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abstract：:The liver is an important immunological organ that controls systemic tolerance. The liver harbors professional and unconventional antigen-presenting cells that are crucial for tolerance induction and maintenance. Orchestrating the immune response in homeostasis depends on a healthy and well-toned immunological liver m...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Horst AK,Kumashie KG,Neumann K,Diehl L,Tiegs G

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system plays an important role in mediating both acquired and innate responses to defend against microbial infection, and in disposing immunoglobins and apoptotic cells. The liver (mainly hepatocytes) is responsible for biosynthesis of about 80-90% of plasma complement components and expresses a variety...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Qin X,Gao B

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T follicular helper (Tfh) cells were discovered just over a decade ago as germinal centre T cells that help B cells make antibodies. Included in this role is affinity maturation and isotype switching. It is here that their functions become less clear. Tfh cells principally produce IL-21 which inhibits class switching ...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Kemeny DM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a heterogeneous disease with a poor prognosis and limited markers for predicting patient survival. Because chemokines and chemokine receptors play numerous and integral roles in HCC disease progression, the CXCR4-CXCL12-CXCR7 axis was studied in HCC patients. CXCR4 and CXCR7 expressio...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Neve Polimeno M,Ierano C,D'Alterio C,Simona Losito N,Napolitano M,Portella L,Scognamiglio G,Tatangelo F,Maria Trotta A,Curley S,Costantini S,Liuzzi R,Izzo F,Scala S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uterus in early pregnancy is a non-lymphoid organ that is enriched in natural killer (NK) cells. Studies to address the role of these abundant human NK cells at the maternal/fetal interface have focused on their response to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on fetal trophoblast cells that they c...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Rajagopalan S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) envelope protein gp120 is the major contributor to the pathogenesis of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). Neuroinflammation plays a pivotal role in gp120-induced neuropathology, but how gp120 triggers neuroinflammatory processes and subsequent neuronal death remai...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： He X,Yang W,Zeng Z,Wei Y,Gao J,Zhang B,Li L,Liu L,Wan Y,Zeng Q,Gong Z,Liu L,Zhang H,Li Y,Yang S,Hu T,Wu L,Masliah E,Huang S,Cao H

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes-associated periodontitis (DP) aggravates diabetic complications and increases mortality from diabetes. DP is caused by diabetes-enhanced host immune-inflammatory responses to bacterial insult. In this study, we found that persistently elevated CCL2 levels in combination with proinflammatory monocyte infiltrat...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Shen Z,Kuang S,Zhang M,Huang X,Chen J,Guan M,Qin W,Xu HHK,Lin Z

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells select mutated B cells in germinal centres, which can then differentiate into long-lived high affinity memory B cells and plasma cells. Tfh cells are regulated by a unique molecular programme orchestrated by the transcriptional repressor Bcl6. This transcription factor turns down expres...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Yu D,Vinuesa CG

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy is regarded as a promising approach for the treatment of certain types of cancer. However, the underlying mechanisms need to be fully investigated to guide the design of more efficient protocols for cancer chemoimmunotherapy. It is well known that danger-associated mol...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Fang H,Ang B,Xu X,Huang X,Wu Y,Sun Y,Wang W,Li N,Cao X,Wan T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-22 (IL-22) is a recently identified T cell-derived cytokine whose biological significance remains obscure. Previously, we have shown that IL-22 plays a protective role in T cell-mediated hepatitis induced by Concanavalin A (Con A), acting as a survival factor for hepatocytes. In the present paper, we demon...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Pan H,Hong F,Radaeva S,Gao B

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While there is mounting evidence that interleukin (IL)-23-IL-17 axis plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of various autoimmune diseases, much remains to be elucidated on how IL-23 is induced in the pathological processes. IL-23 is a heterodimer composed of p19 and p40, the latter being shared with IL-12. We prev...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Ma X,Aoki T,Narumiya S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that has a fairly wide range of clinical presentations. Plaque psoriasis, which is the most common manifestation of psoriasis, is located on one end of the spectrum, dominated by adaptive immune responses, whereas the rarer pustular psoriasis lies on the opposite end,...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Uppala R,Tsoi LC,Harms PW,Wang B,Billi AC,Maverakis E,Michelle Kahlenberg J,Ward NL,Gudjonsson JE

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organ transplantation is an effective therapeutic tool for treating many terminal diseases. However, one of the biggest challenges of transplantation is determining how to achieve the long-term survival of the allogeneic or xenogeneic transplant by, for example, preventing transplant rejection. In the current study, C...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Zhao X,Zhang K,Daniel P,Wisbrun N,Fuchs H,Fan H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest differential roles for CD103+ and CD11bhi lung dendritic cells (LDCs) in host defense against viral and bacterial infections. In this study, we examined the contribution of these LDC subsets in protective immunity to chlamydial lung infection using a Chlamydia muridarum mouse infection model. We...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Shekhar S,Peng Y,Wang S,Yang X

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to serving as molecular chaperones, heat shock proteins (HSPs) have been implicated in autoimmune diseases, antigen presentation and tumor immunity. Extensive work in the last 10 years has also suggested that HSPs such as Hsp60, Hsp70, Hsp90 and gp96, may be potent activators of the innate immune system ca...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Tsan MF,Gao B

