Activity and subcellular distribution of cathepsins in primary human monocytes.

abstract：:Eosinophil activation during allergic diseases has a detrimental role in the generation of pathophysiologic responses. Stem cell factor (SCF) has recently shown an inflammatory, gene-activating role on eosinophils and contributes to the generation of pathophysiologic changes in the airways during allergic responses. T...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Dolgachev V,Thomas M,Berlin A,Lukacs NW

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RAGE binds multiple ligand families linked to hyperglycemia, aging, inflammation, neurodegeneration, and cancer. Activation of RAGE by its ligands stimulates diverse signaling cascades. The recent observation that the cytoplasmic domain of RAGE interacts with diaphanous or mDia-1 links RAGE signal transduction to ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Ramasamy R,Yan SF,Schmidt AM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lethal human septic shock model, mouse generalized Shwartzman reaction (GSR), was elicited by two consecutive lippolysaccharide (LPS) injections (24 h apart) in which interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) induced by interleukin (IL)-12 played a critical role in the priming phase, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) was an import...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Motegi A,Kinoshita M,Sato K,Shinomiya N,Ono S,Nonoyama S,Hiraide H,Seki S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutrophil is a key player in immunity, and its activities are essential for the resolution of infections. Neutrophil-pathogen interactions usually trigger a large arsenal of antimicrobial measures that leads to the highly efficient killing of pathogens. In neutrophils, the phagocytic process, including the format...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Nordenfelt P,Tapper H

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azurocidin is a multifunctional endotoxin-binding serine protease homolog synthesized during the promyelocytic stage of neutrophil development. To characterize the biosynthesis and processing of azurocidin, cDNA encoding human preproazurocidin was stably transfected to the rat basophilic leukemia cell line RBL-1 and t...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Lindmark A,Garwicz D,Rasmussen PB,Flodgaard H,Gullberg U

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic antimicrobial protein of M(r) 37 kDa (CAP37) is a multifunctional protein isolated from the granules of human neutrophils, which has important implications in host defense and inflammation. CAP37 was initially recognized for its strong antibiotic activity against Gram-negative bacteria and was viewed as a com...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Pereira HA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lymphotoxin signaling pathway plays an important role in the homeostasis and function of peripheral and mucosal dendritic cells, and dendritic cell-intrinsic lymphotoxin β receptor expression is required for optimal responses to opportunistic intestinal bacteria. However, it is unknown whether dendritic cell-intri...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Sun T,Rojas OL,Li C,Philpott DJ,Gommerman JL

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotype of wound macrophages has not been studied by direct examination of these cells, yet macrophages recruited to sites of injury are described as alternatively activated macrophages, requiring IL-4 or IL-13 for phenotypic expression. This study characterized wound macrophage phenotype in the PVA sponge wound...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Daley JM,Brancato SK,Thomay AA,Reichner JS,Albina JE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engagement of 2B4 (CD244) with CD48 results in activation, costimulation, or inhibition of NK cell activities, depending on the cell types and the stage of differentiation. In vivo, 2B4+ NK cells can interact with CD48+ NK cells and also with surrounding CD48+ hematopoietic cells. Similarly, CD48+ NK cells may be trig...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Kim EO,Kim N,Kim TJ,Kim K,Kim TW,Kumar V,Lee KM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have investigated the expression of phospholipase C-beta2 during the course of granulocytic differentiation of normal and malignant progenitors. As a model system, we used the NB4 cell line, a reliable in vitro model for the study of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), a variety of acute myeloid leuk...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Bertagnolo V,Marchisio M,Pierpaoli S,Colamussi ML,Brugnoli F,Visani G,Zauli G,Capitani S

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO(.-)) contributes to vascular collapse in septic shock and regulates inflammation. Here, we demonstrate in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated human THP-1 cells and monocytes that NO(.-) regulates interleukin (IL)-8 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) by distinct mechanisms. Dibutyryl-cyclic gu...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Ma P,Cui X,Wang S,Zhang J,Nishanian EV,Wang W,Wesley RA,Danner RL

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flagellin, as a TLR5 agonist, is an established mucosal adjuvant for enhancing mucosal IgA responses by i.n. immunization. Nasal epithelial cells (NECs) are the first sentinel cells to be exposed to antigen and adjuvant in i.n. immunization, and it is suggested that they play an important role in the mucosal adjuvant ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Cao Y,Zhang E,Yang J,Yang Y,Yu J,Xiao Y,Li W,Zhou D,Li Y,Zhao B,Yan H,Lu M,Zhong M,Yan H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen presentation to T lymphocytes has been characterized extensively in terms of T lymphocyte activation and eventual cell death. In contrast, little is known about the consequences of antigen presentation for the antigen-presenting cell (APC). We have determined the outcome of major histocompatibility complex cla...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Setterblad N,Blancheteau V,Delaguillaumie A,Michel F,Bécart S,Lombardi G,Acuto O,Charron D,Mooney N

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the mechanism of interferon-induced gene expression revealed a direct signaling pathway from cell surface receptors to transcription factors. In this pathway, signal transduction is mediated by a new class of transcription factor STAT (signal transducer and activator of transcription). We have shown that ST...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Fu XY

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil activation is a multistep process. In vitro activation of neutrophils with semiphysiological activators is optimal only after preactivation or priming with cytokines, chemotaxins, and/or bacterial products. Until now, no antibodies have been developed that can distinguish between resting and (cytokine) prim...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Koenderman L,Kanters D,Maesen B,Raaijmakers J,Lammers JW,de Kruif J,Logtenberg T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the carbocyclic nucleoside MDL 201,112 and the purine nucleoside adenosine on the interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-induced priming of macrophages (m phi s) for the respiratory burst and major histocompatibility class II (MHC class II) Ia+ antigen expression were compared. Priming of purified, peritoneal m p...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Edwards CK 3rd,Watts LM,Parmely MJ,Linnik MD,Long RE,Borcherding DR

