Myocardial tissue engineering and regeneration as a therapeutic alternative to transplantation.

abstract：:Bacterial polysaccharides play an essential role in cell viability, virulence, and evasion of host defenses. Although the polysaccharides themselves are highly diverse, the pathways by which bacteria synthesize these essential polymers are conserved in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms. By utilizing a lip...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Taylor VL,Huszczynski SM,Lam JS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzootic nasal adenocarcinoma is a contagious tumour of the mucosal nasal glands affecting young adult sheep or goats. The disease occurs naturally in all continents except Australia and New Zealand. Clinical signs include continuous nasal discharge, respiratory distress, exophthalmos and skull deformations. The tumou...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： De las Heras M,Ortín A,Cousens C,Minguijón E,Sharp JM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theoretical modeling of quasispecies has progressed in several directions. In this chapter, we review the works of Emmanuel Tannenbaum, who, together with Eugene Shakhnovich at Harvard University and later with colleagues and students at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheva, implemented one of the more useful approaches...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Wagner N,Atsmon-Raz Y,Ashkenasy G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of protein aggregates has a fundamental role in the patophysiology of distinct neurodegenerative diseases. This phenomenon may have a common origin, where disruption of intracellular mechanisms related to protein homeostasis (here termed proteostasis) control during aging may result in abnormal protei...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Cabral-Miranda F,Hetz C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoting remyelination following injury to the central nervous system (CNS) promises to be an effective neuroprotective strategy to limit the loss of surviving axons and prevent disability. Studies confirm that multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal cord injury lesions contain myelinating cells and their progenitors. Rec...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Warrington AE,Rodriguez M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-22 is a member of the IL-10 family of cytokines, which, besides IL-10, contains seven additional cytokines. Although the founding member IL-10 is an important immunoregulatory cytokine that represses both innate and adaptive immunity, the other family members preferentially target epithelial cells and...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Eidenschenk C,Rutz S,Liesenfeld O,Ouyang W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most eukaryotic messenger RNAs are transcribed as precursors that necessitate specific and exact processing of intron boundaries. Furthermore, the choice of these boundaries appears to be fluid and adaptive to the rate of transcription and the developmental and physiological state of the cell. A central regulator of s...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Fluhr R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level and turnover of phosphoinositides (PIs) are tightly controlled by a large set of PI-specific enzymes (PI kinases and phosphatases). Mammalian PI phosphatases are conserved through evolution and among this large family the dual-specificity phosphatase (PTP/DSP) are metal-independent enzymes displaying the ami...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Amoasii L,Hnia K,Laporte J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor DNA contains valuable clues about the origin and pathogenesis of human cancers. Alterations in DNA methylation can lead to silencing of genes associated with distinct tumorigenic pathways. These pathway-specific DNA methylation changes help define tumor-specific DNA methylation profiles that can be used to furth...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Campan M,Weisenberger DJ,Laird PW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic disease characterized by elevated serum IgG4 levels and a strong infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells in various organs. IgG4-RD patients also frequently suffer from allergic diseases, including asthma and atopic dermatitis. It is well known that T helper type 2 (Th2)...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Moriyama M,Nakamura S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hendra virus and Nipah virus are recently discovered and closely related emerging viruses that now comprise the genus henipavirus within the sub-family Paramyxoviridae and are distinguished by their broad species tropism and in addition to bats can infect and cause fatal disease in a wide variety of mammalian hosts in...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Broder CC,Geisbert TW,Xu K,Nikolov DB,Wang LF,Middleton D,Pallister J,Bossart KN

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global need for a pandemic influenza vaccine is large. High-income countries have stated their intent to provide universal access for pandemic influenza vaccine to their populations. Assuming that a two-dose schedule would be needed, providing universal coverage globally would represent approximately 6.5 billion t...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Edwards KM,Sabow A,Pasternak A,Boslego JW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen, responsible for infections in the community and the healthcare setting. Although much of the attention is focused on the methicillin-resistant "variant" MRSA, the methicillin-susceptible counterpart (MSSA) remains a prime species in infections. The epidemiology of ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Monaco M,Pimentel de Araujo F,Cruciani M,Coccia EM,Pantosti A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early B cell factor 1 (EBF1) is a transcription factor that is critical for both B lymphopoiesis and B cell function. EBF1 is a requisite component of the B lymphocyte transcriptional network and is essential for B lineage specification. Recent studies revealed roles for EBF1 in B cell commitment. EBF1 binds its targe...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Hagman J,Ramírez J,Lukin K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CBA/N strain carries xid, a murine btk missense mutation that reduces peripheral B cell numbers. Using in vivo BrdU labeling and cytofluorimetry, we have compared the magnitude, production rates, and turnover rates of each B lineage subset in the marrow and periphery of CBA/Ca and CBA/N mice. Our results show the ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Cancro MP,Sah AP,Levy SL,Allman DM,Constantinescu D,Schmidt MR,Woodland RT

