Two cDNAs from the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, encoding mosaic proteins with domains found in factor H, factor I, and complement components C6 and C7.

abstract：:Parasites exert a selection pressure on their hosts and are accountable for driving diversity within gene families and immune gene polymorphisms in a host population. The overwhelming response of regulatory T cells during infectious challenges directs the host immune system to lose the ability to mount parasite specif...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Hanel SA,Velavan TP,Kremsner PG,Kun JF

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoid X receptors (RXRs) are zinc finger-containing nuclear transcription factors. They belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily that contains retinoid receptors, vitamin D receptors, thyroid hormone receptors, and steroid hormone receptors as well as the so-called orphan receptors. We previously mapped all three...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Nagata T,Weiss EH,Abe K,Kitagawa K,Ando A,Yara-Kikuti Y,Seldin MF,Ozato K,Inoko H,Taketo M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of a Japanese population by oligonucleotide genotyping revealed that one Japanese HLA-DRw14 allele had a DRB1 genotype different from that of the known HLA-DRw14-related alleles, DRB1*1401 (DRw14-Dw9) and DRB1*1402 (DRw14-Dw16). The second exon of the DRB1 gene of the novel DRw14 allele (designated DRB1-14c) ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Obata F,Ito I,Ito K,Abe A,Ohkubo M,Onda K,Yang YG,Watanabe K,Kashiwagi N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class I genes of the major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) are here investigated for the first time in a passerine bird. The great reed warbler is a rare species in Sweden with a few semi-isolated populations. Yet, we found extensive Mhc class I variation in the study population. The variable exon 3, correspondin...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Westerdahl H,Wittzell H,von Schantz T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irradiation with UVB (290-320 nm) initiates a systemic immunosuppression detectable as suppression of contact hypersensitivity (CHS). We investigated susceptibility to UV suppression in reciprocal F1-hybrid and backcross mice derived from BALB/c (low susceptibility) and C57BL/6 (high susceptibility) inbred strains. CB...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Noonan FP,Hoffman HA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease is strongly associated with HLA-DQ2, but it is possible that additional major histocompatibility complex genes also confer disease susceptibility. Encoded close to HLA-DQ are two genes, TAP1 and TAP2, whose products are believed to transport antigenic peptides from the cytoplasm into the endoplasmic re...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Powis SH,Rosenberg WM,Hall M,Mockridge I,Tonks S,Ivinson A,Ciclitira PJ,Jewell DP,Lanchbury JS,Bell JI

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian influenza is a serious threat to the poultry industry and, as the potential source of a human pandemic virus, to public health. Different Mx alleles have been reported to confer resistance or susceptibility to influenza virus replication, and so knowledge of their frequencies is important when considering the po...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Balkissoon D,Staines K,McCauley J,Wood J,Young J,Kaufman J,Butter C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein kinase, interferon-inducible double-stranded (ds)RNA-dependent activator (PRKRA) is a dsRNA-binding protein which activates a protein kinase participating in the antiviral activity of interferon. Our previous studies indicated that the nucleotide sequence encoding PRKRA, which appeared to be an intronless ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Chida S,Hohjoh H,Hirai M,Tokunaga K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human Lutheran (Lu) blood group antigens are carried by two glycoproteins (gps) that belong to the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily. These gps represent adhesion molecules that function as the unique erythroid receptors for laminin. We report here the cloning and functional expression of the orthologous mouse Lu mR...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Rahuel C,Colin Y,Goossens D,Gane P,El Nemer W,Cartron JP,Le Van Kim C

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The only avian major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) genes thus far identified are from species of the relatively small order of Galliformes, while by far the largest order of Passeriformes (songbirds), containing some 60% of extant bird species, has not been studied at all in this regard. The Galliformes emerged mor...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Vincek V,Klein D,Graser RT,Figueroa F,O'hUigin C,Klein J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies demonstrated that the diversity of the antibody response of mice to the inulin (In) determinant of bacterial levan is regulated by the gene Spectrotype Regulation 1 ( Sr1). BALB/c mice produce a monoclonal anti-In response as shown by isoelectric focusing analysis. In contrast, the anti-In antibody re...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Jones Tiffany L,Riblet R,Stein KE

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MHC class I gene family of rhesus macaques is characterised by considerable gene duplications. While a HLA-C-orthologous gene is absent, the Mamu-A and in particular the Mamu-B genes have expanded, giving rise to plastic haplotypes with differential gene content. Although some of the rhesus macaque MHC class I gen...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Rosner C,Kruse PH,Lübke T,Walter L

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used rabbit antisera to the chicken MHC erythrocyte molecule B-G and to the class I alpha chain (B-F) to screen lambda gt11 cDNA expression libraries made with RNA selected by oligo-dT from bone marrow cells of anemic B19 homozygous chickens. Eight clones were found to encode B-G molecules which hybridize with sequ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kaufman J,Salomonsen J,Skjødt K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules are responsible for the antigen presentation to T lymphocytes. High recombination rates in the MHC genes, as observed in humans, are believed to serve the evolutionary goal to achieve a high genetic diversity, allowing for a broad and efficient immune response. In a coh...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Gimsa U,Ho CS,Hammer SE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic organisation of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) seems to vary considerably between different bird species. In order to understand this variation it is important to gather information from different species. We have, for the first time, investigated MHC class II polymorphism in a wader species, t...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Ekblom R,Grahn M,Höglund J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the analyses of genes encoding immunoglobulin heavy and light chains in the rabbit 6.51× whole genome assembly. This OryCun2.0 assembly confirms previous mapping of the duplicated IGK1 and IGK2 loci to chromosome 2 and the IGL lambda light chain locus to chromosome 21. The most frequently rearranged and e...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Gertz EM,Schäffer AA,Agarwala R,Bonnet-Garnier A,Rogel-Gaillard C,Hayes H,Mage RG

