Purification and functional properties of soluble forms of membrane cofactor protein (CD46) of complement: identification of forms increased in cancer patients' sera.

abstract：:The role of adjuvant on the T(h)1 and T(h)2 immune responses to Abeta-immunotherapy (Abeta(42 )peptide) was examined in wild-type mice. Fine epitope analysis with overlapping oligomers of the Abeta(42) sequence identified the 1-15 region as a dominant B cell epitope. The 6-20 peptide was recognized only weakly by anti...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Cribbs DH,Ghochikyan A,Vasilevko V,Tran M,Petrushina I,Sadzikava N,Babikyan D,Kesslak P,Kieber-Emmons T,Cotman CW,Agadjanyan MG

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism underlying selective IgG subclass deficiency is largely unknown in humans. We have previously reported the acquisition of a complete IgG2 deficiency in a leukemia patient after bone marrow transplantation. Southern blot analysis showed a deletion including the Cgamma2 and Cgamma4 genes on one chromosome ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zhao Y,Pan-Hammarström Q,Zhao Z,Wen S,Hammarström L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD45 is a receptor tyrosine phosphatase essential for TCR signaling. One isoform, CD45RB, is down-regulated in memory cells and targeting CD45RB with a specific antibody has been shown to inhibit graft rejection. Its role in immunity to infection, however, has not been tested. Here, we report the effect of anti-CD45RB...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Lim B,Sutherland RM,Zhan Y,Deliyannis G,Brown LE,Lew AM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T(h)17 cells, an inflammatory T helper cell subset, are involved in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory, autoimmune and allergic diseases. Recent evidence supports the idea that immune cell functions and the inflammatory response are finely regulated by various physiological substances. Calcitonin gene-related pe...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mikami N,Watanabe K,Hashimoto N,Miyagi Y,Sueda K,Fukada S,Yamamoto H,Tsujikawa K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility and resistance to type 1 diabetes are associated with MHC class II alleles that carry non-Asp and Asp at residue 57 of their beta chain respectively. The effect of Asp or non-Aspbeta57 may relate to a differential ability of distinct class II molecules to bind specific immuno-pathogenic peptides. Recent...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Quarsten H,Paulsen G,Johansen BH,Thorpe CJ,Holm A,Buus S,Sollid LM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies point to glycolipid-enriched membrane (GEM) microdomains as the critical sites for TCR-mediated signal transduction. However, whether the TCR complex is localized in the GEM domain is not well-defined. In the present study, we analyzed localization of the TCR-CD3 complex in the GEM domain by isolating t...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kosugi A,Saitoh S,Noda S,Yasuda K,Hayashi F,Ogata M,Hamaoka T

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the B cell response to Mycobacterium leprae in leprosy patients and healthy controls. A comparison of Western-blotted proteins separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and probed with pooled sera from LL and BT patients revealed distinct antigen recognition patterns for the two classificat...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mahon AC,Gebre N,Nurlign A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice with a targeted deletion of the T-bet gene exhibit spontaneous airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), airway inflammation, enhanced recovery of T(h)2 cytokines from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, sub-epithelial collagen deposition and myofibroblast transformation. Here we analyze the mechanisms responsible for the chro...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Finotto S,Hausding M,Doganci A,Maxeiner JH,Lehr HA,Luft C,Galle PR,Glimcher LH

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-7 is a required factor for T-cell homeostasis. Because of low expression levels and poor reagent availability, the cellular sources of IL-7 have proven challenging to characterize. In this study, we describe a reporter mouse in which enhanced GFP is expressed from the endogenous Il7 locus. We show that IL-7 is prod...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Miller CN,Hartigan-O'Connor DJ,Lee MS,Laidlaw G,Cornelissen IP,Matloubian M,Coughlin SR,McDonald DM,McCune JM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) mediated killing has classically been associated with a high level of specificity for the target cell. However, when CTL clones and specific target cells were copelleted with innocent bystander cells for which the CTL was not specific, these bystander cells were also lysed. Bystander lysis...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Burrows SR,Fernan A,Argaet V,Suhrbier A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-selectin is a Ca(2+)-dependent lectin that participates in leukocyte adhesion to vascular endothelium and platelets. Myeloid cells and a subset of T lymphocytes express carbohydrate ligands at the cell surface. Previously, we suggested that heat stable antigen (HSA/mouse CD24), an extensively glycosylated cell surfa...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Aigner S,Ruppert M,Hubbe M,Sammar M,Sthoeger Z,Butcher EC,Vestweber D,Altevogt P

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lewis rat, an inbred rat strain susceptible to several well-characterized experimental autoimmune diseases, provides a good model to study peptide-mediated immunotherapy. Peptide immunotherapy focussing on the modulation of T cell responses by interfering with TCR-peptide-MHC complex formation requires the elucida...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wauben MH,van der Kraan M,Grosfeld-Stulemeyer MC,Joosten I

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD25(+)CD4(+) regulatory T cells inhibit the activation of autoreactive T cells in vitro and in vivo, and suppress organ-specific autoimmune diseases. The mechanism of CD25(+)CD4(+) T cells in the regulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is poorly understood. To assess the role of CD25(+)CD4(+) T ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zhang X,Koldzic DN,Izikson L,Reddy J,Nazareno RF,Sakaguchi S,Kuchroo VK,Weiner HL

