NADPH diaphorase staining suggests a transient and localized contribution of nitric oxide to host defence against an intracellular pathogen in situ.

abstract：:Epitope spreading has been best characterized as an exacerbating factor in CD4(+) T cell-dependent autoimmune disease models and is believed to occur via presentation of antigens liberated by tissue destruction initiated by CD4(+) T cells specific for a primary epitope. The growing evidence that exogenous antigens can...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Markiewicz MA,Fallarino F,Ashikari A,Gajewski TF

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)] and the vitamin D receptor (VDR) are important regulators of autoimmunity. The effect of the VDR on the ability of mice to fight a primary or secondary infection has not been determined. Young and old VDR knockout (KO) mice were able to clear both primary and secondary infe...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Bruce D,Whitcomb JP,August A,McDowell MA,Cantorna MT

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AbstractImmune homeostasis is critically regulated by the balance between activating and inhibitory receptors expressed on various immune cells such as T and B lymphocytes, and myeloid cells. The inhibitory receptors play a fundamental role in the immune checkpoint pathway, thus maintaining peripheral tolerance. We re...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wong YL,Su MT,Sugahara-Tobinai A,Itoi S,Kezuka D,Endo S,Inui M,Takai T

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretory IgA (sIgA) antibodies in human tears and milk were found to recognize protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) on a Toxoplasma gondii lysate immunoblot (IB). These antibodies were already detectable in tears of infants. To determine the epitope containing-regions on PDI, we generated truncated versions of recombina...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Meek B,Back JW,Klaren VN,Speijer D,Peek R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T lymphocyte responses to the MHC of an evolutionarily distant species are known to be weak compared with responses against allogeneic MHC products within a species. This fact was used to examine the regions of human MHC class II molecules required for the stimulation of strong primary immune responses against MHC all...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ramesh P,Barber L,Batchelor JR,Lechler RI

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytes circulate in a quiescent (G(0)) state until they encounter specific antigens. In T cells, quiescence is programmed by transcription factors of the forkhead box O (FOXO) and Krüppel-like factor (KLF) families. However, the transcription factors that regulate B cell quiescence are not known. KLF4 is a candid...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yusuf I,Kharas MG,Chen J,Peralta RQ,Maruniak A,Sareen P,Yang VW,Kaestner KH,Fruman DA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fas (CD95) is a cell surface death receptor belonging to the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, which mediates apoptosis-inducing signaling when activated by Fas ligand or its agonistic antibody. lpr mice with a loss of apoptosis-inducing function mutation in the Fas gene develop systemic autoimmune disease a...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Takahashi S,Futatsugi-Yumikura S,Fukuoka A,Yoshimoto T,Nakanishi K,Yonehara S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG is the major immunoglobulin class produced during an immune response against foreign antigens and efficiently provides protection through its bifunctional nature. While the Fab domains confer highly specific recognition of the antigen, the Fc domain mediates a wide range of effector functions that modulate several...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Bournazos S,Ravetch JV

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently described the novel A6H antigen expressed on human peripheral blood T cells and on renal cell carcinoma cells. Cross-linking of the A6H antigen results in co-stimulation of human CD4(+) T cells, characterized by induction of the transcription factor activator protein-1 (AP-1), proliferation and promin...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Labuda T,Sundstedt A,Dohlsten M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TCR is responsible for the specificity of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) by recognizing peptides presented in the context of MHC. By producing recombinant soluble TCR, it is possible to study this interaction at the molecular level. We generated single-chain TCR (scTCR) from tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) and...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Lake DF,Salgaller ML,van der Bruggen P,Bernstein RM,Marchalonis JJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central tenet of vaccine development is to identify immune correlates of protection. Both plasmid-encoded gD as well as recombinant protein gD can protect mice from lethal herpes simplex virus (HSV) challenge. It is known that different vaccine modalities should induce different immune phenotypes. Yet, paradoxically...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Sin JI,Ayyavoo V,Boyer J,Kim J,Ciccarelli RB,Weiner DB

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal epithelium not only acts as the physical structure that separates the intestinal lumen from the body but also actively participates in intestinal barrier functions. In the past decade, significant progress has been made in the development of culture technologies to maintain intestinal epithelial cells (...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Nakamura T

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the involvement of retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-alpha in allograft rejection, we investigated the effect of a novel selective agonist to the receptor, ER-38925, in a mouse cardiac allograft model. Prophylactic treatment with ER-38925 inhibited the acute rejection of the mouse cardiac allograft (BALB/c -...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Seino K,Yamauchi T,Shikata K,Kobayashi S,Nagai M,Taniguchi M,Fukao K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here that different organ grafts are not equally competent to induce tolerance of the host even if they are performed early in development, i.e. before the host's immune system has started to develop. We have grafted the epithelio-mesenchymal rudiment of the bursa of Fabricius between histoincompatible chick...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Martin C,Belo M,Le Douarin NM,Corbel C

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD40 has been shown to play an important role in the regulation of B cell survival, proliferation and Ig class switching. The natural partner for CD40 is CD40 ligand, gp 39, which is transiently expressed on activated T cells. In vitro, CD40 ligation leads to polyclonal B cell proliferation and, in the presence of app...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wohlleben G,Gray D,Schimpl A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined effects of c-fos overexpression on the development and property of peritoneal B-1 cells using transgenic (H2-c-fos) mice carrying the c-fos gene under the control of the constitutive H-2Kb promoter. The number of B-1b cells in the peritoneal cavity of H2-c-fos mice was 4-fold larger than that in control li...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mori S,Sakamoto A,Yamashita K,Fujimura L,Arima M,Hatano M,Miyazaki M,Tokuhisa T

