Inflammation, immunoregulation, and inducible nitric oxide synthase.

abstract：:Galectin-3 (gal-3), a beta-galactoside-binding animal lectin, plays a role in cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. Extracellular gal-3 modulates cell migration and adhesion in several physiological and pathological processes. Gal-3 is highly expressed in activated macrophages. Schistosoma mansoni eggs...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Oliveira FL,Frazão P,Chammas R,Hsu DK,Liu FT,Borojevic R,Takiya CM,El-Cheikh MC

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement component C1q is a member of a family of soluble proteins called defense collagens, which are important in host defense and apoptotic cell clearance. Failure to efficiently clear apoptotic cells in the absence of C1q is associated with autoimmunity. Here, we review the literature describing a central role f...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Galvan MD,Greenlee-Wacker MC,Bohlson SS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the mechanism of interferon-induced gene expression revealed a direct signaling pathway from cell surface receptors to transcription factors. In this pathway, signal transduction is mediated by a new class of transcription factor STAT (signal transducer and activator of transcription). We have shown that ST...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Fu XY

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemerin is a potent chemotactic factor that was identified recently as the ligand of ChemR23, a G protein-coupled receptor expressed by mononuclear phagocytes, dendritic cells (DCs), and NK cells. Chemerin is synthesized as a secreted precursor, prochemerin, which is poorly active on ChemR23. However, prochemerin can...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Guillabert A,Wittamer V,Bondue B,Godot V,Imbault V,Parmentier M,Communi D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukocytes have been implicated to be involved in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). To clarify the precise molecular mechanism of recruitment and activation of leukocytes in the subgroups of IgAN, latent, acute, and chronic types, we studied monocyte chemotactic and activating factor (MCAF/MCP-1) and interle...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Yokoyama H,Wada T,Furuichi K,Segawa C,Shimizu M,Kobayashi K,Su S,Mukaida N,Matsushima K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo, dendritic cells (DC) reside in direct proximity to extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. Because ECM proteins affect morphology and function of a number of cell types, this study investigated potential effects of ECM proteins on functional properties of DC. DC were generated from murine bone marrow cultures, s...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Mahnke K,Bhardwaj RS,Luger TA,Schwarz T,Grabbe S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased concentrations of eicosanoids are found in synovial fluids (SF) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). SF polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), which derive from peripheral blood, usually account for approximately 90% of the cells in RA SF. Since eicosanoid precursor fatty acids (FA) are liberated by ph...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Bomalaski JS,Clark MA,Douglas SD,Zurier RB

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently demonstrated that the arachidonate metabolite 5(S)-hydroxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid (5-HETE) is converted by a highly specific dehydrogenase in human neutrophils to 5-oxo-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid (5-oxo-ETE), which is a potent stimulator of these cells. The objective of this study was to dete...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Zhang Y,Styhler A,Powell WS

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lineage-specific Charcot-Leyden crystal (CLC) protein is found in human eosinophils and basophils where it comprises 7-10% of the cellular protein content. Previous work from our laboratory has identified the motif GGAGA[A/G] as a powerful enhancer of gene transcription ill two eosinophil ribonuclease genes. To ev...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Dyer KD,Rosenberg HF

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils phagocytize high-valency immune complexes (HIC) by an Fc gamma receptor-mediated mechanism, activating an oxidative burst and initiating degranulation. In contrast, neutrophils exhibit chemotaxis to N-formylated peptides [e.g., N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)] and secrete far fewer oxidants ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Gewirtz AT,Simons ER

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin J2 metabolite 15-deoxy-delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J2 (15-PGJ2) appears to possess anti-inflammatory properties. Unlike other prostaglandins, it has no known plasma membrane receptor. Its effects have been thought to occur through activation of the nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Guyton K,Bond R,Reilly C,Gilkeson G,Halushka P,Cook J

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue-fixed macrophage is a key cellular element in the initiation and regulation of inflammation. Understanding the regulation of macrophage activation may provide valuable clues to the mechanisms involved in both beneficial and deleterious effects of inflammation. The lymphokine interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Williams JG,Jurkovich GJ,Hahnel GB,Maier RV

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paradigm for activation of the neutrophil NADPH oxidase with the protein kinase C activator phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) states that the oxidase assembles the plasma membrane and that the metabolites generated are released extracellularly. This paradigm is challenged by the results presented. Most of the PMA-in...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Lundqvist H,Follin P,Khalfan L,Dahlgren C

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secreted IgM (sIgM) is a multifunctional evolutionary conserved antibody that is critical for the maintenance of tissue homeostasis as well as the development of fully protective humoral responses to pathogens. Constitutive secretion of self- and polyreactive natural IgM, produced mainly by B-1 cells, provides a circu...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Blandino R,Baumgarth N

