Recombinant vectors as influenza vaccines.

abstract：:Remarkable progress has been made in reducing measles incidence and mortality as a consequence of implementing the measles mortality reduction strategy of the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The revised global measles mortality reduction goal set forth in the WHO-UNICEF Glo...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Moss WJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most cases, the genetic engineering of plants uses Agrobacterium-mediated transformation to introduce novel genes. In nature, insertion of T-DNA into the plant genome and its subsequent transfer via sexual reproduction have been shown for several species in the genera Nicotiana, Ipomoea , and Linaria . A sequence h...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Matveeva TV

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innate host response to influenza virus infection plays a critical role in determining the subsequent course of infection and the clinical outcome of disease. The host has a diverse array of detection and effector mechanisms that are able to recognize and initiate effective antiviral responses. In opposition, the ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Dash P,Thomas PG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular response of cancer cells to hypoxia is the focus of intense research. In the last decade, research into microRNAs (miRNAs), small RNAs which have a role in regulation of mRNA and translation, has grown exponentially. miR-210 has emerged as the predominant miRNA regulated by hypoxia. Elucidation of its ta...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： McCormick R,Buffa FM,Ragoussis J,Harris AL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dicer, an RNase III type endonuclease, is the key enzyme involved in RNA interference (RNAi) and microRNA (miRNA) pathways. It is required for biogenesis of miRNAs and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and also plays an important role in an effector step of RNA silencing, the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) assemb...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Jaskiewicz L,Filipowicz W

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measles ranks fifth among the five major childhood conditions which are responsible for 21% of all deaths in low and middle-income countries. Measles immunization is considered the most cost-effective public health intervention in the world. In recent years, there has been a critical need to identify alternative route...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Valdespino-Gómez JL,de Lourdes Garcia-Garcia M,Fernandez-de-Castro J,Henao-Restrepo AM,Bennett J,Sepulveda-Amor J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural BD is a nonpurulent acute/subacute encephalitis of horses and sheep with a propensity to involve the olfactory and limbic systems, and the brain stem. The inflammation is concentrated primarily in the gray matter, but subcortical white matter may also be affected. Experimental BD can be produced in a series of...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Gosztonyi G,Ludwig H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that a new form of human prion disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) had occurred in the UK was first raised by the identification of a small number of cases with unusual clinical characteristics. Atypical features included a young age at death, a predominantly psychiatric presentation, a r...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Will RG,Ward HJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural and intentional biological risks threaten human civilization, both through direct human fatality as well as follow-on effects from a collapse of the just-in-time delivery system that provides food, energy and critical supplies to communities globally. Human beings have multiple innate cognitive biases that sys...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Luby S,Arthur R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every enveloped virus fuses its membrane with a host cell membrane, thereby releasing its genome into the cytoplasm and initiating the viral replication cycle. In each case, one or a small set of viral surface transmembrane glycoproteins mediates fusion. Viral fusion proteins vary in their mode of activation and in st...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Earp LJ,Delos SE,Park HE,White JM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) is the major surface glycoprotein on influenza viruses and mediates viral attachment and subsequent fusion with host cells. The HA is the major target of the immune response, but due to its high level of variability, as evidenced by substantial antigenic diversity, it had been historically...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Lee PS,Wilson IA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemopoietic cells express relatively high levels of the type I phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase isoforms, with p110δ and γ exhibiting specialized signaling functions in neutrophils, monocytes, mast cells, and lymphocytes. In platelets, p110β appears to be the dominant PI 3-kinase isoform regulating platelet activation, ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Jackson SP,Schoenwaelder SM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the bona fide Fc receptor for IgM antibody (FcµR) was identified eight years ago, much progress has been made in defining its biochemical nature, cellular distribution, and effector function. However, there are clearly conflicting results, especially about the cellular distribution and function of murine FcµR. I...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Kubagawa H,Skopnik CM,Zimmermann J,Durek P,Chang HD,Yoo E,Bertoli LF,Honjo K,Radbruch A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a cellular organelle responsible for folding of secretory and membrane proteins. Perturbance in ER homeostasis caused by various intrinsic/extrinsic stimuli challenges the protein-folding capacity of the ER, leading to an ER dysfunction, called ER stress. Cells have developed a defens...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Chandrahas VK,Han J,Kaufman RJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitous, opportunistic pathogen human cytomegalovirus (CMV) encodes several proteins homologous to those of the host organism. Four different CMV genes encode chemokine receptor-like peptides. These genes, UL33, UL78, US27, and US28, are expressed at various stages of infection in vitro. Their functions remain ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Beisser PS,Goh CS,Cohen FE,Michelson S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early B cell factor 1 (EBF1) is a transcription factor that is critical for both B lymphopoiesis and B cell function. EBF1 is a requisite component of the B lymphocyte transcriptional network and is essential for B lineage specification. Recent studies revealed roles for EBF1 in B cell commitment. EBF1 binds its targe...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Hagman J,Ramírez J,Lukin K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell development is a process tightly regulated by the orchestrated signaling of cytokine receptors, the pre-B cell receptor (BCR) and the B cell receptor (BCR). It commences with common lymphoid progenitors (CLP) up-regulating the expression of B cell-related genes and committing to the B cell lineage. Cytokine sig...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Clark MR,Cooper AB,Wang LD,Aifantis I

