Macrophage interactions.

abstract：:The use of appropriate fluorescent proteins has allowed the use of FRET microscopy for investigation of intermolecular interactions in living cells. This method has the advantage of both being dynamic and of working at the subcellular level, so that the time and place where proteins interact can be visualized. We have...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Gascoigne NR,Ampudia J,Clamme JP,Fu G,Lotz C,Mallaun M,Niederberger N,Palmer E,Rybakin V,Yachi PP,Zal T

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Microbial biofilms are governed by an intricate interplay between physical-chemical factors and the physiological and genetic properties of the inhabiting microbes. Many of the physiological traits that are exhibited in a biofilm environment have been observed and studied previously in detail in planktonic cultures. H...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Spormann AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a trend toward viral-based hybrid systems to furnish viral nanoparticles with enhanced features, for function beyond a delivery vehicle. Such hybrids have included Nanogold for microwave release, quantum dots and fluorescent moieties, to provide simultaneous imaging capabilities, and iron oxide particles for ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Portney NG,Destito G,Manchester M,Ozkan M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the mechanisms involved in the formation of the complex arrangement of neurons and their interconnections within the brain has made significant progress in recent years. Current research has uncovered a network of intracellular signaling events that provide precise coordination of a diverse array ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Waite K,Eickholt BJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild aquatic bird populations have long been considered the natural reservoir for influenza A viruses with virus transmission from these birds seeding other avian and mammalian hosts. While most evidence still supports this dogma, recent studies in bats have suggested other reservoir species may also exist. Extensive ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Yoon SW,Webby RJ,Webster RG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has so far been difficult to identify genes behind polygenic autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis (MS), and type I diabetes (T1D). With proper animal models, some of the complexity behind these diseases can be reduced. The use of linkage analysis and positional cloning of genes ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Johannesson M,Hultqvist M,Holmdahl R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitous, opportunistic pathogen human cytomegalovirus (CMV) encodes several proteins homologous to those of the host organism. Four different CMV genes encode chemokine receptor-like peptides. These genes, UL33, UL78, US27, and US28, are expressed at various stages of infection in vitro. Their functions remain ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Beisser PS,Goh CS,Cohen FE,Michelson S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies, being a major zoonotic disease, significantly impacts global public health. It is invariably fatal once clinical signs are apparent. The majority of human rabies deaths occur in developing countries. India alone reports more than 50% of the global rabies deaths. Although it is a vaccine-preventable disease, ef...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Nagarajan T,Rupprecht CE,Dessain SK,Rangarajan PN,Thiagarajan D,Srinivasan VA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella is a gram-negative bacterium and the causative pathogen of legionellosis-a severe pneumonia in humans. A large number of Legionella effectors interfere with numerous host cell functions, including intracellular vacuole trafficking and maturation, phospholipid metabolism, protein ubiquitination, pro-/anti-ap...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Belyi Y,Jank T,Aktories K

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Selected microenvironmental stimuli confer to leukemic cells a growth advantage and an extended survival. We aimed at dissecting the differential support provided by the different cellular components of the microenvironment where CLL cells accumulate. To this end we cultured purified CLL cells in vitro in the presence...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Ghia P,Circosta P,Scielzo C,Vallario A,Camporeale A,Granziero L,Caligaris-Cappio F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular mimics of self-antigens can behave as altered peptide ligands and serve to ameliorate autoimmune disease. Analysis of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis with proteomic autoantibody microarrays reveals that there might exist a wide variety of microbes with features that mimic self-epitopes. Autoimmunit...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Steinman L,Utz PJ,Robinson WH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imprinting is the uniparental expression of a set of genes. Somatic cells carry two haploid sets of chromosomes, one maternal and one paternal, while germ cells contain only one of the two forms of chromosomes, male or female. This implies that during early embryogenesis the cells committed for developing the future g...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： El-Maarri O,Slim R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innate host response to influenza virus infection plays a critical role in determining the subsequent course of infection and the clinical outcome of disease. The host has a diverse array of detection and effector mechanisms that are able to recognize and initiate effective antiviral responses. In opposition, the ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Dash P,Thomas PG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is a predominant species among facultative anaerobic bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract. Both its frequent community lifestyle and the availability of a wide array of genetic tools contributed to establish E. coli as a relevant model organism for the study of surface colonization. Several key fact...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Beloin C,Roux A,Ghigo JM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translocations or amplifications which activate members of the myc gene family are common in human cancer. c-Myc is a central regulator of normal cell proliferation and differentiation (Luscher and Eisenman, 1991; Marcu et al. 1992) and can induce apoptosis (Askew et al. 1991, 1993; Evan et al. 1992; Bissonette et al....