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary alveolar macrophages (AMphis) are incompetent to phagocytose unopsonized Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but ingestion by other macrophage phenotypes (i.e., peritoneal macrophages) occurs efficiently. The purpose of this study was to explore factors that might control such phenotypic differences. Our laboratory has ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Heale JP,Speert DP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide-induced necrosis of grafted tumors was potentiated by several hydrophilic and lipophilic muramyl dipeptide (MDP) derivatives administered a few hours prior to small amounts of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in spite of low titers of induced circulating tumor necrosis factor (TNF). However, pretreatment wi...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Parant M,Parant F,Vinit MA,Jupin C,Noso Y,Chedid L

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GCs are widely prescribed to treat inflammatory disorders and autoimmune and allergic diseases. Their anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects may be related, in part, to their ability to control the maturation and functions of DCs. Here, we report that GCs inhibit the maturation of human CD34-DCs induced by th...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Larangé A,Antonios D,Pallardy M,Kerdine-Römer S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was initiated to identify the antigen recognized by the monoclonal antibody (MAb) MAC387 which is widely used for phenotypical characterization of myelomonocytic cells in situ. MAC387 has been described to show a similar reaction pattern as antisera to a complex formed by the calcium-binding proteins...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Goebeler M,Roth J,Teigelkamp S,Sorg C

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM-CSF is well recognized as a proliferative agent for hematopoietic cells and exerts a priming function on neutrophils. The aim of this study was to determine if GM-CSF has a role as a neutrophil chemoattractant in vivo and if it can contribute to recruitment during intestinal inflammation. Initial studies in vitro, ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Khajah M,Millen B,Cara DC,Waterhouse C,McCafferty DM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages play an important role in a wide variety of physiologic and pathologic processes. Plasticity and functional polarization are hallmarks of macrophages. Macrophages commonly exist in two distinct subsets: classically activated macrophages (M1) and alternatively activated macrophages (M2). M2b, a subtype of M...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Wang LX,Zhang SX,Wu HJ,Rong XL,Guo J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an analysis of nitric oxide (.NO) production and toxicity, chicken macrophage-generated .NO inhibited mitochondrial activity in both .NO-producing macrophages themselves and lymphoid tumor targets. However, differences in targeting of mitochondrial toxicity were observed among these cells. Two chicken macrophage ce...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Sung YJ,Dietert RR

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin tolerance is characterized by attenuated macrophage activation to subsequent LPS challenge and can be reversed through nonspecific protein kinase C (PKC) activation, and activation by LPS within naïve cells requires the activation of the cell surface receptors CD14 and TLR4 on lipid rafts. The effect of PKC ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Cuschieri J,Billigren J,Maier RV

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mannose receptor, present on the plasma membrane of macrophages, promotes the internalization of glycoproteins and glycoconjugates via both endocytic and phagocytic pathways. The expression of this receptor is tightly modulated during monocyte/Mphi differentiation and cellular activation. We isolated clonal popula...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Fiani ML,Beitz J,Turvy D,Blum JS,Stahl PD

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence of monocytes to extracellular matrix components is critical for their accumulation at sites of infection. To gain insight into the factors that regulate monocyte recruitment, we have studied monocyte adherence with regard to the regulatory effects of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and the mechanisms invo...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Owen CA,Campbell EJ,Stockley RA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alum, aluminum-hydroxide-containing compounds, long used as adjuvants in human vaccinations, functions by ill-defined, immunostimulatory mechanisms. Antigen-free alum has been shown to act via a previously unidentified, splenic Gr1(+), IL-4-expressing myeloid cell population to stimulate early B cell priming. We demon...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Wang HB,Weller PF

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absence or reduction of CFTR function causes CF and results in a pulmonary milieu characterized by bacterial colonization and unresolved inflammation. The ineffectiveness at controlling infection by species such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa suggests defects in innate immunity. Macrophages, neutrophils, and DCs have a...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Bonfield TL,Hodges CA,Cotton CU,Drumm ML

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anti-macrophage monoclonal antibody designated TRPM-3 was produced using thioglycollate-elicited rat peritoneal macrophages as immunogen. By the immunoperoxidase method, TRPM-3 was found to be specific for certain macrophage populations, such as marginal zone macrophages and marginal metallophils of the spleen, sin...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Takeya M,Hsiao L,Takahashi K

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of phosphatidylserine (PS) on the surface of both macrophages and their apoptotic targets is required for efficient phagocytosis. Monocytes, the precursors of macrophages, do not express PS on their surface and do not efficiently phagocytose apoptotic cells. We report here that PS appears on the surface of ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Callahan MK,Halleck MS,Krahling S,Henderson AJ,Williamson P,Schlegel RA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) increase in tuberculosis (TB) and may be targets for host-directed therapy (HDT). In this study, we use flow cytometry to analyze the effects of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors (COX-2i) on monocytic (M)-MDSCs in blood from TB patients attending a clinical trial of COX-2i. The effec...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Jøntvedt Jørgensen M,Jenum S,Tonby K,Mortensen R,Walzl G,Du Plessis N,Dyrhol-Riise AM

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of beta 2-integrins on gammadelta T cells in naïve mice or those with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) remains poorly characterized. We compared beta 2-integrin expression and cytokine production between gammadelta and alphabeta T cells over the acute course of EAE. We observed that unlik...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Smith SS,Barnum SR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00