Cutaneous distribution of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in lupus erythematosus. Selective tropism at the site of epithelial apoptotic damage.

abstract：:Vitamin D [25(OH)D3] deficiency has been associated with asthma as in many inflammatory and autoimmune pathologies; however, there is still a lack of data about the effects of administration of vitamin D in immune regulation in young asthmatic patients. In this study, we investigated its inhibitory effect on the immun...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Hamzaoui A,Berraïes A,Hamdi B,Kaabachi W,Ammar J,Hamzaoui K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial peptide human β-defensin-3 (hBD-3) is produced by epidermal keratinocytes, and exhibits broad killing activity against bacteria or fungi. Prostaglandin D(2) enhances hBD-3 production in human keratinocytes by stimulating a transcription factor, activator protein-1 via chemoattractant receptor-homolog...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Kanda N,Kano R,Ishikawa T,Watanabe S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils, the most abundant leukocyte in human circulation are being more and more recognized as part of the immune reaction to cancer. In the last years, the understanding that neutrophils possess a dual role in cancer development has emerged. During tumor progression the number of neutrophils increase, and their ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Mishalian I,Granot Z,Fridlender ZG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P2X7 receptor activation is involved in a number of pro-inflammatory responses in macrophages and other immune cells. Their expression can be positively modulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and TNFalpha, reinforcing their role during inflammation. We investigated the effect of substances capable of recruiting macro...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Marques da Silva C,Miranda Rodrigues L,Passos da Silva Gomes A,Mantuano Barradas M,Sarmento Vieira F,Persechini PM,Coutinho-Silva R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-lymphocytes, including Th17-cells and T-cells expressing acetylcholine (ACh), are key components of systemic inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We investigated whether ACh promotes Th17 cells in COPD. ACh, IL-17A, IL-22, RORγt, FOXP3 expression and AChIL-17A, AChIL-22, AChRORγt coexpressio...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Profita M,Albano GD,Riccobono L,Di Sano C,Montalbano AM,Gagliardo R,Anzalone G,Bonanno A,Pieper MP,Gjomarkaj M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal epithelial cells produce cytokines in response to bacterial peptidoglycan (PGN), which is detected by several classes of pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) as peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGlyRPs), Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and NOD receptors. All types of PGlyRPs recognize bacterial peptidoglycan...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Zenhom M,Hyder A,de Vrese M,Heller KJ,Roeder T,Schrezenmeir J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Early Growth Response Genes (EGR-1 to AT133/EGR-4) encode a family of proteins that are composed of three homologous consecutive zinc fingers of the Cys2-His2 type and different flanking sequence. Upon growth stimulation of resting cells the four EGR-genes are simultaneously transcribed. We have analyzed the expre...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Skerka C,Decker EL,Zipfel PF

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Male reproductive tract infection and inflammation are important aetiological factors of infertility. Experimental Autoimmune Orchitis (EAO) is a model of chronic inflammation useful to study mechanisms of inflammatory reactions leading to testicular impairment. EAO is characterised by interstitial cell infi...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Jarazo-Dietrich S,Jacobo P,Pérez CV,Guazzone VA,Lustig L,Theas MS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OK-432, a streptococcal preparation, has been shown as an effective activator to induce human monocyte-derived dendritic cells maturation. During this process, the activation of Toll-like receptor 4 plays an important role. However, the signaling pathway involved in has not been fully understood. In the present study,...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Pan K,Wang H,Liu WL,Zhang HK,Zhou J,Li JJ,Weng DS,Huang W,Sun JC,Liang XT,Xia JC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells serve important roles as sentinels against bacterial infection by secreting mediators stored in granules. Much of their effectiveness depends upon recruiting and/or modulating other immune cells. The location of mast cells implies that they recognize pathogens invading tissues or mucosal tissues. Acinetobac...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Kikuchi-Ueda T,Kamoshida G,Ubagai T,Nakano R,Nakano A,Akuta T,Hikosaka K,Tansho-Nagakawa S,Kikuchi H,Ono Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a subgroup of CVID T cell abnormalities have been reported. Peripheral blood T lymphocytes from patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and blood donors were examined for expression of CD8alpha, CD8beta and CD28. In CVID, three CD8+ T cells could be defined: CD8beta(high)CD28+ (expressing CD8beta at a...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Werwitzke S,Drescher B,Schmidt RE,Witte T

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates immune complexes in thyroid glands of Obese strain (OS) chickens, that consist of thyroglobulin (Tg) and antibodies to Tg. In IIF tests it was shown that these complexes fix complement with an age-dependent increase from 12% in 19-day-old embryos up to 100% in 6-week-old animals. This finding a...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Kofler H,Kofler R,Wolf H,Wick G

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced tolerance system in mice that primarily consists of donor cell injection followed by CP-treatment was found useful for inducing a long-lasting allo- or xeno-tolerance to various solid organs. In the cells-followed-by-CP system, the sequential mechanisms of tolerance were clarified using...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Mayumi H,Umesue M,Nomoto K

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal 30S and 50S subunits as well as total proteins from the large subunit of E. coli ribosomes were found to be potent mitogens for both human adult and cord blood lymphocytes. On the other hand, the RNA fraction of the 50S subunit had only a weak stimulatory capacity suggesting that the protein moiety contains ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Sieber G,Rühl H

