Lymphoid tyrosine phosphatase and autoimmunity: human genetics rediscovers tyrosine phosphatases.

abstract：:The herpesvirus human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infects the majority of the world's population, leading to severe diseases in millions of newborns and immunocompromised adults annually. During infection, HCMV extensively manipulates cellular gene expression to maintain conditions favorable for efficient viral propagation...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Cohen Y,Stern-Ginossar N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman outlined in his 1959 lecture, "There's plenty of room at the bottom", the enormous possibility of producing and visualising things at smaller scales. The advent of advanced scanning and transmission electron microscopy and high-resolution microscopy has begu...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Bain J,Gow NA,Erwig LP

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omega-3 fatty acids serve as the substrate for the formation of a group of lipid mediators that mediate the resolution of inflammation. The cardiovascular inflammatory response in atherosclerosis and vascular injury is characterized by a failure in the resolution of inflammation, resulting in a chronic inflammatory re...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Carracedo M,Artiach G,Arnardottir H,Bäck M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a multifactorial autoimmune disease with clinical manifestations of differing severity. The exact pathomechanisms and interactions resulting in the inflammatory and immunological processes of this heterogeneous disease remain elusive. Approaches in the understanding of the pathomechanisms r...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Kuhn A,Wenzel J,Bijl M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and pemphigus foliaceus (PF) are two severe autoimmune bullous diseases of the mucosae and/or skin associated with autoantibodies directed against desmoglein (Dsg) 3 and/or Dsg1. These two desmosomal cadherins, typifying stratified epithelia, are components of cell adhesion complexes called des...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Di Zenzo G,Amber KT,Sayar BS,Müller EJ,Borradori L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In asthma and allergy genetics, a trend towards a few main topics developed over the last 2 years. First, a number of studies have been published recently which focus on overlapping and/or very specific phenotypes: within the allergy spectrum but also reaching beyond, looking for common genetic traits shared between d...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Kabesch M,Tost J

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lower airways that affects millions of people worldwide. Allergic asthma is a T helper 2 cell (Th2)-mediated disease, in which Th2 cytokines interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, and IL-13 are closely associated with the symptoms. IL-4 is needed by B cells to switch toward ...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： van Rijt L,von Richthofen H,van Ree R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is perceived as a chronic immune-mediated disease with a subclinical prodromal period characterized by selective loss of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreatic islets in genetically susceptible subjects. The incidence of T1D has increased manifold in most developed countries after World W...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Knip M,Luopajärvi K,Härkönen T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute inflammation, a physiologic response to protect cells from microbial infection and other noxious stimuli, is automatically terminated by endogenous anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving mediators to restore homeostatic conditions. However, if timely resolution of inflammation is failed, inflammation persists and c...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Lee HN,Na HK,Surh YJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The observation that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) expressed reduced levels of major histocompatibility (MHC) class I genes, no MHC class II or costimulatory molecules suggested early on that pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) could be "immune-privileged" and were unable to induce immune reactions. However, soon it became ap...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Kadereit S,Trounson A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of food allergy in developed countries is rising at a rate that cannot be attributed to genetic variation alone. In this review, we discuss the environmental factors that may contribute to the increasing prevalence of potentially fatal anaphylactic responses to food. Decreased exposure to enteric infecti...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Feehley T,Stefka AT,Cao S,Nagler CR

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestine is normally colonized by a large and diverse commensal microbiota and is occasionally exposed to a variety of potential pathogens. In recent years, there has been substantial progress made in identifying molecular mechanisms that normally serve to protect the intestine from such enteric bacteria and whic...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Vijay-Kumar M,Aitken JD,Gewirtz AT

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by the intracellular bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Slow progress has been made in lessening the impact of tuberculosis (TB) on human health, especially in parts of the world where Mtb is endemic. Due to the complexity of TB disease,...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Kiran D,Podell BK,Chambers M,Basaraba RJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic filamentous fungus and also the most prevalent airborne fungal pathogen of humans. Depending on the host's immune status, the variety of diseases caused by A. fumigatus ranges from allergies in immunocompetent hosts to life-threatening invasive infections in patients with impair...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Heinekamp T,Schmidt H,Lapp K,Pähtz V,Shopova I,Köster-Eiserfunke N,Krüger T,Kniemeyer O,Brakhage AA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pregnancy is a metabolic and immune challenge for the mother who has to accommodate in her womb a semi-allogeneic fetus whose energy needs increase tremendously with gestation. Recent compelling research has suggested that proper inflammatory changes and oxidative balance are a requisite for successful pregnancy...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Rusterholz C,Hahn S,Holzgreve W