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of Gram-positive bacteria are important players in industry as producers of a diverse array of economically interesting metabolites and proteins. As discussed in this overview, several Gram-positive bacteria are valuable hosts for the production of heterologous proteins. In contrast to Gram-negative bacteria,...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Anné J,Economou A,Bernaerts K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal transport ensures long-range delivery of essential components and signals between proximal and distal areas of the neuron, and it is crucial for neuronal homeostasis and survival. Several pathogens and virulence factors use this route to gain access to the central nervous system, exploiting the complex and stil...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Bercsenyi K,Giribaldi F,Schiavo G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "humanized mouse" is a mouse harboring functioning human tissues used as in vivo human models for both physiological and pathological conditions. The NOD/Shi-scid IL2rgamma(null) (NOG) mouse, an excellent immunodeficient mouse used as the basis for the humanized mouse, requires strict genetic and environmental con...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Nomura T,Tamaoki N,Takakura A,Suemizu H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the adjuvant properties of silicone oil, silicone gel and silicone elastomer using a foreign antigen, bovine serum albumin (BSA). Seventy male Harlan Sprague-Dawley rats, approximately 250 grams each, were divided into 7 groups: A- incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA) with BSA; B- silicone oil with B...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Hill SL,Landavere MG,Rose NR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a trend toward viral-based hybrid systems to furnish viral nanoparticles with enhanced features, for function beyond a delivery vehicle. Such hybrids have included Nanogold for microwave release, quantum dots and fluorescent moieties, to provide simultaneous imaging capabilities, and iron oxide particles for ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Portney NG,Destito G,Manchester M,Ozkan M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By now, it is well established that the error rate of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) that replicates RNA virus genomes is a primary driver of the mutation frequencies observed in RNA virus populations-the basis for the RNA quasispecies. Over the last 10 years, a considerable amount of work has uncovered the m...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Bordería AV,Rozen-Gagnon K,Vignuzzi M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been estimated that there are more microorganisms within and upon the human body than there are human cells. By necessity, every accessible niche must be defended by innate mechanisms to prevent invasive infection, and ideally that precludes the need for robust inflammatory responses. Yet the potential for path...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Yeaman MR,Bayer AS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho GTPases are molecular switches controlling a broad range of cellular processes including lymphocyte activation. Not surprisingly, Rho GTPases are now recognized as pivotal regulators of antigen-specific T cell activation by APCs and immunological synapse formation. This review summarizes recent advances in our und...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Deckert M,Moon C,Le Bras S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the largest RNA virus, coronavirus replication employs complex mechanisms and involves various viral and cellular proteins. The first open reading frame of the coronavirus genome encodes a large polyprotein, which is processed into a number of viral proteins required for viral replication directly or indirectly. Th...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Shi ST,Lai MM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is a predominant species among facultative anaerobic bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract. Both its frequent community lifestyle and the availability of a wide array of genetic tools contributed to establish E. coli as a relevant model organism for the study of surface colonization. Several key fact...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Beloin C,Roux A,Ghigo JM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulins and Fc receptors are critical glycoprotein components of the immune system. Fc receptors bind the Fc (effector) region of antibody molecules and communicate information within the innate and adaptive immune systems. Glycosylation of antibodies, particularly in the Fc region of IgG, has been extensively...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Hayes JM,Cosgrave EF,Struwe WB,Wormald M,Davey GP,Jefferis R,Rudd PM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During early stages of development, precursor B lymphocytes express a characteristic type of antigen receptor known as the pre-B-cell receptor (pre-BCR). This receptor differs from conventional BCRs in that it possesses a germ line-encoded surrogate light chain (SLC), which is associated with the signal transduction m...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Übelhart R,Werner M,Jumaa H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation of the host significantly contributes to dramatic differences in the outcomes of natural infection with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in humans, as well as in experimental animal models. Host resistance to tuberculosis is a complex multifactorial genetic trait in which many genetic polymo...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Kramnik I

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00