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:NK cells limit the emergence of cancers and viral infections by surveillance of 'missing-self' and 'induced-self' ligands, and by direct recognition of pathogen-associated molecules. We examined individual roles for Toll-like receptors (TLRs)-7 and -8 in human NK-cell activation using synthetic, small molecule agonist...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Gorski KS,Waller EL,Bjornton-Severson J,Hanten JA,Riter CL,Kieper WC,Gorden KB,Miller JS,Vasilakos JP,Tomai MA,Alkan SS

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid mediators, such as prostanoids and leukotrienes (LTs), exert a range of actions through their own receptors on cell surfaces in various pathophysiological conditions. It has been reported that the production of prostanoids and LTs is significantly elevated in the skin lesions of some chronic inflammatory skin di...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Honda T,Kabashima K

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity of self MHC-restricted T cells responding to peptide fragments of processed antigen has been well characterized. However, the means by which alloreactive T lymphocytes recognize MHC alloantigen remain poorly understood. We now provide evidence that the recognition of class I human leukocyte antigen (HL...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Breur-Vriesendorp BS,Ivanyi P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is an important porcine bacterial pathogen and a zoonotic agent responsible for sudden death, septic shock and meningitis, with exacerbated inflammation being a hallmark of the systemic and central nervous system (CNS) infections. However, S. suis serotype 2 strains are genetically and ph...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Auger JP,Benoit-Biancamano MO,Bédard C,Segura M,Gottschalk M

更新日期：2019-10-16 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：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are responsible for the initiation of immune responses. Our study demonstrates a new pathway for generating a large quantity of stimulatory monocyte-derived DCs (Mo-DCs) from human monocytes using anti-4-1BB ligand (4-1BBL) mAb to trigger reverse signaling. The anti-4-1BBL-driven Mo-DCs (DCs(alph...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ju S,Ju S,Ge Y,Qiu H,Lu B,Qiu Y,Fu J,Liu G,Wang Q,Hu Y,Shu Y,Zhang X

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fc receptors play important roles for a wide array of immune responses. In contrast to the well-defined Fcγ and Fcε receptors, the molecular and functional characteristics of Fc receptors for IgA and IgM have remained incompletely understood for years. Recent progress has unveiled the characteristics of Fc receptors f...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Shibuya A,Honda SI,Shibuya K

更新日期：2017-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-obese diabetic mice spontaneously develop a type 1 diabetes. The entry of leukocytes in the islets of Langerhans was studied in untreated and in irradiated mice. FITC-labeled cells from spleen, lymph nodes or bone marrow of healthy or diabetic donors did home to the inflamed islets of unmanipulated recipients. B a...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Faveeuw C,Gagnerault MC,Kraal G,Lepault F

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MHC class II molecules associate with peptides in the endocytic pathway. Different endosomal locations for peptide loading of class II molecules, varying from early endosomes (EE) to lysosomes, have been assigned on the basis of subcellular fractionation experiments. We have determined the intracellular location of HL...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Fernandez-Borja M,Verwoerd D,Sanderson F,Aerts H,Trowsdale J,Tulp A,Neefjes J

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils and lymphocytes are recruited to sites of inflammation and require the adhesion molecule L-selectin (CD62L) for adherence to endothelial cells. Nucleotides released from activated or dying cells at sites of inflammation can mediate signaling through purinergic receptor family II, resulting in CD62L sheddin...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Sengstake S,Boneberg EM,Illges H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auto-antibodies against heat shock proteins (HSPs) are frequently found in the sera of patients with rheumatic and other autoimmune diseases. However, it is unclear whether these auto-antibodies play a role in the pathophysiology and etiology of these diseases. We found that a murine anti-HSP60 mAb enhanced the produc...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yokota S,Minota S,Fujii N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic intracellular bacteria often hijack macrophages for their propagation. The infected macrophages release IL-1β and IL-18 and simultaneously commit suicide, which is called pyroptosis; both responses require caspase-1. Here, we found that pyroptotic cells induced by microbial infection were efficiently engulf...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wang Q,Imamura R,Motani K,Kushiyama H,Nagata S,Suda T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor interferon regulatory factor-5 (IRF5) plays an important role in innate immune responses via the TLR-MyD88 (Toll-like receptor - myeloid differentiation primary response 88) pathway. IRF5 is also involved in the pathogenesis of the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recent ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ban T,Sato GR,Tamura T

更新日期：2018-10-29 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：:Members of protein kinase D (PKD) family serine/threonine kinases (PKD1, PKD2 and PKD3) are expressed in wide range of cells and regulate various cellular responses including immune responses. We have previously shown that PKD is involved in the signaling pathways of a human CD4(+) T cell clone stimulated with its cog...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Irie A,Harada K,Tsukamoto H,Kim JR,Araki N,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:House dust mite (HDM) is a common allergen of allergic asthma. Eosinophils are principal effector cells of allergic inflammation and their adhesion onto human bronchial epithelial cells is mediated by a CD18-intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1)-dependent interaction. We studied the effects of HDM Dermatophagoide...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Wong CK,Li ML,Wang CB,Ip WK,Tian YP,Lam CW

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00