Recent advances in the IL-17 cytokine family.

abstract：:Vaccines have been developed and deployed against several important bacterial pathogens of humans, including Neisseria meningitidis, Bordetella pertussis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These vaccines are generally considered a successful public health measure and are effective at controlling...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Barnett TC,Lim JY,Soderholm AT,Rivera-Hernandez T,West NP,Walker MJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presentation of antigenic peptides by MHC class I molecules plays a vital role in generating T cell responses against infection and cancer. Over the last two decades the central role of tapasin as a peptide editor that influences the loading and optimisation of peptides onto MHC class I molecules has been extensiv...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Neerincx A,Boyle LH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor vaccinology is as old as immunological thought and as young as our rapidly evolving understanding of antigen processing and presentation. The recent availability of carbohydrate and peptide tumor antigens suitable for vaccine construction, conjugate and recombinant vector technologies capable of augmenting helpe...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Livingston PO

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in mass spectrometry technology have facilitated detailed examination of MHC-II immunopeptidomes, for example the repertoires of peptides bound to MHC-II molecules expressed in antigen presenting cells. These studies have deepened our view of MHC-II presentation. Other studies have broadened our view o...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Stern LJ,Santambrogio L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applications of the polymerase chain reaction have revolutionized the field of immunogenetics, particularly in studies of human leukocyte antigen class II polymorphism, and more recently in the analysis of T-cell receptor usage. However, the enormous diversity and variability of the T-cell receptor complex have made t...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Panzara MA,Oksenberg JR,Steinman L

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast two-hybrid technique provides a general approach for cloning cDNAs merely by exploiting the ability of their encoded proteins to bind to a protein of interest. The technique therefore offered a useful access to the analysis of the mechanisms of cell death at the initial stage of their study, when only a few ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Wallach D,Boldin MP,Kovalenko AV,Malinin NL,Mett IL,Camonis JH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis is often considered to be an autoimmune disease in which the abnormal immunological response is triggered by an infectious agent(s) but progress towards identifying such extrinsic factors has so far been unrevealing. In contrast, the genetic component of host susceptibility is slowly becoming clea...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Wordsworth P

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fundamental advances in the fields of molecular biology and immunology have facilitated investigation of the autoimmune blistering disorders. Recently, the use of human autoantibodies has helped to identify biologically important adhesion molecules of the skin, and the pathogenic mechanisms involved in bullous skin di...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Nousari HC,Anhalt GJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accessory molecules are required for microbial recognition by Toll-like receptor (TLR), subsequent signaling, and regulation of ensuing immune responses. Accessory molecules regulate TLRs on the cell surface (MD-2 and RP105), or in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (Unc93B, PRAT4A, and gp96). Other types of accessory mol...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Akashi-Takamura S,Miyake K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide-MHC interactions govern the fate of T cells in the thymus and the peripheral T cell repertoire. Recent progress has involved investigating how different peptides influence T cell selection and mature T cell function and the subsequent implications for tolerance and autoimmunity. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Ohashi PS

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the pathogens that cause human infectious diseases do not infect rodents or other mammalian species. Small animal models that allow studies of the pathogenesis of these agents and evaluation of drug efficacy are critical for identifying ways to prevent and treat human infectious diseases. Immunodeficient mice ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Brehm MA,Jouvet N,Greiner DL,Shultz LD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular entry of HIV-1 is mediated by interaction with CD4 and chemokine receptors that serve as entry coreceptors. The immune response against HIV-1 is regulated by genes of the HLA locus. Genetic polymorphisms in these genes have recently been associated with effects on HIV-1 pathogenesis. The history and implicati...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Michael NL

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have increased our understanding of the nature of autoimmune recognition and of the identity of autoantigens, at least in model systems. Knowledge of the autoantigens and the process of recognition is suggesting new therapies for autoimmune disease. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Smith SC,Allen PM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) afflicts about 2.5 million people globally and poses a major personal and socioeconomic burden. The recognition of MS as an inflammatory disease, characterized by infiltration of immune cells into the central nervous system, has spurred research into the autoimmune etiology of the condition and...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Dendrou CA,Fugger L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flaviviruses are a group of important emerging and re-emerging human pathogens that cause worldwide epidemics with thousands of deaths annually. Flaviviruses are small, enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses that are obligate intracellular pathogens, relying heavily on host cell machinery for productiv...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Li M,Ramage H,Cherry S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A marked increase in the susceptibility to cutaneous infections and malignancies has been observed in older humans indicating that cutaneous immunity becomes defective with age. In this review we will focus on recent developments in the understanding of age-related changes in immune function of the skin with a particu...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Vukmanovic-Stejic M,Rustin MH,Nikolich-Zugich J,Akbar AN

