Clinical application of partially purified human urinary colony-stimulating factor.

abstract：:The inability of spontaneous and some laboratory-induced tumors to stimulate the immune system has continuously raised the question of the validity of using immunological maneuvers in order to control tumor growth. In this project we suggest that a tumor which is nonimmunogenic still has an immunogenic potential that ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Klein BY,Sharon R,Tarcic N,Naor D

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic methods can provide significant information concerning the mechanism of cellular cytotoxicity reactions. Previous kinetic studies of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (Tc) have been hampered by the heterogeneity of the effector cell population tested. We therefore examined the kinetics of lysis mediated by cloned, IL 2 ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Callewaert DM,Meyers P,Hiernaux J,Radcliff G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of our work was to titer the IgG, IgM and IgA in Pentaglobin® (a preparation enriched in IgM), targeting specific surface antigens of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as a C. albicans strain. Lipopolysaccharides from Gram-negative bacteria, peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid from the other mi...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Stracquadanio S,Lo Verde F,Cialfi A,Zega A,Stefani S,Cafiso V

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages orchestrate the initiation and resolution of inflammation by producing pro- and anti-inflammatory products. An imbalance in these mediators may originate from a deficient or excessive immune response. Therefore, macrophages are valid therapeutic targets to restore homeostasis under inflammatory conditions....

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Bernal L,Alvarado-Vázquez A,Ferreira DW,Paige CA,Ulecia-Morón C,Hill B,Caesar M,Romero-Sandoval EA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the mRNA expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and the production of nitric oxide (NO) in human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) p40tax-transfected U937 cells, a human monoblast cell line. Transfection of HTLV-I p40tax U937 cells induced up-regulation of iNOS mRNA expression and...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Goto H,Nakamura T,Shirabe S,Ueki Y,Nishiura Y,Furuya T,Tsujino A,Nakane S,Eguchi K,Nagataki S

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is a leading cause of death worldwide. Recognition of this pathogen is crucial for the activation of innate and adaptive immune responses. Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (Nod)1 and Nod2 are cytoplasmic receptors that can detect unique muropeptides of ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Lee JY,Hwang EH,Kim DJ,Oh SM,Lee KB,Shin SJ,Park JH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering that imbalance of central tolerance in the thymus contributes to aggressive autoimmunity, we compared the expression of peripheral tissue autoantigens (PTA) genes, which are involved in self-representation in the thymic stroma, of two mouse strains; DBA-1/J (MHC-H2(q)) susceptible and DBA-2/J (MHC-H2(d)) r...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Donate PB,Fornari TA,Junta CM,Magalhães DA,Macedo C,Cunha TM,Nguyen C,Cunha FQ,Passos GA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraepithelial intestinal T lymphocytes (IEL) bearing alpha beta or gamma delta T cell receptors (TCR) are positioned to serve as a first line of defense against enteric pathogens. To investigate whether intestinal IEL are subject to antigenic selective forces distinct from that influencing (xp T cells in the periphe...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Pluschke G,Taube H,Krawinkel U,Pfeffer K,Wagner H,Classen M,Deusch K

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mugwort pollen allergy is frequent in parts of Europe. As mugwort pollen contains only one major allergen, Art v 1, which harbors only one T cell epitope, we employed mugwort pollen allergy as a model to study allergen-specific T cell responses. However, after 2004, we noticed a drastic decrease in the T cell response...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Van Hemelen D,Hemmer W,Kmenta M,Berger UB,Kinaciyan T,Bohle B,Jahn-Schmid B

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD40 is essential for optimal B cell activation. It has been shown that CD40 stimulation can augment BCR-induced B cell responses, but the molecular mechanism(s) by which CD40 regulates BCR signaling is poorly understood. In this report, we attempted to characterize the signaling synergy between BCR- and CD40-mediated...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Ying H,Li Z,Yang L,Zhang J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines play critical roles in the pathogenesis of Behçet's disease (BD). They mediated many of the effectors and regulatory functions of immune and inflammatory responses. Many studies have linked Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Interleukin-10 (IL-10) pathologically to BD. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the associa...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Talaat RM,Ashour ME,Bassyouni IH,Raouf AA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that purified rat macrophages lack both accessory activity for T lymphocyte responses to mitogens and stimulatory activity in a mixed leukocyte reaction, in marked contrast to the potent activity of dendritic cells. This study was designed to re-evaluate macrophages as accessory cells by treati...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Bowers WE,Ruhoff MS,Goodell EM,Stoltenborg JK

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified immunoperoxidase assay on microscope slides (IPSA) was adopted as a screening procedure for hybridoma supernatants with specificity for human lymphocyte subpopulations. The method proved to be suitable for testing a large number of hybridomas with a minimum of cells and reagents. In addition, the slide-tech...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Morich FJ,Momburg F,Moldenhauer G,Hartmann KU,Bross KJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pemphigus Vulgaris (PV), a relatively common autoimmune blistering disease in India, primarily mediated by anti-Desmoglein 3 (anti-Dsg3) autoantibodies. T-helper 17 (Th17) and T-regulatory (Treg) cells play significant role in regulating immune homeostasis in autoimmune disorders. To understand immunopathogenesis of P...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Asothai R,Anand V,Das D,Antil PS,Khandpur S,Sharma VK,Sharma A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sero-epidemiologic correlation study on immune parameters which would correlate with the frequency of common colds (FCC) had been conducted in 1992. There, an inverse relationship between circulating adhesion molecules CD54 and CD58 and FCC was found. Eighteen months later we performed an analogous assessment in ord...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Becker N,Krause G,Rensch K,Meuer SC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal 30S and 50S subunits as well as total proteins from the large subunit of E. coli ribosomes were found to be potent mitogens for both human adult and cord blood lymphocytes. On the other hand, the RNA fraction of the 50S subunit had only a weak stimulatory capacity suggesting that the protein moiety contains ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Sieber G,Rühl H

