Growth temperature-dependent expression of structural variants of Listeria monocytogenes lipoteichoic acid.

abstract：:Suppressor monocytes, Concanavalin A(ConA)-induced suppressor T cells, and short-lived suppressor lymphocytes have been describe in humans. The present study was performed to evaluate spontaneous suppression in a test system similar to that employed for the demonstration of ConA-induced suppressor cells: Lymphocytes w...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Gattringer C,Huber H,Michlmayr G,Braunsteiner H

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sera enhanced spontaneous cell-mediated cytotoxicity (SCMC), while anti-IgG (Fab') 2 treatment decreased this cytotoxic activity of human lymphocytes for an in vitro growing cell line (K--562). Trypsin treatment of the effector cells considerably decreased the cytotoxic potential. However, a significant cytotoxi...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Benczur M,Györffy G,Garam T,Varga M,Medgyesi G,Sándor M,Petranyi GG

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines are important mediators of leukocyte recruitment and activation that play critical roles in the pathology of inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and asthma. The vaccinia virus (strain Lister) expresses a 35 kDa soluble protein ('35K') that binds and inactivates a wide range o...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Bursill CA,Cai S,Channon KM,Greaves DR

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Pregnancy is known to induce a transient depression of maternal cell-mediated immunity, to prevent rejection of the fetus, while at the same time it keeps adequate maternal host defense mechanisms to fight infection. Presently, the aim of this paper was to investigate a possible endocrine and immunologic alteration ob...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Brazão V,Kuehn CC,dos Santos CD,da Costa CM,Júnior JC,Carraro-Abrahão AA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed variation in plasma levels of the complement regulatorC1 inhibitor (C1inh) in patients with age related macular degeneration (AMD) and controls. Plasma from391 AMD cases and 370 controls was assayed by rate nephelometry to determine C1inh protein levels. Protein levels were analysed for relationshi...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Gibson J,Hakobyan S,Cree AJ,Collins A,Harris CL,Ennis S,Morgan BP,Lotery AJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxicity and production of cytokines are two important functions of NK cells. These two different NK functions were studied in a syngeneic rat model in relation to MHC class I expression. We focussed on the mechanism by which NK cells modulate MHC class I expression on target cells and how this interferes with NK ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Jonges LE,Giezeman-Smits KM,van Vlierberghe RL,Ensink NG,Hagenaars M,Joly E,Eggermont AM,van de Velde CJ,Fleuren GJ,Kuppen PJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most malignant tumors contain so-called tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) as a major component of their leukocytic infiltrate. To investigate the impact of the tumor microenvironment on activation and differentiation of macrophages, we established a 3-dimensional model system by culturing human monocytes within multi...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Gottfried E,Faust S,Fritsche J,Kunz-Schughart LA,Andreesen R,Miyake K,Kreutz M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a widespread protozoan parasite that causes severe disease only in immunocompromised individuals. Equipped with excellent animal models and relatively advanced systems for genetics, T. gondii provides an excellent system for understanding pathogenesis. Resistance to toxoplasmosis is governed by ra...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Sibley LD,Mordue D,Howe DK

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In bitches, the onset of pyometra, an infection of the uterus, characteristically occurs in the first half of the diestrous stage in the estrous cycle, in which the blood concentration of progesterone peaks and that of estradiol-17beta is lowest. To investigate the immunological mechanisms governing stage-specific ons...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Sugiura K,Nishikawa M,Ishiguro K,Tajima T,Inaba M,Torii R,Hatoya S,Wijewardana V,Kumagai D,Tamada H,Sawada T,Ikehara S,Inaba T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glycoprotein from human erythrocyte membranes has been found to inhibit lysis of target cells by the attack-phase components C5-C9 from human complement. The inhibiting molecule was purified and identified as glycophorin A. Thus, glycophorin A may have a regulatory function in the lytic complement attack on isologou...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Brauch H,Roelcke D,Rother U

更新日期：1983-08-01 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：:IL-33 targeting ST2 receptor (T1/ST2), expressed on Th2 cell surface, regulates the production of cytokines like IL-17A and IL-31. We studied the role of IL-33/ST2 axis in IL-31 and IL-17A production in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) and with concomitant allergic asthma and rhinitis (AAR). 20 healthy control sub...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Vocca L,Di Sano C,Uasuf CG,Sala A,Riccobono L,Gangemi S,Albano GD,Bonanno A,Gagliardo R,Profita M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the role of CD26 (dipeptidyl peptidase IV) in the adhesion of resting and activated T lymphocytes to endothelial cells and fibroblasts. For this purpose, we ran a short-time adhesion assay under different strategies: Adhesion of T lymphocytes was determined in the presence of different anti-CD26 monoc...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Mattern T,Reich C,Schönbeck U,Ansorge S,Demuth HU,Loppnow H,Ulmer AJ,Flad HD

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a Gram-negative bacterium frequently isolated from lesions of patients with localized aggressive periodontitis. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a major cell wall component of Gram-negative bacteria, stimulates innate immune cells via Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) to initiate inflammato...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Park OJ,Cho MK,Yun CH,Han SH

