Down modulation of MHC surface molecules on B cells by suppressive immune complexes obtained from chronic intestinal schistosomiasis patients.

abstract：:Liposome-encapsulated conalbumin (L(conalbumin)) is an antigen that is efficiently phagocytosed by bone marrow-derived macrophages and presented to effector cells as part of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I complex. In this report, we show that the conalbumin component of L(conalbumin) is degraded to...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Rothwell SW,Wassef NM,Alving CR,Rao M

更新日期：2000-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening of expression cDNA libraries derived from human neoplasms with autologous sera (SEREX) is an established method for defining antigens immunogenic in individual cancer patients. Although the majority of SEREX-derived cDNA clones encode autoantigens, some of them represent shared cancer antigens with cancer-re...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Lagarkova MA,Koroleva EP,Kuprash DV,Boitchenko VE,Kashkarova UA,Nedospasov SA,Shebzukhov YV

更新日期：2003-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:After exposure to a concanavalin A (Con A)-unreactive variant of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), macrophages released an inhibitor of interleukin-1 (IL-1) proliferative activity in the thymocyte comitogenic assay. This effect was observed with AGP concentrations above 100 micrograms/ml in the macrophage supernatant a...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Bories PN,Kodari E,Feger J,Rouzeau JD,Agneray J,Durand G

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the pathophysiology of burn injury is well established in young adults, the factors that contribute to pathogenesis and increased death in elderly burn patients are not defined. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of burn injury on mesenteric lymph node (MLN) T cell responses in young and aged ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Choudhry MA,Plackett TP,Schilling EM,Faunce DE,Gamelli RL,Kovacs EJ

更新日期：2003-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Early diagnosis and immediately started appropriate treatment are mandatory for the prevention of radiographic progression, functional disability and unfavourable disease outcome in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The current classification criteria for RA include two different types of biomarkers representing inflammatory...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Nakken B,Papp G,Bosnes V,Zeher M,Nagy G,Szodoray P

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes functional and genetic studies on the macrophage resistance gene Lsh/Ity/Bcg first described almost two decades ago. Working in vitro with resident peritoneal, liver (Kupffer cells) and bone marrow derived macrophages from congenic B10 (LshS) and B10.L-LshR mice it has been possible to demonstrate...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Blackwell JM,Roach TI,Atkinson SE,Ajioka JW,Barton CH,Shaw MA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To develop new approach for tumor immunotherapy with VEGFR2-based DNA vaccine. METHODS:VEGFR2 derived from different species were prepared by RT-PCR and subjected to recombinant constructs. The chimeric gene of VEGFR2 was prepared by integrating different epitopes in different species. By transfecting into cells, ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Yan J,Jia R,Song H,Liu Y,Zhang L,Zhang W,Wang Y,Zhu Y,Yu J

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:To study the pathogenic importance of the rheumatoid factor (RF) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to identify genes differentially expressed in patients and healthy individuals, total RNA was isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from eight RF-positive and six RF-negative RA patients, and s...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Bovin LF,Rieneck K,Workman C,Nielsen H,Sørensen SF,Skjødt H,Florescu A,Brunak S,Bendtzen K

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-surface 5'-nucleotidase was assayed by incubating intact cells with 5' [3H]AMP in iso-osmotic buffer and measuring [3H]adenosine production. The activity of cell surface 5'-nucleotidase in small resting lymphocytes and in cells of the B cell line BCL1 was 5.7 and 1.1 nmol/min/mg protein respectively at 37 degrees...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Hauschildt S,Bessler WG

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theoretical analysis of experimental data is presented in this mini-review on non-random homo- and hetero-associations of cell surface receptors, which can be recruited in the plasma membrane or at the surface of the rough endoplasmic reticulum during the protein synthesis. In the latter case, the likely genetic ori...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Damjanovich S,Mátyus L,Damjanovich L,Bene L,Jenei A,Matkó J,Gáspár R,Szöllösi J

更新日期：2002-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the mechanism(s) responsible for the appearance of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-induced anti-histone autoantibodies, peripheral blood B lymphocytes from healthy donors were infected with EBV and the resulting lymphoblastoid cell lines were tested for secretion of antibodies reacting with histones. It was found th...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Garzelli C,Incaprera M,Bazzichi A,Manunta M,Rognini F,Falcone G

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress stimuli affect the immune system responses that occur at mucosal membranes, particularly IgA secretion. It has been suggested that acute stress increases the levels of IgA and that sympathetic innervation plays an important role in this process. We herein explore in a murine model how acute stress affects the T...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Gutiérrez-Meza JM,Jarillo-Luna RA,Rivera-Aguilar V,Miliar-García A,Campos-Rodríguez R

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in ocular inflammation, we examined the localization of MIF in the normal anterior uveal tract of rats. Immunohistochemistry using an anti-MIF antibody revealed that MIF was present in non-pigment epithelial cells of the ciliary body and the epithel...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Matsuda A,Kotake S,Tagawa Y,Matsuda H,Nishihira J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the effect of interferon alpha on the levels of acute phase complement proteins in vivo, serum concentrations of C9 and C1-inhibitor (C1-INH) were measured in patients with chronic hepatitis C before and 3 months after the beginning of interferon alpha2b therapy. Serum levels of the activation produc...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Bíró L,Varga L,Pár A,Nemesánszky E,Csepregi A,Telegdy L,Ibrányi E,Dávid K,Horváth G,Szentgyörgyi L,Nagy I,Dalmi L,Abonyi M,Füst G,Horányi M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating lymphocytes were enumerated in 25 patients with coeliac disease and in 24 healthy donors by immunofluorescent staining using monoclonal antibodies for T cell surface phenotypic markers T11 (mature), T4 (helper) and T8 (suppressor) or polyvalent antisera for surface immunoglobulins (B cells). Proportions of...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Vĕtvicka V,Tlaskalová-Hogenová H,Fric P,Brochier J

