Characterizations of CD4-1, CD4-2 and CD8β T cell subpopulations in peripheral blood leucocytes, spleen and head kidney of Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus).

abstract：:The isolation and characterization of two human serum proteins, RHP and N-RHP, are described. N-RHP appears to be the normal counterpart of RHP which is found at elevated levels in sera of patients with rheumatoid arthritis [Rosano et al. (1988b) Inflammation 12, 351 - 360]. Although both proteins crossreact with anti...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Hurwitz C,Rosano CL,Hechemy KE,Weber P,Parhami N

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity of a mouse anti-testicular cell monoclonal antibody, J1, was investigated. Previous studies suggested that N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) was a constituent of the determinant recognized by J1. When the antibody was tested against a variety of purified glycolipids containing this saccharide in terminal...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Symington FW,Fenderson BA,Hakomori S

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of GATA-6 on airway inflammation and remodeling and the underlying mechanisms in a murine model of chronic asthma. Female BALB/c mice were randomly divided into four groups: phosphate-buffered saline control (PBS), ovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthma group (OVA), OVA+ s...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Fang P,Shi HY,Wu XM,Zhang YH,Zhong YJ,Deng WJ,Zhang YP,Xie M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superantigens, like staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA), induce a strong proliferative response followed by clonal deletion of a substantial portion of defined V(beta) T-cells. The remaining cells display in vitro anergy. Anergy is a major mechanism to ensure antigen-specific tolerance in T-lymphocyte in the adult. Co-...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Xu GL,Zhu XH,Guo B,Wu YZ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic disease characterized by autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic insulin-producing beta cells. Interleukin (IL)-18 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of inflammatory diseases. Here, we analyzed IL-18 levels in the plasma of juveniles with ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Harms RZ,Yarde DN,Guinn Z,Lorenzo-Arteaga KM,Corley KP,Cabrera MS,Sarvetnick NE

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Johne's disease is a chronic granulomatous enteritis caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratubercolosis (MAP) which affects ruminants worldwide and has a significant economic impact. MAP has also been associated with human Crohn's disease, although this connection is not well established. MAP is highly adapted for ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Marino R,Capoferri R,Panelli S,Minozzi G,Strozzi F,Trevisi E,Snel GGM,Ajmone-Marsan P,Williams JL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammary epithelia and the epidermis share a common embryologic origin. Like resident epidermal T cells (ETC), a significant number of murine mammary gland T cells (MTC) express Vgamma5-T-cell receptors (TCR). MTC were assessed to see if they express the same invariant Vgamma5/Vdelta1-TCRs as those of ETC. MTC-derived ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Reardon C,Born WK,O'Brien RL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichosanthin (TCS) is a type I ribosome-inactivating protein with wide spectrum of pharmacological activities. It inhibits human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) replication but the mechanism is not clear. From a previous study, TCS was found to be more cytotoxic to HIV-1 ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： He D,Yau K,He X,Shi H,Zheng Y,Tam S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of bovine IgG preparations to bind to the various distinct human leukocyte Fc gamma receptors was studied. In experiments using intact cells and isolated Fc gamma receptors, it was demonstrated that bovine IgG can bind to Fc gamma receptors of four human cell types but not to Fc gamma receptors of human ne...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Kulczycki A Jr

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During B and T lymphocyte development, immunoglobulin and T cell receptor genes are assembled from the germline V, (D) and J gene segments (Lewis, S.M., 1994. The mechanism of V(D)J joining: lessons from molecular, immunological and comparative analyses. Adv. Immunol. 56, 27-150). These DNA rearrangements, responsible...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Sun T,Ezekiel UR,Erskine L,Agulo R,Bozek G,Roth D,Storb U

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IFN-gamma plays an essential role in the IL-12/IL-23/IFN-gamma pathway that is required for the defense against intracellular pathogens. In the IFN-gammaR1 several amino acid substitutions have been reported that abrogate IFN-gamma signaling. These substitutions can lead to a null phenotype and enhanced susceptibility...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： van de Wetering D,de Paus RA,van Dissel JT,van de Vosse E

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammals have evolved a special cellular mechanism for killing invading microbes, which is called the phagocytosis. Neutrophils are the first phagocytosing cells that migrate into the site of infection. In these cells, hypochlorite (HOCl) and other hypohalites, generated in the myeloperoxidase (MPO)-hydrogen peroxide (...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Atosuo J,Suominen E

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light chains of 426 randomly selected myelomas from BALB/c and NZB mice were characterized by isoelectric focusing (IF) and electrophoresis at pH 3. Approximately 50% of the light chains in each strain were found to have unique electrophoretic properties. The remaining 50% of light chains fell into groups of two or mo...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Gibson DM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major obstacles in the successful clinical application of monoclonal antibodies has been the development of host immune responses to murine Ig constant and variable regions. While the CDR grafting of MAbs may alleviate many of these problems, the potential remains that one or more murine CDRs on the human I...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Iwahashi M,Milenic DE,Padlan EA,Bei R,Schlom J,Kashmiri SV

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three interferon regulatory factor (IRF) genes, CaIRF-1, CaIRF-2 and CaIRF-7, and their promoters of snakehead (Channa argus) were cloned and characterized. The CaIRF-1 gene consists of ten exons, spans 4.3 kb and encodes a putative peptide of 299 aa. The CaIRF-2 gene consists of nine exons, spans 8 kb and encodes a p...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Jia W,Guo Q

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicochemical techniques were used to verify previous immunochemical studies showing homology of the human Thy-1 (formerly p25) antigen and the murine Thy-1 or theta antigen. Peptide maps and amino acid compositions showed close similarity between these two proteins; however, they were not identical. These data conf...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Bonewald L,Wang AC,Terry E,Zwerner R,Balch CM,Ades EW