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural BD is a nonpurulent acute/subacute encephalitis of horses and sheep with a propensity to involve the olfactory and limbic systems, and the brain stem. The inflammation is concentrated primarily in the gray matter, but subcortical white matter may also be affected. Experimental BD can be produced in a series of...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Gosztonyi G,Ludwig H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the original identification of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) as the gene defective in the primary immunodeficiency X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) in 1993, our knowledge on the physiological function of BTK has expanded impressively. In this review, we focus on the role of BTK during B cell differentiation in...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Corneth OBJ,Klein Wolterink RGJ,Hendriks RW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection cycle is tightly fitted to the differentiation program of its natural host, the keratinocyte. This has important consequences for the role of antigen-presenting cells in the priming of antiviral immunity. The confinement of HPV infection to epithelia puts the epit...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Offringa R,de Jong A,Toes RE,van der Burg SH,Melief CJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this chapter, cancer research using immunodeficient mice, with emphasis on metastasis field studies, is described. The definition of "humanized mice" used for biomedical research is given in the chapter by Nomura et al. in this volume. Briefly, a humanized mouse possesses human cells or tissues and shows, in part, ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakamura M,Suemizu H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measles ranks fifth among the five major childhood conditions which are responsible for 21% of all deaths in low and middle-income countries. Measles immunization is considered the most cost-effective public health intervention in the world. In recent years, there has been a critical need to identify alternative route...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Valdespino-Gómez JL,de Lourdes Garcia-Garcia M,Fernandez-de-Castro J,Henao-Restrepo AM,Bennett J,Sepulveda-Amor J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the bona fide Fc receptor for IgM antibody (FcµR) was identified eight years ago, much progress has been made in defining its biochemical nature, cellular distribution, and effector function. However, there are clearly conflicting results, especially about the cellular distribution and function of murine FcµR. I...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Kubagawa H,Skopnik CM,Zimmermann J,Durek P,Chang HD,Yoo E,Bertoli LF,Honjo K,Radbruch A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a formidable foe equipped with an armamentarium of virulence factors to thwart host defenses and establish a successful infection. Among these virulence factors, S. aureus produces several potent secreted proteins that act as cytotoxins, predominant among them the beta-barrel pore-...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Reyes-Robles T,Torres VJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently a handful of genome sequences available for tailed bacteriophages with genomes of more than 200 kbp of DNA, designated here as giant or jumbo phages. The majority of the proteins predicted from the genome sequences of these phages have no matches in the current sequence databases, and the genomes th...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Hendrix RW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) open reading frame (ORF) 66 encodes a basophilic kinase orthologous to the US3 protein kinases found in all alphaherpesviruses. This review summarizes current information on the ORF66 kinase, and outlines apparent differences from other US3 kinases, as well as some of the conserved fun...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Erazo A,Kinchington PR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) is an adaptor molecule composed of an N-terminal death domain and a C-terminal Toll/interleukin (IL)-1R homology domain. Ligand binding to Toll-like receptor (TLR)/IL-1R family members results in the association of MyD88 to the cytoplasmic tail of receptors; this then initiate...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Takeuchi O,Akira S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospires are spirochetes that may be free-living saprophytes found in freshwater or may cause acute or chronic infection of animals. The family Leptospiraceae comprises three genera: Leptospira Leptospira Leptonema Leptonema, and Turneriella Turneriella. Within the genus Leptospira, three clades can be distinguishe...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Levett PN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past two decades of gene targeting experiments have allowed us to make significant strides towards understanding how the Myc/Max/Mad network influences multiple aspects of cellular behavior during development. Here we summarize the findings obtained from the myc/max/mad knockout mice generated to date, namely thos...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Pirity M,Blanck JK,Schreiber-Agus N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was discovered more than six decades ago, but has remained poorly investigated. However, after a recent outbreak of CHIK fever in both hemispheres and viral adaptation to new species of mosquitoes, it has attracted a lot of attention. The currently available experimental data suggest that mol...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Frolov I,Frolova EI

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of Gram-positive bacteria are important players in industry as producers of a diverse array of economically interesting metabolites and proteins. As discussed in this overview, several Gram-positive bacteria are valuable hosts for the production of heterologous proteins. In contrast to Gram-negative bacteria,...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Anné J,Economou A,Bernaerts K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant protein- and peptide-based vaccines can deliver large amounts of specific antigens for tailored immune responses. One class of these are protein and peptide nanoclusters (PNCs), which are made entirely from the crosslinked antigen. PNCs leverage the inherent immunogenicity of nanoparticulate antigens while...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Chang TZ,Champion JA

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00