Mitochondrial antigen presentation: a mechanism linking Parkinson's disease to autoimmunity.

abstract：:A subfamily of serine proteases is uniquely expressed by cytotoxic natural killer lymphocytes and T cells. Protease cleavage of different natural substrates is now implicated in the cytotoxic mechanisms of target cell membrane pore formation, DNA fragmentation and cytostasis. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Hudig D,Ewoldt GR,Woodard SL

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines have been developed and deployed against several important bacterial pathogens of humans, including Neisseria meningitidis, Bordetella pertussis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These vaccines are generally considered a successful public health measure and are effective at controlling...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Barnett TC,Lim JY,Soderholm AT,Rivera-Hernandez T,West NP,Walker MJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are heterogenous, comprising several subpopulations of migratory and lymphoid-organ-resident types. Recent studies addressing the role of each subset in antigen presentation in vivo have revealed a complex division of labor within the DC network. In addition to CD8(+) DC, migratory lung or dermal ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Segura E,Villadangos JA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triggers involved in the development of an autoimmune disease, and those that are part of determining its level of severity, are a major focus of current investigative efforts. However, factors that increase the risk to disease may not be similar to those that determine its severity or its pace of progression. The ary...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Veldhoen M,Duarte JH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initially, direct oncolysis was thought to be the sole mechanism through which oncolytic viruses (OVs) exert their anti-tumor effect, and the immune system was perceived as the major obstacle in oncolytic virotherapy. Over the last decade, there has been a lot of debate on whether the immune system is a friend or foe ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Chaurasiya S,Chen NG,Fong Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrid resistance refers to the rejection of parental strain bone marrow cells by natural killer cells of mice that are F1 hybrids derived from two inbred parental strains. This pattern of rejection is not seen in solid organ transplants. Progress in understanding this exception to the laws of transplantation genetics...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Kumar V,George T,Yu YY,Liu J,Bennett M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteasome is the protein destroying machinery conserved in all eukaryotes and plays essential roles in various cellular processes. Apart from the conserved 'standard' proteasome, a special type of proteasome called 'immunoproteasome' exists in vertebrates for better presentation of antigenic peptides on MHC class...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Murata S,Takahama Y,Tanaka K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Notch family of evolutionarily conserved proteins regulates a broad spectrum of cell-fate decisions and differentiation processes during fetal and post-natal development. The best characterized role of Notch signaling during mammalian hematopoiesis and lymphopoiesis is the essential function of the Notch1 receptor...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Radtke F,Wilson A,MacDonald HR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular entry of HIV-1 is mediated by interaction with CD4 and chemokine receptors that serve as entry coreceptors. The immune response against HIV-1 is regulated by genes of the HLA locus. Genetic polymorphisms in these genes have recently been associated with effects on HIV-1 pathogenesis. The history and implicati...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Michael NL

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8 T cell differentiation is a tightly regulated process generating effector and memory T cells over the course of acute infections. In cancer and chronic infection, this differentiation program is derailed, and antigen-specific CD8 T cells differentiate to a hyporesponsive state generally referred to as T cell exhau...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Philip M,Schietinger A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise in IgE-mediated food allergy in recent times is the likely result of gene-environment interactions mediated via epigenetic pathways. As epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, are at the interface between the environment and the genome, they may be ideal biomarkers of modifiable disease pathways....

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Martino DJ,Saffery R,Allen KJ,Prescott SL

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being unable to mount a bona fide recall antibody (Ab) response to secondary immunization, T cell-independent antigens (TI Ag) such as pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides (PS) can generate protective humoral immunity in adults. The concept of TI B cell memory after being iconoclastic for decades has now rece...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Defrance T,Taillardet M,Genestier L

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over two decades of research have increased the interest in factors from the tumor necrosis factor family. The vast majority of these factors are powerful modulators of critical immune functions and participate in pathogenic mechanisms leading to autoimmune disease. This field constantly evolves with the addition of n...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Mackay F,Kalled SL

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer results from a tumor cell intrinsic dysregulation of oncogenes, tumor suppressor and stability genes as well as from the avoidance of immunosurveillance. A complex network of cellular interactions allows one to mount cognate anti-tumor immune responses. Recently, discoveries have been made regarding the links b...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Ghiringhelli F,Apetoh L,Housseau F,Kroemer G,Zitvogel L

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been useful in the identification of those immune responses uniquely involved in IBD pathogenesis and in defining the important roles of environmental influences, such as normal luminal bacterial flora and the genetic composition of the host, in modifying IBD-asso...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Blumberg RS,Saubermann LJ,Strober W

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of NKT cells has been rapidly advancing over recent years, with many research groups studying how these cells behave and how they can be manipulated to prevent disease. Although good progress has been made, a difficulty is the lack of a clear consensus about how to assay, or even identify, NKT cells....

