Innate immunity in higher insects.

abstract：:Intimate interactions between multipotential hemopoietic stem cells and their microenvironment work towards redefining the identity and the differentiative fate of these primitive cells. Molecular cues delivered by the microenvironment frequently act in an instructive fashion by initiating intracellular signaling path...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Georgopoulos K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conceptually, a universal influenza vaccine should elicit broadly protective antibody responses targeting highly conserved epitope(s) shared by various virus strains. Strategically directing antibody immunity to the conserved hemagglutinin stalk has recently emerged as a promising approach that is substantiated by the...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Zhao C,Xu J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is caused by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons and afflicts millions of people world-wide. The current treatments address only the late motor symptoms, with no cure or preventive therapeutic approaches. The contribution of dysfunctional immune mechanisms in PD has been clearly estab...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Fahmy AM,Boulais J,Desjardins M,Matheoud D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of molecular diagnosis is now well established for genetically determined recurrent fevers. In familial Mediterranean fever, the severity of the disease and the risk of renal amyloidosis are correlated with mutations in MEFV, and the serum amyloid-associated protein (SAA)1 alpha/alpha allele is a modify...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Delpech M,Grateau G

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the establishment of methods to isolate genes encoding cytotoxic T lymphocyte defined tumor antigens, several antigens have been identified and characterized for suitability as target antigens for immunotherapy. The development of innovative strategies to generate T cells targeting these antigens and lessons lea...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Yee C,Riddell SR,Greenberg PD

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages specifically engulf apoptotic cells but not healthy cells. Phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) is localized at the inner leaflet of plasma membranes as a result of the action of flippases (ATP11A and 11C). When cells undergo apoptosis, caspase 3 cleaves and inactivates the flippases, while simultaneously cleaving ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Nagata S,Segawa K

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Most viral vaccines provide protection from infection through the generation of neutralizing antibodies (nAbs). The repertoire of B cells responding to immunization is the starting material from which nAbs eventually arise. Immunization strategies are increasingly targeting precise B cell specificities to mimic nAbs g...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Havenar-Daughton C,Abbott RK,Schief WR,Crotty S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell antigen receptor-induced signals are required for normal T cell development and function. Recent studies have investigated the mechanism(s) by which signals of different strengths are converted into distinct cellular fates during thymocyte development. These studies indicate the importance of the strength and d...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Love PE,Chan AC

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perforin defects have been identified in humans with familial hematophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. The pathology of these patients has dramatically illustrated an under-appreciated role for perforin in the regulation of T-cell responses in vivo, and experimental studies are shedding light on the mechanisms involved. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Catalfamo M,Henkart PA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesenchymal microenvironment is increasingly recognized as a major player in immunity. Here we focus on mesenchymal cells located within or in proximity to the blood vessels wall, which include pericytes, adventitial fibroblasts and mesenchymal stromal cells. We discuss recent evidence that these cells play a role...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Benabid A,Peduto L

更新日期：2020-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy of cancer through adoptive transfer of genetically engineered T-cells constitutes a more powerful strategy than attempts to mobilize the endogenous T-cell repertoire. Application of this technology in patients offers great opportunities towards a long-awaited breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy. However...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Offringa R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the areas of greatest recent progress in immunology has been the elucidation of inhibitory receptors and their mode of signal transduction. A common feature of members of this growing family is expression of a conserved cytoplasmic sequence motif, the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif, which functi...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Tamir I,Dal Porto JM,Cambier JC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell death is an integral part of the functioning of the immune system. For T cells, potentially autoreactive or 'useless' cells are removed through apoptosis in response to signals (or lack of signals) from their T cell receptor complex. A myriad of proteins that can initiate or protect cells from cell death have rec...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Winoto A

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-lymphocyte activation is initiated by the interaction of the alpha beta TCR with a complex consisting of a class I or class II MHC-encoded molecule and an antigenic peptide, displayed on the surface of an antigen-presenting cell. Real-time binding measurements using surface plasmon resonance have revealed kinetic an...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Margulies DH,Plaksin D,Khilko SN,Jelonek MT

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strong genetic association of ERAP1 (endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1) with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), which is restricted to HLA-B27 positive cases, has profound pathogenetic implications. ERAP1 is involved in trimming peptides to optimal length for binding to HLA class 1 molecules, thereby not only affec...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Keidel S,Chen L,Pointon J,Wordsworth P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The canonical NF-κB pathway instructs the expression of inflammatory genes by the RelA:p50 transcription factor in response to diverse cell-activating stimuli. However, this mainstay RelA:p50 transcriptional output must also be curated so as to provide for stimulus-type-specific and cell-type-specific inflammatory res...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Chawla M,Roy P,Basak S

