Transcriptional activation of the IL31 gene by NFAT and STAT6.

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：:Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is an essential cytokine, which contributes to proliferation and differentiation of granulocyte precursor cells in the bone marrow. Despite recent progress in understanding G-CSF signaling events, the mechanisms that underlie the distinct spectrum of biological functions a...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Khanna-Gupta A,Sun H,Zibello T,Lozovatsky L,Ghosh PK,Link DC,McLemore ML,Berliner N

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal B cell activation is not a peculiar characteristic to a particular infection, as many viruses, bacteria, and parasites induce a strong polyclonal B cell response resulting in hyper-gamma-globulinemia. Here, we discuss the different roles proposed for polyclonal B cell activation, which can be crucial for ea...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Montes CL,Acosta-Rodríguez EV,Merino MC,Bermejo DA,Gruppi A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane fusion events observed during neutrophil degranulation are important aspects of the immunoregulatory system. In an attempt to understand the regulation of granule-plasma membrane fusion, we have begun characterizing human neutrophil cytosol for fusion activity, finding that 50% of the fusogenic activity c...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Hessler RJ,Blackwood RA,Brock TG,Francis JW,Harsh DM,Smolen JE

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigators from two different laboratories have compared several variables in the short-term macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity assays used by each group to study the role of MuIFN-gamma in macrophage activation. The findings suggest that the capacity of MuIFN-gamma to activate macrophages without the need for a seco...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Pace JL,Varesio L,Russell SW,Blasi E

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PGG-glucan (Betafectin) is a soluble, highly purified yeast (1,3)-beta-glucan with broad anti-infective and immunomodulatory activities. These studies evaluated the ability of PGG-glucan to directly elicit O2- and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) production by rat leukocytes in vitro. Particulate beta-glucan st...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Michalek M,Melican D,Brunke-Reese D,Langevin M,Lemerise K,Galbraith W,Patchen M,Mackin W

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ly-6G is a member of the Ly-6 family of GPI-linked proteins, which is expressed on murine neutrophils. Antibodies against Ly-6G cause neutropenia, and fatal reactions also develop if mice are primed with TNF-alpha prior to antibody treatment. We have investigated the mechanisms behind these responses to Ly-6G ligation...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Abbitt KB,Cotter MJ,Ridger VC,Crossman DC,Hellewell PG,Norman KE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferons (IFN) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) cause multiple changes in isoprenoid-modified proteins in murine macrophages, the most dramatic being the expression of a prenyl protein of 65 kDa. The guanylate binding proteins (GBPs) are IFN-inducible GTP-binding proteins of approximately 65 kDa that possess a CaaX mot...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Nantais DE,Schwemmle M,Stickney JT,Vestal DJ,Buss JE

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophils were isolated from peritoneal lavages of repeated horse serum-injected guinea pigs or rhesus monkeys and from peripheral blood of normal human donors. Eicosanoid metabolism and chemotaxis by these cells were studied by in vitro techniques. Upon calcium ionophore stimulation guinea pig eosinophils released ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Sun FF,Crittenden NJ,Czuk CI,Taylor BM,Stout BK,Johnson HG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This short review focuses on the role of central nervous system (CNS) perivascular macrophages as targets of productive infection of the CNS. Data discussed include the importance of these cells as early targets of infection and their productive infection with AIDS. Many of the immune molecules on perivascular macroph...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Kim WK,Corey S,Alvarez X,Williams K

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage-like tumor cells can be obtained in large quantities as rather homogeneous populations, making these cells useful for chemotaxis assays. Therefore, macrophage-like cells J774A, WEHI-3, P388D1, IC-21, and NCTC 1469, all of murine origin, and U937 of human origin, were tested for chemotactic activity to a num...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Terheggen P,Van Loveren H,Den Otter W

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus infects different cell types including CD4+ lymphocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs). We have examined the activity of the HIV-1 Tat inhibitors Ro-5-3335 and Ro-24-7429 in cultured human peripheral MDMs. Monocytes were isolated from HIV-seronegative donors by gradient centrifuga...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Dunne AL,Siregar H,Mills J,Crowe SM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the effects of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) on the regulation of murine bone marrow-derived macrophage function. TGF-beta, added simultaneously with or up to 4 h before interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) plus lipopolysaccharide (LPS), inhibited macrophage leishmanicidal activity, nitrite (...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Corradin SB,Buchmuller-Rouiller Y,Smith J,Suardet L,Mauël J

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen metabolites (ROMs) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the inflammatory response to ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), which is exacerbated in diabetes. This study revealed an increased (P < 0.01) ROMs production in mesenteric tissue (measured using the oxidant-sensitive fluorochrome dihydrorhodamine ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Salas A,Panés J,Elizalde JI,Granger DN,Piqué JM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Th cells have long been recognized as vital components of the adaptive immune system. Until recently, CD3(+)CD4(+) Th cells were divided into cell-mediated Th1 or humoral Th2 responses. However, the Th1-Th2 hypothesis failed to accommodate the more recently described Th17 cells. Today, the major Th cell subsets includ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Rendon JL,Choudhry MA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotactic factors and phorbol esters may act synergistically to evoke neutrophil responses, but the mechanism of such interaction is not entirely clear. We investigated the combined effects of the chemotactic peptide n-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) on protein kinase...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Gay JC,Stitt ES

