Production of IFN-γ by CD4(+) T cells in response to malaria antigens is IL-2 dependent.

abstract：:Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 is an important swine pathogen and an agent of zoonosis. Although meningitis is the most common form of disease, septicemia and septic shock are also frequently reported. Despite reports that CD14 is involved in the recognition of encapsulated S. suis by host cells, the mechanisms un...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Graveline R,Segura M,Radzioch D,Gottschalk M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) and S1P receptor 1 (S1P1) play an important role in the egress of mature CD4 or CD8 single-positive (SP) thymocytes from the thymus. Fingolimod hydrochloride (FTY720), an S1P1 functional antagonist, induced significant accumulation of CD62L(high)CD69(low) mature SP thymocytes in the thymi...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Maeda Y,Yagi H,Takemoto K,Utsumi H,Fukunari A,Sugahara K,Masuko T,Chiba K

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LPS-binding protein (LBP) can facilitate the transfer of cell wall components of both Gram-negative bacteria (LPS) and Gram-positive bacteria (lipoteichoic acid) to inflammatory cells. Although LBP is predominantly produced in the liver, recent studies have indicated that this protein is also synthesized locally in th...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Branger J,Florquin S,Knapp S,Leemans JC,Pater JM,Speelman P,Golenbock DT,van der Poll T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells are a major FcγRIIIA-expressing lymphocyte population that mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Although NK cells are critical for immunity against viruses and tumors, they are also activated in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and may be involved in disease ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Shimizu Y,Kohyama M,Yorifuji H,Jin H,Arase N,Suenaga T,Arase H

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4 T cells are not thought to play a significant role in generating an effective primary CD8 T cell response to most viral infections. We have challenged this view by demonstrating that antigen-specific CD4 T cells can indeed suppress the proliferation of antigen-specific naive CD8 T cells in response to low doses of...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Cose S,Brammer C,Zammit DJ,Blair DA,Lefrançois L

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better understand the role of intestinal CD1d, we sought to define the cellular localization and further characterize the biochemical structure of CD1d in human intestinal epithelial cells (IEC). Using a CD1d-specific rabbit anti-gst-CD1d antibody, immunoprecipitation of radiolabeled cell surface proteins ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Somnay-Wadgaonkar K,Nusrat A,Kim HS,Canchis WP,Balk SP,Colgan SP,Blumberg RS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural stem cells (NSCs) transplantation has been proposed as a means of restoring damaged brain tissue, a possibility rendered more likely by reports of low NSCs immunogenicity in various experimental models because of low expression of MHC class I and II as well as co-stimulatory molecules. We investigated the immun...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ubiali F,Nava S,Nessi V,Frigerio S,Parati E,Bernasconi P,Mantegazza R,Baggi F

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is formed constitutively in neurons by the constitutive enzyme NO synthase (cNOS) and acts as a neurotransmitter. It has already been shown that cNOS-containing neurons are identical to neurons staining for NADPH diaphorase and vice versa. Effector cells of the immune response produce high NO levels ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Flesch IE,Hess JH,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid mediators, such as prostanoids and leukotrienes (LTs), exert a range of actions through their own receptors on cell surfaces in various pathophysiological conditions. It has been reported that the production of prostanoids and LTs is significantly elevated in the skin lesions of some chronic inflammatory skin di...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Honda T,Kabashima K

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The class II trans-activator (CIITA) is a bi- or multi-functional domain protein which plays a critical role in the expression of MHC class II genes. We report that removal of the N-terminal 151 amino acids, encompassing all of the acidic domain but leaving intact the proline/serine/threonine-rich domain, results in a...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yun S,Gustafsson K,Fabre JW

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mature dendritic cell (DC) is considered to be the most potent antigen-presenting cell. Regulation of the DC, particularly its survival, is therefore critical. Mature DC are markedly more sensitive to HLA-DR-mediated apoptosis than immature DC. To further characterize this key survival difference, we compared the ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Bertho N,Blancheteau VM,Setterblad N,Laupeze B,Lord JM,Drénou B,Amiot L,Charron DJ,Fauchet R,Mooney N

