserved amongst human influenza A viruses and is a target for Abs with protective activity. For these reasons, M2e is being investigated for its potential as a broadly protective influenza A virus vaccine. Here, we report on the fine specificity and se...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Zhang M,Zharikova D,Mozdzanowska K,Otvos L,Gerhard W

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:The murine pre-B cell line R2-bfl, which can be induced to differentiate in vitro, was used to study germline transcription of variable regions of the light chain loci. RNA from these cells was subjected to a 3'-RACE and germline transcripts from 17 individual Vkappa gene segments belonging to 12 Vkappa families were ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Düber S,Engel H,Rolink A,Kretschmer K,Weiss S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of the catalytic activity of horseradish peroxidase by rabbit antisera was measured using alternate enzyme substrates. The same general inhibition curve patterns were obtained regardless of the electron donor or hydroperoxide used. In all cases typical biphasic inhibition patterns were found and complete in...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Clark SK Jr,Conroy JM,Harris PJ

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00