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous injection of recombinant human interleukin-2 (rhuIL-2) at 10(2)-10(4) U/mouse induced delayed (48 h) accumulation of mononuclear leukocytes with diffuse granulocytes, including eosinophils. Subcutaneous local infusion of rhuIL-2 or recombinant murine IL-2 (10(2)-10(4) U/mouse) via implanted Alzet miniosmo...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Dunn CJ,Hardee MM,Fidler SF,Shields SK,Chosay JG

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently no real treatment for blinding disorders that stem from the degeneration of cells in the retina and affect at least 50 million individuals worldwide. The excitement that accompanied the first studies showing the potential of retinal cell transplantation to alleviate the progress of blindness in such...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Lund RD,Ono SJ,Keegan DJ,Lawrence JM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioglycolate-elicited peritoneal macrophages from normal C57B1/6J mice were examined in vitro for bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production. Macrophages from mice administered a single oral dose of levamisole (3 mg/kg) 1 to 4 days prior to mac...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Kimball ES,Schneider CR,Fisher MC,Clark MC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the expression of MUC5B by AMs in the lungs of cigarette smokers and nonsmokers. We analyzed MUC5B expression by measuring the levels of apomucin and mRNA in human BALF cells from 50 subjects (20 nonsmokers, 17 patients with CB, and 13 patients with COPD). apoMUC5B was observed in BALF mononucl...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Sepper R,Prikk K,Metsis M,Sergejeva S,Pugatsjova N,Bragina O,Marran S,Fehniger TE

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In resident mouse peritoneal macrophages, group IVA cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)alpha) mediates arachidonic acid (AA) release and eicosanoid production in response to diverse agonists such as A23187, phorbol myristate acetate, zymosan, and the enterotoxin, okadaic acid (OA). cPLA(2)alpha is regulated by phosp...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Tucker DE,Gijón MA,Spencer DM,Qiu ZH,Gelb MH,Leslie CC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to rats increased the production of nitric oxide (NO) metabolites (NOx) by blood polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) in vitro. Both dexamethasone and L-NMMA, added in vitro to neutrophil cultures, inhibited the production of NO. On the other hand, the production o...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Fierro IM,Nascimento-DaSilva V,Arruda MA,Freitas MS,Plotkowski MC,Cunha FQ,Barja-Fidalgo C

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in the recruitment of blood-derived monocytes in a model of zymosan peritoneal inflammation was investigated. After zymosan injection (1 mg) a rapid influx of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) and monocytes into the peritoneal cavity associated with mouse MCP-1 (...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Ajuebor MN,Flower RJ,Hannon R,Christie M,Bowers K,Verity A,Perretti M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-27, an IL-12 family member, was initially described as a proinflammatory cytokine. Nevertheless, it also poses anti-inflammatory activity, being involved in suppressing development of TH-17 cells as well as in the induction of inhibitory Tr1 cells. Recent data obtained in mice suggest that it can down-modulate the ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Karakhanova S,Bedke T,Enk AH,Mahnke K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary olive oil supplementation and more recently, olive oil phenols have been recommended as important therapeutic interventions in preventive medicine. Ole has several pharmacological properties, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiatherogenic, anticancer, antimicrobial, and antiviral and for these reaso...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Campolo M,Di Paola R,Impellizzeri D,Crupi R,Morittu VM,Procopio A,Perri E,Britti D,Peli A,Esposito E,Cuzzocrea S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many intracellular signals, such as host danger-associated molecules and bacterial toxins during infection, elicit inflammasome activation. However, the mechanical environment in tissues may also influence the sensitivity of various inflammasomes to activation. The cellular mechanical environment is determined by the ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Joshi H,Morley SC

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PGE(2) and other cAMP-elevating agents are known to down-regulate most functions stimulated by fMLP in human polymorphonuclear neutrophils. We reported previously that the inhibitory potential of PGE(2) resides in its capacity to suppress fMLP-stimulated PI-3Kgamma activation via the PGE(2) receptor EP(2) and hence, t...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Burelout C,Naccache PH,Bourgoin SG

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because myotonic dystrophy (MD) is an autosomal dominant multisystemic disorder affecting plasma membrane, we have studied the oxidative burst of PMNs. The PMA and fMet-Leu-Phe-stimulated superoxide generation is defective in the patient group as compared to controls: the response is both delayed and low. The kinetic ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Mege JL,Pouget J,Capo C,Andre P,Benoliel AM,Serratrice G,Bongrand P

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feline peritoneal cells were collected by lavage with isotonic saline without the use of irritants or need for euthanasia of the cats. Macrophages were purified by centrifugation on Percoll followed by selective adherence. Although few macrophages could be obtained from an initial lavage, a second lavage performed on ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Stoddart CA,Scott FW

更新日期：1988-11-01 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