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Berzins SP,Smyth MJ,Godfrey DI

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accessory molecules are required for microbial recognition by Toll-like receptor (TLR), subsequent signaling, and regulation of ensuing immune responses. Accessory molecules regulate TLRs on the cell surface (MD-2 and RP105), or in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (Unc93B, PRAT4A, and gp96). Other types of accessory mol...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Akashi-Takamura S,Miyake K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates that genes required for antigen processing are present in the class II region of the MHC. Two new classes of MHC genes that may encode much of the machinery required in the class I (endogenous) antigen-processing pathway have been discovered. There is evidence that genes required in the class...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Monaco JJ

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fascinating recent discoveries have focused attention on the nonclassical class I molecules. They can exert their function at most levels of the immune response, being part of both innate and adaptive immune systems. They not only have specialized antigen-presentation functions but also play important immunoregulatory...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Braud VM,Allan DS,McMichael AJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular repertoire for innate recognition of bacterial pathogens has expanded rapidly in the past decade. These immunosensors include Toll-like receptors and the more recently defined NOD-like receptors (NLRs): NODs, NALPs, NAIP and IPAF. Toll-like receptors signal from the cell surface or endosome upon ligand b...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Delbridge LM,O'Riordan MX

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past few years have seen significant growth in the number of known chemokines. Along with expansion in this field has come an appreciation of a role for chemokines beyond the chemotaxis of leukocytes. In particular, it appears that these molecules may represent major products of activated lymphocytes and that, in ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Hedrick JA,Zlotnik A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains one of the greatest impediments to development in many tropical regions of the world. Understanding host immune responses to malaria parasites is crucial for the effective design and implementation of new vaccines and drugs. Recent research has seen the identification of the first pattern recognition r...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Engwerda CR,Good MF

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simply detecting the presence or absence of Foxp3, a transcription factor characteristic of naturally occurring CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells (Tregs), now appears of minimal value in predicting the outcome of immunologic responses, since dividing human CD4+ effector T cells can induce Foxp3 without attaining repressiv...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Tao R,de Zoeten EF,Ozkaynak E,Wang L,Li B,Greene MI,Wells AD,Hancock WW

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applications of the polymerase chain reaction have revolutionized the field of immunogenetics, particularly in studies of human leukocyte antigen class II polymorphism, and more recently in the analysis of T-cell receptor usage. However, the enormous diversity and variability of the T-cell receptor complex have made t...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Panzara MA,Oksenberg JR,Steinman L

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of pathogenic autoantibodies in organ-specific autoimmune diseases is largely T cell dependent. For many of these diseases, the precise specificities and cytokine profiles of the T cells that respond to the corresponding autoantigens have now been identified. This knowledge has been exploited to treat s...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Elson CJ,Barker RN

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic premise of the epitope-based approach to vaccine development is that, in certain cases, the responses induced by the natural immunogen are not optimal, and can be improved upon by isolation or optimization of specific components of the response. For example, immunodominance is a key factor limiting the type ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Sette A,Fikes J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rational selection of individual adjuvants can often be made on the basis of innate molecular interactions of the foreign molecules with pattern recognition receptors such as Toll-like receptors. For example, monophosphoryl lipid A, a family of endotoxic TLR4 agonist molecules from bacteria, has recently been formulat...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Alving CR,Peachman KK,Rao M,Reed SG

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I diabetes has resisted direct genetic analysis in humans but two excellent models of disease in rodents provide a more readily manipulated alternative for study. These rodent models are being used successfully to localize the genes that are involved in disease pathogenesis in preparation for positional cloning. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： McDuffie M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and biochemical analyses have identified multiple DNA-binding and non-DNA-binding proteins that functionally regulate MHC class II genes. These include RFX, X2BP, NF-Y, CIITA, OCT-2 and Bob1. One of the essential non-DNA-binding proteins, CIITA, appears to function as a limiting molecular switch that is respon...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Boss JM

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis is often considered to be an autoimmune disease in which the abnormal immunological response is triggered by an infectious agent(s) but progress towards identifying such extrinsic factors has so far been unrevealing. In contrast, the genetic component of host susceptibility is slowly becoming clea...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Wordsworth P

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00