Ek alpha transgene in B10 mice suppresses the development of myasthenia gravis.

abstract：:As the only native insular Newfoundland canid between the extinction of the wolf in the 1930s and the recent arrival of coyotes, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes deletrix Bangs 1898) poses interesting questions about genetic distinctiveness and the post-glacial colonization history of the island's depauperate mammalian faun...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Marshall HD,Langille BL,Hann CA,Whitney HG

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used rabbit antisera to the chicken MHC erythrocyte molecule B-G and to the class I alpha chain (B-F) to screen lambda gt11 cDNA expression libraries made with RNA selected by oligo-dT from bone marrow cells of anemic B19 homozygous chickens. Eight clones were found to encode B-G molecules which hybridize with sequ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kaufman J,Salomonsen J,Skjødt K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies reacting with TL-like class I antigens expressed on the surface of human thymocytes and some T leukemia lines were found to define three independent epitopic clusters, two of which could be shown to reside on serologically distinct molecular subsets by a solid-phase radioimmunoassay as well as by...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Olive D,Dubreuil P,Mawas C

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response to bovine insulin (BI) in the rat is controlled by the major histocompatibility complex (Mhc)-linked immune response gene (Ir-BI) and immune suppression gene (Is-BI). In the present study, we investigated the low responsiveness to BI in the WKAH rat (RT1k) and attempted to explore the functional li...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mizuno K,Tsuchimoto S,Matsuno Y,Niiyama T,Fujii H,Natori T,Aizawa M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune capacity of young and adult axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) was evaluated by examining the combinatorial and junctional diversity of the VH chain. A large number of VDJ rearrangements isolated from 2.5-, 3.5-, 10-, and 24-month-old animals were sequenced. Six JH segments were identified with the canonical st...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Golub R,Fellah JS,Charlemagne J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of humans and chimpanzees with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) results in either the resolution of the acute infection or its progression to a persistent infection associated with chronic liver disease. In cohorts of human patients, resolution of HCV infection has been associated with homozygosity for both C1(+)HLA-...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Abi-Rached L,Guethlein LA,Norman PJ,Parham P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigate patterns of variation in the KIR cluster in a large and well-characterized sample of worldwide human populations in the Human Genome Diversity Project-Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (HGDP-CEPH) panel in order to better understand the patterns of diversity in the region. Com...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Hollenbach JA,Nocedal I,Ladner MB,Single RM,Trachtenberg EA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules are only found in jawed vertebrates and not in more primitive species. MHC class II type structures likely represent the ancestral structure of MHC molecules. Efficient MHC class II transport to endosomal compartments depends on association with a specialized chaperone,...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Dijkstra JM,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse leukosialin, previously known as the 3E8 antigen, is expressed primarily on cells of the hematopoietic and lymphoid lineages and is shown to be the mouse homologue to the human leukosialin/sialophorin and rat W3/13 molecules. A partial leukosialin cDNA clone was isolated via cross-species hybridization with a po...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Baecher CM,Dorfman KS,Mattei MG,Frelinger JG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the small intestine caused by aberrant adaptive immune response to gluten protein from wheat and related cereal plants. Over 90% of celiac disease patients carry the HLA-DQ2.5 allotype and HLA-DQ2.5 presents gluten peptides to gluten-reactive CD4+ T cells in celiac...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Qiao SW,Sollid LM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we review the epitope approach to vaccine development, and discuss how knowledge of HLA supertypes might be used as a tool in the development of such vaccines. After reviewing the main structural features of the A2-, A3-, B7-, and B44- supertype alleles, and biological data demonstrating their immunological re...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Sette A,Sidney J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes encoding the immunoglobulin heavy-chain variable region (Ig VH) in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) have been grouped into 11 families. While obtaining a baseline assessment of the various gene families utilized by trout in the production of secreted antibody, we discovered two new families. These proposed Ig...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Brown GD,Kaattari IM,Kaattari SL

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin (IG) gene rearrangement and expression are central to disease resistance and health maintenance in animals. The IG kappa (IGK) locus in swine (Sus scrofa domestica) contributes to approximately half of all antibody molecules, in contrast to many other Cetartiodactyla, whose members provide the majority ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Schwartz JC,Lefranc MP,Murtaugh MP

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On a B10 (Lshs) genetic background the development of acquired T-cell-mediated immunity to Leishmania donovani infection in mice is under H-2-linked genetic control. Three phenotypic patterns of recovery were previously observed: "early cure" (H-2s, H-2r), "cure" (H-2b) and "noncure" (H-2d, H-2q, H-2f), with cure beha...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Blackwell JM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable predictions of immunogenic peptides are essential in rational vaccine design and can minimize the experimental effort needed to identify epitopes. In this work, we describe a pan-specific major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I epitope predictor, NetCTLpan. The method integrates predictions of proteaso...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Stranzl T,Larsen MV,Lundegaard C,Nielsen M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II region in cattle was investigated by Southern blot analysis using human probes corresponding to DO, DP, DQ, and DR genes. Exon-specific probes were also employed to facilitate the assessment of the number of different bovine class II genes. The re...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Andersson L,Rask L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The J chain is a component of polymeric immunoglobulin (Ig) molecules and may play an important role in their polymerization and the transport of polymeric Ig across epithelial cells. In this study, the primary structure of the chicken J chain was determined by sequencing cDNA clones. The cDNA had an open reading fram...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Takahashi T,Iwase T,Tachibana T,Komiyama K,Kobayashi K,Chen CL,Mestecky J,Moro I

