Gangliosides can activate human alternative complement pathway.

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：:We established an experimental system in vitro to examine the developmental capacity of individual hematopoietic progenitors to generate T, B and myeloid (M) cells. By using this system we analyzed the process of lineage commitment of hematopoietic progenitors in murine fetal liver (FL). It is known that small numbers...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kawamoto H,Ohmura K,Katsura Y

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although IL-2 receptor beta chain (IL-2R beta) expressed in various lymphoid cell lines binds IL-2 with an intermediate affinity, IL-2R beta expressed in fibroblasts is unable to bind IL-2, suggesting that IL-2R beta is on its own not sufficient for generating the intermediate-affinity receptor and that lymphoid-speci...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kuida K,Tanaka T,Kitamura F,Toyama-Sorimachi N,Miyasaka M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse spontaneously develops T-cell-mediated autoimmune insulitis. We analyzed the clonotypes of T cell infiltrates of the NOD mouse islets using a new method we have developed recently, which consists of RT-PCR amplification of the CDR3 region of the TCR beta chain mRNA and subsequent sin...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Komagata Y,Masuko K,Tashiro F,Kato T,Ikuta K,Nishioka K,Ito K,Miyazaki J,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive expression of p35 and p40 IL-12 mRNA was detected in splenic macrophages isolated from aged mice. Macrophages were also implicated as the cell type responsible for the dysregulated IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha commonly observed to be constitutively produced by lymphoid cells from aged donors...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Spencer NF,Daynes RA

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We asked herein whether functional dendritic-like cells could be generated from t(9;22) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) blasts. We first determined that the combination of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-3, IL-7, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, stem cell factor and CD40 ligand was optimal for generating dendritic-like cell...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Lee J,Sait SN,Wetzler M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we examined the ability of the host's immune responses to regulate Ig production in an IgE-secreting murine plasma cell tumor (B53). In the present study we have examined the reverse phenomenon, in that we have investigated the effects of this and other plasma cell tumors on the immune responses of their ho...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ruzek MC,Mathur A

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike splenic B cells from normal BALB/c mice, those from autoimmune-prone NZB x NZW (B/W) F1 young mice were hyperresponsive to interleukin 2 (IL2) and proliferated even in the absence of prior stimulation signals. We found that the B cell subpopulation responsible for this event belongs to that with 6B2 (B220)-dull...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Hasegawa K,Abe M,Okada T,Hirose S,Sato H,Shirai T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the characteristic features of asthma is chronic airway inflammation typically with eosinophil infiltration. Most asthmatics can be treated successfully with conventional treatment appropriate for their severity, but in some severe cases, asthma cannot be well controlled even with thorough treatment and this co...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ohta K,Nagase H,Suzukawa M,Ohta S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is formed constitutively in neurons by the constitutive enzyme NO synthase (cNOS) and acts as a neurotransmitter. It has already been shown that cNOS-containing neurons are identical to neurons staining for NADPH diaphorase and vice versa. Effector cells of the immune response produce high NO levels ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Flesch IE,Hess JH,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells bearing the gamma delta form of the TCR make up only 1-3% of T cells in the adult murine thymus and peripheral lymphoid organs. Evidence from studies of nude mice suggests that the development of at least some gamma delta T cells is thymus dependent; however, until now it has not been directly demonstrated that ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kelly KA,Pearse M,Lefrancois L,Scollay R

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：: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：:To understand the nature of long-term Th immune responses, we investigated in the present study the TCRBV gene repertoire of CD4(+) T cells specific for the recall antigen tetanus toxoid (TT) in recipients of an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT) at several time points after transplantation and in their...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Godthelp BC,van Tol MJ,Vossen JM,van den Elsen PJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The co-existence of tumor specific immunity with a progressing tumor is observed in a variety of experimental systems and remains one of the major paradoxes of tumor immunology. We now report that a human melanoma cell line (SMC) expressing MHC class II was able to induce clonal anergy in a specific, MHC-restricted CD...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Becker JC,Brabletz T,Czerny C,Termeer C,Bröcker EB

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mounting evidence has demonstrated that NOD-Shi/scid/γc(null) (NOG) mice are one of the most suitable mouse strains for humanized mouse technologies, in which various human cells or tissues can be engrafted without rejection and autonomously maintained. We have characterized and analyzed various features of the human ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Suzuki M,Takahashi T,Katano I,Ito R,Ito M,Harigae H,Ishii N,Sugamura K