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in macrophage function have been implicated in the establishment of Crohn's disease (CD). However, the response of macrophages from CD patients to live bacteria, particularly Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), has not been addressed. Considering MAP has long been associated to CD, our objective...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Campos N,Magro F,Castro AR,Cabral J,Rodrigues P,Silva R,Appelberg R,Rodrigues S,Lopes S,Macedo G,Sarmento A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD163 and CD91 are scavenging receptors with highly increased expression during the differentiation of monocytes into the anti-inflammatory macrophage phenotype. In addition, CD91 is expressed in monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MoDCs), where the receptor is suggested to be important for internalization of CD91-targe...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Maniecki MB,Møller HJ,Moestrup SK,Møller BK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells play a pivotal role in controlling the immune response and have been the focus of extensive research. We studied the process of in vitro generation of antigen-specific T effector cells (Teffs) to assess the dynamics of antigen presentation and determine the best conditions for cell therapy. We used a peptidic ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： de Lastic AL,Rodi M,Mouzaki A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major target organ of systemic infection with the intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is the liver, to where inflammatory leukocytes are rapidly recruited. We determined by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction the early chemokine response in the liver after systemic infection of mice with lis...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Barsig J,Flesch IE,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis 381 lipid A induced strong mitogenic response in splenic B cells separated from LPS-non-responsive C3H/HeJ mice as well as LPS-responsive C3H/HeN mice, by using a magnetic cell sorting system. The lipid A also exhibited mitogenic activity in splenic T cells. P. gingivalis lipid A induced lower...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Ogawa T,Shimauchi H,Uchida H,Mori Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the work was to justify the use of trifluoromethyl-dinitrobenzene sulfonate (CF3-DNBS) modification rather than trinitrobenzene-sulfonate (TNBS) modification, so as to be able to take advantage of the presence of fluorine atoms in the analogue, which allow the analysis of the hapten-carrier bonds by 19F-NMR...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Bischoff P,Maugras M,Llorens MC,Oth D

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are major effector cells of the innate immune system, and appropriate regulation of macrophage function requires the integration of multiple signalling inputs derived from the recognition of host factors (e.g. interferon-gamma/IFNgamma) and pathogen products (e.g. toll-like receptor/TLR agonists). The prof...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Schroder K,Sweet MJ,Hume DA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A C1q receptor that upregulates the phagocytic capacity of professional phagocytes, C1qRp, has been identified, and its primary structure determined by cDNA cloning and sequencing. Monoclonal antibodies that immunoprecipitate this 126,000 Mr polypeptide inhibit the enhancement of phagocytosis triggered not only by C1q...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Tenner AJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Living organisms have strong defense mechanisms against invading microorganisms as survival strategies. One of the defense mechanisms is the complement system, composed of more than 30 serum and cell surface components. This system collaborates in recognition and elimination of pathogens as a part of both the innate a...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Endo Y,Takahashi M,Fujita T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mugwort pollen allergy is frequent in parts of Europe. As mugwort pollen contains only one major allergen, Art v 1, which harbors only one T cell epitope, we employed mugwort pollen allergy as a model to study allergen-specific T cell responses. However, after 2004, we noticed a drastic decrease in the T cell response...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Van Hemelen D,Hemmer W,Kmenta M,Berger UB,Kinaciyan T,Bohle B,Jahn-Schmid B

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMM) comprise a population of quiescent cells which can be activated by defined signals. Here, we directly compare the release of chemokines and monokines by BMM raised either in serum-supplemented or in serum-free medium in response to Listeria monocytogenes EGD or Mycobacterium bovis...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Flesch IE,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious bursal disesase is a highly contagious, wide spread immunosuppressive chicken disease caused by the Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV). IBDV is a two segmented double-strand RNA virus, member of the Birnaviridae family. In order to study the interaction between IBDV and the immune system, chickens were ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Carballeda JM,Zoth SC,Gómez E,Gravisaco MJ,Berinstein A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering that imbalance of central tolerance in the thymus contributes to aggressive autoimmunity, we compared the expression of peripheral tissue autoantigens (PTA) genes, which are involved in self-representation in the thymic stroma, of two mouse strains; DBA-1/J (MHC-H2(q)) susceptible and DBA-2/J (MHC-H2(d)) r...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Donate PB,Fornari TA,Junta CM,Magalhães DA,Macedo C,Cunha TM,Nguyen C,Cunha FQ,Passos GA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgE-mediated food allergies are an important cause of life-threatening hypersensitivity reactions. Orally administered peanut antigens mixed with the mucosal adjuvant cholera toxin (CT) induce a strong peanut extract (PE)-specific serum IgE response that is correlated with T-helper type 1 (Th1) and type 2 (Th2)-like T...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Fecek RJ,Marcondes Rezende M,Busch R,Hassing I,Pieters R,Cuff CF

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CD83 molecule (CD83) is a well-known surface marker present on mature dendritic cells (mDC). In this study, we show that CD83 is also expressed on a subset of T cells which mediate regulatory T cell (Treg)-like suppressor functions in vitro and in vivo. Treg-associated molecules including CD25, cytotoxic T lymphoc...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Kreiser S,Eckhardt J,Kuhnt C,Stein M,Krzyzak L,Seitz C,Tucher C,Knippertz I,Becker C,Günther C,Steinkasserer A,Lechmann M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A "lectin-like" receptor for bacterial cell wall sugars, originally described in the membrane of mouse peritoneal macrophages, which facilitates binding of various bacteria to the macrophage surface, has now been shown to be present on most phagocytes from a variety of species. The role of such a receptor in the infla...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Weir DM,Stewart J,Glass E

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00