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:To differentiate severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) from autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) in patients with persistent neutropenia ≤1000/mm(3) over three months, we evaluated anti-neutrophil auto-antibodies, candidate genes of ELANA, HAX1 and GCSFR, and neutrophil elastase (NE) activity in 38 patients (21 females; average...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Lee WI,Chen SH,Huang JL,Jaing TH,Chung HT,Yeh KW,Chen LC,Yao TC,Hsieh MY,Lin SJ,Kuo ML

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Brucelline INRA" is an aqueous extract of a rough strain of Brucella melitensis that is used to test cutaneous delayed hypersensitivity in man and animals. The cellular response of mice (either normal, or sensitized by a previous brucella infection) was investigated with local implanted "cell-traps" and by immunologi...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Bureau JP,Caravano R,Garelli L,Lemaire J

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to present concepts, innate immunity plays an important role in tumor surveillance and immune modulation. The state of NK cells depends on the balance between inhibitory and activating signals from corresponding receptors. As one of the activating receptors, NKG2D recognises some self ligands such as MICA/B ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Cao W,He W

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that methamphetamine (METH) alter inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine production in the periphery. However, the effect of METH on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced immune responses and its underlying mechanism of action remains unclear. The dopamine D3 receptor (D3R) plays an ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Xue L,Li X,Ren HX,Wu F,Li M,Wang B,Chen FY,Cheng WY,Li JP,Chen YJ,Chen T

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supernatant from cultures of T cell clones derived from (BALB/c----C3H/He) chimeras suppresses BALB/c anti-C3H/He or BALB/c anti-C57BL/6 MLRs. When we studied the alloantigen specificity of the suppressor activity in culture supernatant, we observed three types of the suppressor activity (i.e., the suppressor acti...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Imamura M,Fujimoto H,Fukuhara T,Kobayashi M,Hashino S,Kasai M,Sakurada K,Miyazaki T

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of immunotherapy for tuberculosis is briefly reviewed, and the early appreciation of the importance of secreted antigens, common mycobacterial antigens and stress proteins is noted. The methods by which Mycobacterium vaccae strain NCTC 11659 was selected for special attention, and results of some of the pi...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Stanford JL,Stanford CA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to other pneumococcal serotypes, which are thought to be T-independent antigens, type 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide (Sp1) is a zwitterionic polysaccharide (ZPS). It has previously been shown to be processed and presented by antigen-presenting cells utilizing the MHC-II pathway, which leads to S...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Trück J,Lazarus R,Clutterbuck EA,Bowman J,Kibwana E,Bateman EA,Pollard AJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:Functional polymorphisms in RNA recognizing toll like receptors (TLR) 3, 7, 8 and toll-interleukin-1 receptor domain containing adapter protein adapter (TIRAP) coding genes were investigated in 120 dengue cases [87 dengue fever (DF) cases and 33 dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) cases] and 109 healthy controls (HC) to id...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Alagarasu K,Bachal RV,Memane RS,Shah PS,Cecilia D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of Lewis Lung carcinoma cells on the production of C3 by murine macrophages and examined the capacity of secreted C3 to opsonize Lewis Lung carcinoma cells. C3 released in culture from macrophages obtained from tumor-bearing C57Bl/6 mice as well as from normal macrophages exposed to Lewis Lu...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Lipari M,Di Renzo L,Zicari A,Schulz TF,Magliocca A,Mardente S,Dierich MP,Pontieri GM

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant proteins SP-A and SP-D are pattern recognition innate immune molecules that belong to the C-type lectin family. In lungs, they play an important role in the clearance of pathogens and control of inflammation. SP-A and SP-D are also expressed in the female reproductive tract where they play an important role...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Madhukaran SP,Koippallil Gopalakrishnan AR,Pandit H,Marri ED,Kouser L,Jamil K,Alhamlan FS,Kishore U,Madan T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are important mediators of the effects observed after the administration of endotoxin. One of them, tumor necrosis factor, is particularly important since it plays a cardinal role in two major endotoxin activities: its antitumor effect and its capacity to induce a systemic inflammatory response syndrome. TNF...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Brouckaert P,Libert C,Everaerdt B,Takahashi N,Cauwels A,Fiers W

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Lymphocyte Associated Antigen-1 (LFA-1, CD11a/CD18, alpha L/beta 2) and p150,95 (CD11c/CD18, alpha X/beta 2) are cell surface alpha/beta heterodimers that, together with Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18, alpha M/beta 2) comprise the leukocyte-restricted beta 2 subfamily of integrins. LFA-1 is the only integrin expressed on all...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： López-Rodríguez C,Nueda A,Rubio M,Corbí AL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway epithelial cells induce a tolerogenic microenvironment by modulating immune cells in the lung. We recently showed that the supernatant of airway epithelial cells induces two marker genes of alternative activation, Ym1 and Ms4a8a, in respiratory myeloid cells. This induction was partially mediated by glucocortic...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Ng Kuet Leong N,Brombacher F,Dalpke AH,Weitnauer M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00