更新日期：2020-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) constitute a heterogeneous population of cytokine-secreting cells that colonize different tissues and are heavily reliant on cytokines and other secreted factors for their development, maintenance and effector functions. Most ILCs are tissue resident and differentiate in non-lymphoid perip...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Barrow AD,Colonna M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor vaccinology is as old as immunological thought and as young as our rapidly evolving understanding of antigen processing and presentation. The recent availability of carbohydrate and peptide tumor antigens suitable for vaccine construction, conjugate and recombinant vector technologies capable of augmenting helpe...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Livingston PO

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applications of the polymerase chain reaction have revolutionized the field of immunogenetics, particularly in studies of human leukocyte antigen class II polymorphism, and more recently in the analysis of T-cell receptor usage. However, the enormous diversity and variability of the T-cell receptor complex have made t...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Panzara MA,Oksenberg JR,Steinman L

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Toll-like receptors (TLRs) of the innate immune system detect host invasion by pathogens and initiate immune responses. All of the TLRs use the adaptor MyD88 to transduce a signal; however, two newly identified signaling molecules, TIRAP and TRIF, interact with a subset of the TLRs, suggesting a signaling specific...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Kopp E,Medzhitov R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteasome is the protein destroying machinery conserved in all eukaryotes and plays essential roles in various cellular processes. Apart from the conserved 'standard' proteasome, a special type of proteasome called 'immunoproteasome' exists in vertebrates for better presentation of antigenic peptides on MHC class...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Murata S,Takahama Y,Tanaka K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the T-cell receptor has revealed the molecular basis of antigen recognition by T cells specific for viral antigens. Studies using T-cell receptor transgenic mice have provided evidence for clonal deletion of virus-specific T cells in persistently infected hosts and for selection of T-cell-resistant virus v...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Yanagi Y

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus induces a potent cytotoxic T lymphocyte response in man that is preferentially directed towards a particular subset of the virus latent cycle antigens; the immunodominance of these proteins, apparent in both primary and memory responses, may reflect some differential access to the HLA class I proces...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Rickinson AB,Lee SP,Steven NM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While Interleukin-5 (IL-5) is initially identified by its ability to support the growth and differentiation of activated B cells, overexpression of IL-5 significantly increases eosinophil numbers and antibody levels predominantly from an expanded population of B-1 cells in vivo. Conversely, mice lacking a functional g...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Takatsu K,Nakajima H

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although autoantigen-induced negative selection plays an important role in shaping the mature B-cell repertoire, studies in recent years have suggested that differentiation into any of the three mature B-cell subsets (marginal zone B cells, follicular B cells and B-1 B cells) is not a passive product of autoreactive B...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Wang H,Clarke SH

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the adaptive immune system (T and B cells) causing autoimmunity require activation signals that are normally provided by the innate immune system. Innate signaling receptors are obvious candidates for participation in the induction of autoimmunity, and the nature of these receptors suggests that microbes coul...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Chervonsky A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MHC class II molecules (MHC-II) present antigenic fragments acquired in the endocytic route to the immune system for recognition and activation of CD4+ T cells. This ignites a series of immune responses. MHC-II strongly correlates to most autoimmune diseases. Understanding the biology of MHC-II is therefore expected t...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： van den Hoorn T,Paul P,Jongsma ML,Neefjes J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precursor B cells assemble a diverse repertoire of immunoglobulin (Ig) genes by the process of V(D)J recombination. Assembly of IgH genes is regulated in a tissue- and stage-specific manner via the activation and then the inactivation of distinct regions within the one megabase IgH locus. Recent studies have shown tha...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Sen R,Oltz E

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymocytes co-expressing the CD4 and CD8 co-receptors differentiate into mature T cells that express either CD4 or CD8 and have helper or cytotoxic functions, respectively. Recent studies indicate that commitment to the CD4+ or CD8+ lineages occurs stochastically, but retention of the appropriate co-receptor is requir...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Davis CB,Littman DR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triggering lymphocyte effector functions is controlled by a diverse array of immune cell coreceptors that dampen or potentiate the primary activation signal from antigen receptors. Attenuation of lymphocyte activation has been shown to be accomplished by immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motifs that upon phosph...

journal_title：Current opinion in immunology

authors： Engels N,Wienands J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00