mTOR: A double-edged sword for diabetes.

abstract：:We have investigated the role of the purinergic P2X7 receptor in the formation of multinucleated giant cells in human monocyte/macrophage cultures stimulated with either concanavalin A or phytohemagglutinin. Macrophage fusion can be blocked by a P2X7-selective pharmacological antagonist or by a mAb directed against th...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Di Virgilio F,Falzoni S,Chiozzi P,Sanz JM,Ferrari D,Buell GN

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary fibrosis is the end point of a chronic inflammatory process characterized by leukocyte recruitment and activation, fibroblast proliferation, and increased extracellular matrix production. Previous studies of models of pulmonary fibrosis have investigated the role of cytokines in the evolution of the fibrotic...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Smith RE,Strieter RM,Zhang K,Phan SH,Standiford TJ,Lukacs NW,Kunkel SL

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular lysates from PPD+ donors have been reported to transfer tuberculin reactivity to naïve recipients, but not diphtheria reactivity, and vice versa. A historically controversial topic, the terms "transfer factor" and "DLE" were used to characterize the reactivity-transferring properties of lysates. Intrigued by ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Myles IA,Zhao M,Nardone G,Olano LR,Reckhow JD,Saleem D,Break TJ,Lionakis MS,Myers TG,Gardina PJ,Kirkpatrick CH,Holland SM,Datta SK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon exposure to immune or inflammatory stimuli, dendritic cells (DC) migrate from peripheral tissues to lymphoid organs, where they present antigen. The molecular basis for the peculiar trafficking properties of DC is largely unknown. In this study, mouse DC were generated from CD34+ bone marrow precursors and cultur...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Vecchi A,Massimiliano L,Ramponi S,Luini W,Bernasconi S,Bonecchi R,Allavena P,Parmentier M,Mantovani A,Sozzani S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although class A type I/II scavenger receptor (SR-A) is involved in numerous macrophage functions, its signaling ability remains uncertain. We used monoclonal antibodies (mAb) to specifically stimulate receptors on mouse alveolar (AMs) and peritoneal macrophages (PMs). Immobilized anti-SR-A (2F8) and anti-FcgammaR II/...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Józefowski S,Kobzik L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary macrophages (Mphi) increase in tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid during inflammation caused by bleomycin (BLM). This study demonstrates that increasing numbers of exudate Mphi in BLM lung injury exhibit dendritic cell (DC) features. After the intratracheal administration of BLM (0.075 U), adheren...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Tager AM,Luster AD,Leary CP,Sakamoto H,Zhao LH,Preffer F,Kradin RL

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that low-dose UVB radiation converts Langerhans cells (LC) from immunogenic to tolerogenic APC. Therefore, we questioned whether low-dose UVB irradiation of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DC) alters their APC function, thereby inducing tolerance in T cells. To address this issue, cocultures of DC; ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Denfeld RW,Hara H,Tesmann JP,Martin S,Simon JC

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunosuppression following infection with HIV-1 predisposes patients to a myriad of opportunistic pathogens, one of the most important of which is Mtb. Granulysin, expressed by NK cells and CTL, exhibits potent antimicrobial activity against Mtb and several other opportunistic pathogens associated with HIV-1 infectio...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Hogg AE,Bowick GC,Herzog NK,Cloyd MW,Endsley JJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN) has been described as an attachment molecule for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) with the potential to mediate its transmission. We examined DC-SIGN expression in monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) and its role in vira...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Chehimi J,Luo Q,Azzoni L,Shawver L,Ngoubilly N,June R,Jerandi G,Farabaugh M,Montaner LJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing the dietary alpha-linolenate (18:3n - 3)/linoleate (18:2n - 6) ratio results in an increase in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production in mouse resident and casein-induced peritoneal macrophages [3]. We found that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production is inversely related to ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Watanabe S,Onozaki K,Yamamoto S,Okuyama H

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in intracellular calcium concentration is one of the major initial steps in B cell activation following antigen receptor (BCR) ligation. We show herein that in C57BL/6 murine B lymphocytes and in model cell lines, BCR-mediated calcium ion (Ca(2+)) influx occurs via highly selective Ca(2+) release-activated...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Lyubchenko T,Nielsen JP,Miller SM,Liubchenko GA,Holers VM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) play an important role in inflammation, immune responses, and tissue repair by secreting interleukin- 1 beta (IL-1 beta). We investigated the regulation of IL-1 beta gene expression in human PMN treated with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). GM-CSF induced IL...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Fernandez MC,Walters J,Marucha P

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the development of immune responses to pathogens, self-antigens, or environmental allergens, naive CD4(+) T cells differentiate into subsets of effector cells including Th1, Th2, and Th17 cells. The differentiation into these subsets is controlled by specific transcription factors. The activity of these effecto...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Chapoval S,Dasgupta P,Dorsey NJ,Keegan AD

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MMPs are generally considered to regulate degradation and remodeling of the ECM. Convincing data also implicate a role for MMPs in inflammatory conditions, such as AP, although the mechanisms are not known. The aim of this study was to define the role of MMPs in regulating activation of trypsinogen and tissue damage i...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Awla D,Abdulla A,Syk I,Jeppsson B,Regnér S,Thorlacius H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system is armed with a broad range of receptors to detect and initiate the elimination of bacterial pathogens. Inflammasomes are molecular platforms that sense a diverse range of microbial insults to develop appropriate host response. In that context, noncanonical inflammasome arose as a sensor for Gram-neg...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Gomes MTR,Cerqueira DM,Guimarães ES,Campos PC,Oliveira SC

