Elevated follicular helper T cells and expression of IL-21 in thyroid tissues are involved in the pathogenesis of Graves' disease.

abstract：:Purified protein derivative (PPD) or tuberculin skin testing is used to identify infected individuals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and to assess cell-mediated immunity to Mtb. In the present study, we compared PBMC cultures in the presence of tuberculin or Candida antigens using cytokine bead arrays and RNA m...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Stern JN,Keskin DB,Romero V,Zuniga J,Encinales L,Li C,Awad C,Yunis EJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-2 (IL-2), secreted principally by activated helper T-cells, plays a pivotal role in the generation and regulation of the immune response. The various biologic functions of IL-2 have been the focus of intensive study over the years and have been well worked out. By contrast, an understanding of the intracel...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Lu Y,Durkin JP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells are effector cells of the innate immune system that can lyse target cells without prior sensitization and have an important role in host defense to pathogens and transformed cells. A balance between negative and positive signals transmitted via germ line-encoded inhibitory and activating rece...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Hadad U,Martinez O,Krams SM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are able to provide protections to the host against repeated insults from intracellular pathogens. However, it has not been completely understood how the effector functions of memory CTLs are induced upon antigen challenge, which is directly related to the efficacy of their protec...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Lv Y,Mattson E,Bhadurihauck A,Garcia K,Li L,Xiao Z

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in molecular medicine have shown that soluble MHC-multimers can be valuable tools for both analysis and modulation of antigen-specific immune responses in vitro and in vivo. In this review, we describe the use of dimeric human and mouse major histocompatibility complexes, MHC-Ig, as part of an artifici...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Oelke M,Schneck JP

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed the transplantation outcomes of 31 patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases treated at our center (All Children's Hospital, University of South Florida) since its inception in 1986. The primary immune diseases included severe combined immunodeficiency, Wiscott-Aldrich syndrome, X-lin...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Petrovic A,Dorsey M,Miotke J,Shepherd C,Day N

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of our work is to understand, from the molecular to the organismal level, the principles that drive and sustain lifelong infection by viruses. These infectious agents live in a dynamic equilibrium (homeostasis) with their hosts in which both immune and nonimmune pathways contribute to viral homeostasis. Disru...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Ghazal P,García-Ramírez J,González-Armas JC,Kurz S,Angulo A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a journey that began in medical school at Stanford in 1963 and that is still underway, now as faculty member here for the past 40 years. History is by its nature selective, and I chose highlights that reflect on the remarkable progress we have made using the immune system to treat cancer. We will never be sati...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Levy R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EBV (Epstein-Barr Virus) and other human DNA viruses are associated with autoimmune syndromes in epidemiologic studies. In this work, immunoglobulin G response to EBV-encoded proteins which share regions with human immune response proteins from the human host including ZEBRA (BZLF-1 encoded protein), BALF-2 recombinas...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Dreyfus DH,Farina A,Farina GA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many clues point to a role for T lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), although the importance of these cells and their position within the rheumatoid pathogenic scheme remain unknown. Encouraged by data from animal models of T-lymphocyte-mediated autoimmunity, a major focus of research into th...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Zwillich SH,Weiner DB,Williams WV

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the murine splenocytes, CD8α+ dendritic cells (abbreviated as 8+DC) and CD8α- dendritic cells (abbreviated as 8-DC) are identified with some vague features for each of them. 8+DCs but not 8-DCs cross-prime cytotoxic T cells in vivo. We aim to distinguish the two subtypes of DC based on gene expression profiling. Su...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Li T,Li WY,Bai HL,Ma HB,Zhang H,Zhu JM,Li XH,Huang HY,Ma YF,Ji XY

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has a long tradition of excellence in immunology research and training. Faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows walk through hallways that are pictorial reminders of the days when Dr. Jonas Salk worked here to develop the polio vaccine, or when Dr. Niels Jerne chaire...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Finn OJ,Salter RD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) disorders compromise lymphocyte numbers and/or function. One subset of SCID typically affects T cell and Natural Killer (NK) cell development in tandem (T-B+NK-) due to mutations arising in the genes encoding the common γ chain or Janus Kinase 3 (JAK3). In rare circumstances, mu...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Khanolkar A,Wilks JD,Liu G,Simpson BM,Caparelli EA,Kirschmann DA,Bergerson J,Fuleihan RL