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunopathology and immune responses to Schistosoma mansoni were examined in IL-4 -/- mice. IL-5 and IL-10 production by lymphoid cells stimulated with soluble egg antigen (SEA), peripheral eosinophilia and serum levels of soluble IL-4 receptor but not IgE were all significantly elevated over background normal levels ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Pearce EJ,Cheever A,Leonard S,Covalesky M,Fernandez-Botran R,Kohler G,Kopf M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a cytokine critical for maintenance of intestinal intra-epithelial lymphocytes (IELs), especially CD8αα + IELs (CD8αα IELs). In the intestine, IL-15 is produced by intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), blood vascular endothelial cells (BECs) and hematopoietic cells. However, the precise role of...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zhu Y,Cui G,Miyauchi E,Nakanishi Y,Mukohira H,Shimba A,Abe S,Tani-Ichi S,Hara T,Nakase H,Chiba T,Sehara-Fujisawa A,Seno H,Ohno H,Ikuta K

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The human IL-3 gene, located on chromosome 5, contains several cis-acting DNA sequences, i.e. CLE (conserved lymphokine element) and a GC-rich region, similar to the GM-CSF gene. To investigate the role of these elements, the 5' flanking region of the IL-3 gene was attached to a bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransfe...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Nishida J,Yoshida M,Arai K,Yokota T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seeligeriolysin O (LSO), a member of cholesterol-dependent cytolysins of Listeria seeligeri, exhibits cytokine-inducing activity. In this study, we examined the profile of cytokines expressed in macrophages of mice after stimulation with full-length form of recombinant LSO (rLSO530), C-terminal-truncated protein (rLSO...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ito Y,Kawamura I,Kohda C,Tsuchiya K,Nomura T,Mitsuyama M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of the HLA-DRB1, -B3, and -B5 gene products in the recognition of Dermatophagoides spp. (house dust mite) by helper T cells isolated from an atopic individual (HLA-DRw12, DR7; DRw52b) with perennial rhinitis was investigated. Using a panel of histocompatible and histoincompatible accessory cells, the ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： O'Hehir RE,Mach B,Berte C,Greenlaw R,Tiercy JM,Bal V,Lechler RI,Trowsdale J,Lamb JR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD161(++)IL-18Rα(+)CD8(+) human T cells have recently been identified as a new subset of memory cells but their exact role remains unclear. CD161(++)IL-18Rα(+)CD8(+), mucosal-associated invariant T cells express a semi-invariant TCR Vα7.2-Jα33, which recognizes the MHC-related protein 1. On the basis of properties inc...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Havenith SH,Yong SL,Henson SM,Piet B,Idu MM,Koch SD,Jonkers RE,Kragten NA,Akbar AN,van Lier RA,ten Berge IJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike splenic B cells from normal BALB/c mice, those from autoimmune-prone NZB x NZW (B/W) F1 young mice were hyperresponsive to interleukin 2 (IL2) and proliferated even in the absence of prior stimulation signals. We found that the B cell subpopulation responsible for this event belongs to that with 6B2 (B220)-dull...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Hasegawa K,Abe M,Okada T,Hirose S,Sato H,Shirai T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under equilibrium conditions, the affinities of five anti-IgG2a mAb isolated from virus-infected mice were comparable to other high-affinity auto-antibodies. Similar to rheumatoid factors, these anti-IgG2a auto-antibodies bound to aggregated or complexed IgG2a with 50 to 1500-fold higher avidity than their monomeric c...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Fazekas G,Pálfi G,Wolff-Winiski B,Rosenwirth B,Dukor P,Gergely J,Rajnavölgyi E