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation and regulation of the cascade systems of the blood (the complement system, the coagulation/contact activation/kallikrein system, and the fibrinolytic system) occurs via activation of zymogen molecules to specific active proteolytic enzymes. Despite the fact that the generated proteases are all present toget...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Huber-Lang M,Ekdahl KN,Wiegner R,Fromell K,Nilsson B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nociception is the process of transmission of painful signals by nociceptors in the primary afferent nerve fibers, which specifically respond to noxious stimuli. These noxious stimuli are detected by nociceptors and converted into electrical signals, which are then transmitted to the spinal cord, thalamus, and the cer...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Dai Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection is an important factor for gastric carcinogenesis in human. In carcinogen-treated Mongolian gerbils, H. pylori infection enhances stomach carcinogenesis, while infection alone induced severe hyperplasia called heterotopic proliferative glands. A high-salt diet or early acquisition of the ...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Tsukamoto T,Toyoda T,Mizoshita T,Tatematsu M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) glycoprotein family, also referred to as human leukocyte antigens, present endogenous and exogenous antigens to T lymphocytes for recognition and response. These molecules play a central role in enabling the immune system to distinguish self from non-self, which is the basis ...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Ryan SO,Cobb BA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The profound alterations in the structure, cellular composition, and function of synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are the basis for the persistent inflammation and cumulative joint destruction that are hallmarks of this disease. In RA, the synovium develops characteristics of a tertiary lymphoid organ, wit...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Asif Amin M,Fox DA,Ruth JH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung transplantation is the only therapeutic option for patients with end-stage pulmonary disorders. Despite the improvements in surgical techniques and immunosuppressive therapy, allograft function and long-term survival are limited by the development of chronic lung transplant rejection. In this review, we focus on ...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Nakajima T,Palchevsky V,Perkins DL,Belperio JA,Finn PW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-9 is a cytokine classically related to type 2 immune responses whose cellular identity has been recently reevaluated to identify a new specialized T helper subset called Th9 and an innate source referred as innate lymphoid cell type 2. Over the past years, IL-9 has been associated with allergic responses, ...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Licona-Limón P,Arias-Rojas A,Olguín-Martínez E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucosal immune system and the microbiota in the intestinal tract have recently been shown to play a key role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Both of these can be influenced by food. Thus, we propose dietary intervention as a therapeutic option for IBD. In this review, we discuss the intera...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Witkowski M,Witkowski M,Gagliani N,Huber S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunopathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is based on the innate and adaptive inflammatory immune responses to the chronic inhalation of cigarette smoking. In the last quarter of the century, the analysis of specimens obtained from the lower airways of COPD patients compared with those from a...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Caramori G,Casolari P,Barczyk A,Durham AL,Di Stefano A,Adcock I

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The defining hallmark of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is deposition of polymeric IgA1 in the glomerular mesangium accompanied by a mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis. The mechanisms involved in mesangial polymeric IgA1 deposition and the initiation of inflammatory glomerular injury remain unclear. This lack of a com...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Barratt J,Smith AC,Molyneux K,Feehally J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G (IgG) molecules can have two completely opposing activities. They can be very potent pro-inflammatory mediators on the one hand, directing the effector functions of the innate immune system towards infected cells, tumor cells or healthy tissues in the case of autoimmune diseases. On the other hand, a ...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Böhm S,Schwab I,Lux A,Nimmerjahn F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic change nephrotic syndrome (INS), the most frequent glomerular disease in children and young adults, is characterized by heavy proteinuria and a relapsing remitting course. Although the mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of proteinuria remain unclear, clinical and experimental observations suggest tha...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Sahali D,Sendeyo K,Mangier M,Audard V,Zhang SY,Lang P,Ollero M,Pawlak A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm birth, defined as delivery at less than 37 weeks' gestation, increases maternal-fetal morbidity and mortality and places heavy financial and emotional burdens on families and society. Although premature cervical remodeling is a major factor in many preterm deliveries, how and why this occurs is poorly understo...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Pizzella S,El Helou N,Chubiz J,Wang LV,Tuuli MG,England SK,Stout MJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As predicted by the red queen hypothesis, microbial pathogens are probably the major reason for the evolution of the immune system (Paterson et al., Nature 464:275-278, 2010). In general, at the population level, i.e., for most of us, most of the time, the immune response to infection is highly effective. However, the...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Garside P,Brewer J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commensal microbiota shapes the intestinal immune system by regulating T helper (TH) cell lineage differentiation. For example, Bacteroides fragilis colonization not only optimizes the systemic TH1/TH2 balance, but also can induce regulatory T (Treg) cell differentiation in the gut. In addition, segmented filamentous ...

journal_title：Seminars in immunopathology

authors： Furusawa Y,Obata Y,Hase K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00