Impaired activation of mast cells upon IgE-mediated antigen stimulation in a stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat strain, SHRSP.Z.

abstract：:The monoclonal antibody (mAb) UN2 was generated upon immunization of a Balb/c mouse with human thymocytes. mAb UN2 recognized an antigen expressed by a subpopulation of human thymocytes and peripheral blood lymphocytes. In thymus, mAb UN2 recognized cortical cells; its expression was higher on CD3bright than on CD3dim...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Tassone P,Bonelli P,Tuccillo F,Turco MC,De Rosa G,Morrone G,Cecco L,Cerra M,Petrella A,Nigro M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional indirect haemagglutination test was performed in rhesus monkey sera (collected from Plasmodium knowlesi infected animals) with and without prior treatment of sera with 2-mercapto-ethanol (2-ME). Surprisingly, many sera samples showed significant enhancement of final titre with 2-ME. The 2-ME enhancement e...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Ravindran B,Biswas S,Hussain QZ,Chaudhuri SN

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An effective HIV vaccine will likely need to induce potent and broad-based immunity, including CD8+ T cell responses. Hence, a quantitative assay to measure such responses in animal models will be important in the evaluation of candidate HIV vaccines. We show here that a single immunization with HIV DNA vaccines, foll...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Otten GR,Chen M,Doe B,zur Megede J,Barnett S,Ulmer J

更新日期：2003-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal immune system maintains a delicate balance between immunogenicity against invading pathogens and tolerance of the commensal microbiota and food antigens. Dendritic cells (DC) generate primary T-cell responses, and determine whether these responses are immunogenic or tolerogenic. The regulatory role of D...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Mann ER,Landy JD,Bernardo D,Peake ST,Hart AL,Al-Hassi HO,Knight SC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D (vitD) is involved in important regulatory functions of the innate and adaptive immune system. So, it has been hypothesized that vitD might influence the course of atopic dermatitis (AD). Also obesity may have impact on immune system. The aim of our study was to investigate vitamin D status and bod...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： D'Auria E,Barberi S,Cerri A,Boccardi D,Turati F,Sortino S,Banderali G,Ciprandi G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressant rapamycin is known to be a potent inhibitor of cytokine driven proliferation of T-lymphocytes and other cell types. Here we have examined the effect of rapamycin on the myeloblastic cell line M1 which responds to interleukin-6 (IL-6) with growth arrest and monocytoid differentiation. Single-agent...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Kloke O,Kummer G,Seeber S

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common γ chain (γC) cytokines, namely IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, IL-15, and IL-21 are important for the proliferation, differentiation, and survival of lymphocytes that display antitumor activity, thus stimulating considerable interest for the use of cytokines in cancer immunotherapy. In this review, we will focus on the...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Pulliam SR,Uzhachenko RV,Adunyah SE,Shanker A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse trisomy 16 (Ts16), an animal model for human Down syndrome (trisomy 21), exhibits severe abnormalities in the development of lymphoid and myeloid cells. Whereas fetal liver cells from diploid mice can be easily immortalized by retroviral transformation with Ab1-MuLV or J2 virus, fetal livers from Ts16 mice conta...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Berger CN,Epstein CJ

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a new murine monoclonal antibody, UN5, raised against human thymocytes. This antibody recognizes a molecule of approximately 45 kDa on thymocytes. Flow cytometric analysis reveals a high intensity of labeling with the majority of thymocytes, whereas only CD20+ cells from peripheral whole-blood sam...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Tassone P,Bonelli P,Tuccillo F,Bond HM,Turco MC,Morrone G,Cecco L,Cerra M,Venuta S

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A broad array of biological responses including cell polarization, movement, immune and inflammatory responses, as well as prevention of HIV-1 infection, are triggered by the chemokines, a family of secreted and structurally related chemoattractant proteins that bind to class A-specific seven-transmembrane receptors l...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Muñoz LM,Holgado BL,Martínez-A C,Rodríguez-Frade JM,Mellado M

更新日期：2012-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The early thymic precursor population of adult mice (low CD4 precursor) has the potential to produce T cells, B cells and dendritic cells if transferred into the appropriate inductive environment of an irradiated recipient. To assess its developmental potential in vitro, this population was isolated and cultured, alon...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Saunders DJ,Georgiou HM,Wu L,Shortman K

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the degree of activation of the TNF alpha system and the levels of IL-8 in HIV-1 infection. TNF alpha is one of the most potent agents for the induction of IL-8. TNF alpha may be cleared rapidly from the circulation, however soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor (sTNFR) p75 which is more stable may refl...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Hober D,Benyoucef S,Delannoy AS,De Groote D,Ajana F,Mouton Y,Wattré P

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both, HIV envelope proteins gp120 and gp41 can directly activate complement system, even in the absence of HIV-specific antibodies. During the budding process HIV acquires host membrane-associated molecules among these complement regulatory proteins (CRPs). The presence of CRPs on the viral surface rescues HIV from co...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Bánki Z,Stoiber H,Dierich MP

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 2 (IL 2) is a lymphocyte growth factor capable of inducing the rapid growth of antigen- or mitogen-stimulated T cells. To understand the molecular mechanisms of IL 2 action, we studied the synthesis of cellular polypeptides induced by IL 2. For a homogeneous cell population responsive to IL 2, we used a mu...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Yoshie O,Wada J,Ishida N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of antigen presenting MHC class I molecules can be enhanced through cytokines, e.g. upon infection with bacteria or viruses, either directly by enhancing class I gene transcription or by increasing the amounts of accessory proteins of the loading complex. Tapasin plays a significant role in the peptide ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Abarca-Heidemann K,Friederichs S,Klamp T,Boehm U,Guethlein LA,Ortmann B