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Packham G,Cleveland JL

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Xenotransplantation is a public health concern because it has the potential to infect human recipients with zoonotic and other infectious agents that are not endemic in human populations, thereby potentially introducing new infections to the human community. From this perspective, xenotransplantation clinical trials c...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Chapman LE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural and intentional biological risks threaten human civilization, both through direct human fatality as well as follow-on effects from a collapse of the just-in-time delivery system that provides food, energy and critical supplies to communities globally. Human beings have multiple innate cognitive biases that sys...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Luby S,Arthur R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogenic dermonecrotic toxin from Pasteurella multocida (PMT) is a 1285-residue multipartite protein that belongs to the A-B family of bacterial protein toxins. Through its G-protein-deamidating activity on the α subunits of heterotrimeric G(q)-, G(i)- and G(12/13)-proteins, PMT potently stimulates downstream mit...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Wilson BA,Ho M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy plays diverse roles in cellular adaptation to stress and promotes vital housekeeping functions by recycling unused or damaged organelles and proteins. As an innate immune defense pathway, autophagy also protects against infection with diverse pathogens, including viruses. Autophagy combats infections with bo...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Orvedahl A,Levine B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally arising CD25+CD4+ regulatory T cells, which express the transcription factor Foxp3, play key roles in the maintenance of immunologic self-tolerance and negative control of a variety of physiological and pathological immune responses. The majority of them are produced by the normal thymus as a functionally ma...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakaguchi S,Setoguchi R,Yagi H,Nomura T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evolution in modern malaria research occurred with the completion of the Plasmodium falciparum genome project and the onset and application of novel post-genomic technologies. Corresponding with these technological achievements are improvements in accessing and purifying parasite material from 'hard-to-reach' stage...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Blair PL,Carucci DJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA replication is an important step in the life cycle of every cell that ensures the continuous flow of genetic information from one generation to the next. In all organisms, chromosome replication must be coordinated with overall cell growth. Helicobacter pylori growth strongly depends on its interaction with the ho...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Zawilak-Pawlik A,Zakrzewska-Czerwińska J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prototypes of the human MYC and RAF gene families are orthologs of animal proto-oncogenes that were originally identified as transduced alleles in the genomes of highly oncogenic retroviruses. MYC and RAF genes are now established as key regulatory elements in normal cellular physiology, but also as major cancer d...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Stefan E,Bister K

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 main functions of retroviral glycoproteins are recognition and binding to the cellular virus receptor as well as fusion of viral and cellular lipid membranes to release the viral particle into the cytoplasm of the host cell. Foamy viruses (FVs) are a special group of retroviruses with a very broad host range that ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Lindemann D,Goepfert PA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors are formed following the accumulation of several genetic changes in genes which normally function to regulate cell growth. As yet it is unclear why multiple mutations are required, which type of alterations can collaborate with each other, and if collaboration is cell-type specific. In our myc transgenic mouse ...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Scheuermann RH,Bauer SR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently there is no commercial Group A Streptococcus (GAS; S. pyogenes) vaccine available. The development of safe GAS vaccines is challenging, researchers are confronted with obstacles such as the occurrence of many unique serotypes (there are greater than 150 M types), antigenic variation within the same serotype,...

journal_title：Current topics in microbiology and immunology

authors： Henningham A,Gillen CM,Walker MJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00