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organs of transgenic pigs that express human complement regulatory proteins are under assessment as an alternative to transplantation. A major barrier to the transplantation of pig organs is the hyperacute rejection caused by pre-existing antibodies and complement. Pig cells are very susceptible to human complement, p...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Toyomura K,Fujimura T,Murakami H,Natsume T,Shigehisa T,Inoue N,Takeda J,Kinoshita T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a set of single-chain variable fragment antibodies (sc) genetically fused with an influenza hemagglutinin-derived peptide as a means to investigate the role of CR1 and CR2 in antigen presentation by B cells. When incubated with the B cell lymphoma 2PK3, peptide-containing sc specific for either CR1 or CR1...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Prechl J,Baiu DC,Horváth A,Erdei A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific antibodies increase antigen uptake and presentation by antigen-presenting cells via the B cell receptor in B cells or FcgammaR in dendritic cells. To determine whether the interaction between antibody and antigen could influence the set of peptides presented by MHC II molecules, we analyzed the presentation o...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Guermonprez P,Lo-Man R,Sedlik C,Rojas MJ,Poljak RJ,Leclerc C

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central tenet of vaccine development is to identify immune correlates of protection. Both plasmid-encoded gD as well as recombinant protein gD can protect mice from lethal herpes simplex virus (HSV) challenge. It is known that different vaccine modalities should induce different immune phenotypes. Yet, paradoxically...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Sin JI,Ayyavoo V,Boyer J,Kim J,Ciccarelli RB,Weiner DB

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NKT cells are characterized by their expression of an NKT-cell-specific invariant antigen-receptor α chain encoded by Vα14Jα18 gene segments. These NKT cells bridge the innate and acquired immune systems to mediate effective and augmented responses; however, the limited number of NKT cells in vivo hampers their analys...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ren Y,Dashtsoodol N,Watarai H,Koseki H,Quan C,Taniguchi M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock protein (Hsp) 60 is thought to function as endogenous danger signal by activating professional antigen-presenting cells (APC) through toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 and CD14, a mechanism that is also used by bacterial LPS. We recently showed that Hsp60 binds LPS and enhances LPS-induced immune stimulation. On t...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Osterloh A,Veit A,Gessner A,Fleischer B,Breloer M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The profile of cytokines produced by CD4 T cells is profoundly influenced by the presence of IL-12. Here we demonstrate that during re-stimulation of antigen-specific immune responses in vitro, antigen-primed lymph node cells from DBA/2 mice produced 3- to 30-fold more IL-12 than did cells from BALB/c mice, which are ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Gieni RS,Fang Y,Trinchieri G,Umetsu DT,DeKruyff RH

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the characterization of the Fc epsilon RI gamma chain which associates with the transmembrane form of CD16 to form the low affinity receptor for IgG (Fc gamma RIII) expressed on human natural killer (NK) cells. cDNA cloning and sequence analysis of Fc epsilon RI gamma from a polyclonal CD3-CD16+ NK line esta...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Moingeon P,Lucich JL,Reinherz EL

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-selectin is a Ca(2+)-dependent lectin that participates in leukocyte adhesion to vascular endothelium and platelets. Myeloid cells and a subset of T lymphocytes express carbohydrate ligands at the cell surface. Previously, we suggested that heat stable antigen (HSA/mouse CD24), an extensively glycosylated cell surfa...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Aigner S,Ruppert M,Hubbe M,Sammar M,Sthoeger Z,Butcher EC,Vestweber D,Altevogt P

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin, one of the typical adipokines, is reported to promote Th17 cell responses and to enhance production of proinflammatory cytokines. To clarify the role of leptin in the regulation of the IL-23/IL-17 axis and the development of kidney disease, we used a murine model of nephrotoxic serum (NTS) nephritis (NTN). She...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Goto K,Kaneko Y,Sato Y,Otsuka T,Yamamoto S,Goto S,Yamamoto K,Yamamoto T,Kawachi H,Madaio MP,Narita I

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD45 is a receptor tyrosine phosphatase essential for TCR signaling. One isoform, CD45RB, is down-regulated in memory cells and targeting CD45RB with a specific antibody has been shown to inhibit graft rejection. Its role in immunity to infection, however, has not been tested. Here, we report the effect of anti-CD45RB...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Lim B,Sutherland RM,Zhan Y,Deliyannis G,Brown LE,Lew AM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00