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A375 human melanoma cell cultures grown in the presence of TGF beta contained greatly reduced cell numbers and exhibited drastic alterations in cell morphology compared to the control cultures. Preincubation of the cells with the cytokine for only 18 h was sufficient to induce these changes irreversibly. Examination o...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Larisch-Bloch S,Yarom R,Sulitzeanu D

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domain deleted paraproteins are suitable tools to study the interaction between IgG domains and Fc receptor (FcR) binding sites. The effect of the C gamma 2 or C gamma 3 domain deleted paraproteins was compared on antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and on FcR mediated rosette formation. The C gamma 2 doma...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Sármay G,Jefferis R,Gergely J

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD24 is a heavy glycosylated protein that is overexpressed in numerous cancer and cancer stem cells. It is involved in the development, invasion, and metastasis of the cancer cells. CD24 can be considered in targeted cancer therapy as a new target. Here, phage display technology was used for the identification of nove...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Eyvazi S,Kazemi B,Bandehpour M,Dastmalchi S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), an onco-fetal protein which binds specifically polyunsaturated fatty acids, has been shown to modulate arachidonic acid metabolism in a human T-cell line. In Jurkat lymphoma cells, AFP decreases the synthesis of prostaglandins and increases the release of arachidonic acid and leukotrienes. The...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Aussel C,Fehlmann M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural Killer (NK) cells were discovered when research on T cells produced an unexplained background, or "natural" cytotoxicity in non-immunized mice. The previously unknown cells were thus named "natural" killer cells, or NK cells. They are roughly defined by a lack of the T cell marker CD3 and a presence of CD56 (o...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Ribatti D

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative approach was applied to the study of in vivo expression of foreign genes introduced into mice by ballistic transfection. Because in some cases one must take into account both the level of synthesized protein and that of antibodies to it, we derived the equation which allows to calculate the exact quanti...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Rodin DV,Kolesnikov VA,Zelenina IA,Zelenin AV,Deyev SM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Chlorotaurine (NCT) plays an important role in the human defense system as a main component of long-lived oxidants, and shows bactericidal, fungicidal, and virucidal activity. Besides this role, NCT seems to act regulatory on immunocompetent cells by altering cytokine production. NCT inhibited nitric oxide, TNF-alph...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Wirleitner B,Neurauter G,Nagl M,Fuchs D

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious disease and its early and precise diagnosis is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality of patients. Since the routine diagnostic tests (like Monteux, AFB smear microscopy, chest X-Ray) do not give infallible results, additional tests are always recommended. Therefore to add...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Tripathi DK,Srivastava K,Nagpal KL,Shukla PK,Srivastava KK

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microparticles are recently recognized players of intercellular communication. They are involved in signal transduction, cell activation and apoptosis. Their importance is also suggested in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis. We investigated the role of microparticles in polymyosit...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Baka Z,Senolt L,Vencovsky J,Mann H,Simon PS,Kittel A,Buzás E,Nagy G

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 18 (IL-18) gene polymorphisms have been reported to be associated with the outcomes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Americans, Indians and Europeans. We aimed to investigate whether the association can be replicated in Chinese Han population. Three IL-18 variants, -656G>T, -137G>C and +105A>C, were...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Yue M,Wang JJ,Tang SD,Feng L,Zhang Y,Liu Y,Wang J,Deng XZ,Xu K,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of cytolysis by natural killer cells has been shown to involve a soluble lytic factor - the natural killer cytotoxic factor (NKCF). We have investigated the generation of NKCF on exposure of subpopulations of human blood lymphocytes to autologous B lymphocytes and EBV infected B lymphocytes (BEBV), and t...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Saranath D,Masucci MG,Klein E

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent findings indicate that mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMC) express RNA encoding interleukin-4 (IL-4) and secrete detectable amounts of IL-4 in response to cross-linking of Fc epsilon RI receptors, Fc gamma R receptors, or to ionomycin. We investigated the desensitization of BMMC from the view po...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Nakamura M,MacGlashan D Jr

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaerobic bacterium Campylobacter pylori (Cp) is thought to be associated with chronic gastritis. This paper presents clinical data underpinning this view. Five patients with histological chronic gastritis as determined by diagnostic endoscopy, which was associated with Cp as determined by positive biopsy cultures...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： van Bohemen CG,Langenberg ML,Rauws EA,Oudbier J,Weterings E,Zanen HC

更新日期：1989-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I Diabetes mellitus (DM1) is the effect of T cell dependent autoimmune destruction of insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas islet. T cells are activated in response to islet dominant autoantigens, the result being the development of DM1. Insulin is one of the islet autoantigens responsible for activation o...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Tchórzewski H,Głowacka E,Banasik M,Lewkowicz P,Szałapska-Zawodniak M

更新日期：2001-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A majority of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infected individuals display a rapid loss of CD4+ lymphocytes with fast progression towards overt acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, a small proportion of individuals infected by HIV-1 remain immunologically intact for many years. In order to i...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Scarlatti G,Leitner T,Hodara V,Jansson M,Karlsson A,Wahlberg J,Rossi P,Uhlén M,Fenyö EM,Albert J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00