Preferred CDRH3 lengths for antibodies with defined specificities.

abstract：:A gelatin sponge model of concomitant tumor immunity was employed in order to examine the clonality of T cells associated with progressing and rejected tumor sites. Here we show that freshly isolated T cells bearing TCR V(beta)1, CDR3 RPGTGN, J(beta)1.1 and TCR V(beta)8, CDR3 GD, J(beta)1.6 predominated progressing an...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kurt RA,Park JA,Schluter SF,Marchalonis JJ,Akporiaye ET

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally arising CD25(+)CD4(+) regulatory T (T(R)) cells can be exploited to establish immunologic tolerance to non-self antigens. In vivo exposure of CD25(+)CD4(+) T cells from normal naive mice to alloantigen in a T cell-deficient environment elicited spontaneous expansion of alloantigen-specific CD25(+)CD4(+) T(R)...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Nishimura E,Sakihama T,Setoguchi R,Tanaka K,Sakaguchi S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auto-antibodies against heat shock proteins (HSPs) are frequently found in the sera of patients with rheumatic and other autoimmune diseases. However, it is unclear whether these auto-antibodies play a role in the pathophysiology and etiology of these diseases. We found that a murine anti-HSP60 mAb enhanced the produc...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yokota S,Minota S,Fujii N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-B*0702 transgenic mice (expressing a chimeric heavy chain with a murine alpha 3 domain: HLA-B7(m alpha 3)) in which the H-2K(b) and H-2D(b) class I-a (Cl I-a(-/-)) genes have been inactivated were compared with H-2K(b)D(b) Cl I-a(+/+) positive controls. Expression of the HLA-B7(m alpha 3) molecules resulted in a 3...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Rohrlich PS,Cardinaud S,Firat H,Lamari M,Briand P,Escriou N,Lemonnier FA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we explored the potential of human naive CD4(+) T cells to acquire regulatory properties upon stimulation. We demonstrated that, in vitro, pre-activated naive CD4(+)CD25(-)CD45RA(+) T cells could become anergic and suppressive CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells upon lower intensity TCR stimulation. These CD4(+)CD25(...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Noël G,Brinster C,Semana G,Bruniquel D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A canonical pre-TCR/TCR signaling pathway critical for thymic T cell development involves sequential phosphorylation and signaling through Lck, Zap70, Lat and Slp76. However, we and others have previously reported that genomic deletion of c-Cbl (Cbl) partially or completely reverses the defects in thymic development i...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Chiang YJ,Hodes RJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At birth, virtually all peripheral CD8(+) T cells express the CD28 co-stimulatory molecule, but healthy human adults accumulate CD28(-)CD8(+) T cells that often express the CD57 marker. While these CD28(-) subpopulations are known to exert effector-type functions, the generation, maintenance and regulation of CD28(-) ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Labalette M,Leteurtre E,Thumerelle C,Grutzmacher C,Tourvieille B,Dessaint JP

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to investigate the quantitative relationship between inoculation doses and physiological responses to infection by Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. Rats were orally inoculated with 10-10(9) c.f.u. of S. Enteritidis and monitored for 6 days. Neutrophil and delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) respons...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Takumi K,Garssen J,Havelaar A

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：: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：:In an attempt to identify autoantigens of synovium in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we constructed lambda phage expression cDNA libraries from synovium and screened them by IgG purified from synovial fluids, both of which were derived from RA patients. As a result of this unique combination of the libraries and probes, w...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Tanaka M,Ozaki S,Osakada F,Mori K,Okubo M,Nakao K

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human neoplastic B cell line SSK41 that expresses IgM on its surface switches spontaneously to IgG-producing cells. The SSK41 line contains a single immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus, the constant region (C) genes of which retain the germline configuration. The IgG-producing SSK41 line was purified by sorting, and sh...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Sideras P,Mizuta TR,Kanamori H,Suzuki N,Okamoto M,Kuze K,Ohno H,Doi S,Fukuhara S,Hassan MS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BALB/c mice are susceptible to cutaneous leishmaniasis upon infection with Leishmania major while C57BL/6 are not. There is a major promastigote surface protease (PSP or gp63) which is available in both native and recombinant forms, and for which the primary amino acid sequence is known. Immunization with PSP has been...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Soares LR,Sercarz EE,Miller A

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice with a targeted deletion of the T-bet gene exhibit spontaneous airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), airway inflammation, enhanced recovery of T(h)2 cytokines from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, sub-epithelial collagen deposition and myofibroblast transformation. Here we analyze the mechanisms responsible for the chro...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Finotto S,Hausding M,Doganci A,Maxeiner JH,Lehr HA,Luft C,Galle PR,Glimcher LH

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:The thymus leukemia antigens (TL) belong to the MHC class Ib family and can be recognized by CD8-dependent or -independent cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) showing TL, but not H-2, restriction. We previously reported that the CTL epitope is TAP independent and in the present study we further characterize the recognition ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Tsujimura K,Obata Y,Kondo E,Nishida K,Matsudaira Y,Akatsuka Y,Kuzushima K,Takahashi T