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-lymphocyte clones showing proliferative and cytotoxic responses specific for HLA antigens were isolated. To obtain enriched numbers of functionally active colonies, the cells were first sensitized in vitro in a tertiary mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC), using 10 stimulating cells for each responding cell. To ass...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Schendel DJ,Wank R

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pythiosis is a life-threatening disease caused by the fungus-like microorganism Pythium insidiosum that can lead to death if not treated. Since P. insidiosum has particular cell wall characteristics, pythiosis is difficult to treat, as it does not respond well to traditional antifungal drugs. In our study, we investig...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Ledur PC,Tondolo JSM,Jesus FPK,Verdi CM,Loreto ÉS,Alves SH,Santurio JM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effect of sixteen different enzymes on serum C1 and its subcomponents was investigated. The sixteen enzymes could be divided into three groups. First, enzymes which activate native C1: trypsin (optimal concentration 2.4 x 10(-4) mM); alpha-chymotrypsin (2.3 x 10(3) mM); thrombin (1.0 x 10(-5) mM); p...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Heinz HP,Loos M

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaucher disease (GD) is associated with upregulation of CD1d and MHC-class II expression by monocytes. While the physiological impact of CD1d upregulation remains uncertain, it has been proposed that MHC-class II upregulation is associated with inflammation. Hereby, we show that the decrease in MHC-class II expression...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Balreira A,Cavallari M,Sá Miranda MC,Arosa FA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Early Growth Response Genes (EGR-1 to AT133/EGR-4) encode a family of proteins that are composed of three homologous consecutive zinc fingers of the Cys2-His2 type and different flanking sequence. Upon growth stimulation of resting cells the four EGR-genes are simultaneously transcribed. We have analyzed the expre...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Skerka C,Decker EL,Zipfel PF

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage pre-treatment with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) boosts subsequent activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, which controls caspase-1-dependent pro-inflammatory cytokine maturation. Previous work has attributed this phenomenon (known as LPS 'priming') to LPS-dependent induction of NLRP3 expression. Whilst ...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Schroder K,Sagulenko V,Zamoshnikova A,Richards AA,Cridland JA,Irvine KM,Stacey KJ,Sweet MJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to other pneumococcal serotypes, which are thought to be T-independent antigens, type 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae polysaccharide (Sp1) is a zwitterionic polysaccharide (ZPS). It has previously been shown to be processed and presented by antigen-presenting cells utilizing the MHC-II pathway, which leads to S...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Trück J,Lazarus R,Clutterbuck EA,Bowman J,Kibwana E,Bateman EA,Pollard AJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The century-old tuberculosis vaccine BCG has been the focus of renewed interest due to its well-documented ability to protect against various non-TB pathogens. Much of these broad spectrum protective effects are attributed to trained immunity, the epigenetic and metabolic reprogramming of innate immune cells. As BCG v...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Moulson AJ,Av-Gay Y

更新日期：2020-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:L-alanine was shown earlier to play a significant role for the proliferation of lymphocytes in vitro. In the present work the effect of L-alanine and some other amino acids on thymocyte proliferation was studied in vivo by local administration into one thymus lobe of guinea pigs. Proliferating cells were pulse labelle...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Hägglund B,Sandberg G

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade new glucocorticoid (GC)-signalling mechanisms have emerged. The evolving field of non-genomic GC actions was precipitated from two major directions: (i) some rapid/acute clinical GC applications could not be explained based on the relatively slowly appearing genomic GC action and (ii) accumulating e...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Boldizsar F,Talaber G,Szabo M,Bartis D,Palinkas L,Nemeth P,Berki T

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The octamer motif is a crucial regulatory element for immunoglobulin promoter and enhancer function. We have investigated the molecular mechanisms that underlie octamer-mediated gene activation in B cells. This B cell-specific transcriptional regulation is subject to a novel type of regulatory mechanism. We could demo...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Wirth T,Pfisterer P,Annweiler A,Zwilling S,König H

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major target organ of systemic infection with the intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is the liver, to where inflammatory leukocytes are rapidly recruited. We determined by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction the early chemokine response in the liver after systemic infection of mice with lis...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Barsig J,Flesch IE,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanisms governing the type of induced immune response after microbial invasion, could be of crucial importance for the rational design of a bacteria-based vaccine. Targeting a vaccine directly to dendritic cells (DCs), which are considered the most powerful antigen presenting cells, could be extre...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Rescigno M,Rotta G,Valzasina B,Ricciardi-Castagnoli P

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hepatitis B virus (HBV) e antigen (HBeAg) is a secretory, non-structural protein, and associated with persistent infection of HBV. Previous studies indicate that HBeAg is able to regulate T cell-mediated responses, however, the interaction between HBeAg and the innate immune system is poorly understood. In this st...

journal_title：Immunobiology

authors： Leu CM,Lu YC,Peng WL,Chu HT,Hu CP

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00