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forkhead box O1 (FoxO1) has a crucial role in the early B cell development. To understand the functional importance of FoxO1 gene in the early B cell expansion, we established a FoxO1 knockdown model using 70Z/3 pre-B cell line. The FoxO1 knockdown 70Z/3 cells (70Z/3-KD cells) showed the down-regulated expression of i...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Li Z,Zhang N,Hui F,Zahid D,Zheng W,Xu X,Li W

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenaline has been shown to inhibit the release of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) elicited by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) when tested in vitro on cultured human blood cells and rat macrophages. In this report we have examined the effect of the in vivo administration of adrenaline on TNF serum levels induced by LPS. In agre...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Monastra G,Secchi EF

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD24 is an extensively glycosylated membrane protein that is linked to the membrane via a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor. In mice, CD24 is expressed by hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cells. CD24-/- mice do not have gross immunological defects, but detailed analysis revealed strongly reduced responses ...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Bretz NP,Salnikov AV,Doberstein K,Garbi N,Kloess V,Joumaa S,Naumov I,Boon L,Moldenhauer G,Arber N,Altevogt P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphenol A (BPA) is a widely used plasticizer, which came into focus because of its genotoxic and sensitizing potential. Besides its toxic properties, BPA is also well-known for its antioxidant chemical properties. This in vitro study investigated the interference of BPA with interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-induced tryptophan b...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Gostner JM,Raggl E,Becker K,Überall F,Schennach H,Pease JE,Fuchs D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Nramp1 gene was originally described as Ity/Lsh/Bcg, a single gene controlling resistance and susceptibility of inbred mice to a range of intramacrophage pathogens. Functional studies demonstrated that Ity/Lsh/Bcg had multiple pleiotropic effects on macrophage activation pathways, broadening interest in the gene t...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Blackwell JM,Searle S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, several investigators have shown that transfer of dendritic cells (DC) prevents diabetes development in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. Accumulating evidences showing that DC cultured in medium containing fetal calf serum (FCS) can induce a dominant unspecific immune response in tumor models after i.v....

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Kadri N,Potiron N,Ouary M,Jegou D,Gouin E,Bach JM,Lieubeau B

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin basic protein (MBP), is a major component of the central nervous system (CNS) myelin. MBP can stimulate T cells that migrate into the CNS, initiating a cascade of events that result in perivascular infiltration and demyelination. EAE is an inflammatory and demyelinating autoimmune disease of the CNS that serves...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Brenner T,Steinberger I,Soffer D,Beraud E,Ben-Nun A,Lorberboum-Galski H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, short tandem repeats (STR) polymorphism within the first intron of IFN-gamma gene in connection with HLA-DRB1*03 specificities was analysed in 43 sarcoidosis patients, 14 of which presented with Löfgren's syndrome (LS). Four out of 5 known IFN-gamma alleles with 12-15 CA repeats, respectively wer...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Wysoczanska B,Bogunia-Kubik K,Suchnicki K,Mlynarczewska A,Lange A

更新日期：2004-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of recombinant human interleukin 4 (rIL-4) on proliferation and differentiation on human myeloid/monocytic leukemia cell lines were examined. At high concentrations, rIL-4 had a slight enhancing effect on [3H]thymidine incorporation by U937 cells. rIL-4 markedly induced expression of the Fc epsilon recepto...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Noma T,Nakakubo H,Hama K,Honjo T

更新日期：1989-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Notch pathway is highly conserved across species and is involved in the regulation of cell differentiation and activity both in embryonic development and adult life. Notch signaling has an important role in the development of hematopoietic stem cells and their differentiation to committed lineages, as well a...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Šućur A,Filipović M,Flegar D,Kelava T,Šisl D,Lukač N,Kovačić N,Grčević D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A direct correlation between the constitutive expression of IL-1 alpha and reduced tumorigenicity of fibrosarcomas was observed. This was established in fibrosarcoma cell lines which produce IL-1 alpha 'spontaneously', possibly as an aberration of oncogene-mediated transformation or upon IL-1 alpha gene transfer. In f...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Apte RN,Douvdevani A,Zoller M,White RM,Dvorkin T,Shimoni N,Fima E,Hacham M,Huleihel M,Benharroch D

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft failure (GF) following bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in man is usually attributed to allograft rejection; however, other mechanisms of GF exist. Exposure of the developing allograft to viruses, myelotoxic drugs, and damage to the host-derived marrow stroma during graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) may all caus...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Hows JM

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It remains unclear whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS) pre-treatment, which prevents Th2-type responses via Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), inhibits anaphylaxis. To determine the dose-dependent effects of LPS pre-treatment on anaphylactic decreases in rectal temperature caused by ovalbumin (OVA) re-exposure in immunized mic...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Shiva D,Matsumoto T,Kremenik MJ,Kato Y,Yano H

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:CD24 is a heavy glycosylated protein that is overexpressed in numerous cancer and cancer stem cells. It is involved in the development, invasion, and metastasis of the cancer cells. CD24 can be considered in targeted cancer therapy as a new target. Here, phage display technology was used for the identification of nove...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Eyvazi S,Kazemi B,Bandehpour M,Dastmalchi S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent findings indicate that mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMC) express RNA encoding interleukin-4 (IL-4) and secrete detectable amounts of IL-4 in response to cross-linking of Fc epsilon RI receptors, Fc gamma R receptors, or to ionomycin. We investigated the desensitization of BMMC from the view po...

journal_title：Immunology letters

authors： Nakamura M,MacGlashan D Jr

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00