The role of B7-CD28 co-stimulation in tumor rejection.

abstract：:Using a complete series of overlapping peptides, we have identified the T cell epitopes of a malaria vaccine candidate, the circumsporozoite (CS) protein, that are recognized by sporozoite-exposed residents of a non-endemic country. This protein and subunits from it are being considered as malaria sporozoite vaccine c...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zevering Y,Houghten RA,Frazer IH,Good MF

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of kappa light (kappa L) chain gene rearrangement and expression on mRNA and protein level has been studied with four stromal cell/IL-7 reactive, long-term in vitro proliferating pre-B cell lines and clones, two from fetal liver of normal mice and two from fetal liver of E microH-bcl-2 transgenic (bcl-2-t...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Grawunder U,Haasner D,Melchers F,Rolink A

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a 3 week course (approximately), during which there is marked lymphoid hyperplasia, Trypanosoma musculi infections in young-adult mice are cured by an immune mechanism involving antibodies of the IgG2a isotype. Both the lymphoid hyperplasia and IgG2a antibody response are T-cell-dependent events and both process...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Utsuyama M,Albright JW,Holmes KL,Hirokawa K,Albright JF

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and TLR9 sense microbial single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) and ssDNA in endolysosomes. Nucleic acid (NA)-sensing in endolysosomes is thought to be important for avoiding TLR7/9 responses to self-derived NAs. Aberrant self-derived NA transportation to endolysosomes predisposes to autoimmune diseas...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Li X,Saitoh S,Shibata T,Tanimura N,Fukui R,Miyake K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell apoptosis has been proposed as an important contributor to the functional defects and depletion of T cells in HIV-infected individuals. However, the mechanisms involved in this apoptosis have not been elucidated. We recently showed that peripheral blood T cells from HIV-infected individuals are especially susce...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Katsikis PD,García-Ojeda ME,Wunderlich ES,Smith CA,Yagita H,Okumura K,Kayagaki N,Alderson M,Herzenberg LA,Herzenberg LA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has proven difficult to evaluate the functional potential of germinal center (GC) B cells, including those from Peyer's patches (PP), by either in vivo or in vitro methods. Thus, rather than assess secreted Ig product as an indicator of functional potential we have instead sought to detect mRNAs related to the vari...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Weinstein PD,Schweitzer PA,Cebra-Thomas JA,Cebra JJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular signaling triggered by the antigen receptor of primary B-1 (CD5+ B) lymphocytes is insufficient to bring about cell cycle progression to S phase; this appears to result from a block in signal propagation prior to the activation of protein kinase C. The present studies were undertaken to evaluate specific...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Morris DL,Rothstein TL

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucosa is one of the initial sites of group A streptococcal (GAS) infection and salivary IgA (sIgA) is thought to be critical to immunity. However, the target epitopes of sIgA and the function of sIgA in GAS immunity, in particular the role of accessory cells and complement, is largely unknown. We studied the aqui...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Brandt ER,Hayman WA,Currie B,Carapetis J,Jackson DC,Do KA,Good MF

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of adjuvant on the T(h)1 and T(h)2 immune responses to Abeta-immunotherapy (Abeta(42 )peptide) was examined in wild-type mice. Fine epitope analysis with overlapping oligomers of the Abeta(42) sequence identified the 1-15 region as a dominant B cell epitope. The 6-20 peptide was recognized only weakly by anti...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Cribbs DH,Ghochikyan A,Vasilevko V,Tran M,Petrushina I,Sadzikava N,Babikyan D,Kesslak P,Kieber-Emmons T,Cotman CW,Agadjanyan MG

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that tumor cells acquire escape mechanisms to evade host immunity in the tumor microenvironment. Two key immune checkpoint pathways mediated by immunosuppressive co-signaling, the first via programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) and the second via CTLA-4 and B7 (CTLA-4/...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Hamanishi J,Mandai M,Konishi I

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blocking T cell co-stimulatory signals by anti-B7-1/B7-2 mAb is an attractive approach to treat autoimmune diseases. However, anti-B7-1/B7-2 mAb treatment is known to exacerbate autoimmune diseases through mechanisms not fully understood. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) also p...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Khan N,Ghousunnissa S,Jegadeeswaran SM,Thiagarajan D,Hasnain SE,Mukhopadhyay S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD161(++)IL-18Rα(+)CD8(+) human T cells have recently been identified as a new subset of memory cells but their exact role remains unclear. CD161(++)IL-18Rα(+)CD8(+), mucosal-associated invariant T cells express a semi-invariant TCR Vα7.2-Jα33, which recognizes the MHC-related protein 1. On the basis of properties inc...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Havenith SH,Yong SL,Henson SM,Piet B,Idu MM,Koch SD,Jonkers RE,Kragten NA,Akbar AN,van Lier RA,ten Berge IJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linomide (LS-2616, quinoline-3-carboxamide) has strong immunomodulating effects in animal models, inhibiting toxic shock, progressive autoimmune disease and cancer. In humans, linomide strongly reduced the appearance of new lesions in multiple sclerosis yet enhanced immune responses after bone marrow transplantation. ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Arad G,Katzenellenbogen M,Levy R,Slavin S,Kaempfer R

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of protein kinase D (PKD) family serine/threonine kinases (PKD1, PKD2 and PKD3) are expressed in wide range of cells and regulate various cellular responses including immune responses. We have previously shown that PKD is involved in the signaling pathways of a human CD4(+) T cell clone stimulated with its cog...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Irie A,Harada K,Tsukamoto H,Kim JR,Araki N,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ileal Peyer's patch (PP) plays a central role in B cell development in young sheep and it is hypothesized that this B cell development occurs independent of extrinsic antigen and T cells. Therefore, it was of interest to examine ileal PP follicular (iPf) B cell responses to CD40 ligand, a molecule integral to T ce...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Griebel P,Ferrari G