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to identify autoantigens of synovium in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we constructed lambda phage expression cDNA libraries from synovium and screened them by IgG purified from synovial fluids, both of which were derived from RA patients. As a result of this unique combination of the libraries and probes, w...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Tanaka M,Ozaki S,Osakada F,Mori K,Okubo M,Nakao K

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report that the release of IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) from IL-4-stimulated neutrophils is markedly enhanced in the presence of IL-10. We also show that up-regulation of IL-1ra release by IL-10 in IL-4-stimulated neutrophils takes place through IL-1ra mRNA stabilization and enhancement of IL-1r...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Crepaldi L,Silveri L,Calzetti F,Pinardi C,Cassatella MA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we explored the potential of human naive CD4(+) T cells to acquire regulatory properties upon stimulation. We demonstrated that, in vitro, pre-activated naive CD4(+)CD25(-)CD45RA(+) T cells could become anergic and suppressive CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells upon lower intensity TCR stimulation. These CD4(+)CD25(...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Noël G,Brinster C,Semana G,Bruniquel D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class II trans-activator (CIITA) is a bi- or multi-functional domain protein which plays a critical role in the expression of MHC class II genes. We report that removal of the N-terminal 151 amino acids, encompassing all of the acidic domain but leaving intact the proline/serine/threonine-rich domain, results in a...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yun S,Gustafsson K,Fabre JW

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania results in the development of leishmaniasis, an increasingly prevalent group of diseases affecting over 12 million people worldwide. Leishmaniasis can have very different outcomes ranging from cutaneous lesions, mucosal lesions to visceralization depending on th...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Rossi M,Fasel N

更新日期：2018-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombination activating genes Rag-1 and Rag-2 were isolated on the basis of their ability to confer V(D)J recombination activity when co-expressed in fibroblasts. The mode of action of the confer V(D)J recombination activity when co-expressed in fibroblasts. The mode of action of the products of these genes is not kn...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kallenbach S,Brinkmann T,Rougeon F

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel system to study the effects of co-cross-linking CD23/FceRII and sIg on murine B lymphocytes utilizes a highly multivalent form of anti-Ig prepared by covalently linking anti-Ig antibodies to a DNP-dextran backbone. CD23-sIg co-cross-linking is accomplished by the addition of DNP-specific monoclonal IgE. Previo...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Campbell KA,Studer EJ,Kilmon MA,Lees A,Finkelman F,Conrad DH

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse CD4+ T cells were subdivided into two subpopulations, naive (CD44low CD45RBhigh) and memory (CD44high CD45RBlow) T cells, by flow cytometric analysis. Examination of spleen and peripheral blood of C57BL/6 mice of various ages revealed that there was a reciprocal age-associated change in these two subpopulations,...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kurashima C,Utsuyama M,Kasai M,Ishijima SA,Konno A,Hirokawa K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extravasation of recirculating lymphocytes into lymph nodes, which is crucial for immune system function, occurs constitutively from specialized post-capillary venules in the lymph node paracortex. The migration of lymphocytes between the structurally distinct high endothelial cells which line these blood vessels ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ager A,Humphries MJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (i-IEL) of aged rats comprise CD4+CD8alphaalpha+ and CD4-CD8alphaalpha+ T cells expressing TCR alphabeta. In the present study, we compared characteristics between CD4+CD8alphaalpha+ and CD4-CD8alphaalpha+ i-IEL, which were purified by a cell sorter from the i-IEL of 6-month-old ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yamada K,Kimura Y,Nishimura H,Namii Y,Murase M,Yoshikai Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-12 is a cytokine produced by monocytes and Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B cells which initiates Th1 responses by inducing the development of CD4+, IFN-gamma producing Th1 T cells in mouse and human. We have previously reported that allergen-specific CD4+ Th2 T cell clones produce IFN-gamma, following activation b...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yssel H,Fasler S,de Vries JE,de Waal Malefyt R

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) recognizes lipopolysaccharide (LPS). MD-2 is associated with TLR4 and imparts LPS responsiveness to it. Little is known, however, as to whether MD-2 directly regulates LPS recognition by TLR4. To address the issue, we took advantage of a species-specific pharmacology of lipid IVa, an analog...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Akashi S,Nagai Y,Ogata H,Oikawa M,Fukase K,Kusumoto S,Kawasaki K,Nishijima M,Hayashi S,Kimoto M,Miyake K

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is a commensal fungus that predominantly resides on mucosal surfaces and can cause lethal systemic infection when the host defense is compromised. Candidalysin is a cytolytic peptide toxin produced by C. albicans hyphae that is essential for mucosal tissue damage and is believed to contribute to the e...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Hanaoka M,Domae E

更新日期：2020-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunomodulator FTY720 inhibits lymph node (LN) and thymic egress, thereby constraining T cell circulation and reducing peripheral T cell numbers. Here, we analyzed in mouse models the as yet scarcely characterized impact of long-term (up to 6 months) FTY720 exposure on T cell homeostasis and possible consequences...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Metzler B,Gfeller P,Wieczorek G,Li J,Nuesslein-Hildesheim B,Katopodis A,Mueller M,Brinkmann V

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00