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histones appear in plasma during infectious or non-infectious sepsis and are associated with multiorgan injury. In the current studies, intravenous infusion of histones resulted in their localization in major organs. In vitro exposure of mouse macrophages to histones caused a buildup of histones on cell membranes foll...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Fattahi F,Grailer JJ,Jajou L,Zetoune FS,Andjelkovic AV,Ward PA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-21 is a member of the γ chain-receptor cytokine family along with IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, and IL-15. The effects of IL-21 are pleiotropic, owing to the broad cellular distribution of the IL-21 receptor. IL-21 is secreted by activated CD4 T cells and natural killer T cells. Within CD4 T cells, its secr...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Pallikkuth S,Pahwa S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now apparent that naïve peripheral T cells are a dynamic population where active processes prevent inappropriate activation while supporting survival. The process of thymic education makes naïve peripheral T cells dependent on interactions with self-MHC for survival. However, as these signals can potentially res...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Modiano JF,Johnson LD,Bellgrau D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently established new bone marrow transplantation (BMT) methods for the treatment of intractable diseases. The methods include the perfusion method (PM) for the collection of bone marrow cells, and intra-bone marrow (IBM)-BMT for the direct injection of collected whole bone marrow cells into the bone marrow...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Ikehara S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of mice with Listeria monocytogenes has led to a puzzling observation: mice deficient in lymphocytes are more resistant during the early innate immune response. This is counterintuitive, because mice deficient in the adaptive immune response are unable to clear the infection and eventually die. This work wil...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Carrero JA,Unanue ER

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are evolutionarily highly conserved polypeptides synthesized by many cells to preserve cellular functions under a variety of stressful conditions including infections. We have investigated the involvement of 65-kDa HSP (HSP65) in host protection against an intracellular protozoan parasite, T...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Himeno K,Hisaeda H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been known that T cells have the potential to modulate hematopoietic response in different ways. More recently, the importance of interleukin (IL)-17-secreting Th17 cells in T-cell-mediated regulation of hematopoiesis was indicated by the line of evidence that IL-17 links T-cell function and hematopoiesis ...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Krstic A,Mojsilovic S,Jovcic G,Bugarski D

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is one in series determining the potential of RAGE axis (receptor for advanced glycation end products, isoforms, ligands) as a biomarker in multiple sclerosis (MS). We evaluated serum levels of RAGE ligand, the high-mobility group box (HMGB)1 in MS patients, and assessed the correlation between HMGB1 serum ...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Sternberg Z,Sternberg D,Chichelli T,Drake A,Patel N,Kolb C,Chadha K,Yu J,Hojnacki D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease caused by pancreatic β-cell destruction induced by autoantibodies and autoreactive T cells. After significant reduction of the β-cell mass, diabetes sets in and can cause significant complications. It is estimated that more than 3 million Americans have T1D, and it...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Manzar GS,Kim EM,Rotti P,Zavazava N

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is considered to be of the severe psychiatric disorders characterized by chronic debilitating course marked with frequent relapses and high clinical and financial burden. Aberrations of thyroid hormone levels have been documented in several psychiatric conditions including bipolar disease. The aim of thi...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Sharif K,Tiosano S,Watad A,Comaneshter D,Cohen AD,Shoenfeld Y,Amital H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LSP1 is an F-actin bundling cytoskeletal protein expressed in hematopoietic lineage and endothelial cells. We investigated the function of this protein by generating and analyzing an LSP1-deficient mouse strain and in this review we describe our findings together with those of other investigators. The results show a c...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Jongstra-Bilen J,Jongstra J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various multisubunit receptors of the immune system share similarities in structure and induce closely related signal transduction pathways upon ligand binding. Examples include the T cell antigen receptor (TCR), the B cell antigen receptor (BCR), and the high-affinity receptor for immunoglobulin E (Fc epsilon RI). Al...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Caplan S,Baniyash M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable progress has been made in understanding the Fas pathway at the molecular and cellular levels, but fundamental questions about the overall biological role of the Fas pathway remain unresolved. A major question is why lymphoproliferation caused by the lpr mutation of Fas and gld mutation of FasL ligand (Fas...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Hamad AR

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation and maintenance of B lymphocytes is controlled by biochemical signals transmitted by the B cell antigen receptor(BCR) complex. These signals are transduced by multiple cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) including Lyn, Syk, and Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). Upon BCR engagement, these PTKs acti...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Khan WN

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal epithelium serves as one of human's primary interfaces with the outside world. This interface is very heavily colonized with bacteria and yet permits absorption of life-sustaining nutrients while protecting the tissues below from microbial onslaught. Although the gut epithelium had been classically thou...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Yu Y,Sitaraman S,Gewirtz AT

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulating PI3K at different stages of dendritic cells (DC) generation could be a novel means to balance the generation of immunosuppressive versus immunostimulatory DC. We show that PI3K inhibition during mouse DC generation in vitro results in cells that are potently immunosuppressive and characteristic of CD8alpha-...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Di Caro V,D'Anneo A,Phillips B,Engman C,Harnaha J,Trucco M,Giannoukakis N

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteins of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily are a group of cell-surface receptors critically involved in the maintenance of homeostasis of the immune system. By interacting with their corresponding ligands, these receptors either induce cell death or promote cell survival of immune cells. The ...

journal_title：Immunologic research

authors： Zhou T,Mountz JD,Kimberly RP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00