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral recognition programs DCs to express Signal 3 molecules that promote the differentiation of effector CD8(+) T cells. Besides IL-12, another DC-derived IL-12 family member, IL-27, has been reported to contribute herein, but its specific role is not well understood. Here, we show that whereas IL-12 potently induces...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： de Groot R,van Beelen AJ,Bakdash G,Taanman-Kueter EW,de Jong EC,Kapsenberg ML

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 Nramp1 (also known as Slc11a1) modulates Kupffer cell (KC) activation, and KC are responsible for the early phase of warm ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) to the liver, we hypothesized that livers of Nramp1(-/-) mice will be protected from early-phase I/R injury comp...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Wyllie S,Seu P,Gao FQ,Gros P,Goss JA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hedgehog (Hh) family of signaling molecules functions in the development of numerous tissues during embryogenesis and has also been involved in adult self-renewing tissues. Recent results have demonstrated that the different components of the Hh signaling pathway are expressed in the human thymus. In this study, w...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Varas A,Hernández-López C,Valencia J,Mattavelli S,Martínez VG,Hidalgo L,Gutiérrez-Frías C,Zapata AG,Sacedón R,Vicente A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of an individual to mount defense responses to infection depend in part on the capacity to produce cytokines such as interleukin 1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF). The specialized equipment, labor intensity, and sterile practice required for the standard in vitro evaluation of cytokine production ca...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Nerad JL,Griffiths JK,Van der Meer JW,Endres S,Poutsiaka DD,Keusch GT,Bennish M,Salam MA,Dinarello CA,Cannon JG

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the hypothesis that transmigration drives monocyte transcriptional changes. Using Agilent whole human genome microarrays, we identified over 692 differentially expressed genes (2x, P<0.05) in freshly isolated human monocytes following 1.5 h of transmigration across IL-1beta-stimulated ECs compared with...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Williams MR,Sakurai Y,Zughaier SM,Eskin SG,McIntire LV

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study addresses the role of (pro)MMP-9 overexpression in CLL cell migration. We have used primary CLL cells and CLL-derived MEC-1 cells transfected with empty (mock cells) or proMMP-9-encoding (MMP-9 cells) lentiviral vectors. The constitutive (pro)MMP-9 expression in mock cells and primary CLL cells was similar,...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Bailón E,Ugarte-Berzal E,Amigo-Jiménez I,Van den Steen P,Opdenakker G,García-Marco JA,García-Pardo A

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-facilitated macrophage (MP) destruction of Trypanosoma musculi involves ingestion and intracellular degradation of the parasites. It is likely, however, as we show here, that death of the trypanosomes is extracellular and it is the corpses that are ingested by MPs. We have utilized both peritoneal MPs and a c...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Albright JW,Stewart MJ,Latham PS,Albright JF

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils are the most abundant leukocytes in blood. From the circulation, they are quickly mobilized to sites of inflammation and/or infection. At the affected tissues, neutrophils display an impressive array of antimicrobial functions, including degranulation, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), phagocyto...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Rosales C

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During inflammatory and immunological responses, leukocytes respond to external stimuli by altering the stability of cytokine and cytokine receptor messages. Change in message stability is an effective mechanism for rapidly regulating steady state levels of mRNA. Cytokine messages containing A-U-rich elements located ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Xu L,Rahimpour R,Ran L,Kong C,Biragyn A,Andrews J,Devries M,Wang JM,Kelvin DJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LPS induces dendritic cell (DC) activation, but the precise in vivo mechanism is unclear since DCs express low levels of TLR4. Here, it is shown that DCs can be activated in response to LPS through a bystander mechanism. This result was obtained using chimeric mice reconstituted with LPS-responsive and nonresponsive b...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Yadav R,Zammit DJ,Lefrancois L,Vella AT

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclasts are large, multinucleated cells, which originate from the fusion of macrophages. They play a central role in bone development and remodeling via the resorption of bone and are thus important mediators of bone loss, which leads to osteoporosis. IL-1R-associated kinase (IRAK)-M is a pseudokinase, which acts ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Soares-Schanoski A,Gómez-Piña V,del Fresno C,Rodríguez-Rojas A,García F,Glaría A,Sánchez M,Vallejo-Cremades MT,Baos R,Fuentes-Prior P,Arnalich F,López-Collazo E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ICAM-1 is a cell surface glycoprotein and an adhesion receptor that is best known for regulating leukocyte recruitment from circulation to sites of inflammation. However, in addition to vascular endothelial cells, ICAM-1 expression is also robustly induced on epithelial and immune cells in response to inflammatory sti...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Bui TM,Wiesolek HL,Sumagin R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that losartan, a selective inhibitor of AT1 receptors for angiotensin II (AII), inhibits the binding of [3H]fMLP to neutrophil receptors (FPR). Here, we analyze, in Wistar rats, the effect of losartan on neutrophil recruitment in the lung triggered by fMLP. We found that i.v. infusion of losartan (0.4-20...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Raiden S,Pereyra Y,Nahmod V,Alvarez C,Castello L,Giordano M,Geffner J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular pathogens, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, obtain iron from the host for their survival. Ferroportin 1 (FPN1; SLC40A1) is the sole iron exporter from mammalian cells and is expressed in the duodenum and macrophages. In the present study, we show that FPN1 mRNA levels in the mouse macrophage cell li...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Van Zandt KE,Sow FB,Florence WC,Zwilling BS,Satoskar AR,Schlesinger LS,Lafuse WP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-stimulated gene 14 (TSG-14, also termed PTX3) encodes a secreted glycoprotein whose carboxy-terminal half shares sequence similarity with the pentraxin family of acute phase proteins (C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component). We compared TSG-14 mRNA expression in cultures of murine...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Goodman AR,Levy DE,Reis LF,Vilcek J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00