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen presenting cells (APCs) alert the immune system to attack by extracellular organisms; APCs achieve this via internalization, degradation, and display of antigenic fragments on the cell surface by MHC class II molecules. These class II molecules bind to an accessory protein, termed the invariant chain, that ens...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Hiltbold EM,Roche PA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal vaccines may be used both to prevent mucosal infections through the activation of antimicrobial immunity and to treat systemic inflammatory diseases through the induction of antigen-specific mucosal tolerance. New, efficient mucosal adjuvants for human use have been designed based on, amongst others, bacterial...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Eriksson K,Holmgren J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of T-cell development in transgenic and gene-deficient mice suggests that the co-receptor function of CD8 is essential for positive selection. Recent data also demonstrate that the requirement for CD4 and CD8 in negative selection of T cells is not absolute and may be regulated by T-cell receptor affinity for...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Wallace VA,Penninger J,Mak TW

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell exhaustion represents a continuous spectrum of cellular dysfunction induced during chronic viral infection, facilitating viral persistence and associating with poor clinical outcome. Modulation of T cell exhaustion can restore function in exhausted CD8 T cells, promoting viral clearance. Exhaustion has also bee...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： McKinney EF,Smith KG

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigens from a wide variety of pathogens have been identified as members of conserved heat-shock protein families, sharing upwards of 50% amino acid identity with corresponding host-cell proteins. Analysis of the responses to these conserved antigens may provide insights into regulation of the immune system during in...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Young DB

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three known lineages of antigen-presenting molecules restrict T-cell responses to microbial antigens: MHC class I and MHC encoded class I like molecules present peptides derived from the proteolysis of intracellular pathogens, MHC class ii molecules present peptides derived from the proteolysis of extracellular pathog...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Melián A,Beckman EM,Porcelli SA,Brenner MB

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher vertebrates, recognition of the non-self signature of invading viruses by genome-encoded pattern recognition receptors initiates antiviral innate immunity. Retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-like receptors (RLRs) detect viral RNA as a non-self pattern in the cytoplasm and activate downstream signaling. D...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Yoneyama M,Onomoto K,Jogi M,Akaboshi T,Fujita T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current models suggest that continuous antigenic stimulation of memory B cells is required to maintain long-term antibody production. In view of recent developments concerning plasma cell longevity, a new model is described that incorporates the important role of long-lived plasma cells in sustaining persistent antibo...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Slifka MK,Ahmed R

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy of cancer with blockade of inhibitory immune checkpoints and adoptive cell therapies have led to impressive clinical responses in several cancers. However, with increasing utilization of these therapies, immune-related adverse events have emerged as a major obstacle. Herein I discuss recent insights into...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Dhodapkar KM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T (Treg) cells suppress effector T (Teff) cells and prevent immune-mediated rejection of cancer. Much less appreciated are mechanisms by which Teff cells antagonize Treg cells. Herein, we consider how complex reciprocal interactions between Teff and Treg cells shape their population dynamics within tumors. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Roychoudhuri R,Eil RL,Restifo NP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:V(D)J recombination in B and T cells is required for the generation of receptors with a broad spectrum of specificity to foreign antigen. A total number of three immunoglobulin (Ig) and four T cell receptor (Tcr) loci can be targeted by the recombinase enzyme (RAG1/2) in a defined series of recombination events, which...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Chaumeil J,Skok JA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although autoantigen-induced negative selection plays an important role in shaping the mature B-cell repertoire, studies in recent years have suggested that differentiation into any of the three mature B-cell subsets (marginal zone B cells, follicular B cells and B-1 B cells) is not a passive product of autoreactive B...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Wang H,Clarke SH

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of the regulation of antigen receptor rearrangement have revealed several completely new levels of control. Not only do antigen receptor loci undergo changes in histone modifications as they become accessible for recombination, but also the number of different histone modifications and the variation at ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Feeney AJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the field of cellular therapy have focused on autologous T cells engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) against tumor antigens. Remarkable responses have been observed in patients receiving autologous CD19-redirected T cells for the treatment of B-lymphoid malignancies. However, the...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Daher M,Rezvani K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00