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, macrophages are multifunctional cells. Apart from their scavenger role in the clearance of non-self materials such as microorganisms and altered-self materials such as apoptotic cells, senescent erythrocytes, immune complexes, and inflammatory products, they play a crucial role in the regulation of both in...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： van Rooijen N,Sanders A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), web-like DNA structures, provide efficient means of eliminating invading microorganisms but can also present a potential threat to its host because it is a likely source of autoantigens or by promoting bystander tissue damage. Therefore, it is important to identify mechanisms tha...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Zabieglo K,Majewski P,Majchrzak-Gorecka M,Wlodarczyk A,Grygier B,Zegar A,Kapinska-Mrowiecka M,Naskalska A,Pyrc K,Dubin A,Wahl SM,Cichy J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we analyzed the specific effects of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta1) and/or IL-4 on monocyte-derived cells. Monocytes were cultured with GM-CSF, GM-CSF/TGF-beta1, GM-CSF/IL-4, or GM-CSF/IL-4/TGF-beta1 before cell morphology, phenotype, and function were assessed. As expected, interleukin-4 is...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Guironnet G,Dezutter-Dambuyant C,Vincent C,Bechetoille N,Schmitt D,Péguet-Navarro J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to rats increased the production of nitric oxide (NO) metabolites (NOx) by blood polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) in vitro. Both dexamethasone and L-NMMA, added in vitro to neutrophil cultures, inhibited the production of NO. On the other hand, the production o...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Fierro IM,Nascimento-DaSilva V,Arruda MA,Freitas MS,Plotkowski MC,Cunha FQ,Barja-Fidalgo C

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood leukocyte count alterations induced by PAF-acether in anesthetized and nonanesthetized rats were investigated. Intravenous injection of increasing amounts of PAF-acether (1.5-8 micrograms/kg) in nonanesthetized animals induced dose-dependent hemoconcentration and leukocytosis. The former was apparent within 10 m...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Bozza PT,Silva PM,Castro-Faria-Neto HC,Martins MA,Cordeiro RS

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that PCNA, a nuclear factor involved in DNA replication and repair in proliferating cells, is localized exclusively in the cytoplasm of neutrophils, where it regulates their survival. Nuclear PCNA functions are tightly linked to its ring-shaped structure, which allows PCNA to bind to numerous ...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： De Chiara A,Pederzoli-Ribeil M,Mocek J,Candalh C,Mayeux P,Millet A,Witko-Sarsat V

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine plasma contains factors that can stimulate bovine neutrophils. Bovine plasma at 1:1,000,000-1:1,000 dilution induced a dose-dependent superoxide production in bovine neutrophils. When bovine plasma was fractionated with a protein G column, only the IgG fraction contained induction activity. At similar concentra...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Tao W,Corbett MJ,Pickett W

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the systematic use of large-scale cDNA microarrays to study the gene expression profiles of primary human peripheral blood monocytes (MONO) in comparison with in vitro-differentiated, M-CSF-induced MONO-derived macrophages (MAC) and primary human alveolar MAC (AM), obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage from the...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Li J,Pritchard DK,Wang X,Park DR,Bumgarner RE,Schwartz SM,Liles WC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-CSF and GM-CSF play important roles in regulating neutrophil production, survival, differentiation, and function. However, we have shown previously that G-CSF/GM-CSF double-deficient [knockout (KO)] mice still develop a profound neutrophilia in bone marrow and blood after infection with Candida albicans. This findin...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Zhang HH,Basu S,Wu F,Begley CG,Saris CJ,Dunn AR,Burgess AW,Walker F

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we demonstrate that freshly adherent bovine monocytes release tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in response to stimulation with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). TNF-alpha was detected using actinomycin D-treated WEHI-164 murine fibrosarcoma cells as targets in an 18 hr cytotoxicity assay. Doses...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Adams JL,Czuprynski CJ

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is an essential cytokine, which contributes to proliferation and differentiation of granulocyte precursor cells in the bone marrow. Despite recent progress in understanding G-CSF signaling events, the mechanisms that underlie the distinct spectrum of biological functions a...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Khanna-Gupta A,Sun H,Zibello T,Lozovatsky L,Ghosh PK,Link DC,McLemore ML,Berliner N

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 Nramp1 (also known as Slc11a1) modulates Kupffer cell (KC) activation, and KC are responsible for the early phase of warm ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) to the liver, we hypothesized that livers of Nramp1(-/-) mice will be protected from early-phase I/R injury comp...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Wyllie S,Seu P,Gao FQ,Gros P,Goss JA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of diclofenac and glucan administered repeatedly in a protective regimen in the course of repeated gamma irradiation of mice (6 x 2 Gy during 3 weeks) enhanced granulopoiesis and other indices of hematopoietic recovery investigated from 3 to 7 days after the last radiation exposure. Repeated administrati...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Hofer M,Pospísil M,Viklická S,Vacek A,Pipalová I,Bartonícková A

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we describe the isolation and characterization of a new chicken (Gallus gallus) chemokine. This molecule belongs to the C or gamma-chemokine family and is related to the mouse and human lymphotactin (Lptn). Mouse and human Lptn are distinguished from alpha and beta chemokines by the absence of two cystei...

journal_title：Journal of leukocyte biology

authors： Rossi D,Sanchez-García J,McCormack WT,Bazan JF,Zlotnik A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00