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a cytokine critical for maintenance of intestinal intra-epithelial lymphocytes (IELs), especially CD8αα + IELs (CD8αα IELs). In the intestine, IL-15 is produced by intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), blood vascular endothelial cells (BECs) and hematopoietic cells. However, the precise role of...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zhu Y,Cui G,Miyauchi E,Nakanishi Y,Mukohira H,Shimba A,Abe S,Tani-Ichi S,Hara T,Nakase H,Chiba T,Sehara-Fujisawa A,Seno H,Ohno H,Ikuta K

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we describe a monoclonal antibody, JR9-318, which was obtained from a wild-derived mouse immunized with the M14T cell line (CD3+CD4-CD8-) in order to describe antigenic molecules expressed during T cell differentiation. This mAb precipitated a protein from the M14T cell line or subclones that migrates li...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Roland J,Cazenave PA

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：:Human endothelial cells (ECs) constitutively express OX40L and co-stimulate memory CD4(+) T cell proliferation that is dependent upon OX40-OX40L interaction. In vivo, OX40 prolongs T cell survival; however, an unanswered question is whether it can also prolong synthesis of proliferation-sustaining cytokines such as IL...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mestas J,Crampton SP,Hori T,Hughes CC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease, caused by autoantibodies against the muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR), an oligomeric transmembrane glycoprotein composed of alpha(2)beta gamma delta subunits. The alpha subunit carries in its N-terminal extracellular domain the main immunogenic region (MIR), a group...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Tsouloufis T,Mamalaki A,Remoundos M,Tzartos SJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD9 is a member of the tetraspanin superfamily which is characterized by four transmembrane (TM) domains and associates with other surface molecules. This tetraspanin was recently found to be expressed on mature T cells. Here, we investigated which molecules associate with CD9 on T cells and which CD9 domains are requ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Toyo-oka K,Yashiro-Ohtani Y,Park CS,Tai XG,Miyake K,Hamaoka T,Fujiwara H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ileal Peyer's patch (PP) plays a central role in B cell development in young sheep and it is hypothesized that this B cell development occurs independent of extrinsic antigen and T cells. Therefore, it was of interest to examine ileal PP follicular (iPf) B cell responses to CD40 ligand, a molecule integral to T ce...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Griebel P,Ferrari G

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody class switch recombination (CSR) occurs after antigen activation of B cells. CSR is directed to specific heavy chain isotypes by cytokines and B cell activators that induce transcription from the unrearranged, or germline (GL), C(H) region genes. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 is essential for switch ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Shi MJ,Park SR,Kim PH,Stavnezer J

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is an acquired type hemolytic disorder. Hematopoietic cells of patients with PNH are deficient in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchored membrane proteins. Since some membrane-bound complement inhibitors, such as CD59 and decay accelerating factor (DAF), are GPI anchored ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ueda E,Nishimura J,Kitani T,Nasu K,Kageyama T,Kim YU,Takeda J,Kinoshita T

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are professional antigen-presenting cells that play a central role in the control of immunity. Mature DC are characterized by high expression levels of MHC and co-stimulatory molecules, and by the secretion of IL-12, a key cytokine for the priming of cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Here, we have compared...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Rouas R,Lewalle P,El Ouriaghli F,Nowak B,Duvillier H,Martiat P

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BALB/c mice injected at birth with 10(8) semi-allogeneic (C57BL/6 x BALB.IgHb)F1 spleen cells develop a lupus-like syndrome in which autoantibodies bear exclusively the donor allotype. We have analyzed the evolution of donor B cell chimerism and the autoimmune manifestations during the first year of life in these mice...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： de la Hera M,de la Hera A,Ramos A,Buelta L,Alonso JL,Rodriguez-Valverde V,Merino J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize a variety of microbial products and induce defense responses. Pathogen sensing by TLRs occurs either on the cell surface or in endolysosomes. TLR-dependent responses are greatly influenced by the site of pathogen sensing. TLR heterodimers TLR1/TLR2 and TLR2/TLR6 recognize tri- or d...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Motoi Y,Shibata T,Takahashi K,Kanno A,Murakami Y,Li X,Kasahara T,Miyake K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00