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells expressing the retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor γt (RORγt) and producing IL-17 represent a minor subset of CD1d-restricted iNKT cells (iNKT17) in C57BL/6J (B6) mice. We aimed in this study to define the reasons for their low distribution and the sequence of events ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Klibi J,Li S,Amable L,Joseph C,Brunet S,Delord M,Parietti V,Jaubert J,Marie J,Karray S,Eberl G,Lucas B,Toubert A,Benlagha K

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects of early complement components (C1, C4 and C2) are associated with the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The availability of complement knockout mice has increased our knowledge on the role of complement in the regulation of adaptive immunity. An impaired removal of apoptotic bodies, a disturb...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Zachrau B,Finke D,Kropf K,Gosink HJ,Kirchner H,Goerg S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central tenet of vaccine development is to identify immune correlates of protection. Both plasmid-encoded gD as well as recombinant protein gD can protect mice from lethal herpes simplex virus (HSV) challenge. It is known that different vaccine modalities should induce different immune phenotypes. Yet, paradoxically...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Sin JI,Ayyavoo V,Boyer J,Kim J,Ciccarelli RB,Weiner DB

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are heterogeneous and plastic, and play several diverse functions in immune responses. Emerging data provide evidence of multiple roles for metabolic pathways in the control of macrophage effector functions. The diverse functions of macrophages are categorized into two main subsets: classical activated mac...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kang S,Kumanogoh A

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The class II trans-activator (CIITA) is a bi- or multi-functional domain protein which plays a critical role in the expression of MHC class II genes. We report that removal of the N-terminal 151 amino acids, encompassing all of the acidic domain but leaving intact the proline/serine/threonine-rich domain, results in a...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Yun S,Gustafsson K,Fabre JW

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease contains a major cysteine proteinase, cruzipain (Cz), with an unusual carboxyl-terminal extension (C-T). We have previously reported the presence of sulfate groups in the N-linked oligosaccharide chains of this domain. In order to evaluate the immune responses to sulfated...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Acosta DM,Arnaiz MR,Esteva MI,Barboza M,Stivale D,Orlando UD,Torres S,Laucella SA,Couto AS,Duschak VG

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are abundant in the gastrointestinal tract where they continuously regulate the immune system. NK cells are potently activated by dendritic cells (DCs) matured by inflammatory stimuli, and NK cells are present in the gut epithelium and in mesenteric lymph nodes, but it is not known how NK-DC...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Fink LN,Zeuthen LH,Christensen HR,Morandi B,Frøkiaer H,Ferlazzo G

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell immune responses are critical for protection of the host and for disease pathogenesis during infection with Plasmodium species. We examined the regulation of CD4(+) T-cell cytokine responses during infection with Plasmodium berghei ANKA (PbA). CD4(+) T cells from PbA-infected mice produced IFN-γ, IL-4 and IL-10...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Kimura D,Miyakoda M,Honma K,Shibata Y,Yuda M,Chinzei Y,Yui K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:bcl-2 transgenic mice develop anti-double-stranded (ds) DNA antibodies similar to those present in systemic lupus erythematosus. To begin to understand where a breakdown in the regulation of autoreactive lymphocytes is occurring, we have used a bcl-2 transgene (Tg) in conjunction with an Ig Tg that allows us to identi...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Mandik-Nayak L,Nayak S,Sokol C,Eaton-Bassiri A,Madaio MP,Caton AJ,Erikson J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgE plus antigen-stimulated mast cells degranulate, synthesize leukotrienes and secrete cytokines. According to the coalescence model this process is initiated in specific membrane compartments termed rafts. There, enhanced levels of glycosphingolipids and cholesterol stabilize the interaction of FcepsilonRI and Lyn, ...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Baumruker T,Csonga R,Pursch E,Pfeffer A,Urtz N,Sutton S,Bofill-Cardona E,Cooke M,Prieschl E

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of inflammatory skin disease involves the release of cytokines from keratinocytes, and one of these, IL-1β, has been previously implicated in inflammatory skin disease. T(h)17 cells, a subset of T(h) cells involved in autoimmunity and inflammation, possess IL-1β receptors and secrete cytokin...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Cho KA,Suh JW,Lee KH,Kang JL,Woo SY

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are key players in the initiation and modulation of adaptive immune responses due to their ability to acquire and present antigen and stimulate T cells. For the induction of effector T cell functions, antigen must be presented by activated DC. In this study, we have compared uptake of antigen by m...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Tirapu I,Giquel B,Alexopoulou L,Uematsu S,Flavell R,Akira S,Diebold SS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After activation, populations of antigen-specific T cells flow between sites of antigen expression, local lymphoid structures and other lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs. In this study, we documented the in vivo dynamics of a CD8(+) T cell response to antigen delivered using herpes simplex virus amplicon vectors and re...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Azadniv M,Dugger K,Bowers WJ,Weaver C,Crispe IN

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lectin complement pathway is initiated by binding of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and MBL-associated serine protease (MASP) to carbohydrates. In the human lectin pathway, MASP-1 and MASP-2 are involved in the proteolysis of C4, C2 and C3. Here we report that the human MBL-MASP complex contains a new 22 kDa protein...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Takahashi M,Endo Y,Fujita T,Matsushita M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Src homology region 2-domain-containing phosphatase-1 (SHP-1) plays an important role in the regulation of signaling from various receptors in hematopoietic cells. In mast cells, SHP-1 has been shown to negatively regulate the initial signaling triggered by high-affinity receptor for IgE (FcepsilonRI) and positively r...

journal_title：International immunology

authors： Ozawa T,Nakata K,Mizuno K,Yakura H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00