Beta-adrenergic receptors mediate in vivo the adrenaline inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor release.

abstract：:Experimental systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), similar to that observed after immunization with the human anti-DNA mAb 16/6 Id+, could be induced in mice by injection of 16/6 Id specific T-cell lines. The above T-cell lines were exclusively CD4+ CD8- and the majority of cells expressed the Vbeta8 T-cell receptor (TC...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Ruiz PJ,Waisman A,Mozes E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of dendritic cells (DCs) in mycobacterium-containing granulomas, as well as in other granuloma-inducing diseases, is beginning to be appreciated. This review will summarize what is known about DCs with regards to the granuloma and discuss the potential roles DCs may be playing during mycobacterial infecti...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Schreiber HA,Sandor M

更新日期：2010-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analysed the relative T cell receptor (TCR) BV gene usage in T cells from hearts and spleens of CBA/HJ mice chronically infected with the Tulahuén strain of Trypanosoma cruzi. During chronic infection, CBA/HJ mice recruit T cells at the major site of inflammation (i.e. the heart), with over-representation of c...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Sunnemark D,Andersson R,Harris RA,Jeddi-Tehrani M,Orn A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As shown earlier, the cells transformed in vitro by several different oncogenes, or spontaneously, during in vivo growth in normal hosts would be gradually replaced by the highly-tumorigenic descendants co-expressing high H2O2-catabolizing and PGE2-releasing activities. Acquisition of (H2O2(CA) + PGE(S)) phenotype pro...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Deichman G,Dyakova N,Kashkina L,Matveeva V,Uvarova E

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using embryonic chickens treated with testosterone propionate, the effects of congenital absence of the bursa of Fabricius determined by the frequency of J chain-positive cells was examined in the spleen, thymus and bone marrow at the embryonic and newly hatched stages. J chain-positive cells in the chicks without bur...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Moriya O,Ichikawa Y

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence for the role of basophils in allergic bronchial asthma. We studied the potential role of basophils in the pathogenesis of post-exercise-induced bronchoconstriction by measuring the histamine release from basophils both spontaneously and following ConA, FMLP, anti-IgE and TPA treatment. Two...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Kivity S,Schwarz I,Agami O,Topilsky M,Fireman E

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theoretical analysis of experimental data is presented in this mini-review on non-random homo- and hetero-associations of cell surface receptors, which can be recruited in the plasma membrane or at the surface of the rough endoplasmic reticulum during the protein synthesis. In the latter case, the likely genetic ori...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Damjanovich S,Mátyus L,Damjanovich L,Bene L,Jenei A,Matkó J,Gáspár R,Szöllösi J

更新日期：2002-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum antibodies reactive with intermediate filaments of the cytoskeleton (anti-IF antibodies) are often present in infectious mononucleosis, some other viral diseases, and rheumatoid arthritis. The mechanism of their production is not known, but it is possible that the formation of this and other autoantibodies resul...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Mortazavi-Milani SM,Stierle HE,Holborow EJ

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal human rheumatoid factor (RF-AN) reactive with human Fc gamma is shown to recognise a discontinuous epitope dependent on the presence of histidine (His) at residue 435. RF-AN is not reactive with IgG1 paraproteins having C gamma 2 or C gamma 3 domain deletions or IgG3m (5) or Ig3m (21) proteins having argi...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Jefferis R,Nik Jaafar MI,Steinitz M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common benign tumors of childhood. They are characterized by a unique clinical course with two phases, proliferation and involution, which are followed by regression. The therapy of infantile hemangiomas was revolutionized in 2008 by the introduction of propranolol, h...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Wnęk A,Andrzejewska E,Kobos J,Taran K,Przewratil P

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an attractive target for the treatment of epithelial cancers. However, EGFR antagonists have low clinical response rates and frequently induce resistance mainly caused by the hypermutation of the extracellular and intracellular domains and the heterodimerization of EGFR. Dime...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Guo T,Zhao L,Zhang Y,Liu G,Yao Y,Li H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical immunology is in the Netherlands a separate clinical specialty within internal medicine and pediatrics. Clinical immunologists work closely together with nephrologists, rheumatologists and many other medical specialists. Apart from research and teaching, clinical immunologists are taking care of patients with...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Tervaert JW,Kallenberg CG

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoclonal antibody (mAb) UN2 was generated upon immunization of a Balb/c mouse with human thymocytes. mAb UN2 recognized an antigen expressed by a subpopulation of human thymocytes and peripheral blood lymphocytes. In thymus, mAb UN2 recognized cortical cells; its expression was higher on CD3bright than on CD3dim...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Tassone P,Bonelli P,Tuccillo F,Turco MC,De Rosa G,Morrone G,Cecco L,Cerra M,Petrella A,Nigro M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have mapped a T cell epitope in the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of the murine malaria parasite, Plasmodium yoelii. A 21-mer synthetic peptide corresponding to the amino acid positions 59-79 (referred to as Py1), induced specific proliferation in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice, and provided help for the production of ant...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Del Giudice G,Grillot D,Rénia L,Müller I,Corradin G,Louis JA,Mazier D,Lambert PH

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was attempted to monitor the immunological response of monoclonal antibodies directed to human alkaline phosphatase in ancient Egyptian bones from the ptolemeic period. The intactness of the respective epitopes of the bone enzyme was successfully demonstrated in an ELISA. Fortunately, the mummified bone was not con...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Etspüler H,Kaup Y,Bailyes EM,Luzio JP,Weser U