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paradigm that B cells mainly play a central role in adaptive immunity may have to be reevaluated because B-1 lineage cells have been found to exhibit innate-like functions, such as phagocytic and bactericidal activities. Therefore, the evolutionary connection of B-1 lineage cells between innate and adaptive immuni...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Zhu LY,Shao T,Nie L,Zhu LY,Xiang LX,Shao JZ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane anchored ligand ephrinB2 belongs to the broad Eph/ephrin system and is able to activate different Eph receptors. The Eph receptors belong to the huge group of receptor-tyrosine kinases. Eph receptors as well as their corresponding ephrin ligands are cell-membrane attached proteins. Therefore, direct cell-...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Poitz DM,Ende G,Stütz B,Augstein A,Friedrichs J,Brunssen C,Werner C,Strasser RH,Jellinghaus S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-stimulated B lymphocytes undergo genetic and phenotypic changes in germinal centers (GCs), including affinity maturation of immunoglobulin (Ig) genes and Ig heavy chain isotype switching. Expression of the Germinal Center Expressed Transcript (GCET) gene is up-regulated in murine GC B cells. The human homolog ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Steinke JW,Hodsdon W,Parenti S,Ostraat R,Lutz R,Borish L,Hagman J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on our findings that HIV-1 gp41 independently of CD4, can bind to the helper T-cell line H9, we characterized putative binding of HIV-1 gp41 to B-cell lines, Raji, Bjab and Ramos. Using fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) we examined the binding of soluble gp41 (sgp41; Env amino acid 539-684) to these B-ce...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Chen YH,Böck G,Vornhagen R,Steindl F,Katinger H,Dierich MP

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4 T cells play an important role in the immune response against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Woodchucks represent an excellent animal model to study HBV infection. In this study, we characterized the cDNA sequence of woodchuck CD4 (wCD4). The deduced wCD4 protein has four extracellular immunoglobulin-like doma...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Yang Y,Zhang X,Zhang C,Tao Y,Fan W,Wang Z,Wang H,Lu M,Yang D,Fiedler M,Wang B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to the hinge region of human IgG1 immunoglobulins were prepared by immunization with a proteolytic fragment of hinge segment coupled to keyhole limpet hemocyanin. A mAb, 4G3, was obtained capable of binding to intact IgG but not to partially reduced IgG. Using this mAb, inter-heavy (H) cha...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Azuma T,Takeda J,Motoyama N,Okada H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system is important for protection from invading pathogens, removal of waste products and guidance of the immune response. Furthermore, complement can be also targeted to cancer cells. However, membrane-bound inhibitors over-expressed by certain types of tumor cells restrict the cytotoxic activity of co...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Okroj M,Hsu YF,Ajona D,Pio R,Blom AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Brucella abortus protein with a molecular weight of 50 kDa has been shown to bind bovine immunoglobulin G from healthy, brucellosis-free animals. The Brucella immunoglobulin G binding molecule appears to be a protein, since it is susceptible to proteolysis. The protein is presumed to be located on the cell surface, ...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Bricker BJ,Tabatabai LB,Mayfield JE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scygonadin is a novel antimicrobial peptide, which was originally isolated from the seminal plasma of the mud crab, Scylla serrata. Based on the partial 20-residue NH(2)-terminal sequence of the peptide, H-Gly-Gln-Ala-Leu-Asn-Lys-Leu-Met-Pro-Lys-Ile-Val-Ser-Ala-Ile-Ile-Tyr-Met-Val-Gly-OH, scygonadin was cloned from th...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Wang KJ,Huang WS,Yang M,Chen HY,Bo J,Li SJ,Wang GZ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic reduction of purified rabbit IgG antibody (Ab) with 1.5 moles of dithiothreitol per mole of Ab at pH 8.0, followed by alkylation, cleaves 39% of the inter-heavy-chain (H-H) disulfide (SS) bonds. This treatment has the following effects on the ability of the Ab to activate the classical pathway of complement....

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Johnson BA,Hoffmann LG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is an etiological agent of human and animal diseases, and it is able to internalize into non-professional phagocytic cells (i.e. bovine mammary epithelial cells, bMECs), which is an event that is related to chronic and recurrent infections. bMECs contribute to host innate immune responses (IIR) t...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Alva-Murillo N,Medina-Estrada I,Báez-Magaña M,Ochoa-Zarzosa A,López-Meza JE

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bifunctional antigens composed of one L-tyrosine-p-azobenzenearsonate (Tyr-ABA) carrier epitope and one dinitrophenyl (DNP) haptenic epitope separated by 6-aminocaproyl or polyprolyl spacers induced weak IgM anti-DNP plaque-forming cell (PFC) responses in the spleens of mice immunized intraperitoneally, without detect...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Kaymakcalan Z,Nitecki DE,Lewis GK,Goodman JW

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phosphorylcholine (PC)-binding IgG (Mab2) antibody produced by a hybridoma derived from a BALB/c mouse which had been immunized against Trichinella spiralis was found to bind to the immunizing antigen (TSC) but not to other PC-associated antigens such as pneumococcal antigen (PNC) and PC-conjugated ovalbumin (PC-OVA...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Lim PL,Leung DT,Chui YL,Ma CH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 10 (IL-10)-producing regulatory B-cells (Bregs) suppress inflammatory responses that mediate autoimmune diseases. However, it is unknown whether Bregs derive from a pre-existing dedicated B-cell lineage or if any B-cell can differentiate into Bregs in response to BCR or TLR activation. GL7(+) B-cells are a...

journal_title：Molecular immunology

authors： Wang X,Wei Y,Xiao H,Liu X,Zhang Y,Han G,Chen G,Hou C,Zhang L,Ma N,Shen B,Li Y,Egwuagu CE,Wang R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00