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human natural killer (NK) cells express on their surface several members of the C-type lectin family such as NKR-P1, CD94, and NKG2 that are probably involved in recognition of target cells and delivery of signals modulating NK cell cytotoxicity. To elucidate the mechanisms involved in signaling via these receptors, w...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Cerný J,Fiserová A,Horváth O,Bezouska K,Pospísil M,Horejsí V

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4 has a central role in thymocyte differentiation and cell-mediated immunity. We isolated and analyzed chicken CD4. The gene spans 11.5 kb and is composed of ten exons. The promoter is TATA-less and similar to the mouse and human CD4 promoters, with two transcription start sites as determined by 5'RACE analysis. In ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Koskinen R,Salomonsen J,Tregaskes CA,Young JR,Goodchild M,Bumstead N,Vainio O

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA library screening using the conserved exon 4 of Atlantic salmon Mhc class I as probe provided the basis for a study on Mhc class I polymorphism in a breeding population. Twelve different alleles were identified in the 82 dams and sires studied. No individual expressed more than two alleles, which corresponded t...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Grimholt U,Drabløs F,Jørgensen SM,Høyheim B,Stet RJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strong correlation between the TT(-889) genotype over CC(-889) of the interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) transcription regulatory region and age of Alzheimer's disease onset has recently been reported. To determine the functional effects of the genetic variants on plasma protein levels, we cloned the promoter region a...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Dominici R,Cattaneo M,Malferrari G,Archi D,Mariani C,Grimaldi LM,Biunno I

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DBA/1 B10.D2-specific monoclonal antibody (CY34) is described which defines a new murine B lymphocyte differentiation antigen designated Lyb-8.2. The ontogeny, strain distribution, and cell-surface density of the antigen were studied by radioimmunoassay and by fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) analysis. Lyb-...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Symington FW,Subbarao B,Mosier DE,Sprent J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An H-2-restricted graft-versus-host reaction can be demonstrated when irradiated bone marrow-protected recipients receive injections of cells from radiation chimeras. The cells responsible are Thy-1-positive, thymus-dependent, radiation-sensitive and pass through a nylon wool column, i.e., they are T cells. Treatment ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kindred B

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse three lymphocyte gene families have been positioned on the proximal region of chromosome 6. Originally the immunoglobulin kappa light chain (Igk) and the thymocyte surface antigens Lyt-2 and Lyt-3 were assigned to chromosome 6, and recently the beta chain of the T-cell receptor for antigen was positioned ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： D'Hoostelaere LA,Jouvin-Marche E,Huppi K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic control of natural resistance in vivo to four natural killer (NK) cell-resistant H-2 homozygous lymphoid tumor cell lines was investigated by following the survival and organ distribution of cells prelabeled with radioactive iododeoxyuridine. Backcross mice derived from DBA/2J and CBA/J parents were inject...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Carlson GA,Taylor BA,Marshall ST,Greenberg AH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization of genes involved in the generation of the immune repertoire is an active area of research in lower vertebrate taxa. The recombination activating genes (RAG) have been shown to be essential for V (D) J recombination of T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) and immunoglobulin (Ig) genes, leading to the gen...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Hansen JD,Kaattari SL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a period of some 20 years, Werner Eugen Mayer played a significant role in establishing a framework for molecular studies of Mhc genes in multiple vertebrates. His work largely concerned gene isolation, sequencing, and related bioinformatic analyses both for the Mhc and for immune system genes of about 200 specie...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： O'hUigin C

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human CS1, also known as novel Ly9, 19A24, or CRACC, is a member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily (IgSF) expressed on natural killer cells and other leukocytes. Here we describe the cloning of the mouse homologue of this gene. The mouse novel Ly9 gene is shown to encode a transmembrane protein composed of two ex...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Tovar V,del Valle J,Zapater N,Martin M,Romero X,Pizcueta P,Bosch J,Terhorst C,Engel P

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) represent the most polymorphic genes responsible for natural killer cell function, while human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules define and restrict cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses. Specific KIR, HLA, or KIR-HLA combinations have been implicated in the outcome ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Garrido-Rodríguez D,Ávila-Ríos S,García-Morales C,Valenzuela-Ponce H,Ormsby C,Reyes-Gopar H,Fernandez-Lopez JC,Reyes-Terán G

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between 9-mer peptides and HLA-B51 molecules was investigated by quantitative peptide binding assay using RMA-S cells expressing human beta2-microglobulin and HLA-B51 molecules. Of 147 chemically synthesized 9-mer peptides possessing two anchor residues corresponding to the motif of HLA-B*5101 binding ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kikuchi A,Sakaguchi T,Miwa K,Takamiya Y,Rammensee HG,Kaneko Y,Takiguchi M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00