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complications arising from abnormal immune responses are the major causes of mortality and morbidity in diabetic patients. CD4+CD25+T regulatory cells (Tregs) play pivotal roles in controlling immune homeostasis, immunity and tolerance. The effect of hyperglycemia on CD4+CD25+Tregs has not yet been addressed. Here we ...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Zhen Y,Sun L,Liu H,Duan K,Zeng C,Zhang L,Jin D,Peng J,Ding W,Zhao Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the balance status of interleukin 18 (IL-18) and interleukin 18 binding protein (IL-18BP) in circulation in patients with lupus nephritis (LN) and primary nephrotic syndrome (PNS), plasma levels as well as mRNA expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of IL-18 and IL-18BP were measured by E...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Liang D,Ma W,Yao C,Liu H,Chen X

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-1BB (CD137) is a strong enhancer of the proliferation of CD8+ T cells. Since these cells require increased production of energy and biomass to support their proliferation, we hypothesized that 4-1BB signaling activated glucose and fatty acid metabolism. We found that treatment with agonistic anti-4-1BB mAb promoted ...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Choi BK,Lee DY,Lee DG,Kim YH,Kim SH,Oh HS,Han C,Kwon BS

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among various immunoregulatory molecules, the B7 family of immune-checkpoint receptors consists of highly valuable targets for cancer immunotherapy. Antibodies targeting two B7 family co-inhibitory receptors, CTLA-4 and PD-1, have elicited long-term clinical outcomes in previously refractory cancer types and are consi...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Xu W,Hiếu T,Malarkannan S,Wang L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent study has suggested that innate immune system might play an important role in pregnancy progression. In this study, to investigate whether NK cells and NKT cells, instead of T cells, are the dominant populations of peripheral blood in early pregnancy, flow cytometry was used to detect the percentage and intrace...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Shi Y,Ling B,Zhou Y,Gao T,Feng D,Xiao M,Feng L

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disruption of epithelial barrier integrity is an important factor in the pathogenesis of various immune disorders. However, the restitution of the compromised barrier functions is difficult. This study investigates the regulation of TWIK-related potassium channel-1 (Trek1) in the restitution of intestinal epitheli...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Huang H,Liu JQ,Yu Y,Mo LH,Ge RT,Zhang HP,Liu ZG,Zheng PY,Yang PC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells are generally considered to be positive regulators of the immune response because of their capability to produce antibodies, including autoantibodies. The production of antibodies facilitates optimal CD4(+) T-cell activation because B cells serve as antigen-presenting cells and exert other modulatory functions...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Yang M,Rui K,Wang S,Lu L

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate in vivo control of plasmacytoid dendritic cell (pDC) recruitment and activation is a fundamental requirement for defense against viral infection. During this process, a pivotal event that influences the outcome of viral infection is the production of high levels of type I interferon by pDCs. In particular,...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Zhang Z,Wang FS

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vγ2Vδ2 T (also known as Vγ9Vδ2 T) cells exist only in primates, and in humans represent a major γδ T-cell sub-population in the total population of circulating γδ T cells. Results from recent studies suggest that while (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-but-2-enyl pyrophosphate (HMBPP) phosphoantigen from Mycobacterium tuberculos...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Chen ZW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and host immunity is poorly understood. We performed an extensive analysis of immune responses in 32 patients with severe COVID-19, some of whom succumbed. A control population of healthy subjects was included. Patients with COVID-19...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Varchetta S,Mele D,Oliviero B,Mantovani S,Ludovisi S,Cerino A,Bruno R,Castelli A,Mosconi M,Vecchia M,Roda S,Sachs M,Klersy C,Mondelli MU

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to isolate and characterize peptides mimicking epitopes of metalloprotease and explore their immunological protection against Schistosoma japonicum (S. japonicum), polyclonal anti-metalloprotease sera was prepared to screen a 12-mer random peptide library to isolate phages binding specially to antisera I...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Tang L,Chen Y,Wang L,Zhang S,Zeng X,Yi X

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unmethylated CpG DNA can prevent spontaneous apoptosis of B cells. However, the precise mechanisms by which CpG DNA blocks apoptosis remain unclear. In this study, we showed B cell apoptosis was significantly inhibited by addition of CpG DNA. Treatment of CpG DNA could reduce the expression of caspase 3, increase ...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Zhou Y,Zhen H,Mei Y,Wang Y,Feng J,Xu S,Fu X

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A classical function of C1q is to bind immune complexes and initiate complement activation producing membrane lytic complexes, opsonins and anaphylatoxins. This classical pathway of complement activation is also elicited when C1q binds some other ligands. Besides complement activation, C1q also regulates cell differen...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Lu JH,Teh BK,Wang Ld,Wang YN,Tan YS,Lai MC,Reid KB

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human prolactin (rhPRL) was administered to huPBL-SCID mice to determine its effects on human immunologic reconstitution and function. The huPBL-SCID mice were given 10 microg i.p. injection of rhPRL every other day for a total of 10 injections after huPBL were transferred. The results demonstrated that rh...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Sun R,Zhang J,Zhang C,Zhang J,Liang S,Sun A,Wang J,Tian Z

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegaloviruses (CMVs), members of the herpesvirus family, have evolved a variety of mechanisms to evade the immune response to survive in infected hosts and to establish latent infection. They effectively hide infected cells from the effector mechanisms of adaptive immunity by eliminating cellular proteins (major h...

journal_title：Cellular & molecular immunology

authors： Lučin P,Mahmutefendić H,Blagojević Zagorac G,Ilić Tomaš M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00