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) traffic to distinct membranes for signaling. TLR7 and TLR9 recognize viral nucleic acids in the endosomes and induce robust anti-viral program. Signaling from these TLRs bifurcate at the level of distinct endosomal compartments, namely VAMP3(+) and LAMP(+) endosomes, to mediate the induction...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Hayashi K,Sasai M,Iwasaki A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MHC class I antigens enhance the T cell response to various mitogenic stimuli. Class I antigens co-cap and associate with the CD3 structure on these cells. The present work shows that co-aggregation of these MHC antigens with CD3 induces a sustained elevated Ca2+ response in T cells. The duration required for a 50...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Dasgupta JD,Granja CB,Yunis EJ,Relias V

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV. It spread rapidly to many countries and developing a SARS vaccine is now urgently required. In order to study the immunogenicity of UV-inactivated purified SARS-CoV virion as a vaccine candidate, we subcutaneo...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Takasuka N,Fujii H,Takahashi Y,Kasai M,Morikawa S,Itamura S,Ishii K,Sakaguchi M,Ohnishi K,Ohshima M,Hashimoto S,Odagiri T,Tashiro M,Yoshikura H,Takemori T,Tsunetsugu-Yokota Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-driven interaction of dendritic cells (DC) with CD4(+) T(h) cells results in the exchange of bidirectional activating signals. Cross-linking of TCR by MHC class II-bound antigen activates T(h) cells, resulting in their up-regulation of CD40 ligand. Here we show that MHC class II molecules, in addition to their...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Lokshin AE,Kalinski P,Sassi RR,Mailliard RB,Müller-Berghaus J,Storkus WJ,Peng X,Marrangoni AM,Edwards RP,Gorelik E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the role of the invariant chain (li) in the presentation of hen egg lysozyme (HEL) and measles virus hemagglutinin (HA) antigens to MHC class II-restricted T hybridoma cells. Fibroblastic cells transfected with Ed or Ak genes, and supertransfected or not with the li gene, were used as ant...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Bertolino P,Forquet F,Pont S,Koch N,Gerlier D,Rabourdin-Combe C

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier studies have demonstrated an over-expression of 9-O-acetylated sialoglycoconjugates (9-OAcSGs) on lymphoblasts, concomitant with high titers of anti-9-OAcSGs in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The present study was aimed to evaluate whether this high induction of anti-9-OAcSGs at disease presenta...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Bandyopadhyay S,Bhattacharyya A,Mallick A,Sen AK,Tripathi G,Das T,Sa G,Bhattacharya DK,Mandal C

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cytokines and chemokines including chemokine (C-C motif) ligand-2 (CCL2) are induced in HIV-1 infection. However, the impact of HIV-1 viremia on CCL2 regulation is largely unknown. We utilized a DNA oligonucleotide microarray covering 110 inflammatory genes. Five genes were induced by at least 2-fold in PBMCs ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ansari AW,Bhatnagar N,Dittrich-Breiholz O,Kracht M,Schmidt RE,Heiken H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under equilibrium conditions, the affinities of five anti-IgG2a mAb isolated from virus-infected mice were comparable to other high-affinity auto-antibodies. Similar to rheumatoid factors, these anti-IgG2a auto-antibodies bound to aggregated or complexed IgG2a with 50 to 1500-fold higher avidity than their monomeric c...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Fazekas G,Pálfi G,Wolff-Winiski B,Rosenwirth B,Dukor P,Gergely J,Rajnavölgyi E

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesion molecules of the integrin family are implicated not only in leukocyte migration but also in leukocyte activation. Here we characterize the expression and function of fibronectin receptor integrins on rat mast cells. A rat basophilic leukemia cell line (RBL-2H3) and phorbol ester-stimulated rat peritoneal mast...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yasuda M,Hasunuma Y,Adachi H,Sekine C,Sakanishi T,Hashimoto H,Ra C,Yagita H,Okumura K

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now generally recognized that bone marrow is the survival niche for antigen-specific plasma cells with long-term immunological memory. These cells release antibodies into the circulation, needed to prime effector cells in the secondary immune response. These antibodies participate in the surveillance for antigen...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Gould HJ,Wu YB

更新日期：2018-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:CD100/Sema4D belongs to the semaphorin family, factors known to act as repulsive cues for axons during neuronal development. Mouse CD100 plays a crucial role in both humoral and cellular immunity through ligation of the lymphocyte receptor, CD72. It remains controversial, however, whether human CD100 can function thro...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ishida I,Kumanogoh A,Suzuki K,Akahani S,Noda K,Kikutani H

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)] and the vitamin D receptor (VDR) are important regulators of autoimmunity. The effect of the VDR on the ability of mice to fight a primary or secondary infection has not been determined. Young and old VDR knockout (KO) mice were able to clear both primary and secondary infe...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Bruce D,Whitcomb JP,August A,McDowell MA,Cantorna MT

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Naive and primed alpha beta T cells can be distinguished on the basis of their differential expression of CD45RA and CD45RO, respectively. The present study indicates that these CD45-isoforms also identify naive and primed maturational stages of gamma delta T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. In peripheral blood, a...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Braakman E,Sturm E,Vijverberg K,van Krimpen BA,Gratama JW,Bolhuis RL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00