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-specific CD4+ T cells play a critical role in protective immunity to many infectious pathogens. Although the antigen-specific CD4+ T cells can be measured by functional assays such as proliferation or cytokine enzyme-linked immunospot, such assays are limited to a specific function and cannot quantify anergic ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Norimine J,Han S,Brown WC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated a genetic predisposition among mice regarding their ability to be protected against vaginal candidiasis after peripheral immunization. Both BALB/c and (BALB/cx C57BL/6) F1 mice are protected against vaginal candidiasis after subcutaneous immunization with Candida albicans extract and C5...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mulero-Marchese RD,Blank KJ,Sieck TG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have sequenced peptides eluted from a truncated recombinant HLA-A*6602 molecule, and compared their features with data reported for peptides presented in the A*6601 molecule. A striking change in the amino-acid binding preferences was observed at peptide position P1, which interacts with pocket A of t...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Bade-Doeding C,Elsner HA,Eiz-Vesper B,Seltsam A,Holtkamp U,Blasczyk R

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The A15, L6, and S5.7(TAPA1) proteins are members of the transmembrane 4 superfamily (TM4SF). The A15 is expressed in immature human T cells and in the human brain. The MXS1(CCG-B7) gene which codes for A15 contains triplet nucleotide repeats which have been associated with neuropsychiatric diseases such as Huntington...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Virtaneva KI,Emi N,Marken JS,Aruffo A,Jones C,Spurr NK,Schröder JP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the relationship between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I alleles and cervical cancer among Indian women. Seventy-five cervical cancer cases were compared with 175 noncancer controls. Cervical biopsy tissue specimen from cancer cases and cervical swab specimen from controls were collected for HPV detec...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Gokhale P,Mania-Pramanik J,Sonawani A,Idicula-Thomas S,Kerkar S,Tongaonkar H,Chaudhari H,Warke H,Salvi V

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five sets of cytotoxic effector cells were generated, using haplo-identical, first degree relatives in five different families, against the HLA-A3; B7 serological determinants combined with different DR antigens. When tested against a panel of cells bearing combinations of the HLA-A, -B and -DR antigens it was shown t...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Kim SJ,Christiansen FT,Silver DM,Dupont B

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane immunoglobulin M (mIgM) of a B lymphocyte serves as a receptor for its cognate antigen. Our aim is to elucidate the structure and function of this membrane-bound receptor. The first step is to determine the requirements for proper membrane placement of IgM. We have used mIgM-positive B lymphocyte tumors f...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Sibley CH,Andrews-Wagner R

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunofluorescent and immunoelectron-microscopic staining methods were utilized to investigate the localization of Ia antigens in murine keratinizing epithelia. Approximately 3-5% of epidermal cells were shown to be Ia positive. Only dendritic Langerhans cells in the interfollicular epidermis and outer root sheaths we...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Rowden G,Phillips TM,Delovitch TL

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The size of B-cell subsets appears to be under genetic control, but the mechanism of this regulation is unknown. By analyzing five congenic strains of mice that differ only in their H2 haplotype, we addressed the issue of whether the MHC genes are involved in the relative proportions of B-1a, B-1b and B-2 cells. Not o...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Pers JO,Jamin C,Lydyard PM,Charreire J,Youinou P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the role major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I b molecules may play during mouse embryonic development, we thought it would be interesting to search for additional MHC class I b molecules that might be expressed in preimplantation embryos, and in particular in the trophoblastic lineage. We therefor...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Sipes SL,Medaglia MV,Stabley DL,DeBruyn CS,Alden MS,Catenacci V,Landel CP

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin-A deficiency (IgA-D) is the most common human Ig class deficiency with an estimated frequency of approximately 1 in 500 in the Swedish population. We investigated the immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region gene segments (IGHC) in 103 individuals with IgA-D and the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Olsson PG,Hammarström L,Cox DW,Smith CI

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymorphism of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II DQ and DR genes in five common equine leukocyte antigen (ELA) haplotypes was determined through sequencing of mRNA transcripts isolated from lymphocytes of eight ELA homozygous horses. Ten expressed MHC class II genes were detected in horses of the EL...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Miller D,Tallmadge RL,Binns M,Zhu B,Mohamoud YA,Ahmed A,Brooks SA,Antczak DF

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (EPF), is an autoimmune disease associated with production of IgG antibodies against epidermal antigens. We have tested 38 patients and 50 control subjects living in endemic areas to investigate whether HLA genes are associated with host factors that determine whether or not exposed individ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Moraes JR,Moraes ME,Fernandez-Vina M,Diaz LA,Friedman H,Campbell IT,Alvarez RR,Sampaio SA,Rivitti EA,Stastny P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common disease of the central nervous system characterized by myelin loss and progressive neurological dysfunction. An underlying genetic susceptibility plays a clear role in the etiology of MS, likely acting in concert with an undefined environmental exposure. Full-genome screenings in mu...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Barcellos LF,Schito AM,Rimmler JB,Vittinghoff E,Shih A,Lincoln R,Callier S,Elkins MK,Goodkin DE,Haines JL,Pericak-Vance MA,Hauser SL,Oksenberg JR

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00