Fibronectin interacts with Clq, a subcomponent of the first component of complement.

abstract：:It remains unclear whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS) pre-treatment, which prevents Th2-type responses via Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), inhibits anaphylaxis. To determine the dose-dependent effects of LPS pre-treatment on anaphylactic decreases in rectal temperature caused by ovalbumin (OVA) re-exposure in immunized mic...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Shiva D,Matsumoto T,Kremenik MJ,Kato Y,Yano H

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of straightforward biochemical techniques have been applied to the analysis of HLA molecules. These techniques centre largely on two components: monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and gel analysis systems. Although only the basic applications are discussed here, the techniques have broad applications. Monoclonal-g...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Lanchbury JS

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intrahepatic injection of alloantigen prolongs allograft survival and inhibits T-lymphocyte release of both IL-2 and IFN-gamma but not IL-4. This suggests that intrahepatic processing of antigen lead to a predominance of Th2 cell population with inhibition of Th1 cell type. This study examines the effects ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Chen Y,McKenna GJ,Ong C,Mui AL,Chung SW

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is associated with an increased risk for recurrent wheeze and asthma. Killed S. pneumoniae showed some potential as an effective immunomodulatory therapy in a murine model of asthma. Murine studies demonstrated protection against allergic asthma by symbiotic b...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Hartmann C,Behrendt AK,Henken S,Wölbeling F,Maus UA,Hansen G

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the effect of interferon alpha on the levels of acute phase complement proteins in vivo, serum concentrations of C9 and C1-inhibitor (C1-INH) were measured in patients with chronic hepatitis C before and 3 months after the beginning of interferon alpha2b therapy. Serum levels of the activation produc...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Bíró L,Varga L,Pár A,Nemesánszky E,Csepregi A,Telegdy L,Ibrányi E,Dávid K,Horváth G,Szentgyörgyi L,Nagy I,Dalmi L,Abonyi M,Füst G,Horányi M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pertussis, or whooping cough, has recently reemerged as a major public health threat despite high levels of vaccination. The development of a novel pertussis vaccine, especially an intranasal (i.n.) vaccine is undoubtedly necessary, and mucosal adjuvants have been explored to enhance the immune response. In the presen...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Shi W,Kou Y,Jiang H,Gao F,Kong W,Su W,Xu F,Jiang C

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen receptor (AgR) crosslinking by antigens or AgR-specific antibodies induces a cascade of enzymatic events in lymphocytes which involves activation of several non-receptor tyrosine- and serine/threonine kinases, phosphatases, phospholipases, etc. Here we show data demonstrating that a thiol group-reactive protei...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Rozsnyay Z,Sarmay G,Gergely J

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have dealt with occurrence of dendritic cells in various nonlymphoid organs such as kidney, liver or heart, whereas lymphocyte patterns in these organs have not been analyzed in detail. In the present study, leukocytes were quantified as cells/mm2 in the perivascular, interstitial and parenchymal tiss...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Holzinger C,Zuckermann A,Reinwald C,Imhof M,Schöllhammer A,Kramer G,Wolner E,Steiner G

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we summarize the steps of a common scientific path taken by the two Guest Editors, an Anesthesiologist (EA) and an Immunologist (AS), and started 25 years ago at the National Cancer Institute in Rome. When in 1980 WHO codified the usage of opioids for cancer pain relief, it was matter of debate whether only di...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Santoni A,Arcuri E

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement factor I (CFI) deficiency is typically associated to recurrent infections with encapsulated microorganisms and, less commonly, to autoimmunity. We report a 53-years old male who, in a routine control for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, presented a flat beta-2 fraction at the capillary protein electropher...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Franco-Jarava C,Colobran R,Mestre-Torres J,Vargas V,Pujol-Borrell R,Hernández-González M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunomodulating properties of a neuropeptide hormone, corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), led us to investigate its effect on cAMP production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNC). In response to stimulation with CRF (100 nM), a statistically significant (P = 0.019) increase occurred in the amount o...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Singh VK,Leu SJ

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When IL-4 mRNA was distinguished from mRNA encoding its antagonist, the splice variant IL-4delta2, it was found to correlate directly with expression of TLR2 in fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from normal donors (p=0.0013). Similarly IL-4 mRNA was high when TLR2 mRNA was abundant compared to levels of...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Chang JS,Dheda K,Huggett JF,Kim LU,Zumla A,Rook GA

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though IgA is considered to play an important role in immunity, surprisingly little is known about the presence of IgA Fc receptor (Fc alpha R)-expressing effector cells in tissues. Difficulties in obtaining human tissue macrophages, led us to study peritoneal macrophages in a human Fc alpha RI transgenic (Tg) mo...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： van Egmond M,Hanneke van Vuuren AJ,van de Winkel JG

更新日期：1999-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured T lymphocytes from pig blood can be activated by the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Activation is additive with that induced by the mitogenic lectin phytohaemagglutinin (PHA). Activation by TPA differs from that induced by PHA or other mitogenic lectins in that it is not inhibited e...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Kay JE,Meehan RT,Benzie CR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BAFF deficiency in mice impairs B cell development beyond the transitional stage 1 in the spleen and thus severely reduces the size of follicular and marginal zone B cell compartments. Moreover, humoral immune responses in these mice are dramatically impaired. We now addressed the question whether the decrease in matu...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Swee LK,Tardivel A,Schneider P,Rolink A