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the alphabeta T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire of naturally occurring CD4+CD25+ regulatory T (Treg) cells isolated from healthy human blood. Three-color FACS analysis demonstrated that the usage of variable region segments of TCRbeta chains by CD4+CD25+ cells did not differ from those of CD4+CD25- cells. C...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Fujishima M,Hirokawa M,Fujishima N,Sawada K

更新日期：2005-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) can often lead to many life-threatening diseases. It has the ability to invade normal endovascular tissue. Acute inflammation and its resolution are important to ensure bacterial clearance and limit tissue injury. Carbon monoxide (CO) has been shown to exert anti-inflammatory effects ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Tsai MH,Yang CM,Chang KT,Chuang CC,Lin WN,Jiang RS,Wu CH,Lee IT

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentoxifylline (PTX), a methylxanthine derivative and phosphodiesterase inhibitor, is known to influence production and/or function of some cytokines. We examined the effect of PTX on the in vitro expression of cytokine genes using endotoxin- or phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human blood mononuclear cells. The e...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Rieneck K,Diamant M,Haahr PM,Schönharting M,Bendtzen K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation elicits an acute phase response, which includes changes in plasma concentrations of a number of cytokines, reflecting changes in their gene transcription in the liver. In this study, the induction of complement factor 3 (C3) was investigated in HepG2 cells, a human hepatoma cell line often used as a model...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Wright MS,Sund NJ,Abrahamsen TG

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunomodulating properties of a neuropeptide hormone, corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), led us to investigate its effect on cAMP production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNC). In response to stimulation with CRF (100 nM), a statistically significant (P = 0.019) increase occurred in the amount o...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Singh VK,Leu SJ

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporation of [3h]thymidine ([3H]TdR) into concanavalin A (Con A)-stimulated murine splenocytes was found to be enhanced by addition of certain concentrations of ethanol, 2-propanol and acetone. The alcohol/acetone-induced enhancement of the Con A response was found to be accompanied by an increase of the percentag...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Raile A,Hammann KP,Scheiner O,Schulz T,Erdei A,Dierich MP

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans frequently produce serum IgM autoantibodies reactive with T-cell receptor beta chains at a determinant defined by peptides corresponding to the first complementarity determining region. It is likely that this determinant serves as a public idiotype involved in immunoregulation. Following screening of culture su...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Dedeoglu F,Kaymaz H,Klein G,Marchalonis JJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal immune system maintains a delicate balance between immunogenicity against invading pathogens and tolerance of the commensal microbiota and food antigens. Dendritic cells (DC) generate primary T-cell responses, and determine whether these responses are immunogenic or tolerogenic. The regulatory role of D...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Mann ER,Landy JD,Bernardo D,Peake ST,Hart AL,Al-Hassi HO,Knight SC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In early seventies "natural killer (NK) cells", a third lymphocyte subset was discovered that revealed an unexpected ability to kill syngeneic and allogeneic tumor targets, thus emerging as the most potent non-specific cytotoxic cells in both human and mouse. Decades of research revealed the multifaceted nature of the...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Bellora F,Castriconi R,Dondero A,Carrega P,Mantovani A,Ferlazzo G,Moretta A,Bottino C

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells engulf particles larger than 0.5 μm in diameter by phagocytosis, which is driven by cytoskeletal rearrangements. Phagocytosis by alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) helps to maintain the alveolar homeostasis. Yes-associated protein (YAP), a transcriptional coactivator of the Hippo pathway, affects proliferation, di...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Gao P,Mu M,Chen Y,He J,Tao X,Song C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) differentiated in the presence of IL-10 preferentially induce regulatory T-cells and tolerance. Whether the tolerogenic properties displayed by these DCs (Tol-DCs) can be overcome has not been fully explored. Here we show for the first time that Tol-DCs express higher levels of TLR5 mRNA, but not...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Vicente-Suarez I,Brayer J,Villagra A,Cheng F,Sotomayor EM

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that a cell line, KML1, obtained from lymph node cells of a 16-week-old female MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/1) mouse produces a soluble factor(s) that promotes formation of anti-single-stranded (ss) DNA antibodies by cultures of spleen cells from old MRL/l mice (greater than 16 weeks old). Detailed examination...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Kanai Y,Isonishi S,Katagiri T,Koizumi T,Miura K,Kurosawa Y

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the prominent progress in understanding cancer immunosurveillance mechanisms, there are some types of problems which have been identified to hinder effective and successful immunotherapy of cancers. Such problems have been ascribed to the tumor abilities in the creation of a tolerant milieu that can impair imm...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Bahrambeigi S,Molaparast M,Sohrabi F,Seifi L,Faraji A,Fani S,Shafiei-Irannejad V

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligation of both the T cell receptor (TCR) and the CD28 receptor is required for full T cell activation to occur. Engagement of the TCR in primary T cells is followed by rapid cAMP production in lipid rafts and activation of the cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA)-Csk pathway inhibiting proximal T cell signaling. However, CD2...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Bjørgo E,Taskén K

更新日期：2010-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of melphalan (L-PAM; L-phenylalanine mustard) administration on natural killer (NK) and natural cytotoxic (NC) activities of spleen cells from normal noninoculated BALB/c mice and mice bearing large MOPC-315 plasmacytoma tumors was investigated. Injection of L-PAM (7.5 or 15.0 mg/kg) had no effect on NK and...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Nahas F,Ophir R,Ben-Efraim S

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00