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft failure (GF) following bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in man is usually attributed to allograft rejection; however, other mechanisms of GF exist. Exposure of the developing allograft to viruses, myelotoxic drugs, and damage to the host-derived marrow stroma during graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) may all caus...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Hows JM

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domain deleted paraproteins are suitable tools to study the interaction between IgG domains and Fc receptor (FcR) binding sites. The effect of the C gamma 2 or C gamma 3 domain deleted paraproteins was compared on antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and on FcR mediated rosette formation. The C gamma 2 doma...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Sármay G,Jefferis R,Gergely J

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human tumors of neuroectodermal origin cell surface expression of individual gangliosides is either increased or decreased relative to comparable normal cells. We have previously shown that gangliosides shed from melanoma cells can immunomodulate T cell activity. Monocytes/macrophages (m/m) are known to play an imp...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Hoon DS,Jung T,Naungayan J,Cochran AJ,Morton DL,McBride WH

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila has recently become a powerful model organism for studies of innate immunity. The cellular elements of innate immunity in Drosophila, the hemocytes, have been characterized by morphological criteria, molecular markers, and cell-type-specific immunological markers. Here we suggest that an MiET1 GFP-reporter ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Honti V,Kurucz E,Csordás G,Laurinyecz B,Márkus R,Andó I

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been withdrawn at the request of the editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal. ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Karimabad MN,Falahati-Pour SK,Hassanshahi G,Koochakzadeh L

更新日期：2017-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, several investigators have shown that transfer of dendritic cells (DC) prevents diabetes development in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. Accumulating evidences showing that DC cultured in medium containing fetal calf serum (FCS) can induce a dominant unspecific immune response in tumor models after i.v....

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Kadri N,Potiron N,Ouary M,Jegou D,Gouin E,Bach JM,Lieubeau B

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface phenotypes of lymphoid cells in the developing embryonic thymus were characterized by using monoclonal antibodies. FT-2 antigen thus defined was predominantly expressed on thymocytes in the earlier embryonic stages in all the inbred mouse strains tested. The immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase tests in...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Takashi T,Kasai M,Tanaka N,Takahashi T,Tokunaga T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six murine monoclonal antibodies, AT-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were produced against human recombinant tumor necrosis factor (gamma TNF). AT-1, -2, -3, -4, and -6 were IgG1, and AT-5 was IgG2a. AT-1, -2, and -3 neutralized the activity of gamma TNF (2 X 10(3) U/ml) over a range of dilutions between 5 and 500 micrograms/ml ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Shimamoto Y,Chen RL,Bollon A,Chang A,Khan A

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a newly identified human HERV-K18 like endogenous retrovirus (IDDMK(1,2)22) has been associated to the etiology of type I diabetes (IDDM). Although the exact mechanism remains unclear, it was postulated that the 3' end ORF product of the env gene of IDDMK(1,2)22 would trigger a V beta 7-specific human T cell...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Azar GA,Thibodeau J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Benazepril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, has been used to treat hypertension, congestive heart failure, and chronic renal failure. However, its biological activity and mechanism of action in inflammation are not fully identified. The present study was designed to determine the in vivo anti-...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Yan SH,Zhao NW,Zhu XX,Wang Q,Wang HD,Fu R,Sun Y,Li QY

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments with malaria in mice suggest that protective immunity depends not only on antibody but also on activation of macrophages. Activated macrophages may cause intra-erythrocytic death of parasites by releasing reactive oxygen intermediates and/or tumour necrosis factor. Macrophage activation for both types of p...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Playfair JH,Dockrell H,Taverne J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical immunology is in the Netherlands a separate clinical specialty within internal medicine and pediatrics. Clinical immunologists work closely together with nephrologists, rheumatologists and many other medical specialists. Apart from research and teaching, clinical immunologists are taking care of patients with...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Tervaert JW,Kallenberg CG

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined the cytokine production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) from recipients of orthotopic liver transplants which had been stimulated by donor-specific alloantigen. Levels of interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, interferon (IFN)-gamma, IL-10 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta produ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Chung SW,Yoshida EM,Cattral MS,Hu Y,Gorczynski RM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated inherited deficiency states of almost every complement protein have been recognized. Almost all are autosomal recessive traits. Deficiency of the early-acting components C1, C4 and C2 is associated with increased risk of immune complex disease, particularly systemic lupus erythematosus. Patients with deficien...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Alper CA

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment strategy for implementation of the Union of European Medical Specialists' (UEMS) Immunology curriculum is based on a combination of formative and summative assessments. The strategy comprises a combination of workplace-based assessments and knowledge-based assessments designed to ensure acquisition of k...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Choremi-Papadopoulou E,Faure GC,Malenica B,